We received a request from a reader to bring back the Recommended Reading List. We thought it was an excellent suggestion.
As many books are on our reading list, we have organized it into two sections. In the first section, we list our Top 10 Investment Books, which focus on building the vocabulary and the knowledge to start investing. In the second section, we share the entire alphabetical list of our recommended investment books.
Top 10 Investment Books
Alphabetical List of All Recommended Books
A Common Sense Guide to Your 401(K) by Mary Rowland
A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. Malkiel
After the Music Stopped by Alan S. Blinder
Against the Gods, The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter L. Bernstein
Ahead of the Curve by Joseph H. Ellis
All About Index Funds by Richard A. Ferri
All the Devils Are Here by Bethany McLean, Joe Nocera
America's Bank: The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve by Roger Lowenstein
Andy Grove: The Life and Times of an American by Richard Tedlow
Asset Allocation: Balancing Financial Risk by Roger C. Gibson
Barron's Finance & Investment Handbook (6th Ed) by John Downes, Jordan Elliot Goodman
Black Edge by Sheelah Kolhatkar
Bogle on Mutual Funds: New Perspectives for the Intelligent Investor by John C. Bogle
Bull by the Horns by Sheila Bair
Business @ the Speed of Thought: Using a Digital Nervous System by Bill Gates, Collins Hemingway (Contributor)
Business as a Calling by Michael Novak
Capital Ideas Evolving by Peter L. Bernstein
Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street by Peter L. Bernstein
Capital Market Revolution by Patrick Young, Thomas Theys
Capital: The Story of Long-Term Investment Excellence by Charles D. Ellis
Character Counts by John Bogle
Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor by Tren Griffin
Classics : An Investor's Anthology by Charles D. Ellis (Editor), James R. Vertin
Classics II : Another Investor's Anthology by Charles D. Ellis (Editor), James R. Vertin
Common Sense on Mutual Funds: New Imperatives for the Intelligent Investor by John C. Bogle
Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst : A True Story of Inside Information and Corruption in the Stock Market by Daniel Reingold, Jennifer Reingold
Consider Your Options: Get the Most from Your Equity Compensation by Kaye A. Thomas
David Scott's Guide to Investing in Bonds by David L. Scott
David Scott's Guide to Investing in Mutual Funds by David L. Scott
David Scott's Guide to Managing Credit and Debt by David L. Scott
Devil Take the Hindmost : A History of Financial Speculation by Edward Chancellor
Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms (Barron's Financial Guides) by John Downes (Preface), Jordan Elliot Goodman (Preface)
Die Broke by Stephen Pollan
Do They Walk on Water? by Leonard J. Santow
Earn More (Sleep Better): The Index Fund Solution by Richard E. Evans, Burton Gordon Malkei (Introduction)
Economics for Real People: An Introduction to the Austrian School by Gene Callahan
Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt
Essays of Warren Buffett : Lessons for Corporate America by Warren E. Buffett, Lawrence A. Cunningham
Estate Planning and Administration: How to Maximize Assets, Minimize Taxes, and Protect Loved Ones by Edmund T. Flemming
Exile on Wall Street by Mike Mayo
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay
Falling Short by Charles D. Ellis
Financial Intelligence: A Manager's Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean by Karen Berman and Joe Knight
Flash Boys by Michael Lewis
Fooled by Randomness : The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Gates : How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry-And Made Himself the Richest Man in America by Stephen Manes & Paul Andrews
Graham and Dodd's Security Analysis by Sidney Cottle, Roger F. Murray, Frank E. Block & Sisney Cottle
Hedgehogging by Barton Biggs
House of Cards by William D. Cohan
How Mutual Funds Work by Albert J Fredman, Russ Wiles, A. Michael Lipper
How the Economy Works : An Investor's Guide to Tracking the Economy by Edmund A. Mennis
iCon Steve Jobs : The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business by Jeffrey S. Young, William L. Simon
In Fed We Trust by David Wessel
Inside Intel by Tim Jackson
Inside the Fed by Stephen H. Axilrod
Investment Gurus by Peter J. Tanous
Investment Titans by Jonathan Burton
Investment Valuation: Tools and Techniques for Determining the Value of Any Asset by Aswath Damodaran
Investors and Markets: Portfolio Choices, Asset Prices, and Investment Advice by William F. Sharpe
Irrational Exuberence by Robert J. Shiller
Jesse Livermore: World's Greatest Stock Trader by Richard Smitten
John Bogle on Investing: The First 50 Years by John C. Bogle, Paul A. Volcker, William T. Allen
Knowledge and Decisions by Thomas Sowell
Last Man Standing by Duff McDonald
Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street by Michael Lewis
Maestro: Alan Greenspan's Fed and the American Economic Boom by Bob Woodward
Making the Most of Your Money by Jane Bryant Quinn
Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises by Charles Kindleberger
Michael Finney's Consumer Confidential : The Money-Saving Secrets They Don't Want You to Know by Michael Finney
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis
Of Permanent Value : The Story of Warren Buffett/Monster Millennium Edition by Andrew Kilpatrick
On the Brink by Henry Paulson
One Up on Wall Street : How to Use What You Already Know to Make Money in the Market by Peter Lynch, John Rothchild (Contributor)
Only the Paranoid Survive by Andrew S. Grove
Panic on Wall Street: A History of America's Financial Disasters by Robert Sobel
Payoff by Dan Ariely
Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
Predicting the Markets by Edward Yardeni
Protecting Your Wealth In Good TImes and Bad by Richard A. Ferri
Rational Investing in Irrational Times : How to Avoid the Costly Mistakes Even Smart People Make Today by Larry E. Swedroe
Reckless Endangerment by Gretchen Morgenson, Joshua Rosner
Red Ink by David Wessel
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre
Se Habla Dinero? The Everyday Guide to Financial Success by Lynn Jimenez
Seeing Tomorrow : Rewriting the Rules of Risk by Ron S. Dembo, Andrew Freeman
Serious Money, Straight Talk About Investing for Retirement by Richard A. Ferri
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
Shaky Ground: The Strange Saga of the U.S. Mortgage Giants by Bethany McLean
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Stocks for the Long Run: The Definitive Guide to Financial Market Returns and Long-Term Investment Strategies by Jeremy J. Siegel & Peter L. Bernstein
Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises by Timothy F. Geithner
Take On the Street: What Wall Street and Corporate America Don't Want You to Know by Arthur Levitt, Paula Dwyer
Tectonic Shifts in Financial Markets: People, Policies, and Institutions by Henry Kaufman
The American Heritage Dictionary of Business Terms by David L. Scott
The Art of Asset Allocation : Asset Allocation Principles and Investment Strategies for any Market by David M. Darst
The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson
The Best Way to Save for College : A Complete Guide to 529 Plans by Joseph F. Hurley
The Big Short by Michael Lewis
The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Bond Bible by Marilyn Cohen, Nick Watson (Contributor)
The Bond Book by Annette Thau
The Chip : How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution by T. R. Reid
The Devil's Casino by Vicky Ward
The Education of a Value Investor by Guy Spier
The End of Alchemy by Mervyn King
The Euro by David Marsh
The Fortune Tellers : Inside Wall Street's Game of Money, Media, and Manipulation by Howard Kurtz
The Four Pillars of Investing by William J. Bernstein
The Future for Investors : Why the Tried and the True Triumph Over the Bold and the New by Jeremy J. Siegel
The Index Card by Helaine Olen, Harold Pollack
The Index Revolution by Charles D. Ellis
The Informed Investor: A Hype-Free Guide to Constructing a Sound Financial Portfolio by Frank Armstrong
The Intel Trinity by Michael S. Malone
The Intelligent Asset Allocator: How to Build Your Portfolio to Maximize Returns and Minimize Risk by William J. Bernstein
The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham, Warren E. Buffett(Preface)
The Investor's Anthology : Original Ideas from the Industry's Greatest Minds (Wiley Investment Series) by Charles D. Ellis and James R. Vertin
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by John C. Bogle
The Millionaire Mind by Thomas J. Stanley
The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley & William D. Danko
The Money Game by Adam Smith
The Most Dangerous Trade by Richard Teitelbaum
The Myth of the Rational Market by Justin Fox
The New Book of Trusts by Leimberg Plotnick & Miller Plotnick
The New Commonsense Guide to Mutual Funds by Mary Rowland
The New Lombard Street by Perry Mehrling
The Only Game in Town by Mohamed A. El-Erian
The Only Guide to a Winning Bond Strategy You'll Ever Need by Larry E. Swedroe, Joe H. Hempen
The Only Guide to a Winning Investment Strategy You'll Ever Need by Larry E. Swedroe
The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need by Andrew Tobias
The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs by William N. Thorndike
The Panic of 1907 by Robert F. Bruner, Sean D. Carr
The Partnership: The Making of Goldman Sachs by Charles D. Ellis
The Power Years by Ken Dychtwald, Daniel J. Kadlec
The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill by Ron Suskind
The Random Walk Guide to Investing: Ten Rules for Financial Success by Burton G. Malkiel
The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason
The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture by John Battelle
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder
The Successful Investor Today: 14 Simple Truths You Must Know When You Invest by Larry E. Swedroe
The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford
The Wall Street Guide to Understanding Money & Investing by Kenneth M. Morris, Virginia B. Morris, Alan M. Siegel
The Wall Street Journal Complete Estate-Planning Guidebook by Rachel Emma Silverman
The Wall Street Journal. Complete Retirement Guidebook: How to Plan It, Live It and Enjoy It by Glenn Ruffenach, Kelly Greene
The Warren Buffett Way: Investment Strategies of the World's Greatest Investory by Roger G. Hagstrom
The Way the World Works by Jude Wanniski, Robert Novak
Too Big Too Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin
Triumph of the Optimists: 101 Years of Global Investment Returns by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, Mike Staunton
Unconventional Success : A Fundamental Approach to Personal Investment by David F. Swensen
Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence by William L. Silber
Wall Street People: True Stories of Today's Masters and Moguls by Charles D. Ellis, James R. Vertin
Wall Street Words: An Essential A to Z Guide for Today's Investor by David Logan Scott
Wealth, War and Wisdom by Barton Biggs
What Wall Street Doesn't Want You to Know : How You Can Build Real Wealth Investing in Index Funds by Larry E. Swedroe
Where Are the Customer's Yachts?, Or, a Good Hard Look at Wall Street by Fred Schwed, Peter Arno(Illustrator)
Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround by Louis V. Gerstner Jr., Edward Herrmann
Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes--And How To Correct Them : Lessons from the New Science of Behavioral Economics by Gary Belsky, Thomas Gilovich
Winning the Losers Game: Timeless Strategies for Successful Investing by Charles D. Ellis
Wise Investing Made Simple by Larry Swedroe
You're Fifty--Now What? Investing for the Second Half of Your Life by Charles R. Schwab
You're Retired, Now What? Money Skills for a Comfortable Retirement by Ronald M. Yolles, Murray Yolles