Books you recommend:

[debtfreeme]

what are some of the best financial books you have ever read? (authors too please)



What are some of the best any kind of book have you read?



I am bored with the current books i have and am looking for some suggestions, what is on your reading list? (said in the tone of the capitol one comercials...what is in your wallet?)

[fairy74]

Re: Books you recommend:

Financial Books:

Your Money or Your Life (drawing a blank on author's name, eek prego moment!)
The Tightwad Gazettes Amy Dacyzsynnnnn (last name horribly butchered)

Other Books:

The entire series of Richard Jury mysteries by Martha Grimes
Anything by Jonathan Kellerman (although I hate the way his wife Faye writes)
Echo Park by Michael Connelly
Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

[PRICEPLUS]

Re: Books you recommend:

Suze Orman hsa some good stuff for those just starting out!

[scfr]

Re: Books you recommend:

The "Net Worth Workout" by Susan Feitelberg is a fairly new one. It's a good book with solid advice for beginners, and even non-beginners can get some great ideas, reminders, and motivation.

A really super-duper bonus is that this book is currently being offered as an on-line book club from Barnes & Noble (www.barnesandnoble.com / click on the Book Club Link, then click on Money & Careers Book Club), so you can interact directly with the author! She is a Financial Adviser with JPMorgan Chase, and so I think the Book Club is a tremendous opportunity. [It's completely free.]

[jriessel]

Re: Books you recommend:

Thanks! I was just going to post this question.

I just finished reading Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover. I am not sure I will follow his play 100%, but he really motivated me to start paying down my car and school loans (I don't have any CC debt).

[MarianneJ]

Re: Books you recommend:

We've had this one before, but it is always fun to see what others like to read.

Debt-Proof Living - Mary Hunt (my favorite; straight forward and easy to understand; a real "plan" you can follow instead of just random advice)

Smart Women (or Couples) Finish Rish - David Bach

The Automatic Millionaire - David Bach

Richest Man in Babylon - ???

NON -FINANCIAL:
The "in death" series by JD Robb
"Harry Potter" series by JK Rowling (I must like authors who use initials!) *grin*
I love reading my daughter's children's literature! Right now we are reading "Inkspell" by Cornelia Funke. Seems to be so many more great children's books these days than when I was growing up.
If you like children's lit, I have got many more I can recommend!

[jriessel]

Re: Books you recommend:

How about motivational books?

[LuxLiving]

Re: Books you recommend:

oooooohhhhhh children's lit - try The Gammage Cup.

Richest Man in Babylon is by George Clason - a favorite of mine.

[Aleta]

Re: Books you recommend:

I think that The Wealthy Barber was good. The Richest Man in Babylon is also a good read. It motivated my unsaving husband to start setting money aside. I also liked All Your Worth by Elizabeth Warren and her daughter. I am currently reading Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez and Vidi Robin. Just picked it up yesterday.

[brandonbond]

Why is such a nice book thread so old? Let's share some recommendations
I'm reading From a Taller Tower: The Rise of the American Mass Shooter by Seamus McGraw, which is quite interesting.It's about gun violence, control, etc. Makes you think

[myrdale]

Why is such a nice book thread so old? Let's share some recommendations
I'm reading From a Taller Tower: The Rise of the American Mass Shooter by Seamus McGraw, which is quite interesting.It's about gun violence, control, etc. Makes you think

That's quite an interesting recommendation, but I've never read it, so have nothing to say about that book. I can recommend Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S. C. Gwynne

If you're going to resurrect a 15 year old thread, you might consider posting a financial book. Which of these two books you listed did you like reading the most?

[QuarterMillionMan]

[james.hendrickson]

That's quite an interesting recommendation, but I've never read it, so have nothing to say about that book. I can recommend Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S. C. Gwynne

The "Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History" is actually a very good read. The Comanches blocked westward expansion for about 80 years. White settlers just couldn't defeat them until the invention of revolvers and repeating rifles. It's an excellent history.

[myrdale]

Sorry, I just missed somehow that this thread is about financial books. I can't say that it's the genre of books I read often, but I've read Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki, The Automatic Millionaire: A Powerful One-step Plan to Live and Finish Rich by David Bach, and I've read a few more but didn't like them.

I just think it is odd that the very first line of the original post is "What are some of the best financial books you have ever read?" and an account with less than 5 post manages to locate and bump this thread in a financial forum but doesn't think to list a financial book. The post is then followed up by a second <5 post account the very next day. All that may be just coincidence.

What is really funny is I can see TimWish published and then deleted a comment at 5:28 Am this morning to this thread, then you publish a reply 9 minutes later at 5:37 AM.

Smells fishy to me.

[disneysteve]

I just think it is odd that the very first line of the original post is "What are some of the best financial books you have ever read?"

And the second line is, "What are some of the best any kind of book have you read?"

I agree that it is suspicious any time a brand new poster dredges up an ancient thread but until they actually break the rules, there's no action to be taken by the moderators since the poster hasn't done anything wrong. If you see something that is obviously spam, please click on the "Flag" icon under the post to report it. Thanks for paying attention.