Extend your financial literacy beyond our classes with the below recommended reading in personal finance and investing, as well a list of books pertaining to kids and money! Many of these books are recommended readings in a number of UCLA Extension’s personal finance and investment courses.
Click the respective title below to learn more about the contents of the book and the author. Also feel free to contact us with suggestions for any other books to include in this listing.
Personal Finance
The Millionaire Next Door by Stanley and Danko
Your Money or Your Life by Dominguez and Robin
The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey
The Wealthy Barber by David Chilton
The Richest Man in Babylon by George Clason
The Automatic Millioinaire by David Bach
Simple Wealth, Inevitable Wealth by Nick Murray
The Index Card by Helaine Olen & Harold Pollack
Simple Money by Tim Maurer
Generation Earn by Kimberly Palmer
Yes, You Can…Achieve Financial Independence by James Stowers
Financial Intelligence by Doug Lennick
The Elephant in the Room by Ed Baker
Wealth on Any Income: 12 Steps to Freedom by Rennie Gabriel
CFP Board Financial Planning Competency Handbook by CFP Board
Investing
The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need by Andrew Tobias
The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing by Larimore, Lindauer, and LeBoeuf
A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton Malkiel
The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham
Stocks for the Long Run by Jeremy J. Siegel
One Up On Wall Street by Peter Lynch
Psychology of Investing by John R. Nofsinger
Winning the Loser’s Game by Charles Ellis
The Investment Answer by Daniel C. Goldie
The Little Book That Still Beats the Market by Joel Greenblatt
Investing for a Lifetime by Richard C. Marston
Your Money & Your Brain by Jason Zweig
The Four Pillars of Investing by William J. Bernstein
Kids and Money
The Opposite of Spoiled by Ron Lieber
National Geographic Kids Everything Money by Kathy Furgang
Smart Money Smart Kids by Dave Ramsey and his daughter Rachel Cruze
Raising Financially Fit Kids by Joline Godfrey
Growing Money: A Complete Investing Guide for Kids by Gail Karlitz and Debbie Honig
Money Doesn’t Grow On Trees by Neale S. Godfrey
Raising Financially Confident Kids by Mary Hunt
