Latest responses to “Best Personal Finance Books About Money - Reviews” Copyright 2013, MoneyBlueBook.com 402940 2010-12-28T14:14:47-08:00 naveen taylor hi thanks for the interesting list u have provided... i have seen almost every book up there appear in one or more top lists of personal finance books... great to know some useful knowledge is shared for the good of all... i would love it if anyone could mail any of these books to my email id naveens.pr1@gmail.com i would greatly appreciate that... or may be a link where i can download the e book.... all the reviews and responses only increase my curiosity about these books.... hoping to spend most my 2011 reading them..... thank you.. 402930 2010-10-09T02:50:28-07:00 Elden Mcglockton Here's a funny quote to make you smile :) Good judgment comes from bad experience and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. :) 402920 2010-08-13T08:25:49-07:00 Cathy G. Petree For the best personal finance management you have to keep up with banks and their ratings and you have to watch websites like bankrate or www.bank-ratings.net to check how your bank is doing at the moment. I think this is a very neglected thing by most of the people nowadays. 402890 2010-02-24T11:05:07-08:00 Steve Miller Have you considered the new, award-winning book, Enjoy Your Money! How to Make It, Save It, Invest It and Give It? While well-researched and documented, it's written in story form to make it an enjoyable read. It tells the stories of people like Warren Buffett and clothes washer Oseolo McCartney and Thomas Jefferson and even Led Zeppelin - memorable, classic wisdom put in a fresh format. So far, it's got all five-star ratings on Amazon. Yes, I'm the author and I suppose it's a rather shameless promo, but the book is helping a lot of people and I'm trying to get the word out. Would love to see some of you read it and give your candid responses. 402910 2010-01-03T18:37:00-08:00 Tyler An early comment mentions "The Four-Hour Work Week" and "I Will Teach You to be Rich" as possible contenders for the list. I disagree. While they are both good reads, they definitely should not yet be considered classics. 4 hours is mostly about time management and caters to a very specific audience (those who are in business, hate their jobs, are middle aged and single). I just finished "I will teach you" and thought it had sound financial advice, but doesn't add much to classics like "The Millionaire Next Door," "The Only Investment Guide You'll ever need," etc. And I personally hated his crass hipster way of speaking (even though I'm about his same age). So, again... pretty good books, but not classics. Two other books I'd consider on the way to becoming classics are "Top Ten Distinctions between Millionaires and the Middle Class" by Keith Cameron Smith, and "Five Lessons a Millionaire taught me about life and wealth." Both are short quick reads that are practical guides to getting started in wealth accumulation. 402870 2009-09-27T01:35:43-07:00 OnTheBrink Any opinions on Mary Hunt's "The Complete Cheapskate"? The only other book on this list I've read is Dale Carnegie's book, so I can't speak to how good they are... I just found her book to make a lot of sense from a very specific day-to-day money management perspective instead of just a broad strategy. I realize big-picture is important too, but as my "name" eludes, we are on the brink of financial disaster - most likely bankruptcy unless I can find emergency help immediately... I've somewhat given up hope that I will be able to find something in time, especially since my wages are already being garnished (and will be for the next 3-4 years), so I'm now looking for a post-trauma strategy and I want to make sure we get it right this time!!! I really don't want to flounder around trying multiple strategies and failing any more... I've heard a lot about Dave Ramsey's book and program and listen to his radio program. I like his approach, but mostly what I hear is how to get out of debt, and it appears that his focus is to BUDGET - which is the same as just about every other program I've heard about. What I need is a step-by-step guide we can follow to prepare us for the financial emergencies that we ALWAYS seem to be faced with. Maybe this isn't the correct forum for me to be airing this information, if it's not, I apologize. I'm just very desperate to find some help - if possible before the BK, but if not definitely after... We live in a very small community so assistance-counseling is essentially non-existent. Any suggestions or recommendations will be highly appreciated!!! P.S. I'm going to start reading these books as soon as possible... 402900 2009-09-18T20:24:06-07:00 Save Money Hound I have found No 2 and 3 on your list both excellent reads. Reading "Your Money or Your Life" will certainly change the way you view money. It really makes you scrutinise your expenses based on your values. And to question whether or not the blood, sweat and tears spent in earning money to consume is worth the effort. It all leads back to a couple of fundamental questions about what kind of lifestyle you choose to lead and what your priorities are. As for The Millionaire Next Door, it certainly turns up some interesting facts about who the real millionaires are. Not necessarily your high consumerist neighbour next door who has got the latest and best of everything! 402880 2009-06-29T07:10:39-07:00 Martin Hello all, I've just graduated from university and wondered whether any of these titles (or any others) would be particularly suitable for me? I've had a quick look at the Suze Orman one, but wondered if there was anything else out there? Peter - I particularly enjoyed a book called 'The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari' by Robin Sharma, and have found some useful recommendations too. M :-) 402850 2009-06-08T15:18:56-07:00 Peter Hi, Could anyone please recommend me any books about this topic "the important about money, or why should you care more about money". I have had many chances of making a lot of money in the past, but I have the mentality that I don't care about money, therefore I never took the chances, and also, I had 89,000 in my saving 4 years ago and spent it all on drinking and other material things and I am currently 55,000 in visa debts, and still don't care about making money to pay them off. Are there any book out there that will change the way I look at MONEY. I have heard a lot of books out there that teach you how to be rich such as (think and grow rich and the science of being rich), but I have found none of the books that tell you the important of money and why you should work hard to make money. I need books that tell me why I need to be rich not tell me how to be rich. Any help suggestion would be great. Thanks, Peter 402770 2009-05-19T17:13:44-07:00 Mike Do you ever offer any personal finance book giveaways? I have never seen you offer such a prize in any of your blog posts. How about offering some of the older books for loyal readers as an online prize rather than giving out the newer, less proven releases. Building a personal finance book library from scratch by buying one's own books is expensive!