Best Finance & Investing Books Recommended by Experts

Most-recommended finance and investing books

1. 
   The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
   Morgan Housel
   Recommended by Howard Marks, Jason Zweig +6 more
2. 
   Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
   James Clear
   Recommended by Keith Rabois, Ankur Warikoo +5 more
3. 
   The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
   Ben Horowitz
   Recommended by Larry Page, Dustin Moskovitz +3 more
4. 
   Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
   Matthew Walker PhD
   Recommended by Tim Brown, Preston Pysh +3 more
5. 
   The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future
   Sebastian Mallaby
   Recommended by Patrick Collison, Meb Faber +2 more
6. 
   Principles: Life and Work
   Ray Dalio
   Recommended by Michael Bloomberg, Preston Pysh +2 more
7. 
   The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed. The Definitive Book on Value Investing
   Benjamin Graham, Jason Zweig
   Recommended by Warren Buffett, Bill Ackman +2 more
8. 
   Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition
   Robert B. Cialdini
   Recommended by Charlie Munger, Max Levchin +1 more
9. 
   Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
   Annie Duke
   Recommended by Howard Marks, Jason Zweig +1 more
10. 
    The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
    Gregory Zuckerman
    Recommended by Abhishek Kar, Douglas Kass +1 more
11. 
    Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future
    Blake Masters
    Recommended by Dustin Moskovitz, Max Levchin +1 more
12. 
    Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (Harriman Definitive Editions): The classic novel based on the life of legendary stock market speculator Jesse Livermore
    Edwin Lefevre
    Recommended by Joshua M. Brown, Steve Burns +1 more
13. 
    The Education of a Value Investor: My Transformative Quest for Wealth, Wisdom, and Enlightenment
    Guy Spier
    Recommended by Jason Zweig, Syed Balkhi +1 more
14. 
    A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Best Investment Guide That Money Can Buy
    Burton G. Malkiel
    Recommended by Erik Voorhees, Meb Faber +1 more
15. 
    The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
    William N. Thorndike Jr.
    Recommended by Warren Buffett, Brian Feroldi +1 more
16. 
    What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence
    Stephen A. Schwarzman
    Recommended by Eric Schmidt, Klaus Schwab +1 more
17. 
    The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze
    Laura Shin
    Recommended by Raoul Pal, Elizabeth Yin +1 more
18. 
    Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
    Nir Eyal, Ryan Hoover
    Recommended by Jon Weiner, Andrew Lokenauth +1 more
19. 
    Trailblazer: The Power of Business as the Greatest Platform for Change
    Marc Benioff, Monica Langley
    Recommended by Richard Branson, Jim Cramer +1 more
20. 
    The Richest Man in Babylon: Deluxe Hardbound Edition
    George S Clason
    Recommended by Andrew Lokenauth, : Advait +1 more
21. 
    The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking
    Saifedean Ammous
    Recommended by Ricardo Salinas Pliego, Raoul Pal +1 more
22. 
    One Up On Wall Street: How to Use What You Already Know to Make Money in the Market
    Lynch (Author)
    Recommended by Bill Ackman, Brian Feroldi +1 more
23. 
    In-N-Out Burger: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules
    Stacy Perman
    Recommended by Richard Branson, Richard Branson
24. 
    Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
    Dr. Dan Ariely
    Recommended by Keith Rabois, Max Levchin

Finance & Investing experts

Warren Buffett

Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway

16 book recommendations

Bill Ackman

Founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management

4 book recommendations

Mark Cuban

Entrepreneur, Investor, and Shark Tank Investor

12 book recommendations

Larry Page

Co-Founder of Google and Alphabet

8 book recommendations

Sergey Brin

Co-Founder of Google

3 book recommendations

Richard Branson

Founder and Chairman of Virgin Group

17 book recommendations

Richard Branson

Founder of Virgin Group

5 book recommendations

Charlie Munger

Former Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924–2023)

20 book recommendations

Jim Cramer

I am founder of @TheStreet & I run charitable trust portfolio Action Alerts PLUS. I also host @MadMoneyOnCNBC & blog daily on https://t.co/sGTJX6GWO2. Booyah!

3 book recommendations

Maria Bartiromo

Anchor, Global Markets Editor Mornings with Maria @MorningsMaria 6-9 AM et M-F on @FoxBusiness & @SundayFutures 10:00 AM et Sundays @FoxNews 2-time Emmy winner

2 book recommendations

Michael Bloomberg

Founder of Bloomberg LP, former Mayor of New York City

19 book recommendations

Eric Schmidt

Former CEO of Google, Investor and Author

18 book recommendations

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