So, you want to get serious about investing, but what should you do? Where should you start? For the novice investor, here’s a list of the seven must-read investment books that will help become an investing expert.

Your Money or Your Life

This book written by Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez gives readers a nine-step guide to financial independence. A key feature of this book is helping people calculate how much something is worth by how many hours it takes to earn the money to buy it. It also shows how people can invest their money so that they don’t have to work their whole lives.

The Simple Path to Wealth

If you’re a millennial but not a finance nerd, this is the book for you. Written by JL Collins, this is the book for young people who want to start investing because of its very aggressive investing tactics.

The Richest Man in Babylon

This book, written by George S. Clason, is for people who like fiction but want to get fiscally responsible. It tells parables to explain concepts about money like how to save and invest it wisely.

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing

If you like charts, graphs and table, this is the book for you. Reading is hard, and this book, written by John Bogle, breaks up long sections of text with visual aids which help explain how someone should invest their money.

The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need

If you want to learn about investing but you don’t understand fancy words, this book is for you. Andrew Tobias wrote this book in a way that makes it easy to read while also thoroughly explaining complex investing topics.

The Four Pillars of Investing

This book, written by William J. Bernstein, is for the self-investor who hate math and numbers. It has a very conservative take on investing, which makes it a perfect template of those who like to build their nest eggs with as little risk as possible.

The Millionaire Teacher

Who says teachers can’t make money? Andrew Hallam, a former school teacher, gives investors “nine rules of wealth,” which could help anyone become a millionaire. For the record, he retired at 40 years old.

These seven investment books are must-reads for anyone who wants to become a serious investor. For more information, please contact us.