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Recommended Reading List

Course extra · By Lane Kawaoka, PE · Updated November 2026 · Course home

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Recommended Reading List

General Financial Philosophies and Studies
The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas Stanley & William Danko
Debt Proof Your Marriage and Debt Proof Living by Mary Hunt
The Automatic Millionaire, Start Late, Finish Rich, Smart Couples
Finish Rich, and Smart Women Finish Rich by David Bach
The Millionaire Mind and Millionaire Women Next Door by Dr. Thomas Stanley
Rich Dad, Poor Dad and The Cash Flow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki
The One Minute Millionaire by Mark Victor Hansen & Robert G. Allen
The Financial Wisdom of Ebenezer Scrooge by Ted & Brad Klontz & Rick Kahler
The Five Lessons a Millionaire Taught Me about Life and Wealth by Richard Paul Evans
The Energy of Money by Dr. Maria Nemeth
The Richest Man in Babylon by George Clayson
Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
How to Be a Billionaire by Martin Fridson
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz
General Money-Saving Techniques and Principles
Frugal Living for Dummies by Deborah Taylor-Hough
The Ten-Percent Solution by Marc Allen
Penny Pinching 101 by Jackie Iglehart
Saving on a Shoestring by Barbara O’Neill
Financial Fitness for Life by Jerry Mason
Spend Your Way to Wealth by Mike Schiano
Yankee Magazine’s Living Well on a Shoestring

Real Estate

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Wall Street Investing

Wall Street Money Machine by Wade Cook
A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. Malkiel
Trading for a Living by Dr. Alexander Elder
Getting Started in Options by Michael Thomsett
The Options Course by George A. Fontanills
The New Scrooge Investing by Mark Skousen
Common Sense on Mutual Funds by John C. Bogle
Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing by Robert Kiyosaki

Taxes, Insurance, Estate Planning

Lower Your Taxes Big Time by Sandy Botkin
If Americans Really Understood the Income Tax by John O. Fox
The New Life Insurance Investment Advisor by Ben Baldwin
If You’re Clueless About Insurance and Want to Know More by Seth Godin
Estate Planning for Dummies by Brian Caverly
Make Your Kid a Millionaire by Kevin McKinley
Keep What You Earn by Terry Coxon
The Wills, Estate Planning, and Trusts Legal Kit by Douglas Godby

Small and Home-Based Businesses

Multiple Streams of Income by Robert G Allen
Steps to Small Business Start-up by Linda Pinson & Jerry Jinnett
Marketing for the Home-Based Business by Jeff Davidson
Associate and Affiliate Programs on the Net by Daniel Gray
Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi
Starting an eBay Business for Dummies by Marcia Collier

Biographies

The Warren Buffet Way by Robert Hagstrom
The Sam Walton Story by Austin Teutsch (Wal-Mart)
Dave’s Way by David Thomas (Wendy’s story)
Built from Scratch (story of growing Home Depot from $0 to $30-billion)
Nuts! by Kevin Freibert (story of Southwest Airlines)
Be my Guest by Conrad Hilton
Great American Business Women by Laura S. Jeffrey
Pour Your Heart into It (Starbucks) by Howard Schultz

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