Mr. Money Mustache Book Recommendations

A Guide to the Good Life

The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

by William B. Irvine

"I immediately checked out of the library and read completely." - MMM (Source)

Enough

True Measures of Money, Business, and Life

by John C. Bogle

"Read any book by [this author], the founder of Vangard." - MMM (Source)

Struck by Lightning

The Curious World of Probabilities

by Jeffrey S. Rosenthal

"Sums up my decision making process whenever anything is unknown. The basic idea is: understand how fun and useful probabilities and statistics are." - MMM (Source)

Starting Strength

Basic Barbell Training

by Mark Rippetoe

"A meat’n’potatoes summary of what everyone should do to make the biggest improvements in fitness and strength in minimal time." - MMM (Source)

The Magic of Thinking Big

by David J. Schwartz

"A really, really old fashioned book if someone just wants to wake themselves up and start turning into more of a positive, less depressed person." - MMM (Source)

The 4-Hour Body

An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman

by Tim Ferriss

"Has allowed me to gain or maintain muscle with only two short workouts per week." - MMM (Source)

Nudge

Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

by Richard H. Thaler

"On decision making." - MMM (Source)

Arnold's Bodybuilding for Men

by Arnold Schwarzenegger

"After reading this you will know how to work out properly, as well as having a nice lifelong motivation to do so." - MMM (Source)

Happy City

Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design

by Charles Montgomery

"Spectacularly opened up my mind." - MMM (Source)

Common Sense on Mutual Funds

by John C. Bogle

"Read any book by [this author], the founder of Vangard." - MMM (Source)

59 Seconds

Change Your Life in Under a Minute

by Richard Wiseman

Mr. Money Mustache recommended this book on his blog. (Source)

Early Retirement Extreme

A philosophical and practical guide to financial independence

by Jacob Lund Fisker

"If I had to sum up [this book] by inventing my own title for it, I would call it, 'The entirety of human civilization and thought, expressed as a series of equations and graphs.'" - MMM (Source)

Beyond Wealth

The Road Map to a Rich Life

by Alexander Green

"Significant because it was written by an ultra-rich investment manager." - MMM (Source)

The Rational Optimist

How Prosperity Evolves

by Matt Ridley

"It argues compellingly that everything is not only going to be OK in the future, it is surely going to be Fucking Great. That much, I agree with." - MMM (Source)

The Millionaire Next Door

The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

by Thomas J. Stanley

"The main thing it will do is give you reassurance that I am not actually making this shit up. I’m following a very time-honored formula for making you rich." - MMM (Source)

Naked Economics

Undressing the Dismal Science

by Charles Wheelan

"This book’s claim to fame is that it uses absolutely no graphs or numbers when explaining economics. It’s also moderately funny at times." - MMM (Source)

The Simple Path to Wealth

Your Road Map to Financial Independence and a Rich, Free Life

by J L Collins

"Teaches everything you really need to be a successful lifetime investor, yet it’s ridiculously simple." - MMM (Source)

Stress Test

Reflections on Financial Crises

by Timothy F. Geithner

"[An] 800-page description of the financial crisis and I found it pretty captivating." - MMM (Source)

Economics Explained

Everything You Need to Know About How the Economy Works and Where It's Going

by Robert L. Heilbroner

"A very well-written book on economics." - MMM (Source)

The Life You Can Save

How To Do Your Part To End World Poverty

by Peter Singer

"Finalized my desire to give away most of the money I earn over my lifetime to help eliminate third world poverty." - MMM (Source)

Your Money or Your Life

9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence

by Vicki Robin

"If you just get whatever the latest edition of that book is, it really teaches you a philosophy that’s pretty similar to mine." - MMM (Source)

Sculpting Her Body Perfect

by Brad Schoenfeld

"Mrs. M. enjoyed the way a similar body of knowledge was presented in this book. It’s all about tailoring the message to the audience." - MMM (Source)

The Snowball

Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

by Alice Schroeder

"The complete story of Warren Buffett’s life. (He’s old, so there are over 700 pages)." - MMM (Source)

The Power of Habit

Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

by Charles Duhigg

Mr. Money Mustache recommended this book on his blog. (Source)

Character Counts

The Creation and Building of the Vanguard Group

by John C. Bogle

"Read any book by [this author], the founder of Vangard." - MMM (Source)

John Bogle on Investing

The First 50 Years

by John C. Bogle

"Read any book by [this author], the founder of Vangard." - MMM (Source)

Tap Dancing to Work

Warren Buffett on Practically Everything, 1966-2013

by Carol J. Loomis

"The latest Giant Warren Buffett book. Rather than a story of his life, this one is more a collection of Fortune magazine stories about him and things he has written." - MMM (Source)

A Random Walk Down Wall Street

The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing

by Burton G. Malkiel

"A great explanation of why index investing rules, written by a very wise professor/investor guy who has personally researched and debunked most of the common 'wisdom' that exists about stock trading today." - MMM (Source)

Borrow

The American Way of Debt

by Louis Hyman

"A historical perspective on how the use of debt has changed over the centuries and decades, most recently becoming a fast-moving tradable commodity." - MMM (Source)

The Post-American World

by Fareed Zakaria

"A nice financial and political trot around the globe that explains the changes going on in the world as countries like China, Brazil and India collectively become larger economies than the US/Europe/Japan." - MMM (Source)

The Selfish Gene

by Richard Dawkins

"An explanation of evolution since the beginning of life that explains things from the perspective of individual genes." - MMM (Source)

Toward Rational Exuberance

The Evolution of the Modern Stock Market

by B. Mark Smith

"A well written history of the stock market dating back to the 1800s." - MMM (Source)

Bogle On Mutual Funds

New Perspectives For The Intelligent Investor

by John C. Bogle

"Read any book by [this author], the founder of Vangard." - MMM (Source)

The Intelligent Asset Allocator

How to Build Your Portfolio to Maximize Returns and Minimize Risk

by William Bernstein

"Explains that with very little effort, you can drastically reduce the volatility of your investments, even while maintaining the same level of overall returns." - MMM (Source)

Don't Count on It!

Reflections on Investment Illusions, Capitalism, "Mutual" Funds, Indexing, Entrepreneurship, Idealism, and Heroes

by John C. Bogle

"Read any book by [this author], the founder of Vangard." - MMM (Source)

Tools of Titans

The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers

by Tim Ferriss

"I’ve actually got a huge, huge list of documentaries that I’ve been meaning to watch, many of them collected from the guests in [this book]." - MMM (Source)

The Little Book That Still Beats the Market

by Joel Greenblatt

"Really a lesson on value investing fundamentals; how to understand if a company actually is a good deal to buy." - MMM (Source)

The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism

by John C. Bogle

"Read any book by [this author], the founder of Vangard." - MMM (Source)

Elon Musk

Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

by Ashlee Vance

"I’m a big fan [of this book]." - MMM (Source)

I Will Teach You To Be Rich

by Ramit Sethi

"Is [this book] still worth reading? Yes – especially if you are a financial beginner." - MMM (Source)

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing

The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns

by John C. Bogle

"Read any book by [this author], the founder of Vangard." - MMM (Source)

The Clash of the Cultures

Investment vs. Speculation

by John C. Bogle

"Read any book by [this author], the founder of Vangard." - MMM (Source)

Stay the Course

The Story of Vanguard and the Index Revolution

by John C. Bogle

"Read any book by [this author], the founder of Vangard." - MMM (Source)

Crash Proof 2.0

How to Profit From the Economic Collapse

by Peter D. Schiff

"An explanation of what caused the US financial and housing sector crash in 2008." - MMM (Source)

The Newbie's Guide to Publishing

by J.A. Konrath

"For aspiring writers and bloggers." - MMM (Source)

Plenitude

The New Economics of True Wealth

by Juliet B. Schor

"The idea of [this book] is that we can all end up happier and with more free time, while maintaining a fully functioning and efficient economy." - MMM (Source)