NOTES

• No step-by-step budgeting books made it to my list but you can start by reading my Best of FB posts
• Everything I’ve learned about money is mostly from all the amazing blogs out there
• Living with less & minimalism was learned online or just with general experience & observation
• Read my minimalism philosophy here, then start on my Best of EM posts and look at my Blogroll
• Books are heavy on the ‘wealth-building’ and millionaire-mindset variety
• My most inspirational career books come from strategists of war, although I take a milder approach
• General philosophies come from thought-provoking fiction

FB’S LIBRARY OF BOOKS TO READ

All links below go to my Amazon Associates referral ID, so thank you in advance if you do decide to buy

BOOKS THAT HAVE INSPIRED ME

1. The Millionaire Next Door — first book that changed my whole perspective on money
2. Index Funds: The 12-Step Program for Active Investors — An excellent easy-to-read primer on investing with index funds
3. Millionaire Women Next Door — focuses on the women, rather than only on men (#1 & #2)
4. Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic — first book I ever read on living simply
5. The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less — marketing perspective
6. Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping — good psychology of shopping read
7. Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist (and my review is located here)
8. Outliers: The Story of Success — explains what uncontrollable factors play a role
9. Atlas Shrugged — first book that really resonated quite deeply with me & my values
10. The Alchemist — easy to read but with complex thoughts that take time to process
11. The Art Of War — good strategies to use even in today’s world especially office politics/negotiation
12. The Prince — another good book on strategies to use
13. Animal Farm — great book detailing greed and power, makes you more aware of the balance
14. Ender’s Game — fun read that had some good ideas/strategies/points to takeaway

OTHER BOOKS I RE-READ FOR FUN

1. Enchantment – A thoroughly modern but traditional fairytale (for guys too)
2. The Belgariad: Volume One and Volume Two — Love this fantasy series
3. The Malloreon: Volume One and Volume Two — Cheaper than buying individuals
4. Entire M.Y.T.H. Series: Books 1 & 2:  Another Fine Myth/Myth Conceptions
5. Entire Lone Wolf and Cub Manga Series: Book 1 – “Assassins Road“
6. Entire Usagi Yojimbo Manga Series: Book 1 – “The Ronin“
7. Entire Harry Potter Series: Boxset — Not just for kids you know!
8. Daughter of the Blood (Black Jewels Book One) — Very dark fiction
9. Heir to the Shadows (Black Jewels Book Two)
10. Queen of the Darkness (Black Jewels Book Three)
11. Pillars of the World (Tir Alainn Book One) — More dark fiction, same author
12. Shadows and Light (Tir Alainn Book Two)
13. House of Gaian (Tir Alainn Book Three)
14. The Other Side of the Story
15. Last Chance Saloon
16. The Nanny Diaries
17. Confessions of a Shopaholic — What can I say? I feel a kinship
18. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan
19. Shopaholic Ties the Knot
20. Shopaholic and Sister
21. Shopaholic and Baby
22. Can you keep a secret? — One of the only two non-Shopaholic books I liked
23. Twenties Girl — This one most people disliked, but I thought it was good
24. The Devil Wears Prada
25. As the Romans Did: A Sourcebook

ON MY LIST TO READ

I loathe buying books that I end up not wanting to keep, so I tend not to buy any unless I am sure I’d read it again or use it as a reference.

Am planning on borrowing these books in my off time to read, or to skim in the bookstore before buying.

That being said, there are some I’d buy outright, they’re noted below.

1. A Different Kind of Luxury: Japanese Lessons in Simple Living and Inner Abundance
2. The Frugal Millionaires
3. Stop Acting Rich — Will buy outright (I love this authors’ work)
4. Founders at Work: Stories of Startups’ Early Days
5. Forbes Greatest Business Stories of All Time
6. Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us — Will buy outright
7. Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? — Will buy outright
8. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
9. Material World: A Global Family Portrait — Will buy outright (Photos)
10. What the World Eats — Will buy outright (Photos)
11. A Geography Of Time
12. Call of the Mall
13. The Overspent American
14. Richistan
15. Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
16. The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life — Will buy outright
17. Leading By Design: The Ikea Story
18. The Outsider’s Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires
19. Four Queens: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe
20. Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance? — Will buy outright
21. The Middle-Class Millionaire
22. The Top 10 Distinctions Between Millionaires and the Middle Class
23. Maxed Out