Book recommendations

📚 Personal Finance + Wealth Building (Foundational)

1. The Psychology of Money — Morgan Housel: https://amzn.to/4jFF8vf

Essential for understanding how emotions and mindset shape financial decisions. A must-read for anyone who’s ever felt “stuck” with money.

2. I Will Teach You To Be Rich — Ramit Sethi: https://amzn.to/49rGtkE

Practical, modern, and highly actionable — focused on systems over perfection.

3. Your Money or Your Life — Vicki Robin & Joe Dominguez: https://amzn.to/4qpjnma

A classic on money meaning — linking values, work, spending, and life purpose.

4. The Simple Path to Wealth — JL Collins: https://amzn.to/3YABzwW

Clear, friendly guidance on investing and building long-term wealth, especially for beginners.

5. Broke Millennial — Erin Lowry: https://amzn.to/49RMusm

Relatable, witty, and great for early adulthood financial habits and confidence.

🧠 Money Mindset + Behavioural Finance

6. Mind Over Money — Claudia Hammond: https://amzn.to/4szR9Xf

Explores how psychology influences money choices, with insights from research and behaviour science.

7. Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending — Elizabeth Dunn & Michael Norton: https://amzn.to/3LGpmUx

Not about saving per se — about spending in ways that actually increase happiness.

8. Think Again — Adam Grant: https://amzn.to/4qVy5RH

Not specific to money, but excellent for rethinking financial assumptions and biases.

9. The Soul of Money — Lynne Twist: https://amzn.to/3NIVgjK

A more philosophical take — relationship with money, abundance vs scarcity, and purpose.

💡 Economics, Inequality, and Money in Society

10. The Richest Man in Babylon — George S. Clason: https://amzn.to/49lZN49

Ancient parables with timeless money wisdom (budgeting, saving, investing principles).

11. Capital in the Twenty-First Century — Thomas Piketty: https://amzn.to/3LKOvNO

Big-picture understanding of capital, wealth inequality, and society. Great for context.

12. Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing — Jacob Goldstein: https://amzn.to/4sGzMEm

A narrative history of money — how we think about it and how that’s changed.

💼 Behaviour + Decision-Making + Productivity

13. Atomic Habits — James Clear: https://amzn.to/49Uu1LG

Not money-specific, but outstanding for building consistent financial habits.

14. The ONE Thing — Gary Keller & Jay Papasan: https://amzn.to/4jC7wOS

Helps focus financial goals and habits without overwhelm.

15. The Art of Thinking Clearly — Rolf Dobelli: https://amzn.to/3NlLVOP

Great for recognising money biases and cognitive traps we all fall into.

👩‍🏫 Female-Focused or Empowered Financial Thinking

16. We Should All Be Millionaires — Rachel Rodgers: https://amzn.to/45UtF5o

Money mindset geared toward confidence, ambition, and female empowerment.

17. Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office — Lois P. Frankel: https://amzn.to/3NmG23S

Not purely finance, but incredibly helpful on confidence, negotiation, career and money leadership.

18. Women & Money — Suze Orman: https://amzn.to/4sED7Uj

A classic female-focused take on money, risk, confidence, and empowerment.

📍 Bonus: Short Reads

If you want quick wins without commitment:

• The Little Book of Common Sense Investing — John C. Bogle: https://amzn.to/45Jh3xX

• The Latte Factor — David Bach: https://amzn.to/49kUi5N

• Money Master the Game (summarised) — Tony Robbins (summary version): https://amzn.to/4pFk4qa