Personal Finance Books

MagicToaster

I'm looking to purchase some literature which can help me to manage my personal finances better. I don't have horrendous credit card debt that I need to get out of, don't get me wrong. I'm just looking for a book that can help me make a better budget, or give me tips on how to be a better financial administrator.

I've heard good things about Suze Orman's 9 Steps to Financial Freedom, but that's about the extent of my knowledge on this subject.

What other books can you guys recommend?

RUNN1NGMAN

www.fool.com is a good place to start--not a book, obviously, but lots of good information.

MagicToaster

Cool! It has a personal finance section!

Rhino

There is a lot of crappy personal finance books out there. Most of them are snake oil, "get rich quick" books [which only make the author rich], or dumbed down to the point of being useless or even plan wrong/hurtful.

I'd suggest to start with, get your self a good Intro to Personal Finance college level text. Something that is actucally being used at an accredited college. Or, better yet; go take the class yourself. It'll be a harder read then those cheesy books; but will save you a lot of grief in the long run.

I like this one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0136063039/ref=ox_ya_oh_product
But really, any "Intro the PF" college text should be fine.

MurphysParadox

I find that Life Hacker has the occasional good article on this topic. http://lifehacker.com/search/personal%20finance/ is a starting point, though I don't believe it will get all of them. There aren't really many books listed by the site, but you will be given articles and free tools which can help the whole money management thing. Heck, that's basically true for any aspect of life management. However, also I wouldn't focus exclusively on the site's choices, but it works well enough.

Hlubocky

I read good things about the book, "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" (http://www.amazon.com/Random-Walk-Down-Wall-Street/dp/0393330338/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1249388169&sr=8-1) (sorry if the link has some info of mine in there...), though I don't think it is a simple, "Do these X things for success" type of book.

Cauld

Hlubocky wrote: »

I read good things about the book, "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" (http://www.amazon.com/Random-Walk-Down-Wall-Street/dp/0393330338/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1249388169&sr=8-1) (sorry if the link has some info of mine in there...), though I don't think it is a simple, "Do these X things for success" type of book.

I read that book, its mainly an investing book. Or rather a book about the randomness of investing and how nobody really knows better than anybody else.

MagicToaster

Rhino wrote: »

I like this one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0136063039/ref=ox_ya_oh_product

I checked the table of contents, it is exactly what I'm looking for, cool!