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Mr. Money Mustache Book Recommendations (46 Books)

Mr. Money Mustache is the website and pseudonym of Canadian-born blogger Peter Adeney.

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Books Recommended by Mr. Money Mustache

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The Post-American World

Fareed Zakaria

Source: "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

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A Random Walk Down Wall Street

The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing

Burton G. Malkiel

Source: "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

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Tap Dancing to Work

Warren Buffett on Practically Everything, 1966-2013

Carol J. Loomis

Source: "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

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Early Retirement Extreme

A philosophical and practical guide to financial independence

Jacob Lund Fisker

Source: "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

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The Millionaire Next Door

The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

Thomas J. Stanley

Source: "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

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The Intelligent Asset Allocator

How to Build Your Portfolio to Maximize Returns and Minimize Risk

William Bernstein

Source: "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

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Borrow

The American Way of Debt

Louis Hyman

Source: "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

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Plenitude

The New Economics of True Wealth

Juliet B. Schor

Source: "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

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The Magic of Thinking Big

David J. Schwartz

Source: "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

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Struck by Lightning

The Curious World of Probabilities

Jeffrey S. Rosenthal

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

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Starting Strength

Basic Barbell Training

Mark Rippetoe

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

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The Rational Optimist

How Prosperity Evolves

Matt Ridley

Source: "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

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Sculpting Her Body Perfect

Brad Schoenfeld

Source: "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

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Naked Economics

Undressing the Dismal Science

Charles Wheelan

Source: "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

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Tools of Titans

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

Tim Ferriss

Source: "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

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The Life You Can Save

How To Do Your Part To End World Poverty

Peter Singer

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

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The Selfish Gene

Richard Dawkins

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

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The Little Book That Still Beats the Market

Joel Greenblatt

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

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Your Money or Your Life

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

Vicki Robin

Source: "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

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Arnold's Bodybuilding for Men

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

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The Simple Path to Wealth

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

J L Collins

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

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The Snowball

Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

Alice Schroeder

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

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The 4-Hour Body

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

Tim Ferriss

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

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Beyond Wealth

The Road Map to a Rich Life

Alexander Green

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

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I Will Teach You To Be Rich

Ramit Sethi

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

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Crash Proof 2.0

How to Profit From the Economic Collapse

Peter D. Schiff

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

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Stress Test

Reflections on Financial Crises

Timothy F. Geithner

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

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A Guide to the Good Life

The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

William B. Irvine

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

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Toward Rational Exuberance

The Evolution of the Modern Stock Market

B. Mark Smith

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

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