Financial Books?

[Dido]

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just cause a book says 'your money or your life' doesn't mean it is 'your money or your life' I have no idea the copyright details or if some word is missing or what, but I have a copy I just borrowed called 'your money or your life' it is all a political commentary, not neccessarily a bad book, but not by dominguez, and not at all helpful in dealing with your finances..it is just a compelation of Cavutos newsclips..

I guess what I am saying is if you have as bad a memory as I do, write down the authors name, don't just make a mental note of the title! thank goodness I only borrowed it from the library

It's THIS "Your Money or Your Life" http://yourmoneyoryourlife.org/, subtitled "Transforming your relationship with money and achieving financial independence"... the other one may have a different subtitle. The link here has a detailed summary, study guides, etc.

[Ima saver]

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I like Mary Hunt's book also. Plus, the wealthy Barber by david chilton. There are two Your money or your life books. I am getting inspired to read some of them again. Oh the Andrew Tobias book is good too.

[Ima saver]

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I also like "smart women finish rich" by David bach.

[Dido]

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There are two Your money or your life books.

According to Amazon.com, there are *3* books with this title currently in print. Two are financial advice guides, one is a book of right-wing political essays by a Fox news commentator. The Dominguez & Robin book is the one that is known as the bible of the voluntary simplicity movement. There is a sequel to this book authored by Jacquie Blix & David Heitmiller called
Getting a Life (see http://www.gettingalife.org/thebook.htm). Blix and Heitmiller authored it because Dominguez died of cancer a few years after YMOYL was published. Getting a LIfe tells stories of people actually going through the program and working through the 9 steps. I really liked that book, too.

[veronak]

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My favorites are:
Dave Ramsey "Total Money Makeover"
Suze Orman "Young Fabolous and Broke"

I will definately check out the others that were posted

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I just finished reading Happy Pocket Full of Money by David Cameron. It was amazing and has totally changed the way I look at money. Not your typical money book. It talks about money at a deeper level. VERY interesting!

[Roupey03]

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I am reading Millionare next door right now.

After I finish that I plan on going to a local library and picking up everything that interests me.

[Ima saver]

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The wealthy Barber is one of the easiest books to understand.

[PauletteGoddard]

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I like Living More with Less, will second the More with Less Cookbook, Saving on a Shoestring by Barbara O'Neill, the Complete Tightwad Gazette, The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need, and for spunky nostalgia, Orchids on Your Budget by Marjorie Hillis.

[tabbycat31]

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one I really enjoyed was "Generation Debt" by Anya Kamenetz. The book was written by someone my age (she was born the same year as me) and it really puts insights onto the younger generation.

I got it out of the library

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FZDL06/sr=8-1/qid=1155684471/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5287678-0548762?ie=UTF8

[justbee]

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The book that got me started was Debt No More by Larry Burkett from the local library, all of his books are good but this one gives you real life examples from couples that he had counseled.

[boefixepa]

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I am liking this thread and the one it pointed too. I found 'How to survive without a Salary' and am well over half way through. I like the concept of 'conserverism' vs. 'consumerism' a small difference in letters, but such a huge difference in the brain. I am looking forward to hunting up more these books!

[cptacek]

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I just read "The Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham. This book isn't like the others shown here...the ones above are more on how to live frugally. This book is about Value investing, and how stocks are actually a small section of a company instead of a "bet" on how well the stock is going to do in the future. It was written in 1949, updated in the 60's, the 70's and in 2003. It was very challenging reading, but I just finished yesterday and am going to start it over again so I can take notes and really understand what he is saying.

[Roupey03]

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I am starting to think why read these books if you guys already have. I will just read the forum. Haha

[PrincessPerky]

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heh, well this forum you can't take to the drs office, or hold in your lap while DH has the computer..
which is why I was trying to get some out of the library