Boost Your Financial IQ in 2025 With These Finance Reads

This revised cult classic originally published in 1949, is still regarded as the ultimate guide to investing. This updated 2025 edition includes fresh insights from today’s top financial experts, adapting Graham’s principles to modern markets. You’ll learn how to minimize risks, identify undervalued stocks and adopt a long-term, disciplined investment strategy. Whether you’re new to investing or a seasoned pro, this book provides a solid foundation for building wealth.

What separates the most successful investors from the rest? William Green does a deep dive on the strategies and philosophies from 40 of the world’s “super-investors,” to uncover the true keys of wealth. Aside from learning how to invest intelligently, you’ll discover tools to improve the way you think, assess risk and build resilience.

Morgan Housel argues that being good with money is not necessarily what you know, but how you behave. Instead of squashing numbers and asking you to bring out spreadsheets, Housel uses a more practical approach asserting that the most important financial decisions happen in daily life, at the dinner table or on your drive to work. Understanding the financial success can be chalked up to your everyday behaviors is the foundation he works from, proving that anyone can be good with money if they change the way they think about it and their behaviors surrounding spending, investing and saving.

For over 25 years this book has been a household go-to for gaining control of your finances and changing your relationship with money. The newest and revised 2018 edition applies the time-tested wisdom against more modern money problems. In a nine-step program, you can expect to learn how to be more deliberate and intentional with your money.

Investing does not have to be overly complicated, and JL Collins proves it in this straightforward, no-nonsense guide. Originally written as a series of letters to his daughter on how to invest, this book simplifies investing principles and focuses on long-term wealth-building strategies. Collins explains why low-index funds are the smartest investment choice for a majority of people and how financial independence is well within reach through smart money management.

Traditional financial advice often focuses on hoarding money and constant saving for some hypothetical future. Perkins challenges that mindset in this thought-provoking book. Instead, he advocates for optimizing spending so that you get the most out of life, while still securing a financial future. Perkins argues that money should be used to create meaningful moments and experiences rather than simply accumulating it over time. This book is perfect for those who want to learn to balance financial responsibility with enjoying life.

For women who want to take control of their financial future while sifting through the noise of the heavily male-dominated finance advice, this is the ultimate guide. Dunlap goes beyond budgeting and investing in “Financial Feminist,” addressing systematic financial challenges that women face. She provides actionable advice on negotiating salaries, breaking out of the debt cycle and building long-term financial security.