A. This is a simple question, yet with no definitive answer. In fact, MarketWatch did a survey of its readers and get a list of over 200 books! Below is its top 50:
1 to 10
“The Intelligent Investor”
“A Random Walk Down Wall Street”
“The Most Important Thing”
“One Up On Wall Street”
“The Little Book of Common Sense Investing”
“The Four Pillars of Investing”
“The Little Book that Beats the Market”
“What Works on Wall Street”
“Market Wizards”
“Reminiscences of a Stock Operator”
Here, for reference, are the next 40….
“The Richest Man in Babylon”
“Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders”
“If You Can”
“The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need”
“Winning the Loser’s Game”
“Dual Momentum Investing”
“Rich Dad Poor Dad”
“Trend Following”
“A Wealth of Common Sense”
“Margin of Safety”
“The Elements of Investing”
“The Millionaire Next Door”
“Expected Returns”
“Investing at Level 3”
“Investor’s Manifesto”
“Money”
“Security Analysis”
“Simple Wealth, Inevitable Wealth”
“Stocks for the Long Run”
“The Wealthy Barber”
“Unconventional Success”
“Fail-Safe Investing: Lifelong Financial Security in 30 Minutes”
“Fooled by Randomness”
“How To Make Money In Stocks”
“The Alchemy of Finance”
“The Intelligent Asset Allocator”
“All About Asset Allocation”
“Asset Allocation”
“Common Sense on Mutual Funds”
“Millennial Money: How Young Investors Can Build a Fortune”
“The Investment Answer”
“The Laws of Wealth: Psychology and the secret to investing success”
“Thinking, Fast and Slow”
“Unexpected Returns”
“What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars”
“You Can Be a Stock Market Genius”
“Your Money and Your Brain”
“Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk”
“Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits”
“DIY Financial Advisor: A Simple Solution to Build and Protect Your Wealth”
“Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds”