r/Bogleheads · 2023
Most-mentioned books in r/Bogleheads during 2023
This page ranks books by exact tracked mentions in r/Bogleheads within the published source unit for 2023. Counts come from the reconciled subreddit-by-month matrix; a source unit may be a bounded sample.
#1 The Simple Path to Wealth
JL Collins
A retired fund manager distills 40 years of index investing into one rule: buy VTSAX, ignore the noise, and wait.
#2 The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
John C. Bogle
John Bogle's case for index funds in 200 pages: own the whole market, pay almost nothing, and wait — cited 262 times on Reddit and counting.
#3 The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel
Morgan Housel paid off a 3% mortgage early and calls it his best money decision ever — 209 Reddit mentions say the paradox is the whole point.
#4 The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
Taylor Larimore
The index-fund bible that turns 136 Reddit mentions into one repeatable answer: buy, hold, ignore the noise.
#5 The Millionaire Next Door
Thomas J. Stanley
A 1996 study of 1,000 American millionaires found they drove used cars, lived in modest houses, and got rich by spending less than they earned.
#6 A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Burton G. Malkiel
Burton Malkiel's 50-year argument that you can't beat the market, backed by data, and Reddit's most-cited reason to stop stock-picking.
#7 If You Can
William J. Bernstein
A free 16-page PDF from William Bernstein that tells millennials exactly how to invest for retirement using three index funds and nothing else.
#8 The White Coat Investor
James M. Dahle
A physician-turned-blogger tells high earners that chasing alpha is a bad idea mutual funds are legally required to warn you about.
#9 I Will Teach You to Be Rich
Ramit Sethi
Ramit Sethi's personal finance system for people who hate budgeting: automate everything, ignore avocado toast, stop leaving money in savings accounts.
#10 Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Tracked Reddit references and selected source excerpts for Rich Dad Poor Dad.
#11 The Richest Man in Babylon
George S. Clason
A 1926 book about a Babylonian merchant that r/Bogleheads still hands to newcomers because nothing else this short covers the basics this cleanly.
#12 The Wealthy Barber
David Chilton
A Canadian barber explains index funds and pay-yourself-first saving to his regulars, and the advice still holds up decades later.
#13 Winning the Loser's Game
Charles D. Ellis
Charles Ellis argues that active stock-picking is a game professional managers reliably lose, and that ordinary investors win by refusing to play.
#14 The Four Pillars of Investing
William J. Bernstein
A neurologist-turned-portfolio-theorist explains why the financial services industry exists mainly to extract fees from you, then shows you four ways to stop it.
#15 Just Keep Buying
Nick Maggiulli
Nick Maggiulli's case that most people should stop optimizing their portfolio and start earning more first.
#16 Quit Like a Millionaire
Kristy Shen
A Canadian immigrant who grew up in poverty explains how index funds and geographic arbitrage got her to retirement at 31.
#17 The Bogleheads' Guide to Retirement Planning
Taylor Larimore
A retirement planning guide built around one principle: own VTI, VXUS, and BND, then adjust the bond slice as the finish line approaches.
#18 The Index Card
Helaine Olen
Harold Pollack's viral index card — nine rules for personal finance that fit on a 4x6 slip — expanded into a full book with Helaine Olen.
#19 All About Asset Allocation
Richard A. Ferri
Rick Ferri's guide to building a multi-asset portfolio: choose your allocation, stop tinkering, and go enjoy your life.
#20 Broke Millennial
Erin Lowry
A personal finance primer aimed at young adults who never got a money talk, written as a step-by-step guide from first paycheck to first investment.
#21 Fooled by Randomness
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nassim Taleb's argument that most successful traders are lucky, not skilled — told through trading floors, coin flips, and survivorship bias.
#22 Security Analysis
Benjamin Graham
Benjamin Graham's 1936 manual for dissecting a balance sheet, now mostly cited as proof that the method he later disowned still has its uses.
#23 The Intelligent Asset Allocator
William J. Bernstein
William Bernstein's case that a rebalanced stock/bond portfolio beats most investors' instincts, backed by math a non-quant can follow.
#24 The Intelligent Investor
Benjamin Graham
Benjamin Graham's 1949 framework for distinguishing investment from speculation, cited 100 times on Reddit by people still arguing whether it applies to today's markets.
#25 Your Money or Your Life
Vicki Robin
A 1992 framework that turns every dollar into hours of your life — still showing up in Bogleheads reading lists in 2024, categorized under 'Why.'