r/investing · 2024
Most-mentioned books in r/investing during 2024
This page ranks books by exact tracked mentions in r/investing within the published source unit for 2024. 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 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.
#3 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.
#4 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.
#5 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.
#6 One Up on Wall Street
Peter Lynch
Peter Lynch's case that a regular investor spotting McDonald's or Apple before Wall Street can beat the pros — using nothing but their own shopping cart.
#7 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.
#8 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.
#9 Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Tracked Reddit references and selected source excerpts for Rich Dad Poor Dad.
#10 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.
#11 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.
#12 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.
#13 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.
#14 Just Keep Buying
Nick Maggiulli
Nick Maggiulli's case that most people should stop optimizing their portfolio and start earning more first.
#15 Mastering the Market Cycle
Howard Marks
Howard Marks teaches you to read where you are in the cycle so you know when to press and when to sit on your hands.
#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 Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Edwin Lefèvre
A 15-year-old starts scalping stocks in bucket shops in the 1890s and spends the next 30 years learning the same lesson the hard way.
#18 The Black Swan
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
A derivatives trader turns the logic of rare catastrophes against the financial models that pretend they don't exist.
#19 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.
#20 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.
#21 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.
#22 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.
#23 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.
#24 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.
#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.'