Free books and videos (maybe long-form blogs) on index funds/index investing and financial independence / early retirement (FIRE). Also check out your public library's physical stack as well as their Overdrive/Libby e-subscription. 🇺🇸 Contributions welcome.
Start here:
| Author | Book/Video/Podcast |
|---|---|
| JL Collins | Stock Series. |
| Mr. Money Mustache | Recommended posts: 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 |
| Mr. Money Mustache | Entire website OR .epub of site |
| PBS | Frontline Regarding 401ks: max-out your 401k each year ($19000) in an S&P500 index fund (or 81% large-cap index/S&P500, 6% mid-cap index, and 13% small-cap index if you have those options) plus maxing-out a Vanguard IRA ($6000) each year buying VTSAX. Put any extra savings into a post-tax Vanguard brokerage account, buying VTSAX. |
| NPR | Secrets of Saving and Investing |
| NPR | Planet Money - Brilliant vs Boring |
| Holm School | Personal Finance Tips |
| John Bogle | The little book of common sense investing |
| Bernstein, William | If You Can - How Millennials Can Get Rich Slowly |
| r/FinancialIndependence | Non-free reading list |
- Bernstein, William - The four pillars of investing
- Bernstein, William - If You Can - How Millennials Can Get Rich Slowly
- Bogle, John - Bogle on mutual funds : new perspectives for the intelligent investor
- Bogle, John - Character counts: the creation and building of The Vanguard Group
- Bogle, John - Common sense on mutual funds : new imperatives for the intelligent investor
- Bogle, John - Enough : true measures of money, business, and life
- Bogle, John - John Bogle on investing : the first 50 years
- Bogle, John - The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
- Bogle, John - The Little Book of Common Sense Investing (Audio)
- Cadsby, Ted - The power of Index Funds (Canada)
- Collins, JL - Google Talks (Video)
- Collins, JL - Stock Series
- Collins, JL - Stock Series ChooseFI Podcast: Part 1 & Part 2 & Part 3 (Audio)
- Evans, Richard - Earn more (sleep better) - The Index Fund Solution
- Farrell, Paul - The lazy person's guide to investing : a book for procrastinators, the financially challenged, and everyone who worries about dealing with their money
- Ferri, Richard - All about index funds : the easy way to get started
- Good, Walter and Hermansen, Roy - Index your way to investment success
- Hebner, Mark - Index funds : the 12-step program for active investors
- Malkiel, Burton - A random walk down Wall Street : including a life-cycle guide to personal investing
- Malkiel, Burton - The Random Walk Guide to Investing
- Malkiel, Burton - The random walk guide to investing : ten rules for financial success
- Neubert, Albert - Indexing for maximum investment results
- NPR LifeKit - Secrets Of Saving And Investing (Audio)
- NPR Planet Money - Episode 688: Brilliant Vs. Boring (Audio)
- PBS Frontline - The Retirement Gamble (Video)
- Simon, Wendell Scott - Index mutual funds : profiting from an investment revolution
- Swedroe, Larry -The only guide to a winning investment strategy you'll ever need : index funds and beyond-- the way smart money invests today
- Swedroe, Larry - What Wall Street doesn't want you to know : how you can build real wealth investing in index funds
- Tweddell, Jerry - Winning with Index Mutual Funds
- Bach, David - Fight for your money : how to stop getting ripped off and save a fortune
- Bissonnette, Zac Debt-Free U
- Bruno, Dave - The 100 thing challenge : how I got rid of almost everything, remade my life, and regained my soul
- Clason, George - The Richest Man in Babylon
- Dacyczyn, Amy - The complete Tightwad gazette : promoting thrift as a viable alternative lifestyle
- Dominguez, Joe - Transforming Your Relationship with Money (Audio)
- Donovan, Sandra - Budgeting smarts : how to set goals, save money, spend wisely, and more
- Dunn, Elizabeth and Norton, Michael - Happy money : the science of smarter spending
- FreeEbooksFoundation / free-programming-books
- Holm School - How to Be a Not Rich Computer Scientist
- Kay, Ellie - How to save money every day
- McCoy, Jonni - Mi$erly moms : living on one income in a two income economy
- Mr. Money Mustache - Blog .epub
- Muchnick, Cynthia - The frugal bride : save money on your wedding without losing an ounce of the romance
- Nardini, John and Meyering, Amy - 600 simple ways to save on everything
- NPR LifeKit - Find Money You Didn't Know You Had (Audio)
- Piasecki, Bruce - Doing more with less : the new way to wealth
- Robin, Vicki - Your Money or Your Life (Audio)
- Rogers, Elizabeth and Howell, Colleen - Shift your habit : easy ways to save money, simplify your life, and save the planet
- Stanley, Thomas - The Millionaire Next Door (Audio) (Book 1) (Book 2) (Book 3) (Book 4)
- Stanley, Thomas Millionaire women next door : the many journeys of successful American businesswomen
- Taylor, Kerry - 397 ways to save money : spend smarter & live well on less
- Kamenetz, Anya - Generation debt : why now is a terrible time to be young
- NPR LifeKit - Get Out Of Debt (Audio)
- Ramsey, Dave - The total money makeover : a proven plan for financial fitness
- Häring, Norbert - Economics 2.0 : what the best minds in economics can teach you about business and life
- OpenStax - Principles of Economics 2e
- OpenStax - Principles of Macroeconomics 2e
- OpenStax - Principles of Microeconomics 2e
- Bogle, John - The battle for the soul of capitalism
- Graham, Benjamin - The Intelligent Investor
- NPR Planet Money (and The Indicator) (Podcast)
- Pinker, Steven - The Better Angels of Our Nature (Overdrive) (AudioBook)
- Pinker, Steven - Enlightenment Now (Overdrive) (Audiobook)