Books that taught me how to budget, save smarter, and stop living paycheck to paycheck. These are perfect if you’re in your rich girl era and ready to make your money work for you, beginner-friendly, vibe-approved, and full of real results.
Sections
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💰 Finance & Wealth Building
🧠 Mindset & Personal Growth
🚀 Entrepreneurship, Business & Branding
👥 Leadership & Influence
🧬 Psychology & Human Behavior
🧬 Health, Longevity & Science
💰 Finance & Wealth Building
One of the best books I’ve ever read about money. Simple, powerful, and honestly a game changer.
Richest Man In Babylon - Original Edition by George S Clason, Paperback
This book lit a fire under me. It’s not just about money, it’s about mindset, discipline, and unlocking your potential.
Think and Grow Rich: Landmark Bestseller Revised
Recommended from my favorite finance influencer calltoleap! This book made me check my money mindset real quick. It’s powerful, eye-opening, and helped me think way bigger.
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Wealth Mastery
Get to know America’s wealthy! This book humbled me in the best way. It shows how real wealth is built quietly, not loudly. Eye-opening and so worth the read.
The Millionaire Next Door: Secrets of Wealth
Clear and empowering wisdom. It breaks down building real wealth into easy steps—and makes freedom feel totally achievable. This was a Calltoleap recommendation!
The Simple Path to Wealth: Financial Independence
Powerful and thought-provoking. It challenged how I think about saving, spending, and living fully with intention. This was a Calltoleap recommendation!
Die With Zero: Getting All You Can from Money
When books teach you more than college ever did. Emphasizes that execution beats ideas. It’s all about momentum, speed, and creating real value if you want to get rich for real.
The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth
Straight‑talking and eye‑opening. This book stripped away myths and drilled into what actually sets the wealthy mindset apart. This was a businessequity recommendation!
How Rich People Think: Siebold, Steve
ChatGPT said: Motivating and real. It shows how starting with nothing can be your greatest advantage. This is a businessequity recommendation!
The Power of Broke: Empty Pockets & Hunger
Timeless and foundational. This is the book that taught me how to think long-term and invest with confidence. This is a businessequity recommendation!
The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed: Value Investing
A classic investing guide. It breaks down the markets in a way that’s smart, clear, and easy to trust. This is a businessequity recommendation!
A Random Walk Down Wall Street: Time-Tested Strategy
Practical and sharp. It showed me how everyday knowledge can give you an edge in investing. This is a businessequity recommendation!
One Up On Wall Street: Use What You Know
Quiet wealth mindset unlocked. This book dives into how millionaires really think—and it’s not what you'd expect. This is a calltoleap recommendation!
The Millionaire Mind: Stanley, Thomas J.
Luke Belmar recommendation! Eye-opening and honestly wild. This book breaks down how the system really works and why it matters more than we think.
The Lords of Easy Money: How Fed Broke America
The real Harvard beneficial tea! Real and relatable. This book captures the highs, lows, and real lessons of Harvard Business School—and makes business school feel human, not mythical.
What They Teach You at Harvard Business School
I trust people who wear orange socks now. Brutally honest and refreshingly real. Felix Dennis lays out what it truly takes to get rich with no fluff and all execution and grit.
How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs
The story of all millennials. Straightforward, relatable, and actually useful. Broke Millennial cut through my money shame and helped me get real with budgeting, saving, and paying off debt.
Broke Millennial
The book title speaks for itself, time is money and always will be money. Spend your time where you want your money to grow.
TIME IS MONEY Definition & Meaning
This book argues that a traditional MBA is not essential for success in business
The Personal MBA
Principles you should really live by. Connects debt, education, innovation, trade, and geopolitics to explain where nations succeed or collapse.
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
🧠 Mindset & Personal Growth
A refreshingly encouraging read. It shows that success is built more on strategy and mindset than innate genius. This was a bothsides_podcast recommendation!
You Don't Have to Be Born Brilliant: McGrath
Love his podcast! Raw, honest, and motivating. It feels like getting a masterclass in mindset, business, and self-awareness all at once.
The Diary Of A CEO
Honest, bold, and refreshing. It helped me let go of what doesn’t matter and focus on what truly does. This is a businessequity recommendation!
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Intense and unforgettable. It pushed me to rethink my limits and take full ownership of my mindset. This is a businessequity recommendation!
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind - David
Inspiring and powerful. It helped me reconnect with purpose and lead with more clarity and intention. This is a businessequity recommendation!
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire
Full of wisdom and structure. It gave me a whole new way to approach decisions, work, and life. This is a businessequity recommendation!
Principles by Ray Dalio
Master the art of business. Sharp and strategic. It taught me to plan ahead with purpose and see business like a chessboard.
Your Next Five Moves - Patrick Bet-David | Book
A short read with lifelong impact. Every page is a reminder to live with more peace, clarity, and self-respect.
The Four Agreements: Practical Guide to Freedom
This is a bothsides_podcast recommendation! A classic for a reason. It helped me build better habits, stay focused, and level up in every area of life.
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
If you want to get on a master plan on how to be a millionaire this is it.
Millionaire Master Plan
The book tells a story of a burned‑out entrepreneur and a creatively stuck artist who meet a wealthy mystery man (a billionaire).
The 5AM Club: Own Your Morning by Sharma
Focused and practical. This book helped me cut through the noise and prioritize what truly moves the needle. This was a Tai Lopez recommendation!
Welcome to The ONE Thing Powered by ProduKtive
Game-changing. It opened my eyes to freedom, automation, and designing life on my own terms. This is a businessequity recommendation!
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5 & Live
🚀 Entrepreneurship, Business & Branding
Bold and brilliant. This book shifted how I see startups and showed me the power of creating something truly new instead of improving what already exists.
Zero to One: Notes on Startups & Building Future
Great read for new brands! Clear, actionable, and no fluff. This book gave me the blueprint to think like a brand, not just a business.
Million Dollar Brand: Build a Profitable Brand You Own
Wealth Kings recommendation! This book changed how I see business. It’s the mindset shift every entrepreneur needs before scaling.
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Fail
This is step-by-step manual for entrepreneurs and leadership teams who want to get control, gain clarity, and grow a successful business using the EOS.
Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business - Wickman
This breaks down what EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) really is!
What the Heck Is EOS?: Guide for Employees
This tackles the common frustration: Why are most work meetings so boring, unproductive, and painful?
Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable
This book is about practical leadership fable that teaches how to identify, hire, and develop great team players people who help teams thrive, not just survive.
The Ideal Team Player: Recognize & Cultivate
Tai Lopez recommendation! Deep and thought-provoking. It explores the tension between individual desires and society in a way that still hits today.
Freud, S. (1930). Civilization and its Discontents. The Standard Edition
This was a Rtbmindset recommendation! Chilling but insightful. It helped me recognize manipulation tactics and protect my energy and decisions.
Understanding Dark Psychology and Manipulation Tactics
👥 Leadership & Influence
Luke Belmar recommendation! Packed with practical tips. It taught me how to influence with confidence, not pressure. Super useful in everyday life.
The Art of Persuasion: Winning Without Intimidation
Luke Belmar recommendation! Clear and motivating. It showed me exactly how to grow as a leader and connect with people in a real way.
The 5 Levels of Leadership
Timeless and effective. This book made me better at connecting, communicating, and building real relationships. This is a businessequity recommendation!
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Dale Carnegie Books)
This really shines light and exemplifies the art of war.
The Art Of War: Sun Tzu: 9781599869773 - Books
Bold and eye-opening. It reveals how influence and messaging shape society more than we realize.
Propaganda: Bernays, Edward
You already know it’s going to be good by the cover. Simple, clear, and incredibly useful. It breaks down a complex process into steps that actually make sense.
Succession Planning: A Step-by-Step Guide
🧬 Psychology & Human Behavior
Critical read! This one shifted how I see money and behavior. It’s deep, relatable, and makes you think twice about your financial decisions.
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Wealth Lessons
Rtbmindset recommendation! Super insightful and easy to digest. It helped me understand people’s behavior on a whole new level.
Read People Like a Book: Analyze & Predict
Stock market fans! A must-read if you're into trading or markets. Timeless lessons wrapped in a gripping story that still hits today.
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Lefèvre
Science of the mind! Deep but fascinating. It connects human behavior to our roots in a way that makes so much make sense.
Evolutionary Psychology (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Understanding the biological connections at our best and worst. Dense but mind-blowing. It dives deep into why we act the way we do—science, psychology, and humanity all in one.
Behave: The Biology of Humans - Sapolsky
Insightful and eye-opening. It connects our evolution to modern health in a way that just makes sense. Tai Lopez recommendation!
The Story of the Human Body: Evolution & Health
🧬 Health, Longevity & Science
Another medical student approval! Eye-opening and powerful. It made gene editing feel real, urgent, and full of both promise and responsibility.
A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing & Evolution
Let’s not age if we don’t have to. Fascinating and hopeful. It completely changed how I think about aging, health, and longevity.
Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To
📘 Spiritual & Timeless Wisdom
Understanding the scientific aspect of things especially marketing is extremely critical!
Scientific Advertising by Claude C. Hopkins
Luke Belmar recommendation! Pure wisdom in every line. Whenever I need guidance, clarity, or peace, Proverbs never misses.
Book of Proverbs - Read and Study Bible Verses Online