Here's a two-page list of the books listed in the appendix my own financial novel, Findependence Day:
Good Debt, Bad Debt, Jon Hanson, Penguin 2005.
The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy, Thomas Stanley and William Danko, Longstreet Press, 1996.
Beyond Work: How Accomplished People Retire Successfully, Bill Roiter, Wiley 2008.
The New Retirement: How it Will Change Our Future, Sherry Cooper, Penguin Canada 2007.
How I stopped worrying about retirement (without alcohol, nicotine, caffeine or other artificial stimulants), Bruce McDougall, Prentice Hall Canada Inc., 2001.
How to Retire Happy Wild and Free. Ernie Zelinksi, Ten Speed Press, 2004.
How Much is Enough? Balancing Today’s Needs with Tomorrow’s Retirement Goals, Diane McCurdy, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2001.
The Number: A Completely Different Way to Think About the Rest of Your Life, Lee Eisenberg, Simon & Schuster, 2006.
Conserving Client Portfolios During Retirement, William Bengen, FPA Press, 2006.
Are You a Stock or a Bond? Create Your Own Pension Plan for a Secure Financial Future, Moshe Milevsky, FT Press, 2008.
Mathematics: Making Financial Decisions 11, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2001.
Stocks for the Long Run, Jeremy Siegel, McGraw Hill, 2002 (4th ed).
Multiple Streams of Income: How to Generate a Lifetime of Unlimited Wealth, Robert Allen, Wiley & Sons 2005.
Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence, Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin, Penguin 1999.
Stumbling on Happiness, Daniel Gilbert. Vintage Canada 2007.
Am I Going to be OK? Achieving Financial Comfort in Today’s World, Francis D’Andrade, Per Capita Publishing 2006.
The Wisdom of Insecurity, Alan Watts. Vintage ed, 1968.
The Wealthy Barber: The Common Sense Guide to Successful Financial Planning, David Chilton, Stoddart 1989.
The Richest Man in Babylon, George S. Clason, Signet 2004.
The Automatic Millionaire: A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich, David Bach, Broadway Books 2003.
Financial Freedom Without Sacrifice, Talbot Stevens, Financial Success Strategies, 1993.
The Cottage, the Spider Brooch and the Second Wife: How to Overcome the Challenges of Estate Planning, Sandy Cardy, ECW Press, 2004.
The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio, William Bernstein, McGraw Hill, 2002.
Unconventional Success: A Fundamental Approach to Personal Investment, David Swensen, Simon & Schuster, 2005.
The Empowered Investor: A Guide to Building Better Porfolios, Keith Matthews (2nd edition); Book Coach Press, 2008.
What Wall Street Doesn’t Want You to Know: How you can Build Real Wealth Investing in Index Funds, Larry Swedroe, St. Martin’s Press, 2004.
Common Sense on Mutual Funds: New Imperatives for the Intelligent Investor, John Bogle, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
The New Investment Frontier III, Howard Atkinson with Donna Green, Insomniac Press, 2005.
Index Funds: The 12-Step Program for Active Investors; Mark Hebner, Index Fund Advisors Inc., 2003.
The Intelligent Investor, Benjamin Graham, 2003 Collins edition updated by Jason Zweig.
Asset Dedication: How to Grow Wealthy with the Next Generation of Asset Allocation, Stephen J. Huxley & J. Brent Burns, McGraw Hill Professional, 2004.
No Hype: The Straight Goods on Investing, Gail Bebee, The Ganneth Company, 2008.
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