With each passing day, the number of business and finance books available to the investing public continues to grow. Trying to find the best among them, or the ones that apply to your particular situation, is no easy task. Just one quick trip to the neighborhood book store can easily overwhelm even the most patient among us.
So we're here to help with our recommended reading list. While the list here doesn't cover every title in the universe of trading and investing books, we have sought to find a few of the essentials, those writers whose work belongs in the collection of everyone who's serious about investing or on the way to becoming so. Here, you'll find classics like Graham and Dodd, ruminations on the random walk, memories of trading days long past, triumphs, tragedies, mistakes, lessons learned and many other topics.
The truth is that investing and managing money require lifelong learning. With that being the case, think of the list below as your starting point if you're new to the market, or if you're experienced, a place to find out about titles you might have missed along the way.
One more thing -- if you have a book or books you believe are must-reads for your fellow investors, send us a note. We want this list to be as helpful as possible, to as many of our readers as we can reach. Our library might never be complete, but we'll always strive to keep improving it.
CLASSICS
• Security Analysis - by Benjamin Graham and David Dodd
• The Intelligent Investor - by Benjamin Graham
• A Random Walk Down Wall Street - by Burton Malkiel
• Reminiscences of a Stock Operator - by Edwin Lefevre
• How to Trade in Stocks - by Jesse Livermore
• Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds - by Charles Mackay
"NEW" CLASSICS
• Fooled by Randomness - by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• Market Wizards: Interviews With Top Traders - by Jack D. Schwager
• Entries & Exits : Visits to 16 Trading Rooms - by Alexander Elder
DAY TRADING
• Trading for a Living: Psychology, Trading Tactics, Money Management - by Alexander Elder
• Come Into My Trading Room - by Alexander Elder
• Trading in the Zone - by Mark Douglas
• Mastering the Trade - by John Carter
• Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom - by Van Tharp
• A Beginner's Guide to Short-Term Trading - by Toni Turner
• High Probability Trading - by Marcel Link
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
• Technical Analysis Explained : The Successful Investor's Guide to Spotting Investment Trends and Turning Points - by Martin J. Pring
• Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques - by Steve Nison
• Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets - by John J. Murphy
• The Master Swing Trader - by Alan S. Farley
• Bollinger on Bollinger Bands - by John A. Bollinger
PSYCHOLOGY & LONGER-TERM INVESTING
• The Psychology of Trading: Tools and Techniques for Minding the Markets - by Brett Steenbarger
• Trend Following: Learn to Make Millions in Up or Down Markets - by Michael W. Covel
• The Complete Turtle Trader - by Michael W. Covel
• How to Make Money in Stocks - by William J. O'Neil
• Sensible Stock Investing: How to Pick, Value, and Manage Stocks - by David Van Knapp
• Pit Bull: Lessons from Wall Street's Champion Day Trader - by Martin Schwartz
OPTIONS
• Options as a Strategic Investment - by Lawrence McMillan
• An Investor's Guide to Trading Options - by Virginia Morris
• Options Made Easy - by Guy Cohen
• Fundamentals of the Options Market - by Michael Williams and Amy Hoffman
• The Bible of Options Strategies - by Guy Cohen
CURRENCIES
• Trading in the Global Currency Markets - by Cornelius Luca
• Currency Trading and Intermarket Analysis - by Ashraf Laidi
• The Little Book of Currency Trading - by Kathy Lien
• Day Trading and Swing Trading the Currency Market - by Kathy Lien
• Forex Patterns and Probabilities - by Ed Ponsi
OTHERS
• Corporate Valuation - by David Frykman and Jakob Tolleryd
• Intermarket Analysis: Profiting from Global Market Relationships - by John J. Murphy
