Recommended reading

The following books have been found useful by finiki editors. Some of them may be out of print but still available at used bookstores or garage sales. In other cases, updated versions may have been released.

Financial history

 * When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long Term Capital Management, Roger Lowenstein. ISBN 978-0375758256
 * The Big Short, Michael Lewis. ISBN 978-0393338829
 * Liar's Poker, Michael Lewis. ISBN 978-0393338690
 * Devil Take the Hindmost, Edward Chancellor. ISBN 978-0452281806
 * Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco, Bryan Burrough and John Helyar. ISBN 978-0061655555

Financial planning

 * The Wealthy Barber Returns, David Chilton. ISBN 978-0968394748
 * Your Money or Your Life, Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin. ISBN 978-0143115762
 * you can't take it with you, Common-Sense Estate Planning for Canadians, Sandra E. Foster. ISBN 978-0470838464
 * The Richest Man in Babylon, George S. Clason. ISBN 978-0451205360
 * Strategic financial planning over the life cycle; a conceptual approach to personal risk management, Narat Charupat, Huaxiong Huang, Moshe A. Milevsky. ISBN 978-0521148030

Financial reference

 * Security Analysis, Benjamin Graham and David L. Dodd. ISBN 978-0071592536
 * This Time is Different:  Eight Centuries of Financial Folly, Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff. ISBN 978-0691142166

Insurance

 * Insurance Logic, Moshe Milevsky. ISBN 978-1-55322-088-6

General

 * The Four Pillars of Investing, William Bernstein. ISBN 978-0071747059
 * If You Can: How Millennials Can Get Rich Slowly, Willim Bernstein. Amazon.ca, Free download
 * The Intelligent Asset Allocator, William Bernstein. ISBN 978-0071362368
 * Rational Expectations: Asset Allocation for Investing Adults, William Bernstein, ISBN 978-0988780323
 * The Little Book of Common Sense Investing, John C. Bogle. ISBN 978-0470102107
 * Winning the Loser's Game, Charles D. Ellis. ISBN 978-0071545495
 * Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings, Philip A. Fisher. ISBN 978-0471445500
 * Risk is Still a Four Letter Word, George Hartman. ISBN 978-0773761100
 * One Up on Wall Street, Peter Lynch. ISBN 978-0743200400
 * Beating the Street, Peter Lynch. ISBN 978-0671891633
 * A Random Walk Down Wall Street, Burton Malkiel. ISBN 978-0393340747
 * Where Are The Customers' Yachts?, Or, A Good Hard Look At Wall Street, Fred Schwed. ISBN 978-0471770893
 * Money Masters of Our Time, John Train. ISBN 978-0887309700
 * Risk less and prosper; your guide to safer investing, Zvi Bodie and Rachelle Taqqu, ISBN 978-1118014301
 * In Your Best Interest: The Ultimate Guide to the Canadian Bond Market, Cunningham, W.H.("Hank"), ISBN 978-1-55002-876-8

Behaviour and investing

 * Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman. ISBN 978-0374533557
 * The Little Book of Behavioral Investing: How not to be your own worst enemy, James Montier, ISBN 978-0470686027

Contrarian investing

 * Contrarian Investment Strategies:The Psychological Edge, David Dreman. ISBN 978-0743297967

Dividend investing

 * The Single Best Investment, Lowell Miller. ISBN 978-0965175081
 * The Dividend Connection: How Dividends Create Value in the Stock Market, Geraldine Weiss and Gregory Weiss. ISBN 978-0793110223

Value investing

 * The Intelligent Investor, Benjamin Graham. ISBN 978-0060555665

Lifecycle investing

 * The Ages of the Investor: A Critical Look at Life-cycle Investing, William Bernstein, ISBN 978-1478227137

Parenting

 * The Wisest Investment: Teaching Your Kids to Be Responsible, Independent and Money-Smart for Life, Robin Taub, ISBN ‎978-1777448400

Pensions

 * The Pension Puzzle, Bruce Cohen and Brian Fitzgerald. ISBN 978-0470839539
 * Pensionize Your Nest Egg, Moshe A. Milevsky and Alexandra C. Macqueen. ISBN 978-0470680995
 * Retirement Income for Life, Fred Vettese. ISBN 978-1988344058

Taxes

 * Tax Guide for Investment Advisors, John R. Mott. ISBN 978-0779828876
 * 101 Tax Secrets For Canadians, Tim Cestnick. ISBN 978-0470676561