Personal Finance
Don’t know where to start with your finances? Take control of your money and your future with the support of these books. This list was created by a librarian at The Seattle Public Library. (October 2022)
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Smart Couples Finish Rich
Offers a nine-step program to help couples build and maintain their financial wealth through proven strategies for organization, communication, and smarter spending in the current economy.
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How to Think About Money
Longtime personal finance columnist for The Wall Street Journal, Jonathan Clements, provides readers with a coherent way to think about their finances so they worry less about money, make smarter financial choices, and squeeze more happiness out of the dollars that they have.
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Estate Planning Basics
Clifford prepares readers to start planning their estate, with or without an attorney, covering the basics of estate planning including wills, trusts, and health care directives.
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The Simple Path to Wealth
Collins shares his personal techniques, insights, and experiences regarding saving money and investing, drawn from his blog posts as well as a series of letters to his teenage daughter, both dealing with money management.
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Finance for the People
Founder of the financial firm The Hell Yeah Group, De Leon debuts with a zippy guide to "see your relationship with money in a new light." De Leon begins with a breakdown of "why we're weird" about money, then gets into the basics of personal finance. Readers beginning to tackle their personal finances will find a welcome guide in de Leon.
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Getting Good With Money
Certified financial coach and mom Jessi Fearon leads the way for overwhelmed readers struggling to get a handle on their finances, and lays out the doable steps her family underwent to pay off all their debts - even their mortgage! - and pursue their dreams, all on a $47,000-a-year salary.
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Financial Adulting
From the founder of The Fiscal Femme, a popular feminist money platform, and author of The 30-Day Money Cleanse, this book delivers an easy-to-follow, informative, and fun financial guide. From budgeting and consumer activism to retirement investing and paying down debt, you'll learn everything you need to know and do to be a financially savvy adult.
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Get What's Yours
In 2016, Social Security rules changed radically. Americans have left literally billions of Social Security dollars on the table - benefits we have earned, are eligible to take, but simply aren't aware of. This is an indispensable guide to collecting the maximum Social Security benefits possible.
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Credit Repair
Credit Repair discusses how to prioritize debts and create a budget, reduce debts and cut expenses, negotiate with creditors, correct credit report errors and remove old information, add positive information to a credit report, adopt strategies to rebuild credit, and avoid identity theft and credit repair scams.
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Helaine Olen and Harold Pollack draw on years of experience researching and reporting on financial lives to present an accessible, one-stop guide to taking back your financial future. Beyond outlining rules for financial success, the authors also explain why so few people follow them.
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