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# Investing Book Reviews
Source: https://trendshare.org/how-to-invest/investing-book-reviews
Updated: 2018-11-13
Trendshare's [value investing strategy](https://trendshare.org/how-to-invest/what-is-value-investing)
comes from years of experience—good and painful—investing and
watching the markets. We want to help you learn this strategy. Sometimes other
people are better at it than we are.
## Investing Books Worth Reading
These investing books are great for anyone interested in learning more about
the stock market, business and investing, and finance. They're not dry and
boring textbooks. They're practical and useful—and more important,
they're *timeless*.
Our reviews of these books are necessarily short; these are some of the best
value investing books you can read. Though the examples may be specific to
markets of the past (especially before the 2007 global financial crisis), we've
found them to be the best books on stock market investing we can recommend.
Joe Ponzio's [F Wall Street](http://amzn.to/2rHJiY3) explains why expensive money managers aren't looking out for your
best interests. Ponzio's strategy is a straightforward way to find bargain
stocks. There's some high-school math. His approach is sound and his advice on
safety and philosophy is excellent.
[](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1605500003/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1605500003&linkCode=as2&tag=trendshare0c-20&linkId=d509c4a7e7a0f5485e84da6f1301fcfb)
Peter Lynch's [One Up on Wall Street](http://amzn.to/2scJ0vV) shows how to categorize companies based on their markets and
business approaches. There are great bargains within each category. Lynch
tends to prefer [small companies poised for big growth](https://trendshare.org/how-to-invest/what-is-a-small-cap-stock). His emphasis on investing in what you *know* is
essential to repeatable success. Lynch is arguably the source for the phrase
"[tenbagger stock](https://trendshare.org/how-to-invest/what-is-a-tenbagger-stock)".
[](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743200403/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0743200403&linkCode=as2&tag=trendshare0c-20&linkId=fbd9ceadd337d6ec475e701890af95e1)
John Bogle's [The Little Book of Common Sense Investing](http://amzn.to/2scJlyH) explains why mutual funds won't beat the market,
why [index funds are here to stay](https://trendshare.org/how-to-invest/what-is-an-index-fund), and why
the costs you pay financial advisers and fund managers and everyone else will
ruin your possibility for getting a great return on your investment!
[](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470102101/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0470102101&linkCode=as2&tag=trendshare0c-20&linkId=13d109368bf54e29b30331cd4fd65341)
Mary Buffett's [Buffettology](http://amzn.to/2te9TxM) is a book with two parts. The first explores
the investing perspective of Warren Buffett. It analyzes his philosophy from
several angles to explain how he approaches stocks and opportunities. The
second part gets into the numbers by applying that philosophy to real
companies. It's a great way to understand real investing, and it's full of
insights (especially where Buffett disagrees with [value investing pioneer Benjamin Graham](https://trendshare.org/how-to-invest/benjamin-graham-value-investor)).
[](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/068484821X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=068484821X&linkCode=as2&tag=trendshare0c-20&linkId=8f66f0c3af8f8068eddcc7be700f9dcc)
Benjamin Graham's [The Intelligent Investor](http://amzn.to/2rrlmsJ) is *the* classic book on value investing. It's
older and more advanced than the other books on this list, and it remains one
of the best ways to *understand* your investments. This isn't the first
to read of all of the investing books, but it's the most serious of all books
on investing.
[](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060555661/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060555661&linkCode=as2&tag=trendshare0c-20&linkId=1508d6a47b28fd55b5472dce33df423a)
Peter Lynch's [One Up on Wall Street](http://amzn.to/2scJ0vV) shows how to categorize companies based on their markets and
business approaches. There are great bargains within each category. Lynch
tends to prefer [small companies poised for big growth](https://trendshare.org/how-to-invest/what-is-a-small-cap-stock). His emphasis on investing in what you *know* is
essential to repeatable success. Lynch is arguably the source for the phrase
"[tenbagger stock](https://trendshare.org/how-to-invest/what-is-a-tenbagger-stock)".
[](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743200403/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0743200403&linkCode=as2&tag=trendshare0c-20&linkId=fbd9ceadd337d6ec475e701890af95e1)
John Bogle's [The Little Book of Common Sense Investing](http://amzn.to/2scJlyH) explains why mutual funds won't beat the market,
why [index funds are here to stay](https://trendshare.org/how-to-invest/what-is-an-index-fund), and why
the costs you pay financial advisers and fund managers and everyone else will
ruin your possibility for getting a great return on your investment!
[](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470102101/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0470102101&linkCode=as2&tag=trendshare0c-20&linkId=13d109368bf54e29b30331cd4fd65341)
Mary Buffett's [Buffettology](http://amzn.to/2te9TxM) is a book with two parts. The first explores
the investing perspective of Warren Buffett. It analyzes his philosophy from
several angles to explain how he approaches stocks and opportunities. The
second part gets into the numbers by applying that philosophy to real
companies. It's a great way to understand real investing, and it's full of
insights (especially where Buffett disagrees with [value investing pioneer Benjamin Graham](https://trendshare.org/how-to-invest/benjamin-graham-value-investor)).
[](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/068484821X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=068484821X&linkCode=as2&tag=trendshare0c-20&linkId=8f66f0c3af8f8068eddcc7be700f9dcc)
Benjamin Graham's [The Intelligent Investor](http://amzn.to/2rrlmsJ) is *the* classic book on value investing. It's
older and more advanced than the other books on this list, and it remains one
of the best ways to *understand* your investments. This isn't the first
to read of all of the investing books, but it's the most serious of all books
on investing.
[](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060555661/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060555661&linkCode=as2&tag=trendshare0c-20&linkId=1508d6a47b28fd55b5472dce33df423a)