What does it take to become a financial expert? Knowledge! Weve put together an outstanding list of some of the best business finance books to help you build your base of finance knowledge Spend a half hour a day reading and youll be an expert in six months with these invaluable financial texts.

Essentials of Accounting

Accounting is the language of business. It might make your eyes roll back in your head to ponder learning anything about accounting, but a lack of financial knowledge will hold you back. Take your place at the table with a solid foundation in the language of numbers. This book is a self-teaching, self-paced introduction to financial accounting. Concepts and terminology are clearly defined and presented for the beginner. This book will teach you all the essentials to understanding balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flows. Learn how to use financial statements and the information in them. Includes a glossary of over 500 key accounting terms. Other key topics include accounting records and systems, revenues and monetary assets, inventories and cost of sales, non-current assets and depreciation, and liabilities and equity.

The McGraw Hill 36-Hour Course in Finance for Non-Financial Managers

You cant afford to be ignorant of the intricacies of finance. From high-profile accounting scandals to devastating financial failures, the news is full of reasons for you to understand the financial dealings of your company. What drives all those numbers? This book equips you with a working knowledge to understand what the numbers really mean. The accounting terms are left out of this book so that you can focus on the meaning behind the lingo. Its been updated to include recent financial and regulatory changes. After reading this book youll be able to ask intelligent questions and understand the answers. Youll get everything to need to know about vital statements and reports, including pro forma financial statements and the ins and outs of expensing of stock options. This book also explains the what, how and hwy of audits and what you can do to help ensure their accuracy and completeness.

How to Read a Financial Report: Wringing Vital Signs Out of the Numbers

This book is dedicated to helping you make sense of the vitally important information lurking in the rows and columns of a financial report. Instead of presenting accounting concepts and terminology, the approach of this book is to provide a quick and dirty explanation of the bare necessities and then offer line-by-line explanations of the basic financial statement. It teaches you how the three essential parts of every financial report—the balance sheet, the income statement, and the cash flow statement—fit together and what it all means to you and your company. It includes updated sections on tax reform, recent FASB rulings, depreciation methods, and tips fr spotting fraudulent reporting.

Turning Numbers Into Knowledge: Mastering the Art of Problem Solving

Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten

Marketing Metrics: 50+ Metrics Every Executive Should Master

Marketing is inextricably linked with finance. This book helps you understand how to use financial information to make all kinds of strategic decisions. The four authors, who are leading researchers and consultants, systematically introduce and explain the most powerful marketing metrics. They show you how to use a dashboard of metrics to view market dynamics from various perspectives, maximize accuracy, and triangulate to optimal solutions. Learn how to use all kinds of measurements, from advertising to distribution, market share to competitors power, and of course margins and profits. This book also teaches you how to identify new opportunities and challenges. Best of all, the calculations can be performed by hand, or with basic spreadsheet skills.

The Wall Street MBA: Your Personal Crash Course in Corporate Finance