I’ve read most of these books and researched a number of sources seeking out the best books and book lists for both new and experienced investors. The books listed here are not written by theorists with great ideas. Instead, these books are written by and about incredibly successful investors who have proven track records over decades, who have weathered financial storms, wars, and every challenge imaginable, and who have still not only survived, but have thrived and succeeded to beat the market time and again.

One Up On Wall Street by Peter Lynch

More than one million copies have been sold of this seminal book on investing in which legendary mutual-fund manager Peter Lynch explains the advantages that average investors have over professionals and how they can use these advantages to achieve financial success. America’s most successful money manager tells how average investors can beat the pros by using what they know. According to Lynch, investment opportunities are everywhere. From the supermarket to the workplace, we encounter products and services all day long. By paying attention to the best ones, we can find companies in which to invest before the professional analysts discover them. When investors get in early, they can find the “tenbaggers,” the stocks that appreciate tenfold from the initial investment. A few tenbaggers will turn an average stock portfolio into a star performer.

Beating the Street by Peter Lynch

In Beating the Street, Lynch for the first time explains how to devise a mutual fund strategy, shows his step-by-step strategies for picking stock, and describes how the individual investor can improve his or her investment performance to rival that of the experts. There’s no reason the individual investor can’t match wits with the experts, and this book will show you how.

The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel by Benjamin Graham

The greatest investment advisor of the twentieth century, Benjamin Graham, taught and inspired people worldwide. Grahams philosophy of value investing which shields investors from substantial error and teaches them to develop long-term strategies has made The Intelligent Investor the stock market bible ever since its original publication in 1949. This classic text is annotated to update Grahams timeless wisdom for todays market conditions.

The Little Book That Still Beats the Market

If you are looking for the best book to learn about investing and the stock market, this is the book. It may have been the first book on investing I ever read. Very readable, witty and easy to understand.

A runaway bestseller even before it was published, The Little Book That Beats the Market shows how successful investing can be made easy for investors of any age. Its never too early or too late to start investing, and with Greenblatt as your guide youll know exactly where to go and what to do. By following the clearly outlined simple steps and magic formula, you can achieve extraordinary long-term investment results with a very low level of risk.

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns by John C. Bogle

Investing is all about common sense. Owning a diversified portfolio of stocks and holding it for the long term is a winners game. Trying to beat the stock market is theoretically a zero-sum game (for every winner, there must be a loser), but after the substantial costs of investing are deducted, it becomes a losers game. Common sense tells us-and history confirms-that the simplest and most efficient investment strategy is to buy and hold all of the nations publicly held businesses at very low cost. The classic index fund that owns this market portfolio is the only investment that guarantees you with your fair share of stock market returns. To learn how to make index investing work for you, theres no better mentor than legendary mutual fund industry veteran John C. Bogle.

Value Investing: From Graham to Buffett and Beyond

From the guru to Wall Streets gurus comes the fundamental techniques of value investing and their applications Bruce Greenwald is one of the leading authorities on value investing. Some of the savviest people on Wall Street have taken his Columbia Business School executive education course on the subject. Now this dynamic and popular teacher, with some colleagues, reveals the fundamental principles of value investing, the one investment technique that has proven itself consistently over time. After covering general techniques of value investing, the book proceeds to illustrate their applications through profiles of Warren Buffett, Michael Price, Mario Gabellio, and other successful value investors.

The Warren Buffett Way, Second Edition, by Robert G. Hagstrom

Buffett is back and better than before! A decade has passed since the book that introduced the world to Warren Buffett — The Warren Buffett Way by Robert Hagstrom — first appeared. That groundbreaking book spent 21 weeks on the New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestseller list and sold over 1 million copies. Since then, Warren Buffett has solidified his reputation as the greatest investor of all time — becoming even richer and more successful, despite the wild fluctuation of the markets. How does this value investing legend continue to do it? Thats where Robert Hagstrom and the Second Edition of The Warren Buffet Way come in.

Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings by Philip A. Fisher

Widely respected and admired, Philip Fisher is among the most influential investors of all time. His investment philosophies, introduced almost forty years ago, are not only studied and applied by todays financiers and investors, but are also regarded by many as gospel. This book is invaluable reading and has been since it was first published in 1958. The updated paperback retains the investment wisdom of the original edition and includes the perspectives of the authors son Ken Fisher, an investment guru in his own right in an expanded preface and introduction I sought out Phil Fisher after reading his Common Stocks and Uncommon ProfitsA thorough understanding of the business, obtained by using Phils techniquesenables one to make intelligent investment commitments. Warren Buffet

Stocks for the Long Run 5/E: The Definitive Guide to Financial Market Returns & Long-Term Investment Strategies

To help you navigate markets and make the best investment decisions, Jeremy Siegel has updated his bestselling guide to stock market investing. This new edition of Stocks for the Long Run answers all the important questions of today: How did the crisis alter the fi nancial markets and the future of stock returns? What are the sources of long-term economic growth? How does the Fed really impact investing decisions? Should you hedge against currency instability?

Stocks for the Long Run. Fifth Edition, includes brand-new coverage of: The Financial Crisis, China and India, Global Markets, Market Valuation

Learn to Earn: A Beginners Guide to the Basics of Investing and Business

Mutual-fund superstar Peter Lynch and author John Rothchild explain the basic principles of the stock market and business in an investing guide that will enlighten and entertain anyone who is high-school age or older. In Learn to Earn. Lynch and Rothchild explain in a style accessible to anyone who is high-school age or older how to read a stock table in the daily newspaper, how to understand a company annual report, and why everyone should pay attention to the stock market. They explain not only how to invest, but also how to think like an investor.