George S. Clason - The Richest Man in Babylon

Pros: A classic must-read for everyone.

Cons: None.

The Bottom Line: This is a timeless classic that can enrich any life.

Review: This book is a compilation of various pamphlets about financial success originally published before the stock market crashed in the nineteen-twenties. Set in Babylon, the wealthiest ancient city, these short stories illuminate some very basic financial...

Pros: easy to read, good information and advice

Cons: none

The Bottom Line: A great book that should be required reading for every adult, and even for every child.

Review: I'm not kidding. I have been giving this book as graduation and/or wedding gifts for the past 15 years. I always get a thank you from the recipient, but more than once I have gotten a thank you from the graduate's parents or the groom's (never the ...

Pros: Entertaining. Inspiring.

Cons: None.

The Bottom Line: Timeless advice on money management.

Review: This book is an excellent source of advice on finances.

About the author:
George S. Clayson was born in 1874. He made a career in publishing and was the first to publish a road atlas of the U.S. and Canada. In 1926 he began to publish...

Pros: amazingly inspiring

Cons: none

The Bottom Line: Here is a chance for you to learn some things about your money!

Review: No book has ever helped me as much as this one did, and I mean this. At first, I was really sceptical about this. I was all like, nobody can teach me how to save money or get rich, because: first of all this guy was from the US, the richest country in...

Pros: Nice little parables

Cons: Nice little parables

The Bottom Line: In the words of Arkad...."Many things can enrich man's lives with extraordinary rewards." Enough said, Arkad...

Review: Achieving a successful financial life is not rocket science, and after reading "The Richest Man In Babylon", you believe that even infants can do this. George Clason's book has become a classic in the financial market, attracting more than 1.5 million...

Pros: Classically useful financial advice

Cons: None apparent

Review: It is certainly the goal of many people to become wealthy and successful. Who would have thought that the secrets to achieving wealth could have been found in ancient Babylonian tablets?

In a series of "Babylonian parables," author...

Pros: Cheap, but you will learn a lot, easy story like reading

Cons: none

The Bottom Line: Great book for anyone who cares about money!

Review: This is a great book for anyone who would like to be rich, and recognizes the consumerism programming that modern day media forces down our throats. It reiterates common sense viewpoints about the handling of money that you probably already know, but...

Pros: fast, simple, good parallels

Cons: not required in school

Review: What a great, fast little book. Anyone can read it in an afternoon, and it is just full of simple wisdom. Thinking back, these are the same truths that my grandfather preached year after year.

Often at work an employee will be decrying his...

Pros: Simple concepts that are relevant today.

Cons: Sometimes a little difficult to get past language style.

Review: This is one of the better investment books that I have ever read. It was referred to me by my barber. I borrowed it once from the library and then decided to buy a copy. In today's day and age when everything is so high tech, this books gets back to ...

Pros: 1. Teaches about saving. 2. Leaves you with a basic plan

Cons: None

Review: This book contains great parables written before the depression about saving money and the trials and tribulations of investing. Even though it is written about people that lived in ancient Babylon, the author discusses points of investing that ...