Please note: The following ten books are my “personal subjective opinions”. The factors I considered included Goodreads ratings, the number of people gave ratings, popularity, practicality, and representativeness.
Table of Goodreads top 10 books in stock investing
| # | Book & Author | Contents | Goodreads Avg Rating |
| 1 | “The Intelligent Investor” by Benjamin Graham | A classic on value investing and margin of safety | 4.24 |
| 2 | “One Up On Wall Street” by Peter Lynch | How to find investable businesses among what you already know, please see my post of ““One Up on Wall Street”, Peter Lynch’s great book for investing newbie“ | 4.29 |
| 3 | “The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America” by Warren Buffett | Compilation of annual letters with investment wisdom | 4.33 |
| 4 | “Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings” by Philip A. Fisher | Focus on growth companies and qualitative factors | 4.24 |
| 5 | “The Little Book of Common Sense Investing” by John C. Bogle | Simple case for low-cost index investing | 4.15 |
| 6 | “A Random Walk Down Wall Street ” by Burton G. Malkiel | Argument for market efficiency and passive investing, please see my post of ““A Random Walk Down Wall Street” is a must-read for US stock investors“ | 4.14 |
| 7 | “Margin of Safety ” by Seth A. Klarman | Margin of Safety for value investing | 4.33 |
| 8 | “The Psychology of Money” by Morgan Housel | Though more behavioural than technical, very popular among investors, please see my post of “The Psychology of Money“ | 4.6 |
| 9 | “The Joys of Compounding” by Gautam Baid | A more recent read on long-term investing and compounding logic | 4.6 |
| 10 | “100 Baggers” by Christopher W. Mayer | About identifying companies with massive long-term upside | 4.2 |
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