Personal Finance books

Can anyone recommend a personal finance book that they have found useful. I’ve been given amazon vouchers and I’d like to buy one, specifically about getting out of debt.

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  • Check out Mr Money Mustache's blog. It's not a book but it has lots of tips and inspiring stories!
  • tallyhoh
    tallyhoh Posts: 2,307 Forumite
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    Watch Dave Ramsey on youtube & save the amazon voucher for something you really need
    Tallyhoh! Stopped Smoking October 2000. Saved £29382.50 so far!
  • Personal finance books distilled:
    * Pay off your debts
    * Control your expenses
    * Pay yourself first (meaning define an affordable savings rate for yourself, and put that rate into your savings on payday, before anything else gets paid. Then budget to live within what's left. Most important, those savings are sacred - NEVER TOUCH THEM).
    * Increase your income and sources of income
    * Let time and compound interest do its work

    There, saved you £14.99.
  • MEM62
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    Most important, those savings are sacred - NEVER TOUCH THEM).


    What are they there for then? :rotfl:
  • MEM62 wrote: »
    What are they there for then? :rotfl:
    Exactly - but it makes sense to the authors of these books. Especially when you realise that the book is part of their plan to increase their income, and is often a 200 page advert for some subscription newsletter/game/investment club...
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