OK, so you want to learn more about personal finance, but there are a lot of books to choose from, and limited reading time, so which one(s) to choose? If you have time to read exactly one finance book, then my recommendation is Balance, by Andrew Hallam . Andrew is a former schoolteacher and well known best selling author of Millionaire Teacher: The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned in School . He also runs finance seminars around the world and writes columns for a number of publications too. What I like best about Balance, is how Hallam can give the reader practical investing and portfolio advice while also offering food for thought about our relationship with money, family, and friends. It's not just a collection of Hallam's personal beliefs either, though it's clear he subscribes to them. He backs up his guidance with evidence based research; see the 18 pages of studies and sources listed in the notes section at the back of the book. The book is very read