The 20 best finance audiobooks for amateurs and masters alike

The audiobook at the top of our list is here for two simple reasons: it’s thoroughly researched, and it’s narrated in a way that makes research-heavy chapters digestible and fun. Author Thomas J. Stanley has studied the habits of millionaires to identify the patterns that helped them build and maintain wealth, even if they started from scratch. The Millionaire Next Door shows how to increase your overall net worth in big ways by reframing your approach to small, everyday interactions. Expert narration by Cotter Smith makes the most complex statistical reports accessible, allowing you to soak up every helpful detail.

Widely known as the stock market bible, Benjamin Graham’s 1949 classic on investment principles recently received a facelift for modern market conditions. The resulting update is greater than ever and more relevant; its integral message focuses on long-term investment and lasting success. When you download this audiobook, you’ll also receive the supplementary guides and material in your library—this way, you’ll be able to have concepts explained as you follow along with the research that developed them. And thanks to Audible Hall of Fame narrator Luke Daniels, this listen is not only enlightening but also engaging.

Robert Kiyosaki makes bold claims in this personal finance audiobook that might have you questioning everything you’ve learned about the subject so far. According to the author, children who don’t grow up rich learn different things about managing money than wealthy children, and this may be a huge part of what stops some people from moving up in the world. His hugely popular audiobook seeks to change that by closing the knowledge gap. The irreverent, colloquial style of Rich Dad, Poor Dad translates extremely well to audio; rather than being talked at, listeners will have the privilege of getting an impassioned talking-to by an expert who feels like a particularly smart friend.

It’s rare for financial advice to begin with failure, but Financial Peace does. Author and investor Dave Ramsey built up an impressive $4-million real estate portfolio—only to find himself buried in massive, suffocating debt when he lost it all in the market crash. In this audiobook, Ramsey lays out the principles and strategies he used to climb his way back out. Since that harrowing experience, he’s learned a lot about debt reduction and financial freedom, and hearing his zig-zagging story of success to failure and back to success straight from his own mouth is moving, inspiring, and extraordinarily helpful. While a great choice for those seeking a boost to clean up their act financially, Financial Peace contains plenty of excellent insights for those who are already in control of their finances and looking to capitalize on their good fortune.

Focusing squarely on action rather than theory, Dave Ramsey delivers one of the most practical and helpful finance audiobooks on the market. Listener reviews are full of praise for how easy this listen makes taking the concrete steps needed to take control of their personal finances. We completely concur—The Total Money Makeover is designed to help now, and that’s just what it does. Ramsey narrates his own work, extremely well. Not only does he know the subject better than anyone, but he also demonstrates a real narrative performing talent.

From bestselling motivational author Napoleon Hill, this philosophical take on how to get rich was inspired in large part by the life, work, and undeniable success of Andrew Carnegie. Hill devoted 20 years to interviewing more than 500 people on the subject of building wealth. In Think and Grow Rich, he synthesized his research into what he calls the 13 Steps to Riches. The first step, he says, is all in the mind. Through highly capable narrator Erik Synnestvedt, Hill takes listeners on a journey filled with deep musings and personal anecdotes that are instructive, engaging, easy to follow, and, yes, profitable.

We hear it all the time: money is the root of all problems. Vicki Robin agrees, with a critical clarification. It’s actually our relationship with money that gets us into trouble. Narrated by Robin herself, Your Money or Your Life explains how to identify and change your toxic money patterns, start taking back your self-worth from where it’s entangled with your income, and approach money as the means to fulfillment rather than the end. And as the title suggests, committing to every step in this radical transformation is a matter of survival. Robin's serious, compassionate tone drives home just how important it is to be in a positive, healthy relationship with that not-so-little thing that makes the world go round.

If you’ve ever been there, then you know: a personal financial crisis can be a paralyzing situation that spirals further the more you try to escape it. In Unshakeable, bestselling author and world-renowned motivational speaker Tony Robbins shares his wealth of expertise to help listeners not only find their way out of a financial crisis but also protect themselves from ever finding themselves scrambling again. Robbins gives listeners advice they can act on. And by teaming up with an additional narrator, the talented Jeremy Bobb, he ensures that his audiobook will keep you engaged with his exciting, empowering content.

Don’t we all want to know Warren Buffett’s secrets? One of the most successful people in America (if not the world!) with one of the most down-to-earth personalities, Buffett has continually rebuffed suggestions that he write a memoir for many years. In The Snowball, however, he allowed one gifted author, Alice Schroeder, to record a detailed account of his life. The resulting biography is absolutely fantastic—in turns, enlightening, touching, and shocking. This encompassing listens clocks in at nearly 37 hours, but Kristen Potter’s impeccable narration keeps every minute fascinating.

If you couldn’t guess by the title, Ramit Sethi doesn’t mince words. The entirety of this audiobook—which he narrates himself with frankness and tons of personality—is meant to demystify the road to riches. Broken into clear sections, I Will Teach You to Be Rich gives advice that is especially great for young investors or new adults engaging with the world of personal finance philosophy for the first time. Throughout, Sethi offers his instructions in language that feels more like a conversation than a tutorial. That said, he doesn’t go light on practical tools—Sethi balances accessibility with hard-hitting advice that can aid any listener on their financial journey.

Each one of us has a personal money blueprint, according to T. Harv Eker, and the key to financial wealth lies in knowing what your individual blueprint is and resetting it to maximize success. In Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, his goal isn’t just to help you accrue wealth—it’s to help you become the type of person for whom wealth comes effortlessly. And though that might sound impossible, listeners have frequently said that if you follow its advice closely, this audiobook can be life-changing. The steady, confident narration by Charles Constant makes for a listen that’s digestible, believable, and, most importantly, effective. He skillfully captures Eker’s humor as well as his financial advice, making this entry to the financial self-help canon enjoyable as well as educational.

Timothy Ferriss is living the life most of us wish we were living. By his own admission, he works less—much less, if we take his title at face value—and travels more than most of us, and still has amassed considerable personal wealth. The 4-Hour Workweek is his manifesto of a mobile lifestyle that rejects classic financial advice, where we can take our work with us wherever we go and leave the stress behind. Narrated by award-winning performer Ray Porter, this audiobook outlines steps everyone can take to become financially secure enough to live like Ferriss. But even if we can’t all get to where Ferris has gone, listening to this audiobook on the way to work or during a tough day at the office provides a serious dose of inspiration and hope.

J L Collins’s idea for this audiobook came out of a conversation with his daughter, wherein she expressed what a lot of us think—she just didn’t have the energy or time to dive into complex financial principles and philosophy. What The Simple Path to Wealth provides her, and others, is an accessible roadmap to essential knowledge and sustainable wealth without weeding through the sometimes (deliberately, says Collins) obscure language of finance. It doesn’t hurt that Collins has a voice for cozy fireside storytelling, which makes listening to this audiobook such a pleasant experience that you may not realize how much you’re learning.

In Principles, author-narrator Ray Dalio addresses the many lessons he’s learned over his long career—the same lessons that led to his founding the highly successful Bridgewater Associates investment firm and becoming one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people. Dalio covers the principles of everything—from finance to management to interpersonal relationships— and you’re sure to find kernels of advice applicable to any scenario. He incorporates many examples and stories that are best heard straight from the mouth of the person who experienced them, and the intimate tone of his narration makes the advice feel even more salient.

There’s almost no way you missed the cultural moment of Jen Sincero’s debut, You Are a Badass, and this spin-off focused on financial conversation is just as valuable. Speaking like a friend, Sincero attempts to convince listeners to reframe the way they think about money. Yes, it's light on practical advice. But the philosophy that Sincero articulates is motivating, affirming, and meets listeners where they are, energizing them for whatever the next step on their money path might be.

If you, like most people searching for financial advice, feel like being a millionaire is a wild dream, Chris Hogan wants you to know that you’re not alone ... but you’re wrong. Millionaire status is closer than we all think, and by considering, analyzing, and synthesizing advice from both the financial canon and newer sources, Hogan helps his listeners see just that. One of the most enjoyable parts of Everyday Millionaires—other than the sage advice, of course—is Hogan's bright performance. Through his playful narration as well as his writing, Hogan makes complicated financial principles humorous and wonderfully ordinary.

The Go-Giver is singular among audiobooks on our list—not only is it a quick listen, at just under three hours, but it’s also told in a unique parable form that holds your attention easily and keeps you enthralled. Settle in as you hear the story of Joe, who thinks he’s working toward success but is missing one key: generosity. The message of the audiobook is simple: to receive, you first have to open your heart to giving. But don’t let the sweet message of the little story fool you into thinking this audiobook is only platitudes—the advice it contains is efficient and sound.

Understanding the reasons we seek financial success is just as important as the steps we take to get ourselves there. But with any area of our lives where we’re trying to create new habits, it’s easy to get distracted without a clear enough why. In Millionaire Success Habits, Dave Graziosi starts listeners off by guiding them to identify their deepest, truest motivation—their why—before introducing his practical advice. Voiced by narrator Mark Steinbeck, Graziosi’s words and step-by-step daily exercises lead the way to finding your drive and purpose for making money.

Many young professionals in the workforce express anxiety about their ability to retire. Given current economic conditions, it’s easy to understand how not working seems like a distant dream. Scott Trench wants to liberate his listeners from worry and help them retire even earlier than previously thought possible. His peppy, personally narrated audiobook is geared toward those of us at the start of our career journey for whom the end feels unimaginable. If you’re worried about how you’ll ever save enough to retire, settle down with Trench’s calming voice and sage advice in Set for Life.

Chelsea Fagan’s YouTube channel (which has the same title as her audiobook) has more than 700,000 subscribers, and her fan base is filled with loyal, supportive people she’s helped reach financial security. The Financial Diet is an amalgamation of all the excellent advice she doles out online and new methods, research, and ideas. Meant for true beginners to finance, Fagan guides listeners through activities as simple as what to cook for dinner and as complicated as which moves to make for your first investment. Thanks to her background in vlogging, Fagan is an extremely engaging narrator. Her approachable, friendly style meshes with her content to make an audiobook that’s great for listeners looking to start from square one.