I counted every amazon link on every single question and answer page (6,964 pages) from the work & money category of Ask.MetaFilter. This spans more than five years worth of advice.
Personally, I trust this list to be the best books on the topic. That's because I believe in the power of hive minds, and I believe that MetaFilter is one of the best hive minds out there. I don't know why MetaFilter is so good. Perhaps it's because it costs $5 to join the community, or that it has a slight bias for librarians. All I know is that some book recommendations on there have changed my life.
And now I have a lot more reading to do.
- ![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1580089305.01.jpg) | What Color Is Your Parachute? 2009: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers (All Editions) by Richard Nelson Bolles | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140286780.01.jpg) | Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence by Joe Dominguez, Vicki Robin | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0393315290.01.jpg) | A Random Walk Down Wall Street: Including a Life-Cycle Guide to Personal Investing by Burton G. Malkiel | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1594482241.01.jpg) | The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke by Suze Orman | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0142000280.01.jpg) | Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060555661.01.jpg) | The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition) by Benjamin Graham, Jason Zweig, Warren E. Buffett | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0671015206.01.jpg) | The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0761513116.01.jpg) | The Wealthy Barber, Updated 3rd Edition: Everyone's Commonsense Guide to Becoming Financially Independent by David Chilton | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0932102123.01.jpg) | Graphic Artists Guild Handbook of Pricing and Ethical Guidelines by Graphic Artists Guild | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0932633439.01.jpg) | Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (Second Edition) by Tom DeMarco, Timothy Lister | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0071385290.01.jpg) | The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio by William J. Bernstein | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1585425524.01.jpg) | The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play by Neil Fiore | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0156029634.01.jpg) | The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need by Andrew Tobias | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0375758984.01.jpg) | What Should I Do with My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question by Po Bronson | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0671723650.01.jpg) | How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0440505003.01.jpg) | I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It by Barbara Sher | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0471730335.01.jpg) | The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing by Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, Michael LeBoeuf, John C. Bogle | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0887307280.01.jpg) | The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1400067936.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg) | Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0684872617.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg) | Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties by Beth Kobliner | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140143459.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg) | Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street by Michael Lewis | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/159059844X.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg) | Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager by Michael Lopp | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0071362363.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg) | The Intelligent Asset Allocator: How to Build Your Portfolio to Maximize Returns and Minimize Risk by William Bernstein | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0684823993.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg) | The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success by Nicholas Lore | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0785289089.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg) | The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness by Dave Ramsey | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0465090826.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg) | The Two Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke by Elizabeth Warren, Amelia Warren Tyagi | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0452278015.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg) | Ask the Headhunter: Reinventing the Interview to Win the Job by Nick A. Corcodilos | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/014027782X.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg) | Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen, Roger Fisher | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0316880655.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg) | Do What You Are : Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type--Revised and Updated Edition Featuring E-careers for the 21st Century by Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron-Tieger | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0321344758.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg) | Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition by Steve Krug | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1585422169.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg) | Finding Your Perfect Work: The New Career Guide to Making a Living, Creating a Life by Paul Edwards, Sarah Edwards | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0066620996.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg) | Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't by Jim Collins | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0671671642.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg) | Growing a Business by Paul Hawken | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0743224892.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg) | Jim Cramer's Real Money: Sane Investing in an Insane World by James J. Cramer | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060934913.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg) | Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0385512058.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg) | Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time by Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0470038322.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg) | Personal Finance For Dummies, 5th edition by Eric Tyson | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0375752250.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg) | The Complete Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacyczyn | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0446526568.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg) | The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't by Robert I. Sutton | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1565843428.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg) | Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do by Studs Terkel | ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) ![](up.gif) |