20 Best Investment Audiobooks to Trade Like a Pro

Thanks to the ever-changing nature of the economy, beginners and seasoned investment professionals alike have to stay on top of their game, always looking for the little bit of knowledge that will help them remain one step ahead of the curve. Whether you’re bearish or bullish, with a large portfolio or a limited budget, these investment-focused audiobooks can provide the perspectives and lessons you need to challenge yourself and grow—and, if you're lucky, increase your wealth in the process. Here are the 20 best investment audiobooks we've found.

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing

The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns, 10th Anniversary Edition

By: John C. Bogle

Narrated by: L. J. Ganser

Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins

Release date: 12-05-17

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 2,290 ratings

The key words in this title are common sense—this is not a selection for expert traders, for whom the advice may seem elementary. However, for those needing an accessible entry into the field of investing that offers a cut-and-dry, well-explained strategy for maximizing long-term savings, The Little Book of Common Sense Investing is largely unmatched. And though its explanations may be to-the-point, L.J. Ganser skillfully maintains an upbeat tone that makes it easy to stay engaged. For listeners looking for practical, no-frills advice, this is a great place to start.
Rich Dad's Guide to Investing

What the Rich Invest In That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!

By: Robert T. Kiyosaki

Narrated by: Tim Wheeler

Series: Rich Dad Series

Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins

Release date: 01-01-12

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 5,398 ratings

Robert T. Kiyosaki is this title’s Rich Dad, an author whose claim to fame is a series of personal finance guides organized around the premise that financial knowledge rarely crosses class boundaries, since it’s largely passed down from parent to child and, therefore, only rich kids get advice from rich adults. In this entry in the series, he focuses on investing, drawing a clear differentiation between the skill of managing money versus the skill of growing it. Kiyosaki’s overall approach is refreshingly well-explained, free of jargon, and—thanks to Tim Wheeler, who narrates all of Kiyosaki’s published works—feels less like a lecture and more like a private conversation with a particularly generous, wise uncle. Additionally, the author weaves his financial philosophies into the narrative, which helps ground the lessons firmly in context.
The Art of Investing: Lessons from History's Greatest Traders

By: John M. Longo, The Great Courses

Narrated by: John M. Longo

Series: The Great Courses: Business & Economics

Length: 12 hrs

Release date: 12-09-16

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 1,321 ratings

Investment is one genre that can be slightly difficult to absorb in longer, traditional formats, which is why The Art of Investing is such a stellar entry in the canon. Instead of a traditional series of chapters, John M. Longo has assembled over 30 half-hour lectures on different history-making investors, each of which highlights the arc of the person’s career as well as the lessons to be drawn from their trading experiences. For those who thrive in a classroom setting, Longo’s professorial style will definitely resonate, and the accompanying outline feels delightfully like a syllabus for your favorite economics course.
The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed.

By: Benjamin Graham

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins

Release date: 07-07-15

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 6,742 ratings

The Intelligent Investor is a comprehensive primer on a conservative financial strategy called value investing. In other words, this is not an audiobook for thrill-seeking day traders looking to build a meteoric fortune. Benjamin Graham’s balanced, well-rounded advice offers an uncomplicated and accessible path to relatively stress-free investing that will pay dividends in the long term. Hall of Fame narrator Luke Daniels brings his background in classical theater to his performance, keeping the narration dynamic and helping Graham’s takeaways resonate with the listener.
The Millionaire Next Door

The Surprising Secrets of America's Rich

By: Thomas J. Stanley Ph.D., William D. Danko Ph.D.

Narrated by: Cotter Smith

Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins

Release date: 10-27-00

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 18,762 ratings

If you’ve been operating under the belief that a seven-figure savings is unattainable, Thomas Stanley and William Danko’s The Millionaire Next Door is the audiobook designed to disabuse you of that mindset—and offer advice on how to join the ranks of the mega-earners that live among us. Narrator Cotter Smith is well-known in the audiobook industry for his work in historical nonfiction, and his practiced skill in enhancing education to entertainment is on full display as he narrates the authors’ unveiling of the wealthy’s most well-kept financial secrets. Basing their writings on thorough research and informative interviews, Stanley and Danko drill down quickly to the practical advice at the center of the secrets of America’s rich, teaching listeners how to emulate the behaviors of those millionaires who weren’t born into wealth, but achieved it nonetheless.
The Warren Buffett Way, Second Edition

By: Robert G. Hagstrom

Narrated by: Stephen Hoye

Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins

Release date: 10-19-04

Language: English

4 out of 5 stars 543 ratings

It makes sense that listeners looking to learn about investment would want to hear from Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman of Berkshire Hathaway. Voiced by acclaimed narrator Stephen Hoye, The Warren Buffett Way traces Buffett’s meteoric rise. But unlike traditional biographers, Robert Hagstrom skips over the biographical details that are less relevant to Buffett’s investment career, instead taking the time to discuss the principles and strategies used to build Buffett’s empire. An excellent selection for those who learn by example, Hagstom also interviews a handful of Buffett’s most successful followers, tracing how they employed Buffett’s tactics to great success.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street, 12th Edition

The Time Tested Strategy for Successful Investing

By: Burton G. Malkiel

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins

Release date: 01-17-19

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 1,180 ratings

If Hall of Fame narrator George Guidall’s name alone isn’t enough to sell you on this selection (the three-time Audie Award winner is among the best in the industry, with listens like Neil Gaiman’s American Gods and Stephen King’s Dark Tower series among the countless titles on resume), rest assured that Burton Malkiel’s flawlessly researched advice for investing is every bit as high caliber as the narrator who performs it. Malkiel’s strategy centers on the random walk hypothesis, which posits that, though various stocks’ peaks and valleys may seem extreme, the average pattern of the stock market is no more unpredictable than the steps of a random walk. Backed by ample research, with real examples pulled from history, Malkiel explains how the average person can make solid investment decisions based on this theory, making this an excellent choice for listeners looking for help developing a moderately conservative long-range investment strategy.
Clever Girl Finance: Learn How Investing Works, Grow Your Money

By: Bola Sokunbi

Narrated by: Bola Sokunbi

Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins

Release date: 11-24-20

Language: English

5 out of 5 stars 76 ratings

Thanks to gender differences in how financial education and conversations are communicated in the culture, women can face unique challenges when it comes to money, such as anxiety and lack of confidence. With this direct, tactical guide to investing from Clever Girl Finance founder Bola Sokunbi, you can overcome these systemic hurdles and maximize your money-making potential. Read by the author in a clear, motivating style, this short but powerful listen breaks down how investing and the stock market work—and can work for you—while helping you conquer negative thought patterns and learn from real-life tips from wealth experts around the world.
The Most Important Thing

Uncommon Sense for The Thoughtful Investor

By: Howard Marks

Narrated by: John FitzGibbon

Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins

Release date: 08-22-12

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 2,156 ratings

In the saturated genre of investment wisdom, it’s difficult to write something truly unique, but Oaktree Capital Management chairman and cofounder Howard Marks manages to do just that by displaying the real day-to-day thoughts and considerations derived from a long career in investment. Bolstered by the performance of narrator John FitzGibbon, Marks encourages listeners to be contrarian, finding opportunities to think innovatively and being willing to switch tactics to stay ahead of the pack. His takes are as functionally useful as they are off-the-beaten-path, making this a great choice for those just starting out as well as long-time investment listeners looking to switch things up.
The Little Book That Still Beats the Market

By: Joel Greenblatt

Narrated by: Adam Grupper

Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins

Release date: 09-14-10

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 1,902 ratings

As its title indicates, this is the later, greater version of Joel Greenblatt’s 2005 best seller The Little Book That Beats the Market. That original work has remained popular throughout the years, but its sequel, narrated with crisp confidence by Adam Grupper, makes necessary updates to incorporate over a decade of economic events and the lessons they impart. Not only is Greenblatt’s style incredibly simple to understand, this audiobook is also relatively short by genre standards—at just under four hours, The Little Book makes it possible to get a start on one’s investment career in just an afternoon. But don’t be fooled: the plain language and overall brevity of Greenblatt’s work does not make it any less useful for getting a comprehensive understanding of investment basics.
The Quants

How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It

By: Scott Patterson

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins

Release date: 02-02-10

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 1,227 ratings

This fast-paced, fascinating narrative traces the replacement of Wall Street’s old guard—the risk-taking, go-big-or-go-home fat cats who dominated the trading floors of the ‘80s and ‘90s—with a new, data-driven breed of investment mathematicians called quants. But the quants’s arrival on the scene occurs just as the clouds are gathering around the coming subprime lending storm. Mike Chamberlain, the narrative voice behind a swath of nonfiction bestsellers, provides the perfect balance of sharp intelligence and taut thrills for this fascinating tale. Wall Street Journal reporter Scott Patterson expertly illustrates how the quants’s most powerful asset quickly becomes their Achilles’s heel, blinding them to the signs of the coming disaster. Though it’s undeniably educational, for those with a true enthusiasm for economics, The Quants packs enough fast-paced action and high stakes to certify as a bonafide financial thriller.
The Big Short

Inside the Doomsday Machine

By: Michael Lewis

Narrated by: Jesse Boggs

Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins

Release date: 03-15-10

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 13,614 ratings

This incredibly original work is author Michael Lewis’s scathing, skewering explanation of what happened leading up to the stock market crash of 2007. The very fact that this work of financial nonfiction was easily converted into a character-driven blockbuster hit in 2015 is an excellent indicator of how refreshingly action-filled The Big Short is, and narrator Jesse Boggs performs the story with as much enthusiasm and genuine connection to the story as the actors in the film. You may recognize Michael Lewis’s name from the similar smash hit Moneyball, and The Big Short again demonstrates Lewis’s talent for picking apart a complicated mathematical concept and laying it bare in a way that listeners can follow.
The Wolf of Wall Street (Movie Tie-in Edition)

By: Jordan Belfort

Narrated by: Eric Meyers

Series: The Wolf of Wall Street, Book 1

Length: 20 hrs and 21 mins

Release date: 11-26-13

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 1,542 ratings

Jordan Belfort’s The Wolf of Wall Street provides an accurate snapshot of exactly what life on Wall Street was like before the quants changed the game. Adapted into an Academy Award-nominated film in 2013, Belfort’s original story is just as hard-partying and unbelievable thanks, in part, to narrator Eric Meyers, who specializes in action-filled thrillers.The audiobook goes a step further, including all of the nitty-gritty details that the screenwriters left out. The result is an audiobook that’s at times jarring, at times shocking, but always engaging.
The Signal and the Noise

Why So Many Predictions Fail - but Some Don't

By: Nate Silver

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins

Release date: 09-27-12

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 4,970 ratings

Nate Silver’s The Signal and the Noise isn’t an investment how-to so much as a predictive guide—but, since the basis of successful investing is the ability to make accurate predictions, Silver’s insight is definitely worth exploring. Though Silver does not narrate the work himself, reviewers have confessed to mistaking Mike Chamberlain’s authentic tone and performance for that of the author, since much of the audiobook discusses Silver’s own personal forecasts and relates strategies for mimicking his success. One particularly excellent feature of the audiobook, especially for those listeners whose libraries are already filled with investment-themed content, is the fact that it’s drawn from many non-economic areas of the world like meteorology, climatology, and political elections. But as fascinating as these asides may be, it’s never hard to see how Silver’s wisdom relates back to investment.
How the Stock Market Works

By: Ramon P. DeGennaro, The Great Courses

Narrated by: Ramon P. DeGennaro

Series: The Great Courses: Business & Economics

Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins

Release date: 04-04-14

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 2,551 ratings

This Great Course is taught by Professor Ramon P. DeGennaro, a banking and finance expert whose natural enthusiasm for the topic keeps his explanations effortlessly engaging, even for relative newcomers to the field of investment. Especially for those who find themselves automatically wary of financial planners or market managers, How the Stock Market Works provides enough of a basis to allow anyone to approach investment feeling reasonably well-educated and empowered to make solid decisions.
One Up On Wall Street

By: Peter Lynch

Narrated by: Peter Lynch

Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins

Release date: 12-16-99

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 3,159 ratings

Originally published in 1989, One Up on Wall Street remains on virtually every list of top investment resources...and with good reason: its advice holds up. Not only that, but Lynch’s angle has remained relatively unique, in a genre populated by what can often feel like repetitions of the same basic advice. The subtitle of this audiobook is How to Use What You Already Know to Make Money in the Market, and therein lies its brilliance: rather than assuming the listener wants to become more like a professional investor, Lynch explains how each person’s individual experiences can offer them an edge in investment that could even help them out-earn the pros.
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits

By: Philip A. Fisher

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins

Release date: 04-27-01

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 1,210 ratings

Another short yet surprisingly comprehensive entry in the genre, Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits is the summation of wisdom from one of the most influential men in the field. Philip Fisher’s most famous tactic, and perhaps the most inventive, is the scuttlebutt strategy in which the investor finds all of the information possible about a company before making any investment decisions. Still not convinced? Warren Buffett himself has championed the strategy and praised its creator publicly on more than one occasion. Held aloft by the impeccable narration of the incomparable George Guidall, this is about as close to flawless as an investment audiobook can be.
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

By: Edwin Lefevre

Narrated by: Rick Rohan

Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins

Release date: 01-29-07

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 3,099 ratings

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is a lightly fictionalized account of a real stock trader named Jesse Livermore’s career. Livermore is remembered in the industry as one of the first to introduce day trading as a style of investment, and his career was full of the types of high highs and low lows that are characteristic of the day trading lifestyle. Brought to life by Audie-winner Rick Rohan, Lefevre’s narrative offers listeners insight into the life of a day trader at the turn of the 20th century, a rare perspective that presents plenty of learning opportunities for the investment-minded listener.
Principles

Life and Work

By: Ray Dalio

Narrated by: Ray Dalio, Jeremy Bobb

Length: 16 hrs and 5 mins

Release date: 09-19-17

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 18,320 ratings

While many of the authors on this list are considered influential in the investment space, Ray Dalio has been among TIME’s most influential people in the world. As the founder of Bridgewater Associates, Dalio’s is perhaps one of the most valuable perspectives on investing in existence. In Principles, he distills his life’s worth of learning into actionable lessons that anyone can apply to their own portfolio. In his own voice, Dalio couches his teachings in stories of his own rise and the formation of Bridgewater that keep the story as entertaining as it is educational.

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