When my husband I decided to become debt free, one of the first things I did was check out every finance, thrifty living, and get out of debt book I could find at our library. Other than my bible that was all I read last summer. There were many great books out there, and a few really bad ones. I did find that in most books I didn’t agree with everything or every idea the authors were promoting, but I could glean something from almost every book.

Here is a list of the books I found particularly helpful:

The Complete Tightwad Gazette - Amy Dacyczyn
This was probably the best book I read on thrifty habits. Sometimes she is a little extreme but there are so many great ideas in this book. I liked it so much I asked for it for Christmas

The Millionaire Next Door - Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko

Miserly Moms- Jonni McCoy

The Complete Cheapskate - Mary Hunt

The Automatic Millionaire - David Bach

America’s Cheapest Family Gets You Right on the Money - Steve Economides and Annette Economides

And of course all the Dave Ramsey books

The best thing about it was that it didn’t cost me a penny.