- The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing — Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer and Michael LeBoeuf
- How to Make Money in Stocks — William J. O'Neil
- Market Wizards — Jack D. Schwager
- Reminiscences of a Stock Operator — Edwin Lefèvre
- Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets — John J. Murphy
- Financial Shenanigans — Howard M. Schilit, Jeremy Perler and Yoni Engelhart
- The Little Book That Still Beats the Market — Joel Greenblatt
- Quality Investing — Lawrence A. Cunningham, Torkell T. Eide and Patrick Hargreaves
- Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies — McKinsey & Company, Tim Koller, Marc Goedhart and David Wessels
- The Outsiders — William N. Thorndike
Want to learn how to invest properly? Read the books listed above.
Save your money. Many of these books are available from your local libraries.