“Rich Dad, Poor Dad” (2000) by Robert Kiyosaki

This book is a great resource for young investors and all investors. The author shares his view on how the poor and middle class work for money and how the upper class earn their money. He sheds a lot of light on the importance of financial literacy, and presents financial independence as the ultimate goal and a way to avoid the rat race of corporate America. The author also discusses investments that produce periodic cash flow for the investor while at the same time providing the potential to grow in value. The book also discusses the American school system and some of its flaws with regards to personal financial literacy.

“The Intelligent Investor” (1949) by Benjamin Graham

This book is one of the most insightful books ever written on investing. It's considered a "classic." Originally written by famed value investor Benjamin Graham in the 1930s, it was updated in 2003 and 2009 by Zweig and Buffett. The revised edition now includes more up to date examples on stock investing techniques

“One up on Wall street” (revised edition 2000) by Peter Lynch

 Peter Lynch is the former manager of Fidelity's Magellan mutual fund who rose to fame in the bull market rally of the 1980s. In the 1980s and 1990s he was one of the best known mutual fund managers in America but has since faded from view as hedge fund managers became the new golden boys. One Up On Wall Street was his first book. The original edition came out in 1989 but the second edition was revised for the dot-com boom in 2000. It incorporates his popular investment philosophy: "buy what you know."

“The essays of Warren Buffet: Lessons for Corporate America” (1997) by Warren Buffet

This book contains Buffett's letters to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders over the last several decades through 2008. The letters are filled with more than just updates about the company as Buffett also shares investing tidbits and insight into his investing philosophy.

“The Craft of Investing” by John Train

This is book is based on decades of the Author's own experience and study of the methods of great money masters, The Author sums up with clarity and wit the winning strategies that work for successful investors. In The Craft of Investing he explains growth investing, value investing, emerging markets, the psychology of the market, new investment ideas, when to buy and when to sell, losing strategies and how to avoid them, and much more