I was actually thinking on this earlier today and was wondering if there were a certain core set of books that we could definitely deem to be 'essential reading' for /biz/.
My idea is this - that we could find just a few books that really matter that get someone from being a complete financial illiterate into having the correct mindset when it comes to money.
We obviously wouldn't try to cover everything that a person could need to read, but just the core essential books that would set someone in the right direction. And I need help defining what this direction is. And I'll spitball/brainstorm a little bit:
To me the right books would teach a person
1) The idea of saving money for early retirement (FIRE) - basically how to save and spend responsibly and why
2) The idea of using money to make money and the different ways that are well known and common market things to know for a noob
3) The idea of investing in things before they get big - spotting the next big thing, riding bubbles, exit strats, etc
4) The idea of starting businesses vs being a wagecuck
etc.
I feel like we could make a very small list like this and have it be some sort of essential reading. And those 4 might even be everything, I'm not sure.
To my knowledge, #1 is covered by MrMoneyMustache, #2 I have no idea, #3 again no idea (learned it the hard way through experience), and #4 Millionaire fastlane covers it well as stated by >>1958