Suggested Readings
Be Money Smart through Smart Financial Planning
The Chicago Public Library hosts Money Smart programs throughout the year. Check out these titles to help make informed decisions for a financially secure future.
Your Illinois Wills, Trusts and Estates Explained Simply: Important Information You Need to Know for Illinois Residents
By Linda C. Ashar
How the Stock Market Works: A Beginner’s Guide to Investment
By Michael Becket
The Big Retirement Risk: Running Out of Money Before You Run Out of Time
By Erin Botsford
Nolo’s Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home
By Ilona Bray, Alayna Schroeder and Marcia Stewart
Money Rules: The Simple Path to Lifelong Security
By Jean Chatzky
Plan Your Prosperity: The Only Retirement Guide You’ll Ever Need, Starting Now—Whether You’re 22, 52 or 82
By Ken Fisher with Lara Hoffmans
7 Money Rules for Life: How to Take Control of Your Financial Future
By Mary Hunt
The Futures: The Rise of the Speculator and the Origins of the World’s Biggest Markets
By Emily Lambert
Warren Buffett Invests Like a Girl: And Why You Should, Too
By LuAnn Lofton; foreword by Tom Gardner
The Money Class: How to Stand in Your Truth and Create the Future You Deserve
By Suze Orman
Credit Repair
By Robin Leonard and Margaret Reiter
The Savage Truth on Money
By Terry Savage
The Personal Bankruptcy Answer Book: Practical Answers to More Than 175 Questions on Bankruptcy
By Wendell Schollander, Wes Schollander
Securing Your Financial Future: Complete Personal Finance for Beginners
By Chris Smith
Personal Finance for Dummies
By Eric Tyson
J.K. Lasser’s New Rules for Estate and Tax Planning
By Stewart H. Welch, III, Harold I. Apolinsky, Craig Stephens
Exchange-Traded Funds for Dummies
By Russell Wild
How to Retire the Cheapskate Way: The Ultimate Cheapskate’s Guide to a Better, Earlier, Happier Retirement
By Jeff Yeager