Books to improve your investing

No matter how experienced or inexperienced an investor you are, you can probably get savvier and improve your results by reading more. Here are a bunch of well-regarded books you might check out.

These are particularly good for beginners: “The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need” by Andrew Tobias (Harper Business, $20), “One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money in the Market” by Peter Lynch with John Rothchild (Simon & Schuster, $19), “The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way To Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns” by John Bogle (Wiley, $25), “Common Sense on Mutual Funds” by John Bogle (Wiley, $35) and “The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed and Happiness” by Morgan Housel (Harriman House, $20).

These can help you hone your investing style: “Investing: The Last Liberal Art” by Robert Hagstrom (Columbia University Press, $28), “The Little Book of Value Investing” by Christopher H. Browne (Wiley, $25), “Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits” by Philip A. Fisher (Wiley, $25), “The Little Book That Builds Wealth: The Knockout Formula for Finding Great Investments” by Pat Dorsey (Wiley, $25) and “The Little Book That Still Beats the Market” by Joel Greenblatt (Wiley, $25). There are lots of other great reads in the “The Little Book ...” series, including books on dividends, valuation and behavioral investing.

More experienced investors might read “You Can Be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits” by Joel Greenblatt (Touchstone, $19), and a newly updated seventh edition of “Security Analysis: Principles and Techniques” by Warren Buffett’s mentor, Benjamin Graham (Mcgraw-hill, $85).

We at The Motley Fool have also published some investing books, such as “The Motley Fool Investment Guide” by David and Tom Gardner (Simon & Schuster, $22) and “The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens: 8 Steps To Having More Money Than Your Parents Ever Dreamed Of” by David and Tom Gardner with Selena Maranjian (Touchstone, $17).