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Behavioural finance and the psychology of money

Psychology and Behaviour

Books on how investors and consumers behave with money, behavioural economics research, and the emotions behind spending, saving and trading.

34 books on Behavioural finance and the psychology of money, recommended by 34 people including Mohnish Pabrai and Patrick O'Shaughnessy.

34 books · 43 experts

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  1. Contrarian Investment StrategiesDavid Dreman, 1999
  2. Discover Your Inner EconomistTyler Cowen, 2007
  3. Predictably IrrationalDan Ariely, 2008
  4. PricelessWilliam Poundstone, 2010
  5. Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral EconomicsRichard H. Thaler, 2015

The best books on Behavioural finance and the psychology of money 34

Contrarian Investment StrategiesContrarian Investment Strategies
T2 Contrarian Investment Strategies
David Dreman · 1999
Dreman argues low-expectation stocks beat glamour over full cycles.
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“all these people really were helpful in forming and getting me involved in investing”Joel Greenblatt
Recommended byJoel GreenblattMohnish PabraiPatrick O'Shaughnessy
Discover Your Inner EconomistDiscover Your Inner Economist
T2 Discover Your Inner Economist
Tyler Cowen · 2007
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Recommended byGraham Duncan
Predictably IrrationalPredictably Irrational
T2 Predictably Irrational
Dan Ariely · 2008
Ariely's contribution is showing that our irrationality is not random — it follows predictable patterns that can be mapped and, to some degree, engineered around. His experiments on relativity, free, and social versus market norms each isolate a mechanism that pure psychology literature tends to bury in statistical tables.
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Recommended byMohnish PabraiAlfred LinAnna ChengDavid KadavyJake KnappKeith RaboisMax LevchinTom Bilyeu+1 more
PricelessPriceless
T2 Priceless
William Poundstone · 2010
The psychology of price, anchoring and what people will meter.
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish PabraiPatrick O'Shaughnessy
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral EconomMisbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics
T2 Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics
Richard H. Thaler · 2015
How behavioural economics won the argument, told by the man who ran it.
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“He opens his new book, Misbehaving, with Vilfredo Pareto's assertion”Howard Marks
Recommended byHoward MarksPeter MalloukTyler Cowen
Richer, Wiser, Happier: How the World's GreaRicher, Wiser, Happier: How the World's Greatest Investors Win in Markets and Life
T2 Richer, Wiser, Happier: How the World's Greatest Investors Win in Markets and Life
William Green · 2021
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“William has written the kind of book that we would love to have written but know that we lack the requisite skills.”Nick Sleep
Recommended byNick Sleep
Dollars and SenseDollars and Sense
T2 Dollars and Sense
Dan Ariely
Ariely and Kreisler's book on money irrationality covers pain of paying, opportunity cost neglect, and the psychology of credit card spending. It extends Ariely's earlier research into financial contexts specifically, and the experiments here are among the most readable in the genre.
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The Art of Contrary ThinkingThe Art of Contrary Thinking
T3 The Art of Contrary Thinking
Humphrey B. Neill · 1954
The original essay collection on crowd opinion as a signal.
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Luxury FeverLuxury Fever
T3 Luxury Fever
Robert H. Frank · 1999
The economics of positional goods and status competition.
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Beyond Greed and FearBeyond Greed and Fear
T3 Beyond Greed and Fear
Hersh Shefrin · 2000
The academic bridge between behavioural finance and portfolio practice.
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The Little Book of Behavioral InvestingThe Little Book of Behavioral Investing
T3 The Little Book of Behavioral Investing
James Montier · 2010
Practical countermeasures rather than a catalogue of biases.
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Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So MucScarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much
T3 Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much
Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir · 2013
Mullainathan and Shafir's research on cognitive bandwidth shows that financial scarcity — not just poverty but any experience of not having enough — tunnels attention in ways that make long-term planning harder and short-term mistakes more likely. It reframes willpower-based explanations of financial failure without excusing the structural causes.
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Recommended byMohnish PabraiDaniel KahnemanEsther Dyson
Mind Over MoneyMind Over Money
T3 Mind Over Money
Claudia Hammond
Klontz and Klontz introduced the concept of money scripts — inherited, often unconscious beliefs about money formed in childhood — and this book is the clearest account of the four script types: money avoidance, money worship, money status, and money vigilance. The clinical case material grounds the theory in ways that purely empirical books don't.
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The Behavior GapThe Behavior Gap
T3 The Behavior Gap
Carl Richards
Carl Richards, a financial planner, uses simple sketches to map the distance between what people know they should do with money and what they actually do. His treatment of financial decisions as emotional events first and numerical events second is practically useful in a way that academic behavioral finance rarely is.
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The Peak Performance Course for Investors anThe Peak Performance Course for Investors and Traders
T4 The Peak Performance Course for Investors and Traders
Van K. Tharp · 1987
Home-study course rather than a trade book.
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Quasi Rational EconomicsQuasi Rational Economics
T4 Quasi Rational Economics
Richard H. Thaler · 1991
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The Winner's Curse: Paradoxes and Anomalies The Winner's Curse: Paradoxes and Anomalies of Economic Life
T4 The Winner's Curse: Paradoxes and Anomalies of Economic Life
Richard H. Thaler · 1992
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Advances in Behavioral FinanceAdvances in Behavioral Finance
T4 Advances in Behavioral Finance
Richard H. Thaler · 1993
Edited volume.
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Advances in Behavioral Finance, Volume IIAdvances in Behavioral Finance, Volume II
T4 Advances in Behavioral Finance, Volume II
Richard H. Thaler · 2005
Edited volume.
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More Than You Know: Finding Financial WisdomMore Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places
T4 More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places
Michael Mauboussin · 2006
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Recommended byRational Capital Investment Fund
Your Money and Your BrainYour Money and Your Brain
T4 Your Money and Your Brain
Jason Zweig · 2007
Neuroscience of investing decisions, written by Graham's modern editor.
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Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Behavioral Finance and Wealth ManagementBehavioral Finance and Wealth Management
T4 Behavioral Finance and Wealth Management
Michael M. Pompian · 2008
Applies behavioural finance to building portfolios for real clients.
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It's Not About the Money: Unlock Your Money It's Not About the Money: Unlock Your Money Type to Achieve Spiritual and Financial Abundance
T4 It's Not About the Money: Unlock Your Money Type to Achieve Spiritual and Financial Abundance
Brent Kessel · 2008
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Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Animal SpiritsAnimal Spirits
T4 Animal Spirits
Robert J. Shiller, George A. Akerlof · 2009
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Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Behavioral Finance and Investor TypesBehavioral Finance and Investor Types
T4 Behavioral Finance and Investor Types
Michael M. Pompian · 2012
Classifies investors into behavioural types for advice and design.
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The Hour Between Dog and WolfThe Hour Between Dog and Wolf
T4 The Hour Between Dog and Wolf
John Coates · 2012
A former trader turned neuroscientist on hormones and risk-taking
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Recommended byNassim Nicholas Taleb
Happy Money: The Science of Smarter SpendingHappy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending
T4 Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending
Elizabeth Dunn, Michael Norton · 2013
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Recommended byMohnish PabraiTim Ferriss
Trading Beyond the Matrix
T4 Trading Beyond the Matrix
Van K. Tharp · 2013
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Phishing for PhoolsPhishing for Phools
T4 Phishing for Phools
Robert J. Shiller, George A. Akerlof · 2015
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Narrative EconomicsNarrative Economics
T4 Narrative Economics
Robert J. Shiller · 2019
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Recommended byJackie Vullinghs
The Psychology of MoneyThe Psychology of Money
T4 The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel · 2020
Short essays on why behaviour beats analysis in determining outcomes.
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“…books I've recommended, highlighted to death, or forced on friends.”Andrew Wilkinson
Recommended byAndrew WilkinsonNat EliasonAli AbdaalAna FabregaAndrew LokenauthAnthony PomplianoDavid PerellEric Jorgenson+5 more
Same as EverSame as Ever
T4 Same as Ever
Morgan Housel · 2023
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“There are many things that never change”Andrew Wilkinson
Recommended byAndrew Wilkinson
The Art of Spending MoneyThe Art of Spending Money
T4 The Art of Spending Money
Morgan Housel · 2025
OL lists title as 'The Art Of Spending Money'
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Inside the Investor’s Brain
T4 Inside the Investor’s Brain
Richard Peterson
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Recommended byPatrick O'Shaughnessy

Experts 43

The people who wrote this page's books, and the people who recommend them.

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Richard H. Thalerwrote 5 books hereRobert J. Shillerwrote 3 books here
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Morgan Houselwrote 3 books hereDan Arielywrote 2 books here
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Van K. Tharpwrote 2 books here
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Michael Mauboussinwrote 1 book here
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David Dremanwrote 1 book here
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Jason Zweigwrote 1 book hereTyler Cowenwrote 1 book here
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William Poundstonewrote 1 book here
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William Greenwrote 1 book here

Recommenders 34

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Mohnish Pabrairecommends 9 books here
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Patrick O'Shaughnessyrecommends 3 books hereHoward Marksrecommends 2 books here
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Andrew Wilkinsonrecommends 2 books hereDaniel Kahnemanrecommends 1 book here
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Joel Greenblattrecommends 1 book here
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Michael Mauboussinrecommends 1 book hereNassim Nicholas Talebrecommends 1 book here
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Nick Sleeprecommends 1 book hereTyler Cowenrecommends 1 book hereAlfred Linrecommends 1 book here
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Ali Abdaalrecommends 1 book here
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David Perellrecommends 1 book here
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Eric Jorgensonrecommends 1 book hereEsther Dysonrecommends 1 book here
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Graham Duncanrecommends 1 book here
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Jackie Vullinghsrecommends 1 book here
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Jake Knapprecommends 1 book hereKeith Raboisrecommends 1 book here
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