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It’s no surprise that our family loves to read, and I love to read a wide range of books. And even though I talk and share about frugal living as my profession, sometimes reading a book about frugality or simplifying serves to give me a jolt of inspiration. If you like to read, there are so many books about frugal living on the market that it can be hard to sift through them. Well, I’ve gone through all the “top” lists and made sure I’m only presenting the cream of the crop—scroll through this list and see what jumps out at you!
All of these are available on Amazon as Ebooks or printed books, but my best recommendation for trying out a book is to check it out from your local libray (for more tips on that, check out our 6 Ways to Download Free Audiobooks and Ebooks!). Hopefully at least one of these will give you a bit of inspiration toward a more frugal life!
Just a note, remember that frugality doesn’t mean the same thing to everyone. These books run the range of making a budget to how to talk about money with your kids to how to make things from scratch to how to live a more simple life overall.
45 Books About Frugal Living
2. You Need a Budget: The Proven System for Breaking the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle, Getting Out of Debt, and Living the Life You Want by Jesse Mecham
3. The Frugal Life: The Simple Path to Living a Good Life on a Budget by Michelle Stewart
4. The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More by Annie Raser-Rowland
5. Meet the Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living by Elizabeth Willard Thames
6. Frugality for Depressives: Money Saving Tips for Those Who Find Life a Little Harder by Abigail Perry
7. The Wisdom of Frugality: Why Less is More — More or Less by Emrys Westacott
8. The Debt Escape Plan: How to Free Yourself from Credit Card Balances, Boost Your Credit Score, and Live Debt-Free by Beverly Harzog
9. You Only Live Once: The Roadmap to Financial Wellness and a Purposeful Life by Jason Vitug
10. The Recovering Spender: How to Live a Happy, Fulfilled, Debt-Free Life by Lauren Greutman
11. The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything by Neil Pasricha
12. Made from Scratch: Discovering Pleasures from the Handmade Life by Jenna Woginrich
13. #FRUGALITYPAYS: Money Saving Tips for the Underachiever by Antonio Starr
14. Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence by Vicki Robin
15. The 100 Thing Challenge: How I Got Rid of Almost Everything, Remade My Life, and Regained My Soul by Dave Bruno
16. The New Frugality: How to Consume Less, Save More, and Live Better by Chris Farrell
17. Effortless Savings: A Money Management Guide to Saving Without Sacrifice by Richard Syrop
18. Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not by Robert T. Kiyosaki
19. The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Freedom by Dave Ramsey
20. The Complete Tightwad Gazette: Promoting Thrift as a Viable Alternative Lifestyle by Amy Dacyczyn
21. Living Large in Lean Times: 250+ Ways to Buy Smarter, Spend Smarter, and Save Money by Clark Howard
22. A Money Saving Mindset: 40 Ways to Help You Save by Derek Polen
23. Living Large for the Long Haul: Consumer-Tested Ways to Overhaul Your Finances, Increase Your Savings, and Get Your Life Back on Track by Clark Howard
24. Be CentsAble: How to Cut Your Household Budget in Half by Chrissy Pate and Kristin McKee
25. Suddenly Frugal: How to Live Happier and Healthier for Less by Leah Ingram
26. The Minimalist Budget: A Practical Guide on How to Save Money, Spend Less and Live More with a Minimalist Lifestyle by Simeon Lindstrom
27. The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy by Thomas J. Stanley
28. The Good Life For Less: Giving Your Family Great Meals, Good Times, and a Happy Home on a Budget by Amy Allen Clark and Jana Murphy
29. Love Your Life, Not Theirs: 7 Money Habits for Living the Life You Want by Rachel Cruze
30. Why Didn’t They Teach Me This in School?: 99 Personal Money Management Principles to Live By by Cary Siegel
31. The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own by Joshua Becker
32. The Art of Money: A Life-Changing Guide to Financial Happiness by Bari Tessler
33. Not Buying It: Stop Overspending and Start Raising Happier, Healthier, More Successful Kids by Brett Graff
34. Couponing for the Rest of Us: The Not-So-Extreme Guide to Saving More by Kasey Knight Trenum
35. The Year Without a Purchase: One Family’s Quest to Stop Shopping and Start Connecting by Scott Dannemiller
36. The Budgeting Habit: How to Make a Budget and Stick To It by S. J. Scott and Rebecca Livermore
37. The One Week Budget: Learn to Create Your Money Management System in 7 Days or Less by Tiffany Aliche
38. How to Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck: A Proven Path to Money Mastery in Only 15 Minutes a Week by Avery Breyer
39. How to Manage Your Money When You Don’t Have Any by Erik Wecks
40. Living a Beautiful Life on Less: The Blissful and Domestice Guide to Food, Fun, and Finances by Danielle Wagasky
41. The Everything Budgeting Book: Practical Advice for Saving and Managing Your Money–from Daily Budgets to Long-Term Goals by Tere Stouffer
42. The Latte Factor: Why You Don’t Have to Be Rich to Live Rich by David Bach
43. The Six Dollar Family: From Six Dollars to Six Figures by Stacy Barr
44. The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money by Ron Lieber
45. Dirt Cheap Adult: A Millenial’s Guide to Life on a Budget by Amanda Kintz
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