Editors Reads

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Financial Independence

9 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.

9 posts

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Where to Start with Chris Mamula: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Chris Mamula — how to approach Choose FI, the comprehensive community-tested guide to financial independence covering income, expenses, tax hacking, and portfolio building. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Grant Sabatier: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Grant Sabatier — how to approach Financial Freedom, his practical FIRE roadmap from $2.26 in the bank at 24 to financially independent at 30. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with JL Collins: A Reading Guide

Where to start with JL Collins — how to approach The Simple Path to Wealth, his essential guide to financial independence through index fund investing. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Kristy Shen: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Kristy Shen — how to approach Quit Like a Millionaire, her FIRE memoir and investing guide describing how she and her partner retired at 31 on middle-class salaries. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Robert Kiyosaki: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Robert Kiyosaki — how to approach Rich Dad Poor Dad, his paradigm-shifting reframe of assets, liabilities, and financial literacy that has changed how millions of people think about money. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Scott Trench: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Scott Trench — how to approach Set for Life, his three-phase roadmap for young professionals to reach financial independence through aggressive saving and house hacking. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Tanja Hester: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Tanja Hester — how to approach Work Optional, her balanced and honest guide to designing a life where paid work is a choice, covering early retirement, semi-retirement, healthcare, and the psychological transition away from work. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Vicki Robin: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Vicki Robin — how to approach Your Money or Your Life, the philosophical foundation of financial independence. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Jacob Lund Fisker: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Jacob Lund Fisker — how to approach Early Retirement Extreme, the most philosophically serious book in the FIRE canon, presenting a systems-thinking framework for retiring in five years by redesigning life around personal competence and low costs. A complete reading guide.

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