If Personal Finance Intimidates You, This Book Should Help

Morgan Housel’s 'The Psychology of Money' fills much-needed slot in crowded market, offering fascinating perspectives and distilled wisdom on wealth, happiness, and human nature

How we think about money—consciously and unconsciously—is inextricably tied to our values. PBXStudio/Shutterstock

If you’ve never heard of Ronald Read, you’ll be forgiven. Though Read had a net worth of more than $8 million at the time of his quiet death in 2014 at the age of 92, he was hardly headline news. His life was so unassuming and everyday that few, if any, would have guessed at his staggering financial success.

Especially not if they knew his daily business.