Hardback edition of The Psychology of Money with bonus chapter content from Morgan Housel.
The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller. Over 10 million copies sold around the world.
The original book from Morgan Housel, the New York Times bestselling author of Same As Ever and The Art of Spending Money.
As featured on the Dr Chatterjee podcast Feel Better, Live More and the Diary of a CEO podcast with Steven Bartlett.
Doing well with money isn't necessarily about what you know. It's about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people.
Money – investing, personal finance, and business decisions – is typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell us exactly what to do. But in the real world people don't make financial decisions on a spreadsheet. They make them at the dinner table, or in a meeting room, where personal history, your own unique view of the world, ego, pride, marketing, and odd incentives are scrambled together.
In The Psychology of Money, award-winning author Morgan Housel shares 19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think about money and teaches you how to make better sense of one of life's most important topics.
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"The Psychology of Money is one of those rare nonfiction books that feels both deeply practical and surprisingly human. Morgan Housel doesn’t lecture about budgets or investing tactics—instead, he explores how emotions, upbringing, luck, fear, and confidence shape the financial decisions we make. What makes this book stand out is its simplicity. Each chapter reads like a story, not a lesson, and Housel’s examples—ranging from everyday families to billionaires—show how money isn’t just math; it’s behaviour. The biggest takeaway is empowering: you don’t need to be the smartest person in the room to build wealth; you just need to manage your choices and keep your emotions in check. This book changed the way I think about saving, risk, and long-term thinking. It’s honest, relatable, and refreshingly free of judgment. A must-read for anyone who wants a healthier, more mindful relationship with money."
