10 Money Books to Read This Summer

Sure, a romance novel or thriller is fun to devour at the beach or cottage, but how about investing your free time in a book focused on finance? We’ve rounded up ten money-related books, all published in the past two years, to help level up your investments.

1. Future Rich Person: The New Rules for Building Wealth (Even if You’re Stuck, Broke, and that Billionaire Won’t Text You Back...) by Haley Sacks (Ballantine, 2026)

On her cheekily named Instagram account, Mrs. Dow Jones, American finfluencer Haley Sacks shares money tips with 1.3 million followers. Her new book, Future Rich Person, offers Millennials and Gen Z a playbook for building wealth at a time when many young people struggle to find good jobs and affordable housing. Sacks provides strategies to improve your personal finances even if student debt and rising living costs are eating up your paycheque.

2. Retirement Income for Life: Getting More Without Saving More (3^rd edition) by Frederick Vettese (ECW Press, 2024)

How much do you need to save for retirement? In this fully updated Canadian guide, actuary Frederick Vettese helps readers understand retirement income and the challenges posed by higher interest rates and inflation, including the impact of deferring Canadian Pension plan and Old Age Security payments. Vettese offers practical tips and decumulation strategies to help get the most from retirement savings.

3. The Singles Tax: No-Nonsense Financial Advice for Solo Earners by Renée Sylvestre-Williams (ECW Press, 2026)

More Canadians are living alone than ever before – 15 per cent of people aged 15 and up, according to Statistics Canada¹ – making The Singles Tax especially timely. Renée Sylvestre-Williams, a financial journalist, explores how singles can save, spend, invest and plan for retirement, despite shouldering more household expenses on their own and having fewer tax-reduction opportunities than couples do. (Check out our recent interview with Sylvestre-Williams, here.)

4. Money for Couples by Ramit Sethi (Workman, 2024)

Are you and your partner on the same page, financially speaking? If talking about money often causes stress or tension, check out Money for Couples by personal finance guru Ramit Sethi. (You may recognize him as the host of the Netflix series How to Get Rich.) Sethi shares how to improve communication around money, plus a step-by-step plan to create a shared vision for your financial future.

5. Swiftynomics: How Women Mastermind and Redefine Our Economy by Misty L. Heggeness (University of California Press, 2026)

This intriguing book uses pop superstar Taylor Swift as a jumping-off point to explore how women’s spending, caregiving and investing decisions are shaping the economy in ways markets are only starting to notice. Author Misty L. Heggeness, who is both an economist and a Swift fan, draws on data and cultural analysis to examine the complex economic lives of everyday women.

6. The Art of Spending Money: Simple Choices for a Richer Life by Morgan Housel (Penguin, 2025)

In his previous bestsellers, Morgan Housel explored how to earn, save and invest money. In his latest book, The Art of Spending Money, Housel focuses on how our relationship to money can influence our decisions. Housel discusses the psychology of envy, greed, social status and contentment, and how we can better use our money to live a happier and more meaningful life. (You can also take a deeper dive into The Art of Spending Money here.)

7. Breaking Point: The New Big Shifts Putting Canada at Risk by Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson (Signal, 2025)

Breaking Point is the third book by Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Global Public Affairs, and John Ibbitson, a political columnist at the Globe and Mail. The duo takes a hard look at Canada’s economic, political, social and cultural landscape, including housing, tariff and demographic shifts that now form the macro backdrop behind every Canadian investor’s portfolio in 2026.

8. Making Bank: Money Skills for Real Life by Shannon Lee Simmons (HarperCollins Canada, 2025)

In her latest book, Shannon Lee Simmons highlights money skills that teens can start building now. Through helpful guides, relatable conversations and real-world examples, the Canadian financial planner makes personal finance more accessible, showing young people how to track, save, spend and grow their money.

9. Keeping Finance Personal: Ditch the “Shoulds” and the Shame and Rewrite Your Money Story by Ellyce Fulmore (Grand Central Publishing, 2024)

Ellyce Fulmore didn’t see a personal finance book that fit her needs as a queer, neurodivergent Canadian who was struggling with impulse spending and debt – so, she wrote one. Keeping Finance Personal is a shame-free, trauma-aware guide to better understanding your relationship with money and how it can affect your decisions. Fulmore provides tips and tools to help make personal finance work for, not against, you.

10. How to Be a Rich Old Lady: Your Guide to Easy Investing, Building Wealth, and Creating the Wild, Beautiful Life You Want by Amanda Holden (Avid Reader Press, 2026)

In this humorous, encouraging and practical book, former finance professional Amanda Holden provides tips and tools to help readers start investing and working towards financial independence. She invites readers to “summon your inner Rich Old Lady”; to imagine your future self and what your ideal life could look like, and what steps you’ll need to realize that vision.