​THE NEW TRADING FOR A LIVING by Alexander Elder is definitely a book that I would recommend as the best book to read when it comes to investing in the stock market! As a small DIY investor Trading For A Living provided me with great insights about the market. And definitely changed my trading life!

As an actively practicing psychiatrist and trader Alexander Elder emphasizes the importance of psychology in the market in this book. He ties crowd psychology, the investor's psychology (your psychology), and technical analysis on trading stocks. The results are illuminating. It makes a lot of sense to learn how crowd psychology is connected with the markets as the markets is nothing more but a collection of people trading stocks back and forth around the world.
​Trading For A Living does a wonderful job demystifying and making sense out of charts and graphs that would otherwise be meaningless numbers to an ordinary person.

​THE WEALTHY BARBER by David Chilton is a good book to read about managing your personal finance. This book was first recommended to me by a friend. This is where I really started being aware of the principles of money, not that I wasn't but knowing something and having someone else vocalize what you know solidifies that which you knew all along.
This book is an easy read. Unlike other financial books, David Chilton wrote The Wealthy Barber in a story/ Q&A-like format between the characters. He sets the story in Canada where you have a group of friends seeking financial advice to improve their personal finances. They found their advice in the least likely place... in a barber shop.

You'll find that the advice is easy to follow because the characters vocalize the financial concerns of most people that you might also likely have. Then the wealthy barber addresses those concerns and gives you sound financial advice.