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The table below provides links to the forum postings of author Taylor Larimore's Investment Gems. The gems are selected as a quick way to learn many of the best ideas from the best authors, and to help you decide if the book merits further reading.

Book	Author	Gem	Link
The Affluent Investor	Phil DeMuth, Ph.D	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
All About Asset Allocation	Rick Ferri, CFA	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
All About Index Funds	Rick Ferri, CFA	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Big Investment Lie	Michael Edesess	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism	John C Bogle	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing	Michael LeBoeuf, Mel Lindauer & Taylor Larimore	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Bogleheads' Guide to Retirement Planning	Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, Rick Ferri & Laura Dogu	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Can I Retire	Mike Piper	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Character Counts	John C Bogle	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Clash of the Cultures	John C Bogle	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Coffeehouse Investor	Bill Schultheis	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Common Sense Investing	Rick Van Ness	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Common Sense on Mutual Funds	John C Bogle	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Don't Count On It!	John C Bogle	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Elements of Investing	Charles Ellis and Burton Malkiel	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Enough	John C Bogle	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The ETF Book: All You Need to Know About Exchange-Traded Funds	Rick Ferri	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Four Pillars of Investing	William Bernstein, Ph.D. M.D.	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Great Mutual Fund Trap	Greg Baer & Gary Gensler	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The House that Bogle Built: How John Bogle and Vanguard Reinvented the Mutual Fund Industry	Lewis Braham	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
How a Second Grader Beats Wall Street	Allan Roth	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Index Funds: The 12-Step Recovery Program for Active Investors	Mark Hebner	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Index Your Way to Investment Success	Walter R. Good and Roy W. Hermansen	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Informed Investor	Frank Armstrong III	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed.	Benjamin Graham and Jason Zweig	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Intelligent Portfolio	Christopher Jones	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Investing Made Simple: Index Fund Investing and ETF Investing Explained in 100 Pages or Less	Mike Piper	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Investing Strategies for the 21st Century	Frank Armstrong	Taylor's Gems	Free Online Book
Investment Mistakes Even Smart Investors Make and How to Avoid Them	Larry Swedroe and RC Balaban	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Investors Guide by American Association of Individual Investor's	AMII	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Investor's Manifesto: Preparing for Prosperity, Armageddon, and Everything in Between	William Bernstein, Ph.D. M.D.	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
John Bogle on Investing--The First 50 Years	John C Bogle	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Late Bloomer Millionaires	Steve Schullo; Dan Robertson	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Lazy Person's Guide to Investing	Paul Farrell	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing	John C. Bogle	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Little Book of Main Street Money	Johnathan Clements	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Little Book of Safe Money	Jason Zweig	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Man in the Arena	Knut A. Rostad	Taylor's Gems
The Millionaire in You	Michael LeBoeuf, PhD	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Morningstar Guide to Mutual Funds	Christine Benz	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Mutual Funds For Dummies	Eric Tyson	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Only Guide to Alternative Investments	Larry Swedroe and Jared Kizer	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Only Guide to a Winning Bond Strategy	Larry E. Swedroe and Joseph H. Hempen	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Only Guide You'll Ever Need for the Right Financial Plan	Larry E. Swedroe, Kevin Grogan and Tiya Lim	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need	Andrew Tobias	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Only Proven Road to Investment Success	Chandan Sengupta	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Permanent Portfolio: Harry Browne's Long-Term Investment Strategy	Craig Rowland & J. M. Lawson	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Power of Passive Investing	Richard A. Ferri	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Probability of Fortune	Moshe Arye Milevsky	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Protecting Your Wealth in Good Times and Bad	Richard A. Ferri	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Quest for Alpha: The Holy Grail of Investing	Larry E. Swedroe	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
A Random Walk Down Wall Street	Burton G. Malkiel	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Random Walk Guide to Investing	Burton G. Malkiel	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Rational Investing in Irrational Times	Larry E. Swedroe	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Retirement Challenge--Sink or Swim	Frank Armstrong and Jason Doss	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Roadmap For Investing Success	Paul Keck	Taylor's Gems	Free Online Book
Save Your Retirement	Frank Armstrong and Paul Brown	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Serious Money, Straight Talk About Investing for Retirement	Richard A. Ferri	Taylor's Gems	Free Online Book
Smart and Simple Financial Strategies for Busy People	Jane Bryant Quinn	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Smartest 401(k) Book You'll Ever Read	Daniel Solin	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Smartest Investment Book You'll Ever Read	Daniel Solin	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Smartest Portfolio You'll Ever Own	Daniel Solin	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Straight Talk on Investing	Jack Brennan	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Successful Investor Today	Larry E. Swedroe	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Take on the Street	Authur Levitt	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Think, Act, Invest Like Warren Buffett	Larry Swedroe	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
30-Minute Money Solutions	Christine Benz	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
The Unbeatable Market	Ron Ross, Ph.D	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Unconventional Success	David F. Swensen	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Wealth of Experience: Real Investors on What Works and What Doesn't	Andrew S. Clarke, and Jack Brennan	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
We're Not in Kansas Anymore	Walter Updegrave	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Where Are the Customers' Yachts	Fred Schwed, Peter Arno, and Jason Zweig	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Winning With Index Mutual Funds	Jerry Tweddell and Jack Pierce	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Wise Investing Made Simple	Larry E. Swedroe	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Wise Investing Made Simpler	Larry E. Swedroe	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Yes, You Can Supercharge Your Portfolio	Ben Stein, Phil DeMuth	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
Your Money and Your Brain	Jason Zweig	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link
You've Lost It, Now What?	Jonathan Clements	Taylor's Gems	Amazon Link

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