Picking the brains of personal finance experts is one of the best ways to improve your own financial prowess. Attending a seminar would allow you to do this in person; however, most people can’t spare the time or funds needed to make this a viable option. Finding the time to watch hours of financial television and take notes to distill the best tips is also out of the question for many people. Fortunately, many of the most respected personal finance gurus have compiled their best advice into books. Here are five that go beyond rehashing common knowledge and offer a variety of strategies that can help your finances right now and for the rest of your life.

This article as well as the following are part of our August newsletter:

• How to handle medical fraud
• Smart ways college grads can save
• The least expensive cars to own
• Best actor and actress memoirs
• and more!

Read our August 2013 Newsletter