Anyone can build generational wealth when equipped with the proper knowledge, understanding, tools and support.

Are you looking to take control of your financial future? Whether you’re a seasoned investor or just getting started, having a solid understanding of investment strategies for Canadians is crucial for financial success. But with so many books on the subject, where do you begin? In this article, we have compiled a list of the top must-read investment books that are guaranteed to provide you with valuable insights and knowledge. From classics like “The Intelligent Investor” by Benjamin Graham to modern classics like “Rich Dad Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki, these books offer a wide range of perspectives and strategies to help you make informed investment decisions in Canada. Each book on our list has been carefully selected based on its reputation, author expertise, and reader reviews, ensuring that you get the most out of your reading experience. Whether you’re interested in stocks, real estate, or mutual funds, there’s a book on our list that will meet your needs. So, if you’re ready to level up your investment game and achieve financial success, keep reading to discover the top must-read investment books that will help you on your journey.

Rich Dad Poor Dad is Robert’s story of growing up with two dads — his real father and the father of his best friend, his rich dad — and the ways in which both men shaped his thoughts about money and investing. The book explodes the myth that you need to earn a high income to be rich and explains the difference between working for money and having your money work for you.

I took home more in a year than the CEOs of McDonalds, IKEA, Ford, Motorola, and Yahoo….combined….as a kid in my twenties….using the $100M Offer method. It works. And it will work for you.

No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving–every day. James Clear, one of the world’s leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.

We know what you’re thinking: “some of these books aren’t about investing?”

The reality is that some of the best investment books we’ve ever read are not explicitly about investing in stocks, bonds, real estate or other asset classes. They are about shifting your mindset from scarcity to abundance, building out a business or side-hustle so you can earn enough additional income to actually invest, or to craft the necessary habits required to become successful in building wealth.

Trust us when we say that the books above and – when you’re ready – those that follow are the best investment books for the 1% (like you) who are trying to gain an edge on the other 99% of the population.

Never will you hear the best investors in the world make a claim that “mindset doesn’t matter” or that “becoming successful is all about skill and never about beliefs”.

The reality is that those who hold all the gold, tend to have the best habits of mind whether explicitly developed or unconciously inherited over their lives.

The following list are what we would consider to be the best investment books to shift your thinking and grow your mental habits in a productive way.

“A truly enlightening work filled with fundamental strategies that have worked for others.Martin Fridson documents the essential principles inherent in every billionaire’s success.”

The vast majority of the most wealthy fortunes in the world have been generated through owning and investing in real estate. How is it possible that the banking sector and government has managed to convince society that investing in stocks and bonds is the way to go?

The following list are what we would consider to be the best investment books to learn why real estate investing is the #1 wealth building strategy for the Canadian Wealth Secrets Team, how you can start positioning yourself to build your own portfolio and some ways you can get started sooner than later through joint venture agreements and other opportunities. 

If you think that real estate investing is risky, costly, time-consuming, and complicated, think again. Investing in real estate is actually the smartest, most powerful tactic to create a reliable, passive form of income—if you use it right.

Early in our adult lives, each member of the Canadian Wealth Secrets Team had negative experiences associated with investing in the stock market. After spending more than a decade learning and investing in real estate, we recognized that while our ignorance related to the stock market may seem like bliss, the reality is that we were hurting ourselves by not investing the time and energy to understand the stock market including macro-economics, fundamental analysis of stocks, bonds and indices, and technical analysis. 

Therefore, we have invested a significant amount of time, energy and money through courses and programs to understand the stock market and how we can use it to help us on our wealth building journey. The following list are what we would consider to be the best investment books to get you learning about investing in the stock market so that you aren’t blindly following your big bank’s strategy without any confidence.

A detailed guide to successfully trading stock and commodity options

After numerous years as an options market-maker in the trenches of the New York Mercantile Exchange, few analysts know how to make money trading options like author Lee Lowell. Now, in the Second Edition of Get Rich with Options, Lowell returns to show you exactly what works and what doesn’t.

We are the first to admit it: we never thought that there would ever be a place for a whole life insurance policy in the early years of our wealth building journey. Some of the most well known financial advisors in the world have always called it a “bad investment” and we agreed… until we learned how powerful properly structured whole life insurance policies can be for long-term wealth creation, tax planning and overall succession planning.

We have spent thousands of hours reading, watching and meeting with experts in the Infinite Banking world to understand exactly how a properly structured whole life insurance policy can easily be one of the greatest tools in your wealth building arsenal. Below you will find the best investment books to get you properly structured now for the wealth you’ll be accumulating over the remainder of your lifetime. 

Full disclosure: reading all of these books will not necessarily mean you will “know it all” when it comes to the why or how of Infinite Banking, but you’ll certainly be on the right track to get your first whole life insurance policy opened to avoid the regret these Canadian Wealth Secretss feel having not acted years ago.

It sounds so simple, but this advice is seldom followed. We have 10% of the population controlling 90% of the wealth. And what do most people do? They follow the same strategies of the 90% of the population that controls 10% of the wealth! 90% of millionaires and billionaires became wealthy through real estate. 

Do you feel like you are facing a financial headwind?
re you trying to balance how to get rid of debt, save for college, plan for retirement, build passive income, and enjoy life along the way?
You are not alone! It can feel almost impossible when over half of your income is going to taxes and debt repayment.

I know: the reason you are so heavily invested in learning how to build your wealth is to work less, not more. However, the reality is that too many people are seeking ways to replace their current income when they should be finding ways to add to their current income in order to build their investment portfolio. This means that unless you have a substantial amount of monthly cashflow coming in from your current career, you may need to work harder and for longer each day to generate that investment seed money you need to get the ball rolling.

Luckily for the Canadian Wealth Secrets Team, each of us has always had the passion to learn and explore new opportunities and that has led us down some interesting paths to “side hustles” and even changing career paths. Regardless of where you are in the journey, here are the best investment books to get you to understand how you might open your own business or how you can start a side-hustle that will provide you with the extra funds you need to build your investment portfolio.

I took home more in a year than the CEOs of McDonalds, IKEA, Ford, Motorola, and Yahoo….combined….as a kid in my twenties….using the $100M Offer method. It works. And it will work for you.

“The goal is to identify what your counterparts actually need (monetarily, emotionally, or otherwise) and get them feeling safe enough to talk and talk and talk some more about what they want.”

Of course most want investing to be as passive as possible and it certainly can be. However, real wealth is created when you constantly learn and find ways to build relationships that can lead to partnerships and collaborative opportunities. 

Not a people person? Well, you should start now to overcome that challenge as building wealth beyond simply investing in the typical markets open and available to the average person is unlikely to get you there. These are the best investment books to help you better understand yourself and the people you will need to be working with (not against) to maximize your opportunity to win with others at the investing game.

In Michael Bungay Stanier’s The Coaching Habit, coaching becomes a regular, informal part of your day so managers and their teams can work less hard and have more impact.
Drawing on years of experience training more than 10,000 busy managers from around the globe in practical, everyday coaching skills, Bungay Stanier reveals how to unlock your peoples’ potential.

Clarity is key for any successful leader, so much so that top corporations, such as Micorsoft. Nike, Proctor and Gamble, Kimberly Clark, and many more, have incorporated storytelling into their leadership training programs.

From an early age, it is drilled into our heads: Restlessness, distraction, and ignorance are the enemies of success. We’re told that learning is all self-discipline, that we must confine ourselves to designated study areas, turn off the music, and maintain a strict ritual if we want to ace that test, memorize that presentation, or nail that piano recital.

From the renowned psychologist who introduced the world to “growth mindset” comes this updated edition of the million-copy bestseller—featuring transformative insights into redefining success, building lifelong resilience, and supercharging self-improvement.

Antiracism is a transformative concept that reorients and reenergizes the conversation about racism—and, even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. At its core, racism is a powerful system that creates false hierarchies of human value; its warped logic extends beyond race, from the way we regard people of different ethnicities or skin colors to the way we treat people of different sexes, gender identities, and body types.