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Dave Ramsey books: every book Dave Ramsey wrote and recommended
Across 6 podcasts. Every show Dave Ramsey appears on, in one place — not just one.
Books by Dave Ramsey
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The Total Money Makeover
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Financial Peace
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Smart Money Smart Kids
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Foundations in personal finance [student guide]
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Baby Steps Millionaires
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The financial peace planner
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More than enough
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Priceless
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Cash Flow Planning (Financial Peace)
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The money answer book
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EntreLeadership
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The Legacy Journey
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Stop Talking, Start Communicating
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Build a Business You Love
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Dave Ramseys Complete Guide To Money The Handbook Of Financial Peace University
Dave Ramsey’s most recommended books
- The Proximity Principle by Ken Coleman
- Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition by Henry Cloud
- From Paycheck to Purpose by Ken Coleman
- Breaking Free From Broke by George Kamel
- I'm Glad for What I Have by Rachel Cruze
- The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko
- Know Yourself, Know Your Money by Rachel Cruze
- Necessary Endings by Henry Cloud
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
- Building a Non-Anxious Life by John Delony
David Lawrence Ramsey III is an American radio personality who offers financial advice. He co-hosts the nationally syndicated radio program The Ramsey Show, and is the founder and CEO of Ramsey Solutions. Ramsey has written several books, including The New York Times bestseller The Total Money Makeover, and hosted a television show on Fox Business from 2007 to 2010. During his radio broadcasts, Ramsey frequently recommends specific books to callers seeking guidance on business, career moves, and personal finance. He suggested Henry Cloud's Necessary Endings to help a caller decide when to shut down a failing business, and later recommended Cloud's Your Desired Future to another listener. Ramsey also promoted his co-host Jade Warshaw's book What No One Tells You About Money to illustrate lifestyle changes related to debt. To assist callers with parenting, small business management, and job hunting, Ramsey recommended Smart Money, Smart Kids by himself and Rachel Cruze, Michael E. Gerber's The E-Myth Revisited, and Ken Coleman's The Proximity Principle. Additionally, he referenced Michael Easter's Scarcity Loop to discuss how dopamine feedback loops operate similarly to addiction.
Books recommended by Dave Ramsey
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The Proximity Principle
The Proximity Principle by Ken Coleman is a career guide that outlines a strategic framework for professional advancement by placing oneself around the right people and in the right locations to create life-changing opportunities.
Recommended“I'm going to send you a copy of Ken Coleman's book, The Proximity Principle, and I want you to use it to land that job cuz obviously you know how to juggle.”
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Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition
Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition by Henry Cloud and John Townsend is a practical self-help guide designed to help individuals establish healthy interpersonal limits and protect their personal well-being.
Discussed“And my friend Dr. Henry Cloud, who wrote the book Boundaries, also wrote a fabulous book called Necessary Endings.”
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The Total Money Makeover
The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey is a practical financial guide that outlines a step-by-step baby steps method to help individuals eliminate debt, build emergency savings, and achieve long-term wealth.
Recommended“I'm going to send you a copy of the book The Total Money Makeover to help you do it and we're going to get you signed up for every dollar.”
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From Paycheck to Purpose
From Paycheck to Purpose by Ken Coleman is a career guidance book that provides practical strategies for discovering meaningful work, navigating job searches, and moving beyond unfulfilling employment.
Recommended“and I'm going to send you his book Paycheck to Purpose and I'm going to send you his book Proximity Principle and I want you to go to kenleman.com and download all of those job search ideas and how to put together a resume and how to how to work the proximity principle and go get you a And I”
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Breaking Free From Broke
Breaking Free From Broke by George Kamel is a practical, engaging personal finance guide designed to help millennials and Gen Z readers navigate debt, credit scores, and wealth building with humor and solid research.
Recommended“George camels Breaking Free from broke this is the millennial and Jen Z snarky well researched version of what we teach”
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I'm Glad for What I Have
I'm Glad for What I Have by Rachel Cruze is a children's book designed to teach young readers foundational lessons about gratitude, contentment, and resisting entitlement.
Discussed“I'm glad for what I have the first book was about contentment versus entitlement I'm glad for where I am teaches you about gratitude”
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The Millionaire Next Door
The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J.
Discussed“One of the guys we found was worth $12 million in the uh when we did the millionaire study. Yeah. For the millionaire next or not millionaire next door. That's Tom Stanley's book.”
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Know Yourself, Know Your Money
Know Yourself, Know Your Money by Rachel Cruze is a personal finance guide that examines how family backgrounds and personal histories shape individual financial behaviors and money mindsets.
Recommended“So Rachel, your book, we've got to send it to them. Know yourself, know your money, because their family of origins are really impacting this.”
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Necessary Endings
Necessary Endings by Henry Cloud is a self-help and leadership book that provides a step-by-step framework for recognizing when a relationship, job, or business venture is beyond hope and must be brought to an end.
Recommended“So what makes you think going to answer your original question then my friend Dr. Dr. Henry Cloud has a book called Necessary Endings. And we we have a necessary ending to a relationship, a job, a business when we see no hope that it's going to get better.”
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R.
Discussed“So, there was an old book out years ago that, Dr. Steven Cvy put out and it was made famous because it was kind of like the total money makeover. It stayed on the bestseller list for like a decade... the book was the seven habits of highly effective people”
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Baby Steps Millionaires
Baby Steps Millionaires by Dave Ramsey is a personal finance guide that outlines the habits, mindset, and wealth-building strategies ordinary people use to achieve millionaire status.
Recommended“And I'll send you a copy of the Baby Steps Millionaires book. It has in the back the white paper on the research we did”
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Building a Non-Anxious Life
Building a Non-Anxious Life by John Delony is a practical self-help book designed to help readers manage stress, quiet their minds, and cultivate genuine emotional stability.
Recommended“I'll send you a copy of Building a Non- Anxious Life from John Deloney. I think you'll like it.”
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Dave Ramseys Complete Guide To Money The Handbook Of Financial Peace University
Dave Ramseys Complete Guide To Money The Handbook Of Financial Peace University by Dave Ramsey provides a foundational framework and actionable curriculum for escaping debt, managing personal finances, and building long-term wealth.
Discussed“based on three years of calls into this show plus Financial Peace University lessons plus the books we've written, plus the articles we've written.”
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I'm Glad for Where I Am
I'm Glad for Where I Am by Rachel Cruze is a children's book focused on teaching young readers the importance of gratitude and contentment as a sequel to her earlier work.
Discussed“she's on the road doing a book signing for her new book I'm glad for where I am a great children's book and a great bedtime story all about gratitude”
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Atomic Habits
Atomic Habits by James Clear is a widely praised guide on habit formation, behavior change, and systems over goals.
Recommended“James Clear from Atomic Habits says, "When you can't win by being better, you can win by being different."”
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Nothing Down for the 2000s
Nothing Down for the 2000s by Robert G.
Critiqued“The guy who wrote nothing down was a guy named Robert Allen in 1982.”
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Trust
Trust by Dr.
Recommended“Pick up Henry Cloud's book called Trust. Uh it's got some real good frameworks in it on this to have a good discussion about as well.”
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Boundaries in Marriage
Boundaries in Marriage by Henry Cloud and John Townsend is a relationship guide designed to help couples establish healthy interpersonal limits and emotional structures.
Discussed“Dr. Henry Cloud, acclaimed author … and leadership expert, clinical psychologist, New York Times bestselling author many times over 45 books, including the iconic Boundaries that have sold nearly 20 million copies.”
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Money is Not a Math Problem
Money is Not a Math Problem by Jade Warshaw is a concise, accessible personal finance guide designed to help readers overcome psychological barriers and improve their financial habits.
Recommended“uh you could add Jades book in there money's not a math problem some doesn't want to read a bunch of 74 Pages”
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Scarcity Brain
Scarcity Brain by Michael Easter explores the evolutionary psychology behind modern human cravings, consumption habits, and dopamine feedback loops in an era of abundance.
Recommended“And um uh Easter talks about it in his book Scarcity Loop. And the scarcity loop talks about exactly how this is going on, what's going on.”
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The other 48 books Dave Ramsey recommended or discussed, ranked
- Your Desired Future by Henry Cloud
- Halftime by Bob Buford
- Thou Shall Prosper by Daniel E. Lapin
- Nothing Is Wasted by Davey Blackburn
- Smart Money Smart Kids by Dave Ramsey
- Start with Why by Simon Sinek
- The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber
- Thou Shall Prosper by Rabbi Daniel Lapin
- Why I Believe by Dr. Henry Cloud
- Good to Great by Jim Collins
- Creating Wealth by Robert G. Allen
- The Automatic Millionaire, 20th Anniversary Edition by David Bach
- The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
- Outlive Your Life by Max Lucado
- Tame Your Thoughts by Max Lucado
- What Happens Next by Max Lucado
- Bringing Heaven Here by Brad Gray
- The Holistic You by Rabbi Daniel Lapin
- Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara
- Build a Business You Love by Dave Ramsey
- Get Clear Career Assessment by Ken Coleman
- Gospeler by Willie Robertson
- Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance
- Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters by Meg Meeker
- The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C. Maxwell
- The E-myth by Michael E. Gerber
- The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni
- What No One Tells You About Money by Jade Warshaw
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
- Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar
- Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University by Dave Ramsey
- Educated by Tara Westover
- Failing Forward by John C. Maxwell
- How the Mighty Fall by Jim Collins
- Life's Little Instruction Book by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
- Love Your Life Not Theirs by Rachel Cruze
- On Fire by John O'Leary
- Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
- See You at the Top by Zig Ziglar
- Stop Acting Rich by Thomas J. Stanley
- The 5 Love Languages for Men by Gary Chapman
- The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
- The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek
- The Measurement and Valuation of Health Status Using EQ-5D: A European Perspective by Richard Brooks
- The Proverbs by Derek Kidner
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Ez Reader
- What color is your parachute? by Richard Nelson Bolles
- Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
Questions about Dave Ramsey’s book recommendations
What book does Dave Ramsey recommend most?
The Proximity Principle by Ken Coleman. Dave Ramsey recommended it in 24 episodes, with 29 explicit recommendations.
How many books has Dave Ramsey recommended on podcasts?
We have found 68 books Dave Ramsey recommended or discussed, across 136 episodes of 6 podcasts. Ad reads and passing mentions are not counted.
What books are on Dave Ramsey's reading list?
The books Dave Ramsey has recommended most on podcasts are The Proximity Principle by Ken Coleman, Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition by Henry Cloud, From Paycheck to Purpose by Ken Coleman, Breaking Free From Broke by George Kamel and I'm Glad for What I Have by Rachel Cruze. The full book list below has all 68.
What books has Dave Ramsey written?
Financial Peace (1992), The financial peace planner (1998), More than enough (1999), Priceless (2002), The Total Money Makeover (2003), Cash Flow Planning (Financial Peace) (2003), Foundations in personal finance [student guide] (2008), The money answer book (2010), EntreLeadership (2011) and Dave Ramseys Complete Guide To Money The Handbook Of Financial Peace University (2011), among 15 in all.
What did Dave Ramsey recommend on The Ramsey Show?
The Proximity Principle, Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition and The Total Money Makeover, among 65 books in all.
What is the latest book Dave Ramsey recommended?
Necessary Endings, recommended on The Ramsey Show (2026-10-07).
People who recommend the same books
Appearances
Other mentions (416: passing, ad reads, own books), the 30 most recent
“I'm going to send you a copy of our book, The Total Money Makeover, that shows you exactly how to do all the Ramsay steps.”
“I'm going to give you a copy of Baby Steps. Uh I'm sorry. Yeah. Baby Steps, Millionaires, and Total Money Makeover.”
“You need to get in the business of getting the follow all the way through on the total money makeover book that you got, which is baby step seven.”
“We're going to send you a copy of the Total Money Makeover, which will show you exactly how to do all of this stuff.”
“Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. Do you remember that book?”
“20 million total money makeover books sold now.”
“So, um I I'm going to gift her a Total Money Makeover book from me and a um and a year's subscription to the Every Dollar app and suggest that she decide starting today that she become financially responsible for the first time in her life because what she did was very irresponsible.”
“So, um the framework that is biblical that I've teach and I'll send you a copy of the book, The Legacy Journey. It's in there.”
“I'll send you the total money makeover which outlines all of this for you.”
“So, let's give them uh the total money makeover and every dollar so they can understand what we teach.”
“Here's the thing. There's a couple I'm going to send you a copy of my latest book called uh Building a Business You Love.”
“I'm short on time, so I'm going to machine gun you, but uh I'm going to send you a copy of Rachel and I's book, the her first number one bestseller called Smart Money, Smart Kids that answers your questions.”
“get signed up on I'm going to send you a copy of The Total Money Makeover book, you and your wife read through it and go, "We want a life making $235,000 with no payments but a house payment, and we're going to retire 20 years from today with tens of millions of dollars."”
“And then I'm also going to send you my latest business book, my latest bestseller actually, ”
“And so, the book that Rachel and I did together was her first bestseller was called Smart Money, Smart Kids. I'll send you a copy of it on how to raise smart money kids cuz you need to now.”
“I'm going to send you a copy of the book Baby Steps Millionaires. We did the largest study a millionaires ever done.”
“Well, I'm going to send you a copy of the book, The Total Money Makeover, which is how we teach the stuff here, the baby steps.”
“When we accept your debit card to purchase a Total Money Makeover book or George's book on our website, am the number is not stored literally.”
“If you listen to Total Money Makeover, you already know you're supposed to stop your 401k, right? That was what I just passed that chapter.”
“Total Money Makeover book, over 20 million copies now, outlines exactly how to do that.”
“And Rachel and I wrote a lot about that in the book that we did together, Smart Money Smart Kids.”
“Well, Rachel and I wrote a book and we'll send you a copy of it called It was her first bestseller called Smart Money, Smart Kids.”
“We'll give you a copy of the book, The Total Money Makeover, and give you the premium version of Every Dollar and get you started.”
“I'll send you a copy of the book The Total Money Makeover and make sure you read that.”
“Alright, hang on. We're going to send you a copy of the Total Money Makeover book and get you going.”
“the average person working this stuff, the book Total Money Makeover came out um in 2003, 20 million copies now. that that outlines those baby steps.”
“So, but if you're following, for instance, the baby steps in detail from the book, The Total Money Makeover, if you're doing that in detail, well, you're following what you know, somewhere around 10 or 15 million people have done.”
“So, here's a funny one. Okay, I I I have to go back and look at it, but there's something like 60,000 people have left ratings on the Total Money Makeover book. I've sold almost 20 million of them.”
“So, I printed the first book, Financial Peace. I was selling out of the trunk of my car, sold it to a publisher.”
“So, you've got to find someone to connect with with the proximity principle and I'll send you that book and you should have a job by now because supply chain is a highly sought-after wonderful career field that you're in.”