Skip to content
LuvemBooks
LuvemBooks

Who it's for. Who should skip it. What to read next.

M

Mel Lindauer

Mel Lindauer, CFS, WMS, is a co-author of The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing and The Bogleheads' Guide to Retirement Planning, written alongside Taylor Larimore and Michael LeBoeuf. He is one of the founders of the Bogleheads community and served as President of The John C. Bogle Center for Financial Literacy, an IRS-approved 501(c)(3) non-profit. He has also served as a Forbes.com columnist.
On LuvemBooks, we've reviewed The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing.
1
Books Reviewed
Cover of The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing

4.7/5

reader rating · 3,094 ratings

The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing is a practical, DIY personal-finance handbook built on the low-cost, passive-investing philosophy of Vanguard founder John C. Bogle. Co-authored by three community leaders — Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, and Michael LeBoeuf — the second edition (published by Wiley in November 2021) updates foundational Boglehead principles with coverage of backdoor Roth IRAs, ETFs as buy-and-hold vehicles, estate taxes, gifting, and recent changes to retirement-plan law. This review is based on published sources and the book's documented contents, not hands-on application.

Reviewed Feb 26, 2026

Ask LuvemBooks

​

Press Enter to ask. Answers come from our editorial Q&A — start typing to see related questions.

Authors Like Mel Lindauer
J

Joe Dominguez

Philosophy & Religion
Business & Economics
Joe Dominguez’s Your Money or Your Life shares the Boglehead emphasis on frugality and financial independence, adding a values-based lens that reframes money as stored life energy.
1 book reviewed
Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money
V

Vicki Robin

Philosophy & Religion
Business & Economics
Vicki Robin's Your Money or Your Life shares Lindauer's emphasis on frugality and long-term thinking, while adding a values-based lens that reframes money as stored life energy.
1 book reviewed
Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money
Benjamin Graham

Benjamin Graham

Business & Economics
Benjamin Graham's The Intelligent Investor presents an active-selection, value-investing framework that rewards patience and analysis, providing a contrasting perspective to passive index investing.
1 book reviewed
The Intelligent Investor: The Classic Text on Value Investing
T

Thomas J. Stanley

Business & Economics
Thomas J. Stanley’s The Millionaire Next Door reinforces the Boglehead emphasis on frugality and patience, offering a research-backed portrait of how ordinary Americans actually build wealth.
1 book reviewed
The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy
W

William D. Danko

Business & Economics

William D. Danko (b. 1952) is an American author and professor of marketing at the School of Business, State University of New York, Albany, where he has taught since 1976. He is best known as co-author of the 1996 bestseller *The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy*, written with Thomas J. Stanley. His academic work has appeared in the *Journal of Consumer Research*, *Journal of Business Research*, and *Journal of Advertising Research*, among other leading journal

1 book reviewed
The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy
J

J. L. Collins

Business & Economics
J. L. Collins's The Simple Path to Wealth shares the same low-cost index-fund philosophy, bringing a warmer, personal tone written as letters to a daughter.
1 book reviewed
The Simple Path to Wealth: Your Road Map to Financial Independence and a Rich, Free Life