Ask HN: Best books/source to learn about investing?

pick up a copy of Taleb's "Fooled By Randomness"

Highly recommend Nassim Nicholas Taleb's Fooled by Randomness

You might also want to read "Fooled by Randomness" which will make you feel confident that this is the right investment approach

and The Black Swan.

#1 for me would be The Intelligent Investor, by Benjamin Graham.

Also second the "Intelligent Investor," but that one might be a little too much depth for what you're after.

The Intelligent Investor (Ben Graham)

"Rich Dad Poor Dad"

"Hackers and Painters's chapter 6 - "

Understand Malkiel's Random Walk

A Random Walk Down Wall Street (Read it for a good laugh)

Random walk down Wall Street

A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton Malkiel

The first and best book on investing that you should read: A Random Walk Down Wall Street

Security Analysis (Ben Graham)

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing - by John "Jack" Bogle

The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing - by Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, and Michael LeBoeuf

bogleheads guide to investing

Lowe's biography of Buffett is an excellent book

The best book on investing that I've ever read is this one:

which is a good book

A Random Walk Down Wall Street - by Burton Malkiel

read A Random Walk Down Wall Street (Burton Malkiel), as suggested by several others in this thread.

Peter Lynch's One Up on wall street