# The Millionaire Next Door by Stanley and Danko

3 Hacker News commenters recommended The Millionaire Next Door by Stanley and Danko and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for a practical view of how ordinary people build wealth by saving and investing steadily. One critic says its wealthy examples often just bought a house early and held it.

## Why people recommend it

- Practical route for ordinary people (2 comments): "Saving 20% of your income and regularly investing it is the path to decent wealth for about everyone." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48026932)) "The book "The Millionaire Next Door" is a recipe for ordinary people becoming wealthy." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48535142))
- Credited for personal financial results (1 comments): "what I do have I credit largely to that book" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48050016))
- Good perspective on money (1 comments): "gives a good perspective on money" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46771545))

## What people warn about

- Success mostly from lucky housing (1 comments): "The Millionaire Next Door is more often than not just some guy who bought a house in the 1980s and sat on it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48535568))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/psychology-of-money.md): 3 recommend
- [Die with Zero by Bill Perkins](https://hackerapproved.com/p/die-with-zero.md): 3 recommend
- [The Art of Spending Money by Morgan Housel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/art-of-spending-money.md): 3 recommend
- [The Index Card by Helaine Olen and Harold Pollack](https://hackerapproved.com/p/index-card.md): 3 recommend
- [The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason](https://hackerapproved.com/p/richest-man-in-babylon.md): 2 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0732267536?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780732267537) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Millionaire Next Door by Stanley and Danko", https://hackerapproved.com/p/millionaire-next-door/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).