# The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel

3 Hacker News commenters recommended The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a good book on money psychology, covering how personal finance is personal and specific to each individual. No common caveat appears in the quotes.

## Why people recommend it

- Good book on money psychology (2 comments): "There are good books on this effect, like Freakonomics and especially The Psychology of Money." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46064246)) "There's a good book on this called Psychology of Money." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49139816))
- Personal finance is personal (1 comments): "Both cover how personal finance is, first and foremost, personal and specific to an individual" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46397616))
- Widely known in finance literature (1 comments): "Like try reading 'The psychology of money'. You will know they exist in almost every literature" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48941213))

## Alternatives hackers 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 Millionaire Next Door by Stanley and Danko](https://hackerapproved.com/p/millionaire-next-door.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/1804090115?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9781804090114) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel", https://hackerapproved.com/p/psychology-of-money/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).