Dave Ramsey - The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness

Pros: Easy to understand, Feeling of hope, some spiritual truths embedded

Cons: Be prepared for major changes if you this to work

The Bottom Line: This is the only book you need to help you out of financial strife and into wealth building.

Review: After spending about 2 months listening to his nationally syndicated radio show and being a member of the subscription-based My Total Money Makeover (MTMMO), I finally decided to pick up Dave Ramsey's book "Total Money Makeover". After only reading 10 ...

Pros: Step by step instruction and included forms

Cons: Getting your spouse on board is hard!

The Bottom Line: This plan will change your life and your family tree if you follow the plan.

Review: This book is written by author and radio host Dave Ramsey. His background is that he got really "rich" with assets in his 20's by financing a lot of real estate. He hit a bump and his house of cards fell and he was bankrupt. He spent the next several ...

Pros: Common sense, fool-proof plan, very motivating, reminding you to be generous and give

Cons: Religious overtones, a lot of "filler" if you strictly want a money book

The Bottom Line: Read this book and start living like no one else, so you can live like no one else. Debt is not a tool.

Review: I first heard about Dave Ramsey on a motorcycle forum online. I had always thought I did pretty smart things with my money as a "young kid", though there have certainly been some mental lapses. I like reading about money and money strategies so I ...

Pros: Easy, simple method to get rid of debt quickly!!

Cons: Honestly, there are not any that i can think of.

The Bottom Line: BUY this book, it is super helpful - and will make your life stress free by getting you out of debt!

Review: My brother has been hounding me for the past few years to read this book!!!  He has been living debt free, and swears by this book!!It is a quick read - honestly - pages are packed with testimonies from people who have gone through this ...

Pros: Back to basic money principles that no longer overwhelm. I'm empowered by the knowledge!

Cons: Be ready for change. If you aren't open to sacrificing temporarily, don't bother reading

The Bottom Line: If you're fed up with the debt cycle and ready to change your future, start with this!

Review: At first I was completely unimpressed with this book. It seemed basic and was not the information I expected on investing and saving. I was rearing to go! I had no idea that my view of finances was so skewed. I wanted the nitty girtty to stretch my ...

Pros: Easy to read; solid advice for changing spending and saving habits.

Cons: Suggests that you take actions and make sacrifices that may be difficult.

The Bottom Line: Great book!  Get's to the point of most people's financial mistakes and worries and it makes recommendations to correct them.

Review: After going through a move, job change, husband's loss of job and having 2 mortgages in this horrible real estate market, I realized I needed more than additional credit to help me out of this financial mess I found myself in.Then a co-worker ...

Pros: Excellent concepts that really work

Cons: Some investing advice was a little too high level

The Bottom Line: I would recommend this book for anyone to read, especially if one is interested in getting out of debt and learning to handle money responsibly.

Review: I bought this book after listening to the Dave Ramsey Show on the radio for a few months. It was an easy read and laid out a lot of the same principles that Dave talks about on the show. I like the way the book explains how to get out of debt and ...

Pros: I absolutely LOVED all of the different stories by real people.

Cons: I would love to see more ideas for supplementing income to become debt free.

The Bottom Line: If you are serious about getting rid of debt, pick up this book. It will inspire you to do so!

Review: I REALLY enjoyed this book. My brother is a huge Dave Ramsey fan so I wanted to see what the hype was all about. I have read lots of books about becoming debt free but still haven't taken those steps to get there. Dave Ramsey mentions in his ...

Pros: Great advice, easy read.

Cons: It is a lot of information all at once but just read what you need.

The Bottom Line: Buy this book.

Review: I read this book almost a year ago exactly. My husband and I have since paid of thousands of dollars in debt and for the first time since we got married we are no longer living paycheck to paycheck. Did the book do this? No, but without Dave's ...

Pros: Excellent tone, easy to read, motivating and fun

Cons: Can be quite faith-based geared, which is fine with me but might offend some.

The Bottom Line: Excellent book for the beginner through intermediate-advanced financial book seeker.

Review: Dave Ramsey is the well-known financial radio show host and frequent TV financial guru. Ramsey’s approach is an interesting one, in that his ideas are based more on real-world possibilities than on the ever –changing theories of financial academia. If ...