As 2025 draws to a close, we round up some of the new book releases in the field of finance. 

If you are looking for a good read for yourself, or a present for a loved one, this is INOMICS pick of new Finance books published in 2025. 

Whether you are a student of finance, a professional in the field, or a lay-person looking to make good investment decisions, our selection contains something for everyone: from books diving into global financial systems, to personal finance guides, financial history books, and finance textbooks.

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New Books on Global Financial Systems and Financial Psychology 2025

 

Fixed: Why Personal Finance Is Broken and How to Make It Work for Everyone

by John Y. Campbell & Tarun Ramadorai
October 21, 2025  

Two leading economists reveal why today’s personal finance markets are rigged against us and offer practical steps to fix them

John Campbell and Tarun Ramadorai diagnose the ills of today’s personal finance markets in the United States and across the globe, looking at everything from short-term saving and borrowing to loans for education and housing, financial products for retirement, and insurance. They show how the system is “fixed” to benefit those who are wealthy and more educated while encouraging financial mistakes by those who aren’t, making it difficult for regular consumers to make sound financial decisions and disadvantaging them in some of the most consequential economic transactions of their lives. Campbell and Ramadorai describe how some even opt out of the financial system altogether, relying on unregulated and often shady mechanisms to implement necessary financial functions, with dire consequences for individuals, families, and the economy more broadly.

With the explosive growth of the global middle class, longer lifespans, and greater numbers of seniors managing their money alone, the pitfalls of personal finance now affect billions of people around the world. Fixed proposes concrete solutions that harness the expertise of economists, the power of government, and the speed of technology to restore fairness and trust in our broken system and make it work better for ordinary people.

How The American Economic Machine Works: Understand How Money Is Made And How The Economy Works

by Daniel Bulmez  
Published:  July 9, 2025

The economy can feel abstract and intimidating—yet its effects on your everyday life couldn't be clearer. How the American Economic Machine Works demystifies the invisible engine powering your daily experience, connecting historical events to your paycheck, explaining financial markets in plain English, and empowering you to finally understand what's happening around you—and why it matters.

From the roaring twenties and the Great Depression, to the 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 recession, you'll uncover powerful insights through vivid storytelling and relatable examples that reveal why the economy isn't a distant abstraction but an integral part of your daily reality.

Recommended for readers seeking clear, jargon-free explanations of the economy, students of economics, history, or business who need practical insights, or anyone looking to confidently navigate financial news and policy discussions.

The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness 

by  Morgan Housel 
Published: September 16, 2025 (first edition published in 2020)  

Deluxe hardback edition of The Psychology of Money with sprayed edges and additional bonus chapter content from Morgan Housel, the New York Times bestselling author.

Money – investing, personal finance, and business decisions – is typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell us exactly what to do. But in the real world people don't make financial decisions on a spreadsheet. They make them at the dinner table, or in a meeting room, where personal history, your own unique view of the world, ego, pride, marketing, and odd incentives are scrambled together.

In short: Doing well with money isn't necessarily about what you know. It's about how you behave. 

In The Psychology of Money, award-winning author Morgan Housel shares 19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think about money and teaches you how to make better sense of one of life's most important topics.

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New Books in 2025 Introducing Finance to Young Adults and Kids

ESSENTIALS OF BANKING, MONEY AND FINANCIAL MARKET: From Vaults to Value—Understand It All

by Olaniyi Akanmu
Published: October 31, 2025

Offers an insightful journey through the core principles of Banking & Finance. Provides readers with a clear understanding of how financial institutions operate and influence global economies.

Perfect for students, entrepreneurs, or anyone curious about how economies really function, this textbook blends theory with real world examples from Nigeria & beyond.

A Kid’s Introduction To Personal Finance: Understanding How To Earn, Save and Invest Money (Wonder Books: A Kid's Introduction To)

by Sam Wonder     
Published: November 4, 2025

"A Kid's Introduction to Personal Finance" is specifically designed for ages 8-14 and transforms money from a confusing, frustrating topic into an exciting adventure your child can actually understand and use. This isn't just another boring money book. It's a step-by-step guide that shows kids how to earn, save, and grow money starting RIGHT NOW, not when they're adults.
Through the relatable story of Alex - a kid who starts with just $50 and a $400 goal - your child will discover that they have far more financial power than they ever imagined.

This, like other books in the series, is written to be about 5-10 minutes per chapter, perfect for a short read before bedtime. Includes many "Did you know?" stories that you're likely to hear about at your next family dinner and includes suggestions at the end of the book for more ways that you can explore the topic

Not a Boring Finance Book for Teens: Understand the Money Machine (for adults too, shhh!)

by  J.P. Finnegan
Published: September 26, 2025

This entertainingly and accessibly written book helps teens (and adults) see how the parts of money work together—how earning, spending, saving, and investing all connect like a Money Machine to build real financial freedom.

Inside, you’ll discover essential money skills and learn how to:
- Earn and create value — by developing your own talents and ideas (that you can actually get paid for).
- Save wisely — and understand why it’s the key to freedom, not restriction.
- Spend with purpose — so you can cover your needs, enjoy your wants, and still have money left to invest.
- Invest (and do it well) — so your money can start growing instead of shrinking.
- Avoid the debt spiral — by mastering credit before it masters you.

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New Personal Finance & Investing Guide Books 2025

The Simple Path to Wealth: Your Road Map to Financial Independence and a Rich, Free Life

by J L Collins        
Published: May 20, 2025 

Revised and Expanded 2025 Edition. New edition includes: updated data, FAQ, a Simple Path to Wealth Punchlist, Resources & Tools.

Drawing from fifty years of investing experience, and born out of a series of letters the author wrote to his daughter, The Simple Path to Wealth has become foundational to the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement, inspiring hundreds of thousands of readers to reimagine their relationship with money and freedom. The real-world success of Collins' approach is documented in Pathfinders, his collection of stories from readers who have transformed their financial lives using his method.

This comprehensive guide covers everything from debt elimination to optimizing retirement accounts, all while exposing the marketing myths and investment industry practices that keep most people from building real wealth. Collins shares specific, actionable strategies for both wealth-building and wealth-preservation phases, with a straightforward approach to asset allocation that anyone can implement.

Collins' direct, often irreverent style makes complex financial concepts crystal clear, giving readers the tools and confidence to take control of their financial future.

How to Make Money in Any Market

by          James J. Cramer             (Author)   
Published: September 30, 2025  

Renowned personal finance expert, bestselling author, host of CNBC’s Mad Money, and cohost of Squawk on the Street Jim Cramer returns with how to make money in any market for every investor.

Except for the one percent of the one percent, nobody learns how to make your money grow in the stock market. Jim Cramer has spent his career determined to change that.

Now a household name after twenty seasons of Mad Money with Jim Cramer, cohost of Squawk on the Street, and host of CNBC’s Investing Club, Cramer shows you how to get rich by understanding the market and investing in the right growth and income stocks—ones that he can help you identify.

How to Make Money in Any Market is your guide to overcoming your fear about investing, to be able to make bigger money with what you have, no matter how small—in any market.

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New Financial History Books 2025

The History of Money: A Story of Humanity

by David McWilliams, with an introduction by Michael Lewis
Published: November 11, 2025

"Learned, lively and often irreverent, David McWilliams’s The History of Money is rich with surprising details about currency, then and now."
―The New York Times

In this fresh, eye-opening global history, economist David McWilliams charts the relationship between humans and money―from clay tablets in Mesopotamia to cryptocurrency in Silicon Valley.

The story of humanity is inextricable from that of money. No innovation has defined our own evolution so thoroughly and changed the direction of our planet’s history so dramatically. And yet despite money’s primacy, most of us don’t truly understand it.

In The History of Money, McWilliams takes us across the world, from the birthplace of money in ancient Babylon to the beginning of trade along the Silk Road, from Marrakech markets to Wall Street. Along the way, we meet a host of innovators, emperors, frauds, and speculators, who have disrupted society and transformed the way we live. Filled with memorable anecdotes, and with a foreword by Michael Lewis, The History of Money is an essential, extremely readable history of humanity’s most consequential invention.

1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History - and How It Shattered a Nation

by Andrew Ross Sorkin
Published: October 14, 2025

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From the bestselling author of Too Big to Fail, “the definitive history of the 2008 banking crisis,” (The Atlantic) comes a riveting narrative of the most infamous stock market crash in history—one with ripple effects that still shape our society today.

In 1929, the world watched in shock as the unstoppable Wall Street bull market went into a freefall, wiping out fortunes and igniting a depression that would reshape a generation. But behind the flashing ticker tapes and panicked traders, another drama unfolded—one of visionaries and fraudsters, titans and dreamers, euphoria and ruin.

This is not just a story about money. 1929 is a tale of power, psychology, and the seductive illusion that this time is different. It’s about disregarded alarm bells, financiers who fell from grace, and skeptics who saw the crash coming—only to be dismissed until it was too late.

Hailed as a landmark book, Too Big to Fail reimagined how financial crises are told. Now, with 1929, Sorkin delivers an immersive, electrifying account of the most pivotal market collapse of all time—with lessons that remain as urgent as ever. More than just a history, 1929 is a crucial blueprint for understanding the cycles of speculation, the forces that drive financial upheaval, and the warning signs we ignore at our peril.

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New Finance Textbooks 2025

Perhaps not such natural stocking-fillers, but for students of finance these newest textbooks offer cutting edge insight and the latest real-world examples.

Principles of Finance 

by  Zvi Bodie, Robert C. Merton & Richard T. Thakor       
Published: February 13, 2025

Written for the MBA or undergraduate first course in finance, as well as follow-on courses, this textbook provides a clear, accessible, and thorough explanation of the principles of finance; how they connect to real-world practice and how they are used to solve problems. Structured around ten unifying principles representing the core tenets of the science, this book imparts basic financial concepts irrespective of the institutional framework, ensuring that students learn about finance in a way that is applicable both now and into the future. Pedagogical features include learning objectives and major takeaways, applications in the world of business, numerous worked examples, key equation boxes highlighting the most important financial equations, quick check questions with solutions, key finance terms with a detailed glossary, and more than 380 homework problems. Online resources include a solutions manual, detailed instructor manual to adapt the book to your course, lectures slides and an 800 question test bank for instructors.

Mastering Corporate Finance: Key Concepts, Exercises & Case Studies

by Stefan Rosset
Published: October 15, 2025 

Mastering Corporate Finance is your complete guide to mastering the fundamentals of corporate finance - from accounting and financial statements to capital structure, valuation, and value creation. This book makes complex concepts accessible, combining academic rigor with real-world insights.

Key Features:
Core Principles of Corporate Finance – Learn how firms finance themselves, allocate capital, and balance risk and return.
Accounting & Financial analysis – Understand balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements, and the key metrics that drive financial analysis.
Debt & Equity Financing – Explore the instruments, trade-offs, and strategies behind corporate financing decisions.
Valuation Techniques – Master DCF, multiples, and other valuation methods with clear explanations and examples.
Governance & Value Creation – See how boards, shareholders, and managers interact to shape corporate outcomes.
Equity Financing & IPOs – Discover the fundamentals of going public and the dynamics of shareholder returns.
100+ Practical Questions & Exercises – Apply what you learn through hands-on practice inspired by real-world finance.

Whether you’re a student building a foundation in finance, a professional preparing for interviews, or a manager seeking to sharpen your decision-making, Mastering Corporate Finance gives you the essential knowledge and tools to understand, analyze, and apply corporate finance with confidence.

Clear, structured, and practice-oriented, this book bridges accounting, finance theory, and real-world applications into one accessible guide.

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