Women & Money by Suze Orman

 Women & Money by Suze Orman - 206 pages

This classic of the financial self-help genre was first published in 2007 and most recently updated in 2018. One of its updates is a new Financial Empowerment Plan designed to help readers reach "a place of emotional and financial security as quickly as possible."

This Financial Empowerment Plan is divided into four components to teach you how to:

- Protect yourself

- Spend smart

- Build your future

- Give to others

Within those four categories, Orman suggests specific action steps like building an eight-month emergency savings fund, considering a 15-year mortgage if you own a home, committing to saving at least 10 percent of your salary toward retirement, and never cosigning for a loan unless you are able to pay the debt yourself if needed. 

The Financial Empowerment Plan alone makes this book worth reading. Women & Money also includes a Financial Empowerment Plan checklist that offers an excellent quick reference of steps readers can take today to help improve their financial futures.