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Mr. Money Mustache is the website and pseudonym of 46-year-old Canadian-born blogger Peter Adeney. Adeney retired from his job as a software engineer in 2005 at age 30 by spending only a small percentage of his annual salary and consistently investing the remainder, primarily in stock market index funds. Adeney lives in Longmont, Colorado, and contends that most middle-class individuals can and should spend less money and own fewer physical possessions, and that they can live with increased financial freedom and happiness as well as a decreased environmental footprint as a result. He has described the typical middle-class lifestyle as "an exploding volcano of wastefulness," particularly citing the overuse of and overspending on new cars as an example. The blog has been featured and cited in various media outlets including Market Watch, CBS News, and The New Yorker, as well as others.

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Mr. Money Mustache on Tap Dancing to Work
"The latest Giant Warren Buffett book. Rather than a story of his life, this one is more a collection of Fortune magazine stories about him and things he has written."

Mr. Money Mustache on The Snowball
"The complete story of Warren Buffett’s life. (He’s old, so there are over 700 pages)."

Mr. Money Mustache on Nudge
"On decision making."

Mr. Money Mustache on Happy City
"Spectacularly opened up my mind."

Mr. Money Mustache on Character Counts
"Read any book by [this author], the founder of Vangard."

Mr. Money Mustache on Your Money or Your Life
"If you just get whatever the latest edition of that book is, it really teaches you a philosophy that’s pretty similar to mine."

Mr. Money Mustache on The Selfish Gene
"An explanation of evolution since the beginning of life that explains things from the perspective of individual genes."

Mr. Money Mustache on A Random Walk Down Wall Street
"A great explanation of why index investing rules, written by a very wise professor/investor guy who has personally researched and debunked most of the common 'wisdom' that exists about stock trading today."

Mr. Money Mustache on John Bogle on Investing
"Read any book by [this author], the founder of Vangard."

Mr. Money Mustache on The Simple Path to Wealth
"Teaches everything you really need to be a successful lifetime investor, yet it’s ridiculously simple."

Mr. Money Mustache on Tools of Titans
"I’ve actually got a huge, huge list of documentaries that I’ve been meaning to watch, many of them collected from the guests in [this book]."

Mr. Money Mustache on The Intelligent Asset Allocator
"Explains that with very little effort, you can drastically reduce the volatility of your investments, even while maintaining the same level of overall returns."

Mr. Money Mustache on The Power of Habit
Mr. Money Mustache recommended this book on his blog.

Mr. Money Mustache on 59 Seconds
Mr. Money Mustache recommended this book on his blog.

Mr. Money Mustache on Common Sense on Mutual Funds
"Read any book by [this author], the founder of Vangard."

Mr. Money Mustache on Bogle On Mutual Funds
"Read any book by [this author], the founder of Vangard."

Mr. Money Mustache on The Magic of Thinking Big
"A really, really old fashioned book if someone just wants to wake themselves up and start turning into more of a positive, less depressed person."

Mr. Money Mustache on The Clash of the Cultures
"Read any book by [this author], the founder of Vangard."

Mr. Money Mustache on The 4-Hour Body
"Has allowed me to gain or maintain muscle with only two short workouts per week."

Mr. Money Mustache on Stay the Course
"Read any book by [this author], the founder of Vangard."

Mr. Money Mustache on Beyond Wealth
"Significant because it was written by an ultra-rich investment manager."

Mr. Money Mustache on Elon Musk
"I’m a big fan [of this book]."

Mr. Money Mustache on The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism
"Read any book by [this author], the founder of Vangard."

Mr. Money Mustache on The Post-American World
"A nice financial and political trot around the globe that explains the changes going on in the world as countries like China, Brazil and India collectively become larger economies than the US/Europe/Japan."

Mr. Money Mustache on Don't Count on It!
"Read any book by [this author], the founder of Vangard."

Mr. Money Mustache on Starting Strength
"A meat’n’potatoes summary of what everyone should do to make the biggest improvements in fitness and strength in minimal time."

Mr. Money Mustache on Enough
"Read any book by [this author], the founder of Vangard."

Mr. Money Mustache on The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
"Read any book by [this author], the founder of Vangard."

Mr. Money Mustache on I Will Teach You to Be Rich
"Is [this book] still worth reading? Yes – especially if you are a financial beginner."

Mr. Money Mustache on The Rational Optimist
"It argues compellingly that everything is not only going to be OK in the future, it is surely going to be Fucking Great. That much, I agree with."

Mr. Money Mustache on Stress Test
"[An] 800-page description of the financial crisis and I found it pretty captivating."

Mr. Money Mustache on A Guide to the Good Life
"I immediately checked out of the library and read completely."

Mr. Money Mustache on The Millionaire Next Door
"The main thing it will do is give you reassurance that I am not actually making this shit up. I’m following a very time-honored formula for making you rich."

Mr. Money Mustache on The Little Book That Still Beats the Market
"Really a lesson on value investing fundamentals; how to understand if a company actually is a good deal to buy."

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