I really like Ben Stein & Phil DeMuth's "Yes You Can Get a Financial Life": http://www.amazon.com/Yes-You-Can-Financial-Life/dp/1401911250/ http://www.amazon.c

I really like Ben Stein & Phil DeMuth's "Yes You Can Get a Financial Life": http://www.amazon.com/Yes-You-Can-Financial-Life/dp/1401911250/ http://www.amazon.com/Yes-You-Can-Financial-Life/dp/14019112... Very conservative approach to long-term investing, but also helps prepare you for other common life expenses, such as housing and children. A great broad, bottom-line, why-this-really-matters-in-life approach to investing. I wish I had read this book at or before graduating from college.