Monika Halan followed her 'Let's Talk Money' with a book specific to mutual funds and what a brilliant work that was – to take up all categories and flavors of mutualf funds and to find a way to make it sensible to a regular investor is no easy job. It was commendable especially in its approach to teaching the person to fish rather than providing them with the fish. If there are just 2 books that you would read about personal finance then these are the two that I would highly recommend.