Last updated: 20 December 2021. Welcome to my ranking of the best growth investing books available. The growth investing strategy is currently extremely popular. It's seen extraordinary success over the last two decades, particularly in contrast to traditional value investing which has languished in comparison. To read more about this, visit our Value investing books page)
'Growth' companies experience a high rate of compound growth in revenue or profits, and tend to attract high valuations as a multiple of earnings. Tech companies such as Amazon, Netflix, Google are categorised as growth companies, or 'growth stocks'.
If you had invested $1,000 in Amazon Inc in 2002, it would be worth $241,000 at the time of writing. That's a function of growth in both the operations of the business, and the multiple of earnings that investors are willing to pay for Amazon stock.
All the growth investing books featured are beginner friendly and don't assume much prior knowledge. With prices ranging from £10 - £30, stocking up on a few of the best growth investing books can deliver the same value as an expensive seminar for only a fraction of the cost. They can even be read for free with Amazon's Kindle Unlimited free trial.
Click on any title below to see the latest price from Amazon, you'll be shocked at how affordable the most popular titles are. As an Amazon Associate, I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases which helps to support this site. This does not impact how I compile the list. Happy reading!
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My Top 5 Growth Investing Books for 2021
Click covers to see latest reviews and prices1. Investing for Growth - Terry Smith
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"Buy good companies. Don't overpay. Do nothing. Some people love to make successful investing seem more complicated than it really is. In this anthology of essays and letters written between 2010 20, leading fund manager Terry Smith delights in debunking the many myths of investing and making the case for simply buying the best companies in the world.
These are businesses that generate serious amounts of cash and know what to do with it. The result is a powerful compounding of returns that is almost impossible to beat. Even better, they aren't going anywhere. Most have survived the Great Depression and two world wars.
With his trademark razor-sharp wit, Smith not only reveals what these high-quality companies really look like and where to find them (as well as how to discover impostors), but also:"
Who this book is for:
No investor's bookshelf is complete without this book. An excellent bible for growth investors.
Backed up by the analytical rigour that made his name with the cult classic, Accounting for Growth (1992), the result is a hugely enjoyable and eye-opening tour through some of the most important topics in the world of investing as well as a treasure trove of practical insights on how to make your money work for you.
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"What if there was a uniquely safe place to put your money that also earned the best long-term returns? In Only the Best Will Do, master investor Peter Seilern reveals everything you need to know to practise the art of quality growth investing: finding the companies that can reliably deliver steady and strong growth for the long term.
Quality growth businesses are the ultimate assets for those serious about making their investments work for them over the long term while minimising the risk of permanent loss of capital. You don't even need to worry too much about overpaying. All quality growth investing requires is patience, independent thinking, and the special golden rules - revealed here in detail - for finding the very best companies in the world. For the investor truly interested in making the most of their time in the markets, only the best will do."
Who this book is for:
For the investor truly interested in making the most of their time in the markets, only the best will do.
Distilling everything he has learned from a lifetime in the financial markets, Seilern enlightens the reader how to narrow down from tens of thousands of listed stocks to the select elite that belong in a quality growth investor portfolio.
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"Profit from a powerful, proven investment strategy The Little Book That Makes You Rich is the latest book in the popular "Little Book, Big Profits" series. Written by Louis Navellier -- one of the most well-respected and successful growth investors of our day -- this book offers a fundamental understanding of how to get rich using the best in growth investing strategies. Navellier has made a living by picking top, actively traded stocks and capturing unparalleled profits from them in the process.
Now, with The Little Book That Makes You Rich , he shows you how to find stocks that are poised for rapid price increases, regardless of overall stock market direction. Navellier also offers the statistical and quantitative measures needed to measure risk and reward along the path to profitable growth stock investing."
Who this book is for:
Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, The Little Book That Makes You Rich gives individual investors specific tools for selecting stocks based on the factors that years of research have proven to lead to growth stock profits.
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"Through every type of market, William J. O’Neil’s national bestseller, How to Make Money in Stocks, has shown over 2 million investors the secrets to building wealth. O’Neil’s powerful CAN SLIM® Investing System―a proven 7-step process for minimizing risk and maximizing gains―has influenced generations of investors."
Who this book is for:
The author claims that 'Anyone can learn to invest wisely with this bestselling investment system!'
“How to Make Money in Stocks is a classic. Any investor serious about making money in the market ought to read it.”
―Larry Kudlow, host, CNBC’s "The Kudlow Report"
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"Finally, private investors can learn the stock-picking methods used by top industry professionals.
Steve Clapham is a retired hedge fund partner who now runs Behind the Balance Sheet and trains stock analysts at some of the world’s largest and most successful institutional investors".
"A TREASURE TROVE OF IDEAS AND INSIGHTS FOR SERIOUS INVESTORS"
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Who this book is for:
This new title is a bible for stock pickers. If you run a portfolio which includes individual stocks and shares, you'll want to hear what Stephen has to say.
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The Financial Expert™ Best Growth Investing Book Challenge
I challenge you to read one book per month and see if it revolutionises your investing style!
The Financial Expert™ Best Growth Investing Book Challenge is a well-loved feature of this website.
If you're looking to boost your financial education, then why not treat your next 12 months like an academic year?
If you were studying growth investing at a college or university, how do you think your professor would have designed your investing course?
A single topic, supported by a single finance book?
Surely not. To give a comprehensive education, the course would be divided into multiple areas of study, each with a variety of learning materials, including the best investing books and textbooks.
That's the same ethos I bring into the best growth investing book challenge. Don't settle for one book, or one author. You'll only gain one perspective.
Widen your horizons and draw from multiple schools of thought to develop a really rounded understanding of growth investing and dividend growth investing.
The rules of the challenge are simple:
I challenge you to read one growth investing book per month for the next year, and find your new favourite!
I've already explained the 'why', so now I'll explain the 'how':
- I found it helpful to stock up on books for the next few months, so that when a new month rolls around, my next book was my bed-side table asking to be opened!
- Pick a variety of styles. This will keep the challenge fresh and increase the diversity of opinion.
- Pick at least one book that you don't think you would enjoy, this book might be the one that surprises you the most!
- If you're time-starved, audio books are absolutely fine!
Where to begin?
My list of the 10 best growth investing books above is as good as any place to start, as I have consciously included a mix of different writing and investing styles to ensure that it caters to a wide audience.
Good luck!
Selecting the best growth investing books for UK beginners
“If you are in the right companies, the potential rise can be so enormous that everything else is secondary.”
Growth investing is a type of fundamental analysis. Fundamental analysis bases investment decisions around information about the company itself. To many investors, this feels intuitive and the only sensible way to base an investment decision.
Growth investing is all about finding the highest performing, highest growth companies available and investing in them with the expectation that they will continue to accelerate beyond their peers.
The other famous fundamental investing approach is value investing. This involves finding 'under appreciated' companies which have quality characteristics but are being undervalued by the market. Value investors hope that their valuations will 'catch-up' to their peers.
Read more: The best value investing books
The opposite school of thought is technical analysis, which looks at the historical stock price data rather than the underlying circumstances and expectations surrounding the company itself.
Read more: The best technical analysis books
I give this context, because as a beginner to investing in stocks and shares, I would encourage you to keep your mindset quite broad at this stage and to take in many perspectives.
Read more: The best stocks and shares books.
There's little point specialising in a single strategy if you aren't aware of all the alternatives. How would you know that growth investing is the best strategy for you, without researching the rest?
In a similar theme, I think the best growth investing books for beginners are in themselves quite broad, and don't hone in one too much technical detail. After all, it makes sense to begin with an introduction to growth investing before you delve deeper.
You may decide that after understanding the basic principles of growth investing, that you disagree with its core tenets and therefore choose to pick an alternative investment book. That's your right! And at least by picking a good beginners guide to growth investing, that you didn't spend too much money on a title you will largely ignore in the future.
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