A few days ago, I released The Get Rich Slowly Guide to Roth IRAs as a free ebook. Readers who are interested in opening a retirement account can download this short book — which draws from a series of articles I wrote two years ago — and use it as a reference as they work through the process.

Though this is my first ebook (it won’t be my last), there are a variety of other great personal finance ebooks available for free download. Here’s a quick overview of some I’ve found lately.

Free Ebooks About Money

First up, Robert Pagliarini is offering his Plan Z: How to Survive the Financial Crisis as a free download. Pagliarini is a certified financial planner and the author of The Six-Day Financial Makeover. Plan Z is his guide to preparing for — and living through — the worst. If you’re struggling with your personal finances, this free download may help you gain some ground.

On a similar note, my friend Leo from Zen Habits created a free ebook entitled Thriving on Less in a Tough Economy. This book is all about taking charge of your life, exercising power over the things you can control. By cutting back and focusing on the essentials, by making small changes, you can actually live a very rich life.

Next, Money Management International has a free ebook on their website. Tips for Change contains “tips submitted by financially savvy consumers”, including this one from yours truly:

Here’s one excellent way to begin your retirement savings: When you’ve finished paying off your debt, take the amount you were using for this each month and, instead of spending it, stick it into a retirement account. You’ve already developed the habit of using the money to improve your financial life; this is just another way to do it!

 

NCN at No Credit Needed has a short-and-sweet 8-page guide to getting out of debt, which is available as a free download. If you’re in that first stage of personal finance, check out the No Credit Needed Debt Reduction Guide.

Over at Squawkfox, Kerry put together The Insider’s Guide to Frugal Food and Fitness. This polished package is filled with tips and tricks not just for saving money, but also for getting in shape.

Jim from Bargaineering created a couple of ebooks. The first is his College Grad Money Guide, and the second highlights 100 Easy Ways to Save Money, both of which you can obtain for free.

Trent at The Simple Dollar created a number of ebooks built from the content on his site, but those books aren’t free, and are no longer available. For just two bucks each, you could have downloaded 31 Days to Fix Your Finances, The One-Hour Project, Twenty Big Ideas, or Building a Better Blog. He also has the free Everything You Ever Really Needed to Know About Personal Finance On Just One Page, which is actually a 49-page ebook.

Tip: As I’ve mentioned before, my favorite FCIC/GSA money publication was the annual Consumer Action Handbook. This 142-page book is no longer published, but you can download the 2015 version for free.

Have you found any worthwhile personal finance ebooks? How much did you pay? Where did you get them?