#4 in Self-help
The Richest Man in Babylon
- 124
- Pages
- about 2.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Richest Man in Babylon” delivers sound, simple money advice in a slim book of parables: save a tenth of what you earn and invest it cautiously. The mock-ancient storytelling is the sticking point; some readers find it tiresome, and some object to the ease with which the tales accept slavery, sexism and racism. Useful for beginners who want principles rather than technique.
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About the book
The Richest Man in Babylon is a 1926 book by George S. Clason that dispenses financial advice through a collection of parables set 4,097 years earlier, in ancient Babylon. The book remains in print a century after the parables were originally published, and is regarded as a classic of personal financial advice.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 479 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 77% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Self-help average of 7.7. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.4 | 133 | 28% |
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 346 | 72% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Richest Man in Babylon?
It has 124 pages — shorter than 95% of the ranked books in Self-help.
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