Best Money Mindset Books: Denise DT's Honest Recommendations

I've been asked for book recommendations more times than I can count. And I get why -- when you're trying to shift your relationship with money, finding the right book at the right moment can change everything.

So here's my honest list. A mix of my own books (obviously!) and the ones I genuinely return to, recommend to Money Bootcamp members, and have actually changed how I think about money, business, and worth.

My own books -- where to start

Lucky Bitch

This is where everything started. I wrote Lucky Bitch after using the Law of Attraction to win over $500,000 in free travel, prizes, and scholarships -- and I wanted to document exactly what I did so other people could replicate it. It's the most manifesting-focused of my books. If you're new to the idea that your beliefs directly affect your income and opportunities, start here. It's practical, personal, and (I've been told) funny.

Best for: Manifesting beginners, people who feel like luck always happens to other people.

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Get Rich, Lucky Bitch

If Lucky Bitch is about manifesting, Get Rich is about money blocks -- the specific beliefs that stop smart, talented people from charging what they're worth and building real wealth. This is the book I hear about most from Money Bootcamp members. It goes deeper into the inner work: where your money stories came from, how they play out in your business, and the practical tools to shift them.

Best for: Entrepreneurs who are doing all the right things strategically but still hitting an income ceiling.

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Chillpreneur

This one is more business strategy than money mindset -- but every strategy in it is grounded in the inner work. The premise is that most of us have overcomplicated our businesses because of hidden beliefs that more work equals more worth. Chillpreneur shows you how to design a business model that actually suits your personality, price well, and stop doing things the hard way.

Best for: Established entrepreneurs who are exhausted and want permission to simplify.

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Chill and Prosper

The updated and expanded edition of Chillpreneur, published by Hay House. Everything that was in Chillpreneur plus new material on passive income, pricing, and building a business that funds a genuinely good life. This is the version I'd recommend picking up if you haven't read Chillpreneur yet.

Best for: Anyone who wants the most current version of my business and money mindset thinking.

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Other money mindset books I love and recommend

The Big Leap: Gay Hendricks

I come back to this one constantly, and I recommend it to Money Bootcamp members all the time. Technically it's not a money book -- it's about why we self-sabotage right when things are going well. But Gay Hendricks' concept of the Upper Limit Problem is one of the most useful frameworks I've found for understanding income plateaus. The idea is simple: we all have an internal thermostat for how much success, love, and joy we're allowed to have. When we push past it, we unconsciously do something to bring ourselves back down -- get sick, start a fight, make a bad decision. Recognising when you're doing this is genuinely life-changing.

Best for: Anyone who keeps sabotaging themselves right before a breakthrough.

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Think and Grow Rich: Napoleon Hill

This is the grandfather of all money mindset books, originally published in 1937. The language is dated and the examples are almost entirely male -- but the core ideas about the relationship between thought patterns and financial outcomes were decades ahead of their time. I'd read it critically, keeping in mind that a lot has changed since 1937. But the fundamental insight -- that your dominant thoughts shape your circumstances -- is as relevant now as it was then. Every money mindset book written since owes something to this one.

Best for: People who want to understand where modern money mindset thinking came from.

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Nice Girls Don't Get Rich: Lois P. Frankel

This one hits differently. Lois Frankel identifies 75 specific mistakes women make with money -- and most of them aren't about spending or budgeting. They're about under-negotiating, over-giving, not asking for raises, avoiding financial conversations, and deferring financial decisions to someone else. If you've ever felt uncomfortable talking about money, asking for what you're worth, or making financial decisions independently, this book will name exactly why. And naming it is the first step to shifting it.

Best for: Women who know they're leaving money on the table but can't quite identify where.

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The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity -- Edwene Gaines

This is one I don't see recommended nearly enough. Edwene Gaines writes about prosperity from a spiritual framework -- tithing, forgiveness, purpose, and goal-setting -- and her approach is warm, direct, and deeply practical. The forgiveness chapter alone is worth the whole book. If you carry resentment toward anyone connected to money in your past -- a parent, an ex, a business partner -- Edwene explains exactly why that resentment is keeping you financially stuck, and what to do about it. It aligns beautifully with the forgiveness work we do in Money Bootcamp.

Best for: People who feel the spiritual and financial parts of their life are in conflict.

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A note on reading vs doing

Books are a starting point, not a destination. The money mindset work doesn't happen in the reading -- it happens in the doing. The journaling. The tapping. The uncomfortable moment when you raise your price and wait to see what happens.

If you've read three money mindset books and your income hasn't changed, it's usually not because you need a fourth book. It's because you need a structured process, accountability, and a community who understands what you're going through.

That's exactly why I built Money Bootcamp.

It takes the ideas in these books and gives you a step-by-step process to actually clear your blocks -- not just understand them.

Start with the free workshop at denisedt.com/blocks and see which money block shows up most clearly for you. Then you'll know exactly where to focus next.

It's your time, and you're ready for the next step.

xx Denise