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The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Rich Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

4.6 out of 5 stars 15,381 ratings
Who are the rich in this country? What do they do? How do they invest? How did they get rich? Can you ever become one of them? Get the answers in The Millionaire Next Door, the never-before-told story about wealth in America. You'll be surprised by what you find out.
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  1. Listening Length
    8 hours and 16 minutes
  2. Author
    Thomas J. Stanley Ph.D., see all
  3. Narrator
    Cotter Smith
  4. Audible release date
    October 27, 2000
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Simon & Schuster Audio
  7. ASIN
    B0000547HR
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 8 hours and 16 minutes
Author Thomas J. Stanley Ph.D., William D. Danko Ph.D.
Narrator Cotter Smith
Audible.com Release Date October 27, 2000
Publisher Simon & Schuster Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B0000547HR
Best Sellers Rank #835 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#12 in Personal Finance (Audible Books & Originals)
#26 in Business Motivation & Self-Improvement (Audible Books & Originals)
#28 in Personal Finance (Books)

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Customers find the book well-written and appreciate its valuable insights, with one noting its extensive research and another highlighting its focus on discipline in acquiring wealth. Moreover, the book provides guidance on smart money management, including saving every penny and investing large portions of income, while offering simple yet important life lessons. However, the content is criticized for being dated, and customers have mixed feelings about the statistics content, with some finding it too numerous.

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1,072 customers mention "Readability"996 positive76 negative

Customers find the book well-written and engaging, with one customer noting it's essential reading for understanding wealth.

"...It is a well-written book with well-researched facts and information. It's very organized and easy to read. I highly recommend." Read more

"...I think otherwise is still a very good book to read." Read more

"...Well worth the read, especially if you are looking to join the ranks of the Prodigious Accumulators of Wealth or work with them." Read more

"...They provide a lot of interesting anecdotes that make the book fun to read most of the time, as well as basic statistical analysis of survey results...." Read more

835 customers mention "Insight"821 positive14 negative

Customers appreciate the book's valuable insights and stunning amount of research, with one customer highlighting its focus on discipline in acquiring wealth.

"...Has alot of insight into who may or may not be presumed millionaires or wealthy individuals, based alot on the habits of how they handle there..." Read more

"...It is a well-written book with well-researched facts and information. It's very organized and easy to read. I highly recommend." Read more

"The book profiles the true wealthy individuals highlighting their frugal habits .it also studies those who appear rich due to their high..." Read more

"...A Useful Definition of Wealth -- Wealth is much more than how much money you pull in every year and how much your house costs...." Read more

365 customers mention "Value for money"334 positive31 negative

Customers find the book valuable for its insights into smart money management, highlighting the importance of frugality, saving habits, and investing large portions of income, with some customers reporting savings of hundreds of dollars.

"Excellent book if your into personal finance and looking to build wealth...." Read more

"I am very satisfied with this book and it is 100% worth the money. It is a well-written book with well-researched facts and information...." Read more

"...It does provide a lot of tips and financial advice...." Read more

"The book profiles the true wealthy individuals highlighting their frugal habits .it also studies those who appear rich due to their high..." Read more

148 customers mention "Advice"107 positive41 negative

Customers appreciate the book's advice, describing it as simple yet important life lessons filled with sage guidance, with one customer noting it provides clear steps to achieve goals.

"...It's very organized and easy to read. I highly recommend." Read more

"This is the second time I read this book. It does provide a lot of tips and financial advice...." Read more

"...Overall, the book does not have much actionable advice, but presents information in a way that the reader may be able to assimilate many..." Read more

"...The book has a simple equation for where you should be based on age and income...." Read more

92 customers mention "Statistics content"35 positive57 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the book's statistics content, with some appreciating the basic statistical analysis of survey results, while others find it contains too many statistics.

"...a four star review instead of a five is because the book provides a lot of statistics and trends from the 90's...." Read more

"...the book fun to read most of the time, as well as basic statistical analysis of survey results...." Read more

"...the rest of the book is chock full of anecdotes and some rather uninformative statistics to drive a few other points home...." Read more

"...the book a bit of a slow read due to the heavy amount of statistics presented in a rather dry manner, but the information was well organized and the..." Read more

116 customers mention "Dated content"20 positive96 negative

Customers find the book's content outdated, with several noting that the data and examples are no longer current.

"...My only quasi-criticism of this book is that the data are from 1992-1996 and the book was written in 1996...." Read more

"Great book but all the numbers are outdated now" Read more

"...The one "con" of the book is that it is kinda old now, was written in 1996, in an age of relatively economical boom, the 2008 crisis..." Read more

"...Sure for some people yes, it is, but for most, the book is dated. But still offers relevant points of interest." Read more

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  • Michael
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good read wished I had read along time ago.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2025
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    Excellent book if your into personal finance and looking to build wealth. Has alot of insight into who may or may not be presumed millionaires or wealthy individuals, based alot on the habits of how they handle there finances.
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  • Andrea
    5.0 out of 5 stars I highly recommend this book.
    Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2025
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    I am very satisfied with this book and it is 100% worth the money. It is a well-written book with well-researched facts and information. It's very organized and easy to read. I highly recommend.
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  • Jose Koenig
    4.0 out of 5 stars Many tips still relevant today
    Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2025
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    This is the second time I read this book. It does provide a lot of tips and financial advice. The reason I give it a four star review instead of a five is because the book provides a lot of statistics and trends from the 90's. I think otherwise is still a very good book to read.
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  • Kelevilin Kimathi
    5.0 out of 5 stars The millionaire next door
    Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2025
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    The book profiles the true wealthy individuals highlighting their frugal habits .it also studies those who appear rich due to their high consumption lifestyle but often require economic support from say parents. The lesson is for parents to teach their offspring economic independence from an early age.
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  • Zachary Slayback
    5.0 out of 5 stars Sears, Not Brooks Brothers
    Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2015
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    This is an excellent, data-backed look at what the wealthy look like in the United States. Contrary to popular belief, most wealthy people do not drive Teslas and eat caviar. They are not tech CEOs or Wall Street financiers. They are small business owners and self-employed professionals who probably drive a 3-year old BMW or a Ford pickup truck or SUV. They probably wear a Seiko watch, not a Rolex. They probably wear a suit bought from Men's Wearhouse, not Brooks Brothers. They probably have a run-of-the-mill Visa credit card, not something from Sak's Fifth Ave.

    Some of the many useful insights and takeaways from this book:

    A Useful Definition of Wealth -- Wealth is much more than how much money you pull in every year and how much your house costs. It's more a reflection of your investments and how much money you save. Not how much you spend. There are a lot of people who pull in a ton of money every year but live paycheck-to-paycheck.

    Wealth and income are not the same thing -- Not all wealthy people pull in a hefty income. In fact, many purposely pull in relatively low incomes in order to reduce their tax obligations. Ross Perot is a great example of this (when the book is written). Perot pays millions in taxes, but is worth billions. Even your neighbor next door might be a millionaire, but maybe the household only brings in $79,000 a year.

    Most Millionaires Are Self-Made -- While children of millionaires are more likely to become millionaires, very few millionaires (less than 20%) are not self-made millionaires. In fact, regular handouts from parents make it less likely that an individual will become a millionaire someday. Most millionaires worked for their money and were not constantly given Economic Outpatient Care (EOC) from their parents.

    Frugality Reigns Supreme -- The authors give a great analogy about building wealth. You can play a great offensive (i.e. pulling in money) and you can make a great defensive (i.e. saving your money and preserving your wealth). Playing a great offensive is wonderful, but it is really only useful for building wealth if you don't play a great defensive too (some people are capable of playing such a great offensive that the defensive really isn't important, but this is very few people). They buy discount suits, discounted new cars or used cars, they rely on very, very little credit, and status symbols aren't all that important to them.

    Mindset Matters -- Most millionaires are not worry-warts. The only things they really worry about are government policies that will destroy their livelihoods, but even then, they know that they can't really control the outcome of these issues directly, so they only give so much effort and so much weight to these decisions.

    My only quasi-criticism of this book is that the data are from 1992-1996 and the book was written in 1996. This obviously isn't the fault of the authors, and some of the conclusions are reinforced in a 2010 preface, but just take some of the data with a grain of salt. Take inflation and general industrial changes into account.

    Well worth the read, especially if you are looking to join the ranks of the Prodigious Accumulators of Wealth or work with them.
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  • Olen Rambow
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very Sound Advice
    Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2014
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    Although this book is outdated in many ways and there has been much criticism about the authors' research methods, it is still well worth reading. I certainly wish I had read it back when I was in high school or college.

    The title may give the impression that the book is geared toward materialistic people who are obsessed with getting rich and living the high life, but that's not at all what it's about. In fact, the authors' main point is that most people who accumulate a lot of wealth are not at all interested in living the high life. Rather, they are thrifty and live below their means, with the result that they often don't appear wealthy at all. For example, your next door neighbor who manages a maid service -- not a very glamorous-sounding occupation -- could be surprisingly rich. By contrast, a large percentage of people who appear to be rich -- people living in fancy houses, driving expensive cars, wearing designer clothes -- don't actually have much saved up at all.

    The authors were surprised to make this discovery, and that is what inspired them to write the book. For years, they have compared the behavior of people who are successful at building or maintaining wealth with those who are not successful. Using elementary statistical analysis, they identify key habits and attitudes that enable people to accumulate wealth -- even if they don't have a particularly high salary. Thus, even if you earn a teacher's salary (as I do), you can still hope to retire comfortably and be a relatively wealthy teacher if you manage your spending and investments well. It does help, of course, to have a large salary, but with bad spending habits you can still end up accumulating nothing. (The authors do recommend choosing your occupation wisely.)

    The habits that they recommend are very practical. For example, you should keep track of all your expenses so that you know how much you spend each month and year on housing, food, entertainment, etc. Then make a budget and stick to it (or create a false sense of scarcity by stowing away a big percentage of your earnings before you even think about spending anything). Invest time and money in financial planning and research. And very importantly, invest your savings in stocks or other equity, making it your goal to have more of your financial growth come from growth of investments than from taxable wages.

    Overall, the authors present sound principles for building wealth, and they offer compelling evidence for the effectiveness of those principles. They provide a lot of interesting anecdotes that make the book fun to read most of the time, as well as basic statistical analysis of survey results. Again, although their methods may not be "scientifically rigorous," the main ideas are basically sound. I highly recommend the book, especially to young people who are just getting started in their careers -- regardless of how much money they expect to make.
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  • Jon Snow
    5.0 out of 5 stars As expected
    Reviewed in the United Arab Emirates on September 8, 2023
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    Good as expected
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  • Armando Guzmán
    5.0 out of 5 stars FRUGAL Y DISCIPLINADO
    Reviewed in Mexico on September 23, 2022
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    Me encantó la manera de demostrar como millonarios no son lo que nos venden en la televisión, de gente despilfarradora y lúcida, sino de gente frugal y con un negocio propio
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  • Kanibal
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book.
    Reviewed in Canada on December 31, 2024
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    This book is easy to read and to the point. I have found myself more often than not laughing & chuckling to myself. After reading this book, many things that I have observed over the years around me, it finally makes sense. The authors are of course 100% correct. However, it tells a truth and reality that most people aren't ready or willing to hear. I purchased this book as a gift but I ended up reading it myself. Totally recommended!! The book was written in the 90's but the principles on which is based on remain the same.
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  • Deanna
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book - very much enjoyed it.
    Reviewed in Australia on June 21, 2019
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    Book arrived in perfect condition, exactly as pictured/described.
    Very eye opening read about how the wealthy accumulate money, how they keep it, and their habits.
    It also discusses the data around the effects on children of the wealthy who receive money, and how they see money well into their adult lives. Very interesting!
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  • LFJ
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic guide to financial stability
    Reviewed in Sweden on September 9, 2023
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    Yes, read 141 out of 250 pages so far but I am so impressed with the financial advise. Great book. Recommended to everyone with any sort of income.
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