Recommended Reading

Here is a list of books that I recommend to students, organized by subject matter.

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Business Math

• MBA Math & More: Concepts You Need in First Year Business School by Chris Ryan and Carrie Shuchart

  This gives an excellent overview of the general math you will need in quantitative business classes.

• Business Math Formulas Cheat Sheet by BarCharts Inc.

  A handy little laminated cheat sheet of business math formulas.

• The Cartoon Guide to Algebra by Larry Gonick

  This reviews algebraic concepts in a funny and visual way.

• The Cartoon Guide to Calculus by Larry Gonick

  This reviews basic calculus concepts in a funny and visual way.

• Forgotten Calculus by Barbara Lee Bleau

  A refresher calculus course with applications to economics and business.

Accounting

• Accounting: 1,001 Practice Problems For Dummies by Kenneth W. Boyd and Kate Mooney

  Covers beginning accounting topics. Great for practicing basic journal entries and financial statement concepts.

• The Joy of Accounting: A Game-Changing Approach That Makes Accounting Easy by Peter Frampton and Mark Robillard

  Great for visual learners. Lots of illustrations of accounting concepts.

• Accounting Equations & Answers QuickStudy Laminated Reference Guide

  Another handy laminated cheat sheet for common accounting equations and concepts.

Economics

• Cartoon Introduction to Economics, Volume I: Microeconomics by Grady Klein and Yoram Bauman

• The Cartoon Introduction to Economics, Volume II: Macroeconomics by Grady Klein and Yoram Bauman

  Sounds silly, but these are an excellent introduction to economic concepts, especially for more visual learners.

Statistics

• The Cartoon Guide to Statistics by Larry Gonick and Woollcott Smith

  Great illustrated guide to basic statistics and probability.

• Forgotten Statistics: A Self-Teaching Refresher Course by Douglas Downing and Jeffrey Clark

  An older book, but the math hasn’t changed! For those who may have taken a stats course before, but it was so long ago that you don’t remember anything.

• Practice Makes Perfect Statistics by Sandra McCune

  Has over 500 practice problems on basic statistics.

• How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff and Irving Geis

  A MUST-READ! A humorous book about all the different ways that statistics can be misleading to people who don’t know better.

• The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail--but Some Don't by Nate Silver

  Okay, so this one won’t really teach you statistics, but I highly recommend it as a book about statistics and predictive analytics in the real world.

Excel

• Microsoft Office 365 & Excel 2019 Comprehensive by Steven Freund and Joy Starks

  A popular textbook in college Excel courses.

• Excel 2019 Bible by Michael Alexander, Richard Kusleika, and John Walkenbach

  A comprehensive reference guide to the many features and capabilities of Excel.