Finance ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
The Book of Wealth: 10 Steps to Financial Freedom
Brian Kim · 2025
🎙 Narrated by Mike Norgaard
60/100
👎 Skip It
Brian Kim's a CPA with a real following, and this is an easy, jargon-light listen for someone brand new to personal finance — but several reviewers found the '10 steps' pretty surface-level if you've already got any grounding in the topic. Mike Norgaard narrates it well, and it's a quick listen. Fine as a first finance book, skippable once you've got the basics down.
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🎙 Narration: good Mike Norgaard narrates a short, easy listen well under an hour by some accounts.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety85
Substance / usefulness55
Craft & writing65
Originality45
Evidence & accuracy62
Hype vs delivers72
Age-fit72
Human-eye read60
Penny’s verdict60
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