I too am not a fan of "Rich Dad, Poor Dad". The only thing I got out of it was Kiyosaki's concept of an asset being something that makes money. As far as I could tell, the only money he ever made came from writing a book and perhaps some real estate investments.
The books that had the greatest influence on my financial success have been:
1.
"Financial Peace" by Dave Ramsey - I already wrote about my experience with that in
this thread.
2.
"The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need" by Andrew Tobias - Great information for when you're ready to invest after you get out of debt!
3.
"Your Money or Your Life" by Joe Dominguez & Vicki Robin - This book is an eye opener and gets you to equate money with life energy. From what I recall, after all the various taxes, you have to earn something like $2 to be able to spend $1 so if you make $20/hour, that dinner and a movie just cost you over 4 hours of your life, not counting the time spent staring at the movie screen.
I have lots more, but these were the biggies for me.