Top 10 Excel Books

Mastering Excel is easy! If you are of the opposite opinion, you have not come across a great tutorial for learning the program.

I myself once grabbed all the textbooks in a row. I swallowed the information in the hope of at least a little tightening up my knowledge of Excel. Frankly, I went through dozens of books. And I realized that only a few can cope with their task.

Last weekend I looked in my bookcase and was horrified. How many tutorials and textbooks on Excel are gathering dust! I remembered my ordeals in search of good literature and decided that it was simply my duty to share reliable sources of knowledge with the visitors of my site. I want you to spend less time and money on mastering the program than I did.

So here is my hard-won list of the top 10 Excel books:

1. John Walkenbach “Microsoft Excel 2013. The User’s Bible”

There was a time when I made round eyes at the word “formula”. And when he heard “VBA macros”, he was completely preparing to faint. It is a pity that I did not come across this comprehensive guide from John Walkenbach.

With “Microsoft Excel 2013. User’s Bible” you will master the main features of the program. At a stroke, you will be able to process data using charts and graphs. Even practice creating those creepy macros. In short, the manual will teach you everything you need to be known as an expert in Excel.

The book is full of hints, tips, secrets and examples. So I go to her all the time.

2. John Walkenbach “Formulas in Microsoft Excel 2013”

Do you know what I regretted after buying this book? The fact that she did not fall into my hands much earlier. This is a real treasure trove of wisdom!

John Walkenbach walks you by the hand from the basics of Excel to mastery of functions. You will learn how to work with cells and ranges, manipulate huge data arrays and extract the necessary information from them, process and analyze data of any type, and much, much more.

In the end, you will become such a cool specialist that you can create user-defined functions in VBA yourself. Take and study “Formulas in Microsoft Excel 2013” from cover to cover. She’s worth it!

3. John Walkenbach “Excel 2013. Professional VBA Programming”

The final chord of the trilogy of Microsoft Excel guru John Walkenbach! This book is a must have for anyone who is serious about getting into the spreadsheet industry.

Want to learn more about the VBA programming language? Building Excel add-ins in-house? Learn to write applications in the program? In a word, master 1000 and 1 technique of a cool VBA programmer? Arm yourself with the creation of Walkenbach and go ahead to overcome aerobatics!

4. Bill Jelen and Michael Alexander “Pivot Tables in Microsoft Excel”

Who doesn’t want to improve their productivity? At times reduce the time spent on boring reporting? Almost instantly evaluate and analyze data? How about cutting down a long, confusing report to a concise and understandable one? Difficult? Not at all! With PivotTables in Microsoft Excel, all of these tricks are a breeze.

If you often deal with complex reporting, the work of Bill Jelen and Michael Alexander is a must have in your library.

5. Curtis Fry “Microsoft Excel 2013. Step by step”

One of those few books that everyone understands. First, Kurtis Fry will explain how Excel works in simple terms. Then he will move on to data analysis (including using charts and pivot tables). And for a snack, he will tell you how to master macros.

In my opinion, this simple and understandable Excel tutorial will make life easier for both the student and the office worker. But even if you are neither one nor the other, getting to know Excel better is worth it anyway. The Curtis Fry edition is perfect for this.

6. Greg Harvey “Microsoft Excel 2013 for Dummies”

Another guide for beginners, which will allow you to effortlessly deal with spreadsheets. This book is for those who do not want to gnaw through the intricacies of Excel, and who just need to understand the foundation (interface, the basics of formulas and functions, formatting, etc.)

If you dream that no one else would dare to call you a “layman” or a “teapot”, stock up on this textbook and a sense of humor. You will need it!

7. Konrad Carlberg “Business Analysis Using Excel”

What could be more boring than a tedium with tons of reports? You have to sit and analyze the situation or deal with business problems for hours. Come on! Are you seriously not aware that all this can be easily done in Excel?

This book will teach you how to solve any business problem with a joke! With Excel, you will be able to conduct electronic bookkeeping, forecast and budget, evaluate and analyze financial turnover, predict product demand, calculate inventory, manage investments, and much more. By the way, Karlberg’s manual will come in handy not only for entrepreneurs, but also for managers.

You are not going to sit still, like the proverbial stone that the water bypasses? Not? Then take “Business Analysis Using Excel”, learn and develop!

8. Shimon Benning “Fundamentals of Finance with Examples in Excel”

An interesting fact: almost all the authors of financial manuals neglect Excel in their books. And very in vain. Indeed, now most companies perform calculations in this program. Shimon Benning noticed this oversight and released Fundamentals of Finance with Examples in Excel.

In the book you will find not only practical examples, but also gain important knowledge on how to build financial models, evaluate assets, make financial decisions in non-standard conditions, and so on.

I believe that finance should be studied in the context of working with Excel. That’s why I recommend “Fundamentals of Finance with Examples in Excel” as one of the best tutorials. Shimon Benning’s work will be useful for both students and professionals.

9. John Walkenbach “Excel 2013. John Walkenbach Tricks and Tips”

You can learn Excel forever. Once I thought that my stock of knowledge about the program was enough for a carriage and a small purse. Turns out I didn’t know everything. Excel has a lot of tricks. John Walkenbach will tell you how to use them.

The book contains so many tips, tips, tricks, tricks and tricks that it is sometimes impossible to keep them all in your head. At the same time, each of them should be taken into account in order to reduce the time of work on a particular task. Or improve the quality of this very work. So for me, the book “Excel 2013. Tricks and Tips by John Walkenbach” has become a desktop book. What do you wish!

10. Nikolai Pavlov “Microsoft Excel. Ready-made solutions – take and use!

An excellent guide for beginners and experts in Excel with ready-made solutions.

According to the author, the book contains 20% of knowledge about Excel, which helps to solve 80% of everyday tasks. Not a bad ratio, right?

Nikolai Pavlov will enlighten you in the subtleties of formatting, editing, operations with text, books and sheets. Learn how to send emails directly from Excel. Learn how to create drop down lists. Explains how to analyze data and work with pivot tables and so on.

Another edition that I recommend always keeping on hand.

I still use the tools that I recommend in this article. All of them have brought great benefits to me and will certainly bring it to you. Of course, it is better to get paper copies to make notes and leave bookmarks. So more convenient! You’ll see, these books will speed up your work with Excel and breathe new life into it. If you do not think so, I will gladly argue with you in the comments! =)

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