How to Get Rich or Think Like a Billionaire? Telling the 2004 pair apart
Shelf note ·
These two are easy to mix up. Random House published both in 2004, about seven months apart. Both are credited to Donald J. Trump with Meredith McIver, and both are first-person advice books. The difference is in what the publisher says each one covers. This note sets out the credit lines, the editions, and that difference.
The pair at a glance
| How to Get Rich | Think Like a Billionaire | |
|---|---|---|
| First published | March 23, 2004 | October 12, 2004 |
| Publisher | Random House | Random House |
| Credited | Donald J. Trump with Meredith McIver | Donald J. Trump with Meredith McIver |
| Main topics, per the publisher | Workplace and management advice: investing, asking for a raise, running a business, hiring and firing, negotiating, protecting a brand | Real estate and personal money: brokers, renovating, valuing property, mortgages, risk; then spending, with a consumer guide to luxury goods |
| The Apprentice, per the publisher | Includes lessons the publisher ties to the show | Behind the scenes from the end of season one into season two |
If you only want one
The choice comes down to topic, not quality. We don’t rank them. If you want workplace and management material, the publisher’s description of How to Get Rich is the closer match. If you want real estate, personal money and lifestyle spending, the description of Think Like a Billionaire is the closer match. Both are first-person accounts by their credited authors, not independent business guides. We list them so you can identify them, not as career or investment advice.
For the rest of the McIver lane and the Kiyosaki books that follow, see Compare. For how we decide credit lines, see How we list books.
Credit lines you can copy
Donald J. Trump with Meredith McIver, Trump: How to Get Rich (Random House, 2004).
Donald J. Trump with Meredith McIver, Trump: Think Like a Billionaire: Everything You Need to Know About Success, Real Estate, and Life (Random House, 2004).
Both titles begin with “Trump:” on the cover and in catalogs, which is one reason they get confused. The Library of Congress record for the How to Get Rich hardcover names McIver as a contributor. The publisher’s current pages print “Donald J. Trump and Meredith McIver,” and the page addresses read “with Meredith McIver.” Either way, her name belongs in the credit line. Both Amazon links below go to paperback listings that credit her.
Editions
| Format and pages | Imprint | Date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover, xiv + 244 pp. | Random House | Mar 23, 2004 | 978-1-4000-6327-7 |
| Ebook, 272 pp. | Random House | Mar 23, 2004 | 978-1-58836-410-4 |
| Mass market paperback, 320 pp. | Ballantine Books | Dec 28, 2004 | 978-0-345-48103-0 |
| Format and pages | Imprint | Date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover, 288 pp. | Random House | Oct 12, 2004 | 978-1-4000-6355-0 |
| Ebook, 288 pp. | Random House | Oct 12, 2004 | 978-1-58836-437-1 |
| Mass market paperback, 288 pp. | Ballantine Books | Sep 27, 2005 | 978-0-345-48140-5 |
Both Amazon links below go to the Ballantine mass market paperbacks. The paperback of Think Like a Billionaire came out in 2005, so a 2005 date on a copy does not mean a different book. If you cite pages, use the edition in your hand: the How to Get Rich hardcover and paperback paginate differently.
Selected titles around the 2004 pair
In this selection, How to Get Rich follows The America We Deserve (2000), and Think Like a Billionaire follows seven months later. Two later titles show where the advice books went next.
- 2000 The America We Deserve, with Dave Shiflett
- 2004 Trump: How to Get Rich, with Meredith McIver (March)
- 2004 Trump: Think Like a Billionaire, with Meredith McIver (October)
- 2006 Why We Want You to Be Rich, by Donald J. Trump and Robert T. Kiyosaki
- 2008 Never Give Up, with Meredith McIver
Paperback and ebook dates and page counts are from the publisher’s listings at Penguin Random House (How to Get Rich, Think Like a Billionaire). Hardcover details are from the Library of Congress record for How to Get Rich and from Open Library (1400063272, 1400063558). Ebook ISBNs are from Open Library and Google Books. Topic summaries paraphrase the publisher’s descriptions.