Recommended books for introductory finance

The financial industry is currently mainly divided into three parts: banks and other deposit and loan institutions, securities institutions and insurance institutions

So, if you get started, it mainly depends on where you want to develop.

Before getting started, you must read Gregory Mankiw 's "Principles of Economics" , advanced mathematics (necessary for calculus, and then look at the linear algebra and mathematical statistics foundation if you have the energy)
Only after reading these can you understand the general basic finance books

Bank:There are few versions of 
Mishkin's "Monetary and Finance" , both in Chinese and English. It is a must-learn textbook for undergraduates majoring in finance .

Securities:
"Investment" , there are many editions, you can refer to the textbook of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Press , it is easy to understand, because it is a new book, so the examples are very recent
However, the three chapters of bonds, equity, and options are the most important and the most difficult for beginners. There are many professional vocabulary and calculation formulas. You must first read advanced mathematics and understand algorithm derivation before you can better understand various operations and investment portfolios. profit maximization

insurance
"Principles of Insurance" is not particularly recommended, as long as it is from key universities such as the National People's Congress , Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, etc., the foundation of insurance is mainly law, and the basic economic relations in insurance can be understood by reading it.

PS. Most of the above books are available for online PDF download

Finance is a branch of economics. There are many interdisciplinary practices, such as law, statistics, and even history. Don’t expect to find any financial books that you can get started with in one breath. If you want to learn it, you should be optimistic about the basic macro and micro-jing and advanced mathematics. Otherwise a lot of things you don't understand
Hope it helps you~~