Bernstein is a sort of second-tier for me; he offers more complexity than I care to deal with. I do have a few of his books, however.
He provides us with some book selection guidance in the preface to "Rational Expectations." Commenting on his first book "The Intelligent Asset Allocator" he says:"The density of the book's math and quantitative exposition made it accessible [only to] finance professionals and scientists/engineers. I attempted to remedy that "mistake" but was only partially successful with 'The Four Pillars of Investing.' So then I followed that book with 'The Investor's Manifesto," which either stripped out nearly all the quantitative content or exiled it to optional text boxes."So I think he is telling most of us to choose "The Investor's Manifesto" or another later book.
Actually, my favorite Bernstein piece is "If You Can" https://www.etf.com/docs/IfYouCan.pdf (free 16 page download)
Any other books you recommend reading?