ERNIE J ZELINSKI

Ernie is an international bestselling author whose books have sold over 1,125,000 copies and have been published in 22 languages in 29 countries.

Ernie’s flagship book How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free is arguably "The World's Best Retirement Book" based on three metrics:

1. On October 15, 2025, it was rated as the No. 1 retirement book out of over 1,450 retirement books rated on Goodreads. (His signature book The Joy of Not Working was rated No. 10.)

2. It's the bestselling book in the “retirement” or “retire” categories in the US beating out all retirement books published by major US publishers, including those that were New York Times bestsellers.

3. It has more foreign publishers (10) than any of the other retirement books have except for his The Joy of Not Working which has 20.

Ernie J. Zelinski is, in fact, the author of the three true international bestsellers. His signature book The Joy of Not Working has sold over 320,000. His flagship book How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free has sold over 475,000 copies. His third international bestseller The Lazy Person's Guide to Success has sold over 110,000 copies

Ernie has lived and continues to live by the adage, “Be a Learner first, a Master second, and a Student always."