Ray Dalio's Top Book Recommendations

Ray DalioThe book I’d give [every graduating senior in college or high school] would be [...] 'River From Eden' by Richard Dawkins. Another very short book on evolution, it just really puts things in perspective. (Source)

Ray DalioI have meditated for 49 years and know TM leading light Bob Roth personally, so I can endorse listening to him if you’re interested in meditation. If you’re not, you’re overlooking the most powerful path to equanimity, creativity, and good decision making I know. PS - I suggest his book “Strength in Stillness”. (Source)

Ray DalioThe book was given to me, ‘cause people know that I like that stuff. (Source)

Ray DalioIt gives you an equanimity, a centeredness, a calmness — so that you can thoughtfully deal with things in a better way without being emotionally hijacked. [Meditation is] very powerful. It gave me an equilibrium that really helped me. (Source)

Warren BuffettWhen I see memos from Howard Marks in my mail, they’re the first thing I open and read. I always learn something, and that goes double for his book. (Source)

Charlie MungerI always say, ‘There’s no better teacher than history in determining the future.’ Howard’s book tells us how to learn from history . . . and thus get a better idea of what the future holds. (Source)

Ray DalioHoward Marks’s Mastering the Market Cycle is a must-read, because the cycles covered in this book are important and because Howard is one of the investing greats of his generation. (Source)

Ray DalioThe book I’d give [every graduating senior in college or high school] would be 'Lessons From History'. This is the Durants, they were maybe the greatest historians of all time. Anyway, of 5,000 years of history, probably wrote 5,000 pages on it, and they took this book - I think it’s 104 pages - and they took the themes of history, it could be from religion, natural resources, who knows, each one... (Source)

Naval RavikantGreat book. I really like how it summarizes some of the larger themes of history. Very incisive and, unlike most history books, is actually kind of small and it covers a lot of ground. (Source)

Kevin SystromA great book. (Source)

Ray DalioThe book I’d give [every graduating senior in college or high school] would be [...] Joseph Campbell’s 'Hero of a Thousand Faces'. It's little bit dense but it’s so rich, so it’s a good one. (Source)

Darren Aronofsky[I'm] totally part of his cult. Because I believe in that hero’s journey. (Source)

Kyle RussellBook 28 Lesson: Embedded in human psychology (and the resulting symbolism we find compelling) is a wish for our struggles to be meaningful, for our suffering to have value, for our effort to pay off for ourselves and those we love - and to then be recognized for it. https://t.co/lWgr4k7d8Y (Source)