Ray Dalio: 20 Books That Every Investor Should Read

We recently started a series called – Superinvestors: Books That Every Investor Should Read. So far we’ve provided the book recommendations from:

• Charles Munger: 32 Books That Every Investor Should Read
• Seth Klarman: 32 Books That Every Investor Should Read
• Warren Buffett: 35 Books That Every Investor Should Read
• Bill Ackman: 11 Books That Every Investor Should Read
• Joel Greenblatt: 17 Books That Every Investor Should Read
• Mohnish Pabrai: 20 Books That Every Investor Should Read
• Prem Watsa: 12 Books That Every Investor Should Read
• Dan Loeb: 5 Books That Every Investor Should Read
• Michael Burry: 6 Books That Every Investor Should Read
• Nassim Taleb: 17 Books That Every Investor Should Read
• Jamie Dimon: 11 Books That Every Investor Should Read
• A Value Investor’s Reading List: Columbia University
• John (Jack) Bogle: 6 Books That Every Investor Should Read
• Elon Musk: 8 Books That Every Investor Should Read
• 20 Of The Best Books On Investor Psychology – All Time
• Bruce Berkowitz: 15 Books That Every Investor Should Read

Together with our own recommended reading list of:

• 50 Of The Best Investing Books Of All Time

Ray Dalio’s Recommended Books for Investors

This week we’re going to take a look at recommended books from superinvestor Ray Dalio. Taken from his writings, interviews, lectures, and shareholder letters over the years. Here’s his list:

1. The Lessons of History (Will Durant, Ariel Durant)

2. River Out Of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life (Richard Dawkins)

3. Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage (Alfred Lansing)

4. Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)

5. Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain (David Eagleman)

6. The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Joseph Campbell) 

7. The Spiritual Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Case for the Existence of the Soul (Mario Beauregard, Denyse O’Leary)

8. Security Analysis (Benjamin Graham, David Dodd)

9. Leadership the Outward Bound Way: Becoming a Better Leader in the Workplace, in the Wilderness, and in Your Community (Outward Bound USA)

10. Einstein’s Mistakes: The Human Failings of Genius (Hans Ohanian)

11. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (Charles Duhigg)

12. Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World  (Dalai Lama)

13. Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life  (Sandra Aamodt, Sam Wang)

14. A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future (Daniel Pink)

15. A Magic Web: The Forest of Barro Colorado Island (Christian Ziegler, Egbert Leigh)

16. From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds (Daniel Dannett)

17. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Yuval Noah Harari)

18. The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds (Michael Lewis)

19. The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class (Edward Conard)

20. The Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why It Matters (Sean Carroll)