Ray Dalio
Author, Billionaire, Executive, Investor
Ray Dalio is an investor who founded the hedge fund Bridgewater Associates in 1975 and led it until stepping back in 2022. He wrote Principles (2017), Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order (2021) and How Countries Go Broke (2025).
Ray Dalio's 24 Book Recommendations
- Destined For War
- Accidental Presidents
- The Power of Habit
- Tribe of Mentors
- No Rules Rules
- The Hero with a Thousand Faces
- The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
- The Upside of Inequality
- From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds
- Sapiens
- A Magic Web
- The Serengeti Rules
- The Lessons of History
- River Out of Eden
- Einstein's Mistakes: The Human Failings of Genius
- The Republic: “Plato talked about this cycle... In the Republic. And he talked about the democracy and the problems with the democracy”
- Life Force: “I just read Life Force by @TonyRobbins and urge you to read it if you're interested in the science of living longer.”
- Strength in Stillness: The Power of Transcendental Meditation: “I recommend it to non-meditators so you can get the picture, and I recommend it to meditators so you can enjoy it”
- Super Mind: How to Boost Performance and Live a Richer and Happier Life Through Transcendental Meditation: “I also recommend Norman Rosenthal's Supermind.”
- AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future: “While I hardly recommend any books even though I'm asked a lot for recommendations, I recommend AI2041 by @kaifulee & @ChenQiufan”
- MONEY Master the Game: “@TonyRobbins interviewed me in his book Money about my All Weather strategy... so I suggest you read it there. It's important.”
- Think Again: “I highly recommend @AdamMGrant's new book Think Again.”
- 1929: “Last week I had a great conversation with @andrewrsorkin about his great new book, 1929”
- Keeping At It: “Paul Volcker is the greatest man I know because of his character, wisdom and knowledge. I recommend this article about him and his book.”