Books Recommended by Raoul Pal
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Ben Horowitz
Source: "By far, the best, most brutally honest and incredibly useful book about the realities of starting and running a company." - Raoul Pal
The Bitcoin Standard
The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking
Saifedean Ammous
Source: "Will help you understand why [Bitcoin] is so unique and why it is so valuable - and why it is the hardest form of money." - Raoul Pal
Lords of Finance
The Bankers Who Broke the World
Liaquat Ahamed
Source: "The best historical finance book I’ve ever read." - Raoul Pal
The Internet of Money (3 books)
Andreas Antonopoulos
Source: "Will help you understand the technology and the philosophical potential of the space overall." - Raoul Pal
Monsoon
The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power
Robert D. Kaplan
Source: "[My Monsoon theory was] loosely inspired by [this book]." - Raoul Pal
The Cryptopians
Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze
Laura Shin
Source: "Amazing book on the story of Ethereum." - Raoul Pal
The Sheltering Sky
Paul Bowles
Source: Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter.
Why Minsky Matters
An Introduction to the Work of a Maverick Economist
L. Randall Wray
Source: Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter.
David Bowie
A Life
Dylan Jones
Source: Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter.
Chaos Monkeys
Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley
Antonio Garcia Martinez
Source: Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter.
Trust Me, I'm Lying
Confessions of a Media Manipulator
Ryan Holiday
Source: Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter.
Manias, Panics, and Crashes
A History of Financial Crises
Robert Z. Aliber
Source: Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter.
Inside the House of Money
Top Hedge Fund Traders on Profiting in the Global Markets
Steven Drobny
Source: Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter.
The New Market Wizards
Conversations with America's Top Traders
Jack D. Schwager
Source: Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter.
Market Wizards
Interviews with Top Traders
Jack D. Schwager
Source: Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter.
Conspiracy
Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue
Ryan Holiday
Source: Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter.
Homo Deus
A Brief History of Tomorrow
Yuval Noah Harari
Source: Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter.
The Undoing Project
A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
Michael Lewis
Source: Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter.
The Lean Startup
How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
Eric Ries
Source: Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter.
Investment Biker
Around the World with Jim Rogers
Jim Rogers
Source: "A HUGE inspiration for me." - Raoul Pal
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