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Raoul Pal has recommended 31 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.

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31 Books Recommended

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The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

by Ben Horowitz
"By far, the best, most brutally honest and incredibly useful book about the realities of starting and running a company." - Raoul Pal (Source)

The Lean Startup

How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

by Eric Ries

Billion Dollar Whale

The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World

by Tom Wright
"Amazing read." - Raoul Pal (Source)

The Internet of Money (3 books)

"Will help you understand the technology and the philosophical potential of the space overall." - Raoul Pal (Source)

Also recommended by:

Balaji Srinivasan

The Undoing Project

A Friendship That Changed Our Minds

by Michael Lewis
Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Anthony Pompliano, Mark Cuban, Ray Dalio

Homo Deus

A Brief History, Book 2

by Yuval Noah Harari
Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Conspiracy

Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue

by Ryan Holiday
Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

The Great Crash 1929

by John Kenneth Galbraith
"A great book." - Raoul Pal (Source)

Also recommended by:

Warren Buffett

Market Wizards

Interviews with Top Traders

by Jack D. Schwager
Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Adam Robinson, Nassim Taleb

The Bitcoin Standard

The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking

by Saifedean Ammous
"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 (Source)

Also recommended by:

Nassim Taleb, Max Keiser

Lords of Finance

The Bankers Who Broke the World

by Liaquat Ahamed
"The best historical finance book I’ve ever read." - Raoul Pal (Source)

The New Market Wizards

Conversations with America's Top Traders

by Jack D. Schwager
Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Adam Robinson

Inside the House of Money

Top Hedge Fund Traders on Profiting in the Global Markets

by Steven Drobny
Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Manias, Panics, and Crashes

A History of Financial Crises

by Robert Z. Aliber
Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

The Silk Roads

A New History of the World

by Peter Frankopan
"An amazing book." - Raoul Pal (Source)

Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets

A Comprehensive Guide to Trading Methods and Applications

by John J. Murphy
"It’s really good!" - Raoul Pal (Source)

Investment Biker

Around the World with Jim Rogers

by Jim Rogers
"A HUGE inspiration for me." - Raoul Pal (Source)

A Great Leap Forward?

Making Sense of China’s Cooling Credit Boom, Technological Transformation, High Stakes Rebalancing, Geopolitical Rise, & Reserve Currency Dream

by John Mauldin
"Rather good!" - Raoul Pal (Source)

Monsoon

The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power

by Robert D. Kaplan
"[My Monsoon theory was] loosely inspired by [this book]." - Raoul Pal (Source)

The Global Macro Edge

Maximizing Return Per Unit-of-Risk

by John Netto
"A great read!" - Raoul Pal (Source)

Flow

The Psychology of Optimal Experience

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
"A great book." - Raoul Pal (Source)

Also recommended by:

Kishore Biyani, Pavel Durov

The Energy World is Flat

Opportunities from the End of Peak Oil

by Daniel Lacalle
"Loved this book." - Raoul Pal (Source)

Trust Me, I'm Lying

Confessions of a Media Manipulator

by Ryan Holiday
Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Chase Jarvis, Danny Miranda

Chaos Monkeys

Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley

by Antonio Garcia Martinez
Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Patrick O'Shaughnessy

David Bowie

A Life

by Dylan Jones
Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Edgar Wright

Why Minsky Matters

An Introduction to the Work of a Maverick Economist

by L. Randall Wray
Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

The Sheltering Sky

by Paul Bowles
Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

The Trap

by James Goldsmith
"An incredible book." - Raoul Pal (Source)

The Cryptopians

Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze

by Laura Shin
"Amazing book on the story of Ethereum." - Raoul Pal (Source)

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31 Raoul Pal Recommended Books (2026)