{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Book","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant/","name":"The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness","shortTitle":"The Almanack of Naval Ravikant","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Jorgenson"},"isbn":"9781544514215","numberOfPages":8,"wordCount":3614,"timeRequired":"PT14.5M","datePublished":"2026-05-16T22:00:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T22:00:00Z","publisher":{"@id":"https://readstacks.com/#organization","@type":"Organization","name":"Read Stacks"},"workExample":[{"@type":"Chapter","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant/introduction-how-to-read-this-book/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant/introduction-how-to-read-this-book/","name":"How to Read This Book","wordCount":427,"timeRequired":"PT1.5M","abstract":"Jorgenson opens with the unusual framing the book requires. The Almanack is not a book Naval Ravikant wrote; it is a curation of his tweets, podcast appearances, and interviews compiled by Jorgenson with Naval's blessing.","datePublished":"2026-05-16T22:00:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T22:00:00Z"},{"@type":"Chapter","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant/chapter-1-how-to-get-rich-without-getting-lucky/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant/chapter-1-how-to-get-rich-without-getting-lucky/","name":"How to Get Rich Without Getting Lucky","position":1,"wordCount":457,"timeRequired":"PT2M","abstract":"The most-quoted material in the book is Naval's tweetstorm-turned-essay on building wealth, originally published in 2018. The argument: wealth (assets that earn while you sleep) is built by acquiring specific knowledge, with accountability, applied through leverage, with patience over long timeframes.","datePublished":"2026-05-16T22:00:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T22:00:00Z"},{"@type":"Chapter","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant/chapter-2-building-judgement/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant/chapter-2-building-judgement/","name":"Building Judgement","position":2,"wordCount":428,"timeRequired":"PT1.5M","abstract":"Once the wealth-building framework is in place, the binding constraint becomes judgment: making the right decisions inside the framework. Naval argues that judgment cannot be taught directly but is built through specific reading, specific practice, and specific exposure to consequences.","datePublished":"2026-05-16T22:00:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T22:00:00Z"},{"@type":"Chapter","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant/chapter-3-learning-happiness/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant/chapter-3-learning-happiness/","name":"Learning Happiness","position":3,"wordCount":442,"timeRequired":"PT2M","abstract":"The book's pivot point is the move from wealth to happiness. Naval argues that the two are not the same problem, and that solving the wealth problem produces only limited gains on the happiness problem because they have different underlying mechanisms.","datePublished":"2026-05-16T22:00:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T22:00:00Z"},{"@type":"Chapter","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant/chapter-4-saving-yourself/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant/chapter-4-saving-yourself/","name":"Saving Yourself","position":4,"wordCount":457,"timeRequired":"PT2M","abstract":"Naval treats personal physical and mental practice as the prerequisite for everything else. The body and mind are the instruments through which the wealth-building and happiness-building work is done; neglecting them undermines both projects regardless of how clearly the principles are understood.","datePublished":"2026-05-16T22:00:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T22:00:00Z"},{"@type":"Chapter","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant/chapter-5-philosophy/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant/chapter-5-philosophy/","name":"Philosophy","position":5,"wordCount":455,"timeRequired":"PT2M","abstract":"The chapter compiles Naval's positions on the philosophical questions that organize his thinking on the previous topics. He is openly influenced by Buddhism, by certain strands of Stoicism, by the libertarian political tradition, and by a small number of specific philosophical authors he returns to repeatedly.","datePublished":"2026-05-16T22:00:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T22:00:00Z"},{"@type":"Chapter","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant/chapter-6-recommended-reading-and-listening/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant/chapter-6-recommended-reading-and-listening/","name":"Recommended Reading and Listening","position":6,"wordCount":456,"timeRequired":"PT2M","abstract":"The chapter is the most concrete artifact in the book: Naval's actual library, organized by category, with brief notes on why each title made the list. The contribution is that Naval has spent decades curating against a quality bar most readers cannot match through their…","datePublished":"2026-05-16T22:00:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T22:00:00Z"},{"@type":"Chapter","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant/chapter-7-final-thoughts/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant/chapter-7-final-thoughts/","name":"Final Thoughts","position":7,"wordCount":492,"timeRequired":"PT2M","abstract":"The book closes with a meditation on what Naval calls the meta-game: the project of organizing your life so that the games you play are ones you actually want to be playing, by your own definition, not by the definition supplied by your inherited cultural context.","datePublished":"2026-05-16T22:00:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T22:00:00Z"}]}