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Siddhartha
Fiction
A slim novel tracing one man's path from Brahmin privilege through asceticism, sensual immersion, and eventual ferryman's stillness toward something that can't be taught, only lived. Naval says he has given out more copies of this book than any other—its argument that wisdom cannot be transmitted, only found, echoes his own stance on reading and self-education.
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“I've given out more copies of this book than any other.”
Naval's single most-gifted book; its thesis that wisdom cannot be passed on, only discovered, mirrors his own framing of reading as a personal practice rather than a curriculum.
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“Oh god. I loved that book when I read it in college. I think it really impacted me”
From Fred Wilson's AVC.com post 'Books For Entrepreneurs' (2009).
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