Books

2743 BOOKs

• 001

  

  The Lord of the Rings

  The Lord of the Rings

  Endorsed by Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman, Peter Thiel, Naval Ravikant, Paul Graham

  J.R.R. Tolkien

  Fantasy

  ClassicFantasy
  5

  endorsers
• 002

  

  The Master and Margarita

  The Master and Margarita

  Endorsed by Max Levchin, Jack Dorsey, Patrick Collison, Peter Thiel, Jordan Peterson

  Mikhail Bulgakov

  Fiction

  Fiction
  5

  endorsers
• 003

  

  The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

  The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

  Endorsed by Andrej Karpathy, Stewart Butterfield, Brian Armstrong, Hacker News Top 40, Patrick Collison

  Tim Wu

  History

  History
  5

  endorsers
• 004

  

  The Outsiders

  The Outsiders

  Endorsed by Brian Armstrong, Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, Mohnish Pabrai, Patrick Collison

  William Thorndike

  Business

  Business
  5

  endorsers
• 005

  

  The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

  The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

  Endorsed by Balaji Srinivasan, Naval Ravikant, Terence Tao, Patrick Collison

  Timothy Gowers

  Academic

  Academic
  5

  endorsers
• 006

  

  The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

  The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

  Endorsed by Mark Zuckerberg, Daniel Ek, Paul Graham, Patrick Collison, Steve Jobs

  Thomas S. Kuhn

  Academic

  AcademicClassic
  5

  endorsers
• 007

  

  The Vital Question

  The Vital Question

  Endorsed by Matt Ridley, David Friedberg, Andrej Karpathy, Bill Gates, Patrick Collison

  Nick Lane

  Popular Science

  Popular Science
  5

  endorsers
• 008

  

  The Wealth of Nations

  The Wealth of Nations

  Endorsed by Nick Szabo, Naval Ravikant, Elon Musk, Patrick Collison, David Heinemeier Hansson

  Adam Smith

  Business

  Business
  5

  endorsers
• 009

  

  Who We Are and How We Got Here

  Who We Are and How We Got Here

  Endorsed by Balaji Srinivasan, Naval Ravikant, Nassim Taleb, Marc Andreessen, Network School Reading List

  David Reich

  Popular Science

  Popular Science
  5

  endorsers
• 010

  

  1984

  1984

  Endorsed by Richard Branson, Jordan Peterson, Garry Tan, David Heinemeier Hansson

  George Orwell

  Fiction

  Fiction
  4

  endorsers
• 011

  

  Benjamin Franklin

  Benjamin Franklin

  Endorsed by Charlie Munger, Elon Musk, Paul Graham, Ray Dalio

  Carl Van Doren

  Biography

  Biography
  4

  endorsers
• 012

  

  Brave New World

  Brave New World

  Endorsed by Sam Altman, Jordan Peterson, David Heinemeier Hansson, Stewart Brand

  Aldous Huxley

  Sci-Fi

  Sci-Fi
  4

  endorsers
• 013

  

  Dune

  Dune

  Endorsed by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Patrick Collison, Stewart Brand

  Frank Herbert

  Sci-Fi

  ClassicSci-Fi
  4

  endorsers
• 014

  

  Endurance

  Endurance

  Endorsed by Fred Wilson, Sam Altman, Max Levchin, Jason Fried

  Alfred Lansing

  History

  History
  4

  endorsers
• 015

  

  Enlightenment Now

  Enlightenment Now

  Endorsed by Bill Gates, David Friedberg, Richard Dawkins

  Steven Pinker

  History

  History
  4

  endorsers
• 016

  

  Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days

  Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days

  Endorsed by Paul Graham, Alexis Ohanian, Hacker News Top 40

  Jessica Livingston

  Business

  BusinessFounders
  4

  endorsers
• 017

  

  Good To Great

  Good To Great

  Endorsed by Brian Armstrong, Max Levchin, Jeff Bezos, Daniel Ek

  Jim Collins

  Business

  Business
  4

  endorsers
• 018

  

  Homo Deus

  Homo Deus

  Endorsed by Bill Gates, Vinod Khosla, Naval Ravikant, Richard Branson

  Yuval Noah Harari

  History

  History
  4

  endorsers
• 019

  

  How to Change Your Mind

  How to Change Your Mind

  Endorsed by Stewart Butterfield, Vinod Khosla, David Heinemeier Hansson, Naval Ravikant

  Michael Pollan

  Popular Science

  Popular Science
  4

  endorsers
• 020

  

  Human Compatible

  Human Compatible

  Endorsed by Elon Musk, a16z, Judea Pearl, Yoshua Bengio

  Stuart Russell

  Technology

  Technology
  4

  endorsers
• 021

  

  Masters of Doom

  Masters of Doom

  Endorsed by Tobi Lütke, Elon Musk, Alexis Ohanian, Patrick Collison

  David Kushner

  Technology

  Technology
  4

  endorsers
• 022

  

  Superintelligence

  Superintelligence

  Endorsed by Elon Musk, Sam Altman, a16z, Patrick Collison, Yann LeCun

  Nick Bostrom

  Popular Science

  AIExistential RiskPopular Science
  4

  endorsers
• 023

  

  The Better Angels of Our Nature

  The Better Angels of Our Nature

  Endorsed by Mark Zuckerberg, Stewart Brand, Bill Gates, Nassim Taleb

  Steven Pinker

  History

  History
  4

  endorsers
• 024

  

  The Black Swan

  The Black Swan

  Endorsed by Jeff Bezos, Naval Ravikant, Patrick Collison

  Nassim Taleb

  Philosophy

  Mental ModelsPhilosophy
  4

  endorsers
• 025

  

  The Courage to Be Disliked

  The Courage to Be Disliked

  Endorsed by Stewart Butterfield, Tobi Lütke, Marc Andreessen, Garry Tan

  Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga

  Philosophy

  Philosophy
  4

  endorsers
• 026

  

  The Dream Machine

  The Dream Machine

  Endorsed by Tobi Lütke, Patrick Collison, Stewart Butterfield, Hacker News Top 40

  M. Mitchell Waldrop

  History

  History
  4

  endorsers
• 027

  

  The Fountainhead

  The Fountainhead

  Endorsed by Elon Musk, Mark Cuban, Fred Wilson, Larry Ellison

  Ayn Rand

  Philosophy

  Philosophy
  4

  endorsers
• 028

  

  The Great CEO Within

  The Great CEO Within

  Endorsed by Balaji Srinivasan, Brian Armstrong, Naval Ravikant, Alexis Ohanian

  Matt Mochary

  Business

  BusinessFounders
  4

  endorsers
• 029

  

  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  Endorsed by Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Naval Ravikant, George Church

  Douglas Adams

  Sci-Fi

  ClassicSci-Fi
  4

  endorsers
• 030

  

  The Mythical Man-Month

  The Mythical Man-Month

  Endorsed by Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison, Paul Graham, Marc Benioff

  Frederick P. Brooks Jr.

  Technology

  ClassicTechnology
  4

  endorsers
• 031

  

  The Player of Games

  The Player of Games

  Endorsed by Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Stewart Brand

  Iain M. Banks

  Sci-Fi

  Sci-Fi
  4

  endorsers
• 032

  

  The Score Takes Care of Itself

  The Score Takes Care of Itself

  Endorsed by Sam Altman, Keith Rabois, Vinod Khosla, Jack Dorsey

  Bill Walsh

  Business

  Business
  4

  endorsers
• 033

  

  The Singularity Is Near

  The Singularity Is Near

  Endorsed by Jensen Huang, Brian Armstrong, Patrick Collison, Stewart Brand

  Ray Kurzweil

  Popular Science

  AIPopular Science
  4

  endorsers
• 034

  

  The Three-Body Problem

  The Three-Body Problem

  Endorsed by Mark Zuckerberg, Tobi Lütke, Naval Ravikant, Max Levchin

  Liu Cixin

  Sci-Fi

  Sci-Fi
  4

  endorsers
• 035

  

  Thinking In Bets

  Thinking In Bets

  Endorsed by Max Levchin, Howard Marks, Marc Andreessen, Jason Fried

  Annie Duke

  Popular Science

  Popular Science
  4

  endorsers
• 036

  

  What's Our Problem?

  What's Our Problem?

  Endorsed by Tobi Lütke, Joe Gebbia, Alexis Ohanian, Elon Musk

  Tim Urban

  Philosophy

  Philosophy
  4

  endorsers
• 037

  

  12 Rules For Life

  12 Rules For Life

  Endorsed by Naval Ravikant, Marc Andreessen

  Jordan Peterson

  Business

  Business
  3

  endorsers
• 038

  

  Americana

  Americana

  Endorsed by Marc Andreessen, Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger

  Bhu Srinivasan

  History

  History
  3

  endorsers
• 039

  

  Bad Blood

  Bad Blood

  Endorsed by Bill Gates, David Heinemeier Hansson, Alexis Ohanian

  John Carreyrou

  Business

  Business
  3

  endorsers
• 040

  

  Behave

  Behave

  Endorsed by Keith Rabois, Vinod Khosla, Marc Andreessen

  Robert Sapolsky

  Psychology

  Psychology
  3

  endorsers
• 041

  

  Business Adventures

  Business Adventures

  Endorsed by Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Patrick Collison

  John Brooks

  Business

  Business
  3

  endorsers
• 042

  

  Code

  Code

  Endorsed by Tobi Lütke, Hacker News Top 40, Patrick Collison

  Charles Petzold

  Technology

  Technology
  3

  endorsers
• 043

  

  Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge

  Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge

  Endorsed by Celal Şengör, Patrick Collison, David Deutsch

  Karl Popper

  Academic

  Academic
  3

  endorsers
• 044

  

  Daemon

  Daemon

  Endorsed by Elon Musk, Alexis Ohanian, Network School Reading List

  Daniel Suarez

  Fiction

  Fiction
  3

  endorsers
• 045

  

  Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age

  Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age

  Endorsed by Sam Altman, Hacker News Top 40, Patrick Collison

  Michael A. Hiltzik

  Technology

  Technology
  3

  endorsers
• 046

  

  Excession

  Excession

  Endorsed by Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Stewart Brand

  Iain M. Banks

  Sci-Fi

  Sci-Fi
  3

  endorsers
• 047

  

  Fooled By Randomness

  Fooled By Randomness

  Endorsed by Naval Ravikant, Howard Marks

  Nassim Taleb

  Philosophy

  Philosophy
  3

  endorsers
• 048

  

  From Third World to First

  From Third World to First

  Endorsed by Balaji Srinivasan, Patrick Collison, Network School Reading List

  Lee Kuan Yew

  History

  History
  3

  endorsers
• 049

  

  Getting Real: The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Successful Web Application

  Getting Real: The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Successful Web Application

  Endorsed by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

  Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson, Matthew Linderman

  Technology

  Technology
  3

  endorsers
• 050

  

  Go To

  Go To

  Endorsed by Brian Kernighan, Keith Rabois, Patrick Collison

  Steve Lohr

  History

  History
  3

  endorsers