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Paul Graham

EngineerFounderVCWriter

Co-founder of Y Combinator. Essayist on programming, taste, and how to think about startups.

Books they wrote

3 BOOKs

Hackers and Painters

Hackers and Painters

Paul Graham

Technology

6 endorsers
ANSI Common Lisp

ANSI Common Lisp

Paul Graham

Technology

2 endorsers
On Lisp

On Lisp

Paul Graham

Technology

2 endorsers

Books they endorse

136 BOOKs

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

Barbara W. Tuchman

History

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A History of Medieval Europe: From Constantine to Saint Louis

A History of Medieval Europe: From Constantine to Saint Louis

R.H.C. Davis

History

twitter.com
A History of Rome from its Origins to 529 A.D. as told by the Roman Historians

A History of Rome from its Origins to 529 A.D. as told by the Roman Historians

Moses Hadas

History

paulgraham.com
A Mathematician's Apology

A Mathematician's Apology

G. H. Hardy

Philosophy

twitter.com
A Pattern Language

A Pattern Language

Christopher Alexander

Fiction
A Sense of Where You Are

A Sense of Where You Are

John McPhee

Biography

twitter.com
A Story Lately Told

A Story Lately Told

Anjelica Huston

Biography

twitter.com
Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Banesh Hoffmann

Biography

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An Autobiography

An Autobiography

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Biography

twitter.com
An Autobiography of Anthony Trollope

An Autobiography of Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope

Biography

twitter.com
ANSI Common Lisp

ANSI Common Lisp

Paul Graham

Technology
Apollo's Arrow

Apollo's Arrow

Nicholas Christakis

Popular Science

twitter.com
Autobiographies

Autobiographies

Charles Darwin

Biography

twitter.com
Autobiography

Autobiography

Bertrand Russell

Biography

x.com
Autobiography

Autobiography

Charles Darwin

Biography

x.com
Barbarian Days

Barbarian Days

William Finnegan

Biography

twitter.com
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Carl Van Doren

Biography

paulgraham.com
Blankie

Blankie

Leslie Patricelli

Fiction

twitter.com
Born Red

Born Red

Gao Yuan

Biography

twitter.com
Carbonel

Carbonel

Barbara Sleigh

Fiction

twitter.com
Carry on, Jeeves

Carry on, Jeeves

P.G. Wodehouse

Fiction

twitter.com
Clocks and Culture

Clocks and Culture

Carlo M. Cipolla

History

twitter.com
Concorde

Concorde

Geoffrey Knight

Technology

twitter.com
Diocletian and the Roman Recovery

Diocletian and the Roman Recovery

Stephen Williams

History

twitter.com
Dog Man

Dog Man

Dav Pilkey

Fiction

twitter.com
Euclid's Elements

Euclid's Elements

Euclid

Popular Science

paulgraham.com
Fauna & Family

Fauna & Family

Gerald Durrell

Biography

twitter.com
Fillets of Plaice

Fillets of Plaice

Gerald Durrell

Biography

twitter.com
Flying Start

Flying Start

Hugh Dundas

Biography

twitter.com
Foundation

Foundation

Isaac Asimov

Sci-Fi

twitter.com
Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days

Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days

Jessica Livingston

Business

paulgraham.com
From Galileo to Newton

From Galileo to Newton

A. Rupert Hall

History

twitter.com
Grain-Mills and Flour in Classical Antiquity

Grain-Mills and Flour in Classical Antiquity

L. A. Moritz

History

twitter.com
Guns, Sails, and Empires

Guns, Sails, and Empires

Carlo M. Cipolla

History

paulgraham.com
Hackers and Painters

Hackers and Painters

Paul Graham

Technology

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Hard Drive

Hard Drive

James Wallace

Biography

twitter.com
Harry Potter

Harry Potter

J.K. Rowling

Fiction

twitter.com
History of the World

History of the World

J.M. Roberts

History

twitter.com
How to Be Topp

How to Be Topp

Ronald Searle

Fiction

twitter.com
How to Win Friends and Influence People

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Dale Carnegie

Business

news.ycombinator.com
I Want To Be A Mathematician

I Want To Be A Mathematician

Paul Halmos

Biography

twitter.com
In The Plex

In The Plex

Steven Levy

Business

twitter.com
Kelly

Kelly

Clarence L. Johnson

Biography

twitter.com
Kenneth Clark's Civilisation

Kenneth Clark's Civilisation

Kenneth Clark

Biography

paulgraham.com
Land of Promise

Land of Promise

Michael Lind

Economics

twitter.com
Life in the English Country House

Life in the English Country House

Mark Girouard

Fiction

paulgraham.com
Maisy Mouse Collection

Maisy Mouse Collection

Lucy Cousins

Fiction

twitter.com
Maker of Patterns: An Autobiography Through Letters

Maker of Patterns: An Autobiography Through Letters

Freeman Dyson

Biography

twitter.com
Marriage

Marriage

Susan Ferrier

Fiction

twitter.com
Mathematician's Delight

Mathematician's Delight

W. Sawyer

Popular Science

paulgraham.com
Medieval Technology and Social Change

Medieval Technology and Social Change

Lynn White Jr.

History

x.com
Memoirs of My Life and Writings

Memoirs of My Life and Writings

Edward Gibbon

Biography

twitter.com
Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople

Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople

Geoffrey de Villehardouin

History

paulgraham.com
Moab Is My Washpot

Moab Is My Washpot

Stephen Fry

Biography

twitter.com
Mohammed and Charlemagne

Mohammed and Charlemagne

Henri Pirenne

History

paulgraham.com
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres

Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres

Henry Adams

Fiction

x.com
Moorish Spain

Moorish Spain

Richard Fletcher

History

twitter.com
More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite

More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite

Sebastian Mallaby

Finance

twitter.com
My Family and Other Animals

My Family and Other Animals

Gerald Durrell

Biography

twitter.com
My Forty Years with Ford

My Forty Years with Ford

Charles E Sorensen

Biography

paulgraham.com
My Years with General Motors

My Years with General Motors

Alfred P. Sloan Jr.

Biography

x.com
No Easy Day

No Easy Day

Mark Owen

Biography

twitter.com
On Bullshit

On Bullshit

Harry G. Frankfurt

Philosophy

paulgraham.com
Oranges

Oranges

John McPhee

Biography

twitter.com
Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy

Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy

Michael Baxandall

History

twitter.com
Plagues and Peoples

Plagues and Peoples

William McNeill

History

twitter.com
Richard Feynman

Richard Feynman

John Gribbin

Biography

twitter.com
Sailing Alone Around The World

Sailing Alone Around The World

Joshua Slocum

Biography

twitter.com
Sea Flight

Sea Flight

Hugh Popham

Biography

twitter.com
Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters

Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters

David Hockney

History

twitter.com
Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids

Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids

Bryan Caplan

Economics

twitter.com
Small Wonder

Small Wonder

Walter Henry Nelson

Business

twitter.com
Space Settlements

Space Settlements

NASA

Science

twitter.com
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Harold Abelson

Technology

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Sunset at Blandings

Sunset at Blandings

P.G. Wodehouse

Fiction

twitter.com
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

Richard P. Feynman

Biography

x.com
The Ancient City

The Ancient City

Peter Connolly, Hazel Dodge

History

x.com
The Art of War in the Middle Ages

The Art of War in the Middle Ages

Charles Oman

History

paulgraham.com
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Biography

x.com
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin

The Autobiography of Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin

Biography

twitter.com
The Battle of Alcazar

The Battle of Alcazar

E.W. Bovill

History

twitter.com
The Black Riders

The Black Riders

Violet Needham

Fiction

twitter.com
The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective

The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective

Robert C. Allen

Economics

twitter.com
The Code of the Woosters

The Code of the Woosters

P. G. Wodehouse

Fiction

x.com
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

Bill Watterson

Fiction

twitter.com
The Complete Novels of Jane Austen

The Complete Novels of Jane Austen

Jane Austen

Fiction

twitter.com
The Complete Sherlock Holmes

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction

twitter.com
The Confessions

The Confessions

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Biography

twitter.com
The Conquest of Gaul

The Conquest of Gaul

Julius Caesar

History

twitter.com
The Copernican Revolution

The Copernican Revolution

Thomas S. Kuhn

Popular Science

twitter.com
The Double Helix

The Double Helix

James D. Watson

Biography

twitter.com
The Extension of Man

The Extension of Man

J.D. Bernal

Popular Science

paulgraham.com
The Fall of Constantinople 1453

The Fall of Constantinople 1453

Steven Runciman

History

paulgraham.com
The Fry Chronicles

The Fry Chronicles

Stephen Fry

Biography

twitter.com
The Gallic Wars

The Gallic Wars

Julius Caesar

History

paulgraham.com
The German Generals Talk

The German Generals Talk

Basil H. Liddell Hart

History

twitter.com
The Golden Trade of the Moors

The Golden Trade of the Moors

E. W. Bovill

History

paulgraham.com
The Government of the Tongue

The Government of the Tongue

Richard Allestree

Philosophy

twitter.com
The Gun Seller

The Gun Seller

Hugh Laurie

Fiction

twitter.com
The Harmless People

The Harmless People

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

History

paulgraham.com
The Hobbit

The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien

Fiction

twitter.com
The Iliad

The Iliad

Homer

Fiction

twitter.com
The Inimitable Jeeves

The Inimitable Jeeves

P.G. Wodehouse

Fiction

twitter.com
The Kings Depart

The Kings Depart

Richard M. Watt

History

twitter.com
The Launch Pad

The Launch Pad

Randall Stross

Business

twitter.com
The Lives of the Artists

The Lives of the Artists

Giorgio Vasari

Biography

paulgraham.com
The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien

Fantasy

twitter.com
The Making of Europe

The Making of Europe

Robert Bartlett

History

twitter.com
The Man Who Knew Infinity

The Man Who Knew Infinity

Robert Kanigel

Biography

twitter.com
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

Robert A. Heinlein

Sci-Fi

paulgraham.com
The Mythical Man-Month

The Mythical Man-Month

Frederick P. Brooks Jr.

Technology

twitter.com
The New Penguin Atlas of Ancient History

The New Penguin Atlas of Ancient History

Colin McEvedy

History

paulgraham.com
The Old Way

The Old Way

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

History

paulgraham.com
The Origin of Species

The Origin of Species

Charles Darwin

Popular Science

twitter.com
The Origins of The Second World War

The Origins of The Second World War

A. J. P. Taylor

History

twitter.com
The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain

The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain

Maria Rosa Menocal

History

x.com
The Oxford History of Britain

The Oxford History of Britain

Peter Salway

History

twitter.com
The Persian Expedition

The Persian Expedition

Xenophon

History

twitter.com
The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future

The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future

Sebastian Mallaby

Business

x.com
The Quest for El Cid

The Quest for El Cid

Richard Fletcher

History

twitter.com
The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

Tom Wolfe

Biography
The Selfish Gene

The Selfish Gene

Richard Dawkins

Popular Science

x.com
The Soul of A New Machine

The Soul of A New Machine

Tracy Kidder

Technology

paulgraham.com
The Spectator

The Spectator

Joseph Addison

Philosophy

twitter.com
The Startup Way

The Startup Way

Eric Ries

Business

twitter.com
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

Thomas S. Kuhn

Academic

twitter.com
The World We Have Lost

The World We Have Lost

Peter Laslett

History

paulgraham.com
To Conquer the Air

To Conquer the Air

James Tobin

History

twitter.com
To Explain the World

To Explain the World

Steven Weinberg

Science

twitter.com
Towns, Villages and Countryside of Celtic Europe

Towns, Villages and Countryside of Celtic Europe

Francoise Audouze

History

twitter.com
Very Good, Jeeves

Very Good, Jeeves

P.G. Wodehouse

Fiction

twitter.com
Wheels for the World

Wheels for the World

Douglas Brinkley

History

twitter.com
Why the Allies Won

Why the Allies Won

Richard Overy

History

twitter.com
Wing Leader

Wing Leader

Johnnie Johnson

Biography

twitter.com
With the Old Breed

With the Old Breed

E. B. Sledge

Biography

twitter.com
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Robert M. Pirsig

Philosophy

twitter.com

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