71 Books Billionaires Read
(Billionaire Reading List!)

This is the list we get asked about the most (it even made it to Forbes!)

Since we have the reading lists of 600+ really successful individuals, what books do the top 1% among them read?
Well, we put them all here!

Sidenote: To save you scrolling time, we only added books recommended by 3+ billionaires because those are most worth mentioning.

1
Principles
Life and Work
Ray Dalio
10billionaires
2
Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
10billionaires
3
Play Nice But Win
A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader
Michael Dell
9billionaires
4
High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove
9billionaires
5
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Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
8billionaires
6
The Innovator's Dilemma
When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
Clayton M. Christensen
8billionaires
7
Poor Charlie's Almanack
The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
Charlie Munger
7billionaires
8
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Ben Horowitz
7billionaires
9
Snow Crash
A Novel
Neal Stephenson
7billionaires
10
Zero to One
Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Peter Thiel
6billionaires
11
Shoe Dog
A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
Phil Knight
6billionaires
12
Blitzscaling
The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies
Reid Hoffman
6billionaires
13
Only the Paranoid Survive
How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company
Andrew S. Grove
6billionaires
14
The Lean Startup
How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
Eric Ries
5billionaires
15
Antifragile
Incerto, Book 3
Nassim Taleb
5billionaires
16
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The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand
5billionaires
17
The Art Of War
Sun Tzu
5billionaires
18
Good to Great
Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't
Jim Collins
5billionaires
19
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
Adventures of a Curious Character
Richard P. Feynman
5billionaires
20
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
5billionaires
21
Measure What Matters
How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
John Doerr
5billionaires
22
The Rational Optimist
How Prosperity Evolves
Matt Ridley
5billionaires
23
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Why Violence Has Declined
Steven Pinker
5billionaires
24
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Outliers
The Story of Success
Malcolm Gladwell
4billionaires
25
The Changing World Order
Why Nations Succeed and Fail
Ray Dalio
4billionaires
26
Lean In
Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Sheryl Sandberg
4billionaires
27
7 Powers
The Foundations of Business Strategy
Hamilton Helmer
4billionaires
28
Cryptonomicon
Neal Stephenson
4billionaires
29
Getting to Yes
Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
Roger Fisher
4billionaires
30
The Outsiders
Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
William N. Thorndike
4billionaires
31
The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins
4billionaires
32
The Rise and Fall of American Growth
The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War
Robert J. Gordon
4billionaires
33
Mindset
The New Psychology of Success
Carol S. Dweck
4billionaires
34
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
Jared Diamond
4billionaires
35
Einstein
His Life and Universe
Walter Isaacson
4billionaires
36
Becoming Steve Jobs
The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader
Brent Schlender
4billionaires
37
Business Adventures
Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street
John Brooks
4billionaires
38
The Black Swan
Incerto, Book 2
Nassim Taleb
4billionaires
39
Originals
How Non-Conformists Move the World
Adam Grant
4billionaires
40
Team of Rivals
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Doris Kearns Goodwin
4billionaires
41
Crossing the Chasm
Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers
Geoffrey A. Moore
4billionaires
42
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Love Frankie
Howard M. Schilit
3billionaires
43
The Network State
How To Start a New Country
Balaji Srinivasan
3billionaires
44
Abundance
The Future Is Better Than You Think
Peter Diamandis
3billionaires
45
New Power
How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World--and How to Make It Work for You
Jeremy Heimans
3billionaires
46
Keeping At It
The Quest for Sound Money and Good Government
Paul A. Volcker
3billionaires
47
The Politics Industry
How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy
Katherine M. Gehl
3billionaires
48
Trailblazer
The Power of Business as the Greatest Platform for Change
Marc Benioff
3billionaires
49
Dear Founder
Letters of Advice for Anyone Who Leads, Manages, or Wants to Start a Business
Maynard Webb
3billionaires
50
The Dream Machine
M. Mitchell Waldrop
3billionaires
51
The Idea Factory
Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
Jon Gertner
3billionaires
52
Whole Earth Discipline
Why Dense Cities, Nuclear Power, Transgenic Crops, Restored Wildlands, and Geoengineering Are Necessary
Stewart Brand
3billionaires
53
The Courage to Be Disliked
The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
Ichiro Kishimi
3billionaires
54
Loonshots
How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
Safi Bahcall
3billionaires
55
Sam Walton
Made In America
Sam Walton
3billionaires
56
The Score Takes Care of Itself
My Philosophy of Leadership
Bill Walsh
3billionaires
57
Destined for War
Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?
Graham Allison
3billionaires
58
Built to Last
Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
Jim Collins
3billionaires
59
How To Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie
3billionaires
60
Range
Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
David J. Epstein
3billionaires
61
Made to Stick
Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Chip Heath
3billionaires
62
The Ride of a Lifetime
Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
Robert Iger
3billionaires
63
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
3billionaires
64
Benjamin Franklin
An American Life
Walter Isaacson
3billionaires
65
When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi
3billionaires
66
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The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
3billionaires
67
Stuff Matters
Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
Mark Miodownik
3billionaires
68
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson
3billionaires
69
Homo Deus
A Brief History of Tomorrow
Yuval Noah Harari
3billionaires
70
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari
3billionaires
71
Skin in the Game
Incerto, Book 5
Nassim Taleb
3billionaires
72
Factfulness
Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World - and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Hans Rosling
3billionaires
73
The Checklist Manifesto
How to Get Things Right
Atul Gawande
3billionaires
74
Masters of Doom
How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
David Kushner
3billionaires
75
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Thomas Piketty
3billionaires
76
The Mythical Man-Month
Essays on Software Engineering
Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
3billionaires
77
The 4-Hour Workweek
Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
Tim Ferriss
3billionaires
78
Lying
Sam Harris
3billionaires

71 Books Billionaires Read(Billionaire Reading List!)

This is the list we get asked about the most (it even made it to Forbes!)

Since we have the reading lists of 600+ really successful individuals, what books do the top 1% among them read?Well, we put them all here!Sidenote: To save you scrolling time, we only added books recommended by 3+ billionaires because those are most worth mentioning.

Principles

Life and Work

Sapiens

A Brief History of Humankind

Play Nice But Win

A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader

High Output Management

Atlas Shrugged

The Innovator's Dilemma

When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail

Poor Charlie's Almanack

The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

Snow Crash

A Novel

Zero to One

Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

Shoe Dog

A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

Blitzscaling

The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies

Only the Paranoid Survive

How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company

The Lean Startup

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

Antifragile

Incerto, Book 3

The Fountainhead

The Art Of War

Good to Great

Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

Adventures of a Curious Character

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Measure What Matters

How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs

The Rational Optimist

How Prosperity Evolves

The Better Angels of Our Nature

Why Violence Has Declined

Outliers

The Story of Success

The Changing World Order

Why Nations Succeed and Fail

Lean In

Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

7 Powers

The Foundations of Business Strategy

Cryptonomicon

Getting to Yes

Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

The Outsiders

Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success

The Selfish Gene

The Rise and Fall of American Growth

The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War

Mindset

The New Psychology of Success

Guns, Germs, and Steel

The Fates of Human Societies

Einstein

His Life and Universe

Becoming Steve Jobs

The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader

Business Adventures

Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street

The Black Swan

Incerto, Book 2

Originals

How Non-Conformists Move the World

Team of Rivals

The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Crossing the Chasm

Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers

Love Frankie

The Network State

71 Books Billionaires Read
(Billionaire Reading List!)

Since we have the reading lists of 600+ really successful individuals, what books do the top 1% among them read?
Well, we put them all here!

Sidenote: To save you scrolling time, we only added books recommended by 3+ billionaires because those are most worth mentioning.