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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.

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  1. 1
    Principles

    Principles

    Life and Work

    Ray Dalio

    10billionaires
  2. 2
    Sapiens

    Sapiens

    A Brief History of Humankind

    Yuval Noah Harari

    10billionaires
  3. 3
    Play Nice But Win

    Play Nice But Win

    A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader

    Michael Dell

    9billionaires
  4. 4
    High Output Management

    High Output Management

    Andrew S. Grove

    9billionaires
  5. 5
    Atlas Shrugged
    i

    Atlas Shrugged

    Ayn Rand

    8billionaires
  6. 6
    The Innovator's Dilemma

    The Innovator's Dilemma

    When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail

    Clayton M. Christensen

    8billionaires
  7. 7
    Poor Charlie's Almanack

    Poor Charlie's Almanack

    The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

    Charlie Munger

    7billionaires
  8. 8
    The Hard Thing About Hard Things

    The Hard Thing About Hard Things

    Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

    Ben Horowitz

    7billionaires
  9. 9
    Snow Crash

    Snow Crash

    A Novel

    Neal Stephenson

    7billionaires
  10. 10
    Zero to One

    Zero to One

    Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

    Peter Thiel

    6billionaires
  11. 11
    Shoe Dog

    Shoe Dog

    A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

    Phil Knight

    6billionaires
  12. 12
    Blitzscaling

    Blitzscaling

    The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies

    Reid Hoffman

    6billionaires
  13. 13
    Only the Paranoid Survive

    Only the Paranoid Survive

    How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company

    Andrew S. Grove

    6billionaires
  14. 14
    The Lean Startup

    The Lean Startup

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

    Eric Ries

    5billionaires
  15. 15
    Antifragile

    Antifragile

    Incerto, Book 3

    Nassim Taleb

    5billionaires
  16. 16
    The Fountainhead
    i

    The Fountainhead

    Ayn Rand

    5billionaires
  17. 17
    The Art Of War

    The Art Of War

    Sun Tzu

    5billionaires
  18. 18
    Good to Great

    Good to Great

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

    Jim Collins

    5billionaires
  19. 19
    "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

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

    Adventures of a Curious Character

    Richard P. Feynman

    5billionaires
  20. 20
    Thinking, Fast and Slow

    Thinking, Fast and Slow

    Daniel Kahneman

    5billionaires
  21. 21
    Measure What Matters

    Measure What Matters

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

    John Doerr

    5billionaires
  22. 22
    The Rational Optimist

    The Rational Optimist

    How Prosperity Evolves

    Matt Ridley

    5billionaires
  23. 23
    The Better Angels of Our Nature

    The Better Angels of Our Nature

    Why Violence Has Declined

    Steven Pinker

    5billionaires
  24. 24
    Designing Brand Identity

    Designing Brand Identity

    An Essential Guide for the Whole Branding Team

    Alina Wheeler

    4billionaires
  25. 25
    Outliers
    i

    Outliers

    The Story of Success

    Malcolm Gladwell

    4billionaires
  26. 26
    The Changing World Order

    The Changing World Order

    Why Nations Succeed and Fail

    Ray Dalio

    4billionaires
  27. 27
    Lean In

    Lean In

    Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

    Sheryl Sandberg

    4billionaires
  28. 28
    7 Powers

    7 Powers

    The Foundations of Business Strategy

    Hamilton Helmer

    4billionaires
  29. 29
    Cryptonomicon

    Cryptonomicon

    Neal Stephenson

    4billionaires
  30. 30
    Getting to Yes

    Getting to Yes

    Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

    Roger Fisher

    4billionaires
  31. 31
    The Outsiders

    The Outsiders

    Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success

    William N. Thorndike

    4billionaires
  32. 32
    The Selfish Gene

    The Selfish Gene

    Richard Dawkins

    4billionaires
  33. 33
    The Rise and Fall of American Growth

    The Rise and Fall of American Growth

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

    Robert J. Gordon

    4billionaires
  34. 34
    Mindset

    Mindset

    The New Psychology of Success

    Carol S. Dweck

    4billionaires
  35. 35
    Guns, Germs, and Steel

    Guns, Germs, and Steel

    The Fates of Human Societies

    Jared Diamond

    4billionaires
  36. 36
    Einstein

    Einstein

    His Life and Universe

    Walter Isaacson

    4billionaires
  37. 37
    Becoming Steve Jobs

    Becoming Steve Jobs

    The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader

    Brent Schlender

    4billionaires
  38. 38
    Business Adventures

    Business Adventures

    Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street

    John Brooks

    4billionaires
  39. 39
    The Black Swan

    The Black Swan

    Incerto, Book 2

    Nassim Taleb

    4billionaires
  40. 40
    Originals

    Originals

    How Non-Conformists Move the World

    Adam Grant

    4billionaires
  41. 41
    Team of Rivals

    Team of Rivals

    The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

    Doris Kearns Goodwin

    4billionaires
  42. 42
    Crossing the Chasm

    Crossing the Chasm

    Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers

    Geoffrey A. Moore

    4billionaires
  43. 43
    The Network State

    The Network State

    How To Start a New Country

    Balaji Srinivasan

    3billionaires
  44. 44
    Abundance

    Abundance

    The Future Is Better Than You Think

    Peter Diamandis

    3billionaires
  45. 45
    New Power

    New Power

    How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World--and How to Make It Work for You

    Jeremy Heimans

    3billionaires
  46. 46
    Keeping At It

    Keeping At It

    The Quest for Sound Money and Good Government

    Paul A. Volcker

    3billionaires
  47. 47
    The Politics Industry

    The Politics Industry

    How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy

    Katherine M. Gehl

    3billionaires
  48. 48
    Trailblazer

    Trailblazer

    The Power of Business as the Greatest Platform for Change

    Marc Benioff

    3billionaires
  49. 49
    Dear Founder

    Dear Founder

    Letters of Advice for Anyone Who Leads, Manages, or Wants to Start a Business

    Maynard Webb

    3billionaires
  50. 50
    The Dream Machine

    The Dream Machine

    M. Mitchell Waldrop

    3billionaires
  51. 51
    The Idea Factory

    The Idea Factory

    Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation

    Jon Gertner

    3billionaires
  52. 52
    Whole Earth Discipline

    Whole Earth Discipline

    Why Dense Cities, Nuclear Power, Transgenic Crops, Restored Wildlands, and Geoengineering Are Necessary

    Stewart Brand

    3billionaires
  53. 53
    The Courage to Be Disliked

    The Courage to Be Disliked

    The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

    Ichiro Kishimi

    3billionaires
  54. 54
    Loonshots

    Loonshots

    How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries

    Safi Bahcall

    3billionaires
  55. 55
    Sam Walton

    Sam Walton

    Made In America

    Sam Walton

    3billionaires
  56. 56
    The Score Takes Care of Itself

    The Score Takes Care of Itself

    My Philosophy of Leadership

    Bill Walsh

    3billionaires
  57. 57
    Destined for War

    Destined for War

    Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?

    Graham Allison

    3billionaires
  58. 58
    Built to Last

    Built to Last

    Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

    Jim Collins

    3billionaires
  59. 59
    How To Win Friends and Influence People

    How To Win Friends and Influence People

    Dale Carnegie

    3billionaires
  60. 60
    Range

    Range

    Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

    David J. Epstein

    3billionaires
  61. 61
    Made to Stick

    Made to Stick

    Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

    Chip Heath

    3billionaires
  62. 62
    The Ride of a Lifetime

    The Ride of a Lifetime

    Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company

    Robert Iger

    3billionaires
  63. 63
    The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
    i

    The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin

    3billionaires
  64. 64
    Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin

    An American Life

    Walter Isaacson

    3billionaires
  65. 65
    When Breath Becomes Air

    When Breath Becomes Air

    Paul Kalanithi

    3billionaires
  66. 66
    The Catcher in the Rye
    i

    The Catcher in the Rye

    J.D. Salinger

    3billionaires
  67. 67
    Stuff Matters

    Stuff Matters

    Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World

    Mark Miodownik

    3billionaires
  68. 68
    Steve Jobs

    Steve Jobs

    Walter Isaacson

    3billionaires
  69. 69
    Homo Deus

    Homo Deus

    A Brief History of Tomorrow

    Yuval Noah Harari

    3billionaires
  70. 70
    21 Lessons for the 21st Century

    21 Lessons for the 21st Century

    Yuval Noah Harari

    3billionaires
  71. 71
    Skin in the Game

    Skin in the Game

    Incerto, Book 5

    Nassim Taleb

    3billionaires
  72. 72
    Factfulness

    Factfulness

    Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World - and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

    Hans Rosling

    3billionaires
  73. 73
    The Checklist Manifesto

    The Checklist Manifesto

    How to Get Things Right

    Atul Gawande

    3billionaires
  74. 74
    Masters of Doom

    Masters of Doom

    How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

    David Kushner

    3billionaires
  75. 75
    Capital in the Twenty-First Century

    Capital in the Twenty-First Century

    Thomas Piketty

    3billionaires
  76. 76
    The Mythical Man-Month

    The Mythical Man-Month

    Essays on Software Engineering

    Frederick P. Brooks Jr.

    3billionaires
  77. 77
    The 4-Hour Workweek

    The 4-Hour Workweek

    Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

    Tim Ferriss

    3billionaires
  78. 78
    Lying

    Lying

    Sam Harris

    3billionaires

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