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Charles Koch Recommended Books

Charles Koch has recommended 39 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.

Charles Koch is an American businessman, political donor and philanthropist.

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39 Books Recommended

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Personal Knowledge

Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy

by Michael Polanyi
"[One of four books] where I learned how the world works." - Charles Koch (Source)

Human Action

A Treatise on Economics

by Ludwig Von Mises
"[One of four books] where I learned how the world works." - Charles Koch (Source)

Also recommended by:

Mark Spitznagel, Rand Paul

Why Wages Rise

by F. A. Harper
"To learn more about how Deep Learning will direct us to personalized diets." - Charles Koch (Source)

Law, Legislation and Liberty (3 books)

Charles Koch recommended this series on his website. (Source)

Frames of Mind

The Theory of Multiple Intelligences

by Howard Gardner
"People aren't smarter or dumb overall except in real extremes. Most of us are gifted in some ways and not too swift in others." - Charles Koch (Source)

The Politics Industry

How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy

by Katherine M. Gehl
"Makes an important contribution to the conversation about how to change our political system for the better." - Charles Koch (Source)

Also recommended by:

Howard Schultz, Mark Cuban

The Bonfire of the Vanities

A Novel

by Tom Wolfe
"[One of four books] where I learned how the world works." - Charles Koch (Source)

Also recommended by:

Ev Williams, Christopher Hitchens

In Pursuit

Of Happiness and Good Government

by Charles Murray
"[One of four books] where I learned how the world works." - Charles Koch (Source)

America's War for the Greater Middle East

A Military History

by Andrew J. Bacevich
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

The Law

by Frédéric Bastiat
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Changpeng Zhao, Ron Paul

How the West Grew Rich

The Economic Transformation Of The Industrial World

by Nathan Rosenberg
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

The Hunt for Red October

A Jack Ryan Novel, Book 1

by Tom Clancy
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

State of Fear

by Michael Crichton
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

As I Lay Dying

The Corrected Text

by William Faulkner
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Oprah Winfrey

The Science of Liberty

Democracy, Reason, and the Laws of Nature

by Timothy Ferris
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

The Survivor

Mitch Rapp, Book 14

by Vince Flynn
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

The Happiness Hypothesis

Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

by Jonathan Haidt
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Joe Rogan, Tony Hsieh, Derren Brown

The Fatal Conceit

The Errors of Socialism

by F. A. Hayek
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Nick Szabo

The Road to Serfdom

by F. A. Hayek
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

The Sun Also Rises

by Ernest Hemingway
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Modern Times

The World from the Twenties to the Nineties

by Paul Johnson
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Ben Shapiro, Dennis Prager

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

James Clear

National Economic Planning

What Is Left?

by Don Lavoie
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove, Book 3

by Larry McMurtry
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Bureaucracy

by Ludwig von Mises
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

The Upright Thinkers

The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos

by Leonard Mlodinow
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Tai Lopez

Heaven on Earth

The Rise, Fall, and Afterlife of Socialism

by Joshua Muravchik
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

The Republic of Science

Its Political and Economic Theory

by Michael Polanyi
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Conjectures and Refutations

The Growth of Scientific Knowledge

by Karl Popper
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

David Deutsch

The Godfather

The Godfather, Book 1

by Mario Puzo
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

The Evolution of Everything

How New Ideas Emerge

by Matt Ridley
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Naval Ravikant

The Forgotten Man

A New History of the Great Depression

by Amity Shlaes
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Balaji Srinivasan

A Conflict of Visions

Ideological Origins of Political Struggles

by Thomas Sowell
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Marc Andreessen

Knowledge And Decisions

by Thomas Sowell
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Steven Pinker

Brideshead Revisited

by Evelyn Waugh
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Christopher Hitchens

A Man in Full

A Novel

by Tom Wolfe
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

George Smiley, Book 3

by John le Carré
Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Malcolm Gladwell

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