Chris Dixon Recommended Books
Chris Dixon has recommended 19 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Chris Dixon is an American internet entrepreneur and investor.
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Chris Dixon recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
Also recommended by:
Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Attia, Marc Andreessen, Larry Page, Matt Mullenweg, Andrew Ng, Drew Houston, Keith Rabois, Dustin Moskovitz, Max Levchin, Luis von Ahn, Kathryn Minshew, Andrew Wilkinson, Tim Ferriss, Blake Scholl, Fred Wilson, Raoul Pal, Jodie Cook, Michael Dell, Marty Cagan
The Innovator's Dilemma
When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
Chris Dixon recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
Also recommended by:
Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs, Mark Cuban, Marc Benioff, Ben Horowitz, Drew Houston, Aaron Levie, Ev Williams, Max Levchin, Tim O’Reilly, Caterina Fake, Guy Kawasaki, Bill Gurley, Blake Scholl, Marc Andreessen, Michael Bloomberg, Steve Blank
The Lean Startup
How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
Chris Dixon recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
Also recommended by:
Andrew Ng, Ben Horowitz, Dustin Moskovitz, Jason Calacanis, Kevin Systrom, Marc Andreessen, Mark Cuban, Mike Maples, Jr., Tim O’Reilly, Raoul Pal, Sheryl Sandberg, Steve Blank, Marty Cagan, Patrick Bet-David
Skin in the Game
Incerto, Book 5
"This was up there with Black Swan and [the author's] other classics." - Chris Dixon (Source)
Also recommended by:
Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Peter Mallouk, Keith Rabois, Vinod Khosla, Changpeng Zhao, Ryan Shea
High Growth Handbook
"Everyone interested in the growth stage of startups should read it." - Chris Dixon (Source)
Also recommended by:
Reid Hoffman, Keith Rabois, Aaron Levie, Kathryn Minshew, Brian Armstrong, Max Levchin, Ryan Petersen, Alexis Ohanian
Crossing the Chasm
Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers
Chris Dixon recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
Also recommended by:
Andrew Ng, Drew Houston, Seth Godin, Aaron Levie, Ev Williams, Ron Conway, Guy Kawasaki, Bill Gurley, Changpeng Zhao
American Kingpin
The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
"A real page-turner." - Chris Dixon (Source)
Also recommended by:
Casey Neistat, Alexis Ohanian, Andrew Wilkinson, John Collison, Ankur Warikoo, Thomas Frank
The Last Days of Night
A Novel
"A fun semi-historical novel focusing on the epic legal battle between Westinghouse/Tesla vs Edison." - Chris Dixon (Source)
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
"Classic book that I admit I hadn’t read and my colleagues at a16z crypto got me to read." - Chris Dixon (Source)
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Dead Wake
The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
"Reads kind of like an action movie switching between the characters on the ship to the submarine crew who sinks them." - Chris Dixon (Source)
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Empires of Light
Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World
"One of my favorite history books." - Chris Dixon (Source)
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Creative Selection
Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs
"A really interesting inside look at, well, Apple’s design process under Steve Jobs." - Chris Dixon (Source)
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How the Internet Happened
From Netscape to the iPhone
"Best history I’ve read on the 1990-2000s era of the Web." - Chris Dixon (Source)
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Where Wizards Stay Up Late
The Origins Of The Internet
"Focusing on early pioneers (1950s-1980s) who paved the way for the modern internet." - Chris Dixon (Source)
Farsighted
"Discussing the best way to make very long term decisions." - Chris Dixon (Source)
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
"Truly epic story, showing humanity at both its best and worst." - Chris Dixon (Source)
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How We Got to Now
"Probably my favorite [book by this author]." - Chris Dixon (Source)
Bad for You
Exposing the War on Fun!
"Throughout history everything new that teenagers get excited about is deemed by experts to rot your mind, destroy society etc." - Chris Dixon (Source)
Zero to One
Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Chris Dixon recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
Also recommended by:
Andrew Ng, Ben Horowitz, Bryan Johnson, Dustin Moskovitz, Elon Musk, Eric Weinstein, Keith Rabois, Kishore Biyani, Lee Stranahan, Luis von Ahn, Marc Andreessen, Mark Zuckerberg, Matt Mullenweg, Max Levchin, Nassim Taleb, Sam Altman, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Tom Bilyeu, Ryan Petersen, Brian Dean, Rupert Murdoch
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