Jeff Bezos Recommended Books

On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

"[Suggests] that the very best companies set an audacious, very long-term goal that shines a light towards 'an envisioned future.'" - Bill Gurley

On Jamie Dimon's list of favorite books.

Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.

"Emma Watson cites [this book] as one of her favourite books for its expression of the consequences of discretion." - Harper Bazaar

"A stunning book." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"If given a choice between investing in someone who has read Rework or has an MBA, I'm investing in Rework every time." - Mark Cuban

"I can't imagine what possible excuse you can dream up for not buying this book for every single person you work with, right now." - Seth Godin

"I encourage people to think of as an 'Elements of Style' for building profitable businesses in a web-savvy world." - Tim Ferriss

"The clarity, even genius, of this book actually brought me to near-tears on several occasions. Just bloody brilliant, that's what!" - Tom Peters

"Read this book multiple times to help give you the courage you need to get out there and make something great." - Tony Hsieh

"[One of] my most recommended business books." - Andrew Wilkinson

List of books Bill Gates read in 2012.

"I really like [this book]." - Edward Norton

"Great; it’s fine." - Nick Kokonas

James Altucher mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"Marvelous." - Art De Vany

On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

Walter Isaacson said Steve Jobs was deeply influenced by this book.

Mark Cuban's answer to "what's a book you always recommend?"

"We often referenced [this book. A] thought-provoking [book] that validated our crusade." - Marc Benioff

"A great book on strategy." - Ben Horowitz

"About how businesses get disrupted, and a lot of those themes are why startups can succeed and thrive even when there are big competitors who you would think would just wipe ’em out." - Drew Houston

"[One of] four good books that I would highly recommend reading if you're gonna build a B2B software company." - Aaron Levie

"Larry [Ellison] had given this book to every software executive whom he met within the company." - Marc Benioff

"Had a huge impact on me." - Marc Benioff

"An early look and experience with timeless truths (and gotchas) from systems building with teams" - Alan Kay

"Arguably the only classic book in our field. If you haven't read it, shame on you." - Jeff Atwood

Recommended on Dave Ramsey's website.

"The great management book." - Jason Calacanis

One of Max Levchin's answers to "what's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?"

"The scientific method can be applied to business. This book draws powerful lessons from data." - Brian Armstrong

On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

"As a business person, I love [this book]." - Frank Blake

"About basically manufacturing and supply chain management. It sounds really boring, but I promise you it’s really good." - Kevin Systrom

"About the Operations industry." - Trung Phan

“Filled with lessons on retailing and entrepreneurship that are just as relevant today as they were around three decades ago." - Kishore Biyani

On Jamie Dimon's list of favorite books.

"The big lesson I took away from [this book] is that you don’t need to come up with all the ideas yourself." - Shane Parrish

Tai Lopez recommended this book on Twitter.

Gary Keller recommended this book on YouTube.

Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.

"Marvelous." - Charlie Munger

"Perhaps the best display of expository scientific prose of the twentieth century." - Steven Pinker

"Everyone should read [this book]." - David Deutsch

"An unflinching look at the mistakes and missteps made by GE’s leadership." - Bill Gates

Andrew Wilkinson recommended this book on Twitter.