Keith Rabois Recommended Books
Keith Rabois has recommended 83 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Keith Rabois is an American technology entrepreneur, executive and investor.
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The Model Thinker
What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You
"Excited to read this. I have been searching for a book to recommend on this topic for a decade." - Keith Rabois (Source)
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Amusing Ourselves to Death
Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
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Tristan Harris, Patrick Collison, Matt Mullenweg, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Michael Batnick
The pmarca Blog Archives
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
Creative Selection
Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs
"[One of] two indispensable books of 2018." - Keith Rabois (Source)
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The Method Method
Seven Obsessions That Helped Our Scrappy Start-up Turn an Industry Upside Down
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
On Intelligence
How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
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The Book of Why
The New Science of Cause and Effect
"[One of] two indispensable books of 2018." - Keith Rabois (Source)
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How Not to Be Wrong
The Power of Mathematical Thinking
Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter. (Source)
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The 80/20 Principle and 92 Other Powerful Laws of Nature
The Science of Success
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
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Viral Loop
From Facebook to Twitter, How Today's Smartest Businesses Grow Themselves
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
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An Elegant Defense
The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives
Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter. (Source)
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High Growth Handbook
"A great book." - Keith Rabois (Source)
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Reid Hoffman, Aaron Levie, Kathryn Minshew, Brian Armstrong, Max Levchin, Ryan Petersen, Alexis Ohanian, Chris Dixon
Who Is Michael Ovitz?
Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter. (Source)
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Marc Andreessen, Jason Calacanis, Gary Vaynerchuk, Ben Horowitz
The Checklist Manifesto
How to Get Things Right
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
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Bill Gates, Jack Dorsey, Tim Ferriss, Malcolm Gladwell, Charles Poliquin, Ramit Sethi, Michael McCullough, Vinod Khosla
Quirky
The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World
Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter. (Source)
Trade-Off
Why Some Things Catch On, and Others Don't
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
The Little Kingdom
The Private Story of Apple Computer
"[One of three] classic books to read, albeit perhaps with less immediate/practical relevance today." - Keith Rabois (Source)
Range
Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter. (Source)
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Vinod Khosla, Daniel Pink, Bill Gates, Changpeng Zhao, Michael Mauboussin, Ryan Holiday
In the Company of Giants
Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
Naked Statistics
Stripping the Dread from the Data
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
7 Powers
The Foundations of Business Strategy
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
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Daniel Ek, Patrick Collison, Peter Thiel, Reed Hastings, Ryan Petersen
Behind the Cloud
The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
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Eric Schmidt, Tony Robbins, Aaron Levie, David Sacks, Russell Brunson
The Curse of the Mogul
What's Wrong with the World's Leading Media Companies
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
Spent
Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior
Keith Rabois recommended this book on Quora. (Source)
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The Organized Mind
Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter. (Source)
Go To
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
High Output Management
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
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Mark Zuckerberg, Marc Andreessen, Tobi Lütke, Larry Ellison, Ben Horowitz, Drew Houston, Brian Chesky, Brian Armstrong, Ron Conway, Sahil Lavingia, Balaji Srinivasan, Justin Kan, John Doerr
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
"Reflects 2000-2003." - Keith Rabois (Source)
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Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Attia, Marc Andreessen, Larry Page, Matt Mullenweg, Andrew Ng, Drew Houston, Dustin Moskovitz, Max Levchin, Luis von Ahn, Kathryn Minshew, Andrew Wilkinson, Tim Ferriss, Blake Scholl, Chris Dixon, Fred Wilson, Raoul Pal, Jodie Cook, Michael Dell, Marty Cagan
The Score Takes Care of Itself
My Philosophy of Leadership
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
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Jack Dorsey, Sam Altman, Ryan Holiday, Noah Kagan, Ron Conway, Vinod Khosla, Justin Kan
Troublemakers
Silicon Valley's Coming of Age
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
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Radical Uncertainty
Decision-Making Beyond the Numbers
Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter. (Source)
Architects of the Web
1,000 Days that Built the Future of Business
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
The City in History
Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
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The Success Equation
Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
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The Splendid and the Vile
A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
"Books on Churchill in 1940-1941 take on wholly different meanings during a crisis vs studying during times of peace & prosperity." - Keith Rabois (Source)
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The Vision of the Anointed
Keith Rabois recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
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The Monk and the Riddle
The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living
"[One of three] classic books to read, albeit perhaps with less immediate/practical relevance today." - Keith Rabois (Source)
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Becoming Steve Jobs
The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
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Marc Andreessen, Jack Dorsey, Bill Gates, Peter Attia, Brian Armstrong, Ed Catmull, Jim Collins
Cultural Strategy
Using Innovative Ideologies to Build Breakthrough Brands
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
Hackers & Painters
Big Ideas from the Computer Age
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
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Ev Williams, Derek Sivers, Ryan Holiday, Brian Armstrong, Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Insanely Simple
The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
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Swimming Across
A Memoir
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
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Deep Medicine
How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again
Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter. (Source)
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Return to the Little Kingdom
Steve Jobs and the Creation of Apple
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
The Art of the Start
The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything
"For a first-time entrepreneur: [this book] is an excellent introduction to many key issues." - Keith Rabois (Source)
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Warfighting
Keith Rabois recommended this book on Quora. (Source)
Churchill
Walking with Destiny
Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter. (Source)
Talent Wins
The New Playbook for Putting People First
Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter. (Source)
Why We Sleep
Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter. (Source)
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Bill Gates, Bryan Johnson, Alexis Ohanian, Vinod Khosla, Michael Mauboussin, Jason Fried
Sapiens
A Brief History, Book 1
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
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Joe Rogan, Bill Gates, Naval Ravikant, Lex Fridman, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Attia, Ashton Kutcher, Whitney Cummings, Richard Branson, Ray Dalio, Vinod Khosla, James Cameron, Demis Hassabis, Daniel Ek, Reid Hoffman, Sam Kass, Sebastian Junger, Kishore Biyani, Ryan Shea, Melinda Gates, Bill Gurley, Karlie Kloss, Anthony Pompliano, Changpeng Zhao, PewDiePie, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Chris Evans, Simon Mayo, Penn Jillette, Mark Manson, James Clear
1944
FDR and the Year That Changed History
Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter. (Source)
Powerful
Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter. (Source)
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Loonshots
How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
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Vinod Khosla, Brian Armstrong, Changpeng Zhao, Daniel Kahneman
The Innovator's Solution
Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
World War 3.0
Microsoft and Its Enemies
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
The Breakthrough
Immunotherapy and the Race to Cure Cancer
"It is the experts who created this virus mess. and the experts who suppressed solutions to cancer for a century." - Keith Rabois (Source)
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The Search
How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture
"For a good historical perspective on the evolution of the consumer Internet world." - Keith Rabois (Source)
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Drawing Life
Surviving the Unabomber
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
Googled
The End of the World As We Know It
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
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Revolution in The Valley
The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
Steve Jobs & the Next Big Thing
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
The Intel Trinity
How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
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The Upside of Stress
Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
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Get Back in the Box
How Being Great at What You Do Is Great for Business
Keith Rabois recommended this book on Quora. (Source)
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The New New Thing
A Silicon Valley Story
"[One of three] classic books to read, albeit perhaps with less immediate/practical relevance today." - Keith Rabois (Source)
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Predictably Irrational
The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Keith Rabois recommended this book on Quora. (Source)
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Rocket Men
The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter. (Source)
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Andy Grove
The Life and Times of an American
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
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How Google Works
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
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Planet Google
One Company's Audacious Plan to Organize Everything We Know
Keith Rabois recommended this book on Quora. (Source)
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering
Learning to Learn
"Not for everyone but recommend for tech folks." - Keith Rabois (Source)
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Grit
The Power of Passion and Perseverance
"Although the title may make it appear intuitive, the reading is much more insightful and applicable than you might guess." - Keith Rabois (Source)
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Josh Waitzkin, Tim Ferriss, Tobi Lütke, Tom Bilyeu, Jodie Cook, Ali Abdaal
Red Notice
A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
"Amazing read about Russia from 1998-2007." - Keith Rabois (Source)
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Behave
The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
"A bit of a long commitment but worth it. Provocative." - Keith Rabois (Source)
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Sam Harris, Marc Andreessen, Vinod Khosla, Bryan Johnson, Michael Mauboussin
Life 3.0
Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
"Best introduction to AI, accessible to sophisticated. Enjoyable to read." - Keith Rabois (Source)
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The Seventh Sense
Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks
Keith Rabois recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
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Skin in the Game
Incerto, Book 5
"Quite powerful, albeit often redundant." - Keith Rabois (Source)
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Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Peter Mallouk, Vinod Khosla, Changpeng Zhao, Chris Dixon, Ryan Shea
Zero to One
Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)
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Andrew Ng, Ben Horowitz, Bryan Johnson, Chris Dixon, Dustin Moskovitz, Elon Musk, Eric Weinstein, 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
Breath
The New Science of a Lost Art
"Fascinating." - Keith Rabois (Source)
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White
"New reading material deviates from central casting for me." - Keith Rabois (Source)
The Extended Mind
The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain
Keith Rabois recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
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Red Star Over the Pacific
China's Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy
"Required reading in our household." - Keith Rabois (Source)
Barbarians at the Gate
The Fall of RJR Nabisco
"Suggested reading this book this am on stage at Techweek." - Keith Rabois (Source)
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