Mark Manson Recommended Books

"Fabulous book. Totally fun. It’s happiness for people who can’t stand positive thinking." - David Allen

"[Talks] about Eichmann as illustrating the banality of evil." - Dr. Phil Zimbardo

Eric Weinstein tweet about books that mattered enough to him.

"This, to me, is one of the true classics of all time." - George Raveling

Mark Cuban said he's reading this book in a Politico interview.

"It’s dense, it’s more than fifty years old, it’s an easy read and it’s urgently important." - Seth Godin

"Simultaneously a book on history, psychology, influence, and salesmanship." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy

"A brilliant book on the nature of mass movements and collective psychology." - Marc Andreessen

"Completely reverses the way you look at the world when you walk outside." - Hugh Jackman

"Should be mandatory reading the world over." - Emilia Clarke

"One of the most unusual novels I’ve read in years." - Bill Gates

"Brilliant book." - Ezra Klein

"A very illuminating exploration of how we’re attracted to people who have the negative qualities of our primary caretakers." - Whitney Cummings

"I definitely give people a lot of people [this book]." - Julie Rice

Dustin Moskovitz recommended this book on Twitter.

"Learn more about love languages in [this book]." - Jay Shetty

Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.

"Excellent book." - Matt Mullenweg

"[I read and give this book because] you need to understand what you’re up against." - Doug McMillon

"It's a great book and especially for people starting out." - Tracy DiNunzio

"A history of my favorite company and its enigmatic leader." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy

"Do you dare run a business like Jeff?!" - Jodie Cook

"This may well be the most important book of the year if not the decade." - Arianna Huffington

"Leaves us with an improved perspective for thinking about very vexing issues such as the state of America versus China." - Jamie Dimon

"Shows us how history can provide a template to help guide how we might think about what comes next." - Mark Cuban

"The fascinating thing about [this book] is there's philosophy, there's wisdom, but there's plots." - Lex Fridman

"It is my #1, #2, and #3 book recommendations of 2021." - David Friedberg

"Goes into a lot of details about how money works (or doesn't)." - Changpeng Zhao

"I put it up there with the top five books I recommend." - Balaji Srinivasan

"Details decades of misinformation and agenda-driven journalism published by the times." - David Sacks

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

Larry King mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"At the age of twelve I had summoned the nerve to borrow from the headmaster, and to read [this book]." - Christopher Hitchens

Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book.

"One book that I returned to many times." - Nelson Mandela

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

One of Jack Dorsey's answers to "what are the books that had a major influence on you?"

Josh Waitzkin recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

"Every year, I read [this book]. It’s so easy to read, and it has such a strong message." - Phil Keoghan

"I thought it was fun to read." - PewDiePie

Lex Fridman mentioned this book on Instagram.

On the "favorite books" section of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile.

One of Sam Altman's answers to "What are some of the best books you recommend for a young startup founder?"

"I’m actually gobsmacked that this isn’t required in order to be sworn into office, like the Constitution is required for us American immigrants when it comes time to gain American citizenship." - Maria Popova

"I like the classics such as The Republic by Plato and The Art of War by Sun Tzu." - Vlad Tenev

"[One of my ten favorite books] I might think of if I were asked the question at an interview this minute." - Nolan Bushnell

"One of my favorite books of all time." - Naval Ravikant

"My most read book." - Tobi Lütke

"Finished reading." - Jack Dorsey

"I kind of thrive on stress, so I’m almost embarrassed by how comforting I find this book." - Anna Kendrick

"Great read." - Sam Altman

Neil Strauss recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

Eric Weinstein tweet about books that mattered enough to him.

One of the books in a "list of favorite books" Jason Silva tweeted about.

"A good one." - Darren Aronofsky

Shay Carl recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

"Read this book only if you’re brave." - Tai Lopez

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 78

"The book I’ve probably gifted the most is [this book], since I’m 16." - Esther Perel

"Loved it. Really loved it." - Emma Watson

"Wow it's dark." - Naval Ravikant

"One of my favorite books." - David Blaine

"The first chapter alone will change your life." - Seth Godin

"Compact guide to probabilistic domains like poker, or venture capital." - Marc Andreessen

"I wish I had learned the discipline of how to decide when I was younger." - Mike Maples, Jr.

"I read this book all the way through because I found the premise so intriguing. [The author] is a well-known poker player and won a World Series of Poker gold bracelet." - Max Levchin

"So many of [the author's] thoughts on poker and on decision-making in general agreed with mine." - Howard Marks

"An awesome book." - Michael Mauboussin

"[This book and "Political Order and Political Decay" is] a fantastic two-part book." - DHH

"Traces back nation states all the way back to 4,000 years B.C. and goes through all the case studies of the rise of China and so forth." - DHH

"This is the Durants. They were maybe the greatest historians of all time." - Ray Dalio

"A fantastic book." - Naval Ravikant

"It’s excellent." - Tim Ferriss

"A great book." - Kevin Systrom

"I’ll be re-reading this a few times." - Shane Parrish

"[One of] the 10 books with the most page-for-page wisdom." - James Clear

"It really puts in perspective how bizarre human beings are. It’s an awesome overview of our species." - Joe Rogan

"I would recommend this book to anyone interested in a fun, engaging look at early human history." - Bill Gates

"Best book I've read in [2015]." - Naval Ravikant

"Basically one of the things we've created here is we've imagined ideas that we all share." - Lex Fridman

"A big history narrative of human civilization." - Mark Zuckerberg

One of Peter Attia's answers to "any books you feel would make your reading list?"

"A thoughtful look at what may be in store for humanity." - Bill Gates

"Didn't finish it. Good book but not as seminal as Sapiens." - Naval Ravikant

"Not that I agree with all of it, but it is still mind-bending speculation about our future." - Vinod Khosla

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter.

"Badass book." - Tai Lopez

"An amazing book." - Joe Rogan

"Fascinating.... Lays a foundation for understanding human history." - Bill Gates

Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book.

"Offers us a new and remarkably simple way of looking at our world." - Simon Sinek

"A brilliant Pulitzer Prize-winning book about how the modern world was formed, analyzing how societies developed differently on different continents." - Daniel Ek

"Helped rid me of the nagging incompleteness in my understood connection between the successes and failings of ancient and modern civilizations." - Jesse Williams

"If you want to read an unvarnished, first-hand account of life in one of India’s slums you should pick up [this book]." - Bill Gates

"[The author] doesn’t write a ton, but she writes is extraordinary." - Nick Thompson

"The most fascinating book I've read all year [in 2015]." - Seth Godin

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

Ryan Shea recommended this book on his website.

Dan Savage recommended this book on Twitter.

"Great book." - Nick Kokonas

"One of the most important books I’ve read—not just this year, but ever." - Bill Gates

"Encouraged the better side of ourselves." - Lex Fridman

"About how and why violence has steadily decreased throughout our history, and how we can continue this trend." - Mark Zuckerberg

"One of my favorite recent books." - Jack Kornfield

Stewart Brand recommended this book on his "Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization" blog post.

"When you finish [this book], which takes a long time, you conclude that the world is in a much, much better place than it has been in the past." - Eric Schmidt

"I had to read [this book] twice before I fully understood it." - Charlie Munger

"Turned evolutionary biology on its head and was written like a great detective story." - Matt Ridley

"Famous book about how our bodies are vehicles to replicate our genes (even though we occasionally defy them)." - Brian Armstrong

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

"Explains more about life (including human behavior and myself) than anything else I’ve read. " - Nick Szabo

"Had a profound influence on me pretty early on." - Phil Libin

"A great exposition of modern scientific thinking and understanding of the nature of man." - Nassim Taleb

Tom Bilyeu recommended this book on Twitter.

Ray Dalio mentioned this book in his book, "Principles."

"A good book which I recommend." - Sam Harris

"Harvard professor of psychology has studied happiness for years, and shares factual findings that will change the way you look at the world." - Derek Sivers

"Explores the sometimes subtle, sometimes radical changes we can make in our everyday cognitive strategies in order to avoid ending up unhappy and disappointed." - Maria Popova

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

"Had a surprisingly large impact on the way I think about the future, planning, travel, relationships, and so many other things." - Andrew Wilkinson

"The most mind-bending book you can imagine, because it essentially taught you always humans are flawed and influential." - Tobi Lütke

"100 percent of effective people seem to have read [this book]. In fact, it’s one of those things that when I meet somebody and they’re operating at a pretty high level, if you mention [this book], they’ve all read it." - Scott Adams

"Fundamental and had a lot to teach." - Naval Ravikant

Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book.

Adam Robinson mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

Ramit Sethi mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

List of books Bill Gates read in 2012.

Ray Dalio mentioned this book in his book, "Principles."

One of the books on Scott Adams' "Persuasion Reading List."

"Fine book but it didn’t need to be an entire book. A blog post would have gotten the point across." - Naval Ravikant

"I love surprising scientific findings, as well as information about how our brains work. [This book] is a treasure trove of both." - Ev Williams

"Captivating dive into human decision making, marred by inclusion of several/many? psychology studies that fail to replicate. Will stand as a cautionary tale?" - Marc Andreessen

"Dweck and her research have helped my foundation colleagues and me understand more about the attitudes and habits that allow some students to persevere in school despite big challenges." - Bill Gates

Mentioned on "The Knowledge Project" podcast.

"Whatever change we’ve been able to achieve is because the cultural meme we picked was inspired by [this book]." - Satya Nadella

Tony Robbins mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

Josh Waitzkin recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

"One of those ideas that is obvious only once you know it." - Ev Williams

"Fascinating." - Fareed Zakaria

"About how our perceptions [...] are based on us, and not on reality." - Elizabeth Warren

Melinda Gates recommended this book on Twitter.

"A gripping analysis of why we’ve lost the capacity to concentrate, and how we might find it again." - Adam Grant

"If you want to get your attention and focus back, you need to read this remarkable book." - Arianna Huffington

"Rings the alarm bell for what all of us must do to protect ourselves, our children, and our democracies." - Hillary Clinton

"A beautifully researched and argued exploration of the breakdown of humankind’s ability to pay attention." - Stephen Fry

"Read this book to save your mind." - Susan Cain

Harry Styles said in an interview that he was reading this book.

"Was the basis for the foundation of Singularity University." - Peter Diamandis

"It opened me up to the idea of science fiction becoming science fact." - Steve Aoki

One of the books in a "list of favorite books" Jason Silva tweeted about.

"Many major problems, like education and disease, will be totally transformed by this in our lifetimes." - Brian Armstrong

Stewart Brand recommended this book on his "Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization" blog post.

"Has shown [...] that there is this persistent exponential pace of technology." - Marc Goodman

"I have devoured [this book]." - Emma Watson

"Contains some of the most cogent insights on life, pain, loss, love, success, youth that I have ever seen." - Ryan Holiday

Most Recommended Books reached out to Kathryn Minshew directly.

"Ran me through the range of emotions from happy to crying." - Shane Parrish

One of Jack Dorsey's answers to "what are the books that had a major influence on you?"

Bob Iger told Variety this book was on his Reading List.

Barack Obama's "2016 Summer Reading List."

"A wonderful, challenging read." - Jon Stewart

"It’s a letter to his son about being a black male in America. I think it is required reading." - Cal Fussman

Sunny Hostin recommended this book on Twitter.

"Filled with unforgettable stories and moments in history that will serve as guide rails to help us when we invariably fall off course." - Aubrey Marcus

"[One of] the books that I’ve given away the most lately." - George Raveling

Peter Thiel quoted this book to the author.

"Helpful reading for anyone wanting to achieve greatnes." - Danny Miranda