Mark Zuckerberg Recommended Books

"[The author] has written the first true guide for protecting a startup from self-sabotage." - Peter Thiel

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

"Let’s just say, we started out relationship with vigorous disagreement, and we’ve continued that to this day." - Marc Andreessen

"An inspiring story of a business rebirth through sheer willpower." - Larry Page

"Entertaining more than anything. I read [this book], I was like: I would never work for this guy. But entertaining and some good lessons." - Matt Mullenweg

"A bit dark but it does cover a lot of useful territory on what building an organization is like." - Andrew Ng

LeBron James was seen reading this book.

Sahil Lavingia recommended this book on Notion.

"The book I’ve recommended most." - Peter Attia

"Learn about the inner mindset and external state of someone who was absolutely brilliant." - Naval Ravikant

"One of my favorite books." - Tim Ferriss

Larry Page mentioned this book in an Entrepreneur.com article.

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

"I remember really enjoying [this author]'s books." - Sergey Brin

"A really beautiful modern philosophy book." - Patrick Collison

"My favorite recent discovery." - Naval Ravikant

"Greatly expanded my sense of the potential power of human knowledge." - Sam Harris

"This 21st-century statement of the ideals of the Enlightenment offers fresh insight on a vast number of topics." - Steven Pinker

"A remarkable argument for the power of knowledge—as not just a human capability but as a force that shapes the universe." - Chris Anderson

"The book is changing my perspective on what I thought smart was. This is transformative." - Mark Bell

Lex Fridman mentioned this book on Instagram.

"The best book on management ever written." - Marc Andreessen

"Unapologetically almost a how to manual, but kind of deconstructs the world of business into first principles." - Tobi Lütke

"[Larry Ellison] considers [this book] his bible when it comes to management concepts." - Subbu Viswanathan

"Andy Grove, who built himself from nothing to run Intel, stopped what he was doing to teach us his magic. And not through some ghostwriter either — Andy wrote this book himself. What an incredible gift." - Ben Horowitz

Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.

"The best book on management ever written." - Drew Houston

"Such a fantastic book." - Tim Ferriss

List of books Bill Gates read in 2011.

"I really enjoyed [this book], it was so amazing to hear his story and his struggle of not enjoying the sport and then finally finding his love for it." - Shaun White

"Phenomenal." - Dave Elitch

"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

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

"The brainy book I seem to be sharing or talking about the most lately." - Ashton Kutcher

"Super interesting." - Anthony Pompliano

"There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil." - Bill Gates

"The definitive history of America's greatest incubator of technological innovation." - Ron Conway

"Sets the context for the hardware inventions that directly led to Silicon Valley." - Patrick Collison

"Strongly recommended." - David Friedberg

"The most brilliant and enlightening book I've read in years." - Naval Ravikant

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

"Its subject is the history of humanity, focusing on why our species has succeeded and how we should think about the future." - Bill Gates

"Sparkling explanation of how the economy evolves, producing the glorious cornucopia of goods and services available all around us. How to feel good about the future even in dark times." - Marc Andreessen

"I think three or four of my top 20 books of all time are all [this author's. This is my favorite one.]" - Nick Szabo

"It argues compellingly that everything is not only going to be OK in the future, it is surely going to be Fucking Great. That much, I agree with." - MMM

"I’ve read all the Einstein biographies, and this is by far the best." - Charlie Munger

List of books Bill Gates read in 2011.

"I read [this book and "Benjamin Franklin"] and probed [Walter Isaacson] about them to try to glean what characteristics they had in common." - Ray Dalio

"Anybody who can write a book on Einstein and that an idiot like me can understand the physics [was] a miracle." - George Raveling

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

Ed Zschau mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"A major disappointment. I found the authors’ analysis vague and simplistic." - Bill Gates

"There’s no other way to put: the story is AMAZING. Better than the Odyssey, better than Juvenal’s Satires. Inspiring, beautiful, exciting, and eminently readable, I loved this." - Ryan Holiday

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

Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.

"Everything by [this author] is worth reading." - Naval Ravikant

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

"I think three or four of my top 20 books of all time are all [this author's]." - Nick Szabo

"An amazing, amazing book." - Ezra Klein

"Pixar has made some of the greatest stories of our time, but [the author]’s personal story, is perhaps the greatest story that has come out of Pixar." - Jason Calacanis

"About Pixar." - Demis Hassabis

"Must read." - Alexis Ohanian

"Best business book I've read in a long time." - Michael Mauboussin

"One of the most entertaining and useful business books I’ve ever read." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy

"[I] had no idea how informative [this book] would be, even for someone like me who has been supporting and learning about vaccine research for many years." - Bill Gates

Ryan Shea recommended this book on his website.

Michael S. Malone said the first time he sat down with Steve Jobs, Steve immediately asked him if he had read this book. Michael thinks Steve was assimilating into this personality, this notion that he found in this book.

Paul Graham mentioned re-reading this book on Twitter.

"A fantastic book." - Stanislav Grof

David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality."

Brad Delong recommended this book in his website.

"I don’t read fiction, but this almost historical fiction is fun especially for Silicon Valley types." - Vinod Khosla

"A fun semi-historical novel focusing on the epic legal battle between Westinghouse/Tesla vs Edison." - Chris Dixon

"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

"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

"Traces the history of violence and how we are in the safest time ever." - A.J. Jacobs

J. Cole mentioned reading this book on The Fayetteville Observer.

"Offers an eye-opening look into how the criminal justice system unfairly targets communities of color, and especially Black communities." - Bill Gates

Sunny Hostin recommended this book on Twitter.

"Definitely choked up by the end of it... WHY?" - Alexis Ohanian

"It's a good day for catharsis. And [this author] reading [this book] is a damn fine place to start." - Chris Sacca

"A great story about unconditional giving, but it's also a good reminder to not be that selfish little boy." - Jen Rubio

Michael Batnick recommended this book on Twitter.

"Essential reading for anyone interested in righting the injustice of this inequality." - Richard Branson

"Reminds us that we can reach within ourselves to achieve greatness." - Alicia Keys

"Important..." - Arianna Huffington

"Offers a vital and sharp message, for women and men." - Jim Collins

"Honest and brave... The new manifesto for women in the workplace." - Oprah Winfrey

"Besides having written a great book, [this author's] comely face is comforting during airplane turbulence." - Mindy Kaling

"Gives an overview of entrepreneurship and innovation." - Andrew Ng

"I learned a lot reading it." - Ben Horowitz

"A must read." - Bryan Johnson

Chris Dixon recommended this book on Twitter.

Dustin Moskovitz recommended this book during a Stanford lecture in 2014.

"[This author] has built multiple breakthrough companies, and [this book] shows how." - Elon Musk

"Really enjoyed it!" - Julia Galef

"Fundamentally about American politics, but it’s also a fascinating look at human psychology." - Bill Gates

"A gift to all of my Apple II programming buddies from high school and Dungeons & Dragons comrades." - Steve Jurvetson

"A compelling picture of how VR might play out." - Brian Armstrong

"So much fun." - Astro Teller

"Spectacular." - Bill Gurley

"Ok writing but a page turner." - Austen Allred

"One of my favorites now." - Jenn Im

"Loved it." - Tobi Lütke

Entrepreneur.com article.

"Best cyberpunk novel ever written. Slightly dated but very prescient." - Naval Ravikant

"Ten years ahead of the time anticipated what's going to happen." - Sergey Brin

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

"Such a good book but you can’t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn’t work. You have to read it before you’ve been on the internet." - Seth Godin

"Through Ender’s journey, you’ll learn how to capitalize on your strengths and those of your teammates, as well as exploit your adversaries’ weaknesses." - Tim Ferriss

"About a kid who is trained by the military to play video games [...] But he realizes at the end that the video games he was playing were an actual war." - Travis Kalanick