
Nassim Taleb Recommended Books
Nassim Taleb has recommended 80 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Nassim Taleb is a Lebanese-American essayist, scholar, mathematical statistician, and former option trader and risk analyst.
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Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes
"I always always recommend [this book]." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Who We Are and How We Got Here
Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
"Finally, science enters historical fields." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
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Naval Ravikant recommended this bookNaval Ravikant
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Michael Mauboussin recommended this bookMichael Mauboussin
"[One of] my favorite science books in 2018." - Michael Mauboussin
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Balaji Srinivasan recommended this bookBalaji Srinivasan
"The brief argument is: our true history is written in our genes." - Balaji Srinivasan
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Marc Andreessen recommended this bookMarc Andreessen
Marc Andreessen recommended this book on Twitter.
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The Longevity Solution
Rediscovering Centuries-Old Secrets to a Healthy, Long Life
"Incredibly well made book." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
The Complete Guide to Fasting
Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting
"An excellent book!" - Nassim Taleb (Source)
The Practice of Natural Movement
Reclaim Power, Health, and Freedom
"Excited to find in my mailbox [this book]." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Perilous Interventions
The Security Council and the Politics of Chaos
"Should be mandatory reading to every student and practitioner of foreign affairs." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Blueprint
The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
"Excited to get [this book] as I am trying to go deeper into the notion of fractal (multiscale) localism & see what's wrong w/my thesis" - Nassim Taleb (Source)
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Bill Gates recommended this bookBill Gates
"Explains that humans have evolved to work together and be social." - Bill Gates
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Eric Schmidt recommended this bookEric Schmidt
"It's a joy to read and it highlights ways to make our society better." - Eric Schmidt
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Idea Makers
Personal Perspectives on the Lives & Ideas of Some Notable People
"Excellent! Only read on mathematicians by insiders." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
A New Kind of Science
"Not a book, but a monument." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
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Steve Jurvetson recommended this bookSteve Jurvetson
"A series of epiphanies from [the author] and others that the world is really interesting when you look at iterative algorithms applied millions and billions of times." - Steve Jurvetson
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Elements of Information Theory
"The BEST book [on information theory]." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
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Eric Weinstein recommended this bookEric Weinstein
Eric Weinstein tweet about books that mattered enough to him.
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Hopping over the Rabbit Hole
How Entrepreneurs Turn Failure into Success
"So gripping you can read it standing up. A must read." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
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Arianna Huffington recommended this bookArianna Huffington
"The most valuable thing [the author] teaches us about success is how important, even necessary, failure is." - Arianna Huffington
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Mark Cuban recommended this bookMark Cuban
"Provides invaluable and pragmatic advice on how to start a business, continuously improve your professional acumen and transform failure into opportunity." - Mark Cuban
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Tony Robbins recommended this bookTony Robbins
"Learn from a man who walks his talk." - Tony Robbins
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Carl Icahn recommended this bookCarl Icahn
"[The author], who I respect, has come up with many excellent insights in [this book]." - Carl Icahn
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Peter Schiff recommended this bookPeter Schiff
"With government making it much harder for entrepreneurs to succeed, [this book] is a must read." - Peter Schiff
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Scale
The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies
"Will expand your thinking from three dimensions to four." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
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Vinod Khosla recommended this bookVinod Khosla
"The physics behind biology, cities, economics and companies." - Vinod Khosla
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Stewart Brand recommended this bookStewart Brand
"Particularly fantastic." - Stewart Brand
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Marc Benioff recommended this bookMarc Benioff
"If you want to know why companies fail, how cities persist and what is needed to sustain our civilization in this era of rapid innovation, read this amazing book." - Marc Benioff
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Bill Miller recommended this bookBill Miller
"If you are curious about how the world really works, you must read this book." - Bill Miller
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Birth of a Theorem
"[The author] is playful in real life, his research is playful, and [this book] is playful." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
The French Revolution and What Went Wrong
"So much fun to read. The author, visibly writes with an attitude." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Deep Learning
"Very clear exposition, does the math without getting lost in the details." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
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Elon Musk recommended this bookElon Musk
"Written by three experts in the field, [this book] is the only comprehensive book on the subject." - Elon Musk
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Satya Nadella recommended this bookSatya Nadella
"The book made such a significant impact on Satya Nadella that he hired co-author Yoshua Bengio." - ThingsCyber.com
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Vinod Khosla recommended this bookVinod Khosla
"For a slightly more technical read [on AI]." - Vinod Khosla
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Order without Design
How Markets Shape Cities
"It is a pleasure to read something by a person who knows his subject in so much depth." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Monte Cristo, Book 1
"This treasure will prevent you from enjoying other novels." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
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Mike Maples, Jr. recommended this bookMike Maples, Jr.
"Speaking of a book about grudges." - Mike Maples, Jr.
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Patrick Collison recommended this bookPatrick Collison
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."
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PewDiePie recommended this bookPewDiePie
"Incredible." - PewDiePie
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James Clear recommended this bookJames Clear
"[One of] the 10 best fiction books." - James Clear
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The Elements of Statistical Learning
Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
"Very comprehensive, sufficiently technical to get most of the plumbing behind machine learning." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Rational Decisions
"Presents a comprehensive set of the principles and axioms behind neo-classical economics." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
The Secret of Fatima
A Father Kevin Thrall Thriller
"James Bond as a Catholic Priest." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Ficciones
"How literature and philosophy can be saved by parables." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
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Naval Ravikant recommended this bookNaval Ravikant
"Buy [this book]." - Naval Ravikant
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The Science of Conjecture
Evidence and Probability before Pascal
"Stands above, way above other books on the history and philosophy of probability." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Mathematics
Its Content, Methods and Meaning
"Mathematicians should be using this book as a model for their own composition." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Probability Theory
"Gives a complete overview of the basis of probability theory with some grounding in measure theory, and presents the main proofs." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Models.Behaving.Badly.
Why Confusing Illusion with Reality Can Lead to Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life
"Convincingly establishes the difference between model and theory and shows why attempts to model financial markets can never be genuinely scientific." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Body by Science
A Research Based Program to Get the Results You Want in 12 Minutes a Week
"I owe a lot to this book." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf
How Risk Taking Transforms Us, Body and Mind
"Excellent exposition of overcompensation." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
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Mike Novogratz recommended this bookMike Novogratz
"Great book on the neurochemistry of trading." - Mike Novogratz
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The Opposing Shore
"Once you enter it, you are stuck there." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Bull by the Horns
Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself
"The account of a person who says it the way it was." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Information
The New Language of Science
"If you want an introduction to information theory, and, in a way, probability theory from the real front door, this is it." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Free The Animal
How to Lose Weight and Fat on the Paleo Diet
"A charming primer on the paleo idea, with an illustration through the authors own life. I read it in one sitting." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
The Blank Swan
The End of Probability
"I am relieved to finally find a book that deals with Black Swan Events in a new way." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Explaining Social Behavior
More Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences
"Simply the best: read it at least twice." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
The Discovery of France
A Historical Geography from the Revolution to the First World War
"An answer to so many questions." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Good Calories, Bad Calories
Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health
"Read it twice, once for the diet, once a a rich document in the history of science." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
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Naval Ravikant recommended this bookNaval Ravikant
"One of my top 3 books of all time." - Naval Ravikant
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Peter Attia recommended this bookPeter Attia
One of Peter Attia's answers to "any books you feel would make your reading list?"
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Zooko Wilcox recommended this bookZooko Wilcox
"When it came out ten years ago, it was the definitive study of the history and science of human nutrition in the 20th century." - Zooko Wilcox
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Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar...
Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
"Like a brief drink in an airplane lounge with someone funny, smart, witty, but not too funny." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Seeking Wisdom
From Darwin to Munger
"A wonderful book on wisdom and decision-making written by a wise decision-maker." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
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Jason Fried recommended this bookJason Fried
"I think any book that reviews Charlie Munger’s ideas is worth reading, and this one in particular weaves in wisdom from some of history’s greatest minds." - Jason Fried
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Derek Sivers recommended this bookDerek Sivers
"A great overview of the lessons of Charlie Munger (partner of Warren Buffett) - and his approach to checklists of multi-disciplinary models to guide clear thinking." - Derek Sivers
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Shane Parrish recommended this bookShane Parrish
"Inspired by Munger, [the author's] put together a book of the big ideas that carry a lot of weight in life." - Shane Parrish
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Tai Lopez recommended this bookTai Lopez
"Good book." - Tai Lopez
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The Doctrine of Deification in the Greek Patristic Tradition
"The most complete overview of theosis." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Statistical Models
Theory and Practice
"The best statistics book I've seen." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Happy Accidents
Serendipity in Major Medical Breakthroughs in the Twentieth Century
"Please Please READ This Book! Read it TWICE!" - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Financial Derivatives
Pricing, Applications, and Mathematics
"A condensed, but extremely deep , and complete exposition of the subject of theoretical finance." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Thinking and Deciding
"I am buying a second copy." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
The Wisdom Paradox
How Your Mind Can Grow Stronger As Your Brain Grows Older
"I am now spoiled; I need more essays by opinionated, original,and intellectual, contemporary scientists." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
The Sunday Philosophy Club
Isabel Dalhousie, Book 1
"I don't want to spoil the story but I felt that I was reading a detective story until I realized what it was..." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
How Nature Works
The Science of Self-organized Criticality
"Intuitive & makes you think of universal laws." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Social Cognition
Making Sense of People
"It is limpid, precise, illustrative, showing a wonderful clarity of mind." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
The Status Syndrome
How Social Standing Affects Our Health and Longevity
"Well written, humorous at times, and rigorous --it reads like a well-translated scientific paper." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
The Dream of Reason
A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance
"Deep, readable & investigative." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Kant and the Platypus
Essays on Language and Cognition
"I was taken aback by the combination of depth and the vividness of the style." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Intellectuals in the Middle Ages
"Excellent book." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Confessions of a Philosopher
A Personal Journey Through Western Philosophy from Plato to Popper
"[The author] was close enough to Popper to present us with his ideas first-hand." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Invariances
The Structure of the Objective World
"Like a manual for a new regimen in philosophy." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
A History of the Mind
Evolution and the Birth of Consciousness
"Clarity, so rare, so prized..." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Bull!
A History of the Boom and Bust, 1982-2004
"[The author] had the courage to take a look at what was behind all of this religious belief in markets." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
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Warren Buffett recommended this bookWarren Buffett
"[A book] that investors can learn much from." - Warren Buffett
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I Think, Therefore I Laugh
"Great refresher in Analytical Philosophy --maybe the best." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
The Making of a Philosopher
My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy
"A great book but I felt something cold inside of me while reading it." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Mapping the Mind
"Great reference book, very pedagogical." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
The Mind Doesn't Work That Way
The Scope and Limits of Computational Psychology
"Horribly written (that is Fodor's charm after all) but his argumentation is so ferocious that he ends up loud & clear." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Consciousness
An Introduction
"Comprehensive, clear, well written." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Mean Genes
From Sex To Money To Food
"So readable as to perhaps set a standard." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
The Blank Slate
The Modern Denial of Human Nature
"A great exposition of modern scientific thinking and understanding of the nature of man." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
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Tom Bilyeu recommended this bookTom Bilyeu
Tom Bilyeu recommended this book on Twitter.
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Mark Manson recommended this bookMark Manson
Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
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No Bull
My Life In and Out of Markets
"The man is one of the greatest traders in history. There are a few jewels in there." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
The Statistical Mechanics of Financial Markets
"Very useful bridge between physics methodologies and finance." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Tartar Steppe
"A masterpiece." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
A Guide to Econometrics
"The best intuition builder in both statitics and econometrics." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
The Kelly Capital Growth Investment Criterion
"Finally, a compendium of the most rigorous research (gamblers ruin based) on risky decisions." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die
A Food Lover's Life List
"This is THE reference book." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Modelling Extremal Events
For Insurance and Finance
"The bible for the field." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes
"It makes you both wiser and eager to reread Sherlock Holmes." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
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Patrick O'Shaughnessy recommended this bookPatrick O'Shaughnessy
"I wrote a post about how much I loved this book." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy
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Modern Aramaic-English/English-Modern Aramaic Dictionary & Phrasebook
Assyrian/Syriac
"Most excellent, except for very few and small mistakes." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
Thinking, Fast and Slow
"A landmark book in social thought, in the same league as The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith and The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
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Bill Gates recommended this bookBill Gates
List of books Bill Gates read in 2012.
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Ray Dalio recommended this bookRay Dalio
Ray Dalio mentioned this book in his book, "Principles."
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Scott Adams recommended this bookScott Adams
One of the books on Scott Adams' "Persuasion Reading List."
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Naval Ravikant recommended this bookNaval Ravikant
"Fine book but it didn’t need to be an entire book. A blog post would have gotten the point across." - Naval Ravikant
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Ev Williams recommended this bookEv Williams
"I love surprising scientific findings, as well as information about how our brains work. [This book] is a treasure trove of both." - Ev Williams
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Marc Andreessen recommended this bookMarc Andreessen
"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
Marc Andreessen's recommendation of this book +12
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- Stewart Brand
Stewart Brand recommended this book on his "Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization" blog post.
- Bryan Johnson
"I started reading [this book] and I became increasingly convinced of my own fickleness and inability to actually act rationally in life." - Bryan Johnson
- Derek Sivers
"If you liked 'Predictably Irrational' or 'Stumbling on Happiness' or any of those pop-psychology books, well, this is the Godfather of all of their work." - Derek Sivers
- Sam Altman
One of Sam Altman's answers to "What are some of the best books you recommend for a young startup founder?"
- Ron Conway
"Covers all three phases of [the author's] career: his early days working oncognitive bias, his work on prospect theory, and his later work on happiness." - Ron Conway
- Jason Fried
"I enjoyed [this book]. Fascinating." - Jason Fried
- Sahil Lavingia
Sahil Lavingia recommended this book on Notion.
- Mark Manson
Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
- Jay Shetty
"[One] of my favourite books." - Jay Shetty
- Michiko Kakutani
"Has become essential reading in many baseball front offices and among coaching staffs." - Michiko Kakutani
- Preston Pysh
"An incredible book!" - Preston Pysh
- Ben Greenfield
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- Stewart Brand
The Formula
The Universal Laws of Success
"[Approaches] the problem of randomness and success using the state of the art scientific arsenal we have." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
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Vinod Khosla recommended this bookVinod Khosla
"This book transforms how our success-obsessed society approaches their professional careers and long-term goals." - Vinod Khosla
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The Bitcoin Standard
The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking
"Bitcoin is an excellent idea." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
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"Will help you understand why [Bitcoin] is so unique and why it is so valuable - and why it is the hardest form of money." - Raoul Pal
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Max Keiser recommended this bookMax Keiser
"Took my knowledge of money, and therefore #Bitcoin, to new highs." - Max Keiser
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The Misbehavior of Markets
A Fractal View of Financial Turbulence
"The deepest and most realistic finance book ever published." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
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"A top five investing book of all time." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy
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Market Wizards
Interviews with Top Traders
"Twenty years from now, [this book] will still be fresh. There is no other like it." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
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Adam Robinson recommended this bookAdam Robinson
"Somehow [the author] cannily got the world's best traders to reveal amazing insider secrets!" - Adam Robinson
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The Invisible Gorilla
And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us
"The illusion of attention is one of the most important, surprising, and least known flaws in human thinking. This lucid book examines it in detail." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
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"Rigorously written (unlike many pysch books), fun, funny,surprising, enlightening." - Vinod Khosla
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The Dao of Capital
Austrian Investing in a Distorted World
"At last, a real book by a real risk-taking practitioner." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
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"A great read from the best performing hedge fund manager in 2020." - Anthony Pompliano
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Patrick O'Shaughnessy recommended this bookPatrick O'Shaughnessy
"Suggests a very contrarian approach which would require insane discipline to make work." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy
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Paul Tudor Jones recommended this bookPaul Tudor Jones
"Investors of all kinds will find immeasurable value in this convincing and thoroughly researched book." - Paul Tudor Jones
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Alchemy
The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life
"Wonderfully applicable to about everything in life. Furthermore, it is funny as hell." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
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"Buy this book. I loved it. It’s full of great insights." - Matt Ridley
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"Addresses some of the counterintuitive points in life and business in a very interesting way." - Changpeng Zhao
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"[Part of] my biz book canon." - Ryan Petersen
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Zero to One
Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
"When a risk taker writes a book, read it. In the case of [this author], read it twice. Or, to be safe, three times. This is a classic." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
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"Gives an overview of entrepreneurship and innovation." - Andrew Ng
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"I learned a lot reading it." - Ben Horowitz
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"A must read." - Bryan Johnson
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"[This author] has built multiple breakthrough companies, and [this book] shows how." - Elon Musk
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"If you really understand something that the rest of the world is confused about, and it’s an important truth, [this book] says here are all the ways you might want to make that work." - Eric Weinstein
- Keith Rabois
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
- Kishore Biyani
"Captures some interesting perspectives and insights on the way the world and the business organisations are changing and challenging the status quo." - Kishore Biyani
- Lee Stranahan
"A great business book." - Lee Stranahan
- Luis von Ahn
"I love [this book]." - Luis von Ahn
- Marc Andreessen
"The first book any working or aspiring entrepreneur must read—period." - Marc Andreessen
- Mark Zuckerberg
"This book delivers completely new and refreshing ideas on how to create value in the world." - Mark Zuckerberg
- Matt Mullenweg
"[This book] was excellent." - Matt Mullenweg
- Max Levchin
One of Max Levchin's answers to "what's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?"
- Sam Altman
This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.
- Patrick O'Shaughnessy
"An obvious suggestion, because [this book] is the talk of the town and sits at the top of bestseller lists everywhere." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy
- Tom Bilyeu
Tom Bilyeu recommended this book on his website.
- Ryan Petersen
"[Part of] my biz book canon." - Ryan Petersen
- Brian Dean
"Business classic that lives up to the hype. Completely reframes what a startup should do with their product and positioning." - Brian Dean
- Rupert Murdoch
"Brilliant, often provocative." - Rupert Murdoch
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Adapt
Why Success Always Starts with Failure
"A highly readable, even entertaining, argument against top-down design." - Nassim Taleb (Source)
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"Using excellent examples, [the author] explains that to make progress, you must fail often and fail productively." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy
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