Paul Graham Recommended Books

Paul Graham's answer to "what’s the most beautiful book you’ve ever read?" (Source)

"Probably the single most valuable book a startup founder could read." - Paul Graham (Source)

"It's one of those rare books that divide your life into two parts: before you read it, and after." - Paul Graham (Source)

"The most fabulous book." - Paul Graham (Source)

According to a Twitter thread, Paul Graham praised this book. (Source)

"Among the most inspiring books I know." - Paul Graham (Source)

One of Paul Graham's answers to "what’s your favorite book that almost nobody else knows or talks about?" (Source)

"I read this during dinner and laughed so much that people must have wondered what was wrong with me." - Paul Graham (Source)

"[One of ] the best [books] I can think of [to learn what math is really about]." - Paul Graham (Source)

"I know I've recommended this book already, but it's so good I have to do it again. [The author] brings history to life by explaining how and why the things happened that other books merely tell you happened." - Paul Graham (Source)

One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?" (Source)

"This is one of the great classics of computer science. I bought my first copy 15 years ago, and I still don't feel I have learned everything the book has to teach." - Paul Graham (Source)

One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?" (Source)

"Made me want to work on AI, which led to Lisp." - Paul Graham (Source)

"[The author] is so good that I get distracted by his perfection. Not a word wrong." - Paul Graham (Source)

"[Amazing.] An indictment of publishing that it's out of print." - Paul Graham (Source)

Paul Graham mentioned this book on Twitter. (Source)

"A great book, probably in my all time top 100." - Paul Graham (Source)

One of Paul Graham's answers to "do you know of any good books about startups?" (Source)

Paul Graham mentioned re-reading this book on Twitter. (Source)

"A wonderful book, though only implicitly about 'parenting.'" - Paul Graham (Source)

"I also recommend [this book]." - Paul Graham (Source)

"The most exciting [biography of Einstein] I've read. The author is a physicist who is genuinely excited about Einstein's discoveries, and it moves fast instead of trying to leave no detail unpublished." - Paul Graham (Source)

"[One of ] the best [books] I can think of [to learn what math is really about]." - Paul Graham (Source)

"Great biography of Ramanujan." - Paul Graham (Source)

One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?" (Source)

One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?" (Source)

"Simultaneously reading Rousseau's Confessions and [this book]. Triangulating..." - Paul Graham (Source)

One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?" (Source)

"Wonderful." - Paul Graham (Source)

One of Paul Graham's answers to "what’s your favorite book that almost nobody else knows or talks about?" (Source)

Paul Graham mentioned this book on Twitter. (Source)

"How did I not know about this book til now?" - Paul Graham (Source)

"I suspect if you'd read 'Guns, Sails, and Empires' and [this book], little in 'Guns, Germs, and Steel' would surprise you." - Paul Graham (Source)

"Excellent." - Paul Graham (Source)

"If you want to learn more about hunter gatherers I strongly recommend [this book]." - Paul Graham (Source)

"The one book we encourage startup founders to read. [...] It's critically important for anyone in business." - Paul Graham (Source)

"A wonderful book. I'm looking at the few pages left and wishing there were more." - Paul Graham (Source)

"The most impressive feature of [this book] is how much [the author] admits he didn't know. He's constantly talking about papers he couldn't understand and important concepts he didn't grasp." - Paul Graham (Source)

"Excellent." - Paul Graham (Source)

One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?" (Source)

"[This] Autobiography is a wonderfully candid and inspiring one." - Paul Graham (Source)

One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?" (Source)

"Watterson is like Wodehouse. Because he works in an unpretentious medium, few realize how timelessly great he is." - Paul Graham (Source)

One of Paul Graham's answers to "are there any books on medieval history you can recommend?" (Source)

"Wodehouse is so good that I get distracted by his perfection. Not a word wrong." - Paul Graham (Source)

"[The author] was in charge of BAC's Commercial Aircraft Division, and thus the British side of Concorde development." - Paul Graham (Source)

"A wonderful book." - Paul Graham (Source)

"One of the best books I've found for explaining history to kids." - Paul Graham (Source)

"As perfect as Wodehouse." - Paul Graham (Source)

Paul Graham mentioned this book on Twitter. (Source)

One of Paul Graham's answers to "what’s your favorite book that almost nobody else knows or talks about?" (Source)

Paul Graham used this book as an example that one scientist's "take" can be very convincing. (Source)

"So good I'm reading slow to make it last." - Paul Graham (Source)

"I've read [this book] at least two times, maybe three." - Paul Graham (Source)

"Simultaneously reading [this book] and No Easy Day. Triangulating..." - Paul Graham (Source)

"If you want to learn more about hunter gatherers I strongly recommend [this book]." - Paul Graham (Source)

Paul Graham's (funny) answer to "what are your favourite books with a politics very different to your own?" (Source)

"A great book." - Paul Graham (Source)

One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?" (Source)

Paul Graham's answer to "examples of books that you reread years later, & found to be much better?" (Source)

"Good." - Paul Graham (Source)

"Will be deeply pleasing to [its respective audience]." - Paul Graham (Source)

"My favorite books for bedtime reading to 2 year olds." - Paul Graham (Source)

"Kuhn was surely most influenced by the Copernican Revolution. [This is an] excellent book incidentally." - Paul Graham (Source)

One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?" (Source)

Paul Graham's answer to "which P. G. Wodehouse book do you recommend?" (Source)

"Book recommendation." - Paul Graham (Source)

"One of the best books about the late 3rd century." - Paul Graham (Source)

Paul Graham mentioned this book on Twitter. (Source)

Paul Graham's answer to "which Stephen Fry book do you recommend?" (Source)

Paul Graham mentioned this book on Twitter. (Source)

One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?" (Source)

One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?" (Source)

"Really excellent." - Paul Graham (Source)

Paul Graham mentioned reading this book on Twitter. (Source)

Paul Graham mentioned this book on Twitter. (Source)

"I particularly liked [this book]." - Paul Graham (Source)

"The writing in the novel Wodehouse left unfinished when he died at 93 is crisp as ever." - Paul Graham (Source)

"Read this book." - Paul Graham (Source)

"Particularly good at getting into contemporaries' heads." - Paul Graham (Source)

"If you want to understand how venture capital works and the effect it has had on the US economy, this is the book to read." - Paul Graham (Source)