Ben Horowitz Book Recommendations

The Black Jacobins

Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution

by C.L.R. James

"My favorite leadership book ever and one of the great stories in human history." - Ben Horowitz (Source)

High Output Management

by Andrew S. Grove

"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 (Source)

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

by Jack Weatherford

"Unexpectedly the most interesting book on the topic of how you think about inclusion." - Ben Horowitz (Source)

No Rules Rules

Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention

by Reed Hastings

"A great book. I highly recommend it for anyone run a company, but especially those who want a culture that encourages long-term innovation." - Ben Horowitz (Source)

Skin in the Game

Incerto, Book 5

by Nassim Taleb

"A book about the dynamics of how large-scale, highly random systems behave." - Ben Horowitz (Source)

Only the Paranoid Survive

How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company

by Andrew S. Grove

"A great book on strategy." - Ben Horowitz (Source)

Focus

The Future of Your Company Depends on It

by Al Ries

"Excellent [book] on branding, naming, and marketing." - Ben Horowitz (Source)

The Innovator's Dilemma

When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail

by Clayton M. Christensen

"A great book on strategy." - Ben Horowitz (Source)

Who Is Michael Ovitz?

by Michael Ovitz

"It is truly rare to read a book this honest from a living legend. The Hollywood superhero lets us peak behind his mask and understand his weaknesses and methods." - Ben Horowitz (Source)

Toussaint Louverture

A Revolutionary Life

by Philippe Girard

"Excellent." - Ben Horowitz (Source)

Swimming Across

A Memoir

by Andrew S. Grove

"A great book." - Ben Horowitz (Source)

Lenin

The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror

by Victor Sebestyen

"A thrilling biography that provides great insight into how Communism works in practice." - Ben Horowitz (Source)

Writing My Wrongs

Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison

by Shaka Senghor

"The memoir of a man who went to prison for 19 years, then became an author and MIT fellow." - Ben Horowitz (Source)

My American Journey

by Colin Powell

"Very, very interesting on leadership." - Ben Horowitz (Source)

My Years with General Motors

by Alfred Sloan

"Very interesting particularly on scale issues." - Ben Horowitz (Source)

Dapper Dan

Made in Harlem

by Daniel R. Day

"An amazing entrepreneurial story covering everything from dice to fashion." - Ben Horowitz (Source)

Black Spartacus

The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture

by Sudhir Hazareesingh

"Perhaps the sharpest portrait yet of Louverture." - Ben Horowitz (Source)

The Startup Community Way

Evolving an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

by Brad Feld

"Brand new knowledge." - Ben Horowitz (Source)

The Lean Startup

How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

by Eric Ries

"Great." - Ben Horowitz (Source)

Zero to One

Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

by Peter Thiel

"I learned a lot reading it." - Ben Horowitz (Source)

Build

An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

by Tony Fadell

"Delivers priceless advice for any young person who wants to build something great or change the world for the better." - Ben Horowitz (Source)