Bryan Johnson Book Recommendations

Endurance

Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

by Alfred Lansing

"How I want to behave in life." - Bryan Johnson (Source)

A Mind at Play

How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age

by Jimmy Soni

Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Number

The Language of Science

by Tobias Dantzig

Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

A Good Man

Rediscovering My Father, Sargent Shriver

by Mark Shriver

"An exceptional father, a good friend, loyal, and he is a mental model of the kind of person I want to be in life." - Bryan Johnson (Source)

Man's Search for Meaning

by Viktor E. Frankl

"His basic point is no matter the conditions we surround ourselves in, we can author our life." - Bryan Johnson (Source)

Why We Sleep

Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

by Matthew Walker

"Not only did I become convinced that getting high-quality sleep is the best protector and enhancer of health and cognition, but it is also the most underappreciated." - Bryan Johnson (Source)

Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

"I started reading [this book] and I became increasingly convinced of my own fickleness and inability to actually act rationally in life." - Bryan Johnson (Source)

When Einstein Walked with Gödel

Excursions to the Edge of Thought

by Jim Holt

Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Behave

The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

by Robert M. Sapolsky

Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

But What If We're Wrong?

Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past

by Chuck Klosterman

Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Siddhartha

by Hermann Hesse

"Love [this book]." - Bryan Johnson (Source)

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

An Inquiry Into Values

by Robert M. Pirsig

Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Bend the Curve

Accelerating Your Startup's Success

by Andrew Razeghi

"A great read." - Bryan Johnson (Source)

The End Of Science

Facing The Limits Of Knowledge In The Twilight Of The Scientific Age

by John Horgan

Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Flatland

A Romance of Many Dimensions

by Edwin A. Abbott

"A good book." - Bryan Johnson (Source)

Zero

The Biography of a Dangerous Idea

by Charles Seife

"Chronicles how hard it was for humanity to come up with and hold onto the concept of zero. No zero, no math. No zero, no engineering. No zero, no modern world as we know it..." - Bryan Johnson (Source)

The Annotated Flatland

A Romance of Many Dimensions

by Ian Stewart

Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

The Gene

An Intimate History

by Siddhartha Mukherjee

"A great book." - Bryan Johnson (Source)

The Coddling of the American Mind

How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

by Greg Lukianoff

"Excited to read this new book by my friends." - Bryan Johnson (Source)

WTF?

What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us

by Tim O'Reilly

"I loved [this book]. Especially [the] sections on algorithms and focusing on improving human ability for the future of jobs." - Bryan Johnson (Source)

Principles

Life and Work

by Ray Dalio

"[The author] open sourced Bridgewater’s methods in [this book] and the results were good evidence that collectives can operate at higher levels when they are open and honest about and can see past their cognitive flaws." - Bryan Johnson (Source)

Zero to One

Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

by Peter Thiel

"A must read." - Bryan Johnson (Source)

Designing Brand Identity

An Essential Guide for the Whole Branding Team

by Robert M. Sapolsky

Determined

A Science of Life without Free Will

by Robert M. Sapolsky

"Phenomenal." - Bryan Johnson (Source)