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Charles Koch Book Recommendations

Charles Koch is an American businessman, political donor and philanthropist.

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39 Books Recommended

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Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy

by Michael Polanyi

"[One of four books] where I learned how the world works." - Charles Koch (Source)

Human Action

A Treatise on Economics

by Ludwig Von Mises

"[One of four books] where I learned how the world works." - Charles Koch (Source)

Also recommended by:

Rand Paul, Mark Spitznagel

Why Wages Rise

by F. A. Harper

"To learn more about how Deep Learning will direct us to personalized diets." - Charles Koch (Source)

Law, Legislation and Liberty (3 books)

Charles Koch recommended this series on his website. (Source)

Frames of Mind

The Theory of Multiple Intelligences

by Howard Gardner

"People aren't smarter or dumb overall except in real extremes. Most of us are gifted in some ways and not too swift in others." - Charles Koch (Source)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

James Clear

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

George Smiley, Book 3

by John le Carré

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Malcolm Gladwell

National Economic Planning

What Is Left?

by Don Lavoie

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Lonesome Dove

A Novel

by Larry McMurtry

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Bureaucracy

by Ludwig von Mises

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

The Upright Thinkers

The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos

by Leonard Mlodinow

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Tai Lopez

Heaven on Earth

The Rise, Fall, and Afterlife of Socialism

by Joshua Muravchik

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

The Republic of Science

Its Political and Economic Theory

by Michael Polanyi

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Conjectures and Refutations

The Growth of Scientific Knowledge

by Karl Popper

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

David Deutsch

The Godfather

The Godfather, Book 1

by Mario Puzo

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

The Evolution of Everything

How New Ideas Emerge

by Matt Ridley

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Naval Ravikant

The Forgotten Man

A New History of the Great Depression

by Amity Shlaes

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Balaji Srinivasan

A Conflict of Visions

Ideological Origins of Political Struggles

by Thomas Sowell

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Marc Andreessen

Knowledge And Decisions

by Thomas Sowell

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Steven Pinker

Brideshead Revisited

by Evelyn Waugh

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Christopher Hitchens

A Man in Full

A Novel

by Tom Wolfe

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Modern Times

The World from the Twenties to the Nineties

by Paul Johnson

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Ben Shapiro, Dennis Prager

The Sun Also Rises

by Ernest Hemingway

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

The Road to Serfdom

by F. A. Hayek

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

The Fatal Conceit

The Errors of Socialism

by F. A. Hayek

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Nick Szabo

The Happiness Hypothesis

Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

by Jonathan Haidt

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Joe Rogan, Derren Brown, Tony Hsieh

The Survivor

Mitch Rapp, Book 14

by Vince Flynn

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

The Science of Liberty

Democracy, Reason, and the Laws of Nature

by Timothy Ferris

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

As I Lay Dying

The Corrected Text

by William Faulkner

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Oprah Winfrey

State of Fear

by Michael Crichton

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

The Hunt for Red October

A Jack Ryan Novel, Book 1

by Tom Clancy

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

How the West Grew Rich

The Economic Transformation Of The Industrial World

by Nathan Rosenberg

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

The Law

by Frédéric Bastiat

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Ron Paul, Changpeng Zhao

America's War for the Greater Middle East

A Military History

by Andrew J. Bacevich

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website. (Source)

In Pursuit

Of Happiness and Good Government

by Charles Murray

"[One of four books] where I learned how the world works." - Charles Koch (Source)

The Bonfire of the Vanities

A Novel

by Tom Wolfe

"[One of four books] where I learned how the world works." - Charles Koch (Source)

Also recommended by:

Ev Williams, Christopher Hitchens

The Politics Industry

How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy

by Katherine M. Gehl

"Makes an important contribution to the conversation about how to change our political system for the better." - Charles Koch (Source)

Also recommended by:

Mark Cuban, Howard Schultz