Keith Rabois Book Recommendations

The Model Thinker

What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You

by Scott E. Page

"Excited to read this. I have been searching for a book to recommend on this topic for a decade." - Keith Rabois (Source)

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

by Neil Postman

Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)

The pmarca Blog Archives

by Marc Andreessen

Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)

Creative Selection

Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs

by Ken Kocienda

"[One of] two indispensable books of 2018." - Keith Rabois (Source)

The Method Method

Seven Obsessions That Helped Our Scrappy Start-up Turn an Industry Upside Down

by Eric Ryan

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On Intelligence

How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines

by Jeff Hawkins

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The Book of Why

The New Science of Cause and Effect

by Judea Pearl

"[One of] two indispensable books of 2018." - Keith Rabois (Source)

How Not to Be Wrong

The Power of Mathematical Thinking

by Jordan Ellenberg

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The 80/20 Principle and 92 Other Powerful Laws of Nature

The Science of Success

by Richard Koch

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Viral Loop

From Facebook to Twitter, How Today's Smartest Businesses Grow Themselves

by Adam L. Penenberg

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An Elegant Defense

The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives

by Matt Richtel

Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter. (Source)

High Growth Handbook

by Elad Gil

"A great book." - Keith Rabois (Source)

The Checklist Manifesto

How to Get Things Right

by Atul Gawande

Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post. (Source)

Who Is Michael Ovitz?

by Michael Ovitz

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Quirky

The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World

by Melissa A Schilling

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Trade-Off

Why Some Things Catch On, and Others Don't

by Kevin Maney

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The Little Kingdom

The Private Story of Apple Computer

by Michael Moritz

"[One of three] classic books to read, albeit perhaps with less immediate/practical relevance today." - Keith Rabois (Source)

Range

Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

by David J. Epstein

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In the Company of Giants

Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World

by Rama Dev Jager

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Naked Statistics

Stripping the Dread from the Data

by Charles Wheelan

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Behind the Cloud

The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry

by Marc Benioff

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7 Powers

The Foundations of Business Strategy

by Hamilton Helmer

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The Curse of the Mogul

What's Wrong with the World's Leading Media Companies

by Jonathan A. Knee

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The Organized Mind

Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

by Daniel J. Levitin

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High Output Management

by Andrew S. Grove

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Spent

Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior

by Geoffrey Miller

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Troublemakers

Silicon Valley's Coming of Age

by Leslie Berlin

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The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

by Ben Horowitz

"Reflects 2000-2003." - Keith Rabois (Source)

Go To

by Steve Lohr

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The Score Takes Care of Itself

My Philosophy of Leadership

by Bill Walsh

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The Success Equation

Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing

by Michael Mauboussin

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The City in History

Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects

by Lewis Mumford

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Radical Uncertainty

Decision-Making Beyond the Numbers

by John Kay

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Architects of the Web

1,000 Days that Built the Future of Business

by Robert H. Reid

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Swimming Across

A Memoir

by Andrew S. Grove

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Hackers & Painters

Big Ideas from the Computer Age

by Paul Graham

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Insanely Simple

The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success

by Ken Segall

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Cultural Strategy

Using Innovative Ideologies to Build Breakthrough Brands

by Douglas Holt

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Becoming Steve Jobs

The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader

by Brent Schlender

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The Monk and the Riddle

The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living

by Randy Komisar

"[One of three] classic books to read, albeit perhaps with less immediate/practical relevance today." - Keith Rabois (Source)

The Splendid and the Vile

A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

by Erik Larson

"Books on Churchill in 1940-1941 take on wholly different meanings during a crisis vs studying during times of peace & prosperity." - Keith Rabois (Source)

The Vision of the Anointed

by Thomas Sowell

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Deep Medicine

How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again

by Eric Topol

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Return to the Little Kingdom

Steve Jobs and the Creation of Apple

by Michael Moritz

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Churchill

Walking with Destiny

by Andrew Roberts

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The Art of the Start

The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything

by Guy Kawasaki

"For a first-time entrepreneur: [this book] is an excellent introduction to many key issues." - Keith Rabois (Source)

Warfighting

by U. S. Marine Corps

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Sapiens

A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari

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Talent Wins

The New Playbook for Putting People First

by Ram Charan

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Why We Sleep

Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

by Matthew Walker

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Loonshots

How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries

by Safi Bahcall

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1944

FDR and the Year That Changed History

by Jay Winik

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Powerful

by Patty McCord

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World War 3.0

Microsoft and Its Enemies

by Ken Auletta

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The Innovator's Solution

Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth

by Clayton M. Christensen

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Drawing Life

Surviving the Unabomber

by David Gelernter

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The Upside of Stress

Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It

by Kelly McGonigal

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The Search

How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture

by John Battelle

"For a good historical perspective on the evolution of the consumer Internet world." - Keith Rabois (Source)

The Breakthrough

Immunotherapy and the Race to Cure Cancer

by Charles Graeber

"It is the experts who created this virus mess. and the experts who suppressed solutions to cancer for a century." - Keith Rabois (Source)

The Intel Trinity

How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company

by Michael S. Malone

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Steve Jobs & the Next Big Thing

by Randall E. Stross

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Revolution in The Valley

The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made

by Andy Hertzfeld

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Googled

The End of the World As We Know It

by Ken Auletta

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The New New Thing

A Silicon Valley Story

by Michael Lewis

"[One of three] classic books to read, albeit perhaps with less immediate/practical relevance today." - Keith Rabois (Source)

Predictably Irrational

The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

by Dan Ariely

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Get Back in the Box

How Being Great at What You Do Is Great for Business

by Douglas Rushkoff

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Rocket Men

The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon

by Robert Kurson

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How Google Works

by Eric Schmidt

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Andy Grove

The Life and Times of an American

by Richard S. Tedlow

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Barbarians at the Gate

The Fall of RJR Nabisco

by Bryan Burrough

"Suggested reading this book this am on stage at Techweek." - Keith Rabois (Source)

Red Star Over the Pacific

China's Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy

by Toshi Yoshihara

"Required reading in our household." - Keith Rabois (Source)

The Extended Mind

The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain

by Annie Murphy Paul

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White

by Bret Easton Ellis

"New reading material deviates from central casting for me." - Keith Rabois (Source)

Breath

The New Science of a Lost Art

by James Nestor

"Fascinating." - Keith Rabois (Source)

Zero to One

Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

by Peter Thiel

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Skin in the Game

Incerto, Book 5

by Nassim Taleb

"Quite powerful, albeit often redundant." - Keith Rabois (Source)

The Seventh Sense

Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks

by Joshua Cooper Ramo

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Life 3.0

Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

by Max Tegmark

"Best introduction to AI, accessible to sophisticated. Enjoyable to read." - Keith Rabois (Source)

Behave

The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

by Robert M. Sapolsky

"A bit of a long commitment but worth it. Provocative." - Keith Rabois (Source)

Red Notice

A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice

by Bill Browder

"Amazing read about Russia from 1998-2007." - Keith Rabois (Source)

Grit

The Power of Passion and Perseverance

by Angela Duckworth

"Although the title may make it appear intuitive, the reading is much more insightful and applicable than you might guess." - Keith Rabois (Source)

The Art of Doing Science and Engineering

Learning to Learn

by Richard W. Hamming

"Not for everyone but recommend for tech folks." - Keith Rabois (Source)

Planet Google

One Company's Audacious Plan to Organize Everything We Know

by Randall Stross

Keith Rabois recommended this book on Quora. (Source)