Best AI & Tech Books Recommended by Experts

The most-recommended AI and technology books, ranked by how many experts endorse each one — plus the people behind the picks.

XavierSantiagoTheoJohn CarmackKate CrawfordAndrew LokenauthJim Marous
10 experts · 24 most-recommended books · Updated on June 6, 2026
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Most-recommended AI and technology books

  1. The Compound Effect (10th Anniversary Edition): Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success
    The Compound Effect (10th Anniversary Edition): Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success
    Darren Hardy
  2. Deep Learning for Coders with fastai and PyTorch: AI Applications Without a PhD
    Deep Learning for Coders with fastai and PyTorch: AI Applications Without a PhD
    Jeremy Howard, Sylvain Gugger
    Recommended by Oren Etzioni, Anthony Chang
  3. The Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes
    The Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes
    Donald D. Hoffman
    Recommended by Peter Skomoroch
  4. Thinking like a Parrot: Perspectives from the Wild
    Thinking like a Parrot: Perspectives from the Wild
    Alan B. Bond, Judy Diamond
    Recommended by Reg Saddler
  5. What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars (Columbia Business School Publishing)
    What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars (Columbia Business School Publishing)
    Jim Paul, Brendan Moynihan, Jack Schwager
    Recommended by Ran Neuner
  6. The Technology Fallacy: How People Are the Real Key to Digital Transformation (Management on the Cutting Edge)
    The Technology Fallacy: How People Are the Real Key to Digital Transformation (Management on the Cutting Edge)
    Gerald C. Kane, Anh Nguyen Phillips, Jonathan R. Copulsky, Garth R. Andrus
    Recommended by Jim Marous
  7. The Expanse Hardcover Boxed Set: Leviathan Wakes, Caliban's War, Abaddon's Gate: Now a Prime Original Series
    The Expanse Hardcover Boxed Set: Leviathan Wakes, Caliban's War, Abaddon's Gate: Now a Prime Original Series
    James S. A. Corey
    Recommended by John Carmack
  8. Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans
    Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans
    Melanie Mitchell
    Recommended by Gary Marcus
  9. Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo
    Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo
    Galileo Galilei, Stillman Drake
    Recommended by Peter Skomoroch
  10. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
    Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
    Steven Levy
    Recommended by John Carmack
  11. Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
    Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
    Gabriel Wyner
    Recommended by Gary Marcus
  12. Brains, Machines, and Mathematics
    Brains, Machines, and Mathematics
    Michael A. Arbib
    Recommended by Peter Skomoroch
  13. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
    The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
    Robert A. Heinlein
    Recommended by John Carmack
  14. Atlas Shrugged (Centennial Ed.)
    Atlas Shrugged (Centennial Ed.)
    Ayn Rand
    Recommended by John Carmack
  15. The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition
    The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition
    Don Norman
    Recommended by Harsh Makadia
  16. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
    John Carreyrou
    Recommended by Jim Marous
  17. The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America
    The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America
    Timothy Snyder
  18. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
    How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
    Bill Gates
    Recommended by Xavier
  19. Thinking, Fast and Slow
    Thinking, Fast and Slow
    Daniel Kahneman
    Recommended by Xavier
  20. The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need; Expanded and Updated Throughout
    The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need; Expanded and Updated Throughout
    Andrew Tobias
    Recommended by Andrew Lokenauth
  21. Terraform: Up and Running: Writing Infrastructure as Code
    Terraform: Up and Running: Writing Infrastructure as Code
    Yevgeniy Brikman
    Recommended by Ed Kwedar
  22. The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns (Little Books, Big Profits)
    The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns (Little Books, Big Profits)
    John C. Bogle
    Recommended by Andrew Lokenauth
  23. Bank 4.0: Banking Everywhere, Never at a Bank
    Bank 4.0: Banking Everywhere, Never at a Bank
    Brett King
    Recommended by Jim Marous
  24. Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass
    Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass
    Mary L. Gray, Siddharth Suri
    Recommended by Kate Crawford

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