Books Recommended by Investors & VCs

Books investors and VCs recommend most

1. 
   The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
   Ben Horowitz
   Recommended by Ken Norton, Raoul Pal +7 more
2. 
   Thinking, Fast and Slow
   Daniel Kahneman
   Recommended by Naval Ravikant, Ken Norton +6 more
3. 
   High Output Management
   Andrew S. Grove
   Recommended by Marc Andreessen, Vinod Khosla +5 more
4. 
   Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
   Phil Knight
   Recommended by Alexis Ohanian, Bill Gurley +5 more
5. 
   Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
   David Epstein
   Recommended by Haralabos Voulgaris, Scott Kupor +4 more
6. 
   The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
   Morgan Housel
   Recommended by Howard Marks, Anthony Pompliano +4 more
7. 
   How to Win Friends and Influence People
   DALE CARNEGIE
   Recommended by Alexis Ohanian, Daymond John +3 more
8. 
   Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
   Matthew Walker PhD
   Recommended by Alexis Ohanian, David Cohen +3 more
9. 
   The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
   Eric Ries
   Recommended by Vinod Khosla, Ken Norton +3 more
10. 
    The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building
    Matt Mochary, Alex Maccaw, Misha Talavera
    Recommended by Alexis Ohanian, Naval Ravikant +3 more
11. 
    Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days
    Jessica Livingston
    Recommended by Alexis Ohanian, Paul Graham +3 more
12. 
    Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
    Nir Eyal, Ryan Hoover
    Recommended by Alexis Ohanian, Ken Norton +3 more
13. 
    The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change)
    Clayton M. Christensen
    Recommended by Naval Ravikant, Ben Horowitz +3 more
14. 
    The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed. The Definitive Book on Value Investing
    Benjamin Graham, Jason Zweig
    Recommended by Warren Buffett, Bill Ackman +3 more
15. 
    Crossing the Chasm, 3rd Edition: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers
    Geoffrey A. Moore
    Recommended by Ken Norton, Andrew Chen +2 more
16. 
    Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
    James Clear
    Recommended by Keith Rabois, Preston Pysh +2 more
17. 
    The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
    Gregory Zuckerman
    Recommended by Tomasz Tunguz, Abhishek Kar +2 more
18. 
    Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future
    Blake Masters
    Recommended by Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman +2 more
19. 
    Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
    Greg McKeown
    Recommended by Reid Hoffman, Daymond John +2 more
20. 
    Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto)
    Nassim Nicholas Taleb
    Recommended by Marc Andreessen, Tim Ferriss +2 more
21. 
    The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
    William N. Thorndike Jr.
    Recommended by Warren Buffett, Josh Elman +2 more
22. 
    Principles: Life and Work
    Ray Dalio
    Recommended by Preston Pysh, Amber Atherton +2 more
23. 
    Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
    Dr. Dan Ariely
    Recommended by Vinod Khosla, Ken Norton +1 more
24. 
    Security Analysis, Sixth Edition (Leatherbound Edition)
    Benjamin Graham, David Dodd, Seth Klarman
    Recommended by Warren Buffett, Bill Ackman +1 more

The investors and VCs

Natalie Portman

Actress and Co-Owner of Angel City

40 book recommendations

Peter Thiel

Co-Founder of PayPal, Founder & Chairman of Palantir, Partner at Founders Fund

12 book recommendations

Warren Buffett

Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway

16 book recommendations

Bill Ackman

Founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management

4 book recommendations

Mark Cuban

Entrepreneur, Investor, and Shark Tank Investor

12 book recommendations

Alexis Ohanian

Co-Founder of Reddit and Founder of Seven Seven Six

33 book recommendations

Eric Weinstein

Managing director @ Thiel Capital. Some assembly required. May contain math. Tweets my own. YT: https://t.co/Qszr1mtwld IG: @ericrweinstein

3 book recommendations

Reid Hoffman

Co-Founder of LinkedIn, Partner at Greylock

25 book recommendations

Rui

Decade in China tech as investor & analyst. Ask me anything. Created: @techbuzzchina. Join: https://t.co/KxRkRHWYJm

2 book recommendations

Marc Andreessen

Co-Founder and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz

35 book recommendations

Naval Ravikant

Co-Founder & Chairman of AngelList

14 book recommendations

Questlove

my radioshow @QLS is https://t.co/PX7KZfyf4Y my food venture is @QuestlovesFood & 4 ur kids follow @thepocketkit! i'm in the house!!

3 book recommendations

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• Paul GrahamCo-Founder of Y Combinator
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• Kevin RoseCo-owner of Digg, Partner at True Ventures
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• Jessica LivingstonCo-Founder of Y Combinator
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• Marty CaganPartner at Silicon Valley Product Group
• Roger McNameeFounder of Elevation Partners and Author of Zucked
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• Fred WilsonCo-Founder and Managing Partner of Union Square Ventures
• Jim KnightI'm a Senior Partner at the Instructional Coaching Group. I study Instructional Coaching at the Kansas Coaching Project and write the Radical Learners blog.
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• Ben HuntHope has two beautiful daughters - Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are. - St. Augustine
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• Megan QuinnInvestor-builder. COO, @nianticlabs. Board Director @joinhandshake @nianticlabs @pendoio @rover. I like maps & @mgsiegler. Trying to make @maisiesiegler proud.
• Tomasz TunguzGeneral Partner at Theory Ventures
• Brad FeldCo-Founder and Partner at Foundry; Co-Founder of Techstars
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