Karlie Kloss: "It’s an amazing book on the beginning of humanity. It’s scientific but also philosophical."

Joe Rogan: "Great book... Fucking fascinating... Very enlightening."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This book was so entertaining and useful.

It provides a concise history of humankind and outlines why we have the psychology we do today (this part is great for thinking about investor behavior)."

Changpeng Zhao: "[This book] gives me a greater perspective about how humans emerged and why we behave the way we do."

Daniel Ek: "One of the most-talked-about books of the last couple of years, and for good reason.

Both sobering and conservatively optimistic in equal measure, it seems even more relevant for us at the moment to learn from our socio-anthropological history."

Anthony Pompliano: "One of the best books I read in 2017"

Naval Ravikant: "An orthogonal and clinical examination of the human animal, from the beginning to now.

Humans are story-telling alpha predators that killed the competition and domesticated the survivors. This is our story, and it's not all pretty."

David Sacks: "Yuval Harari’s Sapiens had a big impact on how I approach VC. The theme of the book is that humans obsess over narratives.

So I try to focus on product and metrics as a way to get to ground truth, as opposed to over-indexing on the pitch, which is mostly a story-telling event."

Melinda Gates mentioned this book as one of her 11 favorite books.

Reid Hoffman: "Sapiens has had me thinking a lot about the evolution of humanity and what our future looks like."

Mark Zuckerberg: "I found the chapter on the evolution of the role of religion in human life most interesting and something I wanted to go deeper on."

Raoul Pal enjoyed reading 'Sapiens'.

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

Bill Gurley: "I really enjoyed [Sapiens]"

Bill Gates: "Melinda and I spent weeks talking about this history of the human race."

Tim Cook: "Best business book of the century."

Warren Buffett: “The best book I read last year. Phil is a gifted storyteller.”

Alexis Ohanian: "Shoe Dog by Phil Knight is a great one -- had no idea Nike had such a long history."

One of 10 biographies Jason Calacanis recommends reading.

Bill Gurley: "I don't know of any book that captures the entrepreneurial spirit as much as this one does. PK explains exactly why we grind."

Austen Allred: "Loved [Shoe Dog]"

Tobi Lutke's book recommendation for business leaders.

Anthony Pompliano: "One of the best books I read in 2017"

Brian Armstrong mentioned reading Shoe Dog on his blog.

Bill Gates: "An honest tale of what it takes to succeed in business

Phil Knight opens up in a way few CEOs do in his candid memoir about creating the Nike shoe empire."

Naval Ravikant: "Matt Ridley's "The Rational Optimist" is the most brilliant and enlightening book I've read in years."

Anthony Pompliano: "One of the best books I read in 2017"

Bill Gurley: "I really, really loved 'How Innovation Works' from Matt Ridley.

It is a very elegant follow up to 'The Rational Optimist' - read both if you can."

Marc Andreessen: "Sparkling explanation of how the economy evolves, producing the glorious cornucopia of goods and services available all around us.

How to feel good about the future even in dark times."

Mark Zuckerberg: "This book argues that economic progress is the greater force is pushing society forward."

Bill Gates: "The book focuses on some of the critical issues facing the world today including aid to Africa and climate change."

Nick Szabo: "I think three or four of my top 20 books of all time are all Ridley’s. Rational Optimist, Genome, Red Queen, Origins of Virtue."

Arianna Huffington: "A must read!"

Bill Gurley: "Historically important book that will hopefully stand as a critical catalyst to change in our industry."

Melinda Gates: "For decades, powerful men have responded to sexism in tech by saying, “It’s always been this way.” What they mean is, “It will always be this way.”

Emily Chang's book proves that the first statement is wrong. And we don't have to accept the second."

Michael Bloomberg: "An important new book about gender equality in Silicon Valley"

Aaron Levie mentioned 'Brotopia' on Twitter.

Bill Gurley: "A book that all entrepreneurs should read"

Seth Godin: "Crossing the Chasm helps us understand that it is a myth — an incorrect myth, a false myth — to believe that we can start with an idea for a few people and ride it from early adopter to early majority to late majority to laggard."

Changpeng Zhao: "This book has helped me hone my message with regard to talking about Binance to the world."

One of Aaron Levie's favorite business books.

One of five business books Chris Dixon recommended on Twitter.

NIck Szabo: "One of the most important books I've read"

Naval Ravikant's answer to "Any good book about economy for a beginner?"

Elon Musk: "Adam Smith FTW obv. Ironically, future automation will naturally lead to greater equality of consumption. Monopolies are true enemy of people. Competing to serve is good."

Bill Gurley: "Smith identified that when men and women specialize their skills, and also importantly 'trade' with one another, the end result is a rise in productivity and standard of living for everyone."

Bill Gurley: "Bad Blood is an incredible book that should be read by each and every player in the startup/Silicon Valley ecosystem."

Michael Mauboussin: "Amazing book about human nature"

Andrew Wilkinson: "Soooo good."

Bill Gates: "I couldn’t put down this thriller with a tragic ending"

Warren Buffett: "They laid out a roadmap for investing that I have now been following for 57 years. There's been no reason to look for another."

One of Bill Gurley's recommended books for learning the basics of investing.

One of the books Bill Ackman asked his newly-hired analyst to read before joining Pershing Square.

Included on Jamie Dimon's list of favorite books he sent to JP Morgan summer interns in 2010.

Bill Gurley: "The book is spectacular."

Palmer Luckey: "There is a reason we gave it to all employees at Oculus"

Brian Armstrong: "A compelling picture of how VR might play out.

People will spend more and more time in the meta-verse (side note: and likely end up using digital currency)."

One of Austen Allred's top five all-time recommended books.

Jeff Bezos: "My favorite business book is Built to Last."

Bill Gurley: "Collins and Porras suggest that the very best companies set an audacious, very long-term goal that shines a light towards 'an envisioned future.'"

Included on Jamie Dimon's list of favorite books he sent to JP Morgan summer interns in 2010.

Bill Gurley: "I really, really loved 'How Innovation Works' from Matt Ridley.

It is a very elegant follow up to 'The Rational Optimist' - read both if you can."

Brian Armstrong: "Really enjoyed reading this new book from Matt Ridley."

Naval Ravikant: "Everything by Matt Ridley is worth reading."

Warren Buffett: "When I see memos from Howard Marks in my mail, they're the first thing I open and read.

I always learn something, and that goes double for his book."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "Howard Marks rivals Warren Buffett when it comes to quality shareholder letters.

This book is the best of those letters and ideas weaved together into a brilliant narrative. One of my favorite books on value/distressed investing."

One of Bill Gurley's recommended books for learning the basics of investing.

Bill Gurley: "Read this book, it changes everything"

Michael Mauboussin: "Great book"

Included on Jamie Dimon's list of favorite books he sent to JP Morgan summer interns in 2010.

Vinod Khosla: "An excellent book by Deepak Malhotra that I recommend to every entrepreneur, investor, & CEO - and anyone else who deals with difficult negotiations."

Bill Gurley: "If you want to be a world class big deal negotiator, make sure you pick up 'Negotiating The Impossible' by Deepak Malhotra, best book on the subject by far."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "The book lays out three key aspects of negotiation: framing, process, and empathy."

Vinod Khosla: "Important [lessons on] investing, business, sports"

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

Bill Gurley recommends reading every book by Michael Mauboussin for learning the basics of investing.

Michael Mauboussin: "I loved this book. Great read for anyone who communicates for a living"

Bill Gurley: "Read this book. Nice compliment to 'Sapiens'"

Michael Bloomberg: "Throughout his career, Howard Marks has been a standout voice in the world of finance because he steps back and asks the right questions."

Bill Gurley recommends reading every book by Howard Marks for learning the basics of investing.

Warren Buffett: "When I see memos from Howard Marks in my mail, they're the first thing I open and read.

I always learn something, and that goes double for his book."

One of Bill Gurley's recommended books for learning the basics of investing.

Jessica Livingston: "'Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure' was a huge inspiration for me. It ignited an interest in startups generally when I read it in 2004 and in particular the behind the scenes stories of startups."

Bill Gurley: "A book that all entrepreneurs should read"

Bill Gurley: "If you love basketball, the Warriors, intense tenacity, or understanding how a great team executes as one, you will love Andre
Iguodala‘s very candid new book, The Sixth Man"

Arianna Huffington: "Love this excerpt from Andre Iguodala's new book 'The Sixth Man' about how he learned to believe the age-old-adage that less is more."

Shane Parrish: "Highly recommend"

Bill Gurley recommends reading every book by Michael Mauboussin for learning the basics of investing.

Bill Gurley: "A book that all entrepreneurs should read"

Included on Jamie Dimon's list of favorite books he sent to JP Morgan summer interns in 2010.

Michael Mauboussin recommends Valuation for quant traders.

One of Bill Gurley's recommended books for learning the basics of investing.

Bill Gurley recommends reading every book by Michael Mauboussin for learning the basics of investing.

Bill Gurley recommends reading every book by Michael Mauboussin for learning the basics of investing.

Bill Gurley: "Through the entire history of startups and entrepreneurship, the world expects founders and young executives to succeed and thrive as their company grows larger and larger.

Yet no one takes the time to give them the skills and processes that are necessary to achieve great leadership. Now someone has—hats off to Claire Johnson for writing Scaling People."

Reid Hoffman: "There’s a lot of reinventing the wheel in a startup environment.

Scaling People offers strong frameworks, sound advice, and tried-and-true processes that any company can use to build stronger foundations and sustainable success."

Bill Gurley: "Taubes, a successful science journalist and researcher, obliterates the past 30-40 years of medical rhetoric when it comes to diet and nutrition.

He not only explains the physiology behind why the perspectives of the past are misguided, but also highlights the rather obvious point that 'it ain’t working'. 

Obesity rates are exploding. If we knew what to do, wouldn’t that be contained?"

Bill Gurley: “Madhavan Ramanujam is to monetization strategy what Bob Marley is to reggae music. You must read this book.”

BIll Gurley: "Enlightening book"

Bill Gurley: "In their marvelous book 'Lean Solutions', James Womack and Daniel Jones unpack what it means to apply the discipline of lean manufacturing to service industries."

Bill Gurley: "What Ricardo proved mathematically, is that if one country has simply a comparative advantage (not even an absolute one), it still is in everyone’s best interest to embrace specialization and free trade."

Bill Gurley: "Whenever someone asks for personal advice on what to do with their savings, I have always recommend they read Burton Malkiel’s A Random Walk Down Wall Street."

Bill Gurley: "If you like epic, futuristic teen fantasy, check it out!"

Bill Gurley: "Great book on the topic [of meme warfare]"

Bill Gurley: "Great book"

Bill Gurley: "For everyone that has studied and debated the details of Covid-19 & the resulting impact on all our lives, I highly recommend you read Viral, by Alina Chan & Matt Ridley.

It is sad that the "truth" wasn't more coveted when timeliness mattered."