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."

Naval Ravikant: "Best book I've read since Sapiens (far less mainstream, though)."

Joel Salatin: "Prophetic about the impacts of the information revolution to democratize everything."

Brian Armstrong: "Was really ahead of it's time, a lot of original thinking (some really out there stuff too)."

Peter Thiel: "This book breaks the taboo on prophecy: We're not supposed to talk about a future that doesn't include the powerful states that rule over us today.

Rees-Mogg and Davidson argue that national governments could soon become as antiquated as 19th-century empires."

Changpeng Zhao: "Just read the Sovereign Individual again. Amazed that it was written before 1997.

Talks about internet currencies, etc. Good read."

Vitalik Buterin reviewed The Sovereign Individual on Twitter.

One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.

Michael Saylor recommended The Sovereign Individual on his Bitcoin website, Hope.com

Evan Spiegel: "A fantastic read for anyone who wants to unlock the power and potential of human creativity."

Vinod Khosla: "A key to understanding why Silicon Valley culture is changing the world."

Changpeng Zhao: "The title says it all. After reading this book, you will understand why we tolerate failures at Binance, and more importantly, what types of failures we tolerate or not."

Brian Armstrong: "Enjoyed reading Loonshots"

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

MrBeast mentioned listening to 'Loonshots'.

Sheryl Sandberg: "Blitzscaling shows how companies can build value for customers and shareholders in the digital age.

A compelling inside view of how the new economy is being built and is transforming global business.” 

Changpeng Zhao: "This has been very helpful to Binance as we chart our growth as an organization.

It’s a fairly up-to-date book, which even talks about recent topics like cryptocurrencies."

Vinod Khosla: "An insightful book on how to scale at a very fast pace and more importantly WHEN.

Also explains why inefficient use of money can be important."

Anthony Pompliano: "No brainer pick up for every entrepreneur and investor."

Brian Chesky: “The book the start-up world has been waiting for. I can’t think of any other that so perfectly captures the specific challenges — and opportunities — that a company faces at every stage of growth.

This book shares some of the key secrets for building mission-oriented, global businesses at speed."

Sam Altman: "I got to read an early copy of this, and have been waiting for it to come out so that I can recommend it to everyone"

Michael Mauboussin: "Range by David Epstein is the best book I have read this year. It’s out now. I highly recommend it.

Changpeng Zhao: "While many books talk about specialization and the 10,000-hour rule in an ultra-competitive world, this book gives a different view to balance that argument.

And how many great inventions happen at the intersection of disciplines."

Vinod Khosla: "This book makes a well-supported case on behalf of breadth and late starts versus deep expertise.

I always valued more "athlete, less deep expertise"

Bill Gates: "Range explains the greatness of Roger Federer and other generalists"

Malcolm Gladwell: "For reasons I cannot explain, David Epstein manages to make me thoroughly enjoy the experience of being told that everything I thought about something was wrong. I loved Range."

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.

Naval Ravikant: "Great book. Required reading."

Changpeng Zhao: "More than 60 years have passed since this book was first published, but there are few books that better encapsulate the inner workings of economics than this one."

Michael Saylor recommended Economics In One Lesson on his Bitcoin website, Hope.com

Peter Schiff recommends 'Economics In One Lesson' on his website.

Changpeng Zhao: "This book is a great read"

Kara Swisher: "Let us all fete Mike Isaac for his great book 'Super Pumped' on Uber"

Alexis Ohanian: "Good read."

Nassim Taleb: "This is a breakthrough book. Alchemy is wonderfully applicable to about everything in life. Furthermore, it is funny as hell."

Changpeng Zhao: "This book addresses some of the counterintuitive points in life and business in a very interesting way."

Ryan Petersen: "[One of] the best books for business people."

Changpeng Zhao: "This short (only 60+ pages) but timeless book by French essayist Bastiat is pretty advanced for its time, and it aligns with a lot of my personal philosophy."

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website.

Michael Mauboussin: "Many valuable ideas about building and sustaining a great work environment."

Changpeng Zhao: "No matter what your opinion is about Google, there are lessons in this book that are good to know, especially at Binance as we also release product after product at a fast pace."

Changpeng Zhao: "Reading a book about Warren Buffett. It’s clear no one knew how to value stocks a few decades ago, maybe even today."

Changpeng Zhao: "A great book about platforms, how to build them, and why they are important and impactful."

Changpeng Zhao: "Learn how powerful storytelling is, and become a better salesperson, marketer, and communicator."

Changpeng Zhao: "This book is a must-read for Marketing and Customer Service teams.

It talks about how we should service our users, interact with them on social media, and more."

Changpeng Zhao: "I really wish every regulator on the planet would read this book. Regardless, it gives you an idea of how decentralized organizations operate"

Changpeng Zhao: "Every once in a while, I enjoy science fiction novels like this one."

Changpeng Zhao: "I think this is a must-read for team players, team leaders, and aspiring leaders.

This book, which provides tips on “organizing business and technology for fast flow,” can help you understand what you need to do to progress your career and company."

Changpeng Zhao: "An excellent book on organizations."

Changpeng Zhao: "If you are leading a team or mentoring someone, you should read this book."

Changpeng Zhao: "This book explains how modern technology departments work.

How to do a continuous deployment of code and build high-quality platforms. A must-read for Tech teams."

Changpeng Zhao: "I believe every modern organization should be run like this."

Changpeng Zhao: "There are lessons that we constantly draw from this book’s case studies of admirable organizations."

Changpeng Zhao: "I agree with the book’s assertion that the competitive advantage of successful companies lies more on how healthy and well a company’s organization behaves and operates."

Changpeng Zhao: "Simon Sinek's book The Infinite Game agrees strongly with [maximizing user value over shareholder value], and goes into quite a lot more detail about it."