Marc Andreessen: "A very good book we recommend"

Ben Horowitz: "I read this book as part of my MBA program. It’s full of common sense, which, while I didn’t know it at the time, isn’t so common."

Vinod Khosla: "Andy's Only the Parnoid Survive is one of [my] favorite books on entrepreneurship"

Balaji Srinivasan: "We’ve all read Grove. Only the paranoid survive."

Jensen Huang: "I really enjoyed Andrew Grove’s books. They’re all really good."

Charlie Munger recommended 'Only The Paranoid Survive' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

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

Alexis Ohanian: "[Read this book] in order to navigate the world with heightened awareness for how we're always being influenced/manipulated."

Naval Ravikant: "Influence was fundamental and had a lot to teach."

Tobi Lutke: "[Influence] ranks in the top five books I’ve ever read"

Andrew Wilkinson: "One of my most recommended business books"

Charlie Munger recommended 'Influence' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

Neil Strauss recommended 'Influence' on his website.

One of Max Levchin's answers to 'What's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?'

Warren Buffett: "An outstanding book about CEOs who excelled at capital allocation.”

Charlie Munger: “A book that details the extraordinary success of CEOs who took a radically different approach to corporate management.”

Michael Mauboussin: "It is [a classic], and should be at the top of the reading list for CEOs and investors."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "The Outsiders contains great lessons for investors because it highlights the importance of capital allocation."

Brian Armstrong: "Stories about eight CEOs and how they mastered capital allocation."

Sam Hinkie mentioned 'The Outsiders' in an interview with The Ringer.

Shane Parrish: "As hard as you think your life is, it pales in comparison to Auschwitz.

I took two big things away from this book: (1) the ultimate freedom is the ability to choose your attitude in the face of any circumstance and (2) the more you target success, the more you will miss it."

Tony Robbins: "Man’s Search for Meaning provides compelling examples of humanity’s perseverance through trying situations.

This is another book that I’ve read dozens of times. It taught me that if you change the meaning, you change everything."

Jordan Peterson: "A book that I found particularly influential in my intellectual development."

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

Naval Ravikant mentioned Man's Search for Meaning on Twitter.

Charlie Munger recommended 'Einstein: His Life and Universe' at the 2007 Wesco Annual Meeting.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

One of the books Mark Zuckerberg added to his Facebook page.

Elon Musk: "Walter is incredibly thorough in his research. Highly recommend his other books!"

Daniel Ek: "A brilliant Pulitzer Prize–winning book about how the modern world was formed, analyzing how societies developed differently on different continents.

I like how this is written from a biologist’s point of view rather than purely based on history or anthropology."

Joe Rogan: "Guns Germs and Steel is an amazing book."

Charlie Munger recommended 'Guns, Germs, and Steel' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

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

Raoul Pal said 'Guns, Germs, and Steel' influenced his macro thinking on Twitter.

Chamath Palihapitiya: "Americana is amazing"

Marc Andreessen: "Most interesting telling of the story of the Pilgrims and the Mayflower"

Charlie Munger included 'Americana' as a Berkshire Hathaway book selection in 2023.

Warren Buffett included 'Americana' as a Berkshire Hathaway book selection in 2023.

Paul Graham: "It's a great book, probably in my all time top 100."

Elon Musk: "[Benjamin Franklin] was an entrepreneur. He started from nothing. Basically just a runaway kid."

Charlie Munger recommended 'The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

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

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."

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

Charlie Munger recommended 'Genome' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

Mark Zuckerberg: "I've wanted to read Matt Ridley's books for a while. His recent book The Rational Optimist about how progress and the economy evolve is also near the top of my ever-growing pile of books to read."

Charlie Munger: "One of the best business biographies I have ever read, and it's a very interesting family story too."

David Friedberg: "Hearing the story of the railroads and Standard Oil and what took place in this country is incredible"

Austen Allred: "[One of the books] that has inspired me the most or changed the way I live."

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

Charlie Munger: "I had to read The Selfish Gene twice before I fully understood it"

Matt Ridley: "From the moment of its publication 40 years ago, it has been a sparkling best-seller and a scientific game-changer."

Brian Armstrong: "It was interesting but I found I had already heard many of the ideas in this book, which speaks to how influential it is."

Nick Szabo: "A Crucial book on our origins and our natures"

Tim Ferriss: "There’s a term I do recommend, if people read Getting the Yes – BATNA: Best Alternative to Negotiated Agreement, which is a really important concept to grasp."

Charlie Munger recommended 'Getting to Yes' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

Ann Miura-Ko: "Getting To Yes I thought was really good."

Paul Graham: "Hard Drive, about Microsoft, is good."

Michael Mauboussin: "Max Bazerman's book is great for an introduction [on decision making]."

Charlie Munger recommended 'Living Within Limits' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

Shane Parrish: "Like Charlie Munger or Nassim Taleb, you need to read the source material over and over in order to soak up the available wisdom."

Charlie Munger: "It’s a combination of scientific biography and explanation of the physics, particularly relating to electricity.

It’s just the best book of its kind I have ever read, and I just hugely enjoyed it. Couldn’t put it down."

Naval Ravikant mentioned reading 'Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field' on Twitter.

Charlie Munger recommended 'The Wealth and Poverty of Nations' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

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

Charlie Munger: "A marvelous book"

Charlie Munger recommmended 'Three Scientists and Their Gods' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

Charlie Munger: "I was flabbergasted to find it not only very well-written, but a considerable contribution to the synthesis of human thought on the investment process."

Charlie Munger recommended 'Andrew Carnegie' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

Charlie Munger recommended 'A Matter of Degrees' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

Charlie Munger recommended 'Models of My Life' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

Charlie Munger recommended 'How The Scots Invented The Modern World' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

Charlie Munger: "Best work of science exposition and history that I've read in many years!"

Charlie Munger recommended 'Fiasco' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

Charlie Munger: "It’s pretty hard to understand everything, but if you can’t understand it, you can always give it to a more intelligent friend."

Charlie Munger: "I am re-reading a book I really like, which is Van Doren's biography of Benjamin Franklin... I'd almost forgotten how good of a book it was."

Charlie Munger recommended 'A Universe From Nothing' at the 2013 Daily Journal Meeting.

Charlie Munger recommended 'The Third Chimpanzee' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.