Warren Buffett: "This book is something of a publishing miracle—never advertised, yet year after year selling many thousands of copies from its Internet site."

Shane Parrish: "Because I have an MBA a lot of people inevitably ask me if they should pursue one.

If it’s knowledge and not credentials you’re after, save your money and read [this book]"

Daniel Ek: "I've been enjoying Charlie Munger's speeches online for years; this is the ultimate collection of the best of them"

Marc Andreessen: "Tremendous"

Naval Ravikant recommended Poor Charlie's Almanack on Twitter.

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

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

Tim Ferriss mentioned reading Poor Charlie's Almanack on Twitter.

Reed Hastings: "The forces of competition are just incredibly strong. Everyone is trying to eat your lunch, and if you don’t read 7 Powers you’re going to die a lot sooner."

Peter Thiel: "Hamilton Helmer understands that strategy starts with invention. He can't tell you what to invent, but he can and does show what it takes for a new invention to become a valuable business"

Patrick Collison: "Correctly places enormous value on execution and on culture. However, I think this sometimes leads to insufficient importance being placed on strategy.

Hamilton Helmer's deeply incisive work will hopefully help correct that"

Daniel Ek: "Hamilton Helmer is the best kind of big thinker – he offers great insights that you can turn into real world action.

At Spotify the 7 Powers are widely used as we discuss new initiatives.

His distillation of the key types of strategic power, how to find them, how to leverage them, and how to maintain them is a fantastic toolset for companies at every stage.”

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

Ryan Petersen: "[One of the books in my] business book canon"

Kevin Kelly: "Don’t go to architecture school; devour this book instead and use it to design buildings and places that really work.

This 1,000-page encyclopedia contains two hundred design patterns found in the buildings and cities that people love."

Naval Ravikant: "Love that book."

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

Satya Nadella: "The Rise and Fall of American Growth concludes that innovation is the ultimate source of dramatic improvements in the human condition”

Stewart Butterfield: "I'm reading this book and I can already tell I am going to be so annoying about it afterwards. Sorry in advance"

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Bill Gates: "The book was a fantastic read, and well worth the time"

Boyan Slat: "Excellent account of arguably the most fundamental (and under-appreciated) innovation of the 20th century; our ability to fixate nitrogen from the air through the Haber-Bosch process, feeding billions of people."

Patrick Collison: "Very highly recommend this Thomas Hager book"

David Friedberg: "A great book"

Tobi Lutke: "Great book published by Stripe Press. I really love tech history books like this."

Stewart Butterfield recommended this book to Tobi Lutke.

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Mark Zuckerberg: "It's fitting to end the year with The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch, about how the way we explain things unlocks greater possibilities."

Naval Ravikant recommended The Beginning of Infinity on Twitter.

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Paul Graham: "If you want to understand how venture capital works and the effect it has had on the US economy, this is the book to read.

Lots of people talk about VC. Few of them understand it. But Mallaby does."

Patrick Collison: "By far the best book I've read on the sector."

Patrick Collison: "It's very good."

Tobi Lutke: "Really enjoyed it"

Keith Rabois: "Not for everyone but recommend for tech folks."

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Elon Musk: "Great book. Read it when it came out."

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Patrick Collison: "Very highly recommend this Thomas Hager book".

Patrick Collison: "I learned a lot from this"

Patrick Collison: "It's great"

Patrick Collison: "A very good book about why houses are expensive"

Patrick Collison: "I really enjoyed reading [Infrastructure] over the break"

Patrick Collison: "A Shot To Save The World from Gregory Zuckerman, about the creation of the COVID vaccines, is terrific."

Patrick Collison: "Some day, there'll hopefully be a vibrant genre of books putting forth different visions for how science can be structured and recounting the experience of applying various visions in practice.

When there is, I suspect Don Braben's book will still be seen as one of the best."

Patrick Collison: "Great book"

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.