Nassim Taleb: "When a risk taker writes a book, read it. In the case of Peter Thiel, read it twice. Or, to be safe, three times. This is a classic.”

Elon Musk: “Peter Thiel has built multiple breakthrough companies, and Zero to One shows how.”

Mark Zuckerberg: “This book delivers completely new and refreshing ideas on how to create value in the world.”

Marc Andreessen: "Zero to One is the first book any working or aspiring entrepreneur must read—period."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "So much of investing is herd behavior, this will have you thinking different than the crowd."

Ben Horowitz: "Zero To One is a great book. I learned a lot reading it."

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

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

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

Bryan Johnson: "A must read."

Luis von Ahn: "I like Peter Thiel’s book, 'Zero to One'"

One of five business books Chris Dixon recommended on Twitter.

MrBeast recommended 'Zero to One'.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

Mark Cuban: "Chris takes on the challenge and succeeds at explaining just how crypto technology is what’s important to our technological future and how we all can benefit, much like we have from the Internet. I would encourage all regulators and crypto nay-sayers around the world to read this book."

Bob Iger: "Chris Dixon’s Read Write Own is a must for anyone who wants to better understand the real potential of blockchains and web3 to drive even greater innovation, inspire more imaginative thinking, and ultimately unlock new growth opportunities in the future."

Brian Armstrong: "Enjoyed reading Chris Dixon's new book 'Read Write Own'. I suggest you pick up a copy!"

Sam Altman: "Read this book to understand a compelling vision of where the internet should go and how to get there."

Fred Wilson: "While I enjoyed all three parts of the book, I was energized by the final section. Chris imagines a future that is very different from where we are today. It is one I very much want to see emerge. I think you will too."

Alexis Ohanian: "My friend Chris Dixon has a book on the way and I can't wait to read it!"

Balaji Srinivasan: "What's the single best intro to crypto in 2024? 'Read Write Own' by Chris Dixon."

Ben Horowitz: "A must read if you want to understand the future."

Naval Ravikant: "One of my favorite books of all time."

Shane Parrish: "Reading [this book], along with Seneca, has really helped foster my interest in philosophy.

So much of what they say speaks to me that I’m often left with entire pages underlined and margins filled with thoughts."

Sam Altman: "Great read."

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

Joe Rogan: "I’m in the beginning of this audio book right now, and I’m just astonished at the wisdom and sheer intelligence of Marcus Aurelius, a man who was born 1900 years ago."

Arianna Huffington: "I discovered the book in high school and, yes, it was love at first sight."

Lyn Alden: "Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is perhaps the most absorbable [Stoic book]"

Anthony Scaramucci: "[One of] my top 5 books"

Nassim Taleb: “This is a landmark book in social thought, in the same league as The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith and The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud.”

Naval Ravikant: "Fine book but it didn’t need to be an entire book."

Marc Andreessen: "Captivating dive into human decision making, marred by inclusion of several/many? psychology studies that fail to replicate. Will stand as a cautionary tale?"

One of Sam Altman's recommended books for young startup founders.

One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.

Garry Kasparov recommended "Thinking, Fast and Slow" on his website.

Elon Musk: "The Foundation series [is] fundamental to [the] creation of SpaceX."

Naval Ravikant: "I loved reading it as a kid"

Austen Allred recommended 'Foundation' on Twitter.

Cameron Winklevoss: "I have a couple [favorite books], to name a few, Isaac Asimov's Foundation, Frank Herbert's Dune, Daniel Mason's The Piano Tuner"

One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

Vinod Khosla: "A dive into how the notion of "Safetyism" undermines the freedom of inquiry and speech that is indispensable to universities.

Too much political correctness?"

Max Levchin: "The Coddling of the American Mind highlights the need to continue to have such discussions about sensitive topics instead of ignoring them for the sake of comfort."

Michael Bloomberg: "Rising intolerance for opposing viewpoints is a challenge not only on college campuses but also in our national political discourse.

The future of our democracy requires us to understand what’s happening and why—so that we can find solutions and take action. Reading The Coddling of the American Mind is a great place to start."

Michael Mauboussin: "[The Coddling of the American Mind] helped me think better in 2018."

David Friedberg: "The book I gave away in our gift bag at the All-In Summit this year"

Sam Altman: "Great book"

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"

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.

Boyan Slat: "It’s incredible what humans are capable of when the only alternative is death."

Bryan Johnson: "Daily before bed, read Endurance for 30 min. No screens. No ruminations. Imagine yourself a member of Shackleton’s crew."

Fred Wilson: "Talk about tenacity"

Max Levchin shared 'Endurance' on his LinkedIn page.

One of Sam Altman's recommended books for young startup founders.

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!"

Vinod Khosla: "Among the best books! A way of living, working & commitment to excellence"

Jack Dorsey says this book had a major influence on him.

One of Sam Altman's recommended books for young startup founders.

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

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.

Marc Andreessen: "Talent is everything―whether in investing and building startups, or in other creative endeavors. Between product, market, and people, I've always bet on the last one as the biggest predictor of success.

But while talent may be everywhere, it's unevenly distributed, and hard to 'find.' So how do we better discover, filter, and match the best talent with the best opportunities? This book shares how, based on both scientific research and the authors' own experiences. The future depends on this know-how."

Sam Altman: "I do not know of any skills more worth developing than the ability to find exceptional undeveloped talent. I have spent many years trying to get good at that, and I was still astonished by how much I learned reading this book."

Balaji Srinivasan mentioned reading "Talent" on Twitter.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This is a mind f**k.

The theory of this book is that up until (and including) the time of The Iliad, human beings were not conscious like we are today."

Naval Ravikant mentioned 'The Origin of Consciousness' on 'The Tim Ferriss Show' podcast.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

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

One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

Michael Mauboussin: "[Secrets of Sand Hill Road] is great!"

Sam Altman: “I’ve observed thousands of founders and thought a lot about what it takes to create something important and to achieve outlier success.

Kupor’s book takes founders who want to do both through everything from how VCs raise money and evaluate deals, to how to think about term sheets and set up boards.

It’s a valuable resource for any founder who wants to work with VCs.”

Sam Altman: "I just reread QED and had forgotten how interesting it is. It's a quick (but not easy) very fun read."

One of Larry Page's recommended books.

Ryan Petersen: "One of my favorite all time books by far is The Mind of Napoleon.

Just an entire book with nothing quotes from him with a great index so you can see what he said about any topic. The guy was a next level savage."

Sam Altman: “An incredible primary-source portrait on a brilliant (but obviously deeply flawed) individual. Broadly applicable thoughts.”

Paul Graham: "White's Medieval Technology and Social Change is the most fabulous book."

Sam Altman: "It really is great."

Paul Graham: "Amazing"

Sam Altman: "It was excellent!"

Chris Dixon: “Classic book that I admit I hadn’t read and my colleagues at a16z crypto got me to read."

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

Paul Graham: "If you want to learn more about hunter gatherers I strongly recommend Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's 'The Old Way'."

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

One of Paul Graham's answers to "What should I read to learn more about history?"

One of Sam Altman's recommended books for young startup founders.

Austen Allred: "[One of] my favorite books for understanding the history of Silicon Valley"

One of Sam Altman's recommended books for young startup founders.

Stewart Butterfield: "The Making of a Manager is an excellent, approachable and comprehensive guide for those making the transition into management.

This is something we'd give out to new managers at Slack and it could very well set a new standard for new managers."

Sam Altman: "At startups, individuals asked to manage are rarely set-up for success. Julie Zhuo gives new managers the tools they need to help their people and company win."

One of Sam Altman's recommended books for young startup founders.

Sam Altman: "Nick Bostrom's excellent book "Superintelligence" is the best thing I’ve seen on this topic. It is well worth a read."

Elon Musk: "Worth reading Superintelligence by Bostrom. We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes."

Sam Altman: "Priceonomics wrote a book, and its currently the number 2 best seller in its category on amazon"

Sam Altman: "This is a really good book, and has been on my mind watching the Ukraine situation develop"

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

One of Sam Altman's recommended books for young startup founders.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

One of Sam Altman's recommended books for young startup founders.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

One of Sam Altman's recommended books for young startup founders.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

One of Sam Altman's recommended books for young startup founders.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

Sam Altman: "Really good."

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

One of Sam Altman's recommended books for young startup founders.

Sam Altman: "Re-reading this book. It's incredible."

Sam Altman: "My favorite book of [2018]. Incredible read."

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

One of Sam Altman's recommended books for young startup founders.

One of Sam Altman's recommended books for young startup founders.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

One of Sam Altman's recommended books for young startup founders.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.