Marc Andreessen: “It’s the best book on management ever written.”

Tobi Lutke: "That’s one of the best books ever."

Ben Horowitz: "One of my favorite management books by far. In fact, I think it might have been the only management book that I ever read that I liked."

Larry Ellison: “When you want to improve something, measure it, and make sure you measure the right thing”

Brian Armstrong: "Surprisingly, I found I was already using many of the management ideas in this book (1:1, OKRs, etc) which is a testament to just how influential this book is."

Mark Zuckerberg: “[Andy’s] book played a big role in shaping my management style.”

Brian Chesky's primary reference book on management.

One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy mentioned reading and loving High Output Management on Twitter.

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

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."

Austen Allred: "Snow Crash is now one of my favorite books of all-time"

Tobi Lutke: "Loved it. I’ve read every book by [Neal Stephenson]!"

Fred Wilson: "A lot of what we invest in and how we look at the future comes from that book"

Seth Godin: "It’s such a good book but you can’t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn’t work.

You have to read it before you’ve been on the internet. Then it changes your mind."

Cameron Winklevoss: "Love [Snow Crash]!"

Alexis Ohanian: "Snow Crash is so good. I gotta re-read; it's been too long."

Marc Andreessen: "Snow Crash was wildly ahead of its time"

Naval Ravikant recommended 'Snow Crash' on Twitter.

One of Larry Page's recommended books.

Tim Urban: "The Three Body Problem trilogy rocked my existence for a few months last year.

One-dimensional characters and fairly bland writing—but the plot is so mind-bending that the flaws are irrelevant."

Mike Novogratz: "Great summer read"

Naval Ravikant: "Great series."

Tobi Lutke: "Loved the series."

Barry Silbert: "Amazing"

Mark Zuckerberg: "It's a Chinese science fiction book that has gotten so popular there's now a Hollywood movie being made based on it."

Max Levchin shared 'The Three Body Problem' on his LinkedIn page.

Jason Calacanis: "If you haven't read the books, they're great"

Shane Parrish: "A concise book of lessons drawn from the survey of history. The book comes highly recommended by someone I met at the Berkshire Hathaway meeting last weekend.

I can’t believe I haven’t read this before. I’ll be re-reading this a few times and I’ve started listening to the audio version in the car as well."

Naval Ravikant: "Concise and well written, summarizes the long arc of history with poetic insights."

Tim Ferriss: "Fantastic book. I read [The Lessons of History] because Ray Dalio recommended it."

Kevin Systrom: "It’s a great book."

Lyn Alden: "The economics chapter from 'Lessons of History' by Will and Ariel Durant is a good read on [debt cycles]."

Tobi Lutke: "[Love] this book"

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?'

Stewart Brand: “This spectacular book on how logarithmic scaling governs everything is packed with news—from the self-similar dynamics of cells and ecosystems to exactly why companies always die and cities don’t.

I dog-eared and marked up damn near every page.”

Marc Benioff: "Geoffrey West's Scale is filled with brilliant insights.

He illuminates the laws of nature underlying everything from tiny organisms and humans to cities and companies, and provides a quantitative framework for decoding the deep complexity of our interconnected world.

If you want to know why companies fail, how cities persist and what is needed to sustain our civilization in this era of rapid innovation, read this amazing book.”

Bill Miller: “If there were a Nobel Prize for transdisciplinary science Geoffrey West would have won it for the work covered in Scale. 

This is a book of great originality and deep importance, containing startling insights about topics as seemingly unrelated as aging and death, sleep, metabolism, cities, energy use, creativity, corporations, and even the sustainability of our existence. 

If you are curious about how the world really works, you must read this book.”

Nassim Taleb: “Each human should learn to read and write, to count, and for those who know how to count, scalability.

Scaling is the most important yet most hidden and rarely discussed attribute—without understanding it one cannot possibly understand the world.

This book will expand your thinking from three dimensions to four. Get two copies, just in case you lose one.”

Vinod Khosla: "The physics behind biology, cities, economics and companies.

Do they grow, scale and die by the same math equations? New insights that are enlightening and delightful."

Tobi Lutke: "Excellent book."

Shane Parrish: "This book changed how I see the world."

Naval Ravikant: "Good books are worth re-reading. Great books are worth re-buying."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This book will have you asking yourself many provocative and useful questions"

Tobi Lutke: "Shopify is practically built on that book"

Michael Saylor recommended Antifragile on his Bitcoin website, Hope.com

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

Tobi Lutke: "I’m a big fan of the book."

Satya Nadella's management worldview is deeply influenced by Stanford professor Carol Dweck’s book Mindset.

Tony Robbins mentioned this book on 'The Tim Ferriss Show' podcast.

Bill Gates: "Revisiting Carol Dweck’s fascinating work on the growth mindset."

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

Marc Andreessen: "Smash hit in Japan, and easy to see why. Adlerian psychology meets Stoic philosophy in Socratic dialogue.

Compelling from front to back. Highly recommend."

Anthony Pompliano: "This book is tremendous. Highly recommend!"

Stewart Butterfield: "'The Courage to be Disliked' — which, right off the bat: great title, and definitely something I need — is a very traditional Socratic dialog, originally written in Japanese, principally about the work of the Austrian psychotherapist Alfred Adler.

Will cause keen self-reflection!"

Tobi Lutke: "It is probably the best book I’ve read in the last couple of years."

Garry Tan: "Two objectives in Adlerian psychology: be self reliant and live in harmony with society"

Tobi Lutke: "Wonderful"

Austen Allred: "Amazing book"

Alexis Ohanian: "It really made [me and my co-founder] think, 'Well, if these guys could do it, why can’t we?'"

Elon Musk: "Masters of Doom is a great book"

Joe Gebbia: "Best book of 2023. Funny, informative, and authentic."

Tobi Lutke: "6 years ago, Tim Urban gave one of the most insightful and clear-eyed talks on what ails society. This is a thorny topic. His insights were invaluable to me in the years since.

Today he finally shares it as a book. Read it."

Alexis Ohanian: "A fascinating audio book - it's even better as a book because of the drawings but I recently wanted the audio in my ears"

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.

Tim Ferriss: "I highly recommend the book, Grit. It's really about teaching your kids to focus on hard work and not intrinsic capability."

Tobi Lutke: "Great book."

Keith Rabois: "Although the title may make it appear intuitive, the reading is much more insightful and applicable than you might guess."

Tobi Lutke: "A Guide to the Good Life is one of the best books I’ve ever read."

Marc Andreessen: "Best walk through the ancient/current philosophy of Stoicism. You can't control other people but you can control yourself, so do that."

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

Joe Gebbia: "A must read for any entrepreneur."

Tobi Lutke: "Oh! Scott wrote a book. Instant buy"

Kat Cole: “Clear Thinking distills decades of best practices into practical tools.

From identifying the opportunity in ordinary moments to learning what gets in our way to having the courage to take action, Shane shines a light on what each of us can do to have better outcomes and more impact. Clear Thinking is a must read in an increasingly cluttered world.”

Tobi Lutke: "It's a fantastic book. Get it"

Kara Swisher: "I reread it every year. It’s a great book."

Tobi Lutke: "My most frequently gifted book is The Elements of Style because I like good writing."

Tobi Lutke: "Loved Permutation City by Greg Egan. Hard science fiction. The quality of the science in this book is exceptional."

Naval Ravikant: "[The author]'s very dry but full of great ideas."

Patrick Collison: "It's very good."

Tobi Lutke: "Really enjoyed it"

Tobi Lutke's favorite book by Neal Stephenson.

Cameron Winklevoss: "Love [Cryptonomicon]!"

Tobi Lutke: "Enjoyed Toby Ord's The Precipice."

Vitalik Buterin mentioned The Precipice on Twitter.

Tobi Lutke: "Really love this book"

Daniel Gross: “It’s hard to rationally explain the benefits of this book, but I find that many who read it really enjoy it.

It gets you in the mode of thinking long term. And it provides a powerful shared language with those who read it (‘play the infinite game’).”

Marissa Mayer's favorite book.

Tobi Lutke mentioned 'The Design of Everyday Things' on Patrick O'Shaugnessy's 'Invest Like The Best' podcast.

Joe Rogan: "It's an amazing book, I think, for anybody"

Tobi Lutke mentioned 'The Talent Code' on Patrick O'Shaugnessy's 'Invest Like The Best' podcast.

Andrew Wilkinson: "Still one of the best business books I’ve ever read."

Tobi Lutke: "Great book"

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "I’ve read this book twice in the past 2 weeks. I might start it again.

If you want a new way to think about yourself, your business, the market, or any other system of parts and interactions, this is the book for you."

Tobi Lutke mentioned 'Thinking In Systems' on 'The Knowledge Project' podcast.

Tobi Lutke: "[Malcolm McLean is one of the] entrepreneurs who would absolutely be on your podcast if he would be alive right now"

Bill Gates: "Shipping containers are way more interesting than you might think."

Tobi Lutke: "Loved it"

Tobi Lutke: "Excellent book"

Tobi Lutke: "I read Alexander’s books back during full time programmer times. They were fantastic."

Tobi Lutke: "This book is so good. Great present for curious teens."

Tobi Lutke: "Loved The Making of Prince of Persia by Jordan Mechner - lovely hard copy by Stripe Press."

Tobi Lutke: "Instant buy. I’ve learned so much from Derek Sivers in the formative Shopify years."

Tobi Lutke: "I did like Reamde a lot."

Tobi Lutke: "I finished reading the three books of the Warrior Kid series by Jocko Willink to my kids. They absolutely loved them.

Highly recommended. Simple story construction but excellent philosophy."

Tobi Lutke: "I finished reading the three books of the Warrior Kid series by Jocko Willink to my kids. They absolutely loved them.

Highly recommended. Simple story construction but excellent philosophy."

Tobi Lutke: "I finished reading the three books of the Warrior Kid series by Jocko Willink to my kids. They absolutely loved them.

Highly recommended. Simple story construction but excellent philosophy."

One of Tobi Lutke's favorite books.