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."

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

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: "Physicist, bongo player, painter, adventurer, and most importantly, free thinker. You're never going to get ahead in life if you listen to everyone else.

Feynman combines independent thinking with intellectual rigor in his every day life. It was an inspiration for me as a child."

Tim Ferriss: "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman is one of my favorite books."

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

Brian Armstrong: "A way to have a happy life. Remain curious and enjoy the journey."

Elon Musk: "It isn’t clear to me why people like Feynman’s physics lectures so much. I found them to be ok, but not great. Wouldn’t recommend them either to those who want to learn physics or those who have.

His non-physics books, like 'Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman' are great."

One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.

One of Larry Page's recommended books.

Reid Hoffman: "If you want the chance to turn your startup into the next Google or Twitter, then read this trenchant guide from someone who played key roles in the growth of these companies."

Alexis Ohanian: "[Elad Gil's] book is required reading"

Chris Dixon: “This is a great book that complements Peter Thiel’s classic Zero to One (an alternative title for Elad’s book would be “1 to n”).

Everyone interested in the growth stage of startups should read it.”

Max Levchin: "Armed with observations gathered scaling some of the most successful and important companies of Silicon Valley, Elad has no-nonsense, highly applicable advice to any operator transitioning a company from the proverbial garage to the next stage and beyond."

Brian Armstrong: "Elad is one of the most experienced operators in Silicon Valley having seen numerous companies hit their inflection point.

His advice has been key for Coinbase as we go through hypergrowth, from hiring executives to improving M&A."

Aaron Levie: “Elad jam packs every useful lesson about building and scaling companies in a single, digestible book.

My only gripe is that he didn’t write this when we were in the early days of Box as it would have saved my ass countless times.”

Garry Tan: "Super legit book"

Mark Cuban: "It's a masters in economic history. I highly recommend!"

Jamie Dimon: "Ray does an astounding job of giving us an inspiring and thought-provoking experience by looking at the rises and declines of empires, showing how economics, culture, military prowess, innovation, inequality, and other elements interact.

He leaves us with an improved perspective for thinking about very vexing issues such as the state of America versus China.”

Arianna Huffington: "Ray Dalio has a unique talent for making important and complex issues simple.

I was riveted by his descriptions of the cause/effect relationships that drove the last five hundred years of history and how they provide practical guidance for dealing with what is happening now.

This may well be the most important book of the year if not the decade. A must-read.”

David Friedberg: "It's very important that anyone listening to this who has any interest in what's going on in the world today broadly, read Ray Dalio's Principles for Dealing With The Changing World Order.

It is my #1, #2, and #3 book recommendation of 2021"

Larry Summers: "History is too important to leave to historians. Only Ray Dalio would have the brilliant audacity to attempt such a synthesis of the financial, economic, and political history of the world.

Agree or disagree, Dalio’s book is essential reading to understand our times."

Brian Armstrong: "Really enjoyed reading Ray Dalio's recent book, The Changing World Order"

Vinod Khosla: "Recommend reading"

Jason Calacanis: "You have to read Good To Great. It will change the way you look at startups"

Brian Armstrong: "The scientific method can be applied to business. This book draws powerful lessons from data."

David Sacks: "I read one business how-to book back in the PayPal days when I didn't have any real business education. It was Good to Great."

Daniel Ek: "Good to great is a really interesting book."

One of Max Levchin's answers to "What’s your favorite business book you’d recommend to young entrepreneurs?"

Included on Jeff Bezos' list of books that Amazon employees refer to as “Jeff’s Reading List.”

Brian Armstrong: "Celebrate the creators in the world (even when they struggle). They may be more valuable than we think."

Blake Scholl: "Far and away my favorite book is Atlas Shrugged"

Elon Musk: "Very appealing if you're a sophomore in college. A counterpoint to communism and useful as such, but should be tempered with kindness."

Peter Thiel: "When I first read [Atlas Shrugged] in the 80s, it felt pretty crazy, and in the last decade, in many ways it's felt much more correct"

Travis Kalanick mentioned 'Atlas Shrugged' in a Washington Post interview.

Fred Wilson recommends 'Atlas Shrugged' for 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.

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'.

Marc Andreessen: "Steve Jobs is the person who most inspires the new generation of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. In this deeply-researched book, you'll find the most honest portrait of the real Steve Jobs."

Jack Dorsey: "Square would not exist without the work and persistence of Steve Jobs. I am forever grateful. Amazing read."

Ed Catmull: "Becoming Steve Jobs is fantastic.

After working with Steve for over 25 years, I feel this book captures with great insight the growth and complexity of a truly extraordinary person. I hope that it will be recognized as the definitive history."

Brian Armstrong: "A biography of the famous Apple CEO. I read the Walter Isaacson biography last year, but found this one slightly better."

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

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"

Elon Musk: "Excellent cover art and lots of good reasons not to lie!"

Vinod Khosla: "One of my favorite one hour reads about intellectual honesty. I wish more people were this honest!"

Tim Ferriss: "It’s a great book."

Brian Armstrong: "How life with radical honesty."

Naval Ravikant: "This book doesn't describe a way for a founder to scale a company. It describes the way for a founder to scale a company."

Brian Armstrong: "Matt has demystified growing a company by breaking it down into simple steps. These are the essentials that every company should implement to operate more effectively."

Alexis Ohanian: "It's a really great book."

Balaji Srinivasan: "Brian Armstrong and I used parts of this at Coinbase and Naval Ravikant has used this at several of his companies. We found it helpful!"

Bill Gurley: "The book is spectacular."

Palmer Luckey: "There is a reason we gave it to all employees at Oculus"

Brian Armstrong: "A compelling picture of how VR might play out.

People will spend more and more time in the meta-verse (side note: and likely end up using digital currency)."

One of Austen Allred's top five all-time recommended books.

Naval Ravikant: "The future convergence of networks and governments, from one of the most brilliant thinkers alive."

Marc Andreessen: "Balaji has the highest rate of output per minute of good new ideas of anybody I’ve ever met, and The Network State may be his best."

Vitalik Buterin: "We've started new currencies. Now The Network State shows us how to start new cities and new countries."

Brian Armstrong: "Balaji is a visionary, and one of the most original thinkers of our time. Many have had the experience of hearing him say something, thinking it was crazy, and then a year or two later realizing 'Balaji was right.' I think Balaji will be right about The Network State."

Bill Gurley: "I really, really loved 'How Innovation Works' from Matt Ridley.

It is a very elegant follow up to 'The Rational Optimist' - read both if you can."

Brian Armstrong: "Really enjoyed reading this new book from Matt Ridley."

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

Andrew Wilkinson: "Made To Stick is our marketing bible."

Brian Armstrong: "How to make your message memorable so it will spread."

One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.

Brian Armstrong: "An inspiring biography. It was incredible to hear about the determination, constraints, willingness to endure ridicule, disbelief, etc that the two brothers endured on their journey to invent the airplane.

A worthwhile read for all builders."

One of Austen Allred's top five all-time recommended books.

Bob Iger recommended this book in 2016.

Brian Armstrong: "I do agree that all networks tend toward centralization over time. Great book on this."

Arianna Huffington: "A must-read for all Americans who want to remain the ones deciding what they can read, watch, and listen to.”

Stewart Butterfield: "The book is excellent"

One of Larry Page's recommended books.

Brian Armstrong: "A collection of stories from physicist Richard Feynman.

I really liked Surely You’re Joking, so I thought I might like this book, but it didn’t live up to its predecessor."

Elon Musk: "Everyone should read Feynman's books"

Brian Armstrong: "Many people believe simply based on how they grew up, without ever questioning."

Joe Rogan: "I'm a huge fan of [Richard Dawkins'] work"

Brian Armstrong: "Most brands try to do and be too much, but the customer can only remember you for one thing. Each brand should do one thing, and be the best in that category."

Tim Ferriss: "I have re-read this before every product launch that I have done."

Tony Robbins: "Jim Dethmer brought the simplicity of successful communication into the foreground.

No matter what issue you’re facing, his strategies for communicating with others will set you up to win every time."

Brian Armstrong: "This book discusses a way of approaching work where you are curious, eager to learn, and open, instead of focusing on blame, criticism, and commitment to being right. I found it to be quite helpful."

Garry Tan: "The simplest book I recommend everyone to read when they want to do design."

Brian Armstrong: "A framework to simulate how customers experience your product, especially the moments of confusion.

Each customer comes to your product with a reservoir of trust, and every interaction adds or depletes a bit of trust from that reservoir."

Brian Armstrong: "Probably the greatest number of insights per paragraph, and a master of metaphors."

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

Brian Armstrong: "If you don’t love something enough to stick with it for 10+ years (even if you see no success during that time) then you should probably quit. 

This book made me move to Silicon Valley and double down on being a tech entrepreneur. I sometimes recommend it to people who are trying to decide what to do with their life."

Brian Armstrong: "A book about enabling leaders in your organization written by the former U.S. Navy Captain of a nuclear submarine."

Brian Armstrong: "Change is accelerating, humans are bad at predicting it, and A.I. will likely transform the world by the late 2030’s.

Many major problems, like education and disease, will be totally transformed by this in our lifetimes (even the very definition of “human”)."

Brian Armstrong: "This book was recommended to me by a female executive who suggested all male CEOs read it. It was quite good."

Brian Armstrong: "Ostensibly, a book about parenting. But it is really about how to communicate with all people.

I found this book quite helpful and it changed how I communicate."

Brian Armstrong: "A collection of insights about startups strategies."

Brian Armstrong: "A book about building teams, creating clarity in organizations, etc."

Brian Armstrong: "This book was a bit out there."

Brian Armstrong: "You can create any life you want, and are not at the effect of your circumstances."

Brian Armstrong: "This book is about how AI will take people’s jobs. I don’t think it argued that successfully.

Instead it seemed to take this as a given, and then speculate about some potential outcomes in a non-technical way."

Brian Armstrong: "Many human behaviors and feelings can be explained by evolutionary psychology.

We are vehicles for our genes to survive and replicate, with a really cool neocortex bolted on top that sometimes defies those genes."

Brian Armstrong: "I’m reading this is as part of getting my private pilot’s license."

Brian Armstrong: "How to hire and retain great employees.

I found the central concept to be pretty helpful, and it changed how we approach a few things at Coinbase."

Brian Armstrong: "This book is a parable about management.

It was entertaining and easy to read, but I’m struggling to recall many of the lessons from it, which says something."

Brian Armstrong: "Life is better when you only agree do the things you really want to do."

Brian Armstrong: "Much of this book was too dense, but it describes what works (and doesn’t work) when giving small loans to people in developing countries."

Brian Armstrong: "The vast majority of products in the world cause frustration, but it doesn’t have to be that way.

Products fail by trying to be all things to all people."

Brian Armstrong: "Biography about the general who led the European allied forces in World War II (arguably, saving the free world) who later became president of the United States.

Was interesting, but a bit too long — couldn’t get through it all."

Brian Armstrong: "Best sci fi book i've read in a long long time. Has lots of real science/engineering in it. Incredible read."

Brian Armstrong: "Enjoyed this book, worth reading!"