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.

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"

Chris Dixon: “I always love reading Taleb’s books, even if I don’t always agree with him. This was up there with Black Swan and his other classics.”

Ben Horowitz: "A book about the dynamics of how large-scale, highly random systems behave."

Keith Rabois: "The Skin in the Game book is quite powerful, albeit often redundant."

Vinod Khosla: "I like his ideas a lot, especially in Antifragile and the first half of this book.

I've always complained about pundits relative to doers, discovering/learning over planning..."

Naval Ravikant recommended 'Skin In The Game' on Twitter.

Marc Andreessen recommended 'Skin In The Game' on Twitter.

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"

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"

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'.

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."

Vinod Khosla: "Very good; definitely worth reading"

Jack Dorsey: "You should read it"

Tim Ferriss: "A great book."

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy mentioned reading and loving The Checklist Manifesto on Twitter.

Tim Ferriss: "One of my favorite books of the last five years."

Stewart Butterfield: "'How to Change Your Mind' is a great overview of research into the therapeutic uses of psychedelics.

Michael Pollan is such a gifted observer and clear writer. Total pleasure."

Vinod Khosla: "This is a fun exploration of psychedelic drugs, especially for someone who has never tried them."

Michael Mauboussin: "[How To Change Your Mind] helped me think better in 2018."

Naval Ravikant's answer to 'Do you have any advice for dealing with the death of a parent?'

Michael Mauboussin: "Range by David Epstein is the best book I have read this year. It’s out now. I highly recommend it.

Changpeng Zhao: "While many books talk about specialization and the 10,000-hour rule in an ultra-competitive world, this book gives a different view to balance that argument.

And how many great inventions happen at the intersection of disciplines."

Vinod Khosla: "This book makes a well-supported case on behalf of breadth and late starts versus deep expertise.

I always valued more "athlete, less deep expertise"

Bill Gates: "Range explains the greatness of Roger Federer and other generalists"

Malcolm Gladwell: "For reasons I cannot explain, David Epstein manages to make me thoroughly enjoy the experience of being told that everything I thought about something was wrong. I loved Range."

Vinod Khosla: "Not that I agree with all of it, but it is still mind-bending speculation about our future as a follow-up to a previous favorite, Sapiens. It’s directionally right."

Naval Ravikant: "Didn't finish it. Good book but not as seminal as Sapiens."

Raoul Pal enjoyed reading 'Homo Deus'.

Bill Gates: "A provocative new book raises big questions about the future."

Vinod Khosla: "Best book on the subject"

Alexis Ohanian: "One of the best and most important books I've read [in 2019]."

Michael Mauboussin: "One of my favorite science books in 2018"

Bill Gates: "This book put me to sleep.

An expert explains the benefits of a good night’s rest."

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."

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.

Nassim Taleb: "Very clear exposition, does the math without getting lost in the details.

Although many of the concepts of the introductory first 100 pages can be found elsewhere, they are presented with remarkable cut-to-the-chase clarity."

Elon Musk: “Written by three experts in the field, Deep Learning is the only comprehensive book on the subject.”

Satya Nadella was so significantly impacted by Deep Learning that he hired co-author Yoshua Bengio to help shape the future of Microsoft’s Artificial Intelligence approach as a machine learning advisor.

Vinod Khosla: "For a slightly more technical read [on Machine Learning], I’d suggest Ian Goodfellows Deep Learning."

Michael Mauboussin: "The best book I have ever read on human behavior. Sapolsky is an amazing teacher."

Vinod Khosla: "Among the best insights into our brain and behavior. A top of the charts for me for this year, along with Scale."

Marc Andreessen: "Robert Sapolsky's magnum opus on human behavior."

Keith Rabois: "A bit of a long commitment but worth it. Provocative."

Reid Hoffman: "In this hyper networked world remade fresh every day, with new perils and new opportunities, there is one book to be sure to read: Joshua Ramo's new book, a masterpiece, The Seventh Sense.

To understand the tsunami of the networked age, you need history, biography, tech, philosophy, politics--and you want a book that has a depth beyond whatever else you could be streaming, podcasting, or wiki-ing.

This is that book."

Vinod Khosla: "I like the author but wish there were more causality/details.

Important message I agree with none the less"

Keith Rabois shared a photo of 'The Seventh Sense' as his 'latest reading' on Twitter.

Vinod Khosla: "About pressing political, technological, social, and existential issues as we move into uncharted territory of the future."

Joe Rogan mentioned '21 Lessons for the 21st Century' on the 'Joe Rogan Experience' podcast.

Bill Gates: "Yuval Noah Harari has written another thought-provoking book."

Kat Cole: "Great book!"

Alexis Ohanian: "I'm ready to be excommunicated from the VC world: I enjoyed Anand's book."

Vinod Khosla: "An important read and though I disagree with many of its conclusions, I do agree with the notion of elite circles that are often, but not always, self-centered and self-interested."

Brianne Kimmel: "Ben Horowitz's new book is a must-read especially on navigating ‘war times’"

Vinod Khosla: "For me, it shows the value of having principles an organization and its leaders believe in."

Garry Tan: "Lots of gems in the new ⁦Ben Horowitz book"

Mark Zuckerberg: "It's about the competition to electrify the nation between Edison, Westinghouse and Tesla... Graham is a great storyteller."

Chris Dixon: “This was a fun semi-historical novel focusing on the epic legal battle between Westinghouse/Tesla vs Edison.

Good compliment to Empires of Light (one of my favorite history books).”

Vinod Khosla: "I don’t read fiction, but this almost historical fiction is fun especially for Silicon Valley types."

Vinod Khosla: "This book tells the story of the world I have always lived, loved and believed in, despite the recent techlash."

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

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

Vinod Khosla: "An excellent book by Deepak Malhotra that I recommend to every entrepreneur, investor, & CEO - and anyone else who deals with difficult negotiations."

Bill Gurley: "If you want to be a world class big deal negotiator, make sure you pick up 'Negotiating The Impossible' by Deepak Malhotra, best book on the subject by far."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "The book lays out three key aspects of negotiation: framing, process, and empathy."

Vinod Khosla: "Important [lessons on] investing, business, sports"

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

Bill Gurley recommends reading every book by Michael Mauboussin for learning the basics of investing.

David Friedberg: "Read the book Lifespan by David Sinclair. The book highlights a lot of his research and findings and paths forward for improving longevity."

Vinod Khosla: "This book reveals scientific breakthroughs about aging and ways we can slow down or reverse the process.

It makes me wonder - should we solve diseases or solve aging that increases the propensity for diseases?"

Raoul Pal said 'Lifespan' influenced his macro thinking on Twitter.

Joe Rogan: "Seriously mind blowing information about how sugar consumption is robbing us of our health."

Vinod Khosla: "Not surprising but explicit description of the American psych on sugar and fat by the sugar industry.

I would not have believed this much influence is possible."

Anthony Pompliano: "Highly recommend"

Vinod Khosla: "A decent book on self-help tools, though I'm not generally a fan of this category"

Vinod Khosla: "Fun read about our biases and how our brain functions."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This book is chock full of interesting and useful examples of subconscious behavioral triggers, including several specific to the stock market.

You’ll learn how more pronounceable ticker symbols (e.g. OPEN, HOG) result in better IPO performance, and how seeing a yin-yang symbol can affect our investing decisions."

Vinod Khosla: "Outlines ethical ways of mending the rifts that are tearing apart the fabric of our country and other Western societies."

Bill Gates: "A renowned economist’s thought-provoking new book."

Nassim Taleb: "The illusion of attention is one of the most important, surprising, and least known flaws in human thinking.

This lucid book examines it in detail."

Vinod Khosla: "Rigorously written (unlike many pysch books), fun, funny, surprising, enlightening."

Vinod Khosla: "Another of my favorites this year. Long but worth every page."

Ray Dalio: "[From Bacteria to Bach and Back] is about the evolution of the mind"

Vinod Khosla: "One of my favorite books when I was a teenager! I still keep it around the house and periodically look at it."

Fred Wilson: "That’s a good one"

Shane Parrish: "This is a great follow up to Sit Like A Buddha.

This book deepens our understanding of the nuts-and-bolts of meditation including the how, what, where, when and why but also how to deal with distractions and common challenges people face along the way."

Vinod Khosla: "Easy access to meditation"

Vinod Khosla: "I've always thought of art as snooty as it is manifested (not as it is created) and this book proves the point.

The creation of art may have higher significance but the art world is not a good reflection of it."

Brianne Kimmel recommended 'The $12 Million Stuffed Shark' for anyone interested in the creator economy.

Vinod Khosla: "It's network theory at its finest.

It transforms how our success-obsessed society approaches their careers and long-term goals."

Nassim Taleb: "This is not just an important but an imperative project: to approach the problem of randomness and success using the state of the art scientific arsenal we have. Barabasi is the person."

Palmer Luckey: "The Kill Chain is a must-read book for anyone concerned about the erosion of U.S. military dominance.

Our country can build and procure the tools we need with the system we have, it is just a matter of focusing on the right problems!"

Vinod Khosla: "For worrisome understanding of our presumed ability to defend ourselves, read The Kill Chain"

Vinod Khosla: "An engineering 'how it works' story for the immune system"

Vinod Khosla: "This book provides a solid framework as to why things begin to deteriorate, and how society can successfully find their way back to a secure and stable plane."

Vinod Khosla: "A look into the future and how global warming will impact everything from politics to capitalism.

A great read even though I think it overstates things. It scares and it's time to be very, very scared."

Vinod Khosla: "A new thesis on what is a major disease state, it reveals the the link between depression and inflammation of the brain."

Vinod Khosla: "This explores the largest act of capitalist colonisation ever attempted — the colonisation of our minds, behavior, free will, our very selves."

Vinod Khosla: "Highly recommended book"

Vinod Khosla: "Brand building for entrepreneurs trying to upset the incumbents. One of the few 'how to' books I enjoyed."

Vinod Khosla: "If you want speculation about what the master AI might need (one view).

For a slightly more technical read, I’d suggest Ian Goodfellows Deep Learning."

Vinod Khosla: "Fascinating though older book."

Vinod Khosla: "Not very far from the truth on the financial services industry though the authors biases come through.

Not all correct (in my view), but still worth reading."

Vinod Khosla: "Would life be possible without quantum phenomenon?

I highly recommend this book, it is one of the few I have read twice!"

Vinod Khosla: "Scientific research transforming immunotherapy from the miraculous to the forefront of medical science."

Vinod Khosla: "It's a way to be exposed to another world living in the same place and time."

Vinod Khosla: "A thesis on why American withdrawal would be the worst possible response, based on a dangerous misreading of the world."

Vinod Khosla: "A different POV on life at the border."

Vinod Khosla: "Wish all books maximized learning per hour of reading time.

A very well done book on branding and new brand values. It will be the death of many incumbents."

Vinod Khosla: "Fun though older book."

Vinod Khosla: "Great, very quick overview of astrophysics. Easily accessible."

Vinod Khosla: "[The Age of the Unthinkable] is very good"

Vinod Khosla: "Great topic adequately covered but could be more interesting"

Vinod Khosla: "A very new point of view and somewhat unique thesis; definitely worth a read"

Vinod Khosla: "The most important book I read [in 2012]"

Vinod Khosla: "Really good book if you want to understand social media & people as an app"

Vinod Khosla: "Awesome book. Even the genetic basis of risk taking & belief"

Vinod Khosla: "Engrossing, entertaining & insightful story of unexpected consequences of events. Recommended"

Vinod Khosla: "Mildly entertaining hacker world story and personal battles therein."

Vinod Khosla: "My best book of 2011. Why expert predictions are worthless & how to do better."

Vinod Khosla: "A better way to teach math. Wish he had ideas to fit state curriculums. Important book"

Vinod Khosla: "Interesting, but not yet compelling science. Important precursor to what is to come."

Vinod Khosla: "Every book by Deepak Malhotra has been great.

The Peace Makers Code is based on his class at HBS, War & Peace & lessons on leadership, negotiation, strategy & the human condition"