Books Recommended by Alexis Ohanian
Permanent Record
Edward Snowden
Source: "Reading with gusto over the holiday and especially reflecting on this note--true friendship is the best investment one can make." - Alexis Ohanian
Billion Dollar Whale
Tom Wright
Source: "An incredible story.... If you need some billionaires to despise--look no further than these charlatans." - Alexis Ohanian
Influence
Robert Cialdini
Source: "[Helps you] navigate the world with heightened awareness for how we're always being influenced/manipulated." - Alexis Ohanian
Traction
Gabriel Weinberg
Source: "The question every founder asks after shipping is always: how do I get traction? This book actually answers it." - Alexis Ohanian
The ONE Thing
Gary Keller
Source: "Makes a strong case for tossing out my daily Todo list in favor of focusing just One Thing every day." - Alexis Ohanian
Founders at Work
Jessica Livingston
Source: "A bunch of really great interviews [Jessica] did with a bunch of just OGs of entrepreneurship." - Alexis Ohanian
Rage Becomes Her
Soraya Chemaly
Source: "Goes in on the patriarchy and it's hard to argue with a lot of the data here." - Alexis Ohanian
Indistractable
Nir Eyal
Source: "A great foundation for bringing intention and focus to your work- and home-life." - Alexis Ohanian
The Creative Curve
Allen Gannett
Source: "[Shows] how everyone has the ability to create their own creative masterpiece." - Alexis Ohanian
Frenemies
Ken Auletta
Source: "Kept getting recommended to me by people I respected and it didn't disappoint." - Alexis Ohanian
Masters of Doom
David Kushner
Source: "[This book] convinced me to start a company. Thanks for helping create Reddit." - Alexis Ohanian
Hatching Twitter
Nick Bilton
Source: "Fantastic book [...] Far more relatable than I knew or expected." - Alexis Ohanian
Winners Take All
Anand Giridharadas
Source: "I'm ready to be excommunicated from the VC world: I enjoyed [this] book." - Alexis Ohanian
Shoe Dog
Phil Knight
Source: "A great one -- had no idea Nike had such a long history." - Alexis Ohanian
Why We Sleep
Matthew Walker
Source: "One of the best and most important books I've read [in 2019]." - Alexis Ohanian
Superforecasting
Philip E. Tetlock
Source: "Such a great book. Building software right now that's informed by this." - Alexis Ohanian
White Fragility
Robin J. DiAngelo
Source: "Must-read/-listen for all of us in white America." - Alexis Ohanian
The Ride of a Lifetime
Robert Iger
Source: "One of the best leadership books I've read." - Alexis Ohanian
Daemon
Daniel Suarez
Source: "Got a ton of these for the Initialized office." - Alexis Ohanian
The Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein
Source: "Definitely choked up by the end of it... WHY?" - Alexis Ohanian
