Every book Elon Musk mentioned on X (Twitter)

"I’ve recommended [this book] to thousands and thousands of people." - Tim Ferriss

"I read [this book and "Einstein"] and probed [Walter Isaacson] about them to try to glean what characteristics they had in common." - Ray Dalio

"[I read this book and] I am blown away and a little sad because I feel like, 'God damn, I went through all this education. No one ever taught me any of this stuff.'" - George Raveling

Scott Belsky mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"The [biography of Benjamin Franklin] I read." - Brandon Stanton

Ed Zschau mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"A great book." - Tim Ferriss

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

"How [to live] life with radical honesty." - Brian Armstrong

"A great book." - A.J. Jacobs

"Made me want to work on AI, which led to Lisp." - Paul Graham

John Carmack mentioned this book on Twitter.

"Probably the [science fiction book] I read the most when I was younger." - Bill Gates

"I’m a big fan of [the author]." - Christopher Sommer

Ryan Shea recommended this book on his website.

"I wouldn’t just read [this book] breathless and wide-eyed and believe everything." - Naval Ravikant

"Made me worry that machine knowledge could ruin everything." - Sam Harris

"Best thing I’ve seen on this topic." - Sam Altman

"Very important book." - Will MacAskill

One of Marc Goodman's most-gifted or recommended books.

Eric Weinstein tweet about books that mattered enough to him.

"Got a ton of these for the Initialized office." - Alexis Ohanian

"Good." - Sam Harris

"I think is the best overall resource on AI." - Tim Urban

"My. Favorite. Author." - Taylor Swift

"I stayed up til 4 finishing [this book]." - Emma Watson

Favorite nonfiction read of 2018.

Patrick Collison labeled this book "particularly great."

Naval Ravikant's answer to "any good book about economy for a beginner?"

"To learn that capitalism is an economy of greed, a force of nature unto itself." - Neil deGrasse Tyson

"[One] of the most important books I’ve read." - Nick Szabo

On the "Top 100 Books Referenced by Noam Chomsky" list.

Brandon Stanton mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"[The author]'s magnum opus." - Bill Gurley

On the "Top 100 Books Referenced by Noam Chomsky" list.

Steve Wozniak said he thinks Steve Jobs mentioned this book and it really was a guide in his life.

"When I first read [Ayn Rand's books] in the late 80s, it felt pretty crazy. And in the last decades, it's in many ways felt much more correct." - Peter Thiel

One of Shah Rukh Khan's favorite novels.

"Loved [this book]. Read often." - Joe De Sena

"Something I’ve read multiple times to get me in the mindset of not letting anything stand in my way" - Peter Diamandis

On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

"One of the most remarkably researched books I’ve ever read." - Ross Kaminsky

"[The author's] invaluable wisdom and insight come to life on each page." - Karlie Kloss

"Larry’s favorite history book [...], which he had read several times." - Julian Guthrie

"Doesn't cover Starlink, but I enjoyed [this book] on the swashbuckling early days of SpaceX" - John Collison

Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 14

"If this book does not become required reading for us all, we may well see modern civilization unravel before our eyes." - Neil deGrasse Tyson

"One of my favorite books about building software." - Patrick Collison

"[This book] convinced me to start a company. Thanks for helping create Reddit." - Alexis Ohanian

"Please read [this book]. It's such a great book." - Jeff Atwood

"Wonderful." - Tobi Lütke

"Amazing book." - Austen Allred

"About the PC Gaming industry." - Trung Phan

"Peter [Thiel] would, at one point, pass me a copy of [this book], the book he had read as he’d mulled his options over." - Ryan Holiday

"[One of] the best books I read [in 2019]." - Ryan Holiday

"So good and so important." - A.J. Jacobs

"Will change your sense of how grand the sweep of human history could be, where you fit into it, and how much you could do to change it for the better." - Ezra Klein

"Both terrifying and uplifting." - Joseph Gordon-Levitt

"A fascinating, profound read." - Julia Galef

"Our guidebook to navigating this critical moment." - Liv Boeree

"Altogether thrilling and necessary." - Sam Harris

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

"It’s an extremely important read, so pls get it." - Liv Boeree

"This book is truly remarkable. [The author] has spent 6 years on this. You must read it." - Tobi Lütke

Paul Graham's (funny) answer to "what are your favourite books with a politics very different to your own?"

"I was thinking of [this book] when Harry saved Cedric’s body." - J.K. Rowling

Stewart Brand recommended this book on his "Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization" blog post.