63 Books Recommended by Elon Musk
Twelve Against the Gods
William Bolitho
Source: "It's really quite good." - Elon Musk
Zero to One
Peter Thiel
Source: "Gives an overview of entrepreneurship and innovation." - Andrew Ng
Life 3.0
Max Tegmark
Source: "I recommend people read [this book]." - Lex Fridman
The Big Picture
Sean Carroll
Source: Favorite nonfiction read of 2018.
Deep Learning
Ian Goodfellow
Source: "The book made such a significant impact on Satya Nadella that he hired co-author Yoshua Bengio." - ThingsCyber.com
Lying
Sam Harris
Source: "A great book." - Tim Ferriss
Screw Business As Usual
Richard Branson
Source: "This approach should be taken to heart by all, as it really is the smart move." - Elon Musk
Superintelligence
Nick Bostrom
Source: "Best thing I’ve seen on this topic." - Sam Altman
Daemon
Daniel Suarez
Source: "A great read." - Elon Musk
Stalin
Simon Sebag Montefiore
Source: "One of the few books so dark I had to stop reading." - Elon Musk
Ignition!
John Drury Clark
Source: One of Elon Musk's favorite books about space.
A Woman Makes a Plan
Maye Musk
Source: "My Mom wrote a book ❤️." - Elon Musk
Acts of Love
Talulah Riley
Source: "All characters – even those based on real people – are entirely fictional..." - Elon Musk
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
Source: "To learn that capitalism is an economy of greed, a force of nature unto itself." - Neil deGrasse Tyson
The Player of Games
Iain M. Banks
Source: "A science fiction book about an advanced civilization with AI and a vibrant culture." - Mark Zuckerberg
If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... Where is Everybody?
Stephen Webb
Source: "Great book. Read it when it came out." - Elon Musk
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Robert A. Heinlein
Source: One of Elon Musk's favorite books about space.
Surface Detail
Iain M. Banks
Source: "[I recommend] all of [Banks' books]. Especially [this book]." - Elon Musk
Das Kapital
Karl Marx
Source: On the "Top 100 Books Referenced by Noam Chomsky" list.
Merchants of Doubt
Naomi Oreskes
Source: "Worth reading [this book]. Same who tried to deny smoking deaths are denying climate change." - Elon Musk
Modern Engineering for Design of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines
Dieter K Huzel
Source: One of Elon Musk's favorite books about space.
The Machine Stops
E. M. Forster
Source: "Worth reading." - Elon Musk
The Age of Napoleon
Will & Ariel Durant
Source: "Larry’s favorite history book [...], which he had read several times." - Julian Guthrie
Our Final Invention
James Barrat
Source: "I think is the best overall resource on AI." - Tim Urban
Dune
Frank Herbert
Source: "Perhaps the most incredibly detailed and oddly believable fictional landscape I’ve ever encountered." - Tim Ferriss
Benjamin Franklin
Walter Isaacson
Source: "I read [this book and "Einstein"] and probed [Walter Isaacson] about them to try to glean what characteristics they had in common." - Ray Dalio
Foundation
Isaac Asimov
Source: This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
Source: "I looked forward to books by [this author] when he was alive." - Shah Rukh Khan
Human Compatible
Stuart Russell
Source: "Worth reading." - Elon Musk
