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: "[This author] has built multiple breakthrough companies, and [this book] shows how." - Elon Musk
Life 3.0
Max Tegmark
Source: "Anyone who wants to discuss how artificial intelligence is shaping the world should read this book." - Bill Gates
The Big Picture
Sean Carroll
Source: "Highly recommend." - Elon Musk
Deep Learning
Ian Goodfellow
Source: "Written by three experts in the field, [this book] is the only comprehensive book on the subject." - Elon Musk
Lying
Sam Harris
Source: "Excellent cover art and lots of good reasons not to lie!" - Elon Musk
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: "Worth reading [this book]. We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes." - Elon Musk
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: "Adam Smith FTW obv." - Elon Musk
The Player of Games
Iain M. Banks
Source: "[The Culture series is] a huge personal favorite." - Jeff Bezos
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: "Probably the [science fiction book] I read the most when I was younger." - Bill Gates
Surface Detail
Iain M. Banks
Source: "[The Culture series is] a huge personal favorite." - Jeff Bezos
Das Kapital
Karl Marx
Source: "Read [this book] when I was 14." - Elon Musk
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: "An amazing book." - Elon Musk
Our Final Invention
James Barrat
Source: "Worth reading." - Elon Musk
Dune
Frank Herbert
Source: "I’m a big science-fiction fan. I love [this book]." - Jeff Bezos
Benjamin Franklin
Walter Isaacson
Source: "A great biography. [...] Highly recommended." - Elon Musk
Foundation
Isaac Asimov
Source: "[The Foundation series is] fundamental to [the] creation of SpaceX." - Elon Musk
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
