128 Books Recommended by Ev Williams
Mating
Norman Rush
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
The Know-It-All
A.J. Jacobs
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Mastery
George Leonard
Source: "Detailed the challenges that we all face on the road to expertise in any field." - Maurice Ashley
Antifragile
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Source: "One of the better books I read this year [2013]." - Matt Mullenweg
Why Most Things Fail
Paul Ormerod
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Source: "I enjoyed [this book]. Fascinating." - Jason Fried
Hackers & Painters
Paul Graham
Source: "I love his thinking, especially [this book]." - Derek Sivers
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
Richard P. Feynman
Source: Noah Kagan recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Dave Eggers
Source: This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.
The Cluetrain Manifesto
Rick Levine
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson
Source: "It's a tough call because I prefer other books of [this author]. But [this book] is so important within the history of science fiction." - Adam Savage
Slack
Tom DeMarco
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Smart and Gets Things Done
Avram Joel Spolsky
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Fuzzy Thinking
Bart Kosko
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Everything Bad is Good for You
Steven Johnson
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Gates
Stephen Manes
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Dune
Frank Herbert
Source: Laird Hamilton mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
Getting Things Done
David Allen
Source: "Put first things first." - Dustin Moskovitz
The Wisdom of Crowds
James Surowiecki
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Revolutionary Wealth
Alvin Toffler
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.