Fred Wilson Recommended Books
Fred Wilson has recommended 25 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Fred Wilson is an American businessman, venture capitalist and blogger.
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
"Chapter five in [this book] is possibly the best thing I've read about leading a tech company." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Attia, Marc Andreessen, Larry Page, Matt Mullenweg, Andrew Ng, Drew Houston, Keith Rabois, Dustin Moskovitz, Max Levchin, Luis von Ahn, Kathryn Minshew, Andrew Wilkinson, Tim Ferriss, Blake Scholl, Chris Dixon, Raoul Pal, Jodie Cook, Michael Dell, Marty Cagan
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Fred Wilson recommended this book on his blog. (Source)
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Atlas Shrugged
Fred Wilson recommended this book on his blog. (Source)
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Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Peter Thiel, Shah Rukh Khan, Joe De Sena, Peter Diamandis, Ev Williams, Gabby Reece, Travis Kalanick, Brian Armstrong, Amelia Boone, Bob Metcalfe, Blake Scholl, Phil Jackson, John Carmack, Mark Cuban, Ray Dalio, Austen Allred, Russell Brunson, Paul Krugman, Rand Paul, Patrick Bet-David
The Prince
Fred Wilson recommended this book on his blog. (Source)
Also recommended by:
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Stewart Brand, Ryan Holiday, Eric Ripert, Garry Tan, Ryan Shea, Patrick Bet-David
The Oxford Shakespeare
The Complete Works
Fred Wilson recommended this book on his blog. (Source)
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Shah Rukh Khan, J.K. Rowling, Barack Obama, Stewart Brand, Ricardo Semler, Christopher Hitchens, Mark Twain
Catch-22
"A good one!" - Fred Wilson (Source)
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Endurance
Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
"An insipring story!" - Fred Wilson (Source)
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Ray Dalio, Sam Altman, Bryan Johnson, Ryan Holiday, Scott Belsky, Max Levchin, Jason Fried, Dominic D'Agostino, Jordan Peterson
The World According to Garp
A Novel
"One of my favorite books." - Fred Wilson (Source)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
"A good one." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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Peter Attia, Wim Hof, Laird Hamilton, Ev Williams, Mike Maples, Jr., Vinod Khosla, Ed Latimore
The Fountainhead
"I do love [this book]." - Fred Wilson (Source)
Also recommended by:
Mark Cuban, Tim Urban, Larry Ellison, Emma Watson, Kevin Kelly, Travis Kalanick, Vince Vaughn, Ev Williams, Jesse Williams, Noah Kagan, Jim Carrey, Ray Dalio, Shah Rukh Khan
Setting the Table
The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
"If you are an entrepreneur, you should read this book." - Fred Wilson (Source)
Also recommended by:
Noah Kagan, Chip Conley, Julie Rice, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Bill Gurley, Trung Phan
Siddhartha
"I loved [this book] when I read it in college. I think it really impacted me." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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Naval Ravikant, David Blaine, Emma Watson, Wim Hof, Neil Strauss, Bryan Johnson, Navdeep Chandel, Tim Ferriss, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Phil Jackson, Lex Fridman, Justin Kan, Harry Styles, James Clear, Jack Edwards
A Confederacy of Dunces
"Good choice." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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The Soul of A New Machine
"I love [this book]. First it is a story. Second it captures the passion of engineers who are driven to ship a revolutionary product." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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Snow Crash
"A lot of what we [at USV] invest in and how we look at the future comes from [this book]." - Fred Wilson (Source)
Also recommended by:
Tobi Lütke, Larry Page, Naval Ravikant, Sergey Brin, Ev Williams, Seth Godin, Adam Savage, Brandon Stanton, Ryan Shea, Nolan Bushnell, Austen Allred, Cameron Winklevoss, Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang
One Hundred Years of Solitude
"Another amazing book that made me see things differently." - Fred Wilson (Source)
Also recommended by:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Neil Strauss, Richard Branson, Oprah Winfrey, Cal Fussman, Christopher Hitchens, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Shashi Tharoor
The Art Of War
"Has to get onto my list." - Fred Wilson (Source)
Also recommended by:
Jocko Willink, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Marc Benioff, Evan Spiegel, Dave Camarillo, Ryan Petersen, Travis Kalanick, Vlad Tenev, Lex Fridman, Elon Musk, Patrick Bet-David
Where the Wild Things Are
"I loved [this book]." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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The Little Prince
"I loved [this book]." - Fred Wilson (Source)
Also recommended by:
Emma Watson, Ricardo Semler, Brandon Stanton, Evan Goldberg, Garry Tan, James Clear
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
An Inquiry Into Values
"A great one." - Fred Wilson (Source)
Also recommended by:
Jordan Peterson, Paul Graham, Drew Houston, Josh Waitzkin, Bryan Johnson, Ev Williams, Austen Allred, Phil Jackson
Product Design for the Web
Principles of Designing and Releasing Web Products
"It might be most useful to someone who is just getting into designing interactive applications." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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Talking to Humans
Success starts with understanding your customers
"Explains how to do the customer development interviews in a way that will get you the most accurate and actionable feedback." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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Whiplash
How to Survive Our Faster Future
"A nine step program to help us survive this world we have unleashed on ourselves." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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The Aspirational Investor
Taming the Markets to Achieve Your Life's Goals
"If you think about investing differently or want to, you might enjoy it." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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The Business Blockchain
Promise, Practice, and Application of the Next Internet Technology
"Makes a complex subject, blockchain technology, accessible for the non-technical." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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