Books Recommended by Keith Rabois
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The Breakthrough
Immunotherapy and the Race to Cure Cancer
Charles Graeber
Source: "It is the experts who created this virus mess. and the experts who suppressed solutions to cancer for a century." - Keith Rabois
2 recommenders
The Splendid and the Vile
A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Erik Larson
Source: "Books on Churchill in 1940-1941 take on wholly different meanings during a crisis vs studying during times of peace & prosperity." - Keith Rabois
3 recommenders
Grit
The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Angela Duckworth
Source: "Although the title may make it appear intuitive, the reading is much more insightful and applicable than you might guess." - Keith Rabois
The Model Thinker
What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You
Scott E. Page
Source: "Excited to read this. I have been searching for a book to recommend on this topic for a decade." - Keith Rabois
2 recommenders
The Little Kingdom
The Private Story of Apple Computer
Michael Moritz
Source: "[One of three] classic books to read, albeit perhaps with less immediate/practical relevance today." - Keith Rabois
1 recommender
The Monk and the Riddle
The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living
Randy Komisar
Source: "[One of three] classic books to read, albeit perhaps with less immediate/practical relevance today." - Keith Rabois
2 recommenders
The New New Thing
A Silicon Valley Story
Michael Lewis
Source: "[One of three] classic books to read, albeit perhaps with less immediate/practical relevance today." - Keith Rabois
4 recommenders
The Art of the Start
The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything
Guy Kawasaki
Source: "For a first-time entrepreneur: [this book] is an excellent introduction to many key issues." - Keith Rabois
2 recommenders
The Search
How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture
John Battelle
Source: "For a good historical perspective on the evolution of the consumer Internet world." - Keith Rabois
2 recommenders
White
Bret Easton Ellis
Source: "New reading material deviates from central casting for me." - Keith Rabois
1 recommender
Life 3.0
Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Max Tegmark
Source: "Best introduction to AI, accessible to sophisticated. Enjoyable to read." - Keith Rabois
Barbarians at the Gate
The Fall of RJR Nabisco
Bryan Burrough
Source: "Suggested reading this book this am on stage at Techweek." - Keith Rabois
Behave
The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Robert M. Sapolsky
Source: "A bit of a long commitment but worth it. Provocative." - Keith Rabois
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering
Learning to Learn
Richard W. Hamming
Source: "Not for everyone but recommend for tech folks." - Keith Rabois
3 recommenders
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Neil Postman
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
The pmarca Blog Archives
Marc Andreessen
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
1 recommender
The Method Method
Seven Obsessions That Helped Our Scrappy Start-up Turn an Industry Upside Down
Eric Ryan
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
1 recommender
On Intelligence
How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines
Jeff Hawkins
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
3 recommenders
Viral Loop
From Facebook to Twitter, How Today's Smartest Businesses Grow Themselves
Adam L. Penenberg
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
3 recommenders
The 80/20 Principle and 92 Other Powerful Laws of Nature
The Science of Success
Richard Koch
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
3 recommenders
The Checklist Manifesto
How to Get Things Right
Atul Gawande
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
Trade-Off
Why Some Things Catch On, and Others Don't
Kevin Maney
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
1 recommender
Naked Statistics
Stripping the Dread from the Data
Charles Wheelan
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
1 recommender
In the Company of Giants
Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World
Rama Dev Jager
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
1 recommender
The Curse of the Mogul
What's Wrong with the World's Leading Media Companies
Jonathan A. Knee
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
1 recommender
Behind the Cloud
The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry
Marc Benioff
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
7 Powers
The Foundations of Business Strategy
Hamilton Helmer
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
Troublemakers
Silicon Valley's Coming of Age
Leslie Berlin
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
3 recommenders
The Score Takes Care of Itself
My Philosophy of Leadership
Bill Walsh
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
1 recommender
The Success Equation
Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing
Michael Mauboussin
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
3 recommenders
The City in History
Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects
Lewis Mumford
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
2 recommenders
Architects of the Web
1,000 Days that Built the Future of Business
Robert H. Reid
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
1 recommender
Swimming Across
A Memoir
Andrew S. Grove
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
2 recommenders
Insanely Simple
The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success
Ken Segall
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
2 recommenders
Hackers & Painters
Big Ideas from the Computer Age
Paul Graham
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
Cultural Strategy
Using Innovative Ideologies to Build Breakthrough Brands
Douglas Holt
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
1 recommender
Becoming Steve Jobs
The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader
Brent Schlender
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
Return to the Little Kingdom
Steve Jobs and the Creation of Apple
Michael Moritz
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
1 recommender
Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
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World War 3.0
Microsoft and Its Enemies
Ken Auletta
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
1 recommender
The Innovator's Solution
Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth
Clayton M. Christensen
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
1 recommender
Loonshots
How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
Safi Bahcall
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
The Upside of Stress
Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It
Kelly McGonigal
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
2 recommenders
The Intel Trinity
How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company
Michael S. Malone
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
2 recommenders
Steve Jobs & the Next Big Thing
Randall E. Stross
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
1 recommender
Revolution in The Valley
The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made
Andy Hertzfeld
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
1 recommender
Googled
The End of the World As We Know It
Ken Auletta
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
2 recommenders
Drawing Life
Surviving the Unabomber
David Gelernter
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
1 recommender
2 recommenders
Andy Grove
The Life and Times of an American
Richard S. Tedlow
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
2 recommenders
Zero to One
Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Peter Thiel
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
Skin in the Game
Incerto, Book 5
Nassim Taleb
Source: "Quite powerful, albeit often redundant." - Keith Rabois
Red Notice
A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
Bill Browder
Source: "Amazing read about Russia from 1998-2007." - Keith Rabois
Red Star Over the Pacific
China's Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy
Toshi Yoshihara
Source: "Required reading in our household." - Keith Rabois
1 recommender
Creative Selection
Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs
Ken Kocienda
Source: "[One of] two indispensable books of 2018." - Keith Rabois
2 recommenders
The Book of Why
The New Science of Cause and Effect
Judea Pearl
Source: "[One of] two indispensable books of 2018." - Keith Rabois
3 recommenders
Spent
Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior
Geoffrey Miller
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on Quora.
2 recommenders
2 recommenders
1 recommender
Predictably Irrational
The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Dan Ariely
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on Quora.
4 recommenders
Get Back in the Box
How Being Great at What You Do Is Great for Business
Douglas Rushkoff
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on Quora.
2 recommenders
The Extended Mind
The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain
Annie Murphy Paul
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on Twitter.
2 recommenders
The Seventh Sense
Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks
Joshua Cooper Ramo
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on Twitter.
3 recommenders
Planet Google
One Company's Audacious Plan to Organize Everything We Know
Randall Stross
Source: Keith Rabois recommended this book on Quora.
1 recommender
How Not to Be Wrong
The Power of Mathematical Thinking
Jordan Ellenberg
Source: Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter.
4 recommenders
An Elegant Defense
The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives
Matt Richtel
Source: Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter.
3 recommenders
Quirky
The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World
Melissa A Schilling
Source: Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter.
1 recommender
Range
Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
David J. Epstein
Source: Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter.
The Organized Mind
Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
Daniel J. Levitin
Source: Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter.
1 recommender
Radical Uncertainty
Decision-Making Beyond the Numbers
John Kay
Source: Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter.
1 recommender
Deep Medicine
How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again
Eric Topol
Source: Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter.
2 recommenders
Why We Sleep
Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Matthew Walker
Source: Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter.
Talent Wins
The New Playbook for Putting People First
Ram Charan
Source: Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter.
1 recommender
1 recommender
3 recommenders
1944
FDR and the Year That Changed History
Jay Winik
Source: Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter.
1 recommender
Rocket Men
The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
Robert Kurson
Source: Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter.
2 recommenders
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Ben Horowitz
Source: "Reflects 2000-2003." - Keith Rabois
3 recommenders
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