Books Recommended by Lex Fridman
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The Idiot
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Source: "For the longest time, [this book] was my favorite book of all because I identified with the ideas represented by Prince Myshkin." - Lex Fridman
2 recommenders
Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
Source: "Basically one of the things we've created here is we've imagined ideas that we all share." - Lex Fridman
32 recommendersAshton KutcherBill GatesBill GurleyDaniel EkDemis HassabisJames CameronJoe RoganKarlie KlossKeith RaboisKishore BiyaniLex FridmanMark ZuckerbergNaval RavikantPeter AttiaRay DalioReid HoffmanRichard BransonRyan SheaSam KassSebastian JungerVinod KhoslaWhitney CummingsPewDiePieMelinda GatesAnthony PomplianoChangpeng ZhaoPatrick O'ShaughnessyChris EvansMark MansonSimon MayoPenn JilletteJames Clear
Essential Bukowski
Poetry
Charles Bukowski
Source: "Because I've been doing the startup, I've been suffering so I'm reading a lot of Bukowski." - Lex Fridman
1 recommender
Foundation (7 books)
Isaac Asimov
Source: "My new favorite." - Lex Fridman
The Changing World Order
Why Nations Succeed and Fail
Ray Dalio
Source: "The fascinating thing about [this book] is there's philosophy, there's wisdom, but there's plots." - Lex Fridman
Empire of the Summer Moon
Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
S. C. Gwynne
Source: "[I admire] the purity of that way of life." - Lex Fridman
4 recommenders
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Why Violence Has Declined
Steven Pinker
Source: "Encouraged the better side of ourselves." - Lex Fridman
The Three-Body Problem (3 books)
Cixin Liu
Source: Lex Fridman mentioned this series on Instagram.
Love and Math
The Heart of Hidden Reality
Edward Frenkel
Source: "Amazing book I recommend to everybody." - Lex Fridman
1 recommender
Life 3.0
Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Max Tegmark
Source: "I recommend people read [this book]." - Lex Fridman
I, Robot
Robot, Book 1
Isaac Asimov
Source: "[My] previous favorite [book by this author]." - Lex Fridman
3 recommenders
2001 A Space Odyssey
Space Odyssey, Book 1
Arthur C. Clarke
Source: Lex Fridman mentioned this book on Instagram.
1 recommender
36 recommendersAniela GregorekBryan JohnsonChelsea HandlerChip ConleyDaniel PinkDave ElitchDavid BlaineDustin MoskovitzEmma WatsonEsther PerelEv WilliamsFedor HolzJim KwikJimmy FallonJocko WillinkJordan PetersonLex FridmanMaria PopovaMichael GervaisNaval RavikantRyan HolidaySam AltmanSimon SinekTerry CrewsTony RobbinsTuria PittPewDiePieShane ParrishMark MansonPhil JacksonTom BilyeuMichael HyattAlastair HumphreysSteve KerrRobin BlackPatrick Bet-David
The Player of Games
Culture, Book 2
Iain M. Banks
Source: Lex Fridman mentioned this book on Instagram.
2 recommenders
4 recommenders
2 recommenders
3 recommenders
25 recommendersArianna HuffingtonBen GreenfieldBill GatesBryan JohnsonDiddyDoug McMillonDrew HoustonDustin MoskovitzGary VaynerchukHoward MarksJack DorseyKevin SystromLex FridmanMarc BenioffMark CubanMichael BloombergNaval RavikantReed HastingsTim FerrissTony RobbinsAusten AllredPatrick O'ShaughnessyTom BilyeuMarty CaganJames Clear
Machines Who Think
A Personal Inquiry into the History and Prospects of Artificial Intelligence
Pamela McCorduck
Source: "I really like [this book]." - Lex Fridman
1 recommender
1 recommender
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
A History of Nazi Germany
William L. Shirer
Source: "I've read it twice." - Lex Fridman
2 recommenders
The War of Art
Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
Steven Pressfield
Source: "Beautiful book." - Lex Fridman
100 books
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