Books Recommended by Marc Andreessen
Private Truths, Public Lies
Timur Kuran
Source: "The book that's had the biggest impact on me." - Marc Andreessen
1 recommender
Poor Charlie's Almanack
Charles T. Munger
Source: "Tremendous." - Marc Andreessen
The Courage to Be Disliked
Ichiro Kishimi
Source: "Smash hit in Japan, and easy to see why. Adlerian psychology meets Stoic philosophy in Socratic dialogue. Compelling from front to back. Highly recommend." - Marc Andreessen
4 recommenders
Behave
Robert M. Sapolsky
Source: "Robert Sapolsky's magnum opus on human behavior." - Marc Andreessen
4 recommenders
Can't Hurt Me
David Goggins
Source: "Anytime anybody feels mopey about what's happening in their startup or in their life, this is the book to read to reset all the expectations." - Marc Andreessen
2 recommenders
A Spy Among Friends
Ben Macintyre
Source: "True, chilling saga of straight up, profoundly deep treason and betrayal. Sociopaths in high positions of power and influence. Hair curling." - Marc Andreessen
1 recommender
More from Less
Andrew McAfee
Source: "One of the best books [of 2019]." - Marc Andreessen
1 recommender
High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove
Source: "The best book on management ever written." - Marc Andreessen
12 Rules for Life
Jordan Peterson
Source: "A bracing disassembly and reconstruction of a theory of individual progress in the modern world." - Marc Andreessen
Extreme Ownership
Jocko Willink
Source: "I hand out more copies of this book than any other. How to take responsibility for yourself and for those around you. Modern Stoicism, as applied in the military, business, and life." - Marc Andreessen
3 recommenders
But What If We're Wrong?
Chuck Klosterman
Source: "Wide-ranging meditation on how to think about the reality that we're probably wrong about most things we believe. Hard to read and not emerge humbled." - Marc Andreessen
2 recommenders
A Guide to the Good Life
William B. Irvine
Source: "Best (?) walk through the ancient/current philosophy of Stoicism. You can't control other people but you can control yourself, so do that." - Marc Andreessen
Only the Paranoid Survive
Andrew S. Grove
Source: "One of my favorite topics. And so that is also a very good book [I] recommend." - Marc Andreessen
The Rational Optimist
Matt Ridley
Source: "Sparkling explanation of how the economy evolves, producing the glorious cornucopia of goods and services available all around us. How to feel good about the future even in dark times." - Marc Andreessen
Becoming Steve Jobs
Brent Schlender
Source: "In this deeply-researched book, you'll find the most honest portrait of the real Steve Jobs." - Marc Andreessen
The Tycoons
Charles R. Morris
Source: "On how four great builders of the 19th century built the world we live in today." - Marc Andreessen
1 recommender
Who Is Michael Ovitz?
Michael Ovitz
Source: "Learn how to build an empire and transform an industry from the Jedi master of modern Hollywood." - Marc Andreessen
How to Live
Sarah Bakewell
Source: Marc Andreessen recommended this book on Twitter.
3 recommenders
The Rise of Superman
Steven Kotler
Source: "Startling walk through a series of domains where peak human performance is rising at remarkable rates due to "flow state". Thought provoking and then some." - Marc Andreessen
The Wizard of Menlo Park
Randall E. Stross
Source: "A great biography of Edison." - Marc Andreessen
1 recommender
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz
Source: "Let’s just say, we started out relationship with vigorous disagreement, and we’ve continued that to this day." - Marc Andreessen
The Spider Network
David Enrich
Source: "'Billions'-esque saga of global financial market manipulation, at mind-boggling scale and hiding in plain sight, by a small cabal of bankers in London." - Marc Andreessen
1 recommender
Skin in the Game
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Source: "Skin in the game as conflict of interest, or as attaching one's livelihood to one's speech? Who to listen to, and why." - Marc Andreessen
What You Do Is Who You Are
Ben Horowitz
Source: "My partner Ben Horowitz has a new book!" - Marc Andreessen
2 recommenders
Thinking in Bets
Annie Duke
Source: "Compact guide to probabilistic domains like poker, or venture capital." - Marc Andreessen
Zero to One
Peter Thiel
Source: "The first book any working or aspiring entrepreneur must read—period." - Marc Andreessen
Born Standing Up
Steve Martin
Source: "Nothing about his career was an accident, which I thought was fascinating." - Marc Andreessen
4 recommenders
Kill Decision
Daniel Suarez
Source: "It'll keep you up late at night." - Marc Andreessen
1 recommender
Civilian Warriors
Erik Prince
Source: "The founding and growth of military contractor Blackwater as told by its founder and CEO; newly relevant due to the Mueller investigation." - Marc Andreessen
1 recommender
The Strange Death of Europe
Douglas Murray
Source: "One perspective on the politics of immgiration in Europe, playing out in real time, e.g. Merkel almost getting deposed days ago. Confusing on multiple levels from US perspective." - Marc Andreessen
1 recommender
