Books Recommended by Naval Ravikant
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The Power of Habit
Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Charles Duhigg
Source: "Interesting, not because of its content necessarily, but because it’s good for me to always keep on top of mind how powerful my habits are." - Naval Ravikant
The Network State
How To Start a New Country
Balaji Srinivasan
Source: "The future convergence of networks and governments, from one of the most brilliant thinkers alive." - Naval Ravikant
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
Adventures of a Curious Character
Richard P. Feynman
Source: "Learn about the inner mindset and external state of someone who was absolutely brilliant." - Naval Ravikant
The Three-Body Problem (3 books)
Cixin Liu
Source: "Great series." - Naval Ravikant
Thing Explainer
Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
Randall Munroe
Source: "Explains all these very complicated concepts, [but] only using the 1000 most common words in the English language." - Naval Ravikant
2 recommenders
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Source: "Fine book but it didn’t need to be an entire book. A blog post would have gotten the point across." - Naval Ravikant
Reality Is Not What It Seems
The Journey to Quantum Gravity
Carlo Rovelli
Source: "Best book I've read in [2017]. Physics, poetry, philosophy and history packaged in a very accessible form." - Naval Ravikant
1 recommender
The Boys (6 books)
Garth Ennis
Source: One of Naval Ravikant's answers to "top 10 graphic novels?"
1 recommender
The Third Wave
An Entrepreneur's Vision of the Future
Steve Case
Source: "[The author] is doing the behind the scenes work to support entrepreneurship in America." - Naval Ravikant
1 recommender
Think on These Things
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Source: "Decades ago, it didn’t make sense. Years ago, it changed my life, but I felt late." - Naval Ravikant
1 recommender
The Great Book of Amber
The Complete Amber Chronicles, 1-10
Roger Zelazny
Source: "Formative books for me. Read and re-read them over the years." - Naval Ravikant
1 recommender
Foundation (7 books)
Isaac Asimov
Source: "I loved reading it as a kid." - Naval Ravikant
Total Freedom
The Essential Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Source: Naval Ravikant's answer to "if you want anyone to read a favorite book you've read, which would it be?"
1 recommender
Superintelligence
Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Nick Bostrom
Source: "I wouldn’t just read [this book] breathless and wide-eyed and believe everything." - Naval Ravikant
René Girard's Mimetic Theory
Wolfgang Palaver
Source: "It’s more of an overview book because I couldn’t make it through his actual writings." - Naval Ravikant
1 recommender
The Lord of the Rings (4 books)
J. R. R. Tolkien
Source: "Loved [this series] and other fiction when younger." - Naval Ravikant
Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha
An Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book
Daniel Ingram
Source: Naval Ravikant's answer to "any book recommendation on happiness from a Buddhism perspective?"
1 recommender
How to Change Your Mind
What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
Michael Pollan
Source: Naval Ravikant's answer to "do you have any advice for dealing with the death of a parent?"
The Compleat Strategyst
Being a Primer on the Theory of Games of Strategy
J. D. Williams
Source: One of Naval Ravikant's answers to "any particular Game Theory books you recommend?"
1 recommender
The Enlightenment Trilogy (3 books)
Jed McKenna
Source: "[The author] is to spirituality what Rick and Morty is to children’s cartoons." - Naval Ravikant
1 recommender
The Evolution of Cooperation
Robert Axelrod
Source: One of Naval Ravikant's answers to "any particular Game Theory books you recommend?"
2 recommenders
Snow Crash
A Novel
Neal Stephenson
Source: "Best cyberpunk novel ever written. Slightly dated but very prescient." - Naval Ravikant
At Home in the Universe
The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity
Stuart Kauffman
Source: "I’ve read it a long time ago. Time for a re-read." - Naval Ravikant
1 recommender
Incerto (5 books)
Nassim Taleb
Source: "Good books are worth re-reading. Great books are worth re-buying." - Naval Ravikant
3 recommenders
The Rational Optimist
How Prosperity Evolves
Matt Ridley
Source: "The most brilliant and enlightening book I've read in years." - Naval Ravikant
The Sovereign Individual
Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
James Dale Davidson
Source: "Best book I've read since Sapiens (far less mainstream, though)." - Naval Ravikant
Lord of Light
Roger Zelazny
Source: "The only sci-fi novel that I know of where the protagonist is a Buddha." - Naval Ravikant
2 recommenders
The Sandman (13 books)
Neil Gaiman
Source: One of Naval Ravikant's answers to "top 10 graphic novels?"
1 recommender
Sex at Dawn
How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships
Christopher Ryan
Source: Naval Ravikant mentioned this book on "The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish" podcast.
Genius
The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
James Gleick
Source: Naval Ravikant mentioned this book on "The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish" podcast.
1 recommender
Wind, Sand and Stars
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Source: "One of my all time favorite books. I quote it all the time." - Naval Ravikant
3 recommenders
The Feynman Lectures on Physics (3 books)
Richard P. Feynman
Source: Naval Ravikant tweeted about this series.
3 recommenders
The Undercover Economist
Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor - and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!
Tim Harford
Source: Naval Ravikant mentioned this book on "The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish" podcast.
1 recommender
The Story of Philosophy
Will Durant
Source: Naval Ravikant mentioned this book on "The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish" podcast.
1 recommender
God's Debris
A Thought Experiment
Scott Adams
Source: Naval Ravikant mentioned this book on "The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish" podcast.
1 recommender
Sprawl (3 books)
William Gibson
Source: Naval Ravikant mentioned this series on Twitter.
4 recommenders
Thermoinfocomplexity
A New Theory: Origin of Life and Evolution of Complex Adaptive Systems
Behzad Mohit
Source: Naval Ravikant mentioned this book on "The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish" podcast.
1 recommender
Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track
The Letters of Richard P. Feynman
Richard P. Feynman
Source: Naval Ravikant mentioned this book on "The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish" podcast.
1 recommender
The Book of Life
Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti
J. Krishnamurti
Source: "A very difficult read, but once you see it, you can't unsee it." - Naval Ravikant
1 recommender
Rick and Morty (12 books)
Various Authors
Source: "Original Rick and Morty comic books by the same writers. Just as funny, different content. Must read!" - Naval Ravikant
1 recommender
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing, Book 1
Hunter S. Thompson
Source: "It was entertaining, but I sort of gave up after a bit." - Naval Ravikant
3 recommenders
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
Source: "If I'm going to read fiction, might as well start at the top." - Naval Ravikant
2 recommenders
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland, Book 1
Lewis Carroll
Source: Naval Ravikant's answer to "first book which started your lifelong journey of reading?"
Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It
Kamal Ravikant
Source: "My brother wrote it, so I'm biased. But it's brilliantly written." - Naval Ravikant
3 recommenders
Principles
Life and Work
Ray Dalio
Source: "As with most non-fiction, the meat was in the beginning." - Naval Ravikant
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
The Origins of Virtue
Human Instincts and The Evolution of Cooperation
Matt Ridley
Source: Naval Ravikant's answer to "one book recommendation on Game theory?"
2 recommenders
War Nerd
Gary Brecher
Source: "On a lighter but still very educational note, check out [this book]." - Naval Ravikant
1 recommender
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
Source: Naval Ravikant's answer to "any good book about economy for a beginner?"
Homo Deus
A Brief History of Tomorrow
Yuval Noah Harari
Source: "Didn't finish it. Good book but not as seminal as Sapiens." - Naval Ravikant
12 Rules for Life
An Antidote to Chaos
Jordan Peterson
Source: One of Naval Ravikant's answers to "what are you reading right now?"
The Gay Science
With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
Friedrich Nietzsche
Source: One of Naval Ravikant's answers to "what are you reading right now?"
2 recommenders
Direct Truth
Uncompromising, non-prescriptive Truths to the enduring questions of life
Kapil Gupta
Source: One of Naval Ravikant's answers to "what are you reading right now?"
1 recommender
Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field
How Two Men Revolutionized Physics
Nancy Forbes
Source: One of Naval Ravikant's answers to "what are you reading right now?"
2 recommenders
The Path to Love
Spiritual Strategies for Healing
Deepak Chopra
Source: One of Naval Ravikant's answers to "what are you reading right now?"
1 recommender
Poor Charlie's Almanack
The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
Charlie Munger
Source: "I always recommend [this book] as my top business book." - Naval Ravikant
Thinking Physics
Understandable Practical Reality
Lewis Carroll Epstein
Source: Naval Ravikant's answer to "physics book for grade school or graduate students?"
1 recommender
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Sri Swami Satchidananda
Source: One of Naval Ravikant's answers to "you don't read the Indian epics?"
3 recommenders
The Art of Manipulation
R. B. Sparkman
Source: "Without judgment, he just lays down how con men work." - Naval Ravikant
1 recommender
Stories of Your Life and Others
Ted Chiang
Source: "Drop everything and read [Understand]." - Naval Ravikant
4 recommenders
Permutation City
A Novel
Greg Egan
Source: "[The author]'s very dry but full of great ideas." - Naval Ravikant
2 recommenders
Live Your Truth
Kamal Ravikant
Source: Naval Ravikant mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
1 recommender- 1 recommender
Influence
The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert Cialdini
Source: "Fundamental and had a lot to teach." - Naval Ravikant
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
Julian Jaynes
Source: Naval Ravikant mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
The Power of Myth
Joseph Campbell
Source: Naval Ravikant mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
The Essential Writings
Mahatma Gandhi
Source: Naval Ravikant mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
1 recommender
2 recommenders
The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dali
Source: "Really fun, most egotistical author of all time." - Naval Ravikant
1 recommender
Tao of Philosophy
Alan Watts
Source: Naval Ravikant mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
1 recommender
The Lifecycle of Software Objects
Ted Chiang
Source: "Another masterpiece of SciFi by [this author]." - Naval Ravikant
1 recommender
The Red Queen
Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
Matt Ridley
Source: "Everything by [this author] is worth reading." - Naval Ravikant
4 recommenders
The Evolution of Everything
How New Ideas Emerge
Matt Ridley
Source: "Everything by [this author] is worth reading." - Naval Ravikant
2 recommenders
How Innovation Works
Serendipity, Energy and the Saving of Time
Matt Ridley
Source: "Everything by [this author] is worth reading." - Naval Ravikant
3 recommenders
Genome
The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
Matt Ridley
Source: "Everything by [this author] is worth reading." - Naval Ravikant
4 recommenders
Nature Via Nurture
Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human
Matt Ridley
Source: "Everything by [this author] is worth reading." - Naval Ravikant
1 recommender
The Agile Gene
How Nature Turns on Nurture
Matt Ridley
Source: "Everything by [this author] is worth reading." - Naval Ravikant
1 recommender
Francis Crick
Discoverer of the Genetic Code
Matt Ridley
Source: "Everything by [this author] is worth reading." - Naval Ravikant
1 recommender
Pre-Suasion
A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade
Robert Cialdini
Source: "Good but closer to a single-themed book." - Naval Ravikant
Good Calories, Bad Calories
Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health
Gary Taubes
Source: "One of my top 3 books of all time." - Naval Ravikant
4 recommenders
Economics in One Lesson
The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics
Henry Hazlitt
Source: "Great book. Required reading." - Naval Ravikant
1 recommender
4 recommenders
Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic
Osho
Source: Naval Ravikant's answer to "recommend autobiographies?"
1 recommender
Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Illusions, Book 1
Richard Bach
Source: "Has a bit of the Siddhartha flavor." - Naval Ravikant
1 recommender
Freedom from the Known
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Source: "Just as good [as Think on These Things]." - Naval Ravikant
1 recommender
Fables
The Deluxe Edition Book One
Bill Willingham
Source: One of Naval Ravikant's answers to "top 10 graphic novels?"
1 recommender
Transmetropolitan
Book One
Warren Ellis
Source: One of Naval Ravikant's answers to "top 10 graphic novels?"
1 recommender
3 recommenders
The Unwritten
The Deluxe Edition Book One
Mike Carey
Source: One of Naval Ravikant's answers to "top 10 graphic novels?"
1 recommender
Soon I Will Be Invincible
A Novel
Austin Grossman
Source: Naval Ravikant's recommendation for "good humourous fiction."
1 recommender
1 recommender
The Beginning of Infinity
Explanations That Transform the World
David Deutsch
Source: "My favorite recent discovery." - Naval Ravikant
Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
Source: "Best book I've read in [2015]." - Naval Ravikant
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
"What Do You Care What Other People Think?"
Further Adventures of a Curious Character
Richard P. Feynman
Source: "Good if you liked the first one." - Naval Ravikant
2 recommenders
Gödel, Escher, Bach
An Eternal Golden Braid
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Source: "Amazing book, but good luck finishing it." - Naval Ravikant
A Soldier of the Great War
Mark Helprin
Source: "For historical fiction, I like [this book]." - Naval Ravikant
1 recommender
1 recommender
The Great Challenge
Exploring the World Within
Osho
Source: One of Naval Ravikant's answers to "top 3 Osho books?"
1 recommender
1 recommender
The Elephant in the Brain
Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
Kevin Simler
Source: "Fantastic read." - Naval Ravikant
2 recommenders
Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart
Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now
Gordon Livingston
Source: "A fun, light read." - Naval Ravikant
1 recommender
Why Information Grows
The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies
Cesar Hidalgo
Source: "An important book." - Naval Ravikant
1 recommender
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
Source: "Classic. I love [this book]." - Naval Ravikant
Convict Conditioning
How to Bust Free of All Weakness-Using the Lost Secrets of Supreme Survival Strength
Paul Wade
Source: "Bought the book, will try it." - Naval Ravikant
1 recommender
1 recommender
1 recommender
1 recommender
Math, Better Explained
Learn to Unlock Your Math Intuition
Kalid Azad
Source: Naval Ravikant tweeted about this book.
1 recommender
1 recommender
Hagakure
The Secret Wisdom of the Samurai
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Source: Naval Ravikant tweeted about this book.
1 recommender
The Princeton Companion to Mathematics
Timothy Gowers
Source: Naval Ravikant tweeted about this book.
2 recommenders
1 recommender
The Book of Why
The New Science of Cause and Effect
Judea Pearl
Source: Naval Ravikant tweeted about this book.
3 recommenders
Six Easy Pieces
Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
Richard P. Feynman
Source: Naval Ravikant tweeted about this book.
1 recommender
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
Kind of the Story of My Life
Scott Adams
Source: Naval Ravikant tweeted about this book.
3 recommenders
1 recommender
1 recommender
Infinite Powers
How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
Steven Strogatz
Source: Naval Ravikant tweeted about this book.
2 recommenders
The Book of Nothing
Vacuums, Voids, and the Latest Ideas about the Origins of the Universe
John D. Barrow
Source: Naval Ravikant tweeted about this book.
1 recommender
2 recommenders
1 recommender
4 recommenders
What is Life?
With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches
Erwin Schrodinger
Source: Naval Ravikant tweeted about this book.
1 recommender
Who We Are and How We Got Here
Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
David Reich
Source: Naval Ravikant tweeted about this book.
1 recommender
Fallen Leaves
Last Words on Life, Love, War, and God
Will Durant
Source: Naval Ravikant tweeted about this book.
1 recommender
The Fabric of Reality
The Science of Parallel Universes--and Its Implications
David Deutsch
Source: Naval Ravikant tweeted about this book.
3 recommenders
Awareness
The Perils and Opportunities of Reality
Anthony De Mello
Source: Naval Ravikant tweeted about this book.
4 recommenders
1 recommender
1 recommender
Dream Yoga
Illuminating Your Life Through Lucid Dreaming and the Tibetan Yogas of Sleep
Andrew Holecek
Source: Naval Ravikant tweeted about this book.
1 recommender
The Untethered Soul
The Journey Beyond Yourself
Michael A. Singer
Source: Naval Ravikant tweeted about this book.
1 recommender
1 recommender
1 recommender
The Heart of Yoga
Developing a Personal Practice
T. K. V. Desikachar
Source: Naval Ravikant tweeted about this book.
1 recommender- 1 recommender
3 recommenders
The Surrender Experiment
My Journey into Life's Perfection
Michael A. Singer
Source: Naval Ravikant tweeted about this book.
2 recommenders
Absolute Tao
Subtle is the way to love, happiness and truth
Osho
Source: Naval Ravikant tweeted about this book.
1 recommender
2 recommenders
1 recommender
1 recommender
1 recommender
1 recommender
The Power of Now
A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Eckhart Tolle
Source: "[This book] is the OG." - Naval Ravikant
1 recommender
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The Diamond Age
Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
Neal Stephenson
Source: "Great book." - Naval Ravikant
1 recommender
A Pattern Language
Towns, Buildings, Construction
Christopher Alexander
Source: "Love [this book]." - Naval Ravikant
Waking Up
A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
Sam Harris
Source: "Loved [this book]." - Naval Ravikant
3 recommenders
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2 recommenders
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