Books Recommended by Naval Ravikant
The Rational Optimist
Matt Ridley
Source: "The most brilliant and enlightening book I've read in years." - Naval Ravikant
Poor Charlie's Almanack
Charlie Munger
Source: "I always recommend [this book] as my top business book." - Naval Ravikant
Thing Explainer
Randall Munroe
Source: "Explains all these very complicated concepts, [but] only using the 1000 most common words in the English language." - Naval Ravikant
Good Calories, Bad Calories
Gary Taubes
Source: "One of my top 3 books of all time." - Naval Ravikant
Sex at Dawn
Christopher Ryan
Source: Naval Ravikant mentioned this book on "The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish" podcast.
Superintelligence
Nick Bostrom
Source: "I wouldn’t just read [this book] breathless and wide-eyed and believe everything." - Naval Ravikant
Total Freedom
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Source: Naval Ravikant's answer to "if you want anyone to read a favorite book you've read, which would it be?"
Economics in One Lesson
Henry Hazlitt
Source: "Great book. Required reading." - Naval Ravikant
The Art of Manipulation
R. B. Sparkman
Source: "Without judgment, he just lays down how con men work." - Naval Ravikant
Skin in the Game
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Source: "Best book since Sapiens and possibly better (it’s more actionable)." - Naval Ravikant
The Compleat Strategyst
J. D. Williams
Source: One of Naval Ravikant's answers to "any particular Game Theory books you recommend?"
No bullshit guide to math and physics
Ivan Savov
Source: Naval Ravikant tweeted about this book.
Math, Better Explained
Kalid Azad
Source: Naval Ravikant tweeted about this book.
Stories of Your Life and Others
Ted Chiang
Source: "Drop everything and read [Understand]." - Naval Ravikant
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
Reality Is Not What It Seems
Carlo Rovelli
Source: "Best book I've read in [2017]. Physics, poetry, philosophy and history packaged in a very accessible form." - Naval Ravikant
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
Richard P. Feynman
Source: "Learn about the inner mindset and external state of someone who was absolutely brilliant." - Naval Ravikant
The Sovereign Individual
James Dale Davidson
Source: "Best book I've read since Sapiens (far less mainstream, though)." - Naval Ravikant
Brahma
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source: "I can quote [this book] by heart." - Naval Ravikant
Genius
James Gleick
Source: Naval Ravikant mentioned this book on "The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish" podcast.
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
Source: "One of my favorite books of all time." - Naval Ravikant
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
Source: "Best book I've read in [2015]." - Naval Ravikant
Wind, Sand and Stars
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Source: "One of my all time favorite books. I quote it all the time." - Naval Ravikant
Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse
Source: "So good that it may as well be non-fiction." - Naval Ravikant
The Beginning of Infinity
David Deutsch
Source: "My favorite recent discovery." - Naval Ravikant
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
Source: Naval Ravikant's answer to "any good book about economy for a beginner?"
The Elephant in the Brain
Kevin Simler
Source: "Fantastic read." - Naval Ravikant
Principles
Ray Dalio
Source: "As with most non-fiction, the meat was in the beginning." - Naval Ravikant
The Book of Life
J. Krishnamurti
Source: "A very difficult read, but once you see it, you can't unsee it." - Naval Ravikant
The Bed of Procrustes
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Source: "Good books are worth re-reading. Great books are worth re-buying." - Naval Ravikant
