Andrew Wilkinson Recommended Books

"[The author] has written the first true guide for protecting a startup from self-sabotage." - Peter Thiel

"For anyone insterested in building, growing, or leading a great company, this book is an incredibly valuable resource." - Mark Zuckerberg

One of Peter Attia's answers to "any books you feel would make your reading list?"

"Let’s just say, we started out relationship with vigorous disagreement, and we’ve continued that to this day." - Marc Andreessen

"An inspiring story of a business rebirth through sheer willpower." - Larry Page

"Entertaining more than anything. I read [this book], I was like: I would never work for this guy. But entertaining and some good lessons." - Matt Mullenweg

"The most mind-bending book you can imagine, because it essentially taught you always humans are flawed and influential." - Tobi Lütke

"100 percent of effective people seem to have read [this book]. In fact, it’s one of those things that when I meet somebody and they’re operating at a pretty high level, if you mention [this book], they’ve all read it." - Scott Adams

"Fundamental and had a lot to teach." - Naval Ravikant

Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book.

Adam Robinson mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

Ramit Sethi mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"If given a choice between investing in someone who has read Rework or has an MBA, I'm investing in Rework every time." - Mark Cuban

"Unperturbed by conventional wisdom, [the authors] start fresh and rewrite the rules of business." - Jeff Bezos

"I can't imagine what possible excuse you can dream up for not buying this book for every single person you work with, right now." - Seth Godin

"I encourage people to think of as an 'Elements of Style' for building profitable businesses in a web-savvy world." - Tim Ferriss

"The clarity, even genius, of this book actually brought me to near-tears on several occasions. Just bloody brilliant, that's what!" - Tom Peters

"Read this book multiple times to help give you the courage you need to get out there and make something great." - Tony Hsieh

Ramit Sethi recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

"Lots of great examples of businesses growing their existing revenue." - Neville Medhora

"Quite possibly the most fun I’ve ever had reading a book!" - Neville Medhora

"The title is corny but it is an excellent book on entrepreneurship." - Mohnish Pabrai

"Everything here is factual, but it reads like The Da Vinci Code." - Casey Neistat

"Gripping read." - Alexis Ohanian

"An incredible tale." - John Collison

"A real page-turner." - Chris Dixon

"Breathtaking book." - Ankur Warikoo

"I love stuff at the intersection of crime and computers." - Thomas Frank

"How to make your message memorable so it will spread." - Brian Armstrong

On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

"Informs a lot of our public outreach in terms of making our services more essential for our users." - Changpeng Zhao

Sahil Lavingia recommended this book on Notion.

"I couldn’t put down this thriller with a tragic ending." - Bill Gates

"An incredible book that should be read by each and every player in the startup/Silicon Valley ecosystem." - Bill Gurley

"Amazing [book] about human nature." - Michael Mauboussin

"Sucked me in completely. Everyone I’ve recommended it to loves it." - Ryan Holiday

"About Sam Zemurray, who was the banana king." - Jason Calacanis

"The most fun book that I’ve read in a while." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy

"About the Bananas industry." - Trung Phan

"The untold story behind Blackberry. I didn’t expect much from this book, but WAY more impressive and interesting than I thought it’d be." - Noah Kagan

"Great book." - Tobi Lütke

"By the time these men turned 50, virtually all of them turned out to be something." - Garry Tan

"Funny, hopeful, wise, and engrossing—all at the same time." - Arianna Huffington

"Some people are great writers, and other people are great therapists. [This author] is, astoundingly, both." - Katie Couric

"If you have even an ounce of interest in the therapeutic process, or in the conundrum of being human, you must read this book." - Susan Cain

"An unflinching look at the mistakes and missteps made by GE’s leadership." - Bill Gates

"If you’re looking for some scary bedtime reading…" - Jeff Bezos

"Fascinating book that tells the tale of a enigmatic hedge fund, it’s secretive founder, and the team of brilliant data scientists who managed to 'solve the market.'" - Barry Ritholtz

"A great starting point." - Ryan Petersen

"Incredible." - Marc Benioff

"So interesting." - Lewis Howes

Garry Tan shared a quote from this book on his blog.

"Every ambitious young person should read." - Ryan Holiday

"A good book which I recommend." - Sam Harris

"Harvard professor of psychology has studied happiness for years, and shares factual findings that will change the way you look at the world." - Derek Sivers

"Explores the sometimes subtle, sometimes radical changes we can make in our everyday cognitive strategies in order to avoid ending up unhappy and disappointed." - Maria Popova

On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

"The red-headed stepchild of happiness books." - Mark Manson

"My all-time favorite book on change." - Adam Grant

Michael Hyatt recommended this book on his website.

"Is [this book] still worth reading? Yes – especially if you are a financial beginner." - MMM

"Super book. Very easy to read." - Chamath Palihapitiya