Brandon Stanton Book Recommendations
Brandon Stanton is an American author, photographer, and blogger. He is the author of Humans of New York, a photoblog and book.
(Read more on Wikipedia)14 Books Recommended
Hitler
A Biography
by Ian Kershaw
Brandon Stanton mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
Snow Crash
A Novel
by Neal Stephenson
"I love [this book]." - Brandon Stanton (Source)
Also recommended by:
Tobi Lütke, Larry Page, Naval Ravikant, Sergey Brin, Ev Williams, Seth Godin, Adam Savage, Ryan Shea, Nolan Bushnell, Austen Allred, Fred Wilson, Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg, Cameron Winklevoss
Stalin
New Biography of a Dictator
by Oleg V. Khlevniuk
Brandon Stanton mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
The Years of Lyndon Johnson (4 books)
"He was probably the president that was given the least in his life except for maybe Abraham Lincoln." - Brandon Stanton (Source)
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An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt
by Theodore Roosevelt
"The person that I’ve read the most biographies on [...] just because his life is so fascinating." - Brandon Stanton (Source)
Poor Richard's Almanack
by Benjamin Franklin
"[The author] was kind of the pioneer in getting self-improvement down to a science." - Brandon Stanton (Source)
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin
"One of the very first books that I read." - Brandon Stanton (Source)
Also recommended by:
Charlie Munger, Paul Graham, Walter Isaacson, Cory Booker, Vince Vaughn, Jamie Dimon, Elon Musk
Benjamin Franklin
An American Life
by Walter Isaacson
"The [biography of Benjamin Franklin] I read." - Brandon Stanton (Source)
Also recommended by:
Elon Musk, Tim Ferriss, Ray Dalio, George Raveling, Scott Belsky, Ed Zschau, Charlie Munger
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Do you want to participate in social movements? Pick [this book]." - Brandon Stanton (Source)
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Brandon Stanton mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
Also recommended by:
Emma Watson, Ricardo Semler, Garry Tan, James Clear, Fred Wilson, Evan Goldberg
The Wealth of Nations
by Adam Smith
Brandon Stanton mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
Also recommended by:
Elon Musk, Naval Ravikant, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Noam Chomsky, Nick Szabo, Patrick Bet-David, Bill Gurley
