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Cameron Winklevoss has recommended 19 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Cameron Winklevoss is an American cryptocurrency and Bitcoin investor, Olympic rower, and entrepreneur.
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Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson
"Love [this book]! We stole from mrb." - Cameron Winklevoss (Source)
Also recommended by
14 people
Tobi Lütke recommended this bookTobi Lütke
"Loved it." - Tobi Lütke
Tobi Lütke's recommendation of this book 
Larry Page recommended this bookLarry Page
Entrepreneur.com article.
Larry Page's recommendation of this book 
Naval Ravikant recommended this bookNaval Ravikant
"Best cyberpunk novel ever written. Slightly dated but very prescient." - Naval Ravikant
Naval Ravikant's recommendation of this book 
Sergey Brin recommended this bookSergey Brin
"Ten years ahead of the time anticipated what's going to happen." - Sergey Brin
Sergey Brin's recommendation of this book 
Ev Williams recommended this bookEv Williams
On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Ev Williams's recommendation of this book 
Seth Godin recommended this bookSeth Godin
"Such a good book but you can’t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn’t work. You have to read it before you’ve been on the internet." - Seth Godin
Seth Godin's recommendation of this book +8
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- Adam Savage
"It's a tough call because I prefer other books of [this author]. But [this book] is so important within the history of science fiction." - Adam Savage
- Brandon Stanton
"I love [this book]." - Brandon Stanton
- Ryan Shea
One of Ryan Shea's 4 answers to "what is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?"
- Nolan Bushnell
"[One of my ten favorite books] I might think of if I were asked the question at an interview this minute." - Nolan Bushnell
- Austen Allred
"One of my favorite books of all-time." - Austen Allred
- Fred Wilson
"A lot of what we [at USV] invest in and how we look at the future comes from [this book]." - Fred Wilson
- Mark Zuckerberg
"Anyone interested in [virtual reality] would read [this book]." - Mark Zuckerberg
- Jensen Huang
Jensen Huang credits [this book] for conjuring the metaverse.
- Adam Savage
Bitcoin Billionaires
A True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and Redemption
by Ben Mezrich
"Chronicles the Wild West days of Bitcoin, and explains the technology and movement that’s changing the world." - Cameron Winklevoss (Source)
Also recommended by
4 people
Anthony Pompliano recommended this bookAnthony Pompliano
"If the movie is half as good as the book, it will be a box office hit :)" - Anthony Pompliano
Anthony Pompliano's recommendation of this book 
Anthony Scaramucci recommended this bookAnthony Scaramucci
"Please read." - Anthony Scaramucci
Anthony Scaramucci's recommendation of this book 
Saagar Enjeti recommended this bookSaagar Enjeti
"The many personalities behind Bitcoin (like the Winklevi twins) make the story of its meteoric rise in the last decade even more compelling." - Saagar Enjeti
Saagar Enjeti's recommendation of this book - Ankur Warikoo recommended this book
Ankur Warikoo
"Terrific real-life story." - Ankur Warikoo
Ankur Warikoo's recommendation of this book
Cryptonomicon
by Neal Stephenson
"Love [this book]!" - Cameron Winklevoss (Source)
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3 people- Tobi Lütke recommended this book
Tobi Lütke
"I read [this book] 20 years ago or so." - Tobi Lütke
Tobi Lütke's recommendation of this book - Ev Williams recommended this book
Ev Williams
On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Ev Williams's recommendation of this book 
Peter Thiel recommended this bookPeter Thiel
"The early PayPal team worked well together because we were all the same kind of nerd. We all loved science fiction: Cryptonomicon was required reading." - Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel's recommendation of this book
Dune (6 books)
Cameron Winklevoss recommended this series on Reddit. (Source)
Also recommended by
16 people
Adam Savage recommended this seriesAdam Savage
"If you haven't read it, just go read it. It is amazing!" - Adam Savage
Adam Savage's recommendation of this series 
Andrew Chen recommended this seriesAndrew Chen
"Amazing book!" - Andrew Chen
Andrew Chen's recommendation of this series 
Elon Musk recommended this seriesElon Musk
"Brilliant. [The author] advocates placing limits on machine intelligence." - Elon Musk
Elon Musk's recommendation of this series - Ev Williams recommended this series
Ev Williams
On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Ev Williams's recommendation of this series 
Jeff Bezos recommended this seriesJeff Bezos
"I’m a big science-fiction fan. I love [this series]." - Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos's recommendation of this series 
Kelly Starrett recommended this seriesKelly Starrett
Kelly Starrett recommended this series in the "Tools of Titans" book.
Kelly Starrett's recommendation of this series +10
More recommendations
- Kyle Maynard
One of Kyle Maynard's 3 answers to "what is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?"
- Laird Hamilton
Laird Hamilton mentioned this series on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
- Paulo Coelho
"Magnificent." - Paulo Coelho
- Sahil Lavingia
Sahil Lavingia recommended this series on Notion.
- Seth Godin
"If you read [this series], and you don’t read it for the plot but you read it for understanding geopolitics, suddenly something clicks in your head." - Seth Godin
- Stewart Brand
Stewart Brand recommended this series on his "Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization" blog post.
- Tim Draper
"My wife recommended [this series]." - Tim Draper
- Tim Ferriss
"Perhaps the most incredibly detailed and oddly believable fictional landscape I’ve ever encountered." - Tim Ferriss
- Tim O’Reilly
"Definitely one of [the series that have shaped my life]." - Tim O’Reilly
- Zooko Wilcox
"The extensive quotations are one of my favorite parts." - Zooko Wilcox
- Kyle Maynard
The Piano Tuner
A Novel
by Daniel Mason
Cameron Winklevoss recommended this book on Reddit. (Source)
A Most Beautiful Thing
The True Story of America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team
by Arshay Cooper
"The amazing story of the first All-Black high school rowing team in America." - Cameron Winklevoss (Source)
The Cult of LEGO
by John Baichtal
Cameron Winklevoss mentioned this book on Instagram. (Source)
Foundation (7 books)
Cameron Winklevoss recommended this series on Reddit. (Source)
Also recommended by
10 people
Adam Gazzaley recommended this seriesAdam Gazzaley
"Life-changing for me as a kid, and have still read it multiple times throughout my life." - Adam Gazzaley
Adam Gazzaley's recommendation of this series 
Austen Allred recommended this seriesAusten Allred
Austen Allred recommended this series on Twitter.
Austen Allred's recommendation of this series 
Demis Hassabis recommended this seriesDemis Hassabis
"One of the best science fiction series ever written." - Demis Hassabis
Demis Hassabis's recommendation of this series - Elon Musk recommended this series
Elon Musk
"[This series is] fundamental to [the] creation of SpaceX." - Elon Musk
Elon Musk's recommendation of this series 
Lex Fridman recommended this seriesLex Fridman
"My new favorite." - Lex Fridman
Lex Fridman's recommendation of this series - Naval Ravikant recommended this series
Naval Ravikant
"I loved reading it as a kid." - Naval Ravikant
Naval Ravikant's recommendation of this series +4
More recommendations
- Ryan Shea
Ryan Shea recommended this series on his website.
- Sahil Lavingia
Sahil Lavingia recommended this series on Notion.
- Sam Altman
This series was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.
- Stewart Brand
Stewart Brand recommended this series on his "Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization" blog post.
- Ryan Shea
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