Chris Dixon Book Recommendations

Dead Wake

The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

by Erik Larson

"Reads kind of like an action movie switching between the characters on the ship to the submarine crew who sinks them." - Chris Dixon (Source)

Zero to One

Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

by Peter Thiel

Chris Dixon recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Bad for You

Exposing the War on Fun!

by Kevin C. Pyle

"Throughout history everything new that teenagers get excited about is deemed by experts to rot your mind, destroy society etc." - Chris Dixon (Source)

How We Got to Now

by Steven Johnson

"Probably my favorite [book by this author]." - Chris Dixon (Source)

The Making of the Atomic Bomb

by Richard Rhodes

"Truly epic story, showing humanity at both its best and worst." - Chris Dixon (Source)

Farsighted

by Steven Johnson

"Discussing the best way to make very long term decisions." - Chris Dixon (Source)

Where Wizards Stay Up Late

The Origins Of The Internet

by Matthew Lyon

"Focusing on early pioneers (1950s-1980s) who paved the way for the modern internet." - Chris Dixon (Source)

How the Internet Happened

From Netscape to the iPhone

by Brian McCullough

"Best history I’ve read on the 1990-2000s era of the Web." - Chris Dixon (Source)

Creative Selection

Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs

by Ken Kocienda

"A really interesting inside look at, well, Apple’s design process under Steve Jobs." - Chris Dixon (Source)

Empires of Light

Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World

by Jill Jonnes

"One of my favorite history books." - Chris Dixon (Source)

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

by Ben Horowitz

Chris Dixon recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

by Jane Jacobs

"Classic book that I admit I hadn’t read and my colleagues at a16z crypto got me to read." - Chris Dixon (Source)

The Last Days of Night

A Novel

by Graham Moore

"A fun semi-historical novel focusing on the epic legal battle between Westinghouse/Tesla vs Edison." - Chris Dixon (Source)

American Kingpin

The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road

by Nick Bilton

"A real page-turner." - Chris Dixon (Source)

Crossing the Chasm

Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers

by Geoffrey A. Moore

Chris Dixon recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

High Growth Handbook

by Elad Gil

"Everyone interested in the growth stage of startups should read it." - Chris Dixon (Source)

Skin in the Game

Incerto, Book 5

by Nassim Taleb

"This was up there with Black Swan and [the author's] other classics." - Chris Dixon (Source)

The Lean Startup

How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

by Eric Ries

Chris Dixon recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

The Innovator's Dilemma

When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail

by Clayton M. Christensen

Chris Dixon recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)