Fred Wilson Book Recommendations
Fred Wilson is an American businessman, venture capitalist and blogger.
(Read more on Wikipedia)25 Books Recommended
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A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole
"Good choice." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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The Business Blockchain
Promise, Practice, and Application of the Next Internet Technology
by William Mougayar
"Makes a complex subject, blockchain technology, accessible for the non-technical." - Fred Wilson (Source)
The Aspirational Investor
Taming the Markets to Achieve Your Life's Goals
by Ashvin B. Chhabra
"If you think about investing differently or want to, you might enjoy it." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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Whiplash
How to Survive Our Faster Future
by Joi Ito
"A nine step program to help us survive this world we have unleashed on ourselves." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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Talking to Humans
Success starts with understanding your customers
by Giff Constable
"Explains how to do the customer development interviews in a way that will get you the most accurate and actionable feedback." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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Product Design for the Web
Principles of Designing and Releasing Web Products
by Randy J. Hunt
"It might be most useful to someone who is just getting into designing interactive applications." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
An Inquiry Into Values
by Robert M. Pirsig
"A great one." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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Jordan Peterson, Paul Graham, Drew Houston, Josh Waitzkin, Bryan Johnson, Ev Williams, Austen Allred, Phil Jackson
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"I loved [this book]." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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Emma Watson, Ricardo Semler, Brandon Stanton, Evan Goldberg, Garry Tan, James Clear
Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
"I loved [this book]." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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The Art Of War
by Sun Tzu
"Has to get onto my list." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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Jocko Willink, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Marc Benioff, Evan Spiegel, Dave Camarillo, Ryan Petersen, Travis Kalanick, Vlad Tenev, Lex Fridman, Elon Musk, Patrick Bet-David
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
"Another amazing book that made me see things differently." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Neil Strauss, Richard Branson, Oprah Winfrey, Cal Fussman, Christopher Hitchens, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Shashi Tharoor
Snow Crash
A Novel
by Neal Stephenson
"A lot of what we [at USV] invest in and how we look at the future comes from [this book]." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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Tobi Lütke, Larry Page, Naval Ravikant, Sergey Brin, Ev Williams, Seth Godin, Adam Savage, Brandon Stanton, Ryan Shea, Nolan Bushnell, Austen Allred, Cameron Winklevoss, Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang
The Soul of A New Machine
by Tracy Kidder
"I love [this book]. First it is a story. Second it captures the passion of engineers who are driven to ship a revolutionary product." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
by Ben Horowitz
"Chapter five in [this book] is possibly the best thing I've read about leading a tech company." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Attia, Marc Andreessen, Larry Page, Matt Mullenweg, Andrew Ng, Drew Houston, Keith Rabois, Dustin Moskovitz, Max Levchin, Luis von Ahn, Kathryn Minshew, Andrew Wilkinson, Tim Ferriss, Blake Scholl, Chris Dixon, Raoul Pal, Jodie Cook, Michael Dell, Marty Cagan
Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse
"I loved [this book] when I read it in college. I think it really impacted me." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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Naval Ravikant, David Blaine, Emma Watson, Wim Hof, Neil Strauss, Bryan Johnson, Navdeep Chandel, Tim Ferriss, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Phil Jackson, Lex Fridman, Justin Kan, Harry Styles, James Clear, Jack Edwards
Setting the Table
The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
by Danny Meyer
"If you are an entrepreneur, you should read this book." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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Noah Kagan, Chip Conley, Julie Rice, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Bill Gurley, Trung Phan
The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand
"I do love [this book]." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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Mark Cuban, Tim Urban, Larry Ellison, Emma Watson, Kevin Kelly, Travis Kalanick, Vince Vaughn, Ev Williams, Jesse Williams, Noah Kagan, Jim Carrey, Ray Dalio, Shah Rukh Khan
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
by Richard Bach
"A good one." - Fred Wilson (Source)
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Peter Attia, Wim Hof, Laird Hamilton, Ev Williams, Mike Maples, Jr., Vinod Khosla, Ed Latimore
Endurance
Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
by Alfred Lansing
"An insipring story!" - Fred Wilson (Source)
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Ray Dalio, Sam Altman, Bryan Johnson, Ryan Holiday, Scott Belsky, Max Levchin, Jason Fried, Dominic D'Agostino, Jordan Peterson
The Oxford Shakespeare
The Complete Works
by William Shakespeare
Fred Wilson recommended this book on his blog. (Source)
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Shah Rukh Khan, J.K. Rowling, Barack Obama, Stewart Brand, Ricardo Semler, Christopher Hitchens, Mark Twain
The Prince
by Niccolò Machiavelli
Fred Wilson recommended this book on his blog. (Source)
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Neil deGrasse Tyson, Stewart Brand, Ryan Holiday, Eric Ripert, Garry Tan, Ryan Shea, Patrick Bet-David
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
Fred Wilson recommended this book on his blog. (Source)
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Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Peter Thiel, Shah Rukh Khan, Joe De Sena, Peter Diamandis, Ev Williams, Gabby Reece, Travis Kalanick, Brian Armstrong, Amelia Boone, Bob Metcalfe, Blake Scholl, Phil Jackson, John Carmack, Mark Cuban, Ray Dalio, Austen Allred, Russell Brunson, Paul Krugman, Rand Paul, Patrick Bet-David
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
by Michael Chabon
Fred Wilson recommended this book on his blog. (Source)
