Lex Fridman Book Recommendations
39 Books Recommended
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The War of Art
Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
by Steven Pressfield
"Beautiful book." - Lex Fridman (Source)
Also recommended by:
Joe Rogan, Aubrey Marcus, Ryan Holiday, Seth Godin, Brian Koppelman, Marie Forleo, Daniel Pink, Derek Sivers, Soman Chainani, Russell Moore, Jen Sincero, Jodie Cook, Danny Miranda, James Clear, Michael Hyatt
Essential Bukowski
Poetry
by Charles Bukowski
"Because I've been doing the startup, I've been suffering so I'm reading a lot of Bukowski." - Lex Fridman (Source)
Machines Who Think
A Personal Inquiry into the History and Prospects of Artificial Intelligence
by Pamela McCorduck
"I really like [this book]." - Lex Fridman (Source)
Foundation (7 books)
"My new favorite." - Lex Fridman (Source)
Also recommended by:
Adam Gazzaley, Demis Hassabis, Elon Musk, Naval Ravikant, Ryan Shea, Sam Altman, Stewart Brand, Austen Allred, Cameron Winklevoss, Sahil Lavingia
Empire of the Summer Moon
Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
by S. C. Gwynne
"[I admire] the purity of that way of life." - Lex Fridman (Source)
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
Why Violence Has Declined
by Steven Pinker
"Encouraged the better side of ourselves." - Lex Fridman (Source)
Also recommended by:
Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Kornfield, Stewart Brand, Eric Schmidt, A.J. Jacobs, Ben Silbermann, Chris Anderson, John Arnold, Anthony Pompliano, Penn Jillette, Mark Manson
Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind
by Yuval Noah Harari
"Basically one of the things we've created here is we've imagined ideas that we all share." - Lex Fridman (Source)
Also recommended by:
Joe Rogan, Bill Gates, Naval Ravikant, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Attia, Ashton Kutcher, Whitney Cummings, Richard Branson, Ray Dalio, Vinod Khosla, James Cameron, Demis Hassabis, Keith Rabois, Daniel Ek, Reid Hoffman, Sam Kass, Sebastian Junger, Kishore Biyani, Ryan Shea, Melinda Gates, Bill Gurley, Karlie Kloss, Anthony Pompliano, Changpeng Zhao, PewDiePie, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Chris Evans, Simon Mayo, Penn Jillette, Mark Manson, James Clear
The Three-Body Problem (3 books)
Lex Fridman mentioned this series on Instagram. (Source)
Also recommended by:
Adam Savage, Liv Boeree, Mark Zuckerberg, Max Levchin, Naval Ravikant, Ryan Shea, Tim Urban, Tobi Lütke, Barry Silbert, Mike Novogratz
Love and Math
The Heart of Hidden Reality
by Edward Frenkel
"Amazing book I recommend to everybody." - Lex Fridman (Source)
I, Robot
Robot, Book 1
by Isaac Asimov
"[My] previous favorite [book by this author]." - Lex Fridman (Source)
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The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
"For the longest time, [this book] was my favorite book of all because I identified with the ideas represented by Prince Myshkin." - Lex Fridman (Source)
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2001 A Space Odyssey
Space Odyssey, Book 1
by Arthur C. Clarke
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
A History of Nazi Germany
by William L. Shirer
"I've read it twice." - Lex Fridman (Source)
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The Changing World Order
Why Nations Succeed and Fail
by Ray Dalio
"The fascinating thing about [this book] is there's philosophy, there's wisdom, but there's plots." - Lex Fridman (Source)
Also recommended by:
Arianna Huffington, Jamie Dimon, Mark Cuban, David Friedberg, Changpeng Zhao, Mark Manson, Brian Armstrong, Balaji Srinivasan
Principles
Life and Work
by Ray Dalio
"A book I highly recommend." - Lex Fridman (Source)
Also recommended by:
Arianna Huffington, Bill Gates, Bryan Johnson, Diddy, Doug McMillon, Drew Houston, Dustin Moskovitz, Gary Vaynerchuk, Howard Marks, Jack Dorsey, Kevin Systrom, Marc Benioff, Mark Cuban, Michael Bloomberg, Naval Ravikant, Reed Hastings, Tim Ferriss, Tony Robbins, Austen Allred, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Tom Bilyeu, James Clear, Marty Cagan, Ben Greenfield
Man's Search for Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl
"I reread [this book] quite often." - Lex Fridman (Source)
Also recommended by:
Jordan Peterson, Jocko Willink, Esther Perel, Emma Watson, Naval Ravikant, David Blaine, Terry Crews, Jimmy Fallon, Tony Robbins, Simon Sinek, Michael Gervais, Daniel Pink, Ev Williams, Bryan Johnson, Dustin Moskovitz, Sam Altman, Chelsea Handler, Ryan Holiday, Maria Popova, Aniela Gregorek, Fedor Holz, Turia Pitt, Chip Conley, Dave Elitch, PewDiePie, Shane Parrish, Phil Jackson, Tom Bilyeu, Mark Manson, Alastair Humphreys, Steve Kerr, Robin Black, Jim Kwik, Michael Hyatt, Patrick Bet-David
The Art Of War
by Sun Tzu
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Also recommended by:
Jocko Willink, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Marc Benioff, Evan Spiegel, Dave Camarillo, Ryan Petersen, Travis Kalanick, Vlad Tenev, Fred Wilson, Elon Musk, Patrick Bet-David
The Book of Five Rings
by Miyamoto Musashi
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Also recommended by:
Joe Rogan, Jocko Willink, Ryan Holiday, Naval Ravikant, PewDiePie
On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
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Also recommended by:
Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson, Bob Dylan, Josh Waitzkin, Ev Williams
The Player of Games
Culture, Book 2
by Iain M. Banks
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Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse
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Also recommended by:
Naval Ravikant, David Blaine, Emma Watson, Wim Hof, Neil Strauss, Bryan Johnson, Navdeep Chandel, Tim Ferriss, Fred Wilson, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Phil Jackson, Justin Kan, Harry Styles, James Clear, Jack Edwards
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
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Also recommended by:
Jordan Peterson, Jack Dorsey, Josh Waitzkin, Phil Keoghan, PewDiePie, Mark Manson, Jack Edwards
Animal Farm
by George Orwell
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Also recommended by:
Jordan Peterson, J. Cole, Whitney Cummings, Daniel Pink, Vlad Tenev, Christopher Hitchens, Sahil Lavingia
Beyond Good And Evil
by Friedrich Nietzsche
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A Hunger Artist
by Franz Kafka
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The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
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The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
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Also recommended by:
Jocko Willink, Oprah Winfrey, Aubrey Marcus, Charlize Theron, Joel McHale, Sam Hinkie, Ryan Holiday
The Stranger
by Albert Camus
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Also recommended by:
George Bush, Kyle Maynard, Nolan Bushnell, Brian Koppelman, Ryan Shea
Life 3.0
Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
by Max Tegmark
"I recommend people read [this book]." - Lex Fridman (Source)
Also recommended by:
Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Keith Rabois, PewDiePie
