Saagar Enjeti Book Recommendations

American Buffalo

In Search of a Lost Icon

by Steven Rinella

"I took away a deeper appreciation for this incredible country, its history, and symbiotic relationship between man and wildlife at the most basic form of life." - Saagar Enjeti (Source)

In the Kingdom of Ice

The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

by Hampton Sides

"I love reading stories of extraordinary men facing off against the most extreme that nature has to offer." - Saagar Enjeti (Source)

Scott and Amundsen

The Race to the South Pole

by Roland Huntford

"The tales of explorers from Robert Scott and Roald Amundsen’s race to the South Pole." - Saagar Enjeti (Source)

Up All Night

Ted Turner, CNN, and the Birth of 24-Hour News

by Lisa Napoli

"Understanding how exactly [cable news] came to be with CNN." - Saagar Enjeti (Source)

Top of the Morning

Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV

by Brian Stelter

"To understand the precursor to TV news in the form of the Today and Good Morning America franchises." - Saagar Enjeti (Source)

The Man Who Owns the News

Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch

by Michael Wolff

"How Rupert Murdoch changed the way we report the news across 3 different continents." - Saagar Enjeti (Source)

The Loudest Voice in the Room

How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News--and Divided a Country

by Gabriel Sherman

"How [cable news] became forever disrupted by Roger Ailes." - Saagar Enjeti (Source)

The Revolution Was Televised

How The Sopranos, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Lost, and Other Groundbreaking Dramas Changed TV Forever

by Alan Sepinwall

"[Details] the evolution of the modern-American media conglomerate." - Saagar Enjeti (Source)

DisneyWar

by James B. Stewart

"[Details] the evolution of the modern-American media conglomerate." - Saagar Enjeti (Source)

The Scientist and the Spy

A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage

by Mara Hvistendahl

"A microcosm of the threat we face from China." - Saagar Enjeti (Source)

The Road to El Dorado

Percy Fawcett and the Lost World of Z

by Fergus Mason

"Every vacation I was able to take in 2020 I went West and tried to spend as much of it outside as possible treading some of the same ground explored in [this book]." - Saagar Enjeti (Source)

Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China

by Ezra F. Vogel

"I begrudgingly respect his genius." - Saagar Enjeti (Source)

Battle Cry of Freedom

by James M. McPherson

"Reading it in the midst of social and political chaos in America gave me profound hope that America at its best can overcome even its worst challenges." - Saagar Enjeti (Source)

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

"The early history of the American West, its culture, and the collision of history between American Settlers and Native Americans." - Saagar Enjeti (Source)

Endgame

Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall

by Frank Brady

"His obsessions, innate abilities, and demons are fascinating to read despite how sadly his life ultimately turned out." - Saagar Enjeti (Source)

Michael Jordan

The Life

by Roland Lazenby

"The story of Jordan is not the story of sports, but the story of American culture in the 1990’s." - Saagar Enjeti (Source)

The Lost City of Z

A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

by David Grann

"The RIVETING tale of Percy Fawcett’s obsession with the Amazon." - Saagar Enjeti (Source)

The River of Doubt

Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

by Candice Millard

"Our own former President Theodore Roosevelt’s journey down [the Amazon] river." - Saagar Enjeti (Source)

Mawson's Will

The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written

by Lennard Bickel

"Tale of survival in the Antarctic all by himself." - Saagar Enjeti (Source)

Digital Gold

Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money

by Nathaniel Popper

"The theory of bitcoin, its utility, and the subculture that birthed it is nonetheless an important and profound one that will shape the way we use the internet as the years progress." - Saagar Enjeti (Source)

Bitcoin Billionaires

A True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and Redemption

by Ben Mezrich

"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 (Source)

No Filter

The Inside Story of Instagram

by Sarah Frier

"I respect the hell out of Mark Zuckerberg. That’s probably not the takeaway for most people after reading this book." - Saagar Enjeti (Source)

Billion Dollar Whale

The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World

by Tom Wright

"Details how a pudgy Malaysian 20-something was able to con the highest levels of the financial, media, and political elite into making himself a billionaire." - Saagar Enjeti (Source)

The Ride of a Lifetime

Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company

by Robert Iger

"[Details] the evolution of the modern-American media conglomerate." - Saagar Enjeti (Source)