Books Recommended by Richard Branson
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New Power
How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World--and How to Make It Work for You
Jeremy Heimans
Source: "If you want to understand how the world is changing, what’s really happening and how we can all find our way, this book could not becoming at a better time." - Richard Branson
Play Nice But Win
A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader
Michael Dell
Source: "Takes us on a riveting journey from the dorm room at the University of Texas to the boardroom of one of the world’s largest tech companies." - Richard Branson
Mandela's Way
Lessons for an Uncertain Age
Richard Stengel
Source: "Reading about Mandela's life will make you realize that the goal is always bigger than you and impossible is just a word." - Richard Branson
1 recommender
The Watchman's Rattle
Thinking Our Way Out of Extinction
Rebecca Costa
Source: "One of those rare books that one picks up and then knows within the first few pages is extremely important..." - Richard Branson
2 recommenders
Lean In
Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Sheryl Sandberg
Source: "Essential reading for anyone interested in righting the injustice of this inequality." - Richard Branson
Limitless
Leadership that Endures
Ajaz Ahmed
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
Shantaram
Gregory David Roberts
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
One Hundred & One Reasons To Get Out of Bed
Natasha Milne
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
Winners
Alastair Campbell
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
A Time for New Dreams
Ben Okri
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
Black Box Thinking
The Surprising Truth About Success
Matthew Syed
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
2 recommenders
The World Without Us
Alan Weisman
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
2 recommenders
Longitude
The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Dava Sobel
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
2 recommenders
Travels with Charley
In Search of America
John Steinbeck
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
3 recommenders
Start with Why
How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
Simon Sinek
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
Mao
The Unknown Story
Jung Chang
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
Happiness
A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill
Matthieu Ricard
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
If I Could Tell You Just One Thing...
Encounters with Remarkable People and Their Most Valuable Advice
Richard Reed
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
The Outermost House
A Year of Life On The Great Beach of Cape Cod
Henry Beston
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
2 recommenders
No Future Without Forgiveness
Desmond Tutu
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
Dice Man
A Novel
Luke Rhinehart
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
Cosmos
Carl Sagan
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
2 recommenders
Little Wins
The Huge Power of Thinking Like a Toddler
Paul Lindley
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
The Meaning of the 21st Century
James Martin
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1984
George Orwell
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
The Right Stuff
Tom Wolfe
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
3 recommenders
The Overview Effect
Space Exploration and Human Evolution
Frank White
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
Remote
Office Not Required
Jason Fried
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
In the Heart of the Sea
The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Nathaniel Philbrick
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
2 recommenders
An Inconvenient Truth
The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It
Al Gore
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
Obama
The Historic Presidency of Barack Obama - 2,920 Days
Mark Greenberg
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
In Patagonia
Bruce Chatwin
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
Ending the War on Drugs
Various
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
A Full Life
Reflections at Ninety
Jimmy Carter
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
2 recommenders
20000 Leagues Under the Sea
Voyages Extraordinaires, Book 7
Jules Verne
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
2 recommenders
The Weather Makers
How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
Tim Flannery
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
The Quiet American
Graham Greene
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
2 recommenders
Into Thin Air
A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Jon Krakauer
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
2 recommenders
In-N-Out Burger
A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules
Stacy Perman
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
2 recommenders
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
2 recommenders
Self Belief
The Vision
Jamal Edwards
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
Just Mercy
A Story of Justice and Redemption
Bryan Stevenson
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
4 recommenders
Fast Food Nation
The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Eric Schlosser
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
2 recommenders
Big World, Small Planet
Johan Rockström
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
Arctica
The Vanishing North
Sebastian Copeland
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book, Book 1
Rudyard Kipling
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
2 recommenders
Tales of the Unexpected
Roald Dahl
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
In Defense of Food
An Eater's Manifesto
Michael Pollan
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
Homo Deus
A Brief History of Tomorrow
Yuval Noah Harari
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
George's Marvelous Medicine
Roald Dahl
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
Mountains Beyond Mountains
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
Tracy Kidder
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
Peter Pan
J. M. Barrie
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
3 recommenders
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park, Book 1
Michael Crichton
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings, Book 1
J. R. R. Tolkien
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
2 recommenders
Abundance
The Future Is Better Than You Think
Peter Diamandis
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
4 recommenders
A Brief History of Time
Stephen Hawking
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
2 recommenders
Beyond the Blue
The Ultimate Insider's Guide to the XPRIZE Revolution
James Richard Campbell
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
Wild Swans
Three Daughters of China
Jung Chang
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
3 recommenders
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
Swallows and Amazons
Swallows and Amazons, Book 1
Arthur Ransome
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
Stalingrad
The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943
Antony Beevor
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
Necker
A Virgin Island
Russell James
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
Lost Ocean
An Inky Adventure and Coloring Book for Adults
Johanna Basford
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
Long Walk to Freedom
The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
2 recommenders
Dear Stranger
Various
Source: Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
1 recommender
Originals
How Non-Conformists Move the World
Adam Grant
Source: "Will help you inspire creativity and change." - Richard Branson
Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
Source: "I just love the style of his writing." - Richard Branson
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2 recommenders
Trailblazer
The Power of Business as the Greatest Platform for Change
Marc Benioff
Source: "Urgent and compelling." - Richard Branson
1 recommender
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