Sahil Lavingia Recommended Books

"Played a big role in shaping my management style." - Mark Zuckerberg

"The best book on management ever written." - Marc Andreessen

"Unapologetically almost a how to manual, but kind of deconstructs the world of business into first principles." - Tobi Lütke

"[Larry Ellison] considers [this book] his bible when it comes to management concepts." - Subbu Viswanathan

"Andy Grove, who built himself from nothing to run Intel, stopped what he was doing to teach us his magic. And not through some ghostwriter either — Andy wrote this book himself. What an incredible gift." - Ben Horowitz

Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.

"The book I’ve recommended most." - Peter Attia

"Learn about the inner mindset and external state of someone who was absolutely brilliant." - Naval Ravikant

"One of my favorite books." - Tim Ferriss

On the "books read" section of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile.

Larry Page mentioned this book in an Entrepreneur.com article.

On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

List of books Bill Gates read in 2012.

Ray Dalio mentioned this book in his book, "Principles."

One of the books on Scott Adams' "Persuasion Reading List."

"Fine book but it didn’t need to be an entire book. A blog post would have gotten the point across." - Naval Ravikant

"I love surprising scientific findings, as well as information about how our brains work. [This book] is a treasure trove of both." - Ev Williams

"Captivating dive into human decision making, marred by inclusion of several/many? psychology studies that fail to replicate. Will stand as a cautionary tale?" - Marc Andreessen

"Best book I've read since Sapiens (far less mainstream, though)." - Naval Ravikant

"One of the books that tremendously influenced me when I started PayPal." - Peter Thiel

"Was really ahead of it's time, a lot of original thinking (some really out there stuff too)." - Brian Armstrong

One of Ryan Shea's 4 answers to "what is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?"

"It was published in the late 1990’s, but is enjoying a very well-deserved resurgence." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy

"If you want to find startup ideas here’s the book." - Balaji Srinivasan

"A book of philosophy disguised as a silly humor book." - Elon Musk

"I looked forward to books by [this author] when he was alive." - Shah Rukh Khan

"Classic. I love [this book]." - Naval Ravikant

"I love [this book]." - Seth Rogen

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

"If 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' and 'Star Wars' had a love-child, it would read something like this." - Tim Ferriss

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

"The best science fiction book ever, definitely the most prescient." - Yuval Noah Harari

"Slightly older and less well known [than 1984] but equally chilling vision." - Tristan Harris

Matt Mullenweg mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

Stewart Brand recommended this book on his "Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization" blog post.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

"Incredible." - Tim Ferriss

"I like [this book], although it kind of goes off the rails at the end." - Elon Musk

"One of my favorite sci-fi novels of all time." - Bill Gates

"Nothing about his career was an accident, which I thought was fascinating." - Marc Andreessen

"On a big road trip, I read it out loud to my wife, she read it out loud to me. Then we got the audio book and we listened to Steve Martin read it." - Adam Savage

Jason Calacanis recommended this book on his blog.

"This is the story of my hero. The guy who inspired me to do what I do now." - Bill Nye

"How to make your message memorable so it will spread." - Brian Armstrong

On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

"Our marketing bible." - Andrew Wilkinson

"Informs a lot of our public outreach in terms of making our services more essential for our users." - Changpeng Zhao

"[The author]'s dark vision." - Tristan Harris

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

J. Cole mentioned reading this book on The Fayetteville Observer.

On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile.

On the "Top 100 Books Referenced by Noam Chomsky" list.

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

"Has looked at thousands of organizations and puts them into categories." - Graham Duncan

"Should be required reading for anyone in teams or with an interest in improving performance and job satisfaction." - David Allen

"Presents a clear road map for the new reality of managing organizations, careers, and life." - Reid Hoffman

"Awesome book! Codifies what we instinctively try to do with Zappos culture." - Tony Hsieh

Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.

On the "books read" section of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile.

LeBron James was seen reading this book.

"Over the years, I kept finding myself returning to its insights, and each time I would arrive at them at a deeper level." - Kevin Kelly

Steve Jurvetson mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"Amazing book, but good luck finishing it." - Naval Ravikant

"Tying together Gödel's incompleteness theory with mathematics, with Escher's drawings, and Bach's fugues. And showing they're all related in some way." - Demis Hassabis

David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."

"Changed my life!" - Chris Hayes

"In my office, you will not see the degree I have from the University of Nebraska, or the master’s degree I have from Columbia University, but you’ll see the certificate I got from the Dale Carnegie course." - Warren Buffett

One of the books on Scott Adams' "Persuasion Reading List."

Recommended on Dave Ramsey's website.

"The one book we encourage startup founders to read. [...] It's critically important for anyone in business." - Paul Graham

Derek Sivers mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"Seek to be understood." - Dustin Moskovitz

Marc Benioff said everyone at Steve Jobs' memorial service got a copy of this book.

"If you haven't read it, and if you want to understand Steve Jobs, it's a goood idea to dip into [this book]." - Marc Benioff

"One of the more impactful books for me when I was living down in the jungle and experiencing more of the deeper reflections through the medicine space." - Dan Engle

"Reminded me to have faith at a low point in my life, hence I share it as widely as possible to pull others out of their misery." - Richa Chadha

One of Travis Brewer's answers to "what is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?"

Phil Jackson recommended this book on Twitter.

"I never thought much about whether I could improve my memory across a wider set of domains, but now I think I could, after reading [this book]." - Bill Gates

"It has changed my life and made me embarrass myself much less when meeting someone twice." - Chelsea Handler

"A perfect reminder that business can be simple." - Jodie Cook

"Incredible." - Jack Dorsey

"[My] previous favorite [book by this author]." - Lex Fridman

"Very inspiring & relevant." - Shah Rukh Khan

"A meat’n’potatoes summary of what everyone should do to make the biggest improvements in fitness and strength in minimal time." - MMM

"If [people are] interested in running, I give them [this book]." - Turia Pitt

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

J. Cole mentioned reading this book on The Fayetteville Observer.

Whitney Cummings mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"I think that [this book] should be in every organizational behavior class in an MBA program." - Daniel Pink

"When I was in sixth grade I remember being very upset by the ending of [this book]." - Vlad Tenev

"There is a timeless, even transcendent, quality to this little story." - Christopher Hitchens

"[One of my ten favorite books] I might think of if I were asked the question at an interview this minute." - Nolan Bushnell

"One of the best sci-fi books of our times." - Feng Zhu

"A wonderful book." - Winston Churchill

"Everyone I know who has read [this book], whether they've been reading for years or just started, adored it." - Jack Edwards

Naval Ravikant's answer to "first book which started your lifelong journey of reading?"

"I was greatly influenced by [this book] in my formative years." - Richa Chadha

"Has so much to teach us. It’s an archetypal tale about recognising that there are different layers of reality." - Russell Brand

"The books we love change the way we see the world. For me it all began with [this book]." - Salman Rushdie