Tim Draper Recommended Books

Eric Weinstein tweet about books that mattered enough to him.

Tristan Harris mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

Charles Poliquin recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

"[The author has] a great curiosity and [...] a great love for things." - Walter Isaacson

Daniel Pink mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"I read [this book] right when I started Toms. There’s so many things that I took from [it] that allowed Toms to have this incredible growth." - Blake Mycoskie

LeBron James was seen reading this book.

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website.

"Very graphic and interesting. But if you've seen the movie, I don't think you get much more from [this book]." - David Friedberg

Samin Nosrat mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.

"Interesting stories about today's biggest viral web businesses but lacking insights, imho." - Ryan Hoover

Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book.

"A really important concept to grasp." - Tim Ferriss

"About principled negotiation, and I still think about and apply a lot of those concepts today." - Drew Houston

Dustin Moskovitz recommended this book on Twitter.

"I love [this book]." - Nick Ganju

"Really good." - Ann Miura-Ko

"My favorite book." - Bill Gates

"I'm so drawn to [the author]'s view of society back then, and to his sarcasm." - Jennifer Lawrence

"Was not written to be a young adult book. It’s an adult book. But it sort of drifted there because the protagonist is a teenager." - Gretchen Rubin

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

"I love [this book]. I read it at four different times in my life. Teenager and later." - Larry King

"It was the first 'anti-hero' I had ever encountered and I thoroughly fell for Holden Caulfield." - Kathie Lee Gifford

"Truman Capote's best book. It's a really, really good book." - Ben Shapiro

"If you just want to forget about the future and lose yourself in the book that forever changed how narrative nonfiction is written, read [this book]." - Sam Harris

"What [the author] unveils is a future of sci-fi-like innovations and breakthroughs worth sticking around for."- Michael Dell

"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

"To learn that it's easier to be told by others what to think and believe than it is to think for yourself." - Neil deGrasse Tyson

Peter Thiel says The New Testament has influenced him more than The Old Testament.

On the "favorite books" section of Barack Obama's Facebook profile.

Wim Hof's answer to "What do you give to people as gifts?"

"The first book that I found a lot of truth in it, and then I was able to share that with people." - Laird Hamilton

"Everybody, of course, should be familiar with [this book], which is a way of being taught through both parables and tales of people and their values." - Walter Isaacson

"Read it in a weekend and you will be informed about the central doctrines of Islam in a way that you may not be and it’s good to be informed, given how much influence these ideas have currently in our world." - Sam Harris

"Read it through. It’s an amazing book." - Kevin Kelly

"Supposed to be the words of God." - Ayaan Hirsi Ali

"The classic coming of age tale of a troubled hero, out for revenge." - Aubrey Marcus

"I loved [this book]." - Brandon Sanderson

Anna Akana recommended this book on Twitter.