Tim Ferriss Recommended Books

"Unexpectedly the most interesting book on the topic of how you think about inclusion." - Ben Horowitz

"Genghis Khan was a great democratizer. His Mongol Empire conquered more territory in 25 years than the Romans did in 200." - Lisa Ling

One of Daymond John's answers to "most-gifted or recommeded books?"

"Probably in my top five all-time." - Austen Allred

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

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

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.

"I remember really enjoying [this author]'s books." - Sergey Brin

"A great read." - Bill Gates

"Success metric for my work [at Twitter]: these books disappear from my desk. (you should read it too)" - Jack Dorsey

"[The author] took an extraordinary risk to his own reputation domestically in America in the medical profession by [releasing this book]." - Malcolm Gladwell

"A great book." - Charles Poliquin

Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.

"A great book." - Ramit Sethi

Naval Ravikant tweeted about this book.

"Gives you a lot of perspective about yourself and the world." - Peter Mallouk

"One of the best books I’ve ever read." - Hal Elrod

Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 100

"Loved [this book]." - Jimmy Chin

"This looks like it could be useful at some point in the future." - Garry Tan

"[One of] four good books that I would highly recommend reading if you're gonna build a B2B software company." - Aaron Levie

One of Daymond John's answers to "most-gifted or recommeded books?"

"Every new entrepreneur should read [this book]!!!" - Russell Brunson

Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.

"I have devoured [this book]." - Emma Watson

"About the difference between deciding to do something and really having to do it." - Oprah Winfrey

Liz Lambert mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"Ran me through the range of emotions from happy to crying." - Shane Parrish

"The closest thing to magic I’ve come across. That if you really do it every day in a real disciplined practice, something happens to your subconscious that allows you to get your most creative place." - Brian Koppelman

"I love it. A practical, spiritual, nurturing book." - Russell Brand

"Fucking epic. I can't recommend it enough." - Joe Rogan

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

"I think [this book] is really important right now." - Josh Waitzkin

"A great biography. [...] Highly recommended." - Elon Musk

"I read [this book and "Einstein"] and probed [Walter Isaacson] about them to try to glean what characteristics they had in common." - Ray Dalio

"[I read this book and] I am blown away and a little sad because I feel like, 'God damn, I went through all this education. No one ever taught me any of this stuff.'" - George Raveling

Scott Belsky mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"The [biography of Benjamin Franklin] I read." - Brandon Stanton

Ed Zschau mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"I always recommend [this book] as my top business book." - Naval Ravikant

"Tremendous." - Marc Andreessen

List of books Bill Gates read in 2011.

"The ever-popular book about my partner." - Warren Buffett

Patrick Collison labeled this book "particularly great."

"A great book." - Drew Houston

"I love reading about writers and the process of writing." - Matt Mullenweg

"Great blunt advice about writing better non-fiction. So inspiring." - Derek Sivers

"A fascinating exploration of writing for different genres." - Jodie Cook

"Here's the cure to your stress!" - Tony Robbins

"It has certainly changed my life and it’s why PLAY is one of the 10 habits I do every day for a happy and more creative life." - Chase Jarvis

"This book DEMANDs your EnJOYment!" - Tony Hsieh

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

List of books Bill Gates read in 2011.

"I really enjoyed [this book], it was so amazing to hear his story and his struggle of not enjoying the sport and then finally finding his love for it." - Shaun White

"Phenomenal." - Dave Elitch

Barack Obama's favorite books of 2019 list.

Naval Ravikant tweeted about this book.

Ryan Shea recommended this book on his website.

"A moving, evocative experience of East European history, informed by a rare insight into humanity." - Shashi Tharoor

Soman Chainani referenced this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"A really, really old fashioned book if someone just wants to wake themselves up and start turning into more of a positive, less depressed person." - MMM

"[Tim Ferriss] put me on [to this book]." - Dave Camarillo

"Changed my life." - Steve Harvey

"The sooner you read [this book] the sooner you will up your game." - Jodie Cook

Ali Abdaal recommended this book on his website.

"You will learn how changing the way you think can become a blueprint for great success." - Jim Kwik

"One of the greatest things ever." - Daniel Pink

"I love [this book]. Such a good book." - Susan Cain

"Ostensibly about the art of writing, but really it too is about life and how to tackle the problems, temptations and opportunities life throws at us." - Ryan Holiday

"I love reading about writers and the process of writing." - Matt Mullenweg

Ramit Sethi mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"Great." - Brian Koppelman

"I definitely recommend this book to everyone." - Aubrey Marcus

"Follow these precepts and you will revolutionize your life. Read this book!" - Steven Pressfield

"[One of] the books that I’ve given away the most lately." - George Raveling

"My life has been beset with obstacles. It takes practice (and pain) to surmount them and achieve success. [This author]’s book is a how-to guide for just that." - James Altucher

"I’m enjoying right now." - Christopher Sommer

"Incredible book." - Casey Neistat

"Excellent cover art and lots of good reasons not to lie!" - Elon Musk

"One of my favorite one hour reads about intellectual honesty. I wish more people were this honest!" - Vinod Khosla

"How [to live] life with radical honesty." - Brian Armstrong

"A great book." - A.J. Jacobs

"[The author] is the greatest powerlifter of all time. [This book] documents all his different contests and stuff like that; it’s unbelievable." - Mark Bell

"Fantastic. I got [this book] and I gave it to everyone in my company." - Ray Dalio

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

"Interesting, not because of its content necessarily, but because it’s good for me to always keep on top of mind how powerful my habits are." - Naval Ravikant

Kelly Starrett recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

Mr. Money Mustache recommended this book on his blog.

"Compiles a bunch of great academic neuroscience and applied psychology research on habit formation." - Max Levchin

"That’s what I read [by Seneca]." - Naval Ravikant

"After Marcus Aurelius, this is one of my favorite books." - Ryan Holiday

"From [this book], I learned self-mastery: to constantly improve myself so I would be ready for any possible disaster." - Jerzy Gregorek

"Amazing." - Chris Sacca

"About the Hedge Funds industry." - Trung Phan

"[Claudio Naranjo is] amazing." - Hamilton Morris

"So that you understand what a good guide looks like." - Michael Pollan

"One of the first 'spiritual' books I read as a teenager, which gave me plenty of seeds for thought from short, but to-the-point, topics." - Kelly Slater

"A beautiful book." - Naval Ravikant

"One of my favorite books." - Peter Mallouk

Jason Nemer's answer to "do you have any particular book you’ve gifted most to other people?"

"If you want to talk about poems, here is an interesting one." - Carlos Slim

"Such a great book." - Terry Crews

Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.

"Will help you create and expand one of the most critical skills to life-long success." - Tony Robbins

"One of my very, very favorite books ever." - Stephen Dubner

"One of the best [books by this author] I’ve read." - Daniel Pink

"I love." - Samin Nosrat

"A time machine into this place when our financial economy went crazily wrong." - Tim O’Reilly

"Probably my favorite book." - Chamath Palihapitiya

"About the Trading industry." - Trung Phan

"Leadership gold—you won’t forget the stories or the lessons." - Brené Brown

"Bob's book is great and he's an excellent CEO." - Brian Chesky

"We recently read [this book] in the 'This Week in Startups' book club." - Jason Calacanis

Karlie Kloss said this book really inspired her to become a better boss.

"One of the best leadership books I've read." - Alexis Ohanian

"A testament to the idea that in America, if you work hard and pursue a dream, you really can achieve it." - Michael Bloomberg

"Was a profound book for me." - Tristan Harris

"Most brands try to do and be too much, but the customer can only remember you for one thing." - Brian Armstrong

"A classic." - Chase Jarvis

"[I love this book]. I give that to young people." - Krista Tippett

"I think it gets a lot [...] in terms of being intrinsically motivated, which is so important, especially if you’re going to be an artist." - Joseph Gordon-Levitt

"A little overwrought, but full of sage advice." - Jen Rubio

Josh Waitzkin recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

"Although the title may make it appear intuitive, the reading is much more insightful and applicable than you might guess." - Keith Rabois

"Great book. I think she actually talks about me in it ?" - Tobi Lütke

Tom Bilyeu recommended this book on his website.

"Enthusiasm and knowledge are totally useless without grit." - Jodie Cook

Ali Abdaal recommended this book on his website.

"If given a choice between investing in someone who has read Rework or has an MBA, I'm investing in Rework every time." - Mark Cuban

"Unperturbed by conventional wisdom, [the authors] start fresh and rewrite the rules of business." - Jeff Bezos

"I can't imagine what possible excuse you can dream up for not buying this book for every single person you work with, right now." - Seth Godin

"The clarity, even genius, of this book actually brought me to near-tears on several occasions. Just bloody brilliant, that's what!" - Tom Peters

"Read this book multiple times to help give you the courage you need to get out there and make something great." - Tony Hsieh

"[One of] my most recommended business books." - Andrew Wilkinson

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

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

"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.

"[One of the books] that are recommended or required at Draper University." - Tim Draper

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

"Really good." - Ann Miura-Ko

"An amazing book." - Soman Chainani

"Phenomenal." - Kevin Rose

"In this fascinating (and often hilarious) account, [the author] explains how he turns his beliefs into actions that really do deliver happiness." - Gretchen Rubin

"[At SoulCycle] we’re all big fans of [this book]." - Julie Rice

"[The author] is a wise guy. Sincerely. He’s one of the wisest and most thoughtful business leaders of the modern age." - Chip Conley

"I bought it for three people and recommended it far and wide." - Danny Miranda

Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.

"I hand out more copies of this book than any other. How to take responsibility for yourself and for those around you. Modern Stoicism, as applied in the military, business, and life." - Marc Andreessen

"My favorite Jocko book." - Casey Neistat

"This book will change your life." - Alexis Ohanian

"Great book by two remarkable men. You want these guys on your side." - Michael Mauboussin

Tom Bilyeu recommended this book on his website.

"Reading and applying these tactics will make you a better person." - Danny Miranda

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

Sahil Lavingia recommended this book on Notion.

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

"Drop everything and read [Understand]." - Naval Ravikant

Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter.

"This is the Durants. They were maybe the greatest historians of all time." - Ray Dalio

"A fantastic book." - Naval Ravikant

"A great book." - Kevin Systrom

"I’ll be re-reading this a few times." - Shane Parrish

Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.

"[One of] the 10 books with the most page-for-page wisdom." - James Clear

Recommended on Dave Ramsey's website.

"Absolutely everyone who is an entrepreneur or wants to be one needs to read this book." - Derek Sivers

"Was huge." - Dave Camarillo

Tom Bilyeu recommended this book on his website.

Michael Hyatt recommended this book on his website.

Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.

"God, what a great book." - Jerry Colonna

"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.

Evan Goldberg mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"Amazing book." - Tristan Harris

Ryan Holiday mentioned this book on Twitter.

"Dazzling." - Jack Edwards

Eric Weinstein tweet about books that mattered enough to him.

"It takes you through 11 different 'archetypes' of screenplays you can write, and the exact elements each needs to be a great story." - Neville Medhora

"Smart in a lot of ways, but also, with all due respect to the smart guy who wrote it, sort of cynical and off-putting at times." - Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Donald Miller recommended this book on Twitter.

"Guys can get an illness in which they believe there can always be a better girl around the next corner. [In this book, the author] calls it 'death by small increments.'" - Steve Jobs

"Probably moved to the #2 spot [of books I've gifted the most]." - Peter Attia

"A powerful personal story woven with a rich analysis of what we all seek in a way we can act upon." - Sergey Brin

"Beautifully written and filled with such wisdom." - Arianna Huffington

"Ray Dalio has provided me with invaluable guidance and insights that are now available to you in Principles." - Bill Gates

"[The author] open sourced Bridgewater’s methods in [this book] and the results were good evidence that collectives can operate at higher levels when they are open and honest about and can see past their cognitive flaws." - Bryan Johnson

"[Ray Dalio]'s a great guy and has a great book out you all need to get called Principles. It’s a major key!!" - Diddy

"Greg Penner, our chairman, asked me to read it." - Doug McMillon

"Sketched really concise and good thoughts for [how to approach life]." - Drew Houston

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

"Most American book of all time." - Austen Allred

"So good that it may as well be non-fiction." - Naval Ravikant

"[He] says, 'Love is stronger than hate. Soft is stronger than hard. Water is stronger than stone.'" - David Blaine

"Was recommended to me by a friend." - Emma Watson

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

Neil Strauss recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

"Love [this book]." - Bryan Johnson

"A beautiful book by a writer who fought in Vietnam." - Caroline Paul

"When I found [this book], I fell in love. Just open it, I'll shut up." - Amanda Palmer

"Describes to all of us who struggle with words the struggle of writing." - Jim Collins

"[The author] has written the first true guide for protecting a startup from self-sabotage." - Peter Thiel

"For anyone insterested in building, growing, or leading a great company, this book is an incredibly valuable resource." - Mark Zuckerberg

One of Peter Attia's answers to "any books you feel would make your reading list?"

"Let’s just say, we started out relationship with vigorous disagreement, and we’ve continued that to this day." - Marc Andreessen

"An inspiring story of a business rebirth through sheer willpower." - Larry Page

"Entertaining more than anything. I read [this book], I was like: I would never work for this guy. But entertaining and some good lessons." - Matt Mullenweg

"Highly suggest others grab a copy too!" - Anthony Pompliano

"Packed with unforgettable wisdom and penetrating insights, your mental gears will be working overtime." - Shane Parrish

"Timeless advice from an OG." - Brian Dean

"" - Blake Randall

"Fantastic book." - Amelia Boone

"Has done a better job than any I’ve read so far on this subject at rationally, calmly, and scientifically exploring just how impactful psychedelics can be for the individual and our culture." - Aubrey Marcus

Hamilton Morris mentioned a passage from this book on Twitter.

"[One of the] books that helped me think better in 2018." - Michael Mauboussin

Naval Ravikant's answer to "do you have any advice for dealing with the death of a parent?"

Paul Stamets mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"I just can't recommend this book enough." - Lena Dunham

"Fantastic book." - Kevin Rose

"Beautifully written." - Sam Harris

"Great book." - Mark Zuckerberg

"About a kid who is trained by the military to play video games [...] But he realizes at the end that the video games he was playing were an actual war." - Travis Kalanick