Tobi Lütke Recommended Books

"I love [this book]." - Jason Fried

"Best (?) walk through the ancient/current philosophy of Stoicism. You can't control other people but you can control yourself, so do that." - Marc Andreessen

"I immediately checked out of the library and read completely." - MMM

"An easy way to learn about [Stoicism] and recognize why this resonates." - DHH

"I found when reading it that the quirky philosophy I've been living my life by since 17 matches up exactly with a 2000-year-old philosophy called Stoicism." - Derek Sivers

"A very interesting read." - Phil Libin

"If you want a new way to think about yourself, your business, the market, or any other system of parts and interactions, this is the book for you." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Ryan Shea recommended this book on his website.

"Smash hit in Japan, and easy to see why. Adlerian psychology meets Stoic philosophy in Socratic dialogue. Compelling from front to back. Highly recommend." - Marc Andreessen

"It's like this book was written just for me. I came away with so many 'aha!' moments that have helped me better understand myself." - Ryan Hoover

"Will cause keen self-reflection!" - Stewart Butterfield

"This book is tremendous. Highly recommend!" - Anthony Pompliano

"A fascinating look into how Adlerian psychology applies to modern life. Keep an open mind when reading this book." - Jodie Cook

"The concepts it presents are provocative and go against a lot of the dominant narratives of the current cultural milieu." - Ali Abdaal

"A great book about the invention of the shipping container and what impacts it had across many industries." - Jeff Dean

"Mostly about globalization, but there is also a larger story here that touches on business and philanthropy more broadly."- Bill Gates

"[Has] comparable breadth as The Prize in terms of globe-spanning industries." - Trung Phan

"It’s very good." - Patrick Collison

"100 percent of effective people seem to have read [this book]. In fact, it’s one of those things that when I meet somebody and they’re operating at a pretty high level, if you mention [this book], they’ve all read it." - Scott Adams

"Fundamental and had a lot to teach." - Naval Ravikant

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

Adam Robinson mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

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

"[Helps you] navigate the world with heightened awareness for how we're always being influenced/manipulated." - Alexis Ohanian

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

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

"[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 best book on management ever written." - Drew Houston

Entrepreneur.com article.

"Best cyberpunk novel ever written. Slightly dated but very prescient." - Naval Ravikant

"Ten years ahead of the time anticipated what's going to happen." - Sergey Brin

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

"Such a good book but you can’t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn’t work. You have to read it before you’ve been on the internet." - Seth Godin

"It's a tough call because I prefer other books of [this author]. But [this book] is so important within the history of science fiction." - Adam Savage

"Don't think I've ever bought a book so quickly after seeing it released!" - DHH

"I reread it every year. It’s a great book." - Kara Swisher

"This is my guide. I accept that I’ll never write anything as good as the introductory essay by [the author]. It’s brilliant." - Bill Nye

"One of my favorite books of all time." - Naval Ravikant

"Finished reading." - Jack Dorsey

"I kind of thrive on stress, so I’m almost embarrassed by how comforting I find this book." - Anna Kendrick

"Great read." - Sam Altman

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

"I find [this book] so inspirational and instructive, it lives on my nightstand." - Arianna Huffington

"Dweck and her research have helped my foundation colleagues and me understand more about the attitudes and habits that allow some students to persevere in school despite big challenges." - Bill Gates

"Whatever change we’ve been able to achieve is because the cultural meme we picked was inspired by [this book]." - Satya Nadella

Tony Robbins mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

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

"One of those ideas that is obvious only once you know it." - Ev Williams

Dustin Moskovitz recommended this book on Twitter.

"Takes some of those same ideas about motivations and rewards and extrapolates them in a little bit." - DHH

"A highly practical guide to mastering your own psychology." - Danny Miranda

Michael Hyatt recommended this book on his website.

"A great contribution." - Patrick Collison

"[The author]'s very dry but full of great ideas." - Naval Ravikant

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

"Love [this book]!" - Cameron Winklevoss

"The early PayPal team worked well together because we were all the same kind of nerd. We all loved science fiction: Cryptonomicon was required reading." - Peter Thiel

"About life and how to [...] navigate in a more improvisational way." - Tristan Harris

"Gave me a mathematical framework for my own spirituality." - Kevin Kelly

"A fundamental interest is gamification – thinking of things in game terms and designing things in gaming terms is one of the profound things that civilization has done for a very long time." - Stewart Brand

"Defines these two kinds of games." - Simon Sinek

"I like [this book] which has been going around a lot." - Graham Duncan

"It’s basically a book about games, but then it turns out it’s about the meaning of life." - Jane McGonigal

"One of my favorite books about building software." - Patrick Collison

"[This book] convinced me to start a company. Thanks for helping create Reddit." - Alexis Ohanian

"Please read [this book]. It's such a great book." - Jeff Atwood

"Amazing book." - Austen Allred

"A great book." - Elon Musk

"About the PC Gaming industry." - Trung Phan

"The untold story behind Blackberry. I didn’t expect much from this book, but WAY more impressive and interesting than I thought it’d be." - Noah Kagan

"Still one of the best business books I’ve ever read." - Andrew Wilkinson

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

"Really about teaching your kids to focus on hard work and not intrinsic capability." - Tim Ferriss

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

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.

"It's an amazing book, I think, for anybody." - Joe Rogan

One of Peter Attia's answers to "is there a book that you’ve read more than once?"

"Fantastic." - Kelly Starrett

Tom Bilyeu recommended this book on his website.

"Main complaint seems to be 'this is a layman's description of not-new ideas'. I'm just fine with that." - DHH

"Wonderful book w/ great insights." - Jason Fried

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

"Will give you a new appreciation of the 'devil in the details.'" - Jeff Atwood

"Makes you think about design in new ways." - Marissa Mayer

"Few books have made me think more than this one over the last decade." - Ev Williams

"A very good book." - James Altucher

"The general concept is applicable to many fields beyond biology, for instance finance, economics and monetary policy." - Vlad Tenev

"We definitely want Binance to be antifragile. This book may explain why we make some of the decisions we make." - Changpeng Zhao

"This book will have you asking yourself many provocative and useful questions." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy

"Changed how I see the world." - Shane Parrish

"A great one -- had no idea Nike had such a long history." - Alexis Ohanian

"[One of the] best books I read in 2017." - Anthony Pompliano

"Loved [this book]." - Austen Allred

"A refreshingly honest reminder of what the path to business success really looks like." - Bill Gates

"All entrepreneurs should read." - Bill Gurley

"Memoir by the Nike founder and CEO." - Brian Armstrong

"Particularly great." - Patrick Collison

"I recommended it to [Patrick Collison] as 'something I thought he'd be really interested in.'" - Stewart Butterfield

"Worth reading." - Elon Musk

"Best book of 2023. Funny, informative, and authentic." - Joe Gebbia

"It’s an extremely important read, so pls get it." - Liv Boeree