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

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

These usually disappoint, but I actually came away with some good leadership notes and new appreciation for what Iger pulled off in his tenure as Disney CEO."

Michael Bloomberg: "Bob Iger's story is a testament to the idea that in America, if you work hard and pursue a dream, you really can achieve it."

Karlie Kloss: "I really admire Bob [Iger] and his opinions"

Tim Ferriss: "The negotiation stories with Steve Jobs alone make this book worth the read."

Jason Calacanis: "I like these stories of executives from the 80s and 90s before the internet, because you can really see how those media companies were built"

Bill Gates: "Unlike most books on leadership, this one is worth your time."

Daniel Ek: "A brilliant Pulitzer Prize–winning book about how the modern world was formed, analyzing how societies developed differently on different continents.

I like how this is written from a biologist’s point of view rather than purely based on history or anthropology."

Joe Rogan: "Guns Germs and Steel is an amazing book."

Charlie Munger recommended 'Guns, Germs, and Steel' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

Included on Jamie Dimon's list of favorite books he sent to JP Morgan summer interns in 2010.

Raoul Pal said 'Guns, Germs, and Steel' influenced his macro thinking on Twitter.

Shane Parrish: "A concise book of lessons drawn from the survey of history. The book comes highly recommended by someone I met at the Berkshire Hathaway meeting last weekend.

I can’t believe I haven’t read this before. I’ll be re-reading this a few times and I’ve started listening to the audio version in the car as well."

Naval Ravikant: "Concise and well written, summarizes the long arc of history with poetic insights."

Tim Ferriss: "Fantastic book. I read [The Lessons of History] because Ray Dalio recommended it."

Kevin Systrom: "It’s a great book."

Arianna Huffington: "A must read!"

Bill Gurley: "Historically important book that will hopefully stand as a critical catalyst to change in our industry."

Melinda Gates: "For decades, powerful men have responded to sexism in tech by saying, “It’s always been this way.” What they mean is, “It will always be this way.”

Emily Chang's book proves that the first statement is wrong. And we don't have to accept the second."

Michael Bloomberg: "An important new book about gender equality in Silicon Valley"

Aaron Levie mentioned 'Brotopia' on Twitter.

Seth Godin: "The True Believer is a must read. It’s dense, it’s more than fifty years old, it’s an easy read and it’s urgently important."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This book is applicable to just about everyone.

It is simultaneously a book on history, psychology, influence, and salesmanship."

One of Mark Cuban's 2017 Books to Read.

Seth Godin: “A milestone! Well-researched, generous, actionable and important.

Adam Grant has given us a gift, a hard-hitting book about the efficacy of connection and generosity in everything we do.”

Tony Hsieh: “Give and Take defines a road to success marked by new ways of relating to colleagues and customers as well as new ways of growing a business.”

Michael Mauboussin: "Terrific book"

Arianna Huffington mentioned 'Give and Take' in her book, 'Thrive'.

Kanye West: "I’ll be working on home designs and looking at references from 3,000 years ago and reading the Old Testament at the same time.

It’s like a soundtrack to the visuals and shapes…of what we’re creating”

Cathie Wood said The Bible is the most important book she has ever read, in an interview on the Pomp Podcast.

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

Donald Trump: "The bible means a lot to me"

Satya Nadella: "The Rise and Fall of American Growth concludes that innovation is the ultimate source of dramatic improvements in the human condition”

Stewart Butterfield: "I'm reading this book and I can already tell I am going to be so annoying about it afterwards. Sorry in advance"

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Bill Gates: "The book was a fantastic read, and well worth the time"

Naval Ravikant: "Love that book."

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

Marc Andreessen: "A bracing disassembly and reconstruction of a theory of individual progress in the modern world.

Fascinating compare and contrast with 'The Courage To Be Disliked'"

Joe Rogan mentioned 12 Rules For Life on the 'Joe Rogan Experience' podcast.

Naval Ravikant mentioned 12 Rules For Life on Twitter.

Naval Ravikant: "Everything by Matt Ridley is worth reading."

Charlie Munger recommended 'Genome' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

Mark Zuckerberg: "I've wanted to read Matt Ridley's books for a while. His recent book The Rational Optimist about how progress and the economy evolve is also near the top of my ever-growing pile of books to read."

Warren Buffett: “I think this is one of the best books I've ever read.”

Satya Nadella: "It's such a valuable contribution to a topic that couldn't be more important to society today.

I've always learned so much from the stories [Melinda has] shared – and am encouraged that more people will benefit from your insights."

Bill Gates: "I would say this even if I weren’t married to the author: The Moment of Lift is a terrific read."

Satya Nadella: “I had the privilege of learning from Reed personally and studying the Netflix culture. The insights in this book are invaluable to anyone trying to create and sustain organizational culture.”

Ben Horowitz: “As the information age shrinks product cycles and compresses time frames, the most important business question of our era is, How do we keep innovating?

In this breakthrough book, Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer provide the answer.

They lay out a proven, systematic methodology for building, maintaining, and enhancing a highly innovative global culture. It is an amazing piece of work. Bravo!”

Ray Dalio: "Reed, his people, and his culture are all of star quality. I recommend his book."

Austen Allred: "Absolutely incredible book. Probably in my top five all-time."

Tim Ferriss: "[Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World] has been recommended to me by several billionaires."

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

Vinod Khosla: "Not that I agree with all of it, but it is still mind-bending speculation about our future as a follow-up to a previous favorite, Sapiens. It’s directionally right."

Naval Ravikant: "Didn't finish it. Good book but not as seminal as Sapiens."

Raoul Pal enjoyed reading 'Homo Deus'.

Bill Gates: "A provocative new book raises big questions about the future."

Tobi Lutke: "Wonderful"

Austen Allred: "Amazing book"

Alexis Ohanian: "It really made [me and my co-founder] think, 'Well, if these guys could do it, why can’t we?'"

Stewart Butterfield: "Audio version of Hillbilly Elegy, read by author JD Vance, was five stars. Human, perceptive, loving, well-told."

One of 10 biographies Jason Calacanis recommends reading.

Max Levchin shared 'Hillbilly Elegy' on his LinkedIn page.

Bill Gates: "Hillbilly Elegy gave me new insights into poverty in America."

Marc Andreessen: "The main lesson of the book [is that] the key to success is 'be so good they can’t ignore you.'"

One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.

One of 10 biographies Jason Calacanis recommends reading.

Vinod Khosla: "A dive into how the notion of "Safetyism" undermines the freedom of inquiry and speech that is indispensable to universities.

Too much political correctness?"

Max Levchin: "The Coddling of the American Mind highlights the need to continue to have such discussions about sensitive topics instead of ignoring them for the sake of comfort."

Michael Mauboussin: "[The Coddling of the American Mind] helped me think better in 2018."

Richard Branson: “If you loved Sheryl Sandberg’s incredible TEDTalk on why we have too few women leaders, or simply believe as I do that we need equality in the boardroom, then this book is for you.

As Facebook’s COO, Sheryl Sandberg has firsthand experience of why having more women in leadership roles is good for business as well as society.

Lean In is essential reading for anyone interested in righting the injustice of this inequality.”

Mark Zuckerberg: “For the past five years, I’ve sat at a desk next to Sheryl and I’ve learned something from her almost every day.

She has a remarkable intelligence that can cut through complex processes and find solutions to the hardest problems.

Lean In combines Sheryl’s ability to synthesize information with her understanding of how to get the best out of people.

The book is smart and honest and funny. Her words will help all readers—especially men—to become better and more effective leaders.”

Arianna Huffington: “Important . . . This is a great moment for all of us—women and men—to acknowledge that the current male-dominated model of success isn’t working for women, and it’s not working for men, either.

The world needs women to redefine success beyond money and power.

We need a third metric, based on our well-being, our health, our ability to unplug and recharge and renew ourselves, and to find joy in both our job and the rest of our life.”

Kat Cole: "Great book!"

Alexis Ohanian: "I'm ready to be excommunicated from the VC world: I enjoyed Anand's book."

Vinod Khosla: "An important read and though I disagree with many of its conclusions, I do agree with the notion of elite circles that are often, but not always, self-centered and self-interested."

Marc Andreessen: "Startlingly deep cultural history of conspiracies, examined through the lens of the brutally effective Gawker takedown, with full access to the main players."

Raoul Pal enjoyed reading 'Conspiracy'.

Brian Chesky: "I was living one life, kind of going down the predictable road, and I read this biography. That had a huge impact on me.”

Marc Andreessen: "Neal Gabler has written the best biography on Walt Disney. And it’s a phenomenal book."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "I recommend Campbell’s entire catalogue, but this book was Campbell’s opus and it is one of my favorite books."

Mark Zuckerberg: "It's a timely book about how and why violence has steadily decreased throughout our history, and how we can continue this trend.

A few people I trust have told me this is the best book they've ever read."

Anthony Pompliano: "Better Angels is so good. I've found it to really rock people's preconceived notions on a number of topics"

One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.

One of the books Mark Zuckerberg added to his Facebook page.

Jason Calacanis: "I recently finished Mike Ovitz’s 'Who is Mike Ovitz,' and I was blown away. I’m actually listening to it a second time."

Ben Horowitz: "A great book"

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

Joe Rogan: "Sex at Dawn is incredible."

Sex at Dawn was mentioned on Shane Parrish's podcast with Naval Ravikant.

Joe Rogan: "I find myself thinking about it all day. I’ve been listening to the audio book over the last week or so and it’s just fucking amazing."

Sam Hinkie: "I liked [Empire of the Summer Moon] a lot. To me, it's sort of a book about tech transfer and adoption curves, and the race that is that."

Joe Rogan: "Hearing [Malcolm Gladwell] do the audiobook is great"

Kevin Systrom listed 'The Tipping Point' among his favorite books on Facebook.

Brian Armstrong: "Many people believe simply based on how they grew up, without ever questioning."

Joe Rogan: "I'm a huge fan of [Richard Dawkins'] work"

Vinod Khosla: "About pressing political, technological, social, and existential issues as we move into uncharted territory of the future."

Joe Rogan mentioned '21 Lessons for the 21st Century' on the 'Joe Rogan Experience' podcast.

Bill Gates: "Yuval Noah Harari has written another thought-provoking book."

Chris Dixon: “Classic book that I admit I hadn’t read and my colleagues at a16z crypto got me to read."

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

Nassim Taleb: "We Sherlock Holmes fans, readers, and secret imitators need a map. Here it is. Peter Bevelin is one of the wisest people on the planet."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "I wrote a blog post about how much I loved this book"

Larry Ellison's favorite history book, which he has read several times.

Elon Musk: "The Age of Napoleon by Will & Ariel Durant is an amazing book"

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

Tim Ferriss: “For all Type-A driven readers — especially those who struggle with the shut-off switch — this one is for you.”

Casey Neistat: "I’ve read that book more times than I can count. I cried at the end of that book. I don’t know why."

One of 10 biographies Jason Calacanis recommends reading.

Donald Trump: “Rebecca Costa has written a riveting examination of our world’s most dire and complex issues.

Her message for mankind is an ultimately hopeful one as she explores her fascinating theory about the brain’s ability to develop advanced problem-solving techniques in times of crisis. A must read!”

Richard Branson: “One of those rare books that one picks up and then knows within the first few pages is extremely important…extremely brave, spirited and well informed. ”

Michael Mauboussin: "I loved this book. Great read for anyone who communicates for a living"

Bill Gurley: "Read this book. Nice compliment to 'Sapiens'"

Steve Jobs: "There was a copy there of 'Autobiography of a Yogi' in English that a previous traveler had left, and I read it several times"

One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Marc Andreessen: "[An important book] on the central role cities play in our world and why it's so important for us to build them -- more, bigger, better."

Marc Andreessen: "Wide-ranging meditation on how to think about the reality that we're probably wrong about most things we believe.

Hard to read and not emerge humbled."

Marc Andreessen: "One perspective on the politics of immgiration in Europe, playing out in real time.

Confusing on multiple levels from US perspective."

Marc Andreessen: "Spellbinding creative and business history of the incredibly imaginative comic book industry in the decades before it ate Hollywood."

Charlie Munger recommended 'How The Scots Invented The Modern World' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

Charlie Munger recommended 'The Third Chimpanzee' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

Tim Ferriss: "It is a strange, strange book."

Alexis Ohanian: "Required reading"

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "One of my five favorite books of all time.

Someday I will write a list of books that changed my life, and this one will probably sit at the top."

Max Levchin shared 'The Song Machine' on his LinkedIn page.

Andrew Wilkinson: "Thoroughly enjoying Dan Kennedy's new book 'Rock On' in audiobook form."

Brianne Kimmel recommended 'Representing Talent' for anyone interested in the creator economy.

Brianne Kimmel recommended 'No Applause - Just Throw Money' for anyone interested in the creator economy.

Brianne Kimmel: "[Wild and Crazy Guys] in particular is especially relevant for women today"

Vinod Khosla: "The most important book I read [in 2012]"

Marc Benioff: "There is no finish line on the path to equality."

Marc Benioff: "One of the most amazing & insightful books into the future"

Bill Miller recommended 'The Construction of Social Reality' on Twitter.

Anthony Scaramucci: "This is a phenomenal book. I wish I had read this book 25 years ago.

Heather is right. We are so much better together. Please pick up a copy and read. You won’t be able to put it down."

Keith Rabois recommended 'The Vision of the Annointed' as one of 5 books for making society better.

Elon Musk: "Maybe a cautionary tale. He's sort of an interesting fellow"

Sheryl Sandberg: "I absolutely loved Tina Fey’s “Bossypants” and didn’t want it to end. It’s hilarious as well as important.

Not only did I laugh on every page, but I was nodding along, highlighting and dog-earing like crazy."

Sheryl Sandberg: "Brilliant and fun [...] There are few books that I have enjoyed as much."

Sheryl Sandberg: "Michael Lewis’s ability to boil down the most complicated subjects is like a magic trick."

Jack Dorsey: "I recommend Robb Wolf's book 'The Paleo Solution' to start a paleo diet. Answers the why, and is a fun read too."

Jack Dorsey says this book had a major influence on him.

One of Jack Dorsey's favorite books.

Jack Dorsey: "Incredible perspective on North and Central America."

Brian Chesky: "In The Art of Travel, Alain de Botton writes about the problem with modern tourism.

Travel is the physical pursuit of happiness, but we are so blinded by our haste that we look at everything and see nothing."

Mark Cuban: "Among the many patriotic things you can do, one is get rich and pay your taxes."

One of Mark Cuban's Summer 2018 Books to Read.

One of Mark Cuban's Summer 2018 Books to Read.

One of Mark Cuban's Summer 2018 Books to Read.

One of Mark Cuban's 2017 Books to Read.

Larry Ellison's favorite book.

One of Peter Thiel's favorite books.

Peter Thiel: "First published in 2011, but its message is evergreen: how scientists are directly attacking the problem of aging and death and why we should fight for life instead of accepting decay as inevitable.

The goal of longer life doesn’t just mean more years at the margin; it means a healthier old age."

Peter Thiel: "It was John Locke, in The Reasonableness of Christianity, said that Christ obviously had to mislead people, since if he had not done so, the authorities might have tried to kill him."

Peter Thiel: "Sets the stakes for the most urgent public debate of the 2020s: How do we get back to the future?"

Peter Thiel: "We [followers of Girard], had sort of a sense that we had figured out the truth about the world in a way that nobody else did."

Mark Zuckerberg: "It's a history of the world written by an intellectual who lived in the 1300s. It focuses on how society and culture flow, including the creation of cities, politics, commerce and science.

While much of what was believed then is now disproven after 700 more years of progress, it's still very interesting to see what was understood at this time and the overall worldview when it's all considered together."

Mark Zuckerberg: "This social justice book outlines the many ways the US criminal justice system discriminates against minorities, disadvantages them and prevents everyone from having equal opportunity."

Bill Gates: "An eye-opening look into America's criminal justice system. The New Jim Crow will help you understand the history and the numbers behind mass incarceration."

Mark Zuckerberg: "[This book is] about foreign relations and how we can build peaceful relationships throughout the world.

This is important for creating the world we all want for our children, and that's what I'm thinking about these days."

One of the books Mark Zuckerberg added to his Facebook page.

One of the books Mark Zuckerberg added to his Facebook page.

Mark Zuckerberg: "Orwell's Revenge is an alternate version of 1984.

After seeing how history has actually played out, Huber's fiction describes how tools like the internet benefit people and change society for the better."

Mark Zuckerberg: "The book is about the concept of "common knowledge" and how people process the world not only based on what we personally know, but what we know other people know and our shared knowledge as well.

This is an important idea for designing social media, as we often face tradeoffs between creating personalized experiences for each individual and crafting universal experiences for everyone."

One of the books Mark Zuckerberg added to his Facebook page.

Arianna Huffington mentioned 'Lessons for the Living' in her book, 'Thrive'.

Arianna Huffington mentioned 'Catching the Big Fish' in her book, 'Thrive'.

Arianna Huffington mentioned 'Search Inside Yourself' in her book, 'Thrive'.

Arianna Huffington: "Jamil Zaki's wonderful new book, The War for Kindness, shows that empathy isn't a fixed trait — it's something we can, and must, develop and nurture."

Arianna Huffington: "Richie Jackson beautifully captures the magic of love, life and what it means to be a parent in this beautiful must-read memoir.

His powerful story reminds us all that being open to love and making it the central focus of our lives allows us to tap into our deepest inner wisdom."

Arianna Huffington: "Inspiring new book"

Arianna Huffington: "It’s so important for new parents to recharge and make time for what brings you joy -- even a few minutes a day.

Love that Stew Friedman’s new book 'Parents Who Lead' encourages parents to forge better lives not only for our children, but also for ourselves."

One of Reid Hoffman's summer reads of 2016.