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

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

Peter Thiel: "This book breaks the taboo on prophecy: We're not supposed to talk about a future that doesn't include the powerful states that rule over us today.

Rees-Mogg and Davidson argue that national governments could soon become as antiquated as 19th-century empires."

Changpeng Zhao: "Just read the Sovereign Individual again. Amazed that it was written before 1997.

Talks about internet currencies, etc. Good read."

Vitalik Buterin reviewed The Sovereign Individual on Twitter.

One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.

Michael Saylor recommended The Sovereign Individual on his Bitcoin website, Hope.com

Chris Dixon: “I always love reading Taleb’s books, even if I don’t always agree with him. This was up there with Black Swan and his other classics.”

Ben Horowitz: "A book about the dynamics of how large-scale, highly random systems behave."

Keith Rabois: "The Skin in the Game book is quite powerful, albeit often redundant."

Vinod Khosla: "I like his ideas a lot, especially in Antifragile and the first half of this book.

I've always complained about pundits relative to doers, discovering/learning over planning..."

Naval Ravikant recommended 'Skin In The Game' on Twitter.

Marc Andreessen recommended 'Skin In The Game' on Twitter.

Nassim Taleb: “This is a landmark book in social thought, in the same league as The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith and The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud.”

Naval Ravikant: "Fine book but it didn’t need to be an entire book."

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

One of Sam Altman's recommended books for young startup founders.

One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.

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."

Naval Ravikant: "Matt Ridley's "The Rational Optimist" is the most brilliant and enlightening book I've read in years."

Anthony Pompliano: "One of the best books I read in 2017"

Bill Gurley: "I really, really loved 'How Innovation Works' from Matt Ridley.

It is a very elegant follow up to 'The Rational Optimist' - read both if you can."

Marc Andreessen: "Sparkling explanation of how the economy evolves, producing the glorious cornucopia of goods and services available all around us.

How to feel good about the future even in dark times."

Mark Zuckerberg: "This book argues that economic progress is the greater force is pushing society forward."

Mark Cuban: "It's a masters in economic history. I highly recommend!"

Jamie Dimon: "Ray does an astounding job of giving us an inspiring and thought-provoking experience by looking at the rises and declines of empires, showing how economics, culture, military prowess, innovation, inequality, and other elements interact.

He leaves us with an improved perspective for thinking about very vexing issues such as the state of America versus China.”

Arianna Huffington: "Ray Dalio has a unique talent for making important and complex issues simple.

I was riveted by his descriptions of the cause/effect relationships that drove the last five hundred years of history and how they provide practical guidance for dealing with what is happening now.

This may well be the most important book of the year if not the decade. A must-read.”

Vinod Khosla: "Recommend reading"

Nassim Taleb: "At last, a real book by a real risk-taking practitioner.

The Dao of Capital mixes (rather, unifies) personal risk-taking with explanations of global phenomena. You cannot afford not to read this!”

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "I just read this book again, my third time.

It is dense, but its central idea will likely cause you to question your investment strategy in SOME way, which is always valuable."

Paul Tudor Jones: “Investors of all kinds will find immeasurable value in this convincing and thoroughly researched book where Mark champions the roundabout.

Using thought-provoking examples from both the natural world and the historical world, The Dao of Capital shows how a seemingly difficult immediate loss becomes an advantageous intermediate step for greater future gain, and thus why we must become ‘patient now and strategically impatient later.’”

Anthony Pompliano: "Always a great read from the best performing hedge fund manager in 2020."

Michael Saylor: "This book blew my mind; it is a work of genius. It put together the technical, economic, motivational and related issues around Bitcoin better than anything I've seen.

The best compliment I can give this book is that I read it and I decided to buy $425m of bitcoin. It was the most impactful on our way of thinking in Microstrategy and it made us want to invert our balance sheet to base it on a bitcoin standard."

Anthony Scaramucci: "This is a seminal work and recommended reading for everyone."

Nassim Taleb: "Bitcoin has no owner, no authority that can decide on its fate. It is owned by the crowd, its users.

And it now has a track record of several years, enough for it to be an animal in its own right.

This gives us, the crowd, an insurance policy against an Orwellian future."

Raoul Pal recommended 'The Bitcoin Standard' on Twitter.

Naval Ravikant: "Great book. Required reading."

Changpeng Zhao: "More than 60 years have passed since this book was first published, but there are few books that better encapsulate the inner workings of economics than this one."

Michael Saylor recommended Economics In One Lesson on his Bitcoin website, Hope.com

Peter Schiff recommends 'Economics In One Lesson' on his website.

Matt Ridley: "A fascinating, surprising and beautifully written history of technology, economics, and culture, told through the thread of textiles, humanity's most indispensable artefacts. I loved it."

Marc Andreessen: "The story of technology is a story of human ingenuity, and nowhere is this more clear than in the story of textiles: the original technology, going beyond what we commonly think of as 'tech.'

As with many technologies, we suffer an amnesia about them when we enjoy them in abundance, as Postrel observes; her book gives us back our memories about this technology that we use every day without even knowing it."

Brianne Kimmel recommended 'The Fabric of Civilization' for anyone interested in the creator economy.

Anthony Pompliano: "This 100 page book was written for pre-coiners by some of the most well-respected Bitcoiners in the world."

Balaji Srinivasan: "The Little Bitcoin Book was written in a few days by N people, one chapter each, and then published on Amazon"

Michael Saylor recommended The Little Bitcoin Book on his Bitcoin website, Hope.com

Shane Parrish: "It seems that throughout history we, as a people, forget that sources of trouble that are small can have huge implications.

We forget that leverage makes us fragile. Just when we think we’ve figured out the world and reduced it to an equation based on empirical evidence, it changes and lights a tinderbox."

One of Max Levchin's answers to 'What's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?'

Raoul Pal recommended 'When Genius Failed' on Twitter.

One of Max Levchin's answers to 'What's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?'

Raoul Pal recommended 'The Ascent of Money' on Twitter.

Anthony Scaramucci: "Peter (Schiff) would be well served to read 'The Ascent of Money' by Niall Ferguson, then study the mathematical properties of Bitcoin, and then open his mind to the certainty that our advances in technology have made our money (incorruptible) better. Follow the history first."

Naval Ravikant's answer to "Any good book about economy for a beginner?"

Elon Musk: "Adam Smith FTW obv. Ironically, future automation will naturally lead to greater equality of consumption. Monopolies are true enemy of people. Competing to serve is good."

Bill Gurley: "Smith identified that when men and women specialize their skills, and also importantly 'trade' with one another, the end result is a rise in productivity and standard of living for everyone."

Warren Buffett: "I’ve always had Paul Volcker up on a special place, special pedestal in terms of Federal Reserve chairmen over the years.

We’ve had a lot of very good Fed chairmen, but Paul Volcker, I had him at the top of the list”

Ray Dalio: "Paul Volcker is an American hero who has seen more and done more to shape the world economy than anyone else over the last 50 years. His memoir _Keeping at It _is a must read."

Michael Bloomberg: "The book highlights Paul’s extraordinary career and personal integrity, as well as his belief in the need for better governance – and I couldn’t agree more."

Reid Hoffman: "In this hyper networked world remade fresh every day, with new perils and new opportunities, there is one book to be sure to read: Joshua Ramo's new book, a masterpiece, The Seventh Sense.

To understand the tsunami of the networked age, you need history, biography, tech, philosophy, politics--and you want a book that has a depth beyond whatever else you could be streaming, podcasting, or wiki-ing.

This is that book."

Vinod Khosla: "I like the author but wish there were more causality/details.

Important message I agree with none the less"

Keith Rabois shared a photo of 'The Seventh Sense' as his 'latest reading' on Twitter.

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"

Michael Saylor recommended The Price of Tomorrow on his Bitcoin website, Hope.com

Raoul Pal said 'The Price of Tomorrow' influenced his macro thinking on Twitter.

Jamie Dimon: “By turns practical and insightful, Fred’s indefatigable spirit, sound judgement, and depth of experience shine through in Trade Is Not a Four-Letter Word.

Throughout his unique upbringing and accomplished career, which spanned a period of profound political and economic change, Fred set a standard of leadership and level-headed collaboration while dealing with the complex issues around global trade and the many ways it impacts our day-to-day lives.

And these meaningful lessons about trade apply to all of us—in business and in life.”

Casey Neistat: "I've never paid too much attention to trade and globalization but this book does a great job making sense of complicated issues."

Vinod Khosla: "I've always thought of art as snooty as it is manifested (not as it is created) and this book proves the point.

The creation of art may have higher significance but the art world is not a good reflection of it."

Brianne Kimmel recommended 'The $12 Million Stuffed Shark' for anyone interested in the creator economy.

Anthony Pompliano: "My guy Jason Williams wrote a book about Bitcoin.

Read it."

Michael Saylor recommended Bitcoin: Hard Money You Can't F*ck With on his Bitcoin website, Hope.com

Nassim Taleb: “Adapt is a highly readable, even entertaining, argument against top-down design.

It debunks the Soviet-Harvard command-and-control style of planning and approach to economic policies and regulations and vindicates trial and error (particularly the error part) as a means to economic and general progress. Very impressive!”

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "Using excellent examples, Tim Harford explains that to make progress, you must fail often and fail productively."

Sheryl Sandberg: “In The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Professor Klaus Schwab puts forth a thoughtful framework for leaders to meet the challenge of maximizing the benefits of the profound technological, social and economic transformation reshaping society.

Drawing on over four decades of bringing together governments, private sector and other parts of civil society, Schwab starts a wide-ranging discussion on how we can help to ensure that the Fourth Industrial Revolution drives progress for humankind.”

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "A brilliantly well written book about the current state of global governments and what forces are likely to shape governments in the future."

Seth Godin: "The most fascinating book I've read all year [2015] is Debt, by David Graeber."

Michael Saylor recommended Debt: The First 5000 Years on his Bitcoin website, Hope.com

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. ”

Seth Godin: "A book I wish I had written. There aren’t many books I haven’t written that I wish I had written and this is one of them.

If you care about how ideas spread in our culture and you want to understand issues around scarcity and abundance, about how we pick what we want in an era when the gatekeepers have left the building, well, The Long Tail will help you see it."

Reed Hastings: "It belongs on the shelf between The Tipping Point and Freakonomics."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "I’ve read this book three times now, and need to recommend it again.

It is a top five investing book of all time. It will make you question all or large parts of your investing philosophy. It is an absolute classic."

Nassim Taleb: "I closed this book feeling that it was the first book in economics that spoke directly to me.

Not only that, but the astonishing simplicity, realism, and relevance of the subject makes it the only general work in finance I've ever read that seemed to make sense."

Paul Tudor Jones: "The Alchemy of Finance joins Reminiscences of a Stock Operator as a timeless instructional guide of the marketplace."

Garry Tan: "Read 'The Alchemy of Finance by Soros' [to learn about reflexivity]"

Warren Buffett: "A wonderful book.”

Raoul Pal: "It's a great book"

Arianna Huffington: "A very timely book and a powerful call for change"

One of Reid Hoffman's summer reads of 2016.

Mark Zuckerberg: "Over the last 35 years, China has experienced one of the greatest economic and social transformations in human history.

Hundreds of millions of people have moved out of poverty.

By many measures, China has done more to lift people out of poverty than the whole rest of the world combined."

Anthony Pompliano: "Super interesting"

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

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website.

Balaji Srinivasan: "I find books like this useful as an alternate perspective on the [Great Depression] era"

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website.

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website.

Michael Saylor recommended The Road to Serfdom on his Bitcoin website, Hope.com

One of the four books that taught Charles Koch "how the world works.”

Michael Saylor recommended Human Action on his Bitcoin website, Hope.com

Charlie Munger recommended 'The Wealth and Poverty of Nations' 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.

Charlie Munger recommended 'Living Within Limits' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

Shane Parrish: "Like Charlie Munger or Nassim Taleb, you need to read the source material over and over in order to soak up the available wisdom."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "I’ve read this book twice in the past 2 weeks. I might start it again.

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."

Tobi Lutke mentioned 'Thinking In Systems' on 'The Knowledge Project' podcast.

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."

Balaji Srinivasan: "A good read for crypto people."

Stewart Brand: "Among the several hundred books I'm studying for my book on Maintenance, none has more revelations per page than Parag Khanna's Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization.

It is about humanity's infrastructure."

Marc Benioff: "Fascinating"

Vinod Khosla: "My best book of 2011. Why expert predictions are worthless & how to do better."

Vinod Khosla: "A very new point of view and somewhat unique thesis; definitely worth a read"

Vinod Khosla: "This book provides a solid framework as to why things begin to deteriorate, and how society can successfully find their way back to a secure and stable plane."

Vinod Khosla: "Outlines ethical ways of mending the rifts that are tearing apart the fabric of our country and other Western societies."

Bill Gates: "A renowned economist’s thought-provoking new book."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This book does a great job framing the issues that will emerge in an increasingly automated world.

Ford's discussion of the pros and cons of automation make for very interesting reading."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This might be the best book I’ve ever read.

It is long, it is meandering, and it could probably have been 200 pages shorter.

Still, it is full of more interesting stories, facts, and history than any book I can recall."

One of Stephen Schwarzman's favorite books.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This book is an entertaining cautionary tale about investor psychology.

Lots of stranger than fiction episodes about the madness of men. It is short and sweet."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "Ever since finding this book, I’ve been fascinated with the history of money."

Barry Silbert: "Must read for bitcoiners (and bitcoin skeptics for that matter)"

Anthony Scaramucci: "Congratulations Zach Carter on an impressive book.

It is a brillant assessment of Keynes and his time and relevant now to ours. Well done!"

Anthony Scaramucci: "Congratulations ⁦Stephanie Kelton, the book is fascinating and should be read by everyone."

Balaji Srinivasan: "Ron Paul was to Bitcoin what Andrew Yang is to startup societies. Mainstreams ideas, prepares the ideological battlefield."

Brian Armstrong: "Much of this book was too dense, but it describes what works (and doesn’t work) when giving small loans to people in developing countries."

Nassim Taleb: "Bertaud knows cities inside out. It is a pleasure to read something by a person who knows his subject in so much depth."

Warren Buffett: "I especially recommend Keynes' essays on persuasion.

Reading Keynes will make you smarter about securities and markets. I'm not sure reading most economist would do the same."

Charlie Munger recommended 'Models of My Life' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

Tobi Lutke: "[Malcolm McLean is one of the] entrepreneurs who would absolutely be on your podcast if he would be alive right now"

Bill Gates: "Shipping containers are way more interesting than you might think."

Marc Andreessen: "[An important book] on how four great builders of the 19th century built the world we live in today."

Marc Andreessen: "[An important book] on why we can't build in great American cities like San Francisco today and what we need to do about it."

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: "[An important book] on how modern technological economies can build more outputs with less inputs, and why we need all economies to be modern and technological."

Marc Andreessen: "[An important book] on how technology-driven productivity growth improves human welfare and creates more jobs and higher wages."

Marc Andreessen: "[An important book] on how economic systems that encourage aggressive entrepreneurship build the most for the benefit of the most."

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

Balaji Srinivasan: "Decent book — by a central banker! — on the lack of legitimacy of central banking and the regulatory state writ large."

Raoul Pal recommended 'Freakonomics' on Twitter.

Raoul Pal recommended 'The Creature from Jekyll Island' on Twitter.

Raoul Pal said 'The Crisis of Global Capitalism' influenced his macro thinking on Twitter.

Raoul Pal said 'The Great Rupture' influenced his macro thinking on Twitter.

Marc Andreessen: "Brynjolfsson and McAfee are right: we are on the cusp of a dramatically different world brought on by technology.

The Second Machine Age is the book for anyone who wants to thrive in it. I’ll encourage all of our entrepreneurs to read it, and hope their competitors don’t."

Reid Hoffman: "The Second Machine Age offers important insights into how digital technologies are transforming our economy, a process that has only just begun.

Erik and Andrew’s thesis: As massive technological innovation radically reshapes our world, we need to develop new business models, new technologies, and new policies that amplify our human capabilities, so every person can stay economically viable in an age of increasing automation. I couldn’t agree more."

Raoul Pal said 'The Second Machine Age' influenced his macro thinking on Twitter.

Michael Saylor recommended Man, Economy, and State on his Bitcoin website, Hope.com

Michael Saylor recommended The Ethics of Money Production on his Bitcoin website, Hope.com

Michael Saylor recommended What Has Government Done To Our Money? on his Bitcoin website, Hope.com

Bill Gates: "There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil."

Bill Gates: "This book is a useful introduction to a complex problem."

Bill Gates: "Jerven provides an analysis of African economic development statistics."

Bill Gates: "I recommend The Bet to anyone wanting to understand the history of the divisive discussions we have today, especially the stalemate over climate change"

Bill Gates: "The Great Escape is an excellent book"

Bill Gates: "A cautionary tale from Africa."

Bill Gates: "How Asia Works is not a gripping page-turner aimed at general audiences,

but it’s a good read for anyone who wants to understand what actually determines whether a developing economy will succeed."

Bill Gates: "Evicted is beautifully written, eye-opening, and unforgettable."

Bill Gates: "The Power to Compete has smart ideas about revitalizing Japan’s economy."

Bill Gates: "Not enough people are paying attention to this economic trend"

Bill Gates: "I really liked Freakonomics and I think SuperFreakonomics is even better."

Bill Gates: "A book about growth—in every sense. Vaclav Smil’s latest masterpiece."

Bill Gates: "Good Economics for Hard Times was written about a pre-COVID world, but it’s still relevant today."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "A fascinating survey of how humans view and assess prices (hint, we stink at it).

There are tons of valuable insights in this book, and it is written in a way that makes life easy for the reader."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "The Money Game nails investor psychology. Smith had a nose for market truths and a sharp tongue.

You’ll read this quickly and enjoy the hell out of it."

Michael Mauboussin: "Some good mental models"

Michael Mauboussin: "An excellent read. Context and history are important, and this provides both in spades (and is fun!)."

Michael Mauboussin: "[A book] that helped me think better in 2018"

Bill Gates: "My new favorite book of all time

Steven Pinker’s new book makes a powerful case for why the world is getting better."

Michael Mauboussin: "Peter Bernstein's book, Capital Ideas, made a huge impact on me.

A wonderful telling of how many of the big ideas in capital market theory developed.

You have to understand these ideas to have proper context for a discussion on market efficiency."

Michael Mauboussin: "David Warsh's book, Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations, is great"

Michael Mauboussin: "Phil Mirowski's book, More Heat than Light, is 30 years old but still fascinating."

Michael Mauboussin recommends 'Adaptive Markets' to learn more about complexity and how it applies to the economy and markets.

Satya Nadella sees analogies to Microsoft’s HoloLens headset, especially as the technology matures and its cost comes down.

Satya Nadella: "My father recommended this book long ago"

Satya Nadella: "The prescient topics explored in this book, coupled with the dialogue it sparks at World Economic Forum gatherings, are vital contributions to understanding and solutions."