Karlie Kloss: "It’s an amazing book on the beginning of humanity. It’s scientific but also philosophical."

Joe Rogan: "Great book... Fucking fascinating... Very enlightening."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This book was so entertaining and useful.

It provides a concise history of humankind and outlines why we have the psychology we do today (this part is great for thinking about investor behavior)."

Changpeng Zhao: "[This book] gives me a greater perspective about how humans emerged and why we behave the way we do."

Daniel Ek: "One of the most-talked-about books of the last couple of years, and for good reason.

Both sobering and conservatively optimistic in equal measure, it seems even more relevant for us at the moment to learn from our socio-anthropological history."

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

Naval Ravikant: "An orthogonal and clinical examination of the human animal, from the beginning to now.

Humans are story-telling alpha predators that killed the competition and domesticated the survivors. This is our story, and it's not all pretty."

Melinda Gates mentioned this book as one of her 11 favorite books.

Reid Hoffman: "Sapiens has had me thinking a lot about the evolution of humanity and what our future looks like."

Mark Zuckerberg: "I found the chapter on the evolution of the role of religion in human life most interesting and something I wanted to go deeper on."

Raoul Pal enjoyed reading 'Sapiens'.

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

Bill Gurley: "I really enjoyed [Sapiens]"

Bill Gates: "Melinda and I spent weeks talking about this history of the human race."

Marc Andreessen: “It’s the best book on management ever written.”

Tobi Lutke: "That’s one of the best books ever."

Ben Horowitz: "One of my favorite management books by far. In fact, I think it might have been the only management book that I ever read that I liked."

Larry Ellison: “When you want to improve something, measure it, and make sure you measure the right thing”

Brian Armstrong: "Surprisingly, I found I was already using many of the management ideas in this book (1:1, OKRs, etc) which is a testament to just how influential this book is."

Mark Zuckerberg: “[Andy’s] book played a big role in shaping my management style.”

Brian Chesky's primary reference book on management.

One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy mentioned reading and loving High Output Management on Twitter.

Nassim Taleb: "When a risk taker writes a book, read it. In the case of Peter Thiel, read it twice. Or, to be safe, three times. This is a classic.”

Elon Musk: “Peter Thiel has built multiple breakthrough companies, and Zero to One shows how.”

Mark Zuckerberg: “This book delivers completely new and refreshing ideas on how to create value in the world.”

Marc Andreessen: "Zero to One is the first book any working or aspiring entrepreneur must read—period."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "So much of investing is herd behavior, this will have you thinking different than the crowd."

Ben Horowitz: "Zero To One is a great book. I learned a lot reading it."

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

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

One of five business books Chris Dixon recommended on Twitter.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

Warren Buffett: "An outstanding book about CEOs who excelled at capital allocation.”

Charlie Munger: “A book that details the extraordinary success of CEOs who took a radically different approach to corporate management.”

Michael Mauboussin: "It is [a classic], and should be at the top of the reading list for CEOs and investors."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "The Outsiders contains great lessons for investors because it highlights the importance of capital allocation."

Brian Armstrong: "Stories about eight CEOs and how they mastered capital allocation."

Sam Hinkie mentioned 'The Outsiders' in an interview with The Ringer.

Vinod Khosla: "Very good; definitely worth reading"

Jack Dorsey: "You should read it"

Tim Ferriss: "A great book."

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy mentioned reading and loving The Checklist Manifesto on Twitter.

Michael Mauboussin: "Best business book I've read in a long time."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "It’s one of the most entertaining and useful business books I’ve ever read.

The story behind Pixar is fascinating, but so are the management tactics used to keep the company edgy and creative."

Alexis Ohanian: "The founding story of Pixar was superb read."

Mark Zuckerberg: "I love reading first-hand accounts about how people build great companies like Pixar and nurture innovation and creativity.

This should be inspiring to anyone looking to do the same, and hopefully there will be lessons we can apply to connecting the world!"

One of 10 biographies Jason Calacanis recommends reading.

Shane Parrish: "This book changed how I see the world."

Naval Ravikant: "Good books are worth re-reading. Great books are worth re-buying."

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

Tobi Lutke: "Shopify is practically built on that book"

Michael Saylor recommended Antifragile on his Bitcoin website, Hope.com

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.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "As a parent who now understands the abiding joy of children, the last paragraph of this book was one of the most moving things I’ve ever read.

You are going to love this."

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

Melinda Gates mentioned this book as one of her 11 favorite books.

Bill Gates: "This book left me in tears"

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "An older book, but a wonderful history of our concept of risk.

This is a valuable read for any serious investor out there (and an enjoyable one for casual investors)."

Michael Mauboussin: "Traces the path of the intellectual understand of risk. A must read."

Howard Marks: “Bernstein talks in this book about the development of the science of probability and how the concepts of probability permitted us to get involved in transferring risk from those of us who want to avoid risk to those of us who are willing to take it – and I think that that is an essential concept.”

Raoul Pal recommended 'Against the [Gods]' on Twitter.

Naval Ravikant: "Siddhartha is so good that it may as well be non-fiction."

Fred Wilson: "Oh god. I loved that book when I read it in college. I think it really impacted me"

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "An old classic"

Tim Ferriss: "Skip the Amazon description, as it gives away too much plot, but consider reading or rereading this short gem."

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."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This is a mind f**k.

The theory of this book is that up until (and including) the time of The Iliad, human beings were not conscious like we are today."

Naval Ravikant mentioned 'The Origin of Consciousness' on 'The Tim Ferriss Show' podcast.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

Joe Rogan: "Fascinating shit"

Keith Rabois: "Fascinating"

Patrick O'Shaughnessy mentioned reading and loving Breath on Twitter.

Austen Allred: "[One of the books] that has inspired me the most or changed the way I live."

Keith Rabois: "I highly recommend reading her book."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy mentioned reading and loving The Upside of Stress on Twitter.

Vinod Khosla: "An excellent book by Deepak Malhotra that I recommend to every entrepreneur, investor, & CEO - and anyone else who deals with difficult negotiations."

Bill Gurley: "If you want to be a world class big deal negotiator, make sure you pick up 'Negotiating The Impossible' by Deepak Malhotra, best book on the subject by far."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "The book lays out three key aspects of negotiation: framing, process, and empathy."

Warren Buffett: "When I see memos from Howard Marks in my mail, they're the first thing I open and read.

I always learn something, and that goes double for his book."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "Howard Marks rivals Warren Buffett when it comes to quality shareholder letters.

This book is the best of those letters and ideas weaved together into a brilliant narrative. One of my favorite books on value/distressed investing."

One of Bill Gurley's recommended books for learning the basics of investing.

Andrew Wilkinson: "Love that book."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "It’s the most fun book that I’ve read in a while."

Jason Calacanis recommended 'The Fish That Ate The Whale' on the All-In Podcast

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.

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

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "Understanding one’s own behavior (driven by the brain) is the first step towards investing success.

This is one of my favorite books on the brain and the bizarre things it makes us do."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "Buffet is one of the best writers in the history of investing; his mastery of the analogy as a means to explain complex concepts is without parallel.

I’ve read every one of his shareholder letters cover to cover, but this sequential compilation by Lawrence Cunningham is the best way to read Buffett’s endless points of wisdom."

One of the books Bill Ackman asked his newly-hired analyst to read before joining Pershing Square.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "It shows the value of doing your own work, sheds light on how complex an individual company (and long or short position) can be, and is filled with great little side stories."

One of the books Bill Ackman asked his newly-hired analyst to read before joining Pershing Square.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "I’ve been fascinated by Scott Adams’s blog posts on Donald Trump and Master Persuaders (How to Spot a Wizard), so I read his book. It is colorful and enjoyable."

Naval Ravikant mentioned 'How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big' on Twitter.

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"

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."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "Tom Wolfe’s writing is electric, and his subject matter fascinating.

There are no modern equivalents to the test pilots and astronauts of the 1950’s and 1960’s.

I wonder how people of the internet age would react to the constant death defying, or death inducing, stunts like those undertaken by these pilots."

One of Richard Branson's top books to read in a lifetime.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "Paul Graham—one of our best technology philosopher-kings—is also programmer and essayist. He may be the best business essayist alive."

Michael Mauboussin: "Deep Survival by Laurence is an awesome book - and especially relevant in these times."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "Incredible book."

Vinod Khosla: "Fun read about our biases and how our brain functions."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This book is chock full of interesting and useful examples of subconscious behavioral triggers, including several specific to the stock market.

You’ll learn how more pronounceable ticker symbols (e.g. OPEN, HOG) result in better IPO performance, and how seeing a yin-yang symbol can affect our investing decisions."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "I really wish I’d read this at 22 years old--it would have saved me a lot of time and consternation.

To summarize Drucker’s message, 'a person can perform only from strength.'

Push the envelope of your strengths rather than trying to shore up all your weaknesses."

Shane Parrish: "This is an excellent short read."

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."

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."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "Read this and found it excellent. Maybe the go-to health book for me to recommend now. Changed lots of my views about things like sugar, carbs, and the reasons why exercise is good."

Keith Rabois mentioned reading Burn on Twitter.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This is my favorite book on creativity."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "One of the most amazing books I’ve read in the last few years.

The premise is simple: a hunt for a man-eating tiger in the remote taiga of eastern Russia circa 1997."

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

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "Rappaport is an under-appreciated writer.

I discovered him through Michael Mauboussin, who lists Rappaport as an important influence."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "No investing education is complete without a healthy dose of history.

Chancellor’s book is—BY FAR—the best collection of investing history lessons ever compiled."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This was one of the first books I read on investing when I was 22 and remains one of the best."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This is the best book on investor behavior that I’ve ever read.

It is like Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow, but specific to investing."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "My entire personal portfolio is dedicated to these ideas."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "Teddy Roosevelt was cut from a different cloth.

His life was one big adventure, and this trip down a dangerous, uncharted river in South America was his crowning jewel."

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: "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 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: "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."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This book was the best I've ever read on the psychology of war, so I highly recommend it."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This is the best book I’ve read in some time on value investing."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "Great detail on the business history of the video game industry.

I wish there were more primers written like this."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This book studies creative people and creates a common framework for creativity based on their lives and insights."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This book teaches you how to craft a message: an advertisement, a novel, a eulogy, a non-fiction book, a market commentary, etc.

If you care about the quality of your communication with others, this book will be helpful."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "I especially loved the chapter on the people of the Anaconda, but every chapter was wonderful."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "Bad title for a very interesting (if somewhat dated) book.

It’s a book about business and profits, but there is a lot in here that applies to your personal life too."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This book won the National Book Award in 1979, and deserves a resurgence."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "I could not put this book down. Kurson is a gifted storyteller."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "There is no more readable or insightful philosopher than Schopenhauer.

This book covers just about everything, but I especially enjoyed the sections on reading, writing, and thinking."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This book lays out the creative process almost like the scientific method.

This book is entirely free of fluff or hero-worship (a common problem I’ve had with books on creativity)."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "When I am feeling conventional (happens often), Emerson’s essay Self Reliance is my favorite antidote."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "If you want the most business oriented book on creativity, you cannot do better than Peter Drucker."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "Unlike many novels, and almost every non-fiction book, this book gets better as it goes along.

If you have a vacation coming up this summer and like a good novel, this is perfect. An instant classic."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "Why do some ideas diffuse quickly through the world while others don’t?

Look for a great story about Paul Revere and William Dawes.

Both had the same mission, but only Revere succeeded because of a vastly superior network of connections and points of leverage."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "A very simple filter for this recommendation: do you like chopping wood or building fires?

If the answer is yes, then you will love this book."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "A fun book on gambling, odds, and finding suckers."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "I highlighted the living hell out of this book. 123 highlights in just 200 pages of text.

That might be a new record for me. It is so incredibly good, and so entertaining."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "The chapter of Kristian Siem—whose story is well known in Europe but not in the U.S.—is worth the price of the book on its own.

It was one of the best chapters in an investing book that I’ve ever read."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "Every investor should read this book. It focuses on my favorite topic: capital allocation."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "The title makes this sound like a traditional biography, but it is as much the story of the Marine Corp as a biography of Brute Krulak."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "A short, relaxing essay that shows how walking leads to a better, fresher mindset."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This book, which you can read in a sitting, is a great overview of the process-driven mindset."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "I found this book through a work colleague used to work in advertising.

He described it as a sort of bible early in his career. It is a really great book about communication."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "If you liked Born to Run (another book by the same author), you’ll enjoy this story."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "The best fiction I read this year because I’ve never before so identified with a main character (Larry)."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "I am a sucker for books on influence. You can read this in 30 minutes it has several great reminders."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "There isn’t anything revolutionary in here, but for fundamental stock analysts out there, this book offers a lot to chew on."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "You can read this one in an hour or two."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "My favorite essay from one of my biggest idols."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "My favorite book about writing."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "The best self-help book ever."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "Explains what skills will be most useful in the age of automation."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "The most surprising book of the year on the power of improvisation."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This short novel is the best fiction I’ve read in years."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "A great take on what is worth reading and what is worth writing."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "A beautifully written post-apocalyptic novel."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This book is a doozy.

It’s a fictionalized autobiography of Bukowski, an alcoholic womanizer and fantastic writer."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "If you want a raw, original writer who writes purely in the way Schopenhauer recommends, look no further than Bukowski."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "Like all evolutionary psychology, this knowledge is extremely useful for investors."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "If you like factoids, this is a book for you."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "Mythology is one of my big passions because myths are the original self-help guides."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "These days, the evolution that matters to us most is memetic, but I love to read about human evolution because it reminds me how slow our biology changes."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "I love the way Pressfield writes; I recommend his entire catalogue.

This little volume is fun, and it will definitely fire you up."

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."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "Palmer emphasizes the importance of having a 'beginner’s mind' and being receptive and open."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy recommended 'Thai Stick' in his investor book club.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "I enjoyed big sections of this rather “sophisticated” look at the world of investing and asset management.

It is definitely not for the faint of heart, but for professionals and committed individual investors, there is a lot of useful information."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy recommended 'Success' in his investor book club.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "He was the best fighter pilot in the Air Force.

He was nicknamed '40-second Boyd' because it never took him more than 40 seconds to defeat someone in the air."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This book is only for those interested in philosophy."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "In typical Bernstein fashion, it’s very straightforward and informative."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "In the spirit of reading very broadly, I’d suggest this book of poetry."