Starlit Books

Books recommended by Bill Gurley

Bill Gurley

  1. Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (by Jim Collins). Recommended by Bill Gurley , Ev Williams , Jeff Bezos , Jamie Dimon
  2. The Most Important Thing Illuminated: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor (by Howard Marks). Recommended by Bill Gurley , Warren Buffett
  3. The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing (by Michael Mauboussin). Recommended by Bill Gurley , Keith Rabois , Vinod Khosla
  4. Security Analysis: (by Benjamin Graham). Recommended by Bill Gurley , Warren Buffett , Bill Ackman , Jamie Dimon
  5. Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors (by Michael E. Porter). Recommended by Bill Gurley , Jamie Dimon
  6. Catastrophic Care: How American Health Care Killed My Father–and How We Can Fix It (by David Goldhill). Recommended by Bill Gurley
  7. Expectations Investing: Reading Stock Prices for Better Returns (by Michael Mauboussin). Recommended by Bill Gurley
  8. Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making (by Tony Fadell). Recommended by Ben Horowitz , Bill Gurley
  9. More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places (by Michael Mauboussin). Recommended by Bill Gurley
  10. Mr. China: A Memoir (by Tim Clissold). Recommended by Bill Gurley
  11. eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work (by Randall E. Stross). Recommended by Bill Gurley
  12. Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme (by Richard Brodie). Recommended by Bill Gurley
  13. The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation: (by David Ricardo). Recommended by Bill Gurley
  14. Seeker: Seeker, Book 1 (by Arwen Elys Dayton). Recommended by Bill Gurley
  15. The Billionaire Shell Game: How Cable Baron John Malone and Assorted Corporate Titans Invented a Future Nobody Wanted (by L.J. Davis). Recommended by Bill Gurley
  16. Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure (by Jerry Kaplan). Recommended by Bill Gurley
  17. Negotiating the Impossible: How to Break Deadlocks and Resolve Ugly Conflicts (without Money or Muscle) (by Deepak Malhotra). Recommended by Bill Gurley , Vinod Khosla , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  18. Play Their Hearts Out: A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine (by George Dohrmann). Recommended by Bill Gurley
  19. Sharkproof: Get the Job You Want, Keep the Job You Love… in Today's Frenzied Job Market (by Harvey MacKay). Recommended by Bill Gurley
  20. Lean Solutions: How Companies and Customers can Create Value and Wealth Together (by James P. Womack). Recommended by Bill Gurley
  21. Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders: (by Warren Buffett). Recommended by Bill Gurley
  22. Mastering the Market Cycle: Getting the Odds on Your Side (by Howard Marks). Recommended by Bill Gurley , Michael Bloomberg
  23. A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing (by Burton G. Malkiel). Recommended by Bill Gurley , Mr. Money Mustache
  24. Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (by Phil Knight). Recommended by Alexis Ohanian , Bill Gates , Bill Gurley , Brian Armstrong , Jason Calacanis , Kathryn Minshew , Ryan Shea , Tobi Lütke , Vlad Tenev , Warren Buffett , Anthony Pompliano , Austen Allred , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Tim Cook , Trung Phan , Blake Randall
  25. Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos (by M. Mitchell Waldrop). Recommended by Bill Gurley , Jamie Dimon , Michael Mauboussin
  26. One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In (by Peter Lynch). Recommended by Bill Gurley , Bill Ackman
  27. The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human (by Jonathan Gottschall). Recommended by Bill Gurley , Michael Mauboussin
  28. Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies (by McKinsey & Company Inc.). Recommended by Bill Gurley , Michael Mauboussin
  29. The Soul of A New Machine: (by Tracy Kidder). Recommended by Bill Gurley , Paul Graham , Fred Wilson
  30. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (by John Carreyrou). Recommended by Bill Gates , Bill Gurley , Andrew Wilkinson , Michael Mauboussin
  31. Monetizing Innovation: How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price (by Madhavan Ramanujam). Recommended by Bill Gurley , Ramit Sethi
  32. Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It (by Gary Taubes). Recommended by Bill Gurley , Gretchen Rubin
  33. How Innovation Works: Serendipity, Energy and the Saving of Time (by Matt Ridley). Recommended by Bill Gurley , Naval Ravikant , Balaji Srinivasan
  34. The Sixth Man: A Memoir (by Andre Iguodala). Recommended by Arianna Huffington , Barack Obama , Bill Gurley
  35. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (by Yuval Noah Harari). Recommended by Ashton Kutcher , Bill Gates , Bill Gurley , Daniel Ek , Demis Hassabis , James Cameron , Joe Rogan , Karlie Kloss , Keith Rabois , Kishore Biyani , Lex Fridman , Mark Zuckerberg , Naval Ravikant , Peter Attia , Ray Dalio , Reid Hoffman , Richard Branson , Ryan Shea , Sam Kass , Sebastian Junger , Vinod Khosla , Whitney Cummings , PewDiePie , Melinda Gates , Anthony Pompliano , Changpeng Zhao , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Chris Evans , Mark Manson , Simon Mayo , Penn Jillette , James Clear
  36. The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor (by Howard Marks). Recommended by Bill Gurley , Peter Attia , Warren Buffett , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Lyn Alden
  37. Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley (by Emily Chang). Recommended by Aaron Levie , Arianna Huffington , Bill Gurley , Michael Bloomberg , Tom Peters , Melinda Gates
  38. The Wealth of Nations: (by Adam Smith). Recommended by Bill Gurley , Brandon Stanton , Elon Musk , Naval Ravikant , Neil deGrasse Tyson , Nick Szabo , Noam Chomsky
  39. Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers (by Geoffrey A. Moore). Recommended by Aaron Levie , Andrew Ng , Bill Gurley , Drew Houston , Ev Williams , Guy Kawasaki , Ron Conway , Seth Godin , Changpeng Zhao , Chris Dixon
  40. Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition (by Michael Mauboussin). Recommended by Bill Gurley , Shane Parrish
  41. Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business (by Danny Meyer). Recommended by Bill Gurley , Chip Conley , Julie Rice , Noah Kagan , Fred Wilson , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Trung Phan
  42. Ready Player One: (by Ernest Cline). Recommended by Astro Teller , Bill Gurley , Brian Armstrong , Mark Zuckerberg , Steve Jurvetson , Austen Allred , Jenn Im , George R. R. Martin
  43. The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (by Matt Ridley). Recommended by Bill Gates , Bill Gurley , John Arnold , Jordan Peterson , Marc Andreessen , Mark Zuckerberg , Mr. Money Mustache , Naval Ravikant , Nick Szabo , Anthony Pompliano , Rupert Murdoch
  44. The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (by Clayton M. Christensen). Recommended by Aaron Levie , Ben Horowitz , Bill Gurley , Caterina Fake , Drew Houston , Ev Williams , Guy Kawasaki , Jeff Bezos , Marc Andreessen , Marc Benioff , Mark Cuban , Max Levchin , Michael Bloomberg , Steve Jobs , Tim O’Reilly , Blake Scholl , Chris Dixon , Steve Blank