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Books recommended by Elon Musk

Elon Musk

  1. The Wealth of Nations: (by Adam Smith). Recommended by Bill Gurley , Brandon Stanton , Elon Musk , Naval Ravikant , Neil deGrasse Tyson , Nick Szabo , Noam Chomsky
  2. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (by Walter Isaacson). Recommended by Brandon Stanton , Charlie Munger , Ed Zschau , Elon Musk , George Raveling , Ray Dalio , Scott Belsky , Tim Ferriss
  3. Lying: (by Sam Harris). Recommended by A.J. Jacobs , Brian Armstrong , Elon Musk , Tim Ferriss , Vinod Khosla
  4. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to Waterloo (by Edward Shepherd Creasy). Recommended by Elon Musk , Peter Thiel
  5. Screw Business As Usual: Turning Capitalism into a Force for Good (by Richard Branson). Recommended by Elon Musk
  6. Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (by Robert K. Massie). Recommended by Elon Musk
  7. The Life of Greece: The Story of Civilization, Book 2 (by Will & Ariel Durant). Recommended by Elon Musk
  8. Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX (by Eric Berger). Recommended by Elon Musk
  9. The Machine Stops: (by E. M. Forster). Recommended by Elon Musk
  10. Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down (by J. E. Gordon). Recommended by Elon Musk
  11. Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts (by Samuel Beckett). Recommended by Elon Musk
  12. Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming (by Naomi Oreskes). Recommended by Elon Musk
  13. Das Kapital: A Critique of Political Economy (by Karl Marx). Recommended by Elon Musk , Noam Chomsky
  14. Not Much of an Engineer: (by Sir Stanley Hooker). Recommended by Elon Musk
  15. Starhammer: (by Christopher B. Rowley). Recommended by Elon Musk
  16. The Stainless Steel Rat: (by Harry Harrison). Recommended by Elon Musk
  17. Explore/Create: My Life in Pursuit of New Frontiers, Hidden Worlds, and the Creative Spark (by Richard Garriott). Recommended by Elon Musk
  18. Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: (by Britannica Editors). Recommended by Elon Musk
  19. Acts of Love: (by Talulah Riley). Recommended by Elon Musk
  20. Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (by John Drury Clark). Recommended by Elon Musk
  21. Twelve Against the Gods: The Story of Adventure (by William Bolitho). Recommended by Elon Musk
  22. Modern Engineering for Design of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines: (by Dieter K Huzel). Recommended by Elon Musk
  23. The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy (by Adam Tooze). Recommended by Elon Musk
  24. Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control (by Stuart Russell). Recommended by Elon Musk
  25. Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness (by Donald L. Barlett). Recommended by Elon Musk
  26. The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake (by Steven Novella). Recommended by Elon Musk , Neil deGrasse Tyson
  27. The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself (by Sean Carroll). Recommended by Elon Musk , Liv Boeree
  28. The Fault in Our Stars: (by John Green). Recommended by Elon Musk , Emma Watson , Taylor Swift
  29. Steve Jobs: (by Walter Isaacson). Recommended by Bill Gates , Chris Fussell , Ed Zschau , Elon Musk , Gary Vaynerchuk , George Raveling , Ray Dalio , Scott Adams , Scott Belsky
  30. The Age of Napoleon: The Story of Civilization, Book 11 (by Will & Ariel Durant). Recommended by Elon Musk , Larry Ellison
  31. What We Owe the Future: (by William MacAskill). Recommended by A.J. Jacobs , Elon Musk , Ezra Klein , Joseph Gordon-Levitt , Julia Galef , Liv Boeree , Sam Harris , Stephen Fry
  32. Stranger in a Strange Land: (by Robert A. Heinlein). Recommended by Bill Gates , Elon Musk , Tim Ferriss , Sahil Lavingia
  33. Deep Learning: (by Ian Goodfellow). Recommended by Elon Musk , Satya Nadella , Vinod Khosla , Nassim Taleb
  34. If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens … Where is Everybody?: Seventy-Five Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life (by Stephen Webb). Recommended by Elon Musk , Patrick Collison
  35. Daemon: (by Daniel Suarez). Recommended by Alexis Ohanian , Elon Musk , Eric Weinstein
  36. Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (by Max Tegmark). Recommended by Barack Obama , Bill Gates , Elon Musk , Keith Rabois , Lex Fridman , PewDiePie
  37. Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era (by James Barrat). Recommended by Elon Musk , Sam Harris , Tim Urban
  38. A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success (by Maye Musk). Recommended by Elon Musk , Karlie Kloss
  39. Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar (by Simon Sebag Montefiore). Recommended by Elon Musk , Ross Kaminsky
  40. Storm of Steel: (by Ernst Jünger). Recommended by Elon Musk , Jocko Willink
  41. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: (by Edward Gibbon). Recommended by Elon Musk , Stewart Brand , Mahatma Gandhi
  42. What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies (by Tim Urban). Recommended by Elon Musk , Joe Gebbia , Liv Boeree , Tobi Lütke
  43. American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964 (by William Manchester). Recommended by Elon Musk , Ryan Holiday
  44. On War: (by Carl von Clausewitz). Recommended by Dave Camarillo , Elon Musk , Ryan Holiday , Nelson Mandela
  45. The Selfish Gene: (by Richard Dawkins). Recommended by Bob Metcalfe , Brian Armstrong , Charlie Munger , Elon Musk , Ev Williams , Matt Ridley , Mr. Money Mustache , Nick Szabo , Phil Libin , David Deutsch , Mark Manson , Tai Lopez
  46. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (by Nick Bostrom). Recommended by Elon Musk , Marc Goodman , Naval Ravikant , Sam Altman , Sam Harris , Will MacAskill
  47. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future (by Peter Thiel). Recommended by Andrew Ng , Ben Horowitz , Bryan Johnson , Dustin Moskovitz , Elon Musk , Eric Weinstein , Keith Rabois , Kishore Biyani , Luis von Ahn , Marc Andreessen , Mark Zuckerberg , Matt Mullenweg , Max Levchin , Ryan Petersen , Sam Altman , Lee Stranahan , Nassim Taleb , Chris Dixon , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Tom Bilyeu , Brian Dean , Rupert Murdoch
  48. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: (by Benjamin Franklin). Recommended by Brandon Stanton , Charlie Munger , Cory Booker , Elon Musk , Paul Graham , Vince Vaughn , Walter Isaacson , Jamie Dimon
  49. The Art Of War: (by Sun Tzu). Recommended by Dave Camarillo , Elon Musk , Evan Spiegel , Jocko Willink , Lex Fridman , Marc Benioff , Neil deGrasse Tyson , Ryan Petersen , Travis Kalanick , Vlad Tenev , Fred Wilson
  50. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress: (by Robert A. Heinlein). Recommended by Bill Gates , Christopher Sommer , Elon Musk , John Carmack , Paul Graham , Ryan Shea
  51. Atlas Shrugged: (by Ayn Rand). Recommended by Amelia Boone , Bob Metcalfe , Brian Armstrong , Elon Musk , Ev Williams , Gabby Reece , Joe De Sena , John Carmack , Mark Cuban , Peter Diamandis , Peter Thiel , Ray Dalio , Shah Rukh Khan , Steve Jobs , Travis Kalanick , Austen Allred , Blake Scholl , Fred Wilson , Phil Jackson , Rand Paul , Russell Brunson , Paul Krugman
  52. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: (by Douglas Adams). Recommended by Elon Musk , Evan Goldberg , Naval Ravikant , Richard Branson , Seth Rogen , Shah Rukh Khan , Tim Ferriss , Sahil Lavingia , Jack Edwards
  53. Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture (by David Kushner). Recommended by Alexis Ohanian , Elon Musk , Jeff Atwood , Patrick Collison , Tobi Lütke , Austen Allred , Trung Phan