Books recommended by Fred Wilson
- 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
- The Fountainhead: (by Ayn Rand).
Recommended by Emma Watson , Ev Williams , Jesse Williams , Kevin Kelly , Larry Ellison , Mark Cuban , Noah Kagan , Ray Dalio , Shah Rukh Khan , Tim Urban , Travis Kalanick , Vince Vaughn , Fred Wilson , Jim Carrey
- 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
- The Soul of A New Machine: (by Tracy Kidder).
Recommended by Bill Gurley , Paul Graham , Fred Wilson
- The Little Prince: (by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry).
Recommended by Brandon Stanton , Emma Watson , Evan Goldberg , Ricardo Semler , Fred Wilson , Garry Tan , James Clear
- The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay: (by Michael Chabon).
Recommended by Ev Williams , Fred Wilson
- The Business Blockchain: Promise, Practice, and Application of the Next Internet Technology (by William Mougayar).
Recommended by Fred Wilson
- The World According to Garp: A Novel (by John Irving).
Recommended by Fred Wilson
- Catch-22: (by Joseph Heller).
Recommended by Larry Ellison , Mark Bittman , Shah Rukh Khan , Fred Wilson
- Where the Wild Things Are: (by Maurice Sendak).
Recommended by Richard Branson , Fred Wilson
- The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works (by William Shakespeare).
Recommended by Barack Obama , J.K. Rowling , Ricardo Semler , Shah Rukh Khan , Stewart Brand , Christopher Hitchens , Fred Wilson , Mark Twain
- Snow Crash: A Novel (by Neal Stephenson).
Recommended by Adam Savage , Brandon Stanton , Ev Williams , Larry Page , Mark Zuckerberg , Naval Ravikant , Ryan Shea , Sergey Brin , Seth Godin , Tobi Lütke , Nolan Bushnell , Austen Allred , Cameron Winklevoss , Fred Wilson , Jensen Huang
- The Aspirational Investor: Taming the Markets to Achieve Your Life's Goals (by Ashvin B. Chhabra).
Recommended by Graham Duncan , Fred Wilson
- Talking to Humans: Success starts with understanding your customers (by Giff Constable).
Recommended by Andrew Ng , Ron Conway , Fred Wilson
- The Prince: (by Niccolò Machiavelli).
Recommended by Eric Ripert , Neil deGrasse Tyson , Ryan Holiday , Ryan Shea , Stewart Brand , Fred Wilson , Garry Tan
- 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
- A Confederacy of Dunces: (by John Kennedy Toole).
Recommended by Jerrod Carmichael , Jesse Williams , Fred Wilson
- Product Design for the Web: Principles of Designing and Releasing Web Products (by Randy J. Hunt).
Recommended by Ron Conway , Fred Wilson
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull: (by Richard Bach).
Recommended by Ed Latimore , Ev Williams , Laird Hamilton , Mike Maples, Jr. , Peter Attia , Vinod Khosla , Wim Hof , Fred Wilson
- Siddhartha: (by Hermann Hesse).
Recommended by Bryan Johnson , David Blaine , Emma Watson , Lex Fridman , Naval Ravikant , Navdeep Chandel , Neil Strauss , Tim Ferriss , Wim Hof , Fred Wilson , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Phil Jackson , Jack Edwards , James Clear , Harry Styles , Justin Kan
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers (by Ben Horowitz).
Recommended by Andrew Ng , Drew Houston , Dustin Moskovitz , Kathryn Minshew , Keith Rabois , Larry Page , Luis von Ahn , Marc Andreessen , Mark Zuckerberg , Matt Mullenweg , Max Levchin , Peter Attia , Peter Thiel , Tim Ferriss , Andrew Wilkinson , Blake Scholl , Chris Dixon , Fred Wilson , Raoul Pal , Jodie Cook , Michael Dell , Marty Cagan
- Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future (by Joi Ito).
Recommended by George Raveling , Fred Wilson
- One Hundred Years of Solitude: (by Gabriel Garcia Marquez).
Recommended by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , Cal Fussman , Neil Strauss , Oprah Winfrey , Richard Branson , Christopher Hitchens , Fred Wilson , Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie , Shashi Tharoor
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (by Robert M. Pirsig).
Recommended by Bryan Johnson , Drew Houston , Ev Williams , Jordan Peterson , Josh Waitzkin , Paul Graham , Austen Allred , Fred Wilson , Phil Jackson
- Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (by Alfred Lansing).
Recommended by Bryan Johnson , Dominic D’Agostino , Jason Fried , Jordan Peterson , Max Levchin , Ray Dalio , Ryan Holiday , Sam Altman , Scott Belsky , Fred Wilson