Books recommended by Marc Andreessen

Marc Andreessen is a well-known American entrepreneur and venture capitalist who made his name with co-founding of the web browser company Mosaic, which later led to his work at AOL. The books recommended by Marc Andreessen focus on entrepreneurship, startups, technology, and critical thinking, showcasing his expertise in navigating complex challenges and making informed decisions as a successful business leader. His book recommendations often embody a mix of practical advice for entrepreneurs, insightful analysis of technological trends, and critical thinking about the future of society.

1. 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
2. The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses (by Eric Ries). Recommended by Andrew Ng , Ben Horowitz , Dustin Moskovitz , Jason Calacanis , Kevin Systrom , Marc Andreessen , Mark Cuban , Mike Maples, Jr. , Tim O’Reilly , Chris Dixon , Raoul Pal , Sheryl Sandberg , Marty Cagan , Steve Blank
3. The Network State: How To Start a New Country (by Balaji Srinivasan). Recommended by Brian Armstrong , Marc Andreessen , Naval Ravikant , Anthony Pompliano , Vitalik Buterin
4. Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue (by Ryan Holiday). Recommended by Brian Koppelman , Marc Andreessen , Steven Pressfield , Raoul Pal
5. Thinking, Fast and Slow: (by Daniel Kahneman). Recommended by Bill Gates , Bryan Johnson , Derek Sivers , Ev Williams , Jason Fried , Marc Andreessen , Naval Ravikant , Ray Dalio , Ron Conway , Sam Altman , Scott Adams , Stewart Brand , Nassim Taleb , Sahil Lavingia , Mark Manson , Jay Shetty , Michiko Kakutani , Preston Pysh
6. Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts (by Annie Duke). Recommended by Howard Marks , Jason Fried , Marc Andreessen , Max Levchin , Mike Maples, Jr. , Seth Godin , Michael Mauboussin , Mark Manson , Danny Miranda
7. Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier (by Edward Glaeser). Recommended by Marc Andreessen , Stewart Brand
8. History Has Begun: The Birth of a New America (by Bruno Macaes). Recommended by Marc Andreessen , Balaji Srinivasan
9. Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages (by Carlota Perez). Recommended by Marc Andreessen , Balaji Srinivasan
10. Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win (by Jocko Willink). Recommended by Alexis Ohanian , Casey Neistat , Marc Andreessen , Tim Ferriss , Michael Mauboussin , Tom Bilyeu , Danny Miranda
11. Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign (by Jonathan Allen). Recommended by Larry King , Marc Andreessen , Peter Attia
12. Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency (by Joshua Green). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
13. Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence (by Bryan Burrough). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
14. More from Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources―and What Happens Next (by Andrew McAfee). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
15. The Spider Network: How a Math Genius and a Gang of Scheming Bankers Pulled Off One of the Greatest Scams in History (by David Enrich). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
16. The Managerial Revolution: What is Happening in the World (by James Burnham). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
17. Fascism: The Career of a Concept (by Paul Gottfried). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
18. The Power of the Powerless: Citizens Against the State in Central Eastern Europe (by Vaclav Havel). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
19. Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror (by Erik Prince). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
20. Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy: How Generals, Weapons Manufacturers, and Foreign Governments Shape American Foreign Policy (by Richard Hanania). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
21. Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past (by David Reich). Recommended by Marc Andreessen , Naval Ravikant , Nassim Taleb , Balaji Srinivasan , Michael Mauboussin
22. Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky (by Paul Johnson). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
23. Edison: (by Edmund Morris). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
24. Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror (by Victor Sebestyen). Recommended by Ben Horowitz , Marc Andreessen
25. The Ancient City: A Study on the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome (by Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
26. A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution (by Jeremy D. Popkin). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
27. The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam (by Douglas Murray). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
28. The Romance of American Communism: (by Vivian Gornick). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
29. Hitler: Ascent (by Volker Ullrich). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
30. All Out War: The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain's Political Class (by Tim Shipman). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
31. The Spanish Civil War: (by Hugh Thomas). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
32. The Maverick and His Machine: Thomas Watson, Sr. and the Making of IBM (by Kevin Maney). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
33. Lindbergh: (by A. Scott Berg). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
34. War for Eternity: The Return of Traditionalism and the Rise of the Populist Right (by Benjamin R. Teitelbaum). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
35. No Offense: Civil Religion and Protestant Taste (by John Murray Cuddihy). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
36. Lenin on the Train: (by Catherine Merridale). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
37. The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy (by Charles R. Morris). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
38. Recapturing the Spirit of Enterprise: (by George Gilder). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
39. The Power of Productivity: Wealth, Poverty, and the Threat to Global Stability (by William W. Lewis). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
40. Slugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-year Battle between Marvel and DC (by Reed Tucker). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
41. Mine Were of Trouble: A Nationalist Account of the Spanish Civil War (by Peter Kemp). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
42. The God That Failed: (by Richard H. Crossman). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
43. Antifascism: The Course of a Crusade (by Paul Gottfried). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
44. Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification (by Timur Kuran). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
45. Kill Decision: (by Daniel Suarez). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
46. Chasing Hillary: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling (by Amy Chozick). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
47. Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography (by David Michaelis). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
48. Witness: (by Whittaker Chambers). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
49. Spain In Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939 (by Adam Hochschild). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
50. A Very Expensive Poison: The Assassination of Alexander Litvinenko and Putin's War with the West (by Luke Harding). Recommended by Marc Andreessen , Garry Kasparov , Joe Hill
51. Hitler: Downfall (by Volker Ullrich). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
52. Joseph McCarthy: Reexamining the Life and Legacy of America's Most Hated Senator (by Arthur Herman). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
53. A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal (by Ben Macintyre). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
54. Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism (by Eric Burns). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
55. A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership (by James Comey). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
56. When the Wolves Bite: Two Billionaires, One Company, and an Epic Wall Street Battle (by Scott Wapner). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
57. The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom (by James Burnham). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
58. An Apology for the Builder: (by Nicholas Barbon). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
59. Hitler: A Global Biography (by Brendan Simms). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
60. The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics (by Michael Malice). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
61. Alexandre Kojève: Wisdom at the End of History (by James H. Nichols Jr.). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
62. The End of History and the Last Man: (by Francis Fukuyama). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
63. Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House (by Donna Brazile). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
64. The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940 (by Susan Ronald). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
65. The Second Coming of the KKK: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Political Tradition (by Linda Gordon). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
66. Ordeal of Civility: Freud, Marx, Levi-Strauss, and the Jewish Struggle With Modernity (by John Murray Cuddihy). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
67. Intellectuals and Society: (by Thomas Sowell). Recommended by Marc Andreessen
68. The Captive Mind: (by Czeslaw Milosz). Recommended by Marc Andreessen , Christopher Hitchens
69. The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World (by Virginia Postrel). Recommended by Marc Andreessen , Matt Ridley , Brianne Kimmel
70. But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past (by Chuck Klosterman). Recommended by Bryan Johnson , Marc Andreessen
71. Radical Chic: And Mau Mauing The Flak Catchers (by Tom Wolfe). Recommended by Marc Andreessen , Douglas Murray
72. How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices (by Annie Duke). Recommended by Adam Robinson , Marc Andreessen , Seth Godin , Adam Grant , Michael Mauboussin
73. The Vision of the Anointed: (by Thomas Sowell). Recommended by Keith Rabois , Marc Andreessen
74. Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich (by Norman Ohler). Recommended by Marc Andreessen , Edgar Wright
75. The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World (by Randall E. Stross). Recommended by Marc Andreessen , David Friedberg
76. High Output Management: (by Andrew S. Grove). Recommended by Ben Horowitz , Brian Armstrong , Brian Chesky , Drew Houston , Keith Rabois , Larry Ellison , Marc Andreessen , Mark Zuckerberg , Ron Conway , Tobi Lütke , Balaji Srinivasan , Sahil Lavingia , John Doerr , Justin Kan
77. The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous (by Joseph Henrich). Recommended by Ezra Klein , Marc Andreessen
78. 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
79. 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (by Jordan Peterson). Recommended by Dominic D’Agostino , George Raveling , Jocko Willink , Marc Andreessen , Naval Ravikant , PewDiePie
80. Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know? (by Philip E. Tetlock). Recommended by Marc Andreessen , Patrick Collison , Michael Mauboussin
81. Who Is Michael Ovitz?: (by Michael Ovitz). Recommended by Ben Horowitz , Gary Vaynerchuk , Jason Calacanis , Keith Rabois , Marc Andreessen
82. The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies (by Bryan Caplan). Recommended by Marc Andreessen , Ryan Shea
83. A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles (by Thomas Sowell). Recommended by Charles Koch , Marc Andreessen
84. Whole Earth Discipline: Why Dense Cities, Nuclear Power, Transgenic Crops, Restored Wildlands, and Geoengineering Are Necessary (by Stewart Brand). Recommended by Jack Dorsey , Marc Andreessen , Matt Ridley , Patrick Collison , Steven Pinker
85. How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer (by Sarah Bakewell). Recommended by Anthony Bourdain , Marc Andreessen , Ryan Holiday
86. The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness (by Ichiro Kishimi). Recommended by Marc Andreessen , Ryan Hoover , Tobi Lütke , Stewart Butterfield , Anthony Pompliano , Jodie Cook , Ali Abdaal
87. Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader (by Brent Schlender). Recommended by Bill Gates , Brian Armstrong , Ed Catmull , Jack Dorsey , Jim Collins , Keith Rabois , Marc Andreessen , Peter Attia
88. Believe in People: Bottom-Up Solutions for a Top-Down World (by Charles Koch). Recommended by Marc Andreessen , Mike Rowe , Ryan Holiday
89. Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 (by Marcus Luttrell). Recommended by Larry Ellison , Marc Andreessen
90. Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination (by Neal Gabler). Recommended by Brian Chesky , DJ Vlad , Marc Andreessen
91. Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America (by Conor Dougherty). Recommended by Marc Andreessen , Tyler Cowen
92. The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance (by Steven Kotler). Recommended by Adam Fisher , Adam Robinson , Chase Jarvis , Jason Silva , Jim Kwik , Marc Andreessen
93. Skin in the Game: Incerto, Book 5 (by Nassim Taleb). Recommended by Ben Horowitz , Keith Rabois , Marc Andreessen , Peter Mallouk , Ryan Shea , Vinod Khosla , Changpeng Zhao , Chris Dixon
94. Beyond Good & Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (by Friedrich Nietzsche). Recommended by Jordan Peterson , Lex Fridman , Marc Andreessen , PewDiePie
95. What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture (by Ben Horowitz). Recommended by Marc Andreessen , Vinod Khosla , Brianne Kimmel , Marty Cagan , Brad Feld
96. Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger (by Peter D. Kaufman). Recommended by Bill Gates , Daniel Ek , Drew Houston , Marc Andreessen , Naval Ravikant , Patrick Collison , Ramit Sethi , Tim Ferriss , Warren Buffett , Shane Parrish , Tai Lopez , Courtland Allen
97. Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company (by Andrew S. Grove). Recommended by Ben Horowitz , Bill Gates , Charlie Munger , Marc Andreessen , Steve Jobs , Vinod Khosla , Balaji Srinivasan , Jamie Dimon
98. Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet (by Jesse Itzler). Recommended by Cory Booker , LeBron James , Marc Andreessen , Sara Blakely
99. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy (by William B. Irvine). Recommended by David Heinemeier Hansson , Derek Sivers , Jason Fried , Marc Andreessen , Mr. Money Mustache , Phil Libin , Tobi Lütke , Austen Allred , Jodie Cook
100. Play Nice But Win: A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader (by Michael Dell). Recommended by Bill Gates , Eric Schmidt , Howard Schultz , Malcolm Gladwell , Marc Andreessen , Marc Benioff , Ray Dalio , Richard Branson , Satya Nadella , Walter Isaacson , Matthew McConaughey , Adam Grant , Jamie Dimon , Sheryl Sandberg
101. The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich (by Tim Ferriss). Recommended by A.J. Jacobs , Blake Mycoskie , Caterina Fake , Charles Poliquin , Daniel Pink , David Heinemeier Hansson , Derek Sivers , Eric Weinstein , Ev Williams , Gary Keller , Jason Silva , Laura R Walker , Marc Andreessen , Marc Goodman , Mark Bell , Maurice Ashley , Mike Maples, Jr. , Mike Shinoda , Rolf Potts , Tim Draper , Tristan Harris , Walter Isaacson , Lewis Howes , Jodie Cook , Brian Dean , Michael Hyatt
102. The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (by Eric Hoffer). Recommended by Eric Weinstein , George Raveling , Marc Andreessen , Mark Cuban , Seth Godin , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Mark Manson
103. Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life (by Steve Martin). Recommended by Adam Savage , Bill Nye , Jason Calacanis , Marc Andreessen , Sahil Lavingia
104. The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War (by Robert J. Gordon). Recommended by Bill Gates , Marc Andreessen , Patrick Collison , Satya Nadella , Stewart Butterfield
105. 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
106. Without Their Permission: The Story of Reddit and a Blueprint for How to Change the World (by Alexis Ohanian). Recommended by Derek Sivers , Marc Andreessen , Tony Hsieh , Garry Tan
107. The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America (by Daniel Okrent). Recommended by Fareed Zakaria , Marc Andreessen
108. 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
109. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (by Robert M. Sapolsky). Recommended by Bryan Johnson , Keith Rabois , Marc Andreessen , Sam Harris , Vinod Khosla , Michael Mauboussin
110. Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds (by David Goggins). Recommended by Joe Rogan , Marc Andreessen , Anthony Pompliano , Austen Allred , Tom Bilyeu , Jodie Cook , Justin Kan
111. Homage to Catalonia: (by George Orwell). Recommended by Ben Shapiro , Marc Andreessen , Christopher Hitchens , Brad Delong