Books recommended by Matt Mullenweg
Matt Mullenweg is a renowned entrepreneur and blogger known for co-founding WordPress, a leading content management system used by millions of websites worldwide. His work on WordPress has made him famous in the tech industry.
His recommended books tend to focus on topics such as innovation, creativity, personal growth, and entrepreneurship, often with a touch of humor and practical advice. The style is approachable, conversational, and infused with his own experiences as an entrepreneur and blogger.
- Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (by Neil Postman). Recommended by Keith Rabois , Matt Mullenweg , Patrick Collison , Tristan Harris , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Michael Batnick
- Words That Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear (by Frank Luntz). Recommended by Matt Mullenweg , Tristan Harris
- Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead (by Brené Brown). Recommended by Chase Jarvis , Matt Mullenweg , Melinda Gates , Sophia Bush , Tom Bilyeu
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship: (by Peter F. Drucker). Recommended by Matt Mullenweg , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
- Rebirth: A Fable of Love, Forgiveness, and Following Your Heart (by Kamal Ravikant). Recommended by Matt Mullenweg
- Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living (by Krista Tippett). Recommended by Matt Mullenweg
- The Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything (by Guy Kawasaki). Recommended by Matt Mullenweg
- The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the Future of Work (by Scott Berkun). Recommended by Matt Mullenweg
- Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind (by George Lakoff). Recommended by Matt Mullenweg
- Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: (by Haruki Murakami). Recommended by Matt Mullenweg
- How Proust Can Change Your Life: (by Alain de Botton). Recommended by Matt Mullenweg
- The Magus: (by John Fowles). Recommended by Emma Watson , Matt Mullenweg
- On Writing: (by Ernest Hemingway). Recommended by Josh Waitzkin , Matt Mullenweg
- On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction (by William Zinsser). Recommended by Derek Sivers , Matt Mullenweg , Tim Ferriss , Jodie Cook
- The Halo Effect: … and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers (by Phil Rosenzweig). Recommended by Ev Williams , Matt Mullenweg
- A Field Guide to Getting Lost: (by Rebecca Solnit). Recommended by Matt Mullenweg , Sarah Lewis
- 1984: (by George Orwell). Recommended by Emma Watson , J. Cole , Jordan Peterson , Matt Mullenweg , Noam Chomsky , Richard Branson , Tristan Harris , Christopher Hitchens , Sahil Lavingia , Jenn Im , Winston Churchill , Diane Rehm , Brad Delong
- History of the Peloponnesian War: (by Thucydides). Recommended by Matt Mullenweg , Ryan Holiday , Steven Pressfield
- The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon (by Brad Stone). Recommended by Doug McMillon , Matt Mullenweg , Tracy DiNunzio , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Mark Manson , Jodie Cook
- Brave New World: (by Aldous Huxley). Recommended by Jordan Peterson , Matt Mullenweg , Sam Altman , Stewart Brand , Tristan Harris , Yuval Noah Harari , PewDiePie , Christopher Hitchens , Sahil Lavingia , Winston Churchill
- 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
- The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (by Peter F. Drucker). Recommended by Drew Houston , Ev Williams , Guy Kawasaki , Jim Collins , Matt Mullenweg
- Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (by Anne Lamott). Recommended by Brian Koppelman , Daniel Pink , Mark Bittman , Matt Mullenweg , Mike Birbiglia , Ramit Sethi , Ryan Holiday , Susan Cain , Tim Ferriss , Matt Haig
- 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
- Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace) (by Chade-Meng Tan). Recommended by Arianna Huffington , Chip Conley , Matt Mullenweg