Starlit Books

Books recommended by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Patrick O’Shaughnessy

  1. When Breath Becomes Air: (by Paul Kalanithi). Recommended by Bill Gates , Melinda Gates , Anthony Pompliano , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Tim Cook , Peter King , Shauna Niequist , James Clear
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (by Robert Cialdini). Recommended by Adam Robinson , Alexis Ohanian , Charlie Munger , Guy Kawasaki , Max Levchin , Naval Ravikant , Neil Strauss , Noah Kagan , Ramit Sethi , Samy Kamkar , Scott Adams , Tobi Lütke , Andrew Wilkinson , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Mark Manson , Alex Hormozi , Michael Hyatt , James Clear
  5. Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre (by Keith Johnstone). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy , James Clear
  6. Einstein's Dreams: (by Alan Lightman). Recommended by Eric Weinstein , Ev Williams , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  7. 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
  8. Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind (by Al Ries). Recommended by Ev Williams , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Michael Hyatt
  9. Thinking in Systems: (by Donella H. Meadows). Recommended by Ryan Shea , Tobi Lütke , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  10. Metaphors We Live By: (by George Lakoff). Recommended by Nick Szabo , Tristan Harris , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  11. Antifragile: Incerto, Book 3 (by Nassim Taleb). Recommended by Ev Williams , James Altucher , Tobi Lütke , Vinod Khosla , Vlad Tenev , Changpeng Zhao , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Shane Parrish , Tom Bilyeu
  12. Modern Monopolies: What It Takes to Dominate the 21st Century Economy (by Alex Moazed). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  13. Thai Stick: Surfers, Scammers, and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade (by Peter Maguire). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  14. As One Is: To Free the Mind from All Conditioning (by Jiddu Krishnamurti). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  15. Quality Investing: Owning the best companies for the long term (by Torkell T. Eide). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  16. The Fourth Revolution: The Global Race to Reinvent the State (by John Micklethwait). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  17. One Up: Creativity, Competition, and the Global Business of Video Games (by Joost van Dreunen). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  18. The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America (by Lawrence A. Cunningham). Recommended by Bill Ackman , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  19. The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew (by Alan Lightman). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  20. Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: Why That Is and What You Can Do About It (by Steven Pressfield). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  21. The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World (by Wade Davis). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  22. Success: (by Martin Amis). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  23. The History of Money: (by Jack Weatherford). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  24. Scientific Advertising: (by Claude C. Hopkins). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  25. Ham On Rye: A Novel (by Charles Bukowski). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  26. Women: A Novel (by Charles Bukowski). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  27. Saving Capitalism From Short-Termism: How to Build Long-Term Value and Take Back Our Financial Future (by Alfred Rappaport). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  28. Value Investing: Tools and Techniques for Intelligent Investment (by James Montier). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  29. The Snow Leopard: (by Peter Matthiessen). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  30. Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words (by David Whyte). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  31. The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business (by Josh Kaufman). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  32. The Perfect Bet: How Science and Math Are Taking the Luck Out of Gambling (by Adam Kucharski). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  33. Streaming, Sharing, Stealing: Big Data and the Future of Entertainment (by Michael D. Smith). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  34. Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation (by Edward Chancellor). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  35. Capital Returns: Investing Through the Capital Cycle (by Edward Chancellor). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  36. Gratitude: (by Oliver Sacks). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  37. A Technique for Producing Ideas: A Simple Five Step Formula for Producing Ideas (by James Webb Young). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  38. Inside the Investor's Brain: The Power of Mind Over Money (by Richard L. Peterson). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  39. The Wisdom of Life: (by Arthur Schopenhauer). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  40. Walking: (by Henry David Thoreau). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  41. Concentrated Investing: (by Allen C. Benello). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  42. Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II (by Robert Kurson). Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  43. Essays and Aphorisms: (by Arthur Schopenhauer). Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  44. Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way (by Lars Mytting). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  45. Fooling Some of the People All of the Time: A Long Short (and Now Complete) Story (by David Einhorn). Recommended by Bill Ackman , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  46. Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life: A Psychologist Investigates How Evolution, Cognition, and Complexity are Revolutionizing our View of Human Nature (by Douglas T Kenrick). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  47. A Year with Rumi: Daily Readings (by Coleman Barks). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  48. Essays and Lectures: (by Ralph Waldo Emerson). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  49. Last Chance to See: (by Douglas Adams). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  50. The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions (by David Quammen). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  51. Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future (by Martin Ford). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  52. It's Earnings That Count: Finding Stocks with Earnings Power for Long-term Profits (by Hewitt Heiserman). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  53. Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction (by Tracy Kidder). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  54. Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War (by Robert Coram). Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  55. The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Future (by Martin Ford). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  56. The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence (by Carl Sagan). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  57. WAR: (by Sebastian Junger). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  58. The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival (by John Vaillant). Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  59. Successful Investing Is a Process: Structuring Efficient Portfolios for Outperformance (by Jacques Lussier). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  60. Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value (and How to Take Advantage of It) (by William Poundstone). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  61. Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step (by Edward De Bono). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  62. Dear Chairman: Boardroom Battles and the Rise of Shareholder Activism (by Jeff Gramm). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  63. Tragedy & Hope: A History of the World in Our Time (by Carroll Quigley). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  64. What Works on Wall Street: The Classic Guide to the Best-Performing Investment Strategies of All Time (by James O'Shaughnessy). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  65. Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman (by Yvon Chouinard). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  66. Deep Value: (by Tobias E. Carlisle). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  67. The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small (by John Gall). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  68. Brute: The Life of Victor Krulak, U.S. Marine (by Robert Coram). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  69. Rational Expectations: Asset Allocation for Investing Adults (by William Bernstein). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  70. Werner Herzog: A Guide for the Perplexed (by Paul Cronin). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  71. The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language (by Mark Forsyth). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  72. A Short History of Myth: (by Karen Armstrong). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  73. Diffusion of Innovations: (by Everett M. Rogers). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  74. The Professor in the Cage: Why Men Fight and Why We Like to Watch (by Jonathan Gottschall). Recommended by Ben Shapiro , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  75. Contrarian Investment Strategies: The Psychological Edge (by David Dreman). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  76. The Value Investors: Lessons from the World's Top Fund Managers (by Ronald Chan). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  77. The First Crash: Lessons from the South Sea Bubble (by Richard Dale). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  78. Big Data Baseball: Math, Miracles, and the End of a 20-Year Losing Streak (by Travis Sawchik). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  79. The Warrior Ethos: (by Steven Pressfield). Recommended by Aubrey Marcus , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  80. Asset Management: A Systematic Approach to Factor Investing (by Andrew Ang). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  81. Innovation and Entrepreneurship: (by Peter F. Drucker). Recommended by Matt Mullenweg , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  82. Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation (by Parker J. Palmer). Recommended by Jerry Colonna , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  83. Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure (by Tim Harford). Recommended by Nassim Taleb , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  84. The Misbehavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Financial Turbulence (by Benoit Mandelbrot). Recommended by Nassim Taleb , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  85. A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes: (by Peter Bevelin). Recommended by Nassim Taleb , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  86. Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior (by Geoffrey Miller). Recommended by Keith Rabois , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  87. Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain (by David Eagleman). Recommended by Ray Dalio , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Tom Bilyeu
  88. The Right Stuff: (by Tom Wolfe). Recommended by Ben Shapiro , Richard Branson , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  89. Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment (by George Leonard). Recommended by Ev Williams , Maurice Ashley , Terry Laughlin , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  90. Letters of Note: An Eclectic Collection of Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience (by Shaun Usher). Recommended by Caterina Fake , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  91. The Upanishads: (by Eknath Easwaran). Recommended by Caterina Fake , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  92. The Ascent Of Man: (by Jacob Bronowski). Recommended by David Deutsch , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  93. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power (by Daniel Yergin). Recommended by Bill Gates , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Mohnish Pabrai , Trung Phan
  94. 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
  95. Natural Born Heroes: Mastering the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance (by Christopher McDougall). Recommended by Laird Hamilton , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  96. 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
  97. At Play in the Fields of the Lord: (by Peter Matthiessen). Recommended by Sebastian Junger , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  98. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World (by Peter Wohlleben). Recommended by Emma Watson , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Brit Marling , Morgan Housel
  99. Self Reliance: (by Ralph Waldo Emerson). Recommended by Barack Obama , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  100. Ask the Dust: (by John Fante). Recommended by Neil Strauss , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  101. Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces That Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave (by Adam Alter). Recommended by Vinod Khosla , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  102. The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King (by Rich Cohen). Recommended by Jason Calacanis , Ryan Holiday , Andrew Wilkinson , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Trung Phan
  103. Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk (by Peter L. Bernstein). Recommended by Howard Marks , Michael Mauboussin , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  104. Managing Oneself: (by Peter Drucker). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Shane Parrish
  105. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (by Bessel van der Kolk). Recommended by Garry Tan , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  106. 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
  107. The One Sentence Persuasion Course: 27 Words to Make the World Do Your Bidding (by Blair Warren). Recommended by Scott Adams , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  108. The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind: (by Julian Jaynes). Recommended by Adam Robinson , Naval Ravikant , Sam Altman , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  109. The Power of Myth: (by Joseph Campbell). Recommended by Dave Elitch , Naval Ravikant , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Tom Bilyeu , Pete Holmes
  110. The Money Game: (by Adam Smith). Recommended by Brendan Moynihan , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  111. Double Your Profits: In Six Months or Less (by Bob Fifer). Recommended by Ryan Petersen , Jamie Dimon , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  112. The Writing Life: (by Annie Dillard). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Russell Moore
  113. The Robert Collier Letter Book: (by Robert Collier). Recommended by Ramit Sethi , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  114. The Shareholder Value Myth: How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public (by Lynn Stout). Recommended by Tom Peters , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  115. Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention (by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi). Recommended by Greg McKeown , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  116. Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age (by Paul Graham). Recommended by Brian Armstrong , Derek Sivers , Ev Williams , Keith Rabois , Ryan Holiday , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  117. Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why (by Laurence Gonzales). Recommended by Joel McHale , Kelly Starrett , Laird Hamilton , Michael Mauboussin , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  118. The Hero with a Thousand Faces: (by Joseph Campbell). Recommended by Darren Aronofsky , Kyle Maynard , Ray Dalio , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  119. Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration (by Ed Catmull). Recommended by Alexis Ohanian , Demis Hassabis , Ezra Klein , Jason Calacanis , Mark Zuckerberg , Michael Mauboussin , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Trung Phan
  120. How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life (by Scott Adams). Recommended by Naval Ravikant , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Danny Miranda
  121. Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley (by Antonio Garcia Martinez). Recommended by Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Raoul Pal
  122. The Act of Creation: (by Arthur Koestler). Recommended by Adam Robinson , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  123. The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age (by James Dale Davidson). Recommended by Brian Armstrong , Naval Ravikant , Peter Thiel , Ryan Shea , Balaji Srinivasan , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Sahil Lavingia
  124. 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
  125. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey (by Candice Millard). Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Saagar Enjeti
  126. The Dog Stars: (by Peter Heller). Recommended by Caroline Paul , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  127. The Dao of Capital: Austrian Investing in a Distorted World (by Mark Spitznagel). Recommended by Nassim Taleb , Anthony Pompliano , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Paul Tudor Jones
  128. Finite and Infinite Games: (by James Carse). Recommended by Graham Duncan , Jane McGonigal , Kevin Kelly , Ryan Shea , Simon Sinek , Stewart Brand , Tobi Lütke , Tristan Harris , Daniel Gross , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  129. Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade (by Robert Cialdini). Recommended by Naval Ravikant , Scott Adams , Michael Mauboussin , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Alex Hormozi
  130. Principles: Life and Work (by Ray Dalio). Recommended by Arianna Huffington , Bill Gates , Bryan Johnson , Diddy , Doug McMillon , Drew Houston , Dustin Moskovitz , Gary Vaynerchuk , Howard Marks , Jack Dorsey , Kevin Systrom , Lex Fridman , Marc Benioff , Mark Cuban , Michael Bloomberg , Naval Ravikant , Reed Hastings , Tim Ferriss , Tony Robbins , Austen Allred , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Tom Bilyeu , Marty Cagan , James Clear
  131. 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
  132. The Razor's Edge: (by W Somerset Maugham). Recommended by Cal Fussman , Dan Carlin , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  133. Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World (by Tracy Kidder). Recommended by Bill Gates , Donald Knuth , Jeff Dean , Rainn Wilson , Richard Branson , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  134. 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
  135. The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success (by William N. Thorndike). Recommended by Brian Armstrong , Charlie Munger , Warren Buffett , Michael Mauboussin , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Sam Hinkie , Michael Dell
  136. 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