Starlit Books

Books recommended by Trung Phan

Trung Phan

  1. 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
  2. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement (by Eliyahu M. Goldratt). Recommended by Jeff Bezos , Kevin Systrom , Trung Phan
  3. The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler (by Thomas Hager). Recommended by David Friedberg , Trung Phan
  4. The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World (by Simon Winchester). Recommended by Trung Phan
  5. Nothing Like It In the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 (by Stephen E. Ambrose). Recommended by Trung Phan
  6. Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency (by James Andrew Miller). Recommended by Trung Phan
  7. The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop (by Dan Charnas). Recommended by Trung Phan
  8. Fire in the Valley: The Birth and Death of the Personal Computer (by Michael Swaine). Recommended by Trung Phan
  9. The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization (by Vince Beiser). Recommended by Trung Phan
  10. The Elements of Power: Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age (by David S. Abraham). Recommended by Trung Phan
  11. Lords of Strategy: The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World (by Walter Kiechel). Recommended by Trung Phan
  12. Dethroning the King: The Hostile Takeover of Anheuser-Busch, an American Icon (by Julie MacIntosh). Recommended by Trung Phan
  13. The World for Sale: Money, Power, and the Traders Who Barter the Earth's Resources (by Javier Blas). Recommended by Trung Phan
  14. The Reckoning: (by David Halberstam). Recommended by Trung Phan
  15. Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients (by Ben Goldacre). Recommended by Trung Phan
  16. Cable Cowboy: John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable Business (by Mark Robichaux). Recommended by Trung Phan
  17. Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade (by Adam Minter). Recommended by Trung Phan
  18. How Music Got Free: A Story of Obsession and Invention (by Stephen Richard Witt). Recommended by Trung Phan
  19. The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars (by Joël Glenn Brenner). Recommended by Trung Phan
  20. The Attention Merchants: The Epic Struggle to Get Inside Our Heads (by Tim Wu). Recommended by Tristan Harris , Brianne Kimmel , Trung Phan
  21. More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite (by Sebastian Mallaby). Recommended by Tim Ferriss , Trung Phan
  22. Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World (by Jill Jonnes). Recommended by Austen Allred , Chris Dixon , Trung Phan
  23. Genentech: The Beginnings of Biotech (by Sally Smith Hughes). Recommended by Patrick Collison , Trung Phan
  24. Hard Landing: The Epic Contest for Power and Profits That Plunged the Airlines into Chaos (by Thomas Petzinger Jr.). Recommended by Patrick Collison , Trung Phan
  25. The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art (by Donald N. Thompson). Recommended by Vinod Khosla , Brianne Kimmel , Trung Phan
  26. The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance (by Ron Chernow). Recommended by Max Levchin , Trung Phan
  27. Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco (by Bryan Burrough). Recommended by Jason Calacanis , Keith Rabois , Chamath Palihapitiya , Trung Phan
  28. The Making of the Atomic Bomb: (by Richard Rhodes). Recommended by Lewis Cantley , Chris Dixon , Trung Phan
  29. Liar's Poker: (by Michael Lewis). Recommended by Tim Ferriss , Tim O’Reilly , Chamath Palihapitiya , Trung Phan
  30. The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires (by Tim Wu). Recommended by Andrew Chen , Trung Phan
  31. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (by Eric Schlosser). Recommended by Richard Branson , Trung Phan
  32. 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
  33. Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money (by Nathaniel Popper). Recommended by Anthony Pompliano , Barry Silbert , Trung Phan , Saagar Enjeti
  34. The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future (by Sebastian Mallaby). Recommended by Patrick Collison , Paul Graham , Trung Phan , Barry Ritholtz
  35. Easy Riders Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-And Rock 'N Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (by Peter Biskind). Recommended by B.J. Novak , Trung Phan
  36. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power (by Daniel Yergin). Recommended by Bill Gates , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Mohnish Pabrai , Trung Phan
  37. The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger (by Marc Levinson). Recommended by Bill Gates , Jeff Dean , Tobi Lütke , Trung Phan
  38. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (by Robert A. Caro). Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Sam Hinkie , Shane Parrish , Trung Phan
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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