Starlit Books

Books recommended by Vinod Khosla

Vinod Khosla

  1. 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
  2. Eating the Big Fish: How Challenger Brands Can Compete Against Brand Leaders (by Adam Morgan). Recommended by Vinod Khosla
  3. Friday Black: (by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah). Recommended by Vinod Khosla
  4. Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion (by Paul Bloom). Recommended by Vinod Khosla
  5. The Formula: The Universal Laws of Success (by Albert-László Barabási). Recommended by Vinod Khosla , Nassim Taleb
  6. The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border (by Francisco Cantú). Recommended by Vinod Khosla
  7. The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind (by Raghuram Rajan). Recommended by Vinod Khosla
  8. The Brand Flip: Why customers now run companies and how to profit from it (by Marty Neumeier). Recommended by Vinod Khosla
  9. The Inflamed Mind: A Radical New Approach to Depression (by Edward Bullmore). Recommended by Vinod Khosla
  10. The Peacemaker's Code: (by Deepak Malhotra). Recommended by Vinod Khosla
  11. The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us (by Christopher F. Chabris). Recommended by Vinod Khosla , Nassim Taleb
  12. The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World (by Robert Kagan). Recommended by Vinod Khosla
  13. Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology (by Johnjoe McFadden). Recommended by Vinod Khosla
  14. Mindfulness in Plain English: (by Henepola Gunaratana). Recommended by Vinod Khosla , Shane Parrish
  15. McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld (by Misha Glenny). Recommended by Vinod Khosla
  16. Other People's Money: Inside the Housing Crisis and the Demise of the Greatest Real Estate Deal Ever Made (by Charles V. Bagli). Recommended by Vinod Khosla
  17. The Breakthrough: Immunotherapy and the Race to Cure Cancer (by Charles Graeber). Recommended by Keith Rabois , Vinod Khosla
  18. The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing (by Michael Mauboussin). Recommended by Bill Gurley , Keith Rabois , Vinod Khosla
  19. The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming (by David Wallace-Wells). Recommended by Tim Urban , Vinod Khosla
  20. The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties (by Paul Collier). Recommended by Bill Gates , Vinod Khosla
  21. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry: (by Neil deGrasse Tyson). Recommended by Vinod Khosla , Richard Dawkins
  22. Lying: (by Sam Harris). Recommended by A.J. Jacobs , Brian Armstrong , Elon Musk , Tim Ferriss , Vinod Khosla
  23. This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession (by Daniel J. Levitin). Recommended by Justin Boreta , Vinod Khosla
  24. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World (by David J. Epstein). Recommended by Bill Gates , Daniel Pink , Keith Rabois , Ryan Holiday , Vinod Khosla , Changpeng Zhao , Michael Mauboussin
  25. The Last Days of Night: A Novel (by Graham Moore). Recommended by Mark Zuckerberg , Vinod Khosla , Chris Dixon
  26. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power (by Shoshana Zuboff). Recommended by Barack Obama , Vinod Khosla
  27. Troublemakers: Silicon Valley's Coming of Age (by Leslie Berlin). Recommended by Keith Rabois , Vinod Khosla , Austen Allred
  28. The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure (by Greg Lukianoff). Recommended by Bryan Johnson , Glenn Beck , Max Levchin , Vinod Khosla , Michael Mauboussin , Richard Dawkins , Tom Bilyeu , Derren Brown
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives (by Matt Richtel). Recommended by Bill Gates , Keith Rabois , Vinod Khosla
  32. The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks (by Joshua Cooper Ramo). Recommended by Keith Rabois , Reid Hoffman , Vinod Khosla
  33. The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art (by Donald N. Thompson). Recommended by Vinod Khosla , Brianne Kimmel , Trung Phan
  34. From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds (by Daniel C. Dennett). Recommended by Esther Dyson , Ray Dalio , Vinod Khosla
  35. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (by Matthew Walker). Recommended by Alexis Ohanian , Bill Gates , Bryan Johnson , Jason Fried , Keith Rabois , Vinod Khosla , Michael Mauboussin
  36. Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies (by Geoffrey West). Recommended by Marc Benioff , Stewart Brand , Vinod Khosla , Nassim Taleb , Bill Miller
  37. Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World (by Anand Giridharadas). Recommended by Alexis Ohanian , Jason Calacanis , Tristan Harris , Vinod Khosla , Kat Cole
  38. Deep Learning: (by Ian Goodfellow). Recommended by Elon Musk , Satya Nadella , Vinod Khosla , Nassim Taleb
  39. Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies (by Reid Hoffman). Recommended by Bill Gates , Brian Chesky , Eric Schmidt , Sam Altman , Vinod Khosla , Anthony Pompliano , Changpeng Zhao , Sheryl Sandberg
  40. Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries (by Safi Bahcall). Recommended by Brian Armstrong , Keith Rabois , Vinod Khosla , Changpeng Zhao , Daniel Kahneman
  41. The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership (by Bill Walsh). Recommended by Jack Dorsey , Keith Rabois , Noah Kagan , Ron Conway , Ryan Holiday , Sam Altman , Vinod Khosla , Justin Kan
  42. The Case Against Sugar: (by Gary Taubes). Recommended by Joe Rogan , Vinod Khosla
  43. The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World (by Pedro Domingos). Recommended by Mark Cuban , Vinod Khosla
  44. Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (by Yuval Noah Harari). Recommended by Bill Gates , Naval Ravikant , Richard Branson , Vinod Khosla , Raoul Pal , Mark Manson , Tai Lopez , Penn Jillette
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right (by Atul Gawande). Recommended by Bill Gates , Charles Poliquin , Jack Dorsey , Keith Rabois , Malcolm Gladwell , Michael McCullough , Ramit Sethi , Tim Ferriss , Vinod Khosla
  50. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century: (by Yuval Noah Harari). Recommended by Bill Gates , Fareed Zakaria , Jack Dorsey , Joe Rogan , Vinod Khosla
  51. How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence (by Michael Pollan). Recommended by Amelia Boone , Aubrey Marcus , Hamilton Morris , Kara Swisher , Naval Ravikant , Paul Stamets , Peter Attia , Tim Ferriss , Vinod Khosla , Yuval Noah Harari , Stewart Butterfield , Michael Mauboussin
  52. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (by James Clear). Recommended by Biz Stone , Tim Urban , Vinod Khosla , Anthony Pompliano , Jodie Cook , Blake Randall , Ali Abdaal
  53. 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
  54. Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To (by David Sinclair). Recommended by Jason Fried , Peter Diamandis , Ryan Shea , Vinod Khosla , Blake Scholl , David Friedberg
  55. 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