Chris Dixon is a prominent venture capitalist at Andreessen Horowitz and co-founder of Hunch, a prediction market startup acquired by eBay. He's become a leading voice advocating for blockchain technology and decentralized internet infrastructure, regularly sharing insights on startups, innovation, and entrepreneurship through his curated reading lists.
19 Books Recommended by Chris Dixon
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
26 people recommendedChris Dixon recommended this book on Twitter.
Also recommended by: Ankur Warikoo, Balaji Srinivasan, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Dell, Larry Page, Peter Thiel, Drew Houston, Dustin Moskovitz, Marc Andreessen, Balaji S. Srinivasan, Andrew Ng, Andrew Wilkinson, Blake Scholl, Fred Wilson, Jodie Cook, Kathryn Minshew, Keith Rabois, Luis Von Ahn, Marty Cagan, Matt Mullenweg, Max Levchin, Peter Attia, Raoul Pal, Tim Ferriss, Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Zero to One
24 people recommendedChris Dixon recommended this book on Twitter.
Also recommended by: Elon Musk, Eric Jorgenson, Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, Kishore Biyani, Marc Andreessen, Rupert Murdoch, Sam Altman, Andrew Ng, Ben Horowitz, Bryan Johnson, Brian Dean, Eric Weinstein, Keith Rabois, Lee Stranahan, Luis Von Ahn, Matt Mullenweg, Max Levchin, Nassim Taleb, Patrick Oshaughnessy, Ryan Petersen, Tom Bilyeu, Derek Sivers
Chris Dixon recommended this book on Twitter.
Also recommended by: Mark Cuban, Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs, Drew Houston, Ev Williams, Marc Andreessen, Marc Benioff, Michael Bloomberg, Aaron Levie, Ben Horowitz, Bill Gurley, Caterina Fake, Blake Scholl, Guy Kawasaki, Max Levchin, Steve Blank, Tim Oreilly
The Lean Startup
16 people recommendedChris Dixon recommended this book on Twitter.
Also recommended by: Mark Cuban, Dustin Moskovitz, Kevin Systrom, Marc Andreessen, Sheryl Sandberg, Andrew Ng, Ben Horowitz, Patrick Bet David, Jason Calacanis, Marty Cagan, Mike Maples Jr, Raoul Pal, Steve Blank, Tim Oreilly, Derek Sivers
Skin in the Game
11 people recommendedThis was up there with Black Swan and [the author's] other classics.
Also recommended by: Ankur Warikoo, Naval Ravikant, Changpeng Zhao, Marc Andreessen, Vinod Khosla, Ben Horowitz, Keith Rabois, Peter Mallouk, Ryan Shea, Derek Sivers
High Growth Handbook
10 people recommendedEveryone interested in the growth stage of startups should read it.
Also recommended by: Ankur Warikoo, Brian Armstrong, Reid Hoffman, Aaron Levie, Alexis Ohanian, Kathryn Minshew, Keith Rabois, Max Levchin, Ryan Petersen
Crossing the Chasm
10 people recommendedChris Dixon recommended this book on Twitter.
Also recommended by: Changpeng Zhao, Drew Houston, Ev Williams, Ron Conway, Aaron Levie, Andrew Ng, Bill Gurley, Guy Kawasaki, Seth Godin
American Kingpin
7 people recommendedA real page-turner.
Also recommended by: Eric Jorgenson, John Collison, Alexis Ohanian, Casey Neistat, Andrew Wilkinson, Thomas Frank
The Last Days of Night
3 people recommendedA fun semi-historical novel focusing on the epic legal battle between Westinghouse/Tesla vs Edison.
Also recommended by: Mark Zuckerberg, Vinod Khosla
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
3 people recommendedClassic book that I admit I hadnβt read and my colleagues at a16z crypto got me to read.
Also recommended by: Sam Altman, Ramit Sethi
Reads kind of like an action movie switching between the characters on the ship to the submarine crew who sinks them.
Also recommended by: Lloyd Blankfein, George R R Martin
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
3 people recommendedTruly epic story, showing humanity at both its best and worst.
Also recommended by: Lewis Cantley, Trung Phan
Empires of Light
3 people recommendedOne of my favorite history books.
Also recommended by: Austen Allred, Trung Phan
How the Internet Happened
3 people recommendedBest history Iβve read on the 1990-2000s era of the Web.
Also recommended by: Balaji Srinivasan, Balaji S. Srinivasan
Creative Selection
2 people recommendedA really interesting inside look at, well, Appleβs design process under Steve Jobs.
Also recommended by: Keith Rabois
Where Wizards Stay Up Late
Focusing on early pioneers (1950s-1980s) who paved the way for the modern internet.
Bad for You
Throughout history everything new that teenagers get excited about is deemed by experts to rot your mind, destroy society etc.