Derek Sivers

Derek Sivers

Derek Sivers

Musician, Author, and Thinking Tools Explorer

Derek Sivers is a musician and author who curates thoughtful book recommendations spanning philosophy, design, and human behavior.

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Derek Sivers is a musician, entrepreneur, and author known for founding CD Baby, a platform that revolutionized independent music distribution. He's passionate about exploring ideas that challenge conventional thinking and has built a extensive collection of book recommendations reflecting his curiosity across disciplines.

142 Books Recommended by Derek Sivers

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Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

20 people recommendedrecommended 2x

If you liked 'Predictably Irrational' or 'Stumbling on Happiness' or any of those pop-psychology books, well, this is the Godfather of all of their work.

If you liked 'Predictably Irrational' or 'Stumbling on Happiness' or any of those pop-psychology books, well, this is the Godfather of all of their work.

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Also recommended by: Ankur Warikoo, Naval Ravikant, Bill Gates, Ev Williams, Marc Andreessen, Ray Dalio, Ron Conway, Sam Altman, Ben Greenfield, Bryan Johnson, Jason Fried, Jay Shetty, Mark Manson, Michiko Kakutani, Nassim Taleb, Preston Pysh, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Adams, Stewart Brand

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#9

How to Win Friends and Influence People

by Dale Carnegie

20 people recommended

Derek Sivers mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

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Also recommended by: Robert Cialdini, Warren Buffett, Dustin Moskovitz, Tim Draper, Ben Greenfield, Alex Hormozi, Barbara Corcoran, Dave Ramsey, Patrick Bet David, Daymond John, Dj Vlad, Ken Block, Michael Hyatt, Paul Graham, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Adams, Shay Carl, Strauss Zelnick, Rohan Bhargava

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#11

The War of Art

by Steven Pressfield

16 people recommended

Are you a writer who doesn’t write, a painter who doesn’t paint, an entrepreneur who never starts a venture? Then you know what “Resistance” is. This book is about that. Read it.

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Also recommended by: Aubrey Marcus, Brian Koppelman, Danny Miranda, Daniel Pink, James Clear, Jen Sincero, Jodie Cook, Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman, Marie Forleo, Michael Hyatt, Russell Moore, Ryan Holiday, Seth Godin, Soman Chainani

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#17

Guns, Germs, and Steel

by Jared Diamond Ph.D.

14 people recommended

Also recommended by: Eric Jorgenson, Bill Gates, Daniel Ek, Jamie Dimon, Charlie Munger, James Clear, Jesse Williams, Joe Rogan, Margaret Atwood, Mark Manson, Patrick Arnold, Simon Sinek, Stewart Brand

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#18

The Selfish Gene

by Richard Dawkins

13 people recommended

Also recommended by: Elon Musk, Brian Armstrong, Ev Williams, Bob Metcalfe, Charlie Munger, David Deutsch, Mark Manson, Matt Ridley, Mr Money Mustache, Nick Szabo, Phil Libin, Tai Lopez

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#20

The Lessons of History

by Will & Ariel Durant

12 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Naval Ravikant, Balaji Srinivasan, Eric Jorgenson, Kevin Systrom, Ray Dalio, Balaji S. Srinivasan, James Clear, Lyn Alden, Mark Manson, Shane Parrish, Tim Ferriss

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#24

Skin in the Game

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

11 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Ankur Warikoo, Naval Ravikant, Changpeng Zhao, Marc Andreessen, Vinod Khosla, Ben Horowitz, Chris Dixon, Keith Rabois, Peter Mallouk, Ryan Shea

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#25

Grit

by Angela Duckworth

11 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Ankur Warikoo, Raj Shamani, Tobi Lutke, Ali Abdaal, Jodie Cook, Josh Waitzkin, Keith Rabois, Robin Black, Tim Ferriss, Tom Bilyeu

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#26

The Magic of Thinking Big

by David J. Schwartz

11 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Ali Abdaal, Dave Camarillo, Patrick Bet David, Bob Proctor, Jim Kwik, Jodie Cook, Michael Hyatt, Mr Money Mustache, Steve Harvey, Tim Ferriss

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#29

Antifragile

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

11 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Naval Ravikant, Changpeng Zhao, Ev Williams, Tobi Lutke, Vinod Khosla, Vlad Tenev, James Altucher, Patrick Oshaughnessy, Shane Parrish, Tom Bilyeu

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#30

A Guide to the Good Life

by William B. Irvine

10 people recommended

I found when reading it that the quirky philosophy I've been living my life by since 17 matches up exactly with a 2000-year-old philosophy called Stoicism.

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Also recommended by: Ankur Warikoo, Marc Andreessen, Tobi Lutke, Austen Allred, David Heinemeier Hansson, Jason Fried, Jodie Cook, Mr Money Mustache, Phil Libin

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#31

Thinking in Bets

by Annie Duke

10 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Howard Marks, Marc Andreessen, Danny Miranda, Jason Fried, Mark Manson, Max Levchin, Michael Mauboussin, Mike Maples Jr, Seth Godin

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#32

The Checklist Manifesto

by Atul Gawande

10 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Jack Dorsey, Vinod Khosla, Charles Poliquin, Keith Rabois, Malcolm Gladwell, Michael Mccullough, Ramit Sethi, Tim Ferriss

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#33

The Power of Habit

by Charles Duhigg

10 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Naval Ravikant, Ray Dalio, Danny Miranda, Patrick Bet David, Kelly Starrett, Max Levchin, Mr Money Mustache, Scott Adams, Tim Ferriss

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#34

The Psychology of Money

by Morgan Housel

9 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Ankur Warikoo, Eric Jorgenson, Howard Marks, Anthony Pompliano, Blake Randall, Brad Feld, Daniel Pink, Michael Mauboussin

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#35

The 48 Laws of Power

by Robert Greene

9 people recommended

Also recommended by: Raj Shamani, Alice Little, Aubrey Marcus, Patrick Bet David, Dj Vlad, Neil Strauss, Rollo Tomassi, Ryan Holiday

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#36

The Beginning of Infinity

by David Deutsch

9 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Naval Ravikant, Mark Zuckerberg, Patrick Collison, Chris Anderson, Mark Bell, Ryan Shea, Sam Harris, Steven Pinker

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#37

Homo Deus

by Yuval Noah Harari

9 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Naval Ravikant, Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Vinod Khosla, Mark Manson, Penn Jillette, Raoul Pal, Tai Lopez

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#38

Fooled by Randomness

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

9 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Naval Ravikant, Ev Williams, Howard Marks, Art De Vany, James Altucher, James Clear, Nick Kokonas, Ryan Shea

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#39

The Courage to Be Disliked

by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga

9 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Ankur Warikoo, Marc Andreessen, Stewart Butterfield, Tobi Lutke, Ali Abdaal, Anthony Pompliano, Jodie Cook, Ryan Hoover

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#40

12 Rules for Life

by Jordan Peterson

8 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Naval Ravikant, Marc Andreessen, Ben Greenfield, Dominic Dagostino, George Raveling, Jocko Willink, Pewdiepie

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#41

Quiet

by Susan Cain

8 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Gary Vaynerchuk, Emma Watson, Jason Fried, Jim Kwik, Laurie Halse Anderson, Simon Sinek, Tom Peters

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#43

The E-Myth Revisited

by Michael E. Gerber

7 people recommendedrecommended 2x

Absolutely everyone who is an entrepreneur or wants to be one needs to read this book.

Absolutely everyone who is an entrepreneur or wants to be one needs to read this book.

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Also recommended by: Dave Camarillo, Dave Ramsey, Patrick Bet David, Michael Hyatt, Tim Ferriss, Tom Bilyeu

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#44

Life 3.0

by Max Tegmark

7 people recommended

Also recommended by: Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Keith Rabois, Lex Fridman, Pewdiepie

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#45

The 4-Hour Body

by Tim Ferriss

7 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Caterina Fake, Hugh Jackman, Jon Favreau, Mark Hart, Mike Novogratz, Mr Money Mustache

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21 Lessons for the 21st Century

by Yuval Noah Harari

7 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Jack Dorsey, Vinod Khosla, Fareed Zakaria, Joe Rogan, Ranveer Allahbadia

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#47

Founders at Work

by Jessica Livingston

7 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Sam Ovens, Ev Williams, Ron Conway, Alexis Ohanian, Paul Graham, Ryan Holiday

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#48

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7 people recommended

Also recommended by: Jk Rowling, Oprah Winfrey, Amelia Boone, Christopher Hitchens, Mahatma Gandhi, Maya Angelou

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#49

A Short History of Nearly Everything

by Bill Bryson

7 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Warren Buffett, Jamie Dimon, Amanda Palmer, Dominic Dagostino, Shah Rukh Khan, Stewart Brand

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#50

On Writing

by Larry W. Phillips

7 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Brian Koppelman, Edgar Wright, Jason Calacanis, Josh Waitzkin, Matt Mullenweg, Russell Moore

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#51

Getting Things Done

by David Allen

7 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Dustin Moskovitz, Ev Williams, Howard Stern, Michael Hyatt, Michael Mccullough, Tony Hsieh

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#52

Made to Stick

by Chip Heath, Dan Heath

7 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Robert Cialdini, Brian Armstrong, Changpeng Zhao, Ev Williams, Andrew Wilkinson, Sahil Lavingia

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#53

Seeking Wisdom

by Peter Bevelin

6 people recommended

A great overview of the lessons of Charlie Munger (partner of Warren Buffett) - and his approach to checklists of multi-disciplinary models to guide clear thinking.

Also recommended by: Eric Jorgenson, Jason Fried, Nassim Taleb, Shane Parrish, Tai Lopez

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#54

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6 people recommended

Harvard professor of psychology has studied happiness for years, and shares factual findings that will change the way you look at the world.

Also recommended by: Ev Williams, Andrew Wilkinson, Maria Popova, Mark Manson, Sam Harris

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#55

by

6 people recommended

I love his thinking, especially [this book].

Also recommended by: Brian Armstrong, Ev Williams, Keith Rabois, Patrick Oshaughnessy, Ryan Holiday

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#56

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6 people recommended

Also recommended by: Brian Armstrong, Ev Williams, Garry Tan, Jeff Atwood, Nick Ganju

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#57

Lying

by Karen M. McManus

6 people recommended

Also recommended by: Elon Musk, Brian Armstrong, Vinod Khosla, Aj Jacobs, Tim Ferriss

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#58

Born Standing Up

by Steve Martin

6 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Marc Andreessen, Adam Savage, Bill Nye, Jason Calacanis, Sahil Lavingia

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#59

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6 people recommended

Also recommended by: Jk Rowling, Hillary Clinton, Kathie Lee Gifford, Maya Angelou, Shonda Rhimes

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#60

Pre-Suasion

by Robert Cialdini

6 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Naval Ravikant, Alex Hormozi, Michael Mauboussin, Patrick Oshaughnessy, Scott Adams

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#61

Ego Is the Enemy

by Ryan Holiday

6 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Peter Thiel, Aubrey Marcus, Danny Miranda, George Raveling, Mark Manson

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#62

When Things Fall Apart

by Pema Chodron

6 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Jerry Colonna, Krista Tippett, Liz Lambert, Matt Haig, Tara Brach

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#63

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6 people recommended

Also recommended by: Ev Williams, Kevin Systrom, Ben Shapiro, Barry Ritholtz, Kevin Rose

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#64

Awaken the Giant Within

by Tony Robbins

5 people recommended

When I was 18, [this book] changed my life.

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Also recommended by: Brian Koppelman, Danny Miranda, Jodie Cook, Roberto Blake

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#65

Without Their Permission

by Alexis Ohanian

5 people recommended

[This author] talking about the internet is like Sid Vicious talking about punk. Analysts merely adopted it, but Ohanian was born in it, molded by it, and is the voice of it.

Also recommended by: Eric Jorgenson, Marc Andreessen, Garry Tan, Tony Hsieh

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#66

The Righteous Mind

by Jonathan Haidt

5 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Aj Jacobs, Ann Miura Ko, Derren Brown, Russell Moore

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#67

Nonviolent Communication

by Marshall B. Rosenberg

5 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Dustin Moskovitz, Esther Perel, Neil Strauss, Satya Nadella

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#68

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5 people recommended

Also recommended by: Brian Armstrong, Ev Williams, Chris Do, Thomas Frank

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#69

So Good They Can’t Ignore You

by Cal Newport

5 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Andrew Ng, Ben Greenfield, Jodie Cook, Kevin Kelly

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#70

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5 people recommended

Also recommended by: Tobi Lutke, Danny Miranda, David Heinemeier Hansson, Michael Hyatt

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#71

I Will Teach You To Be Rich

by Ramit Sethi

5 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson, Bj Fogg, Mr Money Mustache, Roberto Blake

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#72

Predictably Irrational

by Dan Ariely

5 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Keith Rabois, Max Levchin, Ryan Shea, Tom Bilyeu

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#73

The Box

by Marc Levinson

5 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Tobi Lutke, Jeff Dean, Trung Phan

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#74

How Not to Be Wrong

by Jordan Ellenberg

5 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Patrick Bet David, Keith Rabois, Nick Ganju

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#75

Nudge

by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein

5 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Ankur Warikoo, Kevin Systrom, Ben Shapiro, Mr Money Mustache

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#76

Born to Run

by Christopher McDougall

5 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Bob Iger, Howard Stern, Sahil Lavingia, Turia Pitt

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#77

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5 people recommended

Also recommended by: Charles Koch, Derren Brown, Joe Rogan, Tony Hsieh

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#78

The Art of Learning

by Josh Waitzkin

5 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Dave Elitch, Ed Latimore, Mark Hart, Safi Bahcall

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#79

On Writing Well

by William Zinsser

4 people recommended

Great blunt advice about writing better non-fiction. So inspiring.

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Also recommended by: Jodie Cook, Matt Mullenweg, Tim Ferriss

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#80

How to Read a Book

by Mortimer J. Adler

4 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Sergey Brin, Kevin Systrom, Shane Parrish

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#81

Linchpin

by Seth Godin

4 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Ankur Warikoo, Mark Cuban, Tom Bilyeu

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#82

The China Study

by T. Colin Campbell

4 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Ev Williams, James Cameron, Suzy Amis Cameron

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#83

Rich Dad Poor Dad

by Robert T. Kiyosaki

4 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Anthony Pompliano, Patrick Bet David, Will Smith

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#84

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4 people recommended

Also recommended by: Ev Williams, Ben Horowitz, Michael Hyatt

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#85

Musashi

by Eiji Yoshikawa

4 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Jimmy Chin, Jocko Willink, Tim Ferriss

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

by Mark Manson

4 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Ankur Warikoo, Abraham Mutai, Tim Urban

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#87

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big

by Scott Adams

4 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Naval Ravikant, Danny Miranda, Patrick Oshaughnessy

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#88

What Technology Wants

by Kevin Kelly

4 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Jason Silva, Matt Ridley, Stewart Brand

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#89

Switch

by Chip Heath

4 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Adam Grant, Andrew Wilkinson, Michael Hyatt

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#90

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4 people recommended

Also recommended by: Changpeng Zhao, Graham Duncan, Tony Robbins

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#91

Moonwalking with Einstein

by Joshua Foer

4 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Chelsea Handler, Sahil Lavingia

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#92

Show Your Work!

by Austin Kleon

3 people recommendedrecommended 2x

Derek Sivers recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

Derek Sivers recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

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Also recommended by: Chase Jarvis, Ali Abdaal

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Sum

by David Eagleman

3 people recommendedrecommended 2x

Awesomely creative think-piece. 40 very short fictional stories about what happens when you die.

Awesomely creative think-piece. 40 very short fictional stories about what happens when you die.

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Also recommended by: Patrick Collison, Stephen Fry

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#94

Turning Pro

by Steven Pressfield

3 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Aubrey Marcus, Ben Greenfield

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#95

Stillness Is the Key

by Ryan Holiday

3 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Ben Greenfield, Robert Greene

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#96

Outlive

by Peter Attia

3 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Hugh Jackman, Kevin Rose

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#97

Self Reliance

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

3 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Barack Obama, Patrick Oshaughnessy

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#98

How Music Works

by David Byrne

3 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Penn Jillette, Thomas Frank

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#99

Island

by Aldous Huxley

3 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Aubrey Marcus, Jordan Peterson

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#100

Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)

by Carol Tavris

3 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Glenn Beck, Peter Attia

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#101

Indistractable

by Nir Eyal

3 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Alexis Ohanian, Ryan Hoover

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#102

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

by Haruki Murakami

3 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Brian Koppelman, Jack Edwards

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#103

Deep Work

by Cal Newport

3 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Ankur Warikoo, Tai Lopez

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#104

The Bed of Procrustes

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

3 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Naval Ravikant, Ryan Shea

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#105

Emergency

by Neil Strauss

3 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Garry Tan, Tim Ferriss

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#106

Here Comes Everybody

by Clay Shirky

3 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Ryan Holiday, Tyler Cowen

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#107

The Paradox of Choice

by Barry Schwartz

3 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Noah Kagan, Pavel Tsatsouline

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#108

Anything You Want

by Derek Sivers

3 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Jodie Cook, Sahil Lavingia

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#109

Ruby on Rails Tutorial

by Michael Hartl

2 people recommended

Though I’ve worked my way through many Rails books, this is the one that finally made me 'get' it.

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Also recommended by: David Heinemeier Hansson

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#110

Ten Year Career

by Jodie Cook

2 people recommended

Every future millionaire needs this wise perspective.

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Also recommended by: Ali Abdaal

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#111

How Buildings Learn

by Stewart Brand

2 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Caterina Fake

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#112

Four Thousand Weeks

by Oliver Burkeman

2 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Tim Ferriss

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#113

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2 people recommended

Also recommended by: Ray Dalio

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#114

One Simple Idea

by Stephen Key

2 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Tim Ferriss

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#115

The Daily Stoic

by Ryan Holiday

2 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Arnold Schwarzenegger

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#116

Fallen Leaves

by Will Durant

2 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Naval Ravikant

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Committed

by Elizabeth Gilbert

2 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Taylor Swift

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#118

Steal Like an Artist

by Austin Kleon

2 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Chase Jarvis

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#119

Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart

by Gordon Livingston

2 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Naval Ravikant

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#120

The Compound Effect

by Darren Hardy

2 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Chris Do

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#121

Decisive

by Chip Heath

2 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Julia Galef

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#122

The Willpower Instinct

by Kelly McGonigal

2 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Jane Mcgonigal

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#123

The Smartest Investment Book You’ll Ever Read

by Daniel R. Solin

2 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Tim Ferriss

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#124

The Innovator’s Solution

by Clayton M. Christensen

2 people recommended
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Also recommended by: Keith Rabois

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#125

Tricks of the Mind

by Derren Brown

Great, little book [...] that I highly recommend.

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#126

How to Talk to Anyone

by Leil Lowndes

Wonderful considerate book about conversational people skills.

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#127

Mindwise

by Nicholas Epley

Many new brilliant insights, especially about over-estimating the differences between you and others, thereby separating into us-vs-them tribalism.

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#128

The Time Paradox

by Dr. Philip Zimbardo

Profound idea that everyone has a primary time focus: either Future-focused, Present-focused, or Past-focused. Fascinating implications of each.

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#129

How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less

by Nicholas Boothman

recommended 2x

Derek Sivers mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

Derek Sivers mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

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#130

Mother Night

by Kurt Vonnegut

recommended 2x

Derek Sivers recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

Derek Sivers recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

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#131

Geek in Japan

by Hector Garcia

recommended 2x

[This is the book I've given most often as a gift] because I’m fascinated with understanding the mindset of a place.

[This is the book I've given most often as a gift] because I’m fascinated with understanding the mindset of a place.

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#132

Power Schmoozing

by Terri Mandell

Derek Sivers mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

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#133

Au Contraire!

by Gilles Asselin

Derek Sivers recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

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#134

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You

by Janelle Shane

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#135

Influence

by Robert B. Cialdini, PhD

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#136

The Road Less Traveled

by M. Scott Peck

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#137

Will

by Will Smith and Mark Manson

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#138

Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!

by Richard P. Feynman

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#139

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

by Friedrich Nietzsche

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#140

The Elements of Style

by William Strunk Jr.

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#141

Peak

by Anders Ericsson & Robert Pool

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#142

A Geek in Japan

by Hector Garcia Puigcerver