curated list

books recommended by billionaires

The books most often recommended by the world's wealthiest people — Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Charlie Munger, Elon Musk, Ray Dalio, and other billionaires whose reading lists shape global business and philanthropy.

Aggregated across 26 people we track · 60 books ranked by how many on this list have publicly recommended each one.

most recommended books on this list

  1. Einstein: His Life and Universe
    5 people

    Einstein: His Life and Universe

    Walter Isaacson · 2007

    5 recommenders

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  2. Only the Paranoid Survive
    5 people

    Only the Paranoid Survive

    Andrew S. Grove · 1998

    5 recommenders

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  3. Outliers: The Story of Success
    5 people

    Outliers: The Story of Success

    Malcolm Gladwell · 2008

    5 recommenders

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  4. The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
    5 people

    The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

    Ben Horowitz · 2014

    5 recommenders

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  5. Atlas Shrugged (Centennial Ed.)
    4 people

    Atlas Shrugged (Centennial Ed.)

    Ayn Rand · 1999

    4 recommenders

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  6. Principles: Life and Work
    4 people

    Principles: Life and Work

    Ray Dalio · 2017

    4 recommenders

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  7. The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change)
    4 people

    The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change)

    Clayton M. Christensen · 2003

    4 recommenders

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  8. “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”: Adventures of a Curious Character
    3 people

    “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”: Adventures of a Curious Character

    Richard P. Feynman · 2018

    3 recommenders

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  9. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
    3 people

    Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

    Walter Isaacson · 2004

    3 recommenders

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  10. Capital in the Twenty-First Century
    3 people

    Capital in the Twenty-First Century

    Thomas Piketty · 2014

    3 recommenders

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  11. Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?
    3 people

    Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?

    Graham Allison · 2017

    3 recommenders

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  12. Guns, Germs, and Steel
    3 people

    Guns, Germs, and Steel

    Jared Diamond · 2005

    3 recommenders

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  13. High Output Management
    3 people

    High Output Management

    Andrew S. Grove · 1995

    3 recommenders

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  14. Snow Crash: A Novel
    3 people

    Snow Crash: A Novel

    Neal Stephenson · 2018

    3 recommenders

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  15. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
    3 people

    Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

    Nick Bostrom · 2014

    3 recommenders

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  16. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
    3 people

    The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin · 2004

    3 recommenders

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  17. The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility" (Incerto)
    3 people

    The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility" (Incerto)

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb · 2007

    3 recommenders

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  18. The Player of Games
    3 people

    The Player of Games

    Iain M. Banks · 1997

    3 recommenders

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  19. Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think (Exponential Technology Series)
    2 people

    Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think (Exponential Technology Series)

    Peter H. Diamandis · 2012

    2 recommenders

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  20. AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
    2 people

    AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future

    Kai-Fu Lee, Chen Qiufan · 2021

    2 recommenders

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  21. An American Marriage: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club 2018 Selection)
    2 people

    An American Marriage: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club 2018 Selection)

    Tayari Jones · 2018

    2 recommenders

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  22. Anna Karenina
    2 people

    Anna Karenina

    Leo Tolstoy and translated by Rosamund Bartlett · 2012

    2 recommenders

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  23. Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Good to Great, 2)
    2 people

    Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Good to Great, 2)

    Jim Collins · 2004

    2 recommenders

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  24. Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street
    2 people

    Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street

    John Brooks · 1969

    2 recommenders

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  25. Consider Phlebas
    2 people

    Consider Phlebas

    Iain M. Banks · 1988

    2 recommenders

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  26. Decoded
    2 people

    Decoded

    Jay-Z · 2010

    2 recommenders

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  27. Dune
    2 people

    Dune

    Frank Herbert · 2019

    2 recommenders

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  28. Energy: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)
    2 people

    Energy: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)

    Vaclav Smil · 2006

    2 recommenders

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  29. Excession
    2 people

    Excession

    Iain M. Banks · 1998

    2 recommenders

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  30. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World — And Why Things Are Better Than You Think
    2 people

    Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World — And Why Things Are Better Than You Think

    Hans Rosling · 2018

    2 recommenders

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  31. Foundation
    2 people

    Foundation

    Isaac Asimov · 2004

    2 recommenders

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  32. Genome (text only) First American Edition edition by M. Ridley
    2 people

    Genome (text only) First American Edition edition by M. Ridley

    Matt Ridley · 2006

    2 recommenders

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  33. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
    2 people

    Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

    Jared Diamond Ph.D. · 2005

    2 recommenders

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  34. Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire
    2 people

    Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire

    James Wallace · 1993

    2 recommenders

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  35. Hopping over the Rabbit Hole
    2 people

    Hopping over the Rabbit Hole

    Anthony Scaramucci · 2016

    2 recommenders

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  36. How to Invest: Masters on the Craft
    2 people

    How to Invest: Masters on the Craft

    David M. Rubenstein · 2022

    2 recommenders

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  37. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition
    2 people

    Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition

    Robert B. Cialdini, PhD · 2006

    2 recommenders

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  38. Inversions
    2 people

    Inversions

    Iain M. Banks · 2001

    2 recommenders

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  39. Keeping At It
    2 people

    Keeping At It

    Paul A. Volcker · 2018

    2 recommenders

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  40. Leadership: In Turbulent Times
    2 people

    Leadership: In Turbulent Times

    Doris Kearns Goodwin · 2018

    2 recommenders

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  41. Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
    2 people

    Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

    Sheryl Sandberg · 2013

    2 recommenders

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  42. Leonardo da Vinci
    2 people

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Walter Isaacson · 2017

    2 recommenders

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  43. Life 3.0
    2 people

    Life 3.0

    Max Tegmark · 2017

    2 recommenders

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  44. Life Is What You Make It: Find Your Own Path to Fulfillment
    2 people

    Life Is What You Make It: Find Your Own Path to Fulfillment

    Peter Buffett · 2010

    2 recommenders

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  45. Lights Out
    2 people

    Lights Out

    Thomas Gryta · 2020

    2 recommenders

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  46. Look to Windward
    2 people

    Look to Windward

    Iain M. Banks · 2002

    2 recommenders

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  47. Matter
    2 people

    Matter

    Iain M. Banks · 2008

    2 recommenders

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  48. Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
    2 people

    Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs

    John Doerr · 2018

    2 recommenders

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  49. Mythical Man-Month, The: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition
    2 people

    Mythical Man-Month, The: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition

    Frederick P. Brooks Jr. · 1995

    2 recommenders

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  50. Numbers Don't Lie
    2 people

    Numbers Don't Lie

    Vaclav Smil · 2020

    2 recommenders

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  51. On Immunity: An Inoculation
    2 people

    On Immunity: An Inoculation

    Eula Biss · 2014

    2 recommenders

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  52. Open
    2 people

    Open

    Andre Agassi · 2009

    2 recommenders

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  53. Plagues and the Paradox of Progress
    2 people

    Plagues and the Paradox of Progress

    Thomas J. Bollyky · 2018

    2 recommenders

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  54. Play Nice But Win
    2 people

    Play Nice But Win

    Michael Dell, James Kaplan · 2021

    2 recommenders

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  55. Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger, Expanded Third Edition
    2 people

    Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger, Expanded Third Edition

    edited by Peter Kaufman · 2006

    2 recommenders

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  56. Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail
    2 people

    Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail

    Ray Dalio · 2021

    2 recommenders

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  57. ReWork: (Vermilion Life Essentials)
    2 people

    ReWork: (Vermilion Life Essentials)

    Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson · 2010

    2 recommenders

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  58. Sam Walton: Made in America
    2 people

    Sam Walton: Made in America

    Sam Walton · 1993

    2 recommenders

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  59. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    2 people

    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

    Yuval Noah Harari · 2015

    2 recommenders

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  60. Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
    2 people

    Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

    Phil Knight · 2016

    2 recommenders

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