curated list

books recommended by CEOs

The reading lists of CEOs at Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta, Disney, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, NVIDIA, and other companies that shape the global economy.

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. Play Nice But Win
    7 people

    Play Nice But Win

    Michael Dell, James Kaplan · 2021

    7 recommenders

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  2. High Output Management
    5 people

    High Output Management

    Andrew S. Grove · 1995

    5 recommenders

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  3. Only the Paranoid Survive
    5 people

    Only the Paranoid Survive

    Andrew S. Grove · 1998

    5 recommenders

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  4. Principles: Life and Work
    5 people

    Principles: Life and Work

    Ray Dalio · 2017

    5 recommenders

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  5. Steve Jobs
    5 people

    Steve Jobs

    Walter Isaacson · 2011

    5 recommenders

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

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

    Clayton M. Christensen · 2003

    5 recommenders

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  8. Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies
    4 people

    Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies

    Reid Hoffman · 2018

    4 recommenders

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

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

    Graham Allison · 2017

    4 recommenders

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  10. Einstein: His Life and Universe
    4 people

    Einstein: His Life and Universe

    Walter Isaacson · 2007

    4 recommenders

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  11. Good To Great : Why Some Companies Make The Leap and Others Don't
    4 people

    Good To Great : Why Some Companies Make The Leap and Others Don't

    Jim Collins · 2001

    4 recommenders

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

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

    edited by Peter Kaufman · 2006

    4 recommenders

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  13. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    4 people

    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

    Yuval Noah Harari · 2015

    4 recommenders

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  14. 7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy
    3 people

    7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy

    Hamilton Helmer · 2016

    3 recommenders

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

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

    Jim Collins · 2004

    3 recommenders

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  16. Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street
    3 people

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

    John Brooks · 1969

    3 recommenders

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  17. Guns, Germs, and Steel
    3 people

    Guns, Germs, and Steel

    Jared Diamond · 2005

    3 recommenders

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  18. How to Invest: Masters on the Craft
    3 people

    How to Invest: Masters on the Craft

    David M. Rubenstein · 2022

    3 recommenders

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  19. Masters of Scale
    3 people

    Masters of Scale

    Reid Hoffman · 2021

    3 recommenders

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  20. Outliers: The Story of Success
    3 people

    Outliers: The Story of Success

    Malcolm Gladwell · 2008

    3 recommenders

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  21. The Art o f War
    3 people

    The Art o f War

    Sun Tzu · 2005

    3 recommenders

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  22. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
    3 people

    The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

    Stephen Pinker · 2012

    3 recommenders

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  23. The Player of Games
    3 people

    The Player of Games

    Iain M. Banks · 1997

    3 recommenders

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  24. The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)
    3 people

    The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)

    Robert J. Gordon · 2016

    3 recommenders

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  25. Thinking, Fast and Slow
    3 people

    Thinking, Fast and Slow

    Daniel Kahneman · 2011

    3 recommenders

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  26. Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age
    3 people

    Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age

    Brad Smith · 2019

    3 recommenders

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  27. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
    3 people

    Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

    Peter Thiel · 2014

    3 recommenders

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

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

    Richard P. Feynman · 2018

    2 recommenders

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  29. 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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  30. Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America
    2 people

    Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America

    Jared Cohen · 2019

    2 recommenders

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  31. 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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  32. AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
    2 people

    AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order

    Kai-Fu Lee · 2018

    2 recommenders

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  33. Atlas Shrugged (Centennial Ed.)
    2 people

    Atlas Shrugged (Centennial Ed.)

    Ayn Rand · 1999

    2 recommenders

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  34. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
    2 people

    Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

    Walter Isaacson · 2004

    2 recommenders

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  35. Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
    2 people

    Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society

    Nicholas A. Christakis MD PhD · 2019

    2 recommenders

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  36. Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World (Exponential Technology Series)
    2 people

    Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World (Exponential Technology Series)

    Peter H. Diamandis · 2015

    2 recommenders

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  37. Capital in the Twenty-First Century
    2 people

    Capital in the Twenty-First Century

    Thomas Piketty · 2014

    2 recommenders

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  38. Consider Phlebas
    2 people

    Consider Phlebas

    Iain M. Banks · 1988

    2 recommenders

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  39. Dear Founder
    2 people

    Dear Founder

    Maynard Webb · 2018

    2 recommenders

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  40. Deep Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series)
    2 people

    Deep Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series)

    Ian Goodfellow · 2016

    2 recommenders

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  41. Dune
    2 people

    Dune

    Frank Herbert · 2019

    2 recommenders

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  42. 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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  43. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
    2 people

    Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

    Matthew Desmond · 2016

    2 recommenders

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  44. Excession
    2 people

    Excession

    Iain M. Banks · 1998

    2 recommenders

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  45. Foundation
    2 people

    Foundation

    Isaac Asimov · 2004

    2 recommenders

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  46. Future Forward
    2 people

    Future Forward

    Glenn Rifkin · 2018

    2 recommenders

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  47. How Asia Works
    2 people

    How Asia Works

    Joe Studwell · 2013

    2 recommenders

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  48. If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... Where is Everybody?
    2 people

    If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... Where is Everybody?

    Stephen Webb · 2002

    2 recommenders

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  49. Inversions
    2 people

    Inversions

    Iain M. Banks · 2001

    2 recommenders

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  50. Leonardo da Vinci
    2 people

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Walter Isaacson · 2017

    2 recommenders

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  51. Life 3.0
    2 people

    Life 3.0

    Max Tegmark · 2017

    2 recommenders

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  52. 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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  53. Lights Out
    2 people

    Lights Out

    Thomas Gryta · 2020

    2 recommenders

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  54. Look to Windward
    2 people

    Look to Windward

    Iain M. Banks · 2002

    2 recommenders

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  55. Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
    2 people

    Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

    David Kushner · 2004

    2 recommenders

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  56. Matter
    2 people

    Matter

    Iain M. Banks · 2008

    2 recommenders

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  57. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
    2 people

    Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

    Carol S. Dweck · 2006

    2 recommenders

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  58. MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom (Tony Robbins Financial Freedom Series)
    2 people

    MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom (Tony Robbins Financial Freedom Series)

    Tony Robbins · 2014

    2 recommenders

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  59. 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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  60. No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
    2 people

    No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention

    Erin Meyer & Reed Hastings · 2020

    2 recommenders

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