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141 books recommended by top leaders

Zero to One book cover

Zero to One

by Peter Thiel

businessstartupseconomics

27 recommendations

The Innovator's Dilemma book cover

The Innovator's Dilemma

by Clayton M. Christensen

managementbusinesseconomics

22 recommendations

Principles book cover

Principles

by Ray Dalio

investingbiographybusiness

17 recommendations

Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder book cover

Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

psychologybusinesseconomics

13 recommendations

Mindset book cover

Mindset

by Carol S. Dweck

fictionpsychologyscience

9 recommendations

The Obstacle Is the Way book cover

The Obstacle Is the Way

by Ryan Holiday

psychologyself-helpbusiness

9 recommendations

Creativity, Inc. book cover

Creativity, Inc.

managementcreativitybusiness

8 recommendations

The Sovereign Individual book cover

The Sovereign Individual

by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg

technologypoliticsfiction

7 recommendations

Blitzscaling book cover

Blitzscaling

by Reid Hoffman

businessstartupseconomics

6 recommendations

Freakonomics book cover

Freakonomics

by Steven D. Levitt

economicsfinancefiction

5 recommendations

The Rise and Fall of American Growth book cover

The Rise and Fall of American Growth

by Robert J. Gordon

historyeconomics

5 recommendations

Thinking in Bets book cover

Thinking in Bets

by Annie Duke

managementbusinesseconomics

5 recommendations

Tools of Titans book cover

Tools of Titans

by Tim Ferriss

fitnesspsychologybusiness

5 recommendations

Capital in the Twenty-First Century book cover

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

by Thomas Piketty

economicspolitics

4 recommendations

Deep Work book cover

Deep Work

by Cal Newport

businesseconomicsmanagement

4 recommendations

Getting to Yes book cover

Getting to Yes

by Roger Fisher

psychologybusinesseconomics

4 recommendations

In the Plex book cover

In the Plex

fictioneconomics

4 recommendations

Predictably Irrational book cover

Predictably Irrational

by Dan Ariely

economicsbusinessfiction

4 recommendations

The Changing World Order book cover

The Changing World Order

by Ray Dalio

economicspolitics

4 recommendations

The Wealth of Nations book cover

The Wealth of Nations

by Adam Smith

economics

4 recommendations

Built to Last book cover

Built to Last

by Jim Collins

businessmanagementstartups

3 recommendations

Debt book cover

Debt

historyfictioneconomics

3 recommendations

Drive book cover

Drive

by Daniel Pink

businesspsychologyfiction

3 recommendations

Economics in One Lesson book cover

Economics in One Lesson

by Henry Hazlitt

economics

3 recommendations

SuperFreakonomics book cover

SuperFreakonomics

by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner

economicsbusiness

3 recommendations

The Alliance book cover

The Alliance

by Reid Hoffman

leadershipbusinesseconomics

3 recommendations

The Art of the Start 2.0 book cover

The Art of the Start 2.0

by Guy Kawasaki

businessstartupseconomics

3 recommendations

The Dip book cover

The Dip

by Seth Godin

businessfictionpsychology

3 recommendations

The New New Thing book cover

The New New Thing

by Michael Lewis

businessbiographyhistory

3 recommendations

The Outsiders book cover

The Outsiders

by William N. Thorndike

managementbiographybusiness

3 recommendations

The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age book cover

The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age

by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg

politicseconomics

3 recommendations

The World Is Flat book cover

The World Is Flat

by Thomas L. Friedman

politicseconomicsscience

3 recommendations

Why Nations Fail book cover

Why Nations Fail

by Daron Acemoğlu & James A. Robinson

economicshistoryfiction

3 recommendations

A Curious Mind book cover

A Curious Mind

by Brian Grazer

biographymemoirbusiness

2 recommendations

Adapt book cover

Adapt

by Tim Harford

businesseconomics

2 recommendations

Bad Blood book cover

Bad Blood

by John Carreyrou

businesstechnologyfiction

2 recommendations

Basic Economics book cover

Basic Economics

by Thomas Sowell

economicsbusiness

2 recommendations

Billion Dollar Whale book cover

Billion Dollar Whale

by Tom Wright & Bradley Hope

biographybusinesseconomics

2 recommendations

Creative Selection book cover

Creative Selection

by Ken Kocienda

technologyhistoryeconomics

2 recommendations

Get Back in the Box book cover

Get Back in the Box

by Douglas Rushkoff

economicsbusiness

2 recommendations

Googled book cover

Googled

by Ken Auletta

historysciencetechnology

2 recommendations

How Asia Works book cover

How Asia Works

by Joe Studwell

economicshistory

2 recommendations

How Google Works book cover

How Google Works

by Eric Schmidt

businesseconomicsleadership

2 recommendations

Humans Need Not Apply book cover

Humans Need Not Apply

by Jerry KaplanThis book provides a decent e

technologybusinesseconomics

2 recommendations

Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook book cover

Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook

by Gary Vaynerchuk

businesseconomicsstartups

2 recommendations

Nudge book cover

Nudge

by Richard H. Thaler & Cass R. Sunstein

businesspsychologyeconomics

2 recommendations

Numbers Don't Lie book cover

Numbers Don't Lie

by Vaclav Smil

scienceeconomics

2 recommendations

Superforecasting book cover

Superforecasting

by Philip E. Tetlock & Dan Gardner

psychologysciencebusiness

2 recommendations

The Design of Everyday Things book cover

The Design of Everyday Things

by Don Norman

psychologybusinesseconomics

2 recommendations

The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money book cover

The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money

by John Maynard Keynes

economicsfinance

2 recommendations

The Journalist And The Murderer book cover

The Journalist And The Murderer

by Janet Malcolm

biographybusinesseconomics

2 recommendations

The Law book cover

The Law

by Frédéric Bastiat

economicsphilosophy

2 recommendations

The Mystery of Capital book cover

The Mystery of Capital

by Hernando de Soto

economicspolitics

2 recommendations

The Road to Serfdom book cover

The Road to Serfdom

by Friedrich Hayek

politicseconomics

2 recommendations

The Search book cover

The Search

by John Battelle

businesstechnologybiography

2 recommendations

The Startup Way book cover

The Startup Way

by Eric Ries

businesseconomicsstartups

2 recommendations

This Time Is Different book cover

This Time Is Different

economicshistory

2 recommendations

Troublemakers book cover

Troublemakers

startupstechnologyhistory

2 recommendations

Where Good Ideas Come From book cover

Where Good Ideas Come From

by Steven Johnson

creativitybusinessscience

2 recommendations

A Great Leap Forward book cover

A Great Leap Forward

by Alexander J. Field

historyeconomics

1 recommendation

A Guide to Econometrics book cover

A Guide to Econometrics

by Peter E. Kennedy

economicsscience

1 recommendation

A History of Economic Theory book cover

A History of Economic Theory

by Jurg Niehans

historyeconomics

1 recommendation

A Splendid Exchange book cover

A Splendid Exchange

historyeconomics

1 recommendation

Accounting for Tastes book cover

Accounting for Tastes

by Gary S. Becker

economicsbusiness

1 recommendation

An Empire of Wealth book cover

An Empire of Wealth

by John Steele Gordon

historyeconomics

1 recommendation

Becoming a Category of One book cover

Becoming a Category of One

by Joe Calloway

managementbusinessfiction

1 recommendation

Beyond Smoke and Mirrors book cover

Beyond Smoke and Mirrors

politicseconomics

1 recommendation

Beyond the Crash book cover

Beyond the Crash

economicspolitics

1 recommendation

Capitalism and Freedom book cover

Capitalism and Freedom

by Milton Friedman

economicspolitics

1 recommendation

Class Warfare book cover

Class Warfare

politicseconomics

1 recommendation

Confessions of the Pricing Man book cover

Confessions of the Pricing Man

by Hermann Simon

businesseconomics

1 recommendation

Dark Money book cover

Dark Money

by Jane Mayer

politicseconomics

1 recommendation

Das Kapital book cover

Das Kapital

by Karl Marx

economicspolitics

1 recommendation

Eat the Rich book cover

Eat the Rich

by P.J. O'Rourke

economics

1 recommendation

End The Fed book cover

End The Fed

by Ron Paul

politicseconomics

1 recommendation

Facing Up to Scarcity book cover

Facing Up to Scarcity

economicspolitics

1 recommendation

Forces of Production book cover

Forces of Production

economicsbusiness

1 recommendation

Free to Choose book cover

Free to Choose

by Milton Friedman

economics

1 recommendation

Golden Gates book cover

Golden Gates

by Conor Dougherty

historyeconomics

1 recommendation

Home Economics book cover

Home Economics

by Wendell Berry

economicsphilosophy

1 recommendation

How the Scots Invented the Modern World book cover

How the Scots Invented the Modern World

by Arthur Herman

historyeconomics

1 recommendation

How to Spend $75 Billion to Make the World a Better Place book cover

How to Spend $75 Billion to Make the World a Better Place

by Bjørn Lomborg

politicseconomics

1 recommendation

Human Action book cover

Human Action

by Ludwig von Mises

economicspolitics

1 recommendation

I Love Capitalism!: An American Story book cover

I Love Capitalism!: An American Story

by Ken Langone

businesseconomics

1 recommendation

In Defense of Global Capitalism book cover

In Defense of Global Capitalism

by Johan Norberg

politicseconomics

1 recommendation

In Defense of Globalization book cover

In Defense of Globalization

by Jagdish N. Bhagwati

politicseconomics

1 recommendation

In FED We Trust book cover

In FED We Trust

politicseconomics

1 recommendation

Introduction to Econometrics book cover

Introduction to Econometrics

by James H. Stock & Mark W. Watson

economicsscience

1 recommendation

Knowledge and Power book cover

Knowledge and Power

by George Gilder

startupseconomicspolitics

1 recommendation

Liar's Poker book cover

Liar's Poker

by Michael Lewis

biographybusinesseconomics

1 recommendation

Limits to Growth book cover

Limits to Growth

scienceeconomics

1 recommendation

Money Well Spent book cover

Money Well Spent

financeeconomics

1 recommendation

More from Less book cover

More from Less

by Andy McAfee

businesseconomics

1 recommendation

More Heat than Light book cover

More Heat than Light

by Philip Mirowski

economicsphysics

1 recommendation

Narconomics book cover

Narconomics

economicsbusiness

1 recommendation

New Rules for the New Economy book cover

New Rules for the New Economy

by Kevin Kelly

economicsbusiness

1 recommendation

Peddling Prosperity book cover

Peddling Prosperity

by Paul Krugman

economicshistory

1 recommendation

Poor Numbers book cover

Poor Numbers

economics

1 recommendation

Portfolios of the Poor book cover

Portfolios of the Poor

by Daryl Collins

economics

1 recommendation

Prosperity book cover

Prosperity

by Colins Mayer

economicsbusiness

1 recommendation

Recapturing the Spirit of Enterprise book cover

Recapturing the Spirit of Enterprise

by George Gilder

businesseconomics

1 recommendation

Revolutionary Wealth book cover

Revolutionary Wealth

by Alvin Toffler

economicspolitics

1 recommendation

Silk Roads book cover

Silk Roads

historyeconomics

1 recommendation

Slouching Towards Utopia book cover

Slouching Towards Utopia

historyeconomics

1 recommendation

Stone Age Economics book cover

Stone Age Economics

by Marshall Sahlins

politicssciencebusiness

1 recommendation

Stubborn Attachments book cover

Stubborn Attachments

by Tyler Cowen

economicsbusiness

1 recommendation

The Ascent of Money book cover

The Ascent of Money

by Niall Ferguson

historyeconomicsfinance

1 recommendation

The Bet book cover

The Bet

historyeconomics

1 recommendation

The Bitcoin Standard book cover

The Bitcoin Standard

by Saifedean Ammous

economicsfinance

1 recommendation

The Culture Code book cover

The Culture Code

by Daniel Coyle

leadershipself-helpbusiness

1 recommendation

The Dual Economy book cover

The Dual Economy

by Robert Averitt

economicspolitics

1 recommendation

The End of Poverty book cover

The End of Poverty

economicspolitics

1 recommendation

The Future Is Asian book cover

The Future Is Asian

by Parag Khanna

politicseconomics

1 recommendation

The Great Convergence book cover

The Great Convergence

by Richard Baldwin

economicstechnology

1 recommendation

The Great Escape book cover

The Great Escape

by Angus Deaton

economicshistory

1 recommendation

The Great Transformation book cover

The Great Transformation

by Karl Polanyi

historyeconomics

1 recommendation

The History of Money book cover

The History of Money

historyeconomics

1 recommendation

The Inner Lives of Markets book cover

The Inner Lives of Markets

by Ray Fisman & Tim Sullivan

economicsbusiness

1 recommendation

The Innovator's Solution book cover

The Innovator's Solution

by Clayton M. Christensen

businessmanagementeconomics

1 recommendation

The Machinery of Freedom: Guide to a Radical Capitalism book cover

The Machinery of Freedom: Guide to a Radical Capitalism

by David D. Friedman

politicseconomics

1 recommendation

The Misbehavior of Markets book cover

The Misbehavior of Markets

by Benoit B. Mandelbrot & Richard L. Hudson

economicsscience

1 recommendation

The Muqaddimah book cover

The Muqaddimah

by Ibn Khaldun

philosophyhistoryeconomics

1 recommendation

The New Financial Order book cover

The New Financial Order

by Robert J. Shiller

financeeconomics

1 recommendation

The New Industrial State book cover

The New Industrial State

by John Kenneth Galbraith

economicsbusiness

1 recommendation

The Only Game in Town book cover

The Only Game in Town

by Mohamed El-Erian

fictionbusinesseconomics

1 recommendation

The Origin of Wealth book cover

The Origin of Wealth

economicshistory

1 recommendation

The Pirate's Dilemma book cover

The Pirate's Dilemma

by Matt Mason

businesseconomics

1 recommendation

The Road to Wigan Pier book cover

The Road to Wigan Pier

by George Orwell

fictioneconomicsscience

1 recommendation

The Scandal of Money book cover

The Scandal of Money

by George Gilder

financeeconomicspolitics

1 recommendation

The Truth Machine book cover

The Truth Machine

by Paul Vigna & Michael J. Casey

sciencetechnologybusiness

1 recommendation

The Upside of Inequality book cover

The Upside of Inequality

by Edward Conard

economics

1 recommendation

The Year Without Pants book cover

The Year Without Pants

by Scott Berkun

naturebusinesseconomics

1 recommendation

Triumph of the City book cover

Triumph of the City

by Edward Glaeser

economicsrelationshipspolitics

1 recommendation

Venture Deals book cover

Venture Deals

by Brad Feld

businessstartupseconomics

1 recommendation

Wages of Destruction book cover

Wages of Destruction

by Hayek American Caesar by Manchester Maste

economicshistory

1 recommendation

Wealth and Poverty book cover

Wealth and Poverty

by George Gilder

economicsbusiness

1 recommendation

Where the Jobs Are book cover

Where the Jobs Are

by John Dearie & Courtney Geduldig

economicsbusiness

1 recommendation

Why Most Things Fail book cover

Why Most Things Fail

by Paul Ormerod

philosophybusinesseconomics

1 recommendation

Why Stock Markets Crash book cover

Why Stock Markets Crash

by Didier Sornette

economicsfinance

1 recommendation

Why Wages Rise book cover

Why Wages Rise

by F.A. Harper

economicsbusiness

1 recommendation

Yes! book cover

Yes!

by Noah J. Goldstein, Robert B. Cialdini & Steve J. Martin

psychologybusinessfiction

1 recommendation