99 books recommended by Elon Musk

“Asimov’s Foundation books were a strong influence on me as a child”

— Twitter/X

“Penguin edition of The Iliad”

— Twitter/X

“Dune series by Herbert also brilliant. He advocates placing limits on machine intelligence.”

— Twitter/X

“Marx was a capitalist. He even wrote a book about it.”

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““Ignition!””

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“Sam lost me when he said that any lies at all would justify Trump losing. I mean … Sam literally wrote a book about why lying is evil! pic.twitter.com/VTbNWWeGDj”

— Twitter/X

“Some audiobook recommendations: The Story of Civilization by Durant Iliad (Penguin Edition) The Road to Serfdom by Hayek American Caesar by Manchester Masters of Doom by Kushner The Wages of Destruction by Tooze The Storm of Steel by Junger The Guns of August by Tuchman The Gallic Wars by Caesar Twelve Against the Gods by Bolitho Genghis Khan by Weatherford The first one on the list will take a while to get through, but is very much worthwhile. Admittedly, this is a list that appeals to those who think about Rome every day. I hope someone makes an audiobook of The Encyclopedia of Military History by Dupuy and The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World by Creasy.”

— Twitter/X

“Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World”

— Twitter/X

“Worth reading The Machine Stops, an old story by E. M. Forster”

— Twitter/X

“I like The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress.”

— Fs.blog

“Read The Parasitic Mind”

— Twitter/X

“Good book”

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“Yeah, they’re all good, but I particularly liked his biography of Ben Franklin”

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“Am reading Robert Massie's book on Catherine the Great. Yeah, I know what you're probably thinking ... did she really f* a horse?”

— Twitter/X

“Ashlee Vance's biography is mostly correct, but also rife with errors & never independently fact-checked, despite my request that he do so”

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“Just read it. Book is accurate.”

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““Stalin: Court of the Red Tsar” was one of the few books so dark I had to stop reading. If only they’d listened to Lenin’s last wish, much tragedy may have been averted.”

— Twitter/X

“Must admit to liking "The Fault in Our Stars" too. Sad, romantic and beautifully named”

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“The @SkepticsGuide book is 👍”

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“Adam Smith FTW obv. Ironically, future automation will naturally lead to greater equality of consumption. Monopolies are true enemy of people. Competing to serve is good.”

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“Some audiobook recommendations: The Story of Civilization by Durant Iliad (Penguin Edition) The Road to Serfdom by Hayek American Caesar by Manchester Masters of Doom by Kushner The Wages of Destruction by Tooze The Storm of Steel by Junger The Guns of August by Tuchman The Gallic Wars by Caesar Twelve Against the Gods by Bolitho Genghis Khan by Weatherford The first one on the list will take a while to get through, but is very much worthwhile. Admittedly, this is a list that appeals to those who think about Rome every day. I hope someone makes an audiobook of The Encyclopedia of Military History by Dupuy and The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World by Creasy.”

— Twitter/X

“Some audiobook recommendations: The Story of Civilization by Durant Iliad (Penguin Edition) The Road to Serfdom by Hayek American Caesar by Manchester Masters of Doom by Kushner The Wages of Destruction by Tooze The Storm of Steel by Junger The Guns of August by Tuchman The Gallic Wars by Caesar Twelve Against the Gods by Bolitho Genghis Khan by Weatherford The first one on the list will take a while to get through, but is very much worthwhile. Admittedly, this is a list that appeals to those who think about Rome every day. I hope someone makes an audiobook of The Encyclopedia of Military History by Dupuy and The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World by Creasy.”

— Twitter/X

“My Mom wrote a book ❤️”

— Twitter/X

“Very appealing if you’re a sophomore in college. It’s a counterpoint to communism and useful as such, but should be tempered with kindness.”

— Twitter/X

“Daemon is a great read”

— Twitter/X

“Some audiobook recommendations: The Story of Civilization by Durant Iliad (Penguin Edition) The Road to Serfdom by Hayek American Caesar by Manchester Masters of Doom by Kushner The Wages of Destruction by Tooze The Storm of Steel by Junger The Guns of August by Tuchman The Gallic Wars by Caesar Twelve Against the Gods by Bolitho Genghis Khan by Weatherford The first one on the list will take a while to get through, but is very much worthwhile. Admittedly, this is a list that appeals to those who think about Rome every day. I hope someone makes an audiobook of The Encyclopedia of Military History by Dupuy and The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World by Creasy.”

— Twitter/X

“Written by three experts in the field, Deep Learning is the only comprehensive book on the subject. It provides much-needed broad perspective and mathematical preliminaries for software engineers and students entering the field, and serves as a reference for authorities.”

— Mitpress.mit.edu

“Again, could not recommend this book more. Audio version is great.”

— Twitter/X

“SBF’s Mom wrote a book about how being a moral squiggly worm is ok and his Dad teaches people how to avoid taxes while simultaneously writing Sen Karen’s evil tax policy! pic.twitter.com/Xq17G5J0Cv”

— Twitter/X

““We are choked with news and starved of history” – Durant”

— Twitter/X

“Some audiobook recommendations: The Story of Civilization by Durant Iliad (Penguin Edition) The Road to Serfdom by Hayek American Caesar by Manchester Masters of Doom by Kushner The Wages of Destruction by Tooze The Storm of Steel by Junger The Guns of August by Tuchman The Gallic Wars by Caesar Twelve Against the Gods by Bolitho Genghis Khan by Weatherford The first one on the list will take a while to get through, but is very much worthwhile. Admittedly, this is a list that appeals to those who think about Rome every day. I hope someone makes an audiobook of The Encyclopedia of Military History by Dupuy and The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World by Creasy.”

— Twitter/X

“It is interesting to read Orwell’s account of the Spanish civil war. He started out fighting for the communists …”

— Twitter/X

“Worth reading “Human Compatible” by Stuart Russell (he’s great!) about future AI risks & solutions”

— Twitter/X

“Great book. Read it when it came out.”

— Twitter/X

“Worth reading Merchants of Doubt. Same who tried to deny smoking deaths r denying climate change”

— Twitter/X

“Ignition by John Clarke, Huzel & Wang book on propulsion, Asimov's Foundation, [and] Heinlein's MiaHM [are my favorite books about space.]”

— Twitter/X

“If a severe global recession were to dry up capital availability / liquidity while SpaceX was losing billions on Starlink & Starship, then bankruptcy, while still unlikely, is not impossible. GM & Chrysler went BK last recession. “Only the paranoid survive.” – Grove”

— Twitter/X

“While on the subject of AI risk, Our Final Invention by @jrbarrat is also worth reading”

— Twitter/X

“Higgins managed to make his book both false *and* boring 🤣🤣”

— Twitter/X

“I read a translation of the Quran when I was around 12. Helpful to understand.”

— Twitter/X

“Liked "Screw Business as Usual" a lot. This approach should be taken to heart by all, as it really is the smart move.”

— Twitter/X

“A bit more obscure, but [I recommend] Starhammer & Stainless Steel Rat”

— Twitter/X

“I like Stranger in a Strange Land, although it kind of goes off the rails at the end.”

— Fs.blog

“There’s a good book on structural design called Structures: Or Why Things Don’t Fall Down. It is really, really good if you want a primer on structural design.”

— Fs.blog

“Worth reading Superintelligence by Bostrom. We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes.”

— Twitter/X

“People should read Feynman’s books”

— Twitter/X

“Highly recommend anything by Sean Carroll”

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“This book is an excellent explanation of why capitalism is not just successful, but morally right, especially chapter 4”

— Twitter/X

“In his 18th Brumaire essay (in which he does make some good points), Marx famously said history repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce. This is now ironically happening with Marxism.”

— Twitter/X

“Some audiobook recommendations: The Story of Civilization by Durant Iliad (Penguin Edition) The Road to Serfdom by Hayek American Caesar by Manchester Masters of Doom by Kushner The Wages of Destruction by Tooze The Storm of Steel by Junger The Guns of August by Tuchman The Gallic Wars by Caesar Twelve Against the Gods by Bolitho Genghis Khan by Weatherford The first one on the list will take a while to get through, but is very much worthwhile. Admittedly, this is a list that appeals to those who think about Rome every day. I hope someone makes an audiobook of The Encyclopedia of Military History by Dupuy and The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World by Creasy.”

— Twitter/X

“Some audiobook recommendations: The Story of Civilization by Durant Iliad (Penguin Edition) The Road to Serfdom by Hayek American Caesar by Manchester Masters of Doom by Kushner The Wages of Destruction by Tooze The Storm of Steel by Junger The Guns of August by Tuchman The Gallic Wars by Caesar Twelve Against the Gods by Bolitho Genghis Khan by Weatherford The first one on the list will take a while to get through, but is very much worthwhile. Admittedly, this is a list that appeals to those who think about Rome every day. I hope someone makes an audiobook of The Encyclopedia of Military History by Dupuy and The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World by Creasy.”

— Twitter/X

“My kids love "The Lost Planet" by @RachelSearles. Now on a rare second read!”

— Twitter/X

“Love the Iliad and Odyssey”

— Twitter/X

“Congratulations on your new book! pic.twitter.com/rSVM7zRBAh”

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“Read Eliot’s notes on The Waste Land”

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“Have recently come to appreciate the awesome, absurdist humor of Waiting for Godot. We so often wait, without knowing why, when or where.”

— Twitter/X