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by Unknown
“The most exciting [biography of Einstein] I've read. The author is a physicist who is genuinely excited about Einstein's discoveries.”
— 1. The Making of Europe
by William Finnegan
“21) Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan”
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by Peter Bevelin
“Few thoughts happier than realizing it's been long enough since you last read the Sherlocks Holmes stories that you can read them again.”
— 1. The Making of Europe
by R.H.C. Davis
“11) A History of Medieval Europe by R.H.C. Davis”
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by Moses, prepared HADAS
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— 24 Recommended Books — Paul Graham
by G.H. Hardy
“4) A Mathematician’s Apology by G. H. Hardy”
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by Nicholas A. Christakis
“10) Apollo’s Arrow by Nicholas A. Christakis”
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by Walter Isaacson
“books recommended by Paul Graham”
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by Robert Crisp
“A gripping story about an interesting point in history, told by someone you'd want to know.”
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by Kenneth Clark
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— 24 Recommended Books — Paul Graham
by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
“Here is the list of his 25 recommended books: 1) Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra”
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by R.M. Wilson
“I found 95 books pg has mentioned/ recommended over the years just on Twitter!”
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by Isaac Asimov
“I wish I could get as excited about anything I read as I did about Foundation.”
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by Isaac Asimov
“5) Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov”
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by Jessica Livingston
“*Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days* is a collection of interviews with founders of famous technology companies about what happened in the very earliest days.”
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by Caro M. Cipolla
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— 24 Recommended Books — Paul Graham
by J.K. Rowling
“books recommended by Paul Graham”
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by John F. Forsyth
“The author, the pilot of a dive bomber during World War II, describes his experiences at Coron Bay, Formosa, Leyte, Luzon, and other naval air battles.”
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by Constance Reid
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— 24 Recommended Books — Paul Graham
by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen
“A revisionist study of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust reveals why ordinary Germans from all walks of life participated willingly in the extermination of the Jews.”
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by Geoffrey Willans & Ronald Searle
“25) How to Be Topp by Ronald Searle and Geoffrey Willans”
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by Dale Carnegie
“20) How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie”
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by Dale Carnegie
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by Paul R. Halmos
“9) I Want to be a Mathematician by Paul R. Halmos”
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by Steven Levy
“I found 95 books pg has mentioned/ recommended over the years just on Twitter!”
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by Michael Lind
“13) Land of Promise by Michael Lind”
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by Mark Girouard
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— 24 Recommended Books — Paul Graham
by Freeman Dyson
“Freeman Dyson's Maker of Patterns is a wonderful book. Books of letters aren't usually very good, but this is as good as an autobiography, if not better. And of a very interesting man.”
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by Lynn White
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— 24 Recommended Books — Paul Graham
by Henri Pirenne
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— 24 Recommended Books — Paul Graham
“16) More Money Than God by Sebastian Mallaby”
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by Charles E Sorensen
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— 24 Recommended Books — Paul Graham
by Greg Egan
“It's the closest I've come to reading technical documentation of my own nature.”
— Pattern Is All
by Richard Feynman
“7) Richard Feynman: A Life in Science by John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin”
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by David Hockney
“Join one of the most influential artists of our time as he investigates the painting techniques of the Old Masters.”
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by Gerard K O’Neill
“3) Space Settlements: A Design Study by Gerard K O’Neill”
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by Harold Abelson
“This is one of the great classics of computer science. I bought my first copy 15 years ago, and I still don't feel I have learned everything the book has to teach.”
— 1. The Making of Europe
by Charles Oman
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— 24 Recommended Books — Paul Graham
by Benjamin Franklin
“Paul Graham: 'It's a great book, probably in my all time top 100.'”
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by E.W. Bovill
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by Arthur Conan Doyle
“I found 95 books pg has mentioned/ recommended over the years just on Twitter!”
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by Thomas S. Kuhn
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— 24 Recommended Books — Paul Graham
by James D. Watson
“The most impressive feature of [this book] is how much [the author] admits he didn't know. He's constantly talking about papers he couldn't understand and important concepts he didn't grasp.”
— 1. The Making of Europe
by J.D. Bernal
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— 24 Recommended Books — Paul Graham
by Steven Runciman
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— 24 Recommended Books — Paul Graham
by Stephen Fry
“I found 95 books pg has mentioned/ recommended over the years just on Twitter!”
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by Julius Caesar, Carolyn Hammond
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— 24 Recommended Books — Paul Graham
by E. W. Bovill, Edward W. Bovill
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by Hugh Laurie
“I found 95 books pg has mentioned/ recommended over the years just on Twitter!”
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by J.R.R. Tolkien
“23) The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien”
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by Homer
“24) The Iliad by Homer”
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by Giorgio Vasari, Julia Conway Bondanella, Peter Bondanella
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— 24 Recommended Books — Paul Graham
by J.R.R. Tolkien
“22) The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien”
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by Unknown
“I know I've recommended this book already, but it's so good I have to do it again. [The author] brings history to life by explaining how and why the things happened that other books merely tell you happened.”
— 1. The Making of Europe
by Robert A. Heinlein
“2) The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein”
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by Peter Salway
“I found 95 books pg has mentioned/ recommended over the years just on Twitter!”
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by Colin McEvedy
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by Richard Dawkins
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by Tracy Kidder
“19) The Soul of A New Machine by Tracy Kidder”
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by Eric Ries
“17) The Startup Way by Eric Ries”
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by Peter Laslett
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by James Tobin
“I found 95 books pg has mentioned/ recommended over the years just on Twitter!”
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by Steven Weinberg
“15) To Explain the World by Steven Weinberg”
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by Richard Overy
“14) Why The Allies Won by Richard Overy”
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by E. B. Sledge
“I’ve read every Paul Graham essay (and summarized them in these 3 posts).”
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by Moses Hadas
by Jimmy Soni & Rob Goodman
by John McPhee
by Anjelica Huston
by John Steele Gordon
by Anthony Trollope
by John Steele Gordon
by David Nasaw
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by Sherard Cowper-Coles
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by Steven Runciman
by Gerald Durrell
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by Douglas Hofstadter
by Patsy Scarry
by Carlo M. Cipolla
by Paul Graham
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by Giorgio Vasari
by W.W. Sawyer
by Edward Gibbon
by Stephen Fry
by Richard Fletcher
by Gerald Durrell
by Mark Owen
by Paul Graham
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by P.G. Wodehouse
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by Peter Connolly
by Frederick Lewis Allen & Guy Foster
by Violet Needham
by Marc Levinson
by P.G. Wodehouse
by Bill Watterson
by Jane Austen
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by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White
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