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Recommended by
Dustin Moskovitz
Dustin Moskovitz is co-founded Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg. In 2008, he left Facebook and co-founded Asana where he is currently the CEO.
He's an avid reader – having read and recommended a number of books on economics, entrepreneurship, science fiction, and business. He's also given an amazing lecture on "How to Start a Startup" where he talks about his startup experience.
He's also given an amazing lecture on "How to Start a Startup" where he talks about his startup experience.
Sources: the books on this page are from this Github Gist
Redneck Romeo
Kindle Unlimited
Bottleneck
Actually Wtr
The Wise Heart
Buddhism
"Prequel to A Fire Upon the Deep, written afterwards. My favorite Sci-fi book, bar none."
"We keep copies of this on the Asana bookshelf and recommend it to all new hires."
Axiomatic
Science Fiction
"A collection of short stories, each of which will probably blow your mind."
Cryptonomicon
Fiction
Also recommended by
Mark Zuckerberg
UXTools
Designer News
First Round Capital
Stephen King
Alan Cooper
Creativity, Inc.
Business
Poor Economics
Economics
"Great resource on global development and the psychology of poor people."
"I come back to the concepts introduced in this novel on a weekly basis."
I, Robot
Science Fiction
"Though still a meat eater, I dramatically changed my eating habits after reading this and Asana only sources from farms that have humane practices, like Marin Sun Farms."
The Omnivore's Dilemma
Non Fiction
15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership
Leadership
Also recommended by
Indra Nooyi
Marc Andreessen
Evan Williams
Hacker News
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Barack Obama
Designer News
UXTools
Satya Nadella
Bill Gates
Ray Dalio
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Non Fiction
"A fascinating exploration of statistics and biases from an expert. It has become effectively required reading for Asana PMs."
Beyond Religion
Non Fiction
"Wonderful introduction to secular ethics and to the Dalai Lama, who spends a great deal of his time studying all western fields of knowledge"
"It will help many entrepreneurs answer the tough questions about their business."
Marooned in Realtime
Science Fiction
Healing Back Pain
Health
"Exploration of the ego and how to lead an awakened life. Oprah and I share this one."
Also recommended by
Larry Page
Reid Hoffman
First Round Capital
Naval Ravikant
Snow Crash
Science Fiction
Casebook for the Foundation
Organisations
"The essential manual on productivity and one of the inspirations for Asana. We sometimes refer to our product as 'GTD for Groups'."
The Peace War
Science Fiction
I Am a Strange Loop
Philosophy
Also recommended by
Keith Rabois
Hacker News
Patrick Collison
Emotional Intelligence 2.0
Psychology
"A great introduction to modern AI from the founder of Redwood Neuroscience Institute and inventor of the Palm Pilot."
Stumbling on Happiness
Psychology
"What really matters for living a fulfilling life, as proven by science!"
"I read this in high school and was enthralled. Answers the question 'What is Quality?'"