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Naval Ravikant
Naval Ravikant is the CEO and co-founder of AngelList. He's a prolific angel investor – having invested in more than 100 companies, including Twitter, Uber, Wish, Thumbtack, Postmates, Kraken, Yammer, Stack Overflow and OpenDoor.
According to Naval, "A lot of the oldest wisdom is actually in books. With books, you’re now talking about the combined works of all of humanity as opposed to just who happens to be blogging right now." In his The Knowledge Project podcast with Shane Parish, he shares his thoughts on reading in detail – his reading style, deciding which books to read, and other thoughts. He regularly reads books in the science, math, science fiction, eastern philosophy genres.
Naval regularly shares his ideas on his podcast and on Twitter.
Sources: this list has been compiled from his Twitter recommendations over the years, and his podcast appearances.
Jed Talks
Naval Reccomendations
Direct Truth
Philosophy
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Poor Charlie's Almanack
Business
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Ray Dalio
First Round Capital
Barack Obama
Keith Rabois
Patrick Collison
Daniel Ek
Ashton Kutcher
Bill Gates
Sapiens
Non Fiction
Jed McKenna's Theory of Everything
Philosophy
"Just re-read eight books in a row by Jed McKenna. Re-reading the ninth one now. Won't appeal to most people, though."
Ficciones
Fiction
Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment
Spirituality
Jed Talks
Bought
Total Freedom
Philosophy
Spiritual Enlightenment
Spirituality
Striking Thoughts
Philosophy
Math, Better Explained
Math
Reality is Not What it Seems
Science
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Farnam Street
The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
Philosophy
The Gay Science
Philosophy
Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field
Science
Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track
Science
Love, Freedom, and Aloneness
Spirituality
Also recommended by
Whitney Tilson
Bill Ackman
Kevin Rose
Warren Buffett
The Intelligent Investor
Finance
Six Not
Science
Six Easy Pieces
Science
Also recommended by
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Dustin Moskovitz
Hugo Awards
The Diamond Age
Science Fiction
Understand
Science Fiction
"...is a brilliant revisit of 'Flowers for Algernon.' Drop everything and read it."
Tools of Titans
Business
The Book of Life
Fantasy
The Path to Love
Spirituality
Genius
Biography
The Power of Now
Self Help
Basic Writings of Nietzsche
Philosophy
A Book of Five Rings
Philosophy
Lord of Light
Science Fiction
"It’s the only sci-fi novel that I know of where the protagonist is a Buddha."
Red Queen
Fantasy
Permutation City
Science Fiction
Much Ado About Nothing
Classics
Fooled by Randomness
Non Fiction
Also recommended by
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Reid Hoffman
Dustin Moskovitz
First Round Capital
Snow Crash
Science Fiction
The Origins of Virtue
Science
The Great Challenge
Naval Reccomendations
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Science
God's Debris
Philosophy
The Evolution of Everything
Science
The Call of the Wild
Classics
The Undercover Economist
Economics
The Most Intimate Revelations about Good Calories, Bad Calories
Nr
Discworld and Philosophy
Philosophy
Spiritual Warfare
Awareness, The Way to Love, The Song of the Bird, 10% Happier 4 Books Collection Set