Karlie Kloss: "It’s an amazing book on the beginning of humanity. It’s scientific but also philosophical."

Joe Rogan: "Great book... Fucking fascinating... Very enlightening."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This book was so entertaining and useful.

It provides a concise history of humankind and outlines why we have the psychology we do today (this part is great for thinking about investor behavior)."

Changpeng Zhao: "[This book] gives me a greater perspective about how humans emerged and why we behave the way we do."

Daniel Ek: "One of the most-talked-about books of the last couple of years, and for good reason.

Both sobering and conservatively optimistic in equal measure, it seems even more relevant for us at the moment to learn from our socio-anthropological history."

Anthony Pompliano: "One of the best books I read in 2017"

Naval Ravikant: "An orthogonal and clinical examination of the human animal, from the beginning to now.

Humans are story-telling alpha predators that killed the competition and domesticated the survivors. This is our story, and it's not all pretty."

Melinda Gates mentioned this book as one of her 11 favorite books.

Reid Hoffman: "Sapiens has had me thinking a lot about the evolution of humanity and what our future looks like."

Mark Zuckerberg: "I found the chapter on the evolution of the role of religion in human life most interesting and something I wanted to go deeper on."

Raoul Pal enjoyed reading 'Sapiens'.

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

Bill Gurley: "I really enjoyed [Sapiens]"

Bill Gates: "Melinda and I spent weeks talking about this history of the human race."

Nassim Taleb: “This is a landmark book in social thought, in the same league as The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith and The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud.”

Naval Ravikant: "Fine book but it didn’t need to be an entire book."

Marc Andreessen: "Captivating dive into human decision making, marred by inclusion of several/many? psychology studies that fail to replicate. Will stand as a cautionary tale?"

One of Sam Altman's recommended books for young startup founders.

One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.

Naval Ravikant: "Physicist, bongo player, painter, adventurer, and most importantly, free thinker. You're never going to get ahead in life if you listen to everyone else.

Feynman combines independent thinking with intellectual rigor in his every day life. It was an inspiration for me as a child."

Tim Ferriss: "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman is one of my favorite books."

One of the books Mark Zuckerberg added to his Facebook page.

Brian Armstrong: "A way to have a happy life. Remain curious and enjoy the journey."

One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.

One of Larry Page's recommended books.

Vinod Khosla: "Very good; definitely worth reading"

Jack Dorsey: "You should read it"

Tim Ferriss: "A great book."

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy mentioned reading and loving The Checklist Manifesto on Twitter.

Tim Ferriss: "One of my favorite books of the last five years."

Stewart Butterfield: "'How to Change Your Mind' is a great overview of research into the therapeutic uses of psychedelics.

Michael Pollan is such a gifted observer and clear writer. Total pleasure."

Vinod Khosla: "This is a fun exploration of psychedelic drugs, especially for someone who has never tried them."

Michael Mauboussin: "[How To Change Your Mind] helped me think better in 2018."

Naval Ravikant's answer to 'Do you have any advice for dealing with the death of a parent?'

Stewart Brand: “This spectacular book on how logarithmic scaling governs everything is packed with news—from the self-similar dynamics of cells and ecosystems to exactly why companies always die and cities don’t.

I dog-eared and marked up damn near every page.”

Marc Benioff: "Geoffrey West's Scale is filled with brilliant insights.

He illuminates the laws of nature underlying everything from tiny organisms and humans to cities and companies, and provides a quantitative framework for decoding the deep complexity of our interconnected world.

If you want to know why companies fail, how cities persist and what is needed to sustain our civilization in this era of rapid innovation, read this amazing book.”

Bill Miller: “If there were a Nobel Prize for transdisciplinary science Geoffrey West would have won it for the work covered in Scale.

This is a book of great originality and deep importance, containing startling insights about topics as seemingly unrelated as aging and death, sleep, metabolism, cities, energy use, creativity, corporations, and even the sustainability of our existence.

If you are curious about how the world really works, you must read this book.”

Nassim Taleb: “Each human should learn to read and write, to count, and for those who know how to count, scalability.

Scaling is the most important yet most hidden and rarely discussed attribute—without understanding it one cannot possibly understand the world.

This book will expand your thinking from three dimensions to four. Get two copies, just in case you lose one.”

Vinod Khosla: "The physics behind biology, cities, economics and companies.

Do they grow, scale and die by the same math equations? New insights that are enlightening and delightful."

Charlie Munger recommended 'Einstein: His Life and Universe' at the 2007 Wesco Annual Meeting.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

One of the books Mark Zuckerberg added to his Facebook page.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "As a parent who now understands the abiding joy of children, the last paragraph of this book was one of the most moving things I’ve ever read.

You are going to love this."

Anthony Pompliano: "One of the best books I read in 2017"

Melinda Gates mentioned this book as one of her 11 favorite books.

Bill Gates: "This book left me in tears"

Michael Mauboussin: "The best book I have ever read on human behavior. Sapolsky is an amazing teacher."

Vinod Khosla: "Among the best insights into our brain and behavior. A top of the charts for me for this year, along with Scale."

Marc Andreessen: "Robert Sapolsky's magnum opus on human behavior."

Keith Rabois: "A bit of a long commitment but worth it. Provocative."

Mark Zuckerberg: "It's fitting to end the year with The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch, about how the way we explain things unlocks greater possibilities."

Naval Ravikant recommended The Beginning of Infinity on Twitter.

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Jack Dorsey: "Incredible book by Stewart Brand. Best I’ve read this year."

Marc Andreessen: "[A book on] why even environmentalists should be pro building, pro cities, pro nuclear, and pro genetic engineering."

Matt Ridley: "Stewart Brand is the god of the environmental movement."

Charlie Munger: "I had to read The Selfish Gene twice before I fully understood it"

Matt Ridley: "From the moment of its publication 40 years ago, it has been a sparkling best-seller and a scientific game-changer."

Brian Armstrong: "It was interesting but I found I had already heard many of the ideas in this book, which speaks to how influential it is."

Naval Ravikant: "Everything by Matt Ridley is worth reading."

Charlie Munger recommended 'Genome' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

Mark Zuckerberg: "I've wanted to read Matt Ridley's books for a while. His recent book The Rational Optimist about how progress and the economy evolve is also near the top of my ever-growing pile of books to read."

Mark Cuban: "A ground breaking book on sports, genetics and performance. A must read!"

Michael Mauboussin: "The Sports Gene is awesome"

Bill Miller mentioned reading 'The Sports Gene' on Twitter.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This is a mind f**k.

The theory of this book is that up until (and including) the time of The Iliad, human beings were not conscious like we are today."

Naval Ravikant mentioned 'The Origin of Consciousness' on 'The Tim Ferriss Show' podcast.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

Michael Mauboussin: "One of my favorite science books in 2018"

Nassim Taleb: "This is a monument, not just a book. And the beginning of a new cultural program."

Naval Ravikant tweeted about this book.

Vinod Khosla: "Not that I agree with all of it, but it is still mind-bending speculation about our future as a follow-up to a previous favorite, Sapiens. It’s directionally right."

Naval Ravikant: "Didn't finish it. Good book but not as seminal as Sapiens."

Raoul Pal enjoyed reading 'Homo Deus'.

Bill Gates: "A provocative new book raises big questions about the future."

Vinod Khosla: "Best book on the subject"

Alexis Ohanian: "One of the best and most important books I've read [in 2019]."

Michael Mauboussin: "One of my favorite science books in 2018"

Bill Gates: "This book put me to sleep.

An expert explains the benefits of a good night’s rest."

Bill Gurley: "Read this book, it changes everything"

Michael Mauboussin: "Great book"

Included on Jamie Dimon's list of favorite books he sent to JP Morgan summer interns in 2010.

Elon Musk: "Great book. Read it when it came out."

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Keith Rabois: "Not for everyone but recommend for tech folks."

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "I’ve read this book twice in the past 2 weeks. I might start it again.

If you want a new way to think about yourself, your business, the market, or any other system of parts and interactions, this is the book for you."

Tobi Lutke mentioned 'Thinking In Systems' on 'The Knowledge Project' podcast.

Tobi Lutke: "Enjoyed Toby Ord's The Precipice."

Vitalik Buterin mentioned The Precipice on Twitter.

Patrick Collison: "It's very good."

Tobi Lutke: "Really enjoyed it"

Charlie Munger: "It’s a combination of scientific biography and explanation of the physics, particularly relating to electricity.

It’s just the best book of its kind I have ever read, and I just hugely enjoyed it. Couldn’t put it down."

Naval Ravikant mentioned reading 'Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field' on Twitter.

Charlie Munger recommended 'Living Within Limits' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

Shane Parrish: "Like Charlie Munger or Nassim Taleb, you need to read the source material over and over in order to soak up the available wisdom."

Sam Altman: "Nick Bostrom's excellent book "Superintelligence" is the best thing I’ve seen on this topic. It is well worth a read."

Elon Musk: "Worth reading Superintelligence by Bostrom. We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes."

Naval Ravikant: "Everything by Matt Ridley is worth reading."

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website.

Vinod Khosla: "Another of my favorites this year. Long but worth every page."

Ray Dalio: "[From Bacteria to Bach and Back] is about the evolution of the mind"

Mark Zuckerberg: "It's a history of science book that explores the question of whether science and technology make consistent forward progress or whether progress comes in bursts related to other social forces."

Paul Graham mentioned re-reading this book on Twitter.

Brian Armstrong: "Many people believe simply based on how they grew up, without ever questioning."

Joe Rogan: "I'm a huge fan of [Richard Dawkins'] work"

Joe Rogan: "Seriously mind blowing information about how sugar consumption is robbing us of our health."

Vinod Khosla: "Not surprising but explicit description of the American psych on sugar and fat by the sugar industry.

I would not have believed this much influence is possible."

Naval Ravikant: "Everything by Matt Ridley is worth reading."

Neil Strauss recommended 'The Red Queen' on his website.

One of Larry Page's recommended books.

Naval Ravikant: "Good if you liked Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman"

Bill Gurley: "I really, really loved 'How Innovation Works' from Matt Ridley.

It is a very elegant follow up to 'The Rational Optimist' - read both if you can."

Naval Ravikant: "Everything by Matt Ridley is worth reading."

Naval Ravikant: "Amazing book, but good luck finishing it"

One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.

Keith Rabois: "It is the most important book published in the last 5-10 years."

Naval Ravikant mentioned reading 'The Book of Why' on Twitter.

Paul Graham: "The most impressive feature of The Double Helix is how much Watson admits he didn't know.

He's constantly talking about papers he couldn't understand and important concepts he didn't grasp."

Matt Ridley: "[This book] gave me the important message — which my teachers had somehow mostly missed telling me — that science is not a catalog of facts, but the search for new and bigger mysteries."

Matt Ridley: "Books about science tend to fall into two categories: those that explain it to lay people in the hope of cultivating a wide readership, and those that try to persuade fellow scientists to support a new theory, usually with equations.

Books that achieve both — changing science and reaching the public — are rare. Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' was one."

Paul Graham mentioned 'The Origin of Species' on Twitter.

One of Larry Page's recommended books.

Brian Armstrong: "A collection of stories from physicist Richard Feynman.

I really liked Surely You’re Joking, so I thought I might like this book, but it didn’t live up to its predecessor."

Chris Dixon: "One of my favorite history books"

Austen Allred: "[One of the books] that has inspired me the most or changed the way I live."

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Marc Andreessen: "[An important book] on perhaps the greatest American builder of all, the builder who brought electricity to us all, Thomas Edison."

Marc Andreessen: "Startling walk through a series of domains where peak human performance is rising at remarkable rates due to 'flow state'.

Thought provoking and then some."

Charlie Munger recommended 'Models of My Life' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

Charlie Munger: "Best work of science exposition and history that I've read in many years!"

Charlie Munger: "It’s pretty hard to understand everything, but if you can’t understand it, you can always give it to a more intelligent friend."

Charlie Munger recommended 'The Third Chimpanzee' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

Charlie Munger recommended 'A Matter of Degrees' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

Charlie Munger recommmended 'Three Scientists and Their Gods' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

Charlie Munger: "A marvelous book"

Charlie Munger recommended 'A Universe From Nothing' at the 2013 Daily Journal Meeting.

Elon Musk: "[This book] is really, really good if you want a primer on structural design."

Cathie Wood: "Fantastic book...a must read!"

Paul Graham: "It's a rare combination of broad historical panorama and all-too-topical bestseller.

There are interesting insights on every page."

Cathie Wood: "Looking forward to reading Eric Topol’s book, Deep Medicine, to learn more about how Deep Learning will direct us to personalized diets based importantly on the 40 trillion bacteria in our guts plus all manner of data about our lifestyles and health."

David Friedberg: "If you think viruses infecting human bodies is bad, there are some remarkable biological parasites with extraordinarily complex effects on their hosts.

Parasite Rex by Zimmer is a fascinating read."

Andrew Wilkinson: "Really enjoying Steven Johnson's new book 'The Invention of Air' on my Kindle."

Vinod Khosla: "Scientific research transforming immunotherapy from the miraculous to the forefront of medical science."

Vinod Khosla: "An engineering 'how it works' story for the immune system"

Vinod Khosla: "This book reveals scientific breakthroughs about aging and ways we can slow down or reverse the process.

It makes me wonder - should we solve diseases or solve aging that increases the propensity for diseases?"

Vinod Khosla: "Would life be possible without quantum phenomenon?

I highly recommend this book, it is one of the few I have read twice!"

Vinod Khosla: "Great, very quick overview of astrophysics. Easily accessible."

Vinod Khosla: "Awesome book. Even the genetic basis of risk taking & belief"

Vinod Khosla: "Engrossing, entertaining & insightful story of unexpected consequences of events. Recommended"

Vinod Khosla: "Interesting, but not yet compelling science. Important precursor to what is to come."

Marc Benioff: “Dr. David Agus has been disrupting medicine as we know it for his entire career.

Now, he brings his ideas out of the lab and exam room and into the lives of everyone—showing us how to live long, healthy, disease-free lives.

Reading this book is the best thing you can do for yourself and your loved ones. A monumental work that will change your life.”

Casey Neistat: "It was fantastic"

One of Elon Musk's favorite books about space.

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website.

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website.

One of Mark Cuban's Summer 2018 Books to Read.

Mark Cuban mentioned 'Healthy Buildings' on the '20 Minute VC' podcast.

Peter Thiel: "First published in 2011, but its message is evergreen: how scientists are directly attacking the problem of aging and death and why we should fight for life instead of accepting decay as inevitable.

The goal of longer life doesn’t just mean more years at the margin; it means a healthier old age."

Mark Zuckerberg: "This book is about physical rather than social sciences. It explores important topics around how energy works, how our production and use might evolve, and how this affects climate change.

I'm also planning to read his book Making The Modern World when I get a chance."

One of the books Mark Zuckerberg added to his Facebook page.

Elon Musk: "Worth reading Merchants of Doubt. Same who tried to deny smoking deaths r denying climate change"

Arianna Huffington: "A life-changing journey into the deep nature of our consciousness, what it means to be human, and how to truly thrive."

Arianna Huffington: "This book combines two of my favorite things – art and sleep. Together, with gorgeous images, we also learn why artists from Rubens to Picasso to Matisse to Hockney painted people sleeping in their dreams.

And along the way, we also dive deep into the mysteries and science of sleep. This is a transporting journey into the creation of images of something we all cherish: SLEEP."

One of Reid Hoffman's summer reads of 2016.

Bill Gates: "A talented writer and doctor guides us through the past, present, and future of genome science."

Joe Rogan: "It’s an excellent book on the power of meditation and alternate states of consciousness on performance."

Joe Rogan: "It's really excellent and really perplexing at the same time"

One of Joe Rogan's recommended books.

Naval Ravikant mentioned Genius on The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish.

Naval Ravikant: "Best book I've read in the last year. Physics, poetry, philosophy and history packaged in a very accessible form."

Naval Ravikant: "Explains all these very complicated concepts, only using the 1000 most common words in the English language."

Bill Gates: "Nuclear physics, space travel, and other topics made easy."

Naval Ravikant mentioned this book on 'The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish'.

Naval Ravikant mentioned reading 'No Bullshit Guide to Math and Physics' on Twitter.

Naval Ravikant's answer to "What was the physics book he recommended for grade school or graduate students?"

Naval Ravikant mentioned this book on 'The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish'.

Naval Ravikant: "Everything by Matt Ridley is worth reading."

Naval Ravikant: "Terrific."

Naval Ravikant mentioned 'The Book of Nothing' on Twitter.

The best book Naval Ravikant has read on the concept of time.

Naval Ravikant mentioned 'Six Easy Pieces' on Twitter.