Successful Entrepreneurs Recommend These Books to Those Looking to Change Their Mindset

1. What We Owe the Future

The book was written in 2022 by the Scottish philosopher and ethicist William MacAskill, an associate professor in philosophy at the University of Oxford. New York Times Bestseller.

More info: https://whatweowethefuture.com

2. Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned

Stanley and Lehman begin with a surprising scientific discovery in artificial intelligence that leads ultimately to the conclusion that the objective obsession has gone too far.

More info: https://www.amazon.com/Why-Greatness-Cannot-Planned-Objective/dp/3319155237

3. Zero to One

Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future is a 2014 book by the American entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel co-written with Blake Masters. It is a condensed and updated version of a highly popular set of online notes taken by Masters for the CS183 class on startups, as taught by Thiel at Stanford University in Spring 2012.

More info: https://www.amazon.com/Zero-One-Notes-Startups-Future/dp/0804139296

4. The Foundation Trilogy

The Foundation series is a science fiction book series written by American author Isaac Asimov. First published as a series of short stories and novellas in 1942–50, and subsequently in three books in 1951–53, for nearly thirty years the series was widely known as The Foundation Trilogy

More info: https://www.amazon.com/Foundation-Trilogy-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0307292061

5. Superintelligence

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies is a 2014 book by the philosopher Nick Bostrom. It explores how superintelligence could be created and what its features and motivations might be.

More info: https://www.amazon.com/Superintelligence-Dangers-Strategies-Nick-Bostrom/dp/0199678111

6. Isaacson’s biographies on Einstein and Franklin

New York Times bestselling author Walter Isaacson features his definitive biographies: Steve Jobs, Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, and Leonardo da Vinci.

More info: https://parents.simonandschuster.com/9781982130428

7. Poor Charlie’s Almanack

Poor Charlie’s Almanack is a collection of speeches and best advice given over 30 years talks by Charlie Munger, compiled by Peter D. Kaufman. First published in 2005, it was released in an expanded edition three years later. It was republished in 2023 by Stripe Press, shortly before Munger's death.

More info: https://press.stripe.com/poor-charlies-almanack

8. The Comfort Crisis

Discover the evolutionary mind and body benefits of living at the edges of your comfort zone and reconnecting with the wild. The Comfort Crisis has become a bestseller and been adopted by Major League Baseball teams, top-ranked NCAA D1 football programs, top-tier universities and law programs, major corporations, tier-one military units, and more.

More info: https://eastermichael.com/book/

9. A Mathematician’s Apology

Is a 1940 essay by British mathematician G. H. Hardy which defends the pursuit of mathematics for its own sake.

More info: https://www.amazon.com/Mathematicians-Apology-Canto-Classics/dp/110760463X

10. The Anxious Generation

How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness is a 2024 book by Jonathan Haidt which argues that the spread of smartphones, social media and overprotective parenting have led to a "rewiring" of childhood and a rise in mental illness.

Bill Gates review: https://www.gatesnotes.com/the-anxious-generation

More info: https://www.anxiousgeneration.com/book

11. Bad Therapy

From the author of Irreversible Damage Abigail Shrier, an investigation into a mental health industry that is harming, not healing, American children. New York Times Bestseller

More info: https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Therapy-Kids-Arent-Growing-ebook/dp/B0CBYHTV2D

12. The Creative Act

From the legendary music producer Rick Rubin, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us.

New York Times Bestseller

More info: https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Act-Way-Being/dp/0593652886

13. Build

Tony Fadell led the teams that created the iPod, iPhone and Nest Learning Thermostat and learned enough in 30+ years in Silicon Valley about leadership, design, startups, Apple, Google, decision-making, mentorship, devastating failure and unbelievable success to fill an encyclopedia.

New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USAToday Bestseller for May 2022

More info: https://www.buildc.com/the-book

14. Good Energy

Written by Casey Means and Calley Means. A bold new vision for optimizing our health now and in the future. Good Energy is a unifying framework for understanding what is causing symptoms and diseases, and how to feel amazing now and in the future.

New York Times Bestseller

More info: https://www.caseymeans.com/goodenergy

15. Read Write Own

A potent exploration of the power of blockchains to reshape the future of the internet—and how that affects us all—from influential technology entrepreneur and startup investor Chris Dixon.

New York Times Bestseller

More info: https://readwriteown.com

16. The Life Impossible

The remarkable new novel from Matt Haig, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Midnight Library, which has sold more than nine million copies worldwide.

New York Times Bestseller

More info: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/198281740-the-life-impossible