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Ev Williams is an American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur who has founded several Internet companies. Williams was previously chairman and CEO of Twitter. He also founded Blogger and Medium, two of the largest and most notable blog distribution websites.

Ev Williams is an American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur who has founded several Internet companies. Williams was previously chairman and CEO of Twitter. He also founded Blogger and Medium, two of the largest and most notable blog distribution websites.

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books recommended by Ev Williams

Last Updated Jan 31, 2024

Man's Search for Meaning

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

Atlas Shrugged

Atlas Shrugged

Ayn Rand

The Innovator's Dilemma

The Innovator's Dilemma

Clayton M. Christensen

High Output Management

High Output Management

Andrew Grove

Antifragile

Antifragile

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Good to Great

Good to Great

Jim Collins

Dune

Dune

Frank Herbert

Mindset

Mindset

Carol S. Dweck

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

Richard P. Feynman

Snow Crash

Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

The Selfish Gene

The Selfish Gene

Richard Dawkins

The Fountainhead

The Fountainhead

Ayn Rand

The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fooled by Randomness

Fooled by Randomness

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Effective Executive

The Effective Executive

Peter F. Drucker

Crossing the Chasm

Crossing the Chasm

Geoffrey A. Moore

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Robert M. Pirsig

Ender's Game

Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card

Stumbling on Happiness

Stumbling on Happiness

Daniel Todd Gilbert

The Martian

The Martian

Andy Weir

Freakonomics

Freakonomics

Steven D. Levitt

Getting Things Done

Getting Things Done

David Allen

Mastery

Mastery

George Leonard

The Tipping Point

The Tipping Point

Malcolm Gladwell

Delivering Happiness

Delivering Happiness

Tony Hsieh

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

The Dip

The Dip

Seth Godin

Lolita

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

The China Study

The China Study

T. Colin Campbell & Thomas M. Campbell

Built to Last

Built to Last

Jim Collins

Hackers & Painters

Hackers & Painters

Paul Graham

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Richard Bach

The Diamond Age

The Diamond Age

Neal Stephenson

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Milan Kundera

Blink

Blink

Malcolm Gladwell

Positioning

Positioning

Al Ries

On the Road

On the Road

Jack Kerouac

Understanding Comics

Understanding Comics

Scott Mccloud

Holacracy

Holacracy

Brian Johnson

Out of Control

Out of Control

Kevin Kelly

Einstein's Dreams

Einstein's Dreams

Alan Lightman

Cat's Cradle

Cat's Cradle

Kurt Vonnegut

The Monk and the Riddle

The Monk and the Riddle

Randy Komisar

Focus

Focus

Al Ries

The Long Tail

The Long Tail

Chris Anderson

The Wisdom of Crowds

The Wisdom of Crowds

James Surowiecki

On Intelligence

On Intelligence

Jeff Hawkins

The Art of the Start 2.0

The Art of the Start 2.0

Guy Kawasaki

Nonzero

Nonzero

Robert Wright

The Corrections

The Corrections

Jonathan Franzen

The Da Vinci Code

The Da Vinci Code

Dan Brown

Cumulus

Cumulus

Eliot Peper

Ogilvy on Advertising

Ogilvy on Advertising

David Ogilvy

Working

Working

Studs Terkel

Reinventing Fire

Reinventing Fire

Amory Lovins

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Judith Viorst

Hackers

Hackers

Steven Levy

The Blind Side

The Blind Side

Michael Lewis

Get Back in the Box

Get Back in the Box

Douglas Rushkoff

Dancing Naked in the Mind Field

Dancing Naked in the Mind Field

Kary Mullis

Anthem

Anthem

Ayn Rand

Moneyball

Moneyball

Michael Lewis

Winning

Winning

Jack Welch

You Are Not a Gadget

You Are Not a Gadget

Jaron Lanier

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon

The Halo Effect

The Halo Effect

Phil Rosenzweig

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

Dave Eggers

Cryptonomicon

Cryptonomicon

Neal Stephenson

Infinite Creativity

Infinite Creativity

Silvia Hartmann

Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates

Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates

Tom Robbins

Speaker for the Dead

Speaker for the Dead

Orson Scott Card

Jimmy Corrigan

Jimmy Corrigan

Chris Ware

The Perfect Store

The Perfect Store

Adam Cohen

Mating

Mating

Norman Rush

Xenocide

Xenocide

Orson Scott Card

Absurdistan

Absurdistan

Gary Shteyngart

Sphere

Sphere

Michael Crichton

The First American

The First American

H.W. Brands

The Social Life of Information

The Social Life of Information

John Seely Brown

Emergence

Emergence

Steven Johnson

Smart and Gets Things Done

Smart and Gets Things Done

Joel Spolsky

In the Beginning...Was the Command Line

In the Beginning...Was the Command Line

Neal Stephenson

We the Eaters

We the Eaters

Ellen Gustafson

Joel on Software

Joel on Software

Joel Spolsky

Seeing What's Next

Seeing What's Next

Clayton M. Christensen

Microserfs

Microserfs

Douglas Coupland

The Seven-Day Weekend

The Seven-Day Weekend

Ricardo Semler

Everything Bad is Good for You

Everything Bad is Good for You

Steven Johnson

You Shall Know Our Velocity!

You Shall Know Our Velocity!

Dave Eggers

Small Pieces Loosely Joined

Small Pieces Loosely Joined

David Weinberger

It's Not About the Bike

It's Not About the Bike

Lance Armstrong

Shopgirl

Shopgirl

Steve Martin

The Know-It-All

The Know-It-All

A.J. Jacobs

Gates

Gates

Stephen Manes

The Power of One

The Power of One

Bryce Courtenay

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

Michael Chabon

Why Most Things Fail

Why Most Things Fail

Paul Ormerod

The Cluetrain Manifesto

The Cluetrain Manifesto

Rick Levine et al.

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Future Perfect

Future Perfect

Steven Johnson

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Jitterbug Perfume

Jitterbug Perfume

Tom Robbins

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Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering

Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering

Robert L. Glass

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Bit Literacy

Bit Literacy

Mark Hurst

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Wool

Wool

Hugh Howey

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Fuzzy Thinking

Fuzzy Thinking

Bart Kosko

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Slack

Slack

Tom DeMarco

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Adverbs

Adverbs

Daniel Handler

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Wired

Wired

Gary Wolf

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User Interface Design for Programmers

User Interface Design for Programmers

Joel Spolsky

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Travels

Travels

Michael Crichton

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Tesla

Tesla

Margaret Cheney

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What Should I Do with My Life?

What Should I Do with My Life?

Po Bronson

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The Bonfire of the Vanities

The Bonfire of the Vanities

Tom Wolfe

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Mindfulness for Beginners

Mindfulness for Beginners

Jon Kabat-Zinn

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Revolutionary Wealth

Revolutionary Wealth

Alvin Toffler

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Ready for Anything

Ready for Anything

David Allen

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Mind Wide Open

Mind Wide Open

Steven Johnson

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Me Talk Pretty One Day

Me Talk Pretty One Day

David Sedaris

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In Search of Excellence

In Search of Excellence

Thomas J. Peters

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Airframe

Airframe

Michael Crichton

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Man's Search for Meaning

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