books recommended by Marc Andreessen

Marc Andreessen is an American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer. He is the co-author of Mosaic, the first widely used web browser; co-founder of Netscape; and co-founder and general partner of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.

Marc Andreessen is an American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer. He is the co-author of Mosaic, the first widely used web browser; co-founder of Netscape; and co-founder and general partner of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.

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books recommended by Marc Andreessen

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

Zero to One

Zero to One

Peter Thiel

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Ben Horowitz

High Output Management

High Output Management

Andrew Grove

The Lean Startup

The Lean Startup

Eric Ries

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Charlie Munger

Skin in the Game

Skin in the Game

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

12 Rules for Life

12 Rules for Life

Jordan Peterson

The Courage to Be Disliked

The Courage to Be Disliked

Ichiro Kishimi

Extreme Ownership

Extreme Ownership

Jocko Willink

Can't Hurt Me

Can't Hurt Me

David Goggins

The True Believer

The True Believer

Eric Hoffer

Only the Paranoid Survive

Only the Paranoid Survive

Andrew Grove

The Rational Optimist

The Rational Optimist

Matt Ridley

Play Nice But Win

Play Nice But Win

Michael Dell

Becoming Steve Jobs

Becoming Steve Jobs

Brent Schlender

The Rise of Superman

The Rise of Superman

Steven Kotler

A Guide to the Good Life

A Guide to the Good Life

William B. Irvine

Born Standing Up

Born Standing Up

Steve Martin

Behave

Behave

Robert M. Sapolsky

Thinking in Bets

Thinking in Bets

Annie Duke

Economics in One Lesson

Economics in One Lesson

Henry Hazlitt

What You Do Is Who You Are

What You Do Is Who You Are

Ben Horowitz

Who Is Michael Ovitz?

Who Is Michael Ovitz?

Michael Ovitz

Conspiracy

Conspiracy

Ryan Holiday

The Network State: How To Start a New Country

The Network State: How To Start a New Country

Balaji Srinivasan

But What If We're Wrong?

But What If We're Wrong?

Chuck Klosterman

Who We Are and How We Got Here

Who We Are and How We Got Here

David Reich

Beyond Good & Evil

Beyond Good & Evil

Friedrich Nietzsche

Free to Choose

Free to Choose

Milton Friedman

Triumph of the City

Triumph of the City

Edward Glaeser

How to Live

How to Live

Sarah Bakewell

Walt Disney

Walt Disney

Neal Gabler

Whole Earth Discipline

Whole Earth Discipline

Stewart Brand

Expert Political Judgment

Expert Political Judgment

Philip E. Tetlock

Living with a SEAL

Living with a SEAL

Jesse Itzler

Homage to Catalonia

Homage to Catalonia

George Orwell

Shattered

Shattered

Jonathan Allen

More from Less

More from Less

Andy McAfee

Men, Machines, and Modern Times

Men, Machines, and Modern Times

Elting E. Morison

Lenin

Lenin

Victor Sebestye

The Strange Death of Europe

The Strange Death of Europe

Douglas Murray

The Vision of the Anointed

The Vision of the Anointed

Thomas Sowell

The Wizard of Menlo Park

The Wizard of Menlo Park

Randall E. Stross

The Mystery of Capital

The Mystery of Capital

Hernando de Soto

Edison

Edison

Matthew Josephson

Lone Survivor

Lone Survivor

Marcus Luttrell

A Higher Loyalty

A Higher Loyalty

James Comey

Hacks

Hacks

Donna Brazile

Schulz and Peanuts

Schulz and Peanuts

David Michaelis

Eumeswil

Eumeswil

Ernst Jünger

Slugfest

Slugfest

Reed Tucker

Days of Rage

Days of Rage

Bryan Burrough

The Tycoons

The Tycoons

Charles R. Morris

A Very Expensive Poison

A Very Expensive Poison

Luke Harding

When the Wolves Bite

When the Wolves Bite

Scott Wapner

Private Truths, Public Lies

Private Truths, Public Lies

Timur Kuran

Chasing Hillary

Chasing Hillary

Amy Chozick

The Power of Productivity

The Power of Productivity

William W. Lewis

Golden Gates

Golden Gates

Conor Dougherty

Devil's Bargain

Devil's Bargain

Joshua Green

Civilian Warriors

Civilian Warriors

Erik Prince

All Out War

All Out War

Tim Shipman

Kill Decision

Kill Decision

Daniel Suarez

Recapturing the Spirit of Enterprise

Recapturing the Spirit of Enterprise

George Gilder

The Spider Network

The Spider Network

David Enrich

An Apology for the Builder

An Apology for the Builder

Nicholas Barbon

A Spy Among Friends

A Spy Among Friends

Ben Macintyre

The Myth of the Rational Voter

The Myth of the Rational Voter

Bryan Caplan

In Defense of Globalization

In Defense of Globalization

Jagdish N. Bhagwati

Capitalism and Freedom

Capitalism and Freedom

Milton Friedman

A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles

A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles

Thomas Sowell

The Managerial Revolution: What Is Happening in the World

The Managerial Revolution: What Is Happening in the World

James Burnham

Intellectuals and Society

Intellectuals and Society

Thomas Sowell

In Defense of Global Capitalism

In Defense of Global Capitalism

Johan Norberg

The Machinery of Freedom: Guide to a Radical Capitalism

The Machinery of Freedom: Guide to a Radical Capitalism

David D. Friedman

The God of the Machine

The God of the Machine

Isabel Paterson

The Ancient City: A Study on the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome

The Ancient City: A Study on the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome

Numa Denis Fustel De Coulanges

The Machiavellians

The Machiavellians

James Burnham

The Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War

Hugh Thomas

Spain In Our Hearts

Spain In Our Hearts

Adam Hochschild

Mine Were Of Trouble

Mine Were Of Trouble

Peter Kemp

Lindbergh

Lindbergh

A. Scott Berg

The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

Susan Ronald

The Guarded Gate

The Guarded Gate

Daniel Okrent

The Second Coming of the KKK

The Second Coming of the KKK

Linda Gordon

War For Eternity

War For Eternity

Benjamin Teitelbaum

The New Right

The New Right

Michael Malice

Hitler: Ascent: 1889-1939

Hitler: Ascent: 1889-1939

Volker Ullrich

Hitler: Downfall: 1939-1945

Hitler: Downfall: 1939-1945

Volker Ullrich

The God That Failed

The God That Failed

Richard Crossman

The Romance of American Communism

The Romance of American Communism

Vivian Gornick

Witness

Witness

Whittaker Chambers

Joseph McCarthy

Joseph McCarthy

Arthur Herman

Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers by Tom Wolfe

Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers by Tom Wolfe

Tom Wolfe

Lenin On The Train

Lenin On The Train

Catherine Merridale

A New World Begins

A New World Begins

Jeremy Popkin

Fascism

Fascism

Paul Gottfried

Anti-Fascism

Anti-Fascism

Paul Gottfried

The Captive Mind

The Captive Mind

Czeslaw Milosz

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The Power of the Powerless

The Power of the Powerless

Vaclav Havel

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No Offense: Civil Religion and Protestant Taste

No Offense: Civil Religion and Protestant Taste

John Murray Cuddihy

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The WEIRDest People In The World

The WEIRDest People In The World

Joseph Henrich

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Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy

Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy

Richard Hanania

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The End of History and the Last Man

The End of History and the Last Man

Francis Fukuyama

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Alexandre Kojève: Wisdom at the End of History

Alexandre Kojève: Wisdom at the End of History

James Nichols

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Intellectuals

Intellectuals

Paul Johnson

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Ordeal of Civility: Freud, Marx, Levi-Strauss, and the Jewish Struggle With Modernity

Ordeal of Civility: Freud, Marx, Levi-Strauss, and the Jewish Struggle With Modernity

John Murray Cuddihy

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