books recommended by Richard Branson

Richard Branson is a British business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist. He founded the Virgin Group in the 1970s, which controls more than 400 companies in various fields.

Richard Branson is a British business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist. He founded the Virgin Group in the 1970s, which controls more than 400 companies in various fields.

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books recommended by Richard Branson

Sapiens

Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari

1984

1984

George Orwell

Homo Deus

Homo Deus

Yuval Noah Harari

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

Start with Why

Start with Why

Simon Sinek

Originals

Originals

Adam Grant

Play Nice But Win

Play Nice But Win

Michael Dell

The Hobbit

The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien

In Defense of Food

In Defense of Food

Michael Pollan

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou

Shantaram

Shantaram

Gregory David Roberts

Just Mercy

Just Mercy

Bryan Stevenson

Lean In

Lean In

Sheryl Sandberg

One Hundred Years of Solitude

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Abundance

Abundance

Peter Diamandis

Remote

Remote

David Heinemeier Hansson & Jason Fried

Long Walk to Freedom

Long Walk to Freedom

Nelson Mandela

Mountains Beyond Mountains

Mountains Beyond Mountains

Tracy Kidder

Into Thin Air

Into Thin Air

Jon Krakauer

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Dr. Seuss

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

Longitude

Longitude

Dava Sobel

Travels with Charley

Travels with Charley

John Steinbeck

Peter Pan

Peter Pan

J. M. Barrie

The Promise of a Pencil

The Promise of a Pencil

Adam Braun

A Brief History of Time

A Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking

The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

Tom Wolfe

Happiness

Happiness

Matthieu Ricard

Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak

Wild Swans

Wild Swans

Jung Chang

The Quiet American

The Quiet American

Graham Greene

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling

A Full Life

A Full Life

Jimmy Carter

Mao

Mao

Jung Chang

Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park

Michael Crichton

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

Fast Food Nation

Fast Food Nation

Eric Schlosser

Swallows and Amazons

Swallows and Amazons

Arthur Ransome

A Time for New Dreams

A Time for New Dreams

Ben Okri

George's Marvelous Medicine

George's Marvelous Medicine

Roald Dahl

Mandela's Way

Mandela's Way

Richard Stengel

In the Heart of the Sea

In the Heart of the Sea

Nathaniel Philbrick

The Meaning of the 21st Century

The Meaning of the 21st Century

James Martin

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain

The Overview Effect

The Overview Effect

Frank White

Big World, Small Planet

Big World, Small Planet

Johan Rockstrom

No Future Without Forgiveness

No Future Without Forgiveness

Desmond Tutu

In-N-Out Burger

In-N-Out Burger

Stacy Perman

Dice Man

Dice Man

Luke Rhinehart

In Patagonia

In Patagonia

Bruce Chatwin

The Weather Makers

The Weather Makers

Tim Flannery

Treasure Island

Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson

Ending the War on Drugs

Ending the War on Drugs

Various Authors

Dear Stranger

Dear Stranger

Various Authors

The Outermost House

The Outermost House

Henry Beston & Robert Finch

If I Could Tell. You Just One Thing..

If I Could Tell. You Just One Thing..

Richard Reed

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Jules Verne

Stalingrad

Stalingrad

Antony Beevor

An Inconvenient Truth

An Inconvenient Truth

Al Gore

Self Belief

Self Belief

Jamal Edwards

Arctica

Arctica

Sebastian Copeland

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

Roald Dahl

Limitless

Limitless

Ajaz Ahmed

One Hundred & One Reasons To Get Out of Bed

One Hundred & One Reasons To Get Out of Bed

Natasha Milne

The World Without Us

The World Without Us

Alan Weisman

Lost Ocean

Lost Ocean

Johanna Basford

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Richard Branson's book recommendations

Sapiens

1984

Homo Deus

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