books recommended by Sahil Lavingia

Sahil Lavingia is the founder and CEO of Gumroad, and an early-stage venture capitalist. Prior to founding Gumroad, Lavingia worked as a designer and engineer at virtual DJ website Turntable.fm and was an early employee at personal curation site Pinterest. He attended the University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering.

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books recommended by Sahil Lavingia

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Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

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High Output Management

High Output Management

Andrew Grove

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How To Win Friends and Influence People

How To Win Friends and Influence People

Dale Carnegie

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Dune

Dune

Frank Herbert

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

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

Richard P. Feynman

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1984

1984

George Orwell

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Antifragile

Antifragile

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Skin in the Game

Skin in the Game

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Animal Farm

Animal Farm

George Orwell

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Made to Stick

Made to Stick

Chip & Dan Heath

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Brave New World

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

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Foundation

Foundation

Isaac Asimov

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Moonwalking with Einstein

Moonwalking with Einstein

Joshua Foer

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Born Standing Up

Born Standing Up

Steve Martin

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

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Gödel, Escher, Bach

Gödel, Escher, Bach

Douglas R. Hofstadter

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The Sovereign Individual

The Sovereign Individual

James Dale Davidson & William Rees-Mogg

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Autobiography of a Yogi

Autobiography of a Yogi

Paramahansa Yogada

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His Dark Materials

His Dark Materials

Philip Pullman

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The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

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Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell

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Tribal Leadership

Tribal Leadership

Dave Logan

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Anything You Want

Anything You Want

Derek Sivers

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Decoded

Decoded

Jay-Z

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Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

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Born to Run

Born to Run

Christopher McDougall

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Why Are We Yelling?

Why Are We Yelling?

Buster Benson

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Stranger in a Strange Land

Stranger in a Strange Land

Robert A. Heinlein

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This Explains Everything

This Explains Everything

John Brockman

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Future Shock

Future Shock

Alvin Toffler

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God Emperor of Dune

God Emperor of Dune

Frank Herbert

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The Social Animal

The Social Animal

Elliot Aronson

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The Fifth Season

The Fifth Season

N. K. Jemisin

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Binti

Binti

Nnedi Okorafor

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Hyperion

Hyperion

Dan Simmons

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I, Robot

I, Robot

Isaac Asimov

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Ishmael

Ishmael

Daniel Quinn

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Myth or Magic - The Singapore Healthcare System

Myth or Magic - The Singapore Healthcare System

Jeremy Lim

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On Trails

On Trails

Robert Moor

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Ringworld

Ringworld

Larry Niven

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Starting Strength

Starting Strength

Mark Rippetoe

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The PayPal Wars

The PayPal Wars

Eric M. Jackson

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The Secret Commonwealth

The Secret Commonwealth

Philip Pullman

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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

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The Time Machine

The Time Machine

H. G. Wells

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The Way of Kings

The Way of Kings

Brandon Sanderson

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