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.

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

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

High Output Management

High Output Management

Andrew Grove

Antifragile

Antifragile

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

How To Win Friends and Influence People

How To Win Friends and Influence People

Dale Carnegie

Dune

Dune

Frank Herbert

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

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

Richard P. Feynman

1984

1984

George Orwell

Skin in the Game

Skin in the Game

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Brave New World

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

Made to Stick

Made to Stick

Chip & Dan Heath

Animal Farm

Animal Farm

George Orwell

Foundation

Foundation

Isaac Asimov

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

The Sovereign Individual

The Sovereign Individual

James Dale Davidson & William Rees-Mogg

Moonwalking with Einstein

Moonwalking with Einstein

Joshua Foer

Autobiography of a Yogi

Autobiography of a Yogi

Paramahansa Yogada

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

Gödel, Escher, Bach

Gödel, Escher, Bach

Douglas R. Hofstadter

Born Standing Up

Born Standing Up

Steve Martin

His Dark Materials

His Dark Materials

Philip Pullman

Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Anything You Want

Anything You Want

Derek Sivers

Stranger in a Strange Land

Stranger in a Strange Land

Robert A. Heinlein

Tribal Leadership

Tribal Leadership

Dave Logan

Born to Run

Born to Run

Christopher McDougall

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

Decoded

Decoded

Jay-Z

Why Are We Yelling?

Why Are We Yelling?

Buster Benson

This Explains Everything

This Explains Everything

John Brockman

The Time Machine

The Time Machine

H. G. Wells

Future Shock

Future Shock

Alvin Toffler

I, Robot

I, Robot

Isaac Asimov

The Fifth Season

The Fifth Season

N. K. Jemisin

God Emperor of Dune

God Emperor of Dune

Frank Herbert

The Social Animal

The Social Animal

Elliot Aronson

The Secret Commonwealth

The Secret Commonwealth

Philip Pullman

Binti

Binti

Nnedi Okorafor

Starting Strength

Starting Strength

Mark Rippetoe

Myth or Magic - The Singapore Healthcare System

Myth or Magic - The Singapore Healthcare System

Jeremy Lim

The Way of Kings

The Way of Kings

Brandon Sanderson

The PayPal Wars

The PayPal Wars

Eric M. Jackson

Ringworld

Ringworld

Larry Niven

Hyperion

Hyperion

Dan Simmons

Ishmael

Ishmael

Daniel Quinn

On Trails

On Trails

Robert Moor

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Thinking, Fast and Slow

High Output Management

Antifragile

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