books recommended by Tim O’Reilly

Tim O'Reilly is the founder of O'Reilly Media (formerly O'Reilly & Associates). He popularised the terms open source and Web 2.0.

Tim O'Reilly is the founder of O'Reilly Media (formerly O'Reilly & Associates). He popularised the terms open source and Web 2.0.

books recommended by Tim O’Reilly

The Innovator's Dilemma

The Innovator's Dilemma

Clayton M. Christensen

Dune

Dune

Frank Herbert

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

The Odyssey

The Odyssey

Homer

The Second Machine Age

The Second Machine Age

Erik Brynjolfsson & Andy McAfee

The Essential Rumi

The Essential Rumi

Jalal Al Din Rumi

Liar's Poker

Liar's Poker

Michael Lewis

The Collected Poems

The Collected Poems

Wallace Stevens

The Way of Life, According to Laotzu

The Way of Life, According to Laotzu

Witter Bynner

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

Tom Wolfe

Information Rules

Information Rules

Carl Shapiro & Hal R. Varian

The Warden

The Warden

Anthony Trollope

Babel-17/Empire Star

Babel-17/Empire Star

Samuel R. Delany

Islandia

Islandia

Austin Tappan Wright

The Way We Live Now

The Way We Live Now

Anthony Trollope

Makers and Takers

Makers and Takers

Rana Foroohar

The Meaning of Culture

The Meaning of Culture

John Cowper Powys

Can You Forgive Her?

Can You Forgive Her?

Anthony Trollope

Charlie Chan

Charlie Chan

Earl Derr Biggers

Trilby

Trilby

George du Maurier

How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life

How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life

Russ Roberts

The Discovery of the Mind

The Discovery of the Mind

Bruno Snell

Dune Messiah

Dune Messiah

Frank Herbert

Loving Every Child

Loving Every Child

Janusz Korczak

Intermediate Microeconomics

Intermediate Microeconomics

Hal R. Varian

The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats

The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats

W.B. Yeats

When Nietzsche Wept

When Nietzsche Wept

Irvin D. Yalom

The Kabir Book

The Kabir Book

Kabir

Riders of the Purple Sage

Riders of the Purple Sage

Zane Grey

The Civil War

The Civil War

Bruce Catton & James M. McPherson

The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog

The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog

Ed Krol

Night Train to Lisbon

Night Train to Lisbon

Pascal Mercier

Rissa Kerguelen

Rissa Kerguelen

F.M. Busby

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Tim O’Reilly's book recommendations

The Innovator's Dilemma

Dune

Pride and Prejudice

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