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Naval Ravikant
Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur and angel investor, founder of AngelList and early backer of Twitter and Uber. His ideas on wealth, happiness, and clear thinking were collected in The Almanack of Naval Ravikant. Picks below come from his recommended-reading list and interviews.
All Naval Ravikant book recommendations.
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02Siddhartha
“If you want more eastern philosophy, try Siddhartha, I am That, Jed McKenna.”source
03The Last Question
“You mean 'The Last Question?' It's my favorite story of his.”source
04The Beginning of Infinity
“I realized this is the best book I read in 20 years. It may be the best book I've ever read if you discount the spiritual philosophy stuff that I like.”source
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06The Rational Optimist
“The most brilliant and enlightening book I've read in years.”source
07The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
“I would recommend anything by Alan Watts, but two books in specific are The book: The taboo against knowing who you are. That's a great book.”source
08The Sovereign Individual
“This is the best book I've read since Sapiens (far less mainstream, though).”source
The Tao of Seneca
“My most listened-to audiobook. The most important audiobook I've ever heard.”source
10Snow Crash
“I usually have a copy of Snow Crash within reach.”source
11Total Freedom
“I probably have reread Total Freedom the most.”source
12Skin in the Game
“Skin in the Game is the Lindy book of the year.”source
13Reality Is Not What It Seems
“Best book I've read in the last year. Physics, poetry, philosophy and history packaged in a very accessible form.”source
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15The Bed of Procrustes
“I sort of like his collection of ancient wisdom, In the Bed of Procrustes.”source
16Meditations
“Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius was absolutely life changing for me because it's the personal diary of the Emperor of Rome.”source



