Portrait of Naval Ravikant
Founder of AngelList

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.

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Philosophy

I Am That

by Nisargadatta Maharaj1973

“Keep coming back to I Am That, Direct Truth, Vasistha's Yoga, Jed McKenna, and Ashtavakra Gita.”source

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Literary Fiction

Siddhartha

by Hermann Hesse1922

“If you want more eastern philosophy, try Siddhartha, I am That, Jed McKenna.”source

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Non-Fiction

The Beginning of Infinity

by David Deutsch2008

“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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Philosophy

Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius180

“Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius was absolutely life changing for me because it's the personal diary of the Emperor of Rome.”source

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