• A Matter of Degrees: What Temperature Reveals About the Past and Future of Our Species, Planet, and Universe by Gino Segre
• A Universe From Nothing: Why There is Something Rather Than Nothing by Lawrence M. Krauss
• Andrew Carnegie by Joseph Frazier Wall
• Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough
• Benjamin Franklin by Carl Van Doren
• Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story by Kurt Eichenwald
• Deep Simplicity: Bringing Order to Chaos and Complexity by John Gribbin
• Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson
  • Also a favourite of Elon Musk
• F.I.A.S.C.O.: The Inside Story of a Wall Street Trader by Frank Partnoy
• Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley
  • Also a favourite of Mark Zuckerberg
• Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton
• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared M. Diamond
• Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire by James Wallace and Jim Erickson
• How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe’s Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything in It by Arthur Herman
• Ice Age by John & Mary Gribbin
• In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives by Steven Levy
• Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
  • Also a favourite of Warren Buffett and Max Levchin
• Judgment in Managerial Decision Making by Max Bazerman
• Living Within Limits: Ecology, Economics, and Population Taboos by Garrett Hardin
• Master of the Game: Steve Ross and the Creation of Time Warner by Connie Bruck
• Models of My Life by Herbert A. Simon
• Only the Paranoid Survive by Andy Grove
  • Also a favourite of Steve Jobs
• Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
  • Also a favourite of Jay-Z and Tony Hsieh
• Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger by Peter Bevelin
• The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
• The Greatest Trade Ever by Gregory Zuckerman
• The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language by Steven Pinker
• The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by John C. Bogle
  • Also a favourite of Warren Buffett
• The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
• The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal by Jared M. Diamond
• The Warren Buffett Portfolio: Mastering the Power of the Focus Investment Strategy by Robert G. Hagstrom
• The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor by David S. Landes
• Three Scientists and Their Gods: Looking for Meaning in an Age of Information by Robert Wright
• Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow
• Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive by Noah Goldstein