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Naval Ravikant Book Recommendations - 20 Picks


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Wind, Sand And Stars

"One of my all time favorite books. I quote it all the time." - Naval Ravikant
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Genius

Naval Ravikant mentioned this book on "The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish" podcast.
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Sex at Dawn

Naval Ravikant mentioned this book on "The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish" podcast.
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Lord of Light

"The only sci-fi novel that I know of where the protagonist is a Buddha." - Naval Ravikant
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At Home in the Universe

"I’ve read it a long time ago. Time for a re-read." - Naval Ravikant
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The Evolution of Cooperation

One of Naval Ravikant's answers to "any particular Game Theory books you recommend?"
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The Compleat Strategyst

One of Naval Ravikant's answers to "any particular Game Theory books you recommend?"
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Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha

Naval Ravikant's answer to "any book recommendation on happiness from a Buddhism perspective?"
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The Lord of the Rings

"Loved [this series] and other fiction when younger." - Naval Ravikant
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René Girard's Mimetic Theory

"It’s more of an overview book because I couldn’t make it through his actual writings." - Naval Ravikant
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Superintelligence

"I wouldn’t just read [this book] breathless and wide-eyed and believe everything." - Naval Ravikant
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Foundation

"I loved reading it as a kid." - Naval Ravikant
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The Great Book of Amber

"Formative books for me. Read and re-read them over the years." - Naval Ravikant
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Think on These Things

"Decades ago, it didn’t make sense. Years ago, it changed my life, but I felt late." - Naval Ravikant
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The Third Wave

"[The author] is doing the behind the scenes work to support entrepreneurship in America." - Naval Ravikant
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The Boys Vol 10

One of Naval Ravikant's answers to "top 10 graphic novels?"
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Thinking, Fast and Slow

"Fine book but it didn’t need to be an entire book. A blog post would have gotten the point across." - Naval Ravikant
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Thing Explainer

"Explains all these very complicated concepts, [but] only using the 1000 most common words in the English language." - Naval Ravikant
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"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

"Learn about the inner mindset and external state of someone who was absolutely brilliant." - Naval Ravikant
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The Power of Habit

"Interesting, not because of its content necessarily, but because it’s good for me to always keep on top of mind how powerful my habits are." - Naval Ravikant
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