The books people recommended

2024-09-15 · 126 points · 74 comments · 16 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

10The Mom Test
The Mom Test
Rob Fitzpatrick
10 here · 16 all-time · #62 overall
4The Lean Startup
The Lean Startup
Eric Ries
4 here · 13 all-time · #85 overall
3The Hard Thing About Hard Things
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz
3 here · 14 all-time · #74 overall
3Traction
Traction
Gabriel Weinberg
3 here · 11 all-time · #113 overall
3Startup Owner's Manual
Startup Owner's Manual
Steve Blank and Bob Dorf
3 here · 7 all-time · #209 overall
3The E-Myth Revisited
The E-Myth Revisited
Michael E. Gerber
3 here · 6 all-time · #234 overall
2Deep Work
Deep Work
Cal Newport
2 here · 10 all-time · #135 overall
2Getting Real
Getting Real
37signals
2 here · 4 all-time · #397 overall
1Antifragile
Antifragile
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
1 here · 29 all-time · #15 overall
1The Black Swan
The Black Swan
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
1 here · 24 all-time · #24 overall
1Zero to One
Zero to One
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters
1 here · 19 all-time · #43 overall
1Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1 here · 13 all-time · #84 overall
1The Psychology of Money
The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel
1 here · 6 all-time · #221 overall
1The Prince
The Prince
Niccolò Machiavelli
1 here · 5 all-time · #259 overall
1Four Steps to the Epiphany
Four Steps to the Epiphany
Steve Blank
1 here · 5 all-time · #262 overall
1Shoe Dog
Shoe Dog
Phil Knight
1 here · 5 all-time · #263 overall