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Recommendations
Books Naval Ravikant recommends
36 books from 1 source. Each one links to the place where Naval recommended it.
Naval's Recommended Reading
A chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant, free to read online. It collects Naval's reading recommendations in his own words, from his tweets and interviews.
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The Beginning of Infinity
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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+1 other recommender: Patrick Collison
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Sapiens
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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+7 other recommenders: Derek Sivers, Reid Hoffman, Sebastian Junger, James Clear, Mark Manson, Daniel Ek, Matt Mullenweg
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The Rational Optimist
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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Genome
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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The Red Queen
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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The Origins of Virtue
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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Skin in the Game
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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+1 other recommender: Derek Sivers
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The Bed of Procrustes
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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Six Easy Pieces
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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Thing Explainer
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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+1 other recommender: Bill Gates
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Thinking Physics
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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The Lessons of History
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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+2 other recommenders: David Perell, Mark Manson
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The Sovereign Individual
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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Poor Charlie's Almanack
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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+7 other recommenders: Patrick Collison, Shane Parrish, Eric Jorgenson, Codie Sanchez, Daniel Ek, Matt Mullenweg, Drew Houston
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Reality Is Not What It Seems
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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The Book of Life
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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Total Freedom
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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Siddhartha
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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The Book of Secrets
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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The Great Challenge
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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The Way to Love
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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The Untethered Soul
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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Meditations
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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+6 other recommenders: Stewart Brand, Shane Parrish, Ryan Holiday, Darius Foroux, James Clear, Mark Manson
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Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
Listed in the source as “Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It”.
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+1 other recommender: James Clear
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Letters from a Stoic
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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+2 other recommenders: Nat Eliason, Tim Ferriss
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How to Change Your Mind
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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Striking Thoughts
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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The Prophet
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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The Tao of Philosophy
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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Fictions
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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+1 other recommender: Mohsin Hamid
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Stories of Your Life and Others
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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+2 other recommenders: Mark Manson, Andrej Karpathy
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Exhalation
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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The Lifecycle of Software Objects
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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Snow Crash
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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The Last Question
Explicit recommendationListed in "Naval's Recommended Reading", a chapter of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that collects his recommendations in his own words.
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Cross-recommendations
Picks others agree on
11 books Naval recommends that at least one other person in the directory also recommends, each from their own source.
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8recommendersPoor Charlie's Almanack 8 recommendersPatrick Collison, Shane Parrish, Naval Ravikant, Eric Jorgenson, Codie Sanchez, Daniel Ek, Matt Mullenweg, Drew Houston
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8recommendersSapiens 8 recommendersDerek Sivers, Reid Hoffman, Sebastian Junger, James Clear, Mark Manson, Naval Ravikant, Daniel Ek, Matt Mullenweg
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7recommendersMeditations 7 recommendersStewart Brand, Shane Parrish, Ryan Holiday, Darius Foroux, James Clear, Mark Manson, Naval Ravikant
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3recommendersLetters from a Stoic 3 recommendersNat Eliason, Naval Ravikant, Tim Ferriss
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3recommendersStories of Your Life and Others 3 recommendersMark Manson, Naval Ravikant, Andrej Karpathy
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3recommendersThe Lessons of History 3 recommendersDavid Perell, Mark Manson, Naval Ravikant
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2recommendersFictions 2 recommendersMohsin Hamid, Naval Ravikant
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2recommendersLove Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It 2 recommendersJames Clear, Naval Ravikant
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2recommendersSkin in the Game 2 recommendersDerek Sivers, Naval Ravikant
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2recommendersThe Beginning of Infinity 2 recommendersPatrick Collison, Naval Ravikant
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2recommendersThing Explainer 2 recommendersBill Gates, Naval Ravikant
Cross-recommendations
Who agrees with Naval
People in the directory who recommended at least one of the same books.
Mark Manson4 books in commonSapiens · The Lessons of History · Meditations · Stories of Your Life and Others
James Clear3 books in commonSapiens · Meditations · Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It
Patrick Collison2 books in commonThe Beginning of Infinity · Poor Charlie's Almanack- DSDerek Sivers2 books in commonSapiens · Skin in the Game
Daniel Ek2 books in commonSapiens · Poor Charlie's Almanack
Matt Mullenweg2 books in commonSapiens · Poor Charlie's Almanack
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