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Books recommended by Reid Hoffman
American co-founder of LinkedIn, venture capitalist, and author
American co-founder of LinkedIn, venture capitalist, and author.
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This is a selection of sourced recommendations, not a complete list of everything Reid Hoffman has read or praised. How we choose.
Recommendations
Books Reid Hoffman recommends
2 books from 1 source. Each one links to the place where Reid recommended it.
The Unusual Books That Shaped 50+ Billionaires, Mega-Bestselling Authors, and Other Prodigies
Reid Hoffman answered Tim Ferriss's interview question "What book have you gifted most to others?". Only the most-gifted answers (bolded in the post) are listed here.
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Conscious Business
Explicit recommendationReid Hoffman named it as a book they have given as a gift more than any other, answering Tim Ferriss's interview question.
Listed in the source as “Conscious Business: How to Build Value Through Values”.
The Unusual Books That Shaped 50+ Billionaires, Mega-Bestselling Authors, and Other Prodigies Interviewtim.blog
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Sapiens
Explicit recommendationReid Hoffman named it as a book they have given as a gift more than any other, answering Tim Ferriss's interview question.
The Unusual Books That Shaped 50+ Billionaires, Mega-Bestselling Authors, and Other Prodigies Interviewtim.blog
+7 other recommenders: Derek Sivers, Sebastian Junger, James Clear, Mark Manson, Naval Ravikant, Daniel Ek, Matt Mullenweg
Written by Reid Hoffman
Books Reid Hoffman wrote
Their most-published books, from Open Library. These are books they wrote, not recommendations.
Cross-recommendations
Picks others agree on
1 book Reid recommends that at least one other person in the directory also recommends, each from their own source.
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8recommendersSapiens 8 recommendersDerek Sivers, Reid Hoffman, Sebastian Junger, James Clear, Mark Manson, Naval Ravikant, Daniel Ek, Matt Mullenweg
Cross-recommendations
Who agrees with Reid
People in the directory who recommended at least one of the same books.
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