Paul Graham's Book Recommendations

"Paul Graham mentioned this book on Twitter."

"Good."

"Really excellent."

"I particularly liked My Forty Years with Ford."

"Read this book."

"Paul Graham's answer to "what’s the most beautiful book you’ve ever read?"

"Probably the single most valuable book a startup founder could read."

"The most fabulous book."

"One of Paul Graham's answers to "what’s your favorite book that almost nobody else knows or talks about?"

"I read this during dinner and laughed so much that people must have wondered what was wrong with me."

"One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?"

"Made me want to work on AI, which led to Lisp."

"A great book, probably in my all time top 100."

"One of Paul Graham's answers to "do you know of any good books about startups?"

"A wonderful book, though only implicitly about 'parenting.'"

"I also recommend Clocks and Culture."

"[One of ] the best [books] I can think of [to learn what math is really about]."

"One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?"

"Simultaneously reading Rousseau's Confessions and No Easy Day. Triangulating..."

"One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?"

"Wonderful."

"Excellent."

"If you want to learn more about hunter gatherers I strongly recommend The Old Way."

"A wonderful book. I'm looking at the few pages left and wishing there were more."

"Excellent."

"[This] Autobiography is a wonderfully candid and inspiring one."

"Watterson is like Wodehouse. Because he works in an unpretentious medium, few realize how timelessly great he is."

"One of Paul Graham's answers to "are there any books on medieval history you can recommend?"

"A wonderful book."

"One of the best books I've found for explaining history to kids."

"As perfect as Wodehouse."

"One of Paul Graham's answers to "what’s your favorite book that almost nobody else knows or talks about?"

"If you want to learn more about hunter gatherers I strongly recommend The Harmless People."

"Paul Graham's (funny) answer to "what are your favourite books with a politics very different to your own?"

"A great book."

"One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?"

"Paul Graham's answer to "examples of books that you reread years later, & found to be much better?"

"Kuhn was surely most influenced by the Copernican Revolution. [This is an] excellent book incidentally."

"One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?"

"Book recommendation."

"One of the best books about the late 3rd century."

"Paul Graham's answer to "which Stephen Fry book do you recommend?"

"One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?"

"One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?"

"[The author] was in charge of BAC's Commercial Aircraft Division, and thus the British side of Concorde development."

"My favorite books for bedtime reading to 2 year olds."

"Paul Graham mentioned this book on Twitter."

"Paul Graham mentioned this book on Twitter."

"I wish I could get as excited about anything I read now as I used to get about science fiction novels when I was 15. Books like The Moon is Harsh Mistress and Foundation used to take over my brain completely. It was like living in the future."

"If you could only read one book on medieval history, R. H. C. Davis's History of Medieval Europe might be the best choice. Used copies are much cheaper, and probably better printed too, so I recommend buying it used."

"@CountryOTBlind @Liv_Boeree Yes, interesting book."

"@antoinenivard @MccartneyLes @asymco If you want a more authoritative source than a Wikipedia article, I recommend this excellent book on the subject:"

"I've now read about half this book, and it's really good. He really got into the details of how hedge funds work and how they evolved. It's hard to imagine anyone will ever write a better book on the subject."

"Since it's World Book Day, here are some of the best books I've read recently: I Want to be a Mathematician, by Paul Halmos Barbarian Days, by William Finnegan From Galileo to Newton, by Rupert Hall The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective, by Robert Allen"

"Since it's World Book Day, here are some of the best books I've read recently: I Want to be a Mathematician, by Paul Halmos Barbarian Days, by William Finnegan From Galileo to Newton, by Rupert Hall The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective, by Robert Allen"

"I've just been reading Nicholas Christakis's book about the coronavirus, Apollo's Arrow, and it's a rare combination of broad historical panorama and all-too-topical bestseller. There are interesting insights on every page."

"From its title and the fact that it's part of series, Rupert Hall's _From Galileo to Newton_ sounds like it would be a boring survey, but actually it's one of the best books I've read on the history of science."

"One of Paul Graham's answers to "what’s your favorite book that almost nobody else knows or talks about?"

"Paul Graham mentioned this book on Twitter."

"Paul Graham mentioned reading this book on Twitter."

"Paul Graham mentioned this book on Twitter."

"How did I not know about this book til now?"

"The writing in the novel Wodehouse left unfinished when he died at 93 is crisp as ever."

"I suspect if you'd read 'Guns, Sails, and Empires' and Plagues and Peoples, little in 'Guns, Germs, and Steel' would surprise you."

"Particularly good at getting into contemporaries' heads."

"If you want to understand how venture capital works and the effect it has had on the US economy, this is the book to read."

"The most exciting [biography of Einstein] I've read. The author is a physicist who is genuinely excited about Einstein's discoveries, and it moves fast instead of trying to leave no detail unpublished."

"[Amazing.] An indictment of publishing that it's out of print."

"Freeman Dyson's Maker of Patterns is a wonderful book. Books of letters aren't usually very good, but this is as good as an autobiography, if not better. And of a very interesting man."

"Paul Graham's answer to "which P. G. Wodehouse book do you recommend?"

"Few thoughts happier than realizing it's been long enough since you last read the Sherlocks Holmes stories that you can read them again."

"The one book we encourage startup founders to read. [...] It's critically important for anyone in business."

"According to a Twitter thread, Paul Graham praised this book."

"Don't be so quick to add it to your reading list. Dog Man is aimed at 5-10 year olds."

"Paul Graham used this book as an example that one scientist's "take" can be very convincing."

"The most impressive feature of The Double Helix is how much [the author] admits he didn't know. He's constantly talking about papers he couldn't understand and important concepts he didn't grasp."

"Paul Graham mentioned these books on Twitter."

"I know I've recommended this book already, but it's so good I have to do it again. [The author] brings history to life by explaining how and why the things happened that other books merely tell you happened."

"One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?"

"Paul Graham's answer to "any book recommendations for young adults?"

"So good I'm reading slow to make it last."

"One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?"

"[The author] is so good that I get distracted by his perfection. Not a word wrong."

"Paul Graham mentioned this book on Twitter."

"I've read Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople at least two times, maybe three."

"One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?"

"Paul Graham mentioned re-reading this book on Twitter."

"Simultaneously reading The Confessions and No Easy Day. Triangulating..."

"Will be deeply pleasing to [its respective audience]."

"Wodehouse is so good that I get distracted by his perfection. Not a word wrong."

"One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?"