Naval Ravikant is an American entrepreneur and investor of Indian origin, co-founder of AngelList, a platform that democratized access to startup investments. Throughout his career, he has been an angel investor in hundreds of technology companies, including Twitter, Uber and Yammer, becoming one of the most influential voices in Silicon Valley's venture capital ecosystem.
His reading profile is broad and deliberately eclectic: stoic and eastern philosophy, physics, evolutionary biology, economics and science fiction all coexist in his lists. Naval recommends books using the same logic he applies to investments — seeking fundamental principles, not fads — which makes his curation of 153 titles a valuable map for anyone who wants to think more clearly about the world.
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”Started reading it, wow it's dark.”
”One of my favorite books of all time.”
”I always recommend Poor Charlie's as my top business book”
”Fine book but it didn’t need to be an entire book. A blog post would have gotten the point across.”
”Influence was fundamental and had a lot to teach.”
”Siddhartha is so good that it may as well be non-fiction.”
”Matt Ridley's "The Rational Optimist" is the most brilliant and enlightening book I've read in years.”
”Didn't finish it. Good book but not as seminal as Sapiens.”
”My favorite recent discovery is “The Beginning of Infinity,””
”Best cyberpunk novel ever written. Slightly dated but very prescient.”
”The Prophet is a beautiful book”
”Classic. I love that book.”
”Buy the book, Ficciones”
”Love that book.”
”Drop everything and read it.”
”everything by @mattwridley is worth reading”
”one of my top 3 books of all time”
”Fantastic read.”
”My brother wrote it, so I'm biased. But it's brilliantly written.”
”Best book I've read since Sapiens (far less mainstream, though).”
”He’s very dry but full of great ideas.”
”Loved "Waking Up."”
”One of my all time favorite books. I quote it all the time.”
”It’s the only sci-fi novel that I know of where the protagonist is a Buddha.”
”great book. Required reading.”
”Beautiful summary of an important book.”
”It's a very difficult read, but once you see it, you can't unsee it.”
”Favorite childhood comic”
”I’ve read it a long time ago. Time for a re-read.”
”Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart, that was a fun, light read.”
”The book is genius, a cogent defense of anarchy.”
”For historical fiction, I like "A Soldier of the Great War"”
”Formative books for me. Read and re-read them over the years.”
”Decades ago, it didn’t make sense. Years ago, it changed my life, but I felt late.”
”On a lighter but still very educational note, check out "The War Nerd" by Gary Brecker”
”@SteveCase is doing the behind the scenes work to support entrepreneurship in America.”
”everything by @mattwridley is worth reading”
”I love that book.”
”His other book is terrific as well”
”everything by @mattwridley is worth reading”
”I just finished Falling Into Grace by Adyashanti, which I thought was very good.”
”everything by @mattwridley is worth reading”
”everything by @mattwridley is worth reading”
”Another masterpiece of SciFi by Ted Chiang”
”his "The Macintosh Way" led me into tech!”
”everything by @mattwridley is worth reading”
”everything by @mattwridley is worth reading”
”Power of Now is the OG.”
”Also, “Illusions” by Richard Bach, has a bit of the Siddhartha flavor.”
”Bit mystical but he’s not wrong.”
