Books recommended by people worth listening to

BooksToRead connects notable people (founders, athletes, writers, thinkers) to the books they've publicly recommended, with the quote and source for every recommendation.

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14 people · 255 books · 214 sourced recommendations

Most Recommended The books the most people in the directory back, ranked. 214 recommendations People Browse every person we track and their full reading list. 14 profiles Books Every book in the directory, with who recommended it and where. 255 books Topics Leadership, chess, Russia. Follow a thread across people and books. 47 topics Genres History, fiction, memoir. Browse the shelves the classic way. 18 genres

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Warren Buffett Portrait of Warren Buffett 10 recommended 2 written Charlie Munger Portrait of Charlie Munger 16 recommended 1 written George Orwell Portrait of George Orwell 10 written Bassem Youssef Portrait of Bassem Youssef 6 recommended 2 written

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Little Wonder

Sophie Chen Keller
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The Way of Integrity

Martha Beck
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John of John

Douglas Stuart
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Go Gentle

Maria Semple
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Kin

Tayari Jones
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Some Bright Nowhere

Ann Packer
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A Guardian and a Thief

Megha Majumdar
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Culpability

Bruce Holsinger

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Biography 6 Business 14 Economics 2 Fantasy 7 Fiction 107 Games 2 History 13 Journalism 2 Mathematics 1 Memoir 23 Philosophy 4 Politics 10 Reference 3 Religion 24 Science 11 Self-Help 21 Society 4 True Crime 1

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