№ 01
“Skin in the game as conflict of interest, or as attaching one's livelihood to one's speech? Who to listen to, and why. Ideal counterpart to Expert Political Judgment.” source
Co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz
Marc Andreessen
Marc Andreessen co-created the Mosaic and Netscape browsers and later co-founded the venture firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). A prolific reader, he shares book recommendations in interviews and long threads on X. Picks below come from his Quartz interview and summer reading threads.
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2018
Most recent list
Non-Fiction
Most-recommended
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All Marc Andreessen book recommendations.
№ 02
“The most thought provoking book on the unfolding nature of the 21st Century that I've yet read.” source
№ 03
“Two related books to read are The Twilight of Sovereignty and Cryptonomicon.” source
№ 04
“The Baroque Cycle, a work of rigorously researched historical fiction with only the slightest overlay of science fiction, tells the story of the emergence of the modern world and its systems (democracy, the scientific method, financial markets, etc.) in a way that is wholly fresh.” source
№ 05
“The Innovator's Dilemma, The Lean Startup, and Zero To One are the defining trilogy of intellectual thought on the art and science of modern technology startups.” source
№ 06
“The Innovator's Dilemma, The Lean Startup, and Zero To One are the defining trilogy of intellectual thought on the art and science of modern technology startups.” source
№ 07
“Zero to One is the first book any working or aspiring entrepreneur must read, period.” source
№ 08
Marc Andreessen reading-list recommendation source
№ 09
“Actually I later discovered that the best book of all was out of print: Michael Malone's The Big Score.” source
Readers with overlapping taste
