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Chris Dixon
Chris Dixon is an American internet entrepreneur and investor
27 books they recommend
Books they recommend 27
Dixon contributed personal picks with commentary to a16z's published reading lists (notably Winter 2018) and has tweeted book recommendations for years. He gravitates to histories of computing and the internet, technology-and-society nonfiction, and historical fiction about invention. His reasons are specific and often historical.
Book recommendations listed on their Good Books profile 15
Entrepreneurship and Startups 4
Technology and Computing 3
General History 2
Business and Management 1
Philosophy 1
Sales and Marketing 1
Sociology and Culture 1
Fiction 1
Decision Making 1
Superbook reading list 12
Technology and Computing 4
Katie Hafner, Matthew Lyon
“He recommends it for its focus on the early pioneers (1950s-1980s) who built the modern internet.”
Ken Kocienda
“He calls it "a really interesting inside look at Apple's design process under Steve Jobs."”
Steven Johnson · not in an entry yet
“"Probably my favorite" of Johnson's books on the history of innovation.”
Nick Bilton · not in an entry yet
“He calls the Silk Road story "a real page-turner."”
Not yet given a topic 2
Brian McCullough · not in an entry yet
“He calls it the "best history I've read on the 1990-2000s era of the Web."”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb · not in an entry yet
“He ranks it "up there with Black Swan and [Taleb's] other classics."”
General History 2
Richard Rhodes
“He calls it a "truly epic story, showing humanity at both its best and worst."”
Jill Jonnes
“"One of my favorite history books," on the electrification rivalry of Edison, Tesla, and Westinghouse.”
Entrepreneurship and Startups 2
Elad Gil
“"Everyone interested in the growth stage of startups should read it."”
Ben Horowitz
“A longtime Twitter recommendation for founders, from his own partner at a16z.”
Fiction 1
Graham Moore · not in an entry yet
“He recommends this novel on "the epic legal battle between Westinghouse/Tesla vs Edison."”
Sociology and Culture 1
Jane Jacobs
“A "classic" his a16z crypto colleagues got him to read; he recommends it broadly.”