Paul Graham
Paul Graham is an influential English-born American computer scientist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, author, and essayist, best known for co-founding the pioneering startup accelerator Y Combinator.
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The World We Have Lost
One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?"
Peter Laslett
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On Bullshit
According to a Twitter thread, Paul Graham praised this book.
Harry G. Frankfurt
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Autobiographies
Paul Graham mentioned this book on Twitter.
Charles Darwin
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Very Good, Jeeves!
Wodehouse is so good that I get distracted by his perfection. Not a word wrong. - Paul Graham
PG Wodehouse
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Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy
Paul Graham mentioned this book on Twitter.
Michael Baxandall
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An Autobiography of Anthony Trollope
[This] Autobiography is a wonderfully candid and inspiring one. - Paul Graham
Anthony Trollope
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My Forty Years with Ford
I particularly liked [this book]. - Paul Graham
Charles E Sorensen
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The Old Way
If you want to learn more about hunter gatherers I strongly recommend [this book]. - Paul Graham
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
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The Iliad
Paul Graham's (funny) answer to "what are your favourite books with a politics very different to your own?"
Homer
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Clocks and Culture
I also recommend [this book]. - Paul Graham
Carlo M. Cipolla
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Richard Feynman
Excellent. - Paul Graham
John Gribbin
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The Man Who Knew Infinity
Great biography of Ramanujan. - Paul Graham
Robert Kanigel
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
A great book, probably in my all time top 100. - Paul Graham
Benjamin Franklin
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Diocletian and the Roman Recovery
One of the best books about the late 3rd century. - Paul Graham
Stephen Williams
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The Making of Europe
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. - Paul Graham
Robert Bartlett
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Mohammed and Charlemagne
One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?"
Henri Pirenne
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The Complete Novels of Jane Austen
Paul Graham's answer to "examples of books that you reread years later, & found to be much better?"
Jane Austen
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A Sense of Where You Are
Paul Graham's answer to "what’s the most beautiful book you’ve ever read?"
John McPhee
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Civilisation
One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?"
Kenneth Clark
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The Collected Works of P. G. Wodehouse
[The author] is so good that I get distracted by his perfection. Not a word wrong. - Paul Graham
PG Wodehouse
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How To Win Friends and Influence People
The one book we encourage startup founders to read. [...] It's critically important for anyone in business. - Paul Graham
Dale Carnegie
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Plagues and Peoples
I suspect if you'd read 'Guns, Sails, and Empires' and [this book], little in 'Guns, Germs, and Steel' would surprise you. - Paul Graham
William McNeill
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The Power Law
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. - Paul Graham
Sebastian Mallaby
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Good Night, Little Bear
Paul Graham mentioned this book on Twitter.
Patsy Scarry
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Born Red
Book recommendation. - Paul Graham
Gao Yuan
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A History of Rome
One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?"
Moses Hadas
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Maisy Mouse Collection
My favorite books for bedtime reading to 2 year olds. - Paul Graham
Lucy Cousins
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The Lives of the Artists
One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?"
Giorgio Vasari
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The Inimitable Jeeves
Paul Graham's answer to "which P. G. Wodehouse book do you recommend?"
PG Wodehouse
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The Confessions
Simultaneously reading [this book] and No Easy Day. Triangulating... - Paul Graham
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Sea Flight
A wonderful book. I'm looking at the few pages left and wishing there were more. - Paul Graham
Hugh Popham
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Sunset at Blandings
The writing in the novel Wodehouse left unfinished when he died at 93 is crisp as ever. - Paul Graham
PG Wodehouse
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Albert Einstein
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. - Paul Graham
Banesh Hoffmann
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The Oxford History of Britain
Really excellent. - Paul Graham
Peter Salway
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The Soul of A New Machine
One of Paul Graham's answers to "do you know of any good books about startups?"
Tracy Kidder
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The Harmless People
If you want to learn more about hunter gatherers I strongly recommend [this book]. - Paul Graham
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
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The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Watterson is like Wodehouse. Because he works in an unpretentious medium, few realize how timelessly great he is. - Paul Graham
Bill Watterson
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Memoirs of My Life
Paul Graham mentioned this book on Twitter.
Edward Gibbon
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Hard Drive
Good. - Paul Graham
James Wallace
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Paul Graham mentioned this book on Twitter.
Robert M. Pirsig
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The Double Helix
The most impressive feature of [this book] 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
James D. Watson Ph.D.
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A Mathematician's Apology
Among the most inspiring books I know. - Paul Graham
G. H. Hardy
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The Battle of Alcazar
Excellent. - Paul Graham
E.W. Bovill
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No Easy Day
Simultaneously reading Rousseau's Confessions and [this book]. Triangulating... - Paul Graham
Mark Owen
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The Origin of Species
Paul Graham used this book as an example that one scientist's "take" can be very convincing.
Charles Darwin
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Wing Leader
One of Paul Graham's answers to "what’s your favorite book that almost nobody else knows or talks about?"
Johnnie Johnson
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Blankie
Will be deeply pleasing to [its respective audience]. - Paul Graham
Leslie Patricelli
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Concorde
[The author] was in charge of BAC's Commercial Aircraft Division, and thus the British side of Concorde development. - Paul Graham
Geoffrey Knight
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Made me want to work on AI, which led to Lisp. - Paul Graham
Robert A. Heinlein
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The Extension of Man
One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?"
J.D. Bernal
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The Copernican Revolution
Kuhn was surely most influenced by the Copernican Revolution. [This is an] excellent book incidentally. - Paul Graham
Thomas S. Kuhn
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Paul Graham mentioned re-reading this book on Twitter.
Thomas S. Kuhn
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History of the World
Paul Graham mentioned this book on Twitter.
J.M. Roberts
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Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople
I've read [this book] at least two times, maybe three. - Paul Graham
Geoffrey de Villehardouin
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Flying Start
A wonderful book. - Paul Graham
Hugh Dundas
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Euclid's Elements
[One of ] the best [books] I can think of [to learn what math is really about]. - Paul Graham
Euclid
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Fall of Constantinople
One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?"
Steven Runciman
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Medieval Technology and Social Change
The most fabulous book. - Paul Graham
Lynn White
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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
This is one of the great classics of computer science. I bought my first copy 15 years ago, and I still don't feel I have learned everything the book has to teach. - Paul Graham
Harold Abelson
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The Fry Chronicles
As perfect as Wodehouse. - Paul Graham
Stephen Fry
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The Quest for El Cid
One of Paul Graham's answers to "are there any books on medieval history you can recommend?"
Richard Fletcher
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Life in the English Country House
One of Paul Graham's answers to "what’s your favorite book that almost nobody else knows or talks about?"
Mark Girouard
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The New Penguin Atlas of Ancient History
One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?"
Colin McEvedy
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A Story Lately Told
Wonderful. - Paul Graham
Anjelica Huston
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How to Be Topp
I read this during dinner and laughed so much that people must have wondered what was wrong with me. - Paul Graham
Ronald Searle
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The German Generals Talk
One of Paul Graham's answers to "what’s your favorite book that almost nobody else knows or talks about?"
Basil H. Liddell Hart
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My Family and Other Animals
A wonderful book, though only implicitly about 'parenting.' - Paul Graham
Gerald Durrell
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Kelly
How did I not know about this book til now? - Paul Graham
Clarence L. Johnson
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Guns, Sails, and Empires
[Amazing.] An indictment of publishing that it's out of print. - Paul Graham
Carlo M. Cipolla
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Moorish Spain
A great book. - Paul Graham
Richard Fletcher
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From Galileo to Newton
Particularly good at getting into contemporaries' heads. - Paul Graham
A. Rupert Hall
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The Golden Trade of the Moors
One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?"
E. W. Bovill
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Founders at Work
Probably the single most valuable book a startup founder could read. - Paul Graham
Jessica Livingston
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Moab Is My Washpot
Paul Graham's answer to "which Stephen Fry book do you recommend?"
Stephen Fry
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The Ancient City
One of the best books I've found for explaining history to kids. - Paul Graham
Peter Connolly
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Mathematician's Delight
[One of ] the best [books] I can think of [to learn what math is really about]. - Paul Graham
W. Sawyer
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The Gallic Wars
One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?"
Julius Caesar
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Fauna & Family
So good I'm reading slow to make it last. - Paul Graham
Gerald Durrell
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The Spectator
Paul Graham mentioned reading this book on Twitter.
Joseph Addison
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Barbarian Days
It's one of those rare books that divide your life into two parts: before you read it, and after. - Paul Graham
William Finnegan
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With the Old Breed
Read this book. - Paul Graham
E. B. Sledge
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The Art of War in the Middle Ages
One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?"
Charles Oman
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