Elon Musk: 8 Books That Every Investor Should Read

We recently started a series called – Superinvestors: Books That Every Investor Should Read. So far we’ve provided the book recommendations from:

• Charles Munger: 32 Books That Every Investor Should Read
• Seth Klarman: 32 Books That Every Investor Should Read
• Warren Buffett: 35 Books That Every Investor Should Read
• Bill Ackman: 11 Books That Every Investor Should Read
• Joel Greenblatt: 17 Books That Every Investor Should Read
• Mohnish Pabrai: 20 Books That Every Investor Should Read
• Prem Watsa: 12 Books That Every Investor Should Read
• Dan Loeb: 5 Books That Every Investor Should Read
• Michael Burry: 6 Books That Every Investor Should Read
• Nassim Taleb: 17 Books That Every Investor Should Read
• Jamie Dimon: 11 Books That Every Investor Should Read
• A Value Investor’s Reading List: Columbia University
• John (Jack) Bogle: 6 Books That Every Investor Should Read

Together with our own recommended reading list of:

• 50 Of The Best Investing Books Of All Time

This week we’ve expanded the list to include book recommendations by famous entrepreneurs. Here are the recommended books from Elon Musk, taken from his writings, interviews, lectures, and twitter feed over the years:

1. Structures: Or Why Things Don’t Fall Down (J Gordon)
2. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Walter Isaacson)
3. Einstein: His Life and Universe (Walter Isaacson)
4. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (Nick Bostrom)
5. Merchants of Doubt (Erik M. Conway, Naomi Oreskes)
6. Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
7. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future (Blake Masters, Peter Thiel)
8. The Foundation Trilogy (Isaac Asimov)