149 Ev Williams Recommended Books
Ev Williams is an American entrepreneur and investor, best known for co-founding several internet companies, most notably Twitter. Williams was a founder of Pyra Labs, an early software startup, which was bought by Google in 2003. He was also the co-founder and CEO of Obvious Corporation, which created Blogger, Medium, and other products.
149 Books recommended by Ev Williams
The World Without Us
Author :Alan Weisman
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Lord of the Flies
Author :William Golding
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The Selfish Gene
Author :Richard Dawkins
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In the Beginning...Was the Command Line
Author :Neal Stephenson
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Ready for Anything
52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done
Author :David Allen
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The Catcher in the Rye
Author :J.D. Salinger
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The Echo Maker
Author :Richard Powers
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Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Author :Steven D. Levitt
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Seeing What's Next
Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change
Author :Clayton M. Christensen
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User Interface Design for Programmers
Author :Joel Spolsky
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Reinventing Fire
Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era
Author :Amory Lovins
- Ev Williams"Offers a thoroughly researched set of options for engineering our way out of the [climate change] crisis." - Ev Williams [Source]
A Whole New Mind
Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
Author :Daniel Pink
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Cryptonomicon
Author :Neal Stephenson
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Good to Great
Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't
Author :Jim Collins
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On Intelligence
How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines
Author :Jeff Hawkins
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Smart and Gets Things Done
Joel Spolsky's Concise Guide to Finding the Best Technical Talent
Author :Avram Joel Spolsky
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Jimmy Corrigan
The Smartest Kid on Earth
Author :Chris Ware
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Jitterbug Perfume
A Novel
Author :Tom Robbins
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Interface Culture
How New Technology Transforms the Way We Create & Communicate
Author :Steven A. Johnson
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It's Not About the Bike
My Journey Back to Life
Author :Lance Armstrong
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Revolutionary Wealth
Author :Alvin Toffler
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The Martian
A Novel
Author :Andy Weir
- Ev Williams"What’s great about this adventure—which I find rare in pop culture—is the celebration of the mind, invention, and science." - Ev Williams [Source]
Made to Stick
Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Author :Chip Heath
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Snow Crash
A Novel
Author :Neal Stephenson
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The Art of the Start
The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything
Author :Guy Kawasaki
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The Long Tail
Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More
Author :Chris Anderson
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Everything Bad is Good for You
Author :Steven Johnson
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In Search of Excellence
Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies
Author :Tom Peters
- Ev Williams"Didn’t solve the problems of my tiny web development shop." - Ev Williams [Source]
The Cluetrain Manifesto
Author :Rick Levine
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Man's Search for Meaning
Author :Viktor E. Frankl
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Joel on Software
And on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters That Will Prove of Interest to Software Developers, Designers, and Managers, and to Those Who, Whether by Good Fortune or Ill Luck, Work with Them in Some Capacity
Author :Joel Spolsky
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On the Road
Author :Jack Kerouac
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The Monk and the Riddle
The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living
Author :Randy Komisar
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The First American
The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
Author :H. W. Brands
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The Pragmatic Programmer
From Journeyman to Master
Author :Andrew Hunt
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"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
Adventures of a Curious Character
Author :Richard P. Feynman
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Stumbling on Happiness
Author :Daniel Todd Gilbert
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The Victorian Internet
The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneers
Author :Tom Standage
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The Blind Side
Evolution of a Game
Author :Michael Lewis
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Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering
Author :Robert L. Glass
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Out Of Control
The New Biology Of Machines, Social Systems, And The Economic World
Author :Kevin Kelly
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Author :Michael Chabon
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The Way of Life, According to Laotzu
Author :Witter Bynner
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Don't Make Me Think
A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
Author :Steve Krug
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The Innovator's Dilemma
When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
Author :Clayton M. Christensen
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Positioning
The Battle for Your Mind
Author :Al Ries
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The Great Gatsby
Author :F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Author :Judith Viorst
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Hackers & Painters
Big Ideas from the Computer Age
Author :Paul Graham
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Author :Dave Eggers
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You Shall Know Our Velocity!
Author :Dave Eggers
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The Halo Effect
... and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers
Author :Phil Rosenzweig
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The Social Life of Information
Author :John Seely Brown
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
An Inquiry Into Values
Author :Robert M. Pirsig
- Ev Williams"One of the few novels I’ve ever read twice." - Ev Williams [Source]
The Know-It-All
Author :A.J. Jacobs
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What Should I Do with My Life?
The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question
Author :Po Bronson
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Crossing the Chasm
Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers
Author :Geoffrey A. Moore
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The Fountainhead
Author :Ayn Rand
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Mindfulness for Beginners
Reclaiming the Present Moment and Your Life
Author :Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Ev Williams"Mindfulness meditation is the most important habit I’ve taken up in my adult life." - Ev Williams [Source]
Bit Literacy
Productivity in the Age of Information and E-mail Overload
Author :Mark Hurst
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Why Most Things Fail
Evolution, Extinction and Economics
Author :Paul Ormerod
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Cat's Cradle
A Novel
Author :Kurt Vonnegut
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Mind Wide Open
Author :Steven Johnson
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Author :Richard Bach
- Ev Williams"[The author's] message was that there is a bigger world out there, and that I didn’t need to conform to those around me." - Ev Williams [Source]
The China Study
The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-Term Health
Author :T. Colin Campbell
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The Tipping Point
How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Author :Malcolm Gladwell
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Get Back in the Box
How Being Great at What You Do Is Great for Business
Author :Douglas Rushkoff
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The Da Vinci Code
Author :Dan Brown
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The Making of a Manager
What to Do When Everyone Looks to You
Author :Julie Zhuo
- Ev Williams"Its practical wisdom is immediately useful for the newly minted manager—and us old ones." - Ev Williams [Source]
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates
A Novel
Author :Tom Robbins
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Small Pieces Loosely Joined
A Unified Theory Of The Web
Author :David Weinberger
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Microserfs
A Novel
Author :Douglas Coupland
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The Corrections
A Novel
Author :Jonathan Franzen
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The Diamond Age
Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
Author :Neal Stephenson
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The 4-Hour Workweek
Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
Author :Tim Ferriss
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The Power Of One
The Power of One, Book 1
Author :Bryce Courtenay
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Bill & Dave
How Hewlett and Packard Built the World's Greatest Company
Author :Michael S. Malone
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The Starfish and the Spider
The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations
Author :Ori Brafman
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
A Novel
Author :Tom Wolfe
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Author :Mark Haddon
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Built to Last
Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
Author :Jim Collins
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
A Novel
Author :Milan Kundera
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The Effective Executive
The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done
Author :Peter F. Drucker
- Ev Williams"[The author] writes about first principles and makes things seem obvious—once he explains them in his straightforward way." - Ev Williams [Source]
Einstein's Dreams
Author :Alan Lightman
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Getting Things Done
The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
Author :David Allen
- Ev Williams"Still the best advice on getting your life in order and freeing up your brain to be creative." - Ev Williams [Source]
Antifragile
Incerto, Book 3
Author :Nassim Taleb
- Ev Williams"Few books have made me think more than this one over the last decade." - Ev Williams [Source]
Fooled by Randomness
The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
Author :Nassim Taleb
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Absurdistan
A Novel
Author :Gary Shteyngart
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Ogilvy on Advertising
Author :David Ogilvy
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Dancing Naked in the Mind Field
Author :Kary Mullis
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The Black Swan
Incerto, Book 2
Author :Nassim Taleb
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The Perfect Store
Inside eBay
Author :Adam Cohen
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Atlas Shrugged
Author :Ayn Rand
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Founders at Work
Stories of Startups' Early Days
Author :Jessica Livingston
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
Author :David Sedaris
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Author :Daniel Kahneman
- Ev Williams"I love surprising scientific findings, as well as information about how our brains work. [This book] is a treasure trove of both." - Ev Williams [Source]
Understanding Comics
The Invisible Art
Author :Scott McCloud
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Losing My Virginity
How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way
Author :Richard Branson
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The Wisdom of Crowds
Author :James Surowiecki
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Fuzzy Thinking
The New Science of Fuzzy Logic
Author :Bart Kosko
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FAQs
Q1: What books are recommended by Ev Williams?
Ev Williams is an American technology entrepreneur and investor. He is best known for his founding roles at Twitter, Medium, and Blogger. He recommends the books "The Idea Factory" by Jon Gertner, "Citizenville" by Gavin Newsom, "Startups Open Sourced" by Brad Feld, "Thinking Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman, and "The Refuge" by Terry Grossman.
Q2: What topics do these books cover?
The topics include technology entrepreneurship, investing, startups, psychology, and building meaningful connections.
Q3: Why are these books important?
These books provide invaluable insight into the field of entrepreneurship and investing. It's important for entrepreneurs and investors to stay informed and knowledgeable on these topics in order to be successful.
Q4: What can readers learn from these books?
Readers will gain a deeper understanding of the technology industry, as well as a better understanding of decision-making, risk assessment, and market analysis.
Q5: Where can readers purchase these books?
These books are available for purchase from most major retailers, such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Apple Books.
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