Vinod Khosla

55 Vinod Khosla Recommended Books

Vinod Khosla is an Indian-American billionaire and venture capitalist, renowned for being one of the co-founders of Sun Microsystems. After leaving Sun, he founded the venture capital firm Khosla Ventures in 2004, investing in companies like Skype, Square, and Stripe.

55 Books recommended by Vinod Khosla

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Author :Neil deGrasse Tyson

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"Great, very quick overview of astrophysics." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

Life on the Edge

Life on the Edge

The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology

Author :Johnjoe McFadden

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"Each chapter illustrates one of life’s puzzles and makes you think differently about the world." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

Skin in the Game

Skin in the Game

Incerto, Book 5

Author :Nassim Taleb

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"I like his ideas a lot, especially in Antifragile and the first half of this book. I've always complained about pundits relative to doers." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

Lying

Lying

Author :Sam Harris

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"One of my favorite one hour reads about intellectual honesty. I wish more people were this honest!" - Vinod Khosla [Source]

Antifragile

Antifragile

Incerto, Book 3

Author :Nassim Taleb

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"I recommend everybody read [this book] if they're setting off on a career as a personal philosophy." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

The Last Days of Night

The Last Days of Night

A Novel

Author :Graham Moore

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"I don’t read fiction, but this almost historical fiction is fun especially for Silicon Valley types." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

Range

Range

Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

Author :David J. Epstein

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"Discovers that in most fields , generalists, not specialists, are primed to excel. [...] Every high school and college student should read it." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

Behave

Behave

The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

Author :Robert M. Sapolsky

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"Among the best insights into our brain and behavior." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

How to Change Your Mind

How to Change Your Mind

What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

Author :Michael Pollan

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"A fun exploration of psychedelic drugs, especially for someone who has never tried them." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

The Case Against Sugar

The Case Against Sugar

Author :Gary Taubes

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"Not surprising but explicit description of the American psych on sugar and fat by the sugar industry. I would not have believed this much influence is possible." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

Drunk Tank Pink

Drunk Tank Pink

And Other Unexpected Forces That Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave

Author :Adam Alter

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"Fun read about our biases and how our brain functions." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

Winners Take All

Winners Take All

The Elite Charade of Changing the World

Author :Anand Giridharadas

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"While today’s rich and powerful are fighting for equality and justice, [this book] argues that it is being done in a way that will preserve their position at the top of society." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

The Checklist Manifesto

The Checklist Manifesto

How to Get Things Right

Author :Atul Gawande

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"Very good; definitely worth reading." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

The Invisible Gorilla

The Invisible Gorilla

And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us

Author :Christopher F. Chabris

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"Rigorously written (unlike many pysch books), fun, funny,surprising, enlightening." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

The Master Algorithm

The Master Algorithm

How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World

Author :Pedro Domingos

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"If you want speculation about what the master AI might need (one view)." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

The Brand Flip

The Brand Flip

Why customers now run companies and how to profit from it

Author :Marty Neumeier

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"A very well done book on branding and new brand values. It will be the death of many incumbents." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

What You Do Is Who You Are

What You Do Is Who You Are

How to Create Your Business Culture

Author :Ben Horowitz

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"Shows the value of having principles an organization and its leaders believe in and can stick with when it gets hard to do so and real tradeoffs are involved." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

Troublemakers

Troublemakers

Silicon Valley's Coming of Age

Author :Leslie Berlin

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"Tells the story of the world I have always lived, loved and believed in, despite the recent techlash." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

Other People's Money

Other People's Money

Inside the Housing Crisis and the Demise of the Greatest Real Estate Deal Ever Made

Author :Charles V. Bagli

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"Not very far from the truth on the financial services industry though the authors biases come through." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

The Coddling of the American Mind

The Coddling of the American Mind

How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

Author :Greg Lukianoff

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"Dives into the new problem on college campuses, Safetyism." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Author :Richard Bach

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"One of my favorite books when I was a teenager! I still keep it around the house and periodically look at it." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

Scale

Scale

The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies

Author :Geoffrey West

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"The physics behind biology, cities, economics and companies." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

Blitzscaling

Blitzscaling

The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies

Author :Reid Hoffman

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"An insightful book on how to scale at a very fast pace​ and more importantly WHEN." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

The $12 Million Stuffed Shark

The $12 Million Stuffed Shark

The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art

Author :Donald N. Thompson

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"A look at the economics and the marketing strategies that enable the modern art market to generate such astronomical prices." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

The Jungle Grows Back

The Jungle Grows Back

America and Our Imperiled World

Author :Robert Kagan

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"A powerful, urgent essay into why American withdrawal would be the worst possible response." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

Lifespan

Lifespan

Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To

Author :David Sinclair

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"Reveals incredible scientific breakthroughs about aging and ways we can slow down, or even reverse, the process." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

Why We Sleep

Why We Sleep

Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

Author :Matthew Walker

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"Best book on the subject [of sleep]." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

The Line Becomes a River

The Line Becomes a River

Dispatches from the Border

Author :Francisco Cantú

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"Provides a different world view for those of us protected from some 'reality'." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

The Seventh Sense

The Seventh Sense

Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks

Author :Joshua Cooper Ramo

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"I like the author but wish there were more causality/details." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

Atomic Habits

Atomic Habits

An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

Author :James Clear

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"A decent book on self-help tools, not a category I am generally a fan of." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

The Formula

The Formula

The Universal Laws of Success

Author :Albert-László Barabási

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"This book transforms how our success-obsessed society approaches their professional careers and long-term goals." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

The Inflamed Mind

The Inflamed Mind

A Radical New Approach to Depression

Author :Edward Bullmore

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"Reveals the new breakthrough on the link between depression and inflammation of the body and brain." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

Loonshots

Loonshots

How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries

Author :Safi Bahcall

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"A key to understanding why Silicon Valley culture is changing the world." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

Friday Black

Friday Black

Author :Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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"Reveals the violence, injustice, and painful absurdities that black men and women contend with every day in this country." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

The Breakthrough

The Breakthrough

Immunotherapy and the Race to Cure Cancer

Author :Charles Graeber

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"Guides readers through the scientific research transforming immunotherapy." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

Only the Paranoid Survive

Only the Paranoid Survive

How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company

Author :Andrew S. Grove

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"One of favorite books on entrepreneurship." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

Eating the Big Fish

Eating the Big Fish

How Challenger Brands Can Compete Against Brand Leaders

Author :Adam Morgan

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"Brand building for entrepreneurs trying to upset the incumbents." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

The Future of Capitalism

The Future of Capitalism

Facing the New Anxieties

Author :Paul Collier

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"Outlines ethical ways of healing the deep new rifts that are tearing apart the fabric of the United States and other Western societies." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

The Third Pillar

The Third Pillar

How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind

Author :Raghuram Rajan

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"Provides a solid framework as to why things begin to deteriorate, and how society can successfully find their way back to a secure and stable plane." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

From Bacteria to Bach and Back

From Bacteria to Bach and Back

The Evolution of Minds

Author :Daniel C. Dennett

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"Long but worth every page." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

Negotiating the Impossible

Negotiating the Impossible

How to Break Deadlocks and Resolve Ugly Conflicts (without Money or Muscle)

Author :Deepak Malhotra

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"I recommend to every entrepreneur, investor, & CEO - and anyone else who deals with difficult negotiations." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

McMafia

McMafia

A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld

Author :Misha Glenny

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"Fun though older book." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

The Peacemaker's Code

The Peacemaker's Code

Author :Deepak Malhotra

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"Based on [the author's] class at HBS, War & Peace & lessons on leadership, negotiation, strategy & the human condition." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power

Author :Shoshana Zuboff

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"Dives into the largest act of capitalist colonisation ever attempted - the colonisation of our minds, our behaviour, our free will, our very selves." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

The Score Takes Care of Itself

The Score Takes Care of Itself

My Philosophy of Leadership

Author :Bill Walsh

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"Among the best books! A way of living, working & commitment to excellence." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Author :Yuval Noah Harari

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"An important examination into today’s most pressing political, technological, social, and existential issues as we move into the unchartered territory of the future." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

This Is Your Brain on Music

This Is Your Brain on Music

The Science of a Human Obsession

Author :Daniel J. Levitin

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"Fascinating though older book." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

Deep Learning

Deep Learning

Author :Ian Goodfellow

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"For a slightly more technical read [on AI]." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

The Uninhabitable Earth

The Uninhabitable Earth

Life After Warming

Author :David Wallace-Wells

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"A look into the future and how global warming will impact everything." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

An Elegant Defense

An Elegant Defense

The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives

Author :Matt Richtel

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"Explains for the lay reader the intricate biology of our immune system." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

The Success Equation

The Success Equation

Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing

Author :Michael Mauboussin

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"Important investing, business, sports." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

Homo Deus

Homo Deus

A Brief History of Tomorrow

Author :Yuval Noah Harari

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"Not that I agree with all of it, but it is still mind-bending speculation about our future." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

Against Empathy

Against Empathy

The Case for Rational Compassion

Author :Paul Bloom

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"A good case against too much empathy." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

Mindfulness in Plain English

Mindfulness in Plain English

Author :Henepola Gunaratana

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"Easy access to meditation." - Vinod Khosla [Source]

FAQs

Q1: What books does Vinod Khosla recommend?

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Many entrepreneurs and investors regard Vinod Khosla's book recommendations as essential reads. They provide invaluable insights on navigating the startup ecosystem, making informed decisions, and understanding emerging tech trends.

These books explore a variety of topics including engineering, venture capital, and technology. They also discuss topics such as entrepreneurship, strategic thinking, and business management.

These books can help broaden the reader's perspectives on engineering, venture capital, and technology. They can also offer useful insight into entrepreneurship and business management.

Yes, these books contain plenty of real world examples which can help the readers to gain a better understanding of the topics discussed.