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Books recommended by Paul Graham

Paul Graham recommends 116 books, among them Plagues and Peoples, Richard Feynman and Sea Flight.

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Industry

116 books

Plagues and Peoples

William McNeill

History

Richard Feynman

John Gribbin

Biography & memoir

Sea Flight

Hugh Popham

Biography & memoir

Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids

Bryan Caplan

Economics & politics

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Harold Abelson

Technology

The Age of Giant Corporations

Robert Sobel

Economics & politics

The Ancient City

Peter Connolly

Economics & politics

The Art of War in the Middle Ages

Charles Oman

History

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Biography & memoir

The Battle of Alcazar

E.W. Bovill

History

The Big Change

Frederick Lewis Allen & Guy Foster

Money & investing

The Box

Marc Levinson

Economics & politics

The Company

John Micklethwait

Economics & politics

The Confessions

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Philosophy

The Conquest of Gaul

Julius Caesar

History

The Copernican Revolution

Thomas S. Kuhn

Philosophy

The Dual Economy

Robert Averitt

Economics & politics

The Extension of Man

J.D. Bernal

Science & nature

The Fall of Constantinople 1453

Steven Runciman

History

The Fry Chronicles

Stephen Fry

Biography & memoir

The Gallic Wars

Julius Caesar

Biography & memoir

The Genesis of Industrial America, 1870-1920

Maury Klein

History

The German Generals Talk

B.H. Liddell Hart

History

The Golden Trade of the Moors

E.W. Bovill

History

The Government of the Tongue

Richard Allestree

Economics & politics

The Harmless People

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

History

The House of Morgan

Ron Chernow

Money & investing

The Jet Engine

Rolls Royce

Science & nature

The Kings Depart

Richard M. Watt

Economics & politics

The Launch Pad

Randall Stross

Technology