Billionaire Reading List
What Elon Musk Reads
The books that shaped the most ambitious entrepreneur alive.
“I was raised by books. Books, and then my parents.”
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
“It taught me that the tough thing is figuring out the right questions to ask. Once you do that, the rest is really easy.”View on Amazon
Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down
by J.E. Gordon
“It's really good if you want a primer on structural design.”View on Amazon
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
by Walter Isaacson
“Franklin was an entrepreneur. He was basically an entrepreneur in many ways, starting from nothing.”View on Amazon
The Lord of the Rings
by J.R.R. Tolkien
“The heroes of the books I read always felt a duty to save the world.”View on Amazon
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