Austen Allred on The New New Thing
"[One of] my favorite books for understanding the history of Silicon Valley."
Austen Allred on The Wright Brothers
"The slow, iterative process to breakthrough invention."
Austen Allred on Snow Crash
"One of my favorite books of all-time."
Austen Allred on Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
"Probably in my top five all-time."
Austen Allred on The Upside of Stress
Austen Allred recommended this book on his website.
Austen Allred on Travels with Charley
"Most American book of all time."
Austen Allred on Meditations
Austen Allred recommended this book on his website.
Austen Allred on Anna Karenina
Austen Allred recommended this book on Twitter.
Austen Allred on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
"Didn’t get it first time."
Austen Allred on Atlas Shrugged
"I really liked it."
Austen Allred on Titan
"The mindset required to do well in businesses when everything is in flux, competition is intense and setbacks are frequent."
Austen Allred on Elon Musk
"Was written in 2015 and already feels like you could have another full book as an update."
Austen Allred on Leonardo da Vinci
"What genius is really made up of, and how to recreate some semblance of it."
Austen Allred on Dealers of Lightning
"[One of] my favorite books for understanding the history of Silicon Valley."
Austen Allred on Troublemakers
"[One of] my favorite books for understanding the history of Silicon Valley."
Austen Allred on Can't Hurt Me
"Some of the craziest stuff I’ve ever read."
Austen Allred on Ready Player One
"Ok writing but a page turner."
Austen Allred on Essentialism
Austen Allred recommended this book on his website.
Austen Allred on A Guide to the Good Life
Austen Allred recommended this book on his website.
Austen Allred on The Snowball
Austen Allred recommended this book on Twitter.
Austen Allred on Masters of Doom
"Amazing book."
Austen Allred on Shoe Dog
"Loved [this book]."
Austen Allred on Principles
"So good."
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