Wing Leader
The Top Scoring Allied Fighter Pilot of WWII
Author :Johnnie Johnson
- Paul Graham
One of Paul Graham's answers to "what’s your favorite book that almost nobody else knows or talks about?" [Source]
Civilisation
Author :Kenneth Clark
- Paul Graham
One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?" [Source]
The Inimitable Jeeves
Jeeves and Wooster Book 2
Author :PG Wodehouse
- Paul Graham
Paul Graham's answer to "which P. G. Wodehouse book do you recommend?" [Source]
The Old Way
A Story of the First People
Author :Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
- Paul Graham
"If you want to learn more about hunter gatherers I strongly recommend [this book]." - Paul Graham [Source]
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Mathematician's Delight
Author :W. Sawyer
- Paul Graham
"[One of ] the best [books] I can think of [to learn what math is really about]." - Paul Graham [Source]
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The Gallic Wars
Author :Julius Caesar
- Paul Graham
One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?" [Source]
The Golden Trade of the Moors
West African Kingdoms in the Fourteenth Century
Author :E. W. Bovill
- Paul Graham
One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?" [Source]
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The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Calvin and Hobbes, Book 18
Author :Bill Watterson
- Paul Graham
"Watterson is like Wodehouse. Because he works in an unpretentious medium, few realize how timelessly great he is." - Paul Graham [Source]
Plagues and Peoples
Author :William McNeill
- Paul Graham
"I suspect if you'd read 'Guns, Sails, and Empires' and [this book], little in 'Guns, Germs, and Steel' would surprise you." - Paul Graham [Source]
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The Quest for El Cid
Author :Richard Fletcher
- Paul Graham
One of Paul Graham's answers to "are there any books on medieval history you can recommend?" [Source]
Very Good, Jeeves!
Jeeves, Book 4
Author :PG Wodehouse
- Paul Graham
"Wodehouse is so good that I get distracted by his perfection. Not a word wrong." - Paul Graham [Source]
The Harmless People
Author :Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
- Paul Graham
"If you want to learn more about hunter gatherers I strongly recommend [this book]." - Paul Graham [Source]
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Hard Drive
Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire
Author :James Wallace
- Paul Graham
"Good." - Paul Graham [Source]
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Moab Is My Washpot
A Memoir
Author :Stephen Fry
- Paul Graham
Paul Graham's answer to "which Stephen Fry book do you recommend?" [Source]
The Spectator
Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays
Author :Joseph Addison
- Paul Graham
Paul Graham mentioned reading this book on Twitter. [Source]
The Confessions
Author :Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Paul Graham
"Simultaneously reading [this book] and No Easy Day. Triangulating..." - Paul Graham [Source]
The Double Helix
A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA
Author :James D. Watson Ph.D.
- Paul Graham
"The most impressive feature of [this book] is how much [the author] admits he didn't know. He's constantly talking about papers he couldn't understand and important concepts he didn't grasp." - Paul Graham [Source]
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The Ancient City
Life in Classical Athens and Rome
Author :Peter Connolly
- Paul Graham
"One of the best books I've found for explaining history to kids." - Paul Graham [Source]
Albert Einstein
Creator and Rebel
Author :Banesh Hoffmann
- Paul Graham
"The most exciting [biography of Einstein] I've read. The author is a physicist who is genuinely excited about Einstein's discoveries, and it moves fast instead of trying to leave no detail unpublished." - Paul Graham [Source]
A History of Rome
From its Origins to 529 A.D.
Author :Moses Hadas
- Paul Graham
One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?" [Source]
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Life in the English Country House
A Social and Architectural History
Author :Mark Girouard
- Paul Graham
One of Paul Graham's answers to "what’s your favorite book that almost nobody else knows or talks about?" [Source]
The Power Law
Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future
Author :Sebastian Mallaby
- Paul Graham
"If you want to understand how venture capital works and the effect it has had on the US economy, this is the book to read." - Paul Graham [Source]
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The Extension of Man
A History of Physics before the Quantum
Author :J.D. Bernal
- Paul Graham
One of Paul Graham's answers to "what should I read to learn more about history?" [Source]
Guns, Sails, and Empires
Technological Innovation and the Early Phases of European Expansion, 1400- 1700
Author :Carlo M. Cipolla
- Paul Graham
"[Amazing.] An indictment of publishing that it's out of print." - Paul Graham [Source]
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No Easy Day
The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden
Author :Mark Owen
- Paul Graham
"Simultaneously reading Rousseau's Confessions and [this book]. Triangulating..." - Paul Graham [Source]
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How to Be Topp
Author :Ronald Searle
- Paul Graham
"I read this during dinner and laughed so much that people must have wondered what was wrong with me." - Paul Graham [Source]
Sea Flight
The Wartime Memoirs of a Fleet Air Arm Pilot
Author :Hugh Popham
- Paul Graham
"A wonderful book. I'm looking at the few pages left and wishing there were more." - Paul Graham [Source]
Sunset at Blandings
Author :PG Wodehouse
- Paul Graham
"The writing in the novel Wodehouse left unfinished when he died at 93 is crisp as ever." - Paul Graham [Source]
Founders at Work
Stories of Startups' Early Days
Author :Jessica Livingston
- Paul Graham
"Probably the single most valuable book a startup founder could read." - Paul Graham [Source]
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Barbarian Days
A Surfing Life
Author :William Finnegan
- Paul Graham
"It's one of those rare books that divide your life into two parts: before you read it, and after." - Paul Graham [Source]
The Making of Europe
Conquest, Colonization and Cultural Change, 950-1350
Author :Robert Bartlett
- Paul Graham
"I know I've recommended this book already, but it's so good I have to do it again. [The author] brings history to life by explaining how and why the things happened that other books merely tell you happened." - Paul Graham [Source]
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The Copernican Revolution
Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought
Author :Thomas S. Kuhn
- Paul Graham
"Kuhn was surely most influenced by the Copernican Revolution. [This is an] excellent book incidentally." - Paul Graham [Source]
On Bullshit
Author :Harry G. Frankfurt
- Paul Graham
According to a Twitter thread, Paul Graham praised this book. [Source]
A Sense of Where You Are
Bill Bradley at Princeton
Author :John McPhee
- Paul Graham
Paul Graham's answer to "what’s the most beautiful book you’ve ever read?" [Source]
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The Origin of Species
Author :Charles Darwin
- Paul Graham
Paul Graham used this book as an example that one scientist's "take" can be very convincing. [Source]
Fauna & Family
More Adventures of the Durrell Family of Corfu
Author :Gerald Durrell
- Paul Graham
"So good I'm reading slow to make it last." - Paul Graham [Source]
The German Generals Talk
Author :Basil H. Liddell Hart
- Paul Graham
One of Paul Graham's answers to "what’s your favorite book that almost nobody else knows or talks about?" [Source]
Euclid's Elements
Author :Euclid
- Paul Graham
"[One of ] the best [books] I can think of [to learn what math is really about]." - Paul Graham [Source]
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A Story Lately Told
Coming of Age in Ireland, London, and New York
Author :Anjelica Huston
- Paul Graham
"Wonderful." - Paul Graham [Source]