Max Levchin - Wisdom Shelf

Max Levchin Book Recommendations (33 Books)

Max Levchin is a Ukrainian-born American software engineer.

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Books Recommended by Max Levchin

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Thinking in Bets

Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts

Annie Duke

Source: "I read this book all the way through because I found the premise so intriguing. [The author] is a well-known poker player and won a World Series of Poker gold bracelet." - Max Levchin

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High Growth Handbook

Elad Gil

Source: "[The author] has no-nonsense, highly applicable advice to any operator transitioning a company from the proverbial garage to the next stage and beyond." - Max Levchin

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Source: "The Last Question is a famous sci-fi short story, and quite possibly one of the best sci-fi stories ever written. [The author]’s degree of forward-thinking is something to behold." - Max Levchin

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The Middleman

A Novel

Olen Steinhauer

Source: "Explores a scenario involving domestic terrorism in the U.S. and tackles the complex question of how crises like this benefit the parties involved." - Max Levchin

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The Coddling of the American Mind

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

Greg Lukianoff

Source: "Highlights the need to continue to have such discussions about sensitive topics instead of ignoring them for the sake of comfort." - Max Levchin

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Lake Success

A Novel

Gary Shteyngart

Source: "Follows a hedge fund manager who tries to distance himself from an insider trading investigation." - Max Levchin

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The Power of Habit

Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

Charles Duhigg

Source: "Compiles a bunch of great academic neuroscience and applied psychology research on habit formation." - Max Levchin

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Black Edge

Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street

Sheelah Kolhatkar

Source: "Documents the SEC’s investigation into hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors and several individuals including Steven Cohen." - Max Levchin

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Artemis

A Novel

Andy Weir

Source: "A very fun read that I would classify as part of the guilty pleasure section of my personal library." - Max Levchin

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Crucial Conversations

Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High

Kerry Patterson

Source: "A now-venerable guide to having tough conversations in a way that engages the debaters." - Max Levchin

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The House of Morgan

An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance

Ron Chernow

Source: "Trying new routine: starting day by reading few pages from a history book. Currently, [this book]." - Max Levchin

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The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

Ben Horowitz

Source: One of Max Levchin's answers to "what's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?"

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Good to Great

Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't

Jim Collins

Source: One of Max Levchin's answers to "what's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?"

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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Harold Abelson

Source: "Easier to read [than "The Art of Computer Programming"] end-to-end quickly." - Max Levchin

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The Ascent of Money

A Financial History of the World

Niall Ferguson

Source: One of Max Levchin's answers to "what's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?"

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When Genius Failed

The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management

Roger Lowenstein

Source: One of Max Levchin's answers to "what's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?"

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Too Big to Fail

The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves

Andrew Ross Sorkin

Source: One of Max Levchin's answers to "what's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?"

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Influence

The Psychology of Persuasion

Robert Cialdini

Source: One of Max Levchin's answers to "what's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?"

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The Innovator's Dilemma

When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail

Clayton M. Christensen

Source: One of Max Levchin's answers to "what's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?"

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Predictably Irrational

The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

Dan Ariely

Source: One of Max Levchin's answers to "what's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?"

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Zero to One

Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

Peter Thiel

Source: One of Max Levchin's answers to "what's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?"

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Fast-Track Triathlete

Balancing a Big Life with Big Performance in Long-Course Triathlon

Matt Dixon

Source: "A smart pragmatic guide for time-starved triathletes." - Max Levchin

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The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov

Source: "One of the finest works of fiction of the last century." - Max Levchin

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