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15 Books Recommended by Jeff Bezos
Sam Walton: Made In America
Sam Walton: Made in America is a 1992 autobiographical book by Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton.
1 recommender
Jamie Dimon
“Expounds on the principles of discount retailing and discusses his core values of frugality and a bias for action—a willingness to try a lot of things and make many mistakes. Bezos included both in Amazon’s corporate values.” – Brad Stone
Good to Great
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t is a 2001 book by James C. Collins.
3 recommenders
Evan Williams, Jeff Bezos, and Max Levchin
“Jim Collins briefed Amazon executives on his seminal management book before its publication.” – Brad Stone
The Black Swan
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable is a 2007 book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
2 recommenders
Jeff Bezos and Pavel Durov
“Argues that people are wired to see patterns in chaos while remaining blind to unpredictable events, with massive consequences. Experimentation and empiricism trumps the easy and obvious narrative.” – Brad Stone
Rework
Rework is a 2010 book by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
3 recommenders
Jeff Bezos, Mark Cuban, and Tony Hsieh
“Unperturbed by conventional wisdom, Jason and David start fresh and rewrite the rules of business. Their approach turns out to be as successful as it is counter-intuitive.” – Jeff Bezos (Source)
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day is a 1989 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro.
1 recommender
Jeff Bezos
“My favorite novel. Teaches pain of regret so well you will think you lived it.” – Jeff Bezos (Source)
The Goal
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement is a 1984 novel by Eliyahu M. Goldratt.
2 recommenders
Jeff Bezos and Kevin Systrom
“Encourages companies to identify the biggest constraints in their operations and then structure their organizations to get the most out of those constraints.” – Brad Stone
Built to Last
Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies is a 1994 book by James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras.
2 recommenders
Jack Ma and Jeff Bezos
“My favorite business book.” – Jeff Bezos (Source)
The Innovator’s Dilemma
The Innovator’s Dilemma is a 1997 book by Clayton M. Christensen.
5 recommenders
Andrew Grove, Ben Horowitz, Jeff Bezos, Mark Cuban, and Steve Jobs
“An enormously influential business book whose principles Amazon acted on and that facilitated the creation of the Kindle and AWS.” – Brad Stone
The Mythical Man-Month
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering is a 1975 book by Fred Brooks.
1 recommender
Jeff Bezos and Larry Ellison
“Lays out the theory behind Amazon’s two-pizza teams.” – Brad Stone
Lean Thinking
Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation is a 1996 book by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones.
1 recommender
Jeff Bezos
“Calls for a focus on those activities that create value for the customer and the systematic eradication of everything else.” – Brad Stone
Data-Driven Marketing
Data-Driven Marketing: The 15 Metrics Everyone in Marketing Should Know is a 2010 book by Mark Jeffery.
1 recommender
Jeff Bezos
“A guide to using data to measure everything from customer satisfaction to the effectiveness of marketing.” – Brad Stone
Memos from the Chairman
Memos from the Chairman is a 1996 book by Alan C. Greenberg.
1 recommender
Jeff Bezos
“His repetition of wisdom from a fictional philosopher presages Amazon’s annual recycling of its original 1997 letter to shareholders.” – Brad Stone
Creation
Creation: Life and how to Make it is a book written by Steve Grand. It was first published in the year 2000.
1 recommender
Jeff Bezos
“Was influential in the creation of Amazon Web Services, or AWS, the service that popularized the notion of the cloud.” – Brad Stone
Dune
Dune is a 1965 science-fiction novel by Frank Herbert.
4 recommenders
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Michael Arrington, and Sal Khan
“I’m a big science-fiction fan. I love Dune.” – Jeff Bezos (Source)
The Culture Series
The Culture series is a science fiction novel series written by Iain M. Banks.
1 recommender
Jeff Bezos
“A huge personal favorite.” – Jeff Bezos (Source)
