Top books mentioned on Founders
Ranked by how often each book comes up on Founders.
505 hours of audio 435 episodes analyzed 936 books mentioned
- Poor Charlie's AlmanackPeter Kaufman · mentioned 34× across 34 episodes
- Steve JobsWalter Isaacson · mentioned 27× across 27 episodes
- The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of AmazonBrad Stone · mentioned 23× across 23 episodes
- Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.Ron Chernow · mentioned 23× across 23 episodes
- Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the FuturePeter Thiel and Blake Masters · mentioned 16× across 16 episodes
- Shoe DogPhil Knight · mentioned 15× across 15 episodes
- Confessions of an Advertising ManDavid Ogilvy · mentioned 14× across 14 episodes
- Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve JobsKen Kocienda · mentioned 14× across 14 episodes
- Scientific AdvertisingClaude Hopkins · mentioned 14× across 14 episodes
- Against the Odds: An AutobiographyJames Dyson · mentioned 13× across 13 episodes
- Ogilvy on AdvertisingDavid Ogilvy · mentioned 13× across 13 episodes
- The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana KingRich Cohen · mentioned 13× across 13 episodes
- Zero to OnePeter A. Thiel · mentioned 13× across 13 episodes
- Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft EmpireJames Wallace and Jim Erickson · mentioned 11× across 11 episodes
- Sam Walton: Made in AmericaSam Walton · mentioned 11× across 11 episodes
- Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True InspirationEd Catmull · mentioned 10× across 10 episodes
- The Fish That Ate the WhaleRich Cohen · mentioned 10× across 10 episodes
- The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of LifeAlice Schroeder · mentioned 10× across 10 episodes
- A Man for All MarketsEdward O. Thorp · mentioned 9× across 9 episodes
- Against the OddsJames Dyson · mentioned 9× across 9 episodes
- Becoming Steve JobsBrent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli · mentioned 9× across 9 episodes
- Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary LeaderBrent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli · mentioned 8× across 8 episodes
- Benjamin Franklin: An American LifeWalter Isaacson · mentioned 8× across 8 episodes
- Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible VoyageAlfred Lansing · mentioned 8× across 8 episodes
- Made in Japan: Akio Morita and SonyAkio Morita · mentioned 8× across 8 episodes
- The Big ShortMichael Lewis · mentioned 8× across 8 episodes
- ChurchillPaul Johnson · mentioned 7× across 7 episodes
- Creative SelectionKen Kocienda · mentioned 7× across 7 episodes
- Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic FutureAshlee Vance · mentioned 7× across 7 episodes
- How to Make a Few Billion DollarsBrad Jacobs · mentioned 7× across 7 episodes
- Let My People Go SurfingYvon Chouinard · mentioned 7× across 7 episodes
- Made in AmericaSam Walton · mentioned 7× across 7 episodes
- My Forty Years with FordCharles E. Sorensen · mentioned 7× across 7 episodes
- My Life in AdvertisingClaude Hopkins · mentioned 7× across 7 episodes
- My Years with General MotorsAlfred P. Sloan · mentioned 7× across 7 episodes
- Setting the TableDanny Meyer · mentioned 7× across 7 episodes
- Swimming AcrossAndrew S. Grove · mentioned 7× across 7 episodes
- The Score Takes Care of ItselfBill Walsh · mentioned 7× across 7 episodes
- The Wright BrothersDavid McCullough · mentioned 7× across 7 episodes
- A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information AgeJimmy Soni and Rob Goodman · mentioned 6× across 6 episodes
- Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of IntrigueRyan Holiday · mentioned 6× across 6 episodes
- Driven from WithinMichael Jordan and Mark Vancil · mentioned 6× across 6 episodes
- Finding the Next Steve JobsNolan Bushnell · mentioned 6× across 6 episodes
- In the Company of GiantsRama Dev Jager and Rafael Ortiz · mentioned 6× across 6 episodes
- Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's SuccessKen Segall · mentioned 6× across 6 episodes
- Insisting on the Impossible: The Life of Edwin LandVictor K. McElheny · mentioned 6× across 6 episodes
- The Almanac of Naval RavikantEric Jorgenson · mentioned 6× across 6 episodes
- The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin · mentioned 6× across 6 episodes
- The BibleVarious Authors - Compiled by Mark T · mentioned 6× across 6 episodes
- The Mamba Mentality: How I PlayKobe Bryant · mentioned 6× across 6 episodes
- Amazon UnboundBrad Stone · mentioned 5× across 5 episodes
- Autobiography of Andrew CarnegieAndrew Carnegie · mentioned 5× across 5 episodes
- Buffett: The Making of an American CapitalistRoger Lowenstein · mentioned 5× across 5 episodes
- Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the OddsDavid Goggins · mentioned 5× across 5 episodes
- ConspiracyRyan Holiday · mentioned 5× across 5 episodes
- Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald'sRay Kroc · mentioned 5× across 5 episodes
- HeroesPaul Johnson · mentioned 5× across 5 episodes
- Invent and WanderJeff Bezos · mentioned 5× across 5 episodes
- Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant BusinessmanYvon Chouinard · mentioned 5× across 5 episodes
- My Life and WorkHenry Ford · mentioned 5× across 5 episodes
- Physical OpticsRobert Wood · mentioned 5× across 5 episodes
- Poor Richard's AlmanackBenjamin Franklin · mentioned 5× across 5 episodes
- Sam Walton: The Inside Story of America's Richest ManHoward S. Erlanger · mentioned 5× across 5 episodes
- Steve Jobs and the Next Big ThingRandall Stross · mentioned 5× across 5 episodes
- Swimming Across: A MemoirAndrew Grove · mentioned 5× across 5 episodes
- The Billionaire and the MechanicJulian Guthrie · mentioned 5× across 5 episodes
- The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate AmericaWarren Buffett · mentioned 5× across 5 episodes
- The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon ValleyJimmy Soni · mentioned 5× across 5 episodes
- The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest JourneyCandice Millard · mentioned 5× across 5 episodes
- The Space BaronsChristian Davenport · mentioned 5× across 5 episodes
- The Tao of Charlie MungerDavid Clark · mentioned 5× across 5 episodes
- The Years of Lyndon JohnsonRobert Caro · mentioned 5× across 5 episodes
- Today and TomorrowHenry Ford · mentioned 5× across 5 episodes
- Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life StoryArnold Schwarzenegger · mentioned 5× across 5 episodes
- Animal FarmGeorge Orwell · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
- Bloomberg by BloombergMichael Bloomberg · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
- Chronicles: Volume OneBob Dylan · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
- DecodedJay-Z · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
- Enzo Ferrari: The Man, the Cars, the Races, the MachineBrock Yates · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
- Estée: A Success StoryEstée Lauder · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
- Fooled by RandomnessNassim Nicholas Taleb · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
- Franklin and Washington: The Founding PartnershipEdward J. Larson · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
- George Lucas: A LifeBrian Jay Jones · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
- Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le MansA.J. Baime · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
- Inside Steve Jobs' BrainLeander Kahney · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
- Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff BezosJeff Bezos · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
- Invent and Wonder: The Collected Writings of Jeff BezosJeff Bezos · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
- Kitchen ConfidentialAnthony Bourdain · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
- Mein KampfAdolf Hitler · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
- Personal HistoryKatharine Graham · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
- Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. MungerPeter D. Kaufman · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
- Random Reminiscences of Men and EventsJohn D. Rockefeller · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
- Relentless: From Good to Great to UnstoppableTim Grover · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
- Return to the Little KingdomMichael Moritz · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
- The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our CompanyDavid Packard · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
- The Hour of FateSusan Berfield · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
- The House of MorganRon Chernow · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
- The Little Kingdom: The Private Story of Apple ComputerMichael Moritz · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
- The Mind of NapoleonNapoleon Bonaparte · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
- The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for SuccessWilliam N. Thorndike · mentioned 4× across 4 episodes
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