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Marks identified Taleb's book as an essential read while discussing randomness and investment outcomes.

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Oaktree Capital · 2008-05-16 · accessed 2026-06-22

Article · Oaktree memo

The PDF memo says Marks had described Fooled by Randomness as an essential read.

Buffett wrote in Berkshire Hathaway's 2013 shareholder letter that buying Benjamin Graham's The Intelligent Investor changed his financial life and was one of his best investments.

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Berkshire Hathaway · 2014-03-01 · accessed 2026-06-21

Shareholder letter · Shareholder letter

Buffett's 2013 shareholder letter says he bought The Intelligent Investor in 1949, that his financial life changed with that purchase, and that buying Graham's book was one of his best investments.

In Poor Charlie's Almanack Talk Nine, Munger names Frank Partnoy's derivatives-trading account while criticizing financial engineering and explicitly tells readers to read it.

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Stripe Press · 2003-10-03 · accessed 2026-06-22

Article · Poor Charlie's Almanack talk

Stripe Press web text for Talk Nine includes Munger telling readers to read Fiasco by law professor and former derivatives trader Frank Partnoy.

Marks explicitly recommended Pecora's market-history account while discussing investor behavior and market excesses.

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Oaktree Capital · 2008-05-16 · accessed 2026-06-22

Article · Oaktree memo

The PDF memo contains an explicit first-person recommendation for Wall Street Under Oath.

Own positive reading account. No claim that all ideas are validated or that a specific investment result follows. Catalog summary, no excerpt copied.

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Starting Greatness / Medium · 2019-12-02 · accessed 2026-10-01

Article · Own positive reading account

Original author byline and publication date displayed; linked book has positive assessment alongside own reading account.

Favorite-book attribution in the original host’s notes, without a direct quotation or preferred edition.

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Barry Ritholtz · 2019-08-17 · accessed 2026-10-01

Podcast · Original interview show notes

The original show notes list this among Wolfe’s favorite books. Their Peter D. Kaufman attribution identifies the editor; the canonical catalog retains Charles T. Munger as the principal author.

The title appears in the transcribed Twitter AMA answer to a question about the best books Altman recommends for a young startup founder.

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Hacker News / Algolia API · 2015-10-21 · accessed 2026-06-22

Comment · HN transcript of Twitter AMA answer

A Hacker News commenter transcribed Altman answering a Twitter AMA question about the best books he recommends for a young startup founder; Altman later confirmed the disputed Art of War in the Middle Ages title in the same thread.

An attributed recommendation list published by his venture firm. Catalog wording is a citation, not a direct quotation from Andreessen.

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a16z · 2026-07-30 · accessed 2026-09-30

Reading list · Official a16z attributed reading list

The official note explicitly attributes the recommendations to Marc Andreessen. The attached list image was inspected directly; this title appears in that image. Publication date confirmed in page JSON-LD.

Stripe Press's web edition of Poor Charlie's Almanack includes Getting to Yes in its recommended-reading section, attributed jointly to Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman.

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Stripe Press · 2023 · accessed 2026-06-22

Book · Recommended-reading list

The official Stripe Press web edition presents a recommended-reading section attributed to Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman and lists Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton.

In The Reading Lists interview, Draper was asked whether any additional books would make his reading list and answered with recommended or required Draper University books, including Getting to Yes.

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The Reading Lists · 2016-07-23 · accessed 2026-06-22

Interview · Reading-list interview

The interview asks, "Are there any books you haven't mentioned that you feel would make your reading list?" Draper answers that he has books recommended or required at Draper University and includes Getting to Yes by William L. Ury.

Schwarzman provided an attributed publisher blurb calling Principles a must read.

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Simon & Schuster · 2017 · accessed 2026-06-20

Publisher · Publisher endorsement

The official Simon & Schuster page quotes Steve Schwarzman in the Raves and Reviews section for Principles, including his statement that the book is a must read.

Own positive named recommendation. Transcript publication date; no edition-specific endorsement inferred. Catalog paraphrase.

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The Tim Ferriss Show · 2018-08-07 · accessed 2026-10-01

Interview · Own recommendation

Her own answer; host’s Getting Past No excluded.

Altman recommended Superintelligence inside a post about why superhuman machine intelligence could become an existential risk.

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Sam Altman · undated · accessed 2026-06-21

Article · Personal blog post

Altman's own blog post calls Bostrom's Superintelligence excellent, the best thing he has seen on the topic, and well worth a read.

Stripe Press's web edition of Poor Charlie's Almanack includes Titan in its recommended-reading section, attributed jointly to Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman.

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Stripe Press · 2023 · accessed 2026-06-22

Book · Recommended-reading list

The official Stripe Press web edition presents a recommended-reading section attributed to Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman and lists Titan by Ron Chernow.

The title appears in the transcribed Twitter AMA answer to a question about the best books Altman recommends for a young startup founder.

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Hacker News / Algolia API · 2015-10-21 · accessed 2026-06-22

Comment · HN transcript of Twitter AMA answer

A Hacker News commenter transcribed Altman answering a Twitter AMA question about the best books he recommends for a young startup founder; Altman later confirmed the disputed Art of War in the Middle Ages title in the same thread.

In the Psychology of Human Misjudgment talk collected in Poor Charlie's Almanack, Munger described learning from Robert Cialdini's Influence and sending copies to his children.

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Stripe Press · 2005; web edition 2023 · accessed 2026-06-21

Book · Book passage

Stripe Press web edition of Poor Charlie's Almanack includes the Psychology of Human Misjudgment passage where Munger says he learned from Cialdini's Influence and sent copies to all his children.

Buffett directly recommended the book in the Bookworm section of Berkshire Hathaway's 2012 annual report.

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Berkshire Hathaway · 2013-03-01 · accessed 2026-06-21

Shareholder letter · Shareholder letter

In the annual-meeting Bookworm section, Buffett directly writes that he recommends The Clash of the Cultures by Jack Bogle and Laura Rittenhouse’s Investing Between the Lines.

Buffett directly recommended the book in the Bookworm section of Berkshire Hathaway's 2012 annual report.

The quote is taken word for word from the source.

Berkshire Hathaway · 2013-03-01 · accessed 2026-06-21

Shareholder letter · Shareholder letter

In the annual-meeting Bookworm section, Buffett directly writes that he recommends The Clash of the Cultures by Jack Bogle and Laura Rittenhouse’s Investing Between the Lines.

Buffett recommended Bogle's index-fund advice and book in Berkshire Hathaway's 2014 annual report while discussing what non-professional investors should do.

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Berkshire Hathaway · 2015-02-28 · accessed 2026-06-21

Shareholder letter · Shareholder letter

The annual report says: Rather than listen to their siren songs, investors – large and small – should instead read Jack Bogle’s The Little Book of Common Sense Investing.

Buffett highlighted The Outsiders in the Bookworm section of Berkshire Hathaway's 2012 annual report while describing books available to shareholders at the annual meeting.

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Berkshire Hathaway · 2013-03-01 · accessed 2026-06-21

Shareholder letter · Shareholder letter

In the annual-meeting Bookworm section, Buffett calls The Outsiders an outstanding book about CEOs who excelled at capital allocation and singles out its chapter on Berkshire director Tom Murphy.

Own investing and markets reading-list selection.

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Michael Mauboussin · undated · accessed 2026-10-01

Reading list · Own reading list

Rendered original website inspected through its Reading List button; this title is attributed to Howard Marks. The undated list has access date only.

Jordan’s attributed entry in the winter 2018 reading list positively assesses this book.

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Andreessen Horowitz · 2018-12-24 · accessed 2026-09-30

Reading list · Official a16z attributed reading list

Jordan’s named section describes this as compelling and relevant to venture investing. Citation paraphrase, not a verbatim quote.