Y Combinator recommends reading in 2016

“Reading and personal experience form a worldview. And even if you do not remember the very moment of receiving the experience or content of the book, their influence on your understanding of the world will certainly remain in you. Your mind is like a compiled program without source code — it works, but it’s not clear how. ”

- Paul Graham, founder of Y Combinator, programmer, investor, essayist

• The previous compilation from experts YC - Y Combinator recommends: the top 15 books in 2015 that you should pay attention to .
• Paul Graham shares why reading books is important - “How You Know”

Ready Player One: A Novel

“A beautiful and terrifying vision of our possible future. It's like Pokémon Go on steroids. For better or worse :) "
- Luke Iseman , Director of Hardware at Y Combinator

In Russian - First player to get ready
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How Buildings Learn: What They Are Built After

“ Stuart Brand (by Whole Earth Catalog) kindly describes how and why buildings can get better over time. Chip: he wrote a book sitting inside a container! ”
- Luke Iseman , Director of Hardware at Y Combinator

Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in An African Slum

“The incredible inspirational story of Kennedy Odede and Jessica Posner - the founders of the world non-profit organization in the world's poorest slums. In them they are faced with the best and worst human qualities and their history is evidence of the power of perseverance. (I admit, I made a contribution and became a member of SHOFCO thanks in part to this book.) "
- Robby Walker , YC non-profit program

Hadrian's Wall

“Val Adriana begins with a preface about Roman history. I was afraid it would be boring, usually the prefaces are boring. But this thing turned out to be surprisingly deep. I hope the rest of the book will be just as exciting. ”
- Paul Graham, founder of YC

The magicians trilogy

“Magicians is Harry Potter for adults. Unfortunately, only three volumes and not seven. Epic story with vivid images and a winding plot. "
- Finbarr Taylor , full-stack software engineer at Y Combinator and CEO & Co-Founder of Shogun

In Russian - "Wizards"

The Expanse Collection

“Expanse Collection is a real space opera with a deep and long storyline about a lost civilization.”
- Finbarr Taylor , full-stack software engineer at Y Combinator and CEO & Co-Founder of Shogun

End of cycle?

“In this part, Elad Gil asks if we are at the end of the business cycle of technology. He points to patterns that have appeared recently, and before that appeared at the end of the previous cycle (2000-2001). It sounds gloomy, but it has optimistic notes and I look forward to what will happen next. ”
- Kat Mañalac, cofounder of Reddit and partner YC.

Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality

“The book of Tegmark is one of those books that change consciousness a bit and give you a different view of the world. This is an amazingly readable combination of deep thoughts about the nature of reality and an explanation of what physicists and cosmologists know today. ”
- Geoff Ralston, creator of Yahoo! Mail

Mathematical universe hypothesis

The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World

“Deutsch is another physicist, forcing to rethink what we know about the history of mankind and its place in the Universe. He builds discussion around “explanations”, which he claims are more fundamental than you can imagine. ”
- Geoff Ralston, creator of Yahoo! Mail

In Russian - "The beginning of infinity . "

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

“The competition team is great. For many reasons."
- Aaron Harris, Partner at Y Combinator

Algorithms to Live By: Computer Science of Human Decisions

“Every day, people make decisions in conditions of limited time and incomplete information. These restrictions are well known to programmers, and many of the principles of computer science can be applied to understand why we accept this way and not otherwise. Modern neuroscience is clarifying more and more how people make decisions, and this helps us understand why some decisions are more difficult to make than others. The book is written in accessible language and summarizes the mountains of recent basic research. "
- Trevor Blackwell , co-founder of YC

Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them

“The intuition of people about what is ethical is sometimes different from what, from the point of view of utilitarian philosophers, will be the greatest blessing for the majority. Having thoroughly rummaged in the most unusual cases when people say what is right and what is not, and correlating it with brain activity , the author sheds light on what is happening inside the psyche and how. ”
- Trevor Blackwell , co-founder of YC

Work Rules !: Insights from Inside

“The book is full of interesting ideas and observations. Especially useful will be companies that want to scale and grow from a state of 150 people, when short-term management methods stop working. Despite the fact that my experience does not always fit in with the ideas in the book and some ideas seem somewhat specific to Google, it’s still really worth reading if you are a leader in any organization. ”
- Emmett Shear , co-founder of Justin.tv and TwitchTV, partner of YC

In Russian - "Work taxis!"

The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing

“I was warned that I should be careful with these ideas, because investing in the early stages differs significantly from the public market, but still it is an amazing and insightful reading matter. I'm sure this is one of the best books I've read in a year. ”
- Qasar Younis , a venture capitalist, COO of Y Combinator

In Russian - "Reasonable Investor"

Where Vultures Feast: Shell, Human Rights and Oil

“I read this book, before that I read it 10 years ago. In our culture, where corporations have high prestige, this book has had a tremendous impact on me, shedding light on the dark corners of the markets. ”
- Qasar Younis , a venture capitalist, COO of Y Combinator

Seeing Is Forgetting The Thing One Sees

“Irwin forced me to rethink how I listen to questions and give answers. According to him, the questions are much deeper than the answers, because as soon as you receive the answer, it immediately gives rise to the next question. ”
- Craig Cannon, Director of Marketing for YC

Thoughts Without a Thinker

“Reading this book is like psychoanalytic meditation. Epstein links together two historically different points of view on human psychology, and explains why both approaches must be kept in mind when it comes to relationships with oneself ... if such a thing exists as “with oneself”;). ”
- Amy Buechler , Associate at Y Combinator, Executive Coach for Startups

In Russian - "Thoughts without thinking"

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