Keith Rabois

Keith Rabois's Book Recommendations

Finance & Investing executives

Keith Rabois is a venture capitalist at Khosla Ventures and a member of the PayPal Mafia. He's known for his early-stage investments in companies like YouTube, LinkedIn, and Yelp, as well as executive roles at PayPal, LinkedIn, and Square. Based on his book recommendations, he seems interested in business strategy, technology history, and biographies.

84 books recommended

📚 Books Recommended by Keith Rabois 84

High Output Management

High Output Management

by Andrew S. Grove

"As Warren Buffett says, build a company that idiots could run because eventually they will. So this is what you want. Basically a performance machine that idiots can run. Now as a leader, what is your real job, what's your role? Strictly speaking there is only one book ever written that actually explains how to do this. It's rather old, written in 1982 by Andy Grove, it's quite famous, and successful. And his definition of what your job is, is to maximize the output of the organization."

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The Book of Why

The Book of Why

by Judea Pearl

"[One of] two indispensable books of 2018."

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"@Jabaluck @jasndoc Yes, indeed. Start with the Book of Why by Judeah Pearl."

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Powerful

Powerful

by Patty McCord

"Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter."

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Why We Sleep

Why We Sleep

by Matthew Walker

"Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter."

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"@paulg @rivatez Upside of Stress, Why We Sleep, The Score Takes Care of Itself, The Little Kingdom, Vision of the Anointed."

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The Vision of the Anointed

The Vision of the Anointed

by Thomas Sowell

"Keith Rabois recommended this book on Twitter."

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"@paulg @rivatez Upside of Stress, Why We Sleep, The Score Takes Care of Itself, The Little Kingdom, Vision of the Anointed."

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The Upside of Stress

The Upside of Stress

by Kelly McGonigal

"@paulg @rivatez Upside of Stress, Why We Sleep, The Score Takes Care of Itself, The Little Kingdom, Vision of the Anointed."

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The Splendid and the Vile

The Splendid and the Vile

by Erik Larson

"Books on Churchill in 1940-1941 take on wholly different meanings during a crisis vs studying during times of peace & prosperity."

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"Books on Churchill in 1940-1941 take on wholly different meanings during a crisis vs studying during times of peace & prosperity."

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Red Notice

Red Notice

by Bill Browder

"Amazing read about Russia from 1998-2007."

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Creative Selection

Creative Selection

by Ken Kocienda

"[One of] two indispensable books of 2018."

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How Not to Be Wrong

How Not to Be Wrong

by Jordan Ellenberg

"Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter."

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Who Is Michael Ovitz?

Who Is Michael Ovitz?

by Michael Ovitz

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Quirky

Quirky

by Melissa A Schilling

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The Little Kingdom

The Little Kingdom

by Michael Moritz

"[One of three] classic books to read, albeit perhaps with less immediate/practical relevance today."

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The Curse of the Mogul

The Curse of the Mogul

by Jonathan A. Knee

"Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post."

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Spent

Spent

by Geoffrey Miller

"Keith Rabois recommended this book on Quora."

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The Organized Mind

The Organized Mind

by Daniel J. Levitin

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The Score Takes Care of Itself

The Score Takes Care of Itself

by Bill Walsh

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The Monk and the Riddle

The Monk and the Riddle

by Randy Komisar

"[One of three] classic books to read, albeit perhaps with less immediate/practical relevance today."

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Hackers & Painters

Hackers & Painters

by Paul Graham

"Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post."

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Swimming Across

Swimming Across

by Andrew S. Grove

"Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post."

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Deep Medicine

Deep Medicine

by Eric Topol

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Return to the Little Kingdom

Return to the Little Kingdom

by Michael Moritz

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Churchill

Churchill

by Andrew Roberts

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Sapiens

Sapiens

by Yuval Noah Harari

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1944

1944

by Jay Winik

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The Innovator's Solution

The Innovator's Solution

by Clayton M. Christensen

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The Search

The Search

by John Battelle

"For a good historical perspective on the evolution of the consumer Internet world."

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Googled

Googled

by Ken Auletta

"Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post."

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Steve Jobs & the Next Big Thing

Steve Jobs & the Next Big Thing

by Randall E. Stross

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Get Back in the Box

Get Back in the Box

by Douglas Rushkoff

"Keith Rabois recommended this book on Quora."

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The New New Thing

The New New Thing

by Michael Lewis

"[One of three] classic books to read, albeit perhaps with less immediate/practical relevance today."

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Predictably Irrational

Predictably Irrational

by Dan Ariely

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Rocket Men

Rocket Men

by Robert Kurson

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Planet Google

Planet Google

by Randall Stross

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Grit

Grit

by Angela Duckworth

"Although the title may make it appear intuitive, the reading is much more insightful and applicable than you might guess."

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Behave

Behave

by Robert M. Sapolsky

"A bit of a long commitment but worth it. Provocative."

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Life 3.0

Life 3.0

by Max Tegmark

"Best introduction to AI, accessible to sophisticated. Enjoyable to read."

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Skin in the Game

Skin in the Game

by Nassim Taleb

"Quite powerful, albeit often redundant."

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"@conorsen Lol. The Skin in the Game book is quite powerful, albeit often redundant."

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Cultural Strategy

Cultural Strategy

by Douglas Holt

"Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post."

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Insanely Simple

Insanely Simple

by Ken Segall

"Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post."

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The Seventh Sense

The Seventh Sense

by Joshua Cooper Ramo

"Keith Rabois recommended this book on Twitter."

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Barbarians at the Gate

Barbarians at the Gate

by Bryan Burrough

"Suggested reading this book this am on stage at Techweek."

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Zero to One

Zero to One

by Peter Thiel

"Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post."

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The Art of the Start

The Art of the Start

by Guy Kawasaki

"For a first-time entrepreneur: The Art of the Start is an excellent introduction to many key issues."

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Warfighting

Warfighting

by U. S. Marine Corps

"Keith Rabois recommended this book on Quora."

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Andy Grove

Andy Grove

by Richard S. Tedlow

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Talent Wins

Talent Wins

by Ram Charan

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The Model Thinker

The Model Thinker

by Scott E. Page

"Excited to read this. I have been searching for a book to recommend on this topic for a decade."

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How Google Works

How Google Works

by Eric Schmidt

"Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post."

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The Success Equation

The Success Equation

by Michael Mauboussin

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Loonshots

Loonshots

by Safi Bahcall

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Viral Loop

Viral Loop

by Adam L. Penenberg

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An Elegant Defense

An Elegant Defense

by Matt Richtel

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World War 3.0

World War 3.0

by Ken Auletta

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The Breakthrough

The Breakthrough

by Gwen Ifill

"It is the experts who created this virus mess. and the experts who suppressed solutions to cancer for a century."

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The Checklist Manifesto

The Checklist Manifesto

by Atul Gawande

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White

White

by Bret Easton Ellis

"New reading material deviates from central casting for me."

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Trade-Off

Trade-Off

by Kevin Maney

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Drawing Life

Drawing Life

by David Gelernter

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Range

Range

by David J. Epstein

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In the Company of Giants

In the Company of Giants

by Rama Dev Jager

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Naked Statistics

Naked Statistics

by Charles Wheelan

"Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post."

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7 Powers

7 Powers

by Hamilton Helmer

"Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post."

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Behind the Cloud

Behind the Cloud

by Marc Benioff

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The Wires of War

The Wires of War

by Jacob Helberg

"And the book of the year is actually really here."

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Revolution in The Valley

Revolution in The Valley

by Andy Hertzfeld

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The Extended Mind

The Extended Mind

by Annie Murphy Paul

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Go To

Go To

by Steve Lohr

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On Intelligence

On Intelligence

by Jeff Hawkins

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The Intel Trinity

The Intel Trinity

by Michael S. Malone

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Troublemakers

Troublemakers

by Leslie Berlin

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Radical Uncertainty

Radical Uncertainty

by John Kay

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Architects of the Web

Architects of the Web

by Robert H. Reid

"Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post."

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The City in History

The City in History

by Lewis Mumford

"Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post."

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The Method Method

The Method Method

by Eric Ryan

"Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post."

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The pmarca Blog Archives

The pmarca Blog Archives

by Neil Postman

"Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post."

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The Price We Pay

The Price We Pay

by Marty Makary

"If you want to understand why health care is a mess and how to improve it (without making it worse) start by reading this book:"

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Becoming Steve Jobs

Becoming Steve Jobs

by Brent Schlender

"Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post."

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