Nick Szabo's Book Recommendations
Nick Szabo is a computer scientist, legal scholar, and cryptographer known for his pioneering work in digital contracts and cryptocurrency. He is credited with conceptualizing "smart contracts" and designing Bit Gold, a precursor to Bitcoin. His reading interests span technology, economics, history, and philosophy.
📚 Books Recommended by Nick Szabo 26
Getting To Maybe
"Nominally a book on how to take a law school exam. Really a primer on quantum thought."
book list View source ↗"Nominally a book on how to take a law school exam. Really a primer on quantum thought:"
tweet View source ↗
The Selfish Gene
"Three crucial books on our origins & our natures:"
tweet View source ↗"Explains more about life (including human behavior and myself) than anything else I’ve read. "
book list Cited in: tribe of mentors →
The 10,000 Year Explosion
"[A crucial book] on our origins & our natures."
book list View source ↗"Three crucial books on our origins & our natures:"
tweet View source ↗
The Fatal Conceit
"[One] of the most important books I’ve read."
book list View source ↗"Some of the most important books I’ve read:"
tweet View source ↗
The Red Queen
"Three crucial books on our origins & our natures:"
tweet View source ↗"I think three or four of my top 20 books of all time are all [this author's]."
book list View source ↗
Metaphors We Live By
"[One] of the most important books I’ve read."
book list View source ↗"Some of the most important books I’ve read:"
tweet View source ↗
The Rational Optimist
"I think three or four of my top 20 books of all time are all this author's. This is my favorite one."
blog View source ↗
The Origins of Virtue
"I think three or four of my top 20 books of all time are all this author's."
blog View source ↗
Genome
"I think three or four of my top 20 books of all time are all this author's."
blog View source ↗
Glass
"Nick Szabo mentioned this book on Twitter."
book list View source ↗
Conquest, Tribute and Trade
"Nick Szabo mentioned this book on Twitter."
book list View source ↗
A Splendid Exchange
"Nick Szabo mentioned this book on Twitter."
book list View source ↗
The Wealth of Nations
"[One] of the most important books I’ve read."
book list View source ↗
The Black Book of Communism
"Nick Szabo mentioned this book on Twitter."
book list View source ↗
Money Changes Everything
"Nick Szabo mentioned this book on Twitter."
book list View source ↗
The Most Powerful Idea in the World
"Nick Szabo mentioned this book on Twitter."
book list View source ↗
Masters of the Word
"Nick Szabo mentioned this book on Twitter."
book list View source ↗
A History of Western Technology
"Nick Szabo mentioned this book on Twitter."
book list View source ↗
The Measure of Reality
"Nick Szabo mentioned this book on Twitter."
book list View source ↗
The Columbian Exchange
"Basically what Jared Diamond ripped off when he wrote his book."
book list View source ↗
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 1
"Some of the most important books I’ve read:"
tweet View source ↗
The Fourth Part of the World
"Nick Szabo mentioned this book on Twitter."
book list View source ↗
To Rule the Waves
"Nick Szabo mentioned this book on Twitter."
book list View source ↗
The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe
"Nick Szabo mentioned this book on Twitter."
book list View source ↗
