Tobi Lütke

Tobi Lütke's Book Recommendations

Business & Entrepreneurship entrepreneurs

Tobias "Tobi" Lütke is the CEO of Shopify, a leading e-commerce platform. He is a programmer by trade and founded Shopify after struggling to create an online store for snowboarding equipment. Based on his book recommendations, he seems interested in stoicism, antifragility, game development, and business management.

34 books recommended

📚 Books Recommended by Tobi Lütke 34

Game Engine Black Book

Game Engine Black Book

by Fabien Sanglard

"@AWaselnuk @dan_abramov Grab the doom book by @fabynou to help guide you through"

tweet View source ↗
Permutation City

Permutation City

by Greg Egan

"The quality of the science in this book is exceptional."

book list View source ↗

"Loved Permutation City by @gregeganSF . Hard science fiction. The quality of the science in this book is exceptional. Thank you for the recommendation @tobyordoxford"

tweet View source ↗
What's Our Problem?

What's Our Problem?

by Tim Urban

"This book is truly remarkable. [The author] has spent 6 years on this. You must read it."

book list View source ↗

"This book is truly remarkable. Tim has spent 6 years on this. You must read it."

tweet View source ↗
The Elements of Style

The Elements of Style

by William Strunk Jr.

"[My] most frequently gifted book is The Elements of Style because I like good writing."

book list View source ↗
The Design of Everyday Things

The Design of Everyday Things

by Don Norman

"Tobi Lütke mentioned this book on the "Invest Like the Best" podcast."

book list View source ↗
Mindset

Mindset

by Carol S. Dweck

"Mentioned on "The Knowledge Project" podcast."

book list View source ↗
Thinking in Systems

Thinking in Systems

by Donella H. Meadows

"Mentioned on "The Knowledge Project" podcast."

book list View source ↗
The Precipice

The Precipice

by Toby Ord

"Enjoyed The Precipice. Odd time to read about end-of-world scenarios."

book list View source ↗
High Output Management

High Output Management

by Andrew S. Grove

"Unapologetically almost a how to manual, but kind of deconstructs the world of business into first principles."

book list View source ↗
Finite and Infinite Games

Finite and Infinite Games

by James Carse

"It came up in twice today in different meetings."

book list View source ↗

"Really love this book It came up in twice today in different meetings."

tweet View source ↗
The Box

The Box

by Marc Levinson

"We all live in Malcolm’s world because the shipping container has been hugely influential in history."

book list View source ↗
Grit

Grit

by Angela Duckworth

"Great book. I think she actually talks about me in it ?"

book list View source ↗
Way of the Warrior Kid 3

Way of the Warrior Kid 3

by Jocko Willink

"I finished reading the three books of the Warrior Kid series by @jockowillink to my kids. They absolutely loved them. Highly recommended. Simple story construction but excellent philosophy."

tweet View source ↗
Marc's Mission

Marc's Mission

by Jocko Willink

"I finished reading the three books of the Warrior Kid series by @jockowillink to my kids. They absolutely loved them. Highly recommended. Simple story construction but excellent philosophy."

tweet View source ↗
Way of the Warrior Kid

Way of the Warrior Kid

by Jocko Willink

"I finished reading the three books of the Warrior Kid series by @jockowillink to my kids. They absolutely loved them. Highly recommended. Simple story construction but excellent philosophy."

tweet View source ↗
Way of the Warrior Kid (4 books)

Way of the Warrior Kid (4 books)

by Jocko Willink

"I finished reading [this series] to my kids. They absolutely loved them. Highly recommended."

book list View source ↗
Hell Yeah or No

Hell Yeah or No

by Tim Ferriss

"Instant buy. I’ve learned so much from [this author] in the formative Shopify years."

book list View source ↗
Drive

Drive

by Daniel Pink

"One of Tobi Lütke's favorite books according to "The Globe and Mail."

book list View source ↗
Cryptonomicon

Cryptonomicon

by Neal Stephenson

"I read Cryptonomicon 20 years ago or so."

book list View source ↗
The Talent Code

The Talent Code

by Daniel Coyle

"Tobi Lütke mentioned this book on the "Invest Like the Best" podcast."

book list View source ↗
Antifragile

Antifragile

by Nassim Taleb

"It's so wonderful when books create the language that you need to better reason about the world. [This book] did that as well."

book list View source ↗
Shoe Dog

Shoe Dog

by Phil Knight

"An autobiographical account of one of the world’s most recognizable brands."

book list View source ↗
The Timeless Way of Building

The Timeless Way of Building

by Christopher Alexander

"@katarinabatina Read Alexander’s books back during full time programmer times. They were fantastic."

tweet View source ↗
Hackers

Hackers

by Steven Levy

"Reading Hackers by @StevenLevy on recommendation by @ID_AA_Carmack with my son. How I wish I could time travel back and toss this book into my teenage hands. How did I miss this."

tweet View source ↗
Scale

Scale

by Geoffrey West

"@photomatt @dhh Excellent book."

tweet View source ↗