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Books like The Monk and the Riddle
The best books like The Monk and the Riddle are Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future, The Hard Thing About Hard Things, and Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike. The Monk and the Riddle by Randy Komisar is about entrepreneurship, purpose and meaning, silicon valley culture. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Peter Thiel · Business
Zero to One began as notes from a Stanford course Thiel taught on startups in 2012, assembled into a book with co-author Blake Masters.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - The Hard Thing About Hard Things
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz · Business
The Hard Thing About Hard Things is Ben Horowitz's account of what it actually feels like to run a company through crisis.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
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Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
Phil Knight · Memoir
Shoe Dog is Phil Knight's account of the first two decades of Nike, from the $50 loan he borrowed from his father in 1964 to fund his first shipment of Japanese running shoes to the company's IPO in 1980.
Both dig into entrepreneurship.
Read the summary → - Start with Why
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Simon Sinek · Business
Start with Why is Simon Sinek's argument that the most influential leaders and organizations in history didn't succeed because they made better products or ran smarter campaigns.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - Lost and Founder
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Rand Fishkin · Business
Rand Fishkin built Moz, the SEO software company, from a bootstrapped consultancy into a venture-backed business with millions in revenue — and then watched it nearly collapse under the weight of that growth.
Both dig into entrepreneurship.
Read the summary → - AI Superpowers
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Kai-Fu Lee · Business
AI Superpowers is Kai-Fu Lee's argument that the geopolitical competition to lead in artificial intelligence is primarily a two-country race between the United States and China, and that the outcome will reshape the global economy in ways most people haven't started to reckon with.
Both dig into entrepreneurship.
Read the summary → - Anything You Want
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Derek Sivers · Business
Anything You Want is Derek Sivers' account of building, running, and eventually selling CD Baby, the independent musician distribution company he founded accidentally in 1998 when a few friends asked him to sell their CDs online.
Both dig into entrepreneurship.
Read the summary → - Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
John Carreyrou · Business
Bad Blood is Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou's account of Theranos, the blood-testing startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes that claimed its proprietary technology could run hundreds of diagnostic tests from a single finger-prick of blood.
Both dig into silicon valley culture.
Read the summary → - Behind the Cloud
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Marc Benioff · Business
Behind the Cloud is Marc Benioff's account of building Salesforce from a startup in his apartment to the first cloud computing company to reach $1 billion in revenue.
Both dig into entrepreneurship.
Read the summary → - Beyond Entrepreneurship
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Jim Collins & William Lazier · Business
Beyond Entrepreneurship is Jim Collins's first major book, co-written with William Lazier and published in 1992, before the research that produced Built to Last and Good to Great.
Both dig into entrepreneurship.
Read the summary → - Brotopia
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Emily Chang · Business
Brotopia is Emily Chang's investigation into how Silicon Valley became dominated by men and why it has stayed that way despite decades of stated commitment to diversity.
Both dig into silicon valley culture.
Read the summary → - Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You
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Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You
John Warrillow · Business
Built to Sell is John Warrillow's argument that every business owner — regardless of whether they ever intend to sell — should build their company as if they were going to.
Both dig into entrepreneurship.
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Books like The Monk and the Riddle: quick answers
What are the best books like The Monk and the Riddle?
The best books like The Monk and the Riddle by Randy Komisar are Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel, The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz, Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight, Start with Why by Simon Sinek, Lost and Founder by Rand Fishkin, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Monk and the Riddle, such as entrepreneurship, purpose and meaning, silicon valley culture.
What should I read after The Monk and the Riddle?
A natural next read after The Monk and the Riddle is Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel. A kindred business read. Other strong choices are The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz, Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight, Start with Why by Simon Sinek.
What books are similar to The Monk and the Riddle by Randy Komisar?
The Monk and the Riddle centers on entrepreneurship, purpose and meaning, silicon valley culture. Books with a similar feel include Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel, The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz, Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight, Start with Why by Simon Sinek, Lost and Founder by Rand Fishkin, AI Superpowers by Kai-Fu Lee — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
