Reading list · 12 books
Jack Dorsey's reading list
Co-founder of Twitter and Block (Square). A minimalist drawn to Eastern philosophy, design, and first-principles thinking; his reading mixes spiritual classics, Russian literature, and operating/diet books.
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01
The Score Takes Care of Itself
Bill Walsh
A favorite leadership book he cited via Y Combinator; Walsh's "standard of performance" philosophy maps onto Dorsey's operating style.
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02
Stewart Brand
Tweeted "Incredible book by @stewartbrand. Best I've read this year" (2020); Brand's pragmatic environmentalism deeply influences him.
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Ray Dalio
Endorsed for "showing people how to operate by clearly articulated and shared principles"; tweeted he's "focused on radical truth and radical transparency."
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04
Mikhail Bulgakov
Repeatedly names this Bulgakov novel as one of his favorite books.
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Christopher Ryan
Tweeted "Incredible book... And timely" (2020), praising Ryan's critique of "progress."
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Don Miguel Ruiz
A recurring pick among his most influential reads on personal conduct and freedom from self-imposed limits.
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07
Ernest Hemingway
Cited among his core favorites; the spare, persevering parable fits his minimalist sensibility.
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08
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Names it among his most influential books on race and America.
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09
Atul Gawande
Among his recommended reads on reducing error through simple, disciplined systems.
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10
Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees
Lawrence Weschler
Tweeted it's "a really stunning book about Robert Irwin. Couldn't put it down" — reflecting his deep interest in art and perception.
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Colin Woodard
Tweeted "Finished reading" (2019); a regional-history lens on the US he found worth flagging.
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trans. Sri Swami Satchidananda
Part of his Eastern-philosophy canon, consistent with his well-known meditation and Vipassana practice.
More on Jack Dorsey's picks
Dorsey's recommendations are heavily documented through his own tweets — usually short, dated "finished reading / incredible book" posts — making them among the most directly sourced of any founder here. He gravitates to Taoist and Stoic-adjacent texts (Tao Te Ching, The Four Agreements), Bill Walsh's leadership memoir, and Stewart Brand's Whole Earth ethos, alongside a notable health/paleo streak.
