Marc Andreessen’s Short List of Important Books (April 2020)

Marc Andreessen’s April 2020 “short list of important books to complement” his essay It’s Time To Build, posted as a thread on X.

Every book on this list

9 books; ✓ marks the ones Kyle has read.

• An Apology for the Builder — Nicholas Barbon
• Edison (Book) — Edmund Morris
• Golden Gates — Conor Dougherty
• More from Less — Andrew McAfee
• Recapturing the Spirit of Enterprise — George Gilder
• The Power of Productivity — William W. Lewis
• The Tycoons — Charles R. Morris
• Triumph of the City — Edward Glaeser
• Whole Earth Discipline — Stewart Brand

Connections

• Book Lists — Master