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Paul Graham
British-American computer scientist and investor. Co-founder of Y Combinator, he has invested in over 1,300 startups including Airbnb, Dropbox, and Stripe.
Entrepreneur Paul Graham's collection: 22 books

Commentarii de Bello Gallico
Gaius Julius Caesar
Paul Graham included this in his list of favorite autobiographies. It is a military record written by Caesar himself documenting his conquest of Gaul between 58 and 50 BC.

Commentarii de Bello Gallico
Gaius Julius Caesar

A Mathematician's Apology
G. H. Hardy
Paul Graham called this book "one of the most inspiring I know," and included it in his list of favorite autobiographies.

A Mathematician's Apology
G. H. Hardy

With the Old Breed
E.B. Sledge
Paul Graham recommended this World War II memoir. The Wall Street Journal selected it as one of the five best books about the great battles of the twentieth century.

With the Old Breed
E.B. Sledge

My Family and Other Animals
Gerald Durrell
Included by Paul Graham in his list of favorite autobiographies. A cheerful memoir recounting the childhood of ten-year-old Gerald on the Greek island of Corfu.

My Family and Other Animals
Gerald Durrell

Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
Robert Coram
A biography recommended by Paul Graham. It tells the story of John Boyd, America's greatest fighter pilot and most brilliant military theorist.

Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
Robert Coram
Iliad
Όμηρος
Paul Graham recommended this work, the foundation of Western literature. It is an epic of the Trojan War, depicting the clash between heroes Achilles and Hector.
Iliad
Όμηρος

The Best of Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse
A classic of comic fiction recommended by Paul Graham. One of P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves series, it follows the elegant butler Jeeves and his master Bertie Wooster.

The Best of Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse

The Soul of a New Machine
Tracy Kidder
A classic in the history of the computer industry, recommended by Paul Graham. Published in 1981, it vividly captures the drama, comedy, and excitement of a company bringing a new microcomputer to market.

The Soul of a New Machine
Tracy Kidder