Books Elon Musk has actually recommended in interviews

Not the twitter fanfic version. Sourced against Farnam Street's compiled list of what he's said on record, not what people assume he'd like.

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Foundation series - Isaac Asimov

he's said this twice, calls it one of the all-time best

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress - Robert Heinlein

Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein

goes off the rails at the end, he's admitted as much (sourced)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

the one he credits for "the question is harder than the answer"

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life - Walter Isaacson

Einstein: His Life and Universe - Walter Isaacson

Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness - Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele

a cautionary tale by his own description. make of that what you will

Zero to One - Peter Thiel

Superintelligence - Nick Bostrom

tweeted this could be more dangerous than nukes

Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down - J.E. Gordon

Ignition! - John Clark

rocket propellant history, he's called it "a really fun one"

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