What famous people are reading

Featured on his annual list of favorite books.

Selected as an Oprah's Book Club pick.

A Reese's Book Club monthly pick.

Reviewed and recommended on his blog, GatesNotes.

A Read with Jenna monthly book club pick.

Shared through her feminist book club, Our Shared Shelf.

Frequently cited as a top recommendation on his podcast.

Calls it by far the best book on investing ever written.

Frequently names it among the books that shaped his thinking.

Selected for his 'A Year of Books' reading challenge.

A pick from Natalie's Book Club.

The debut title she chose for her imprint, SJP Lit.

"To my mind, there have been two great American novels in the past fifty years. Catch-22 is one of them."

Cuban has said he'd rather invest in someone who's read this book than someone with an MBA.

"Required reading" — favorites include "Understand," "Story of Your Life," and "Division by Zero."

Named among his favorite books of the year.

Chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection.

A Reese's Book Club pick she later adapted for TV.

A recommended read on GatesNotes.

A Read with Jenna monthly book club pick.

The inaugural pick for her book club, Our Shared Shelf.

A book he frequently names as deeply influential.

A book he credits as shaping his investing philosophy.

"Terrific, well-written novel about California running out of water. Couldn't put it down."

"You feel beaten down, and you need some motivation, and that's when I turn to that book."

A castaway-on-Mars story with excellent science and entertainment value.

Included on his yearly favorite-books list.

An Oprah's Book Club pick.

A Reese's Book Club pick she produced into a film.

Recommended as one of his favorite memoirs on GatesNotes.

Shared through her feminist book club, Our Shared Shelf.

"Most literary fiction doesn't last very long. This is going to be around. It's the real deal. Jarring, horrible, compassionate, funny."

"No business should ever take what they have for granted."

"Highly enjoyable world-building set in a Neuralink future."

Named on his year-end list of favorite books.

An Oprah's Book Club selection.

A Reese's Book Club monthly pick.

Recommended on GatesNotes as a fascinating science read.

"Two terrific female characters, both with secrets... a book you won't be able to put down."

Cuban has invested in hundreds of startups himself, making this guide on avoiding startup failure especially relevant to him.

"Required reading" — top favorites are "Exhalation," "What's Expected of Us," and "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate."

Featured on his annual favorite-books list.

The very first Oprah's Book Club pick, in 1996.

A Reese's Book Club monthly pick.

"Abigail Thomas is the Emily Dickinson of memoirists... the impact will stay with you for a long, long time."

Cuban told Vanity Fair this book used to get him "all fired up."

Described as "Carl Sagan's Contact but for adults."

Named on his year-end list of favorite books.

Called the Chet and Bernie series "without a doubt the most original mystery series currently available."

"If you can't sell, you can't survive" — Cuban says every CEO needs to read it.

Features "one of my top favorite alien portrayals," with a good balance of plausibility and entertainment.

Featured on his annual favorite-books list.

Cuban tweeted this is the book he wished he'd had as a young entrepreneur.

"A twisted, raw, curious portrayal of a future with an AGI gone... mixed."

"A most interesting alien contact. Inventive, cool."

Explores simulation and artificial life — "highly inventive, enjoyable."

An alien contact narrative — the book is preferred over the film adaptation.

A VR metaverse story described as "super nerdy" and a "total page turner."

"Really fun mystery alien contact page turner."

"Highly inventive alien contact. Very enjoyable."

A microscopic alien organism makes first contact — "bio-heavy hard sci-fi."

"Highly inventive and fascinating alien contact. A little too long."

Contains "fantastic diamonds of novel ideas," mixed with some character and narrative issues.

Early robot short stories — "would like to revisit."

"Incredible first chapter, bit downhill from there."

"Incredible first chapters and macro world building," featuring the psychohistory concept.

A friendly alien contact narrative with a twist, though humanoid aliens weren't a favorite.

The story of an intelligence enhancement procedure — "inventive, clever, interesting."