The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsZero to One by Peter ThielThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienSuperintelligence by Nick BostromThe Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
Elon Musk Book Recommendations
18 books — 33 voters
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksHow the Mind Works by Steven PinkerThe Blank Slate by Steven PinkerThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Best Cognitive Science Books
409 books — 493 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Elegant Universe by Brian GreeneFlatland by Edwin A. AbbottThe Stuff of Thought by Steven PinkerHarry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky
Ravenclaw
38 books — 11 voters

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer YudkowskyGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Ravenclaw's Rationality
131 books — 86 voters
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterBlindsight by Peter WattsAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Less Wrong Recommended Reading
46 books — 50 voters