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Max Levchin

 Max Levchin is a Ukrainian-born American software engineer, and CEO and co-founder of Affirm. In 1998, after graduating from college, he co-founded the company that eventually became PayPal. 

35 Recommended books from Max Levchin

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  • The Complete Stories

    by Isaac Asimov October 1, 1990 Literature & Fiction

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    4.5 stars

    204 ratings

    An enthralling collection of short stories from the award-winning science fiction writer of I, Robot and The Foundation, ...

  • The Great War of Our Time

    by Michael Morell and Bill Harlow May 12, 2015 Politics & Social Sciences

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    4.4 stars

    426 ratings

    Like See No Evil and At the Center of the Storm, this is a vivid and gripping account of the Central Intelligence Agency, a...

  • The Hard Thing About Hard Things

    by Ben Horowitz March 4, 2014 Business & Money

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    4.7 stars

    3,602 ratings

    Ben Horowitz, cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley's most respected and experienced entrepreneurs, offers...

  • The Innovator's Dilemma

    by Clayton M. Christensen November 19, 2013 Business & Money

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    4.5 stars

    1,503 ratings

    Named one of 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime by Amazon Editors

    An innovation classic. From Steve Jobs t...

  • The Martian

    by Andy Weir October 28, 2014 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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    4.7 stars

    44,945 ratings

    Selected for common reading at North Lake College

    Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s _The Great Ameri...

  • The Middleman

    by Olen Steinhauer June 4, 2019 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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    3.7 stars

    169 ratings

    One of The Boston Globe’s Best Mysteries of the Year

    “A thought-provoking political thriller, a dark story for dark times...

  • The Paper Menagerie And Other Stories

    by Ken Liu March 8, 2016 Science Fiction & Fantasy

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    4.6 stars

    676 ratings

    A publishing event: Bestselling author Ken Liu selects his award-winning science fiction and fantasy tales for a groundbreaking...

  • The Power of Habit

    by Charles Duhigg February 28, 2012 Business & Money

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    4.6 stars

    17,493 ratings

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For anyone looking to rebuild old habits, form new ones, or start all over, this instant classic ...

  • The Song Machine

    by John Seabrook October 5, 2015 Arts & Photography

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    4.5 stars

    407 ratings

    There's a reason hit songs offer guilty pleasure―they're designed that way.

    Over the last two decades a new type of hit song...

  • The Sympathizer

    by Viet Thanh Nguyen April 7, 2015 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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    4.3 stars

    5,885 ratings

    Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

    Winner of the 2016 Edgar Award for Best First Novel

    Winner of the 2016 Andr...

  • The Three-Body Problem

    by Cixin Liu November 11, 2014 Literature & Fiction

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    4.3 stars

    9,420 ratings

    Soon to be a Netflix Original Series!

    War of the Worlds for the 21st century.” – Wall Street Journal

    _The Three-Body...

  • Thinking in Bets

    by Annie Duke February 6, 2018 Business & Money

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    4.4 stars

    1,624 ratings

    Wall Street Journal bestseller!

    Poker champion turned business consultant Annie Duke teaches you how to get comfortable wi...

  • Too Big to Fail

    by Andrew Ross Sorkin October 20, 2009 Business & Money

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    4.5 stars

    1,213 ratings

    A real-life thriller about the most tumultuous period in America’s financial history by an acclaimed New York Times Reporter
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  • When Genius Failed

    by Roger Lowenstein October 9, 2001 Business & Money

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    4.7 stars

    1,212 ratings

    “A riveting account that reaches beyond the market landscape to say something universal about risk and triumph, about hubris an...

  • Zero to One

    by Peter Thiel September 16, 2014 Business & Money

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    4.6 stars

    10,097 ratings

    NUMBER 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

    If you want to build a better future, you must believe in secrets.

    The great secre...

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