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Richard Branson is a British business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist. He founded the Virgin Group in the 1970s, which controls more than 400 companies in various fields.

Richard Branson is a British business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist. He founded the Virgin Group in the 1970s, which controls more than 400 companies in various fields.

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books recommended by Richard Branson

Last Updated Jan 31, 2024

Sapiens

Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari

1984

1984

George Orwell

Homo Deus

Homo Deus

Yuval Noah Harari

Start with Why

Start with Why

Simon Sinek

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

Originals

Originals

Adam Grant

Play Nice But Win

Play Nice But Win

Michael Dell

The Hobbit

The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou

In Defense of Food

In Defense of Food

Michael Pollan

One Hundred Years of Solitude

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Lean In

Lean In

Sheryl Sandberg

Just Mercy

Just Mercy

Bryan Stevenson

Shantaram

Shantaram

Gregory David Roberts

Remote

Remote

David Heinemeier Hansson & Jason Fried

Abundance

Abundance

Peter Diamandis

Mountains Beyond Mountains

Mountains Beyond Mountains

Tracy Kidder

Long Walk to Freedom

Long Walk to Freedom

Nelson Mandela

Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak

Happiness

Happiness

Matthieu Ricard

The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

Tom Wolfe

A Brief History of Time

A Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking

The Promise of a Pencil

The Promise of a Pencil

Adam Braun

Peter Pan

Peter Pan

J. M. Barrie

Travels with Charley

Travels with Charley

John Steinbeck

Longitude

Longitude

Dava Sobel

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Dr. Seuss

Into Thin Air

Into Thin Air

Jon Krakauer

Fast Food Nation

Fast Food Nation

Eric Schlosser

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park

Michael Crichton

Mao

Mao

Jung Chang

A Full Life

A Full Life

Jimmy Carter

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling

The Quiet American

The Quiet American

Graham Greene

Wild Swans

Wild Swans

Jung Chang

Lost Ocean

Lost Ocean

Johanna Basford

The World Without Us

The World Without Us

Alan Weisman

One Hundred & One Reasons To Get Out of Bed

One Hundred & One Reasons To Get Out of Bed

Natasha Milne

Limitless

Limitless

Ajaz Ahmed

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

Roald Dahl

Arctica

Arctica

Sebastian Copeland

Self Belief

Self Belief

Jamal Edwards

An Inconvenient Truth

An Inconvenient Truth

Al Gore

Stalingrad

Stalingrad

Antony Beevor

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Jules Verne

If I Could Tell. You Just One Thing..

If I Could Tell. You Just One Thing..

Richard Reed

The Outermost House

The Outermost House

Henry Beston & Robert Finch

Dear Stranger

Dear Stranger

Various Authors

Ending the War on Drugs

Ending the War on Drugs

Various Authors

Treasure Island

Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson

The Weather Makers

The Weather Makers

Tim Flannery

In Patagonia

In Patagonia

Bruce Chatwin

Dice Man

Dice Man

Luke Rhinehart

In-N-Out Burger

In-N-Out Burger

Stacy Perman

No Future Without Forgiveness

No Future Without Forgiveness

Desmond Tutu

Big World, Small Planet

Big World, Small Planet

Johan Rockstrom

The Overview Effect

The Overview Effect

Frank White

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain

The Meaning of the 21st Century

The Meaning of the 21st Century

James Martin

In the Heart of the Sea

In the Heart of the Sea

Nathaniel Philbrick

Mandela's Way

Mandela's Way

Richard Stengel

George's Marvelous Medicine

George's Marvelous Medicine

Roald Dahl

A Time for New Dreams

A Time for New Dreams

Ben Okri

Swallows and Amazons

Swallows and Amazons

Arthur Ransome

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