Mathijs de Jong

The books I am currently-reading, my favorite books, and all my book reviews are shown below. Click on a book to go to its review.

I am always looking for new books to read and love to talk about books. Feel free to reach out to me with book recommendations, comments about my reviews, or just to talk.

“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” — Frederick Douglas

“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.” — Harry Truman

“I read books.” — Elon Musk

“How can any man judge unless his mind has been opened and enlarged by reading?” — John Adams

“Books allowed me to see a world beyond the front porch of my grandmother’s shotgun house (...) [and] the power to see possibilities beyond what was allowed at the time.” — Oprah Winfrey

“Books allow you to fully explore a topic and immerse yourself in a deeper way than most media today.” — Mark Zuckerberg

“I cannot live without books.” — Thomas Jefferson

“Reading is important. If you know how to read, then the whole world opens up to you.” — Barack Obama

“Almost everything I have read has been useful to me — science, poetry, politics, novels. I have a lifelong interest in epistemology and learning. My books have helped me develop a way of thinking critically in business.” — Sidney Harman

“Reading is still the main way that I both learn new things and test my understanding.” — Bill Gates

“Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.” — Napoléon Bonaparte

“As head of a global company, everything attracts me as a reader, books about different cultures, countries, problems. I read for pleasure and to find other perspectives on how to think or solve a problem.” — Shelly Lazarus

“If you cannot read all your books (...) fondle them — peer into them, let them fall open where they will, read from the first sentence that arrests the eye, set them back on the shelves with your own hands, arrange them on your own plan so that you at least know where they are. Let them be your friends; let them, at any rate, be your acquaintances.” — Winston Churchill

“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.” — Walt Disney

“My best friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.” — Abraham Lincoln

“Drink deeply from good books.” — John Wooden

“Read 500 pages (...) every day. That’s how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest. All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will do it.” — Warren Buffett

“I would continuously search for new ideas. I read every book and magazine I could. Heck, 3 bucks for a magazine, 20 bucks for a book. One good idea that led to a customer or solution and it paid for itself many times over.” — Mark Cuban

“Everybody can read what I read, it is a level playing field.” — Warren Buffett

“Everything I read was public. Anyone could buy the same books and magazines. The same information was available to anyone who wanted it. Turns out most people didn’t want it. Most people won’t put in the time to get a knowledge advantage.” — Mark Cuban

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