You are what you read, and if your goal is to build a massively successful company where you call the shots, you might want to start with the following books.

We asked wildly successful entrepreneurs and VCs, including Mark Cuban and Peter Thiel, for their top book recommendation. Here’s what they said. 

Bianca Male, Aimee Groth, and Alison Griswold contributed to this article.

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