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Peter Thiel recommended No Country for Old Men (2007) in Movies (curated)

 
No Country for Old Men (2007)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
2007 | Thriller, Western
8.0 (41 Ratings)
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"I like that one, yeah".

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Peter Thiel recommended Holy Bible in Books (curated)

 
Holy Bible
Holy Bible
Collins | 1600 | Religion
9.3 (4 Ratings)
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Peter Thiel says The New Testament has influenced him more than The Old Testament.

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Peter Thiel recommended The Hard Thing about Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers in Books (curated)

 
The Hard Thing about Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
The Hard Thing about Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Ben Horowitz, Ben Hotowitz | 2014 | Business & Finance
(0 Ratings)
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"[The author] has written the first true guide for protecting a startup from self-sabotage."

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Peter Thiel recommended Capital in the Twenty-First Century in Books (curated)

 
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Thomas Piketty | 2014 | Business & Finance
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Accurately describes inequality in the past and present of countries like the United States."

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Peter Thiel recommended Master and Margarita in Books (curated)

 
Master and Margarita
Master and Margarita
Will Self, Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov | 2010 | Fiction & Poetry
9.0 (1 Ratings)
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"The devil shows up in Stalinist Russia, [...] and gives everybody what they want, and everything goes haywire."

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Peter Thiel recommended Paradise Lost in Books (curated)

 
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost
John Milton, Barbara K. Lewalski | 2011 | Essays
7.7 (6 Ratings)
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"The mind is its own place and of itself can make a hell of heaven, and a heaven of hell."

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Peter Thiel recommended Atlas Shrugged in Books (curated)

 
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand | 2007 | Fiction & Poetry
7.1 (9 Ratings)
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"When I first read [Ayn Rand's books] in the late 80s, it felt pretty crazy. And in the last decades, it's in many ways felt much more correct."

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Peter Thiel recommended The Lord of the Rings in Books (curated)

 
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien | 1954 | Fiction & Poetry
8.5 (64 Ratings)
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The classic [series] I always give.

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