28本精选书籍，一份来自a16z团队的阅读书单

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这份书单涵盖传记、公司建设和组织历史、创意灵感和科幻小说，适合加密货币及其他领域的每个人。

原文作者： a16z crypto

原文编译：Elvin，Chaincatcher  

本着我们分享阅读的精神和常规传统，请参阅我们最新发布的 2023 年冬季书单（游戏、电影等），该书单由 a16z crypto 团队提供。以下是我们最近在第二届年度 a16z crypto 创始人峰会上为赠品图书馆策划的一些书籍。今年，我们还就其中一部分「员工精选」书籍添加了个人注释。

一、公司建设与组织运营方法类

《The Art of Doing Science of Engineering: Learning to Learn》作者：Richard Hamming 

《Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems》作者： Martin Kleppmann

「这本书非常易理解，但对分布式系统中的重要思想进行了非常全面的探讨，是我向年轻系统工程师推荐的第一本书。在介绍数据模型、系统设计和数据系统的未来之前，克莱普曼首先详细分析了分布式系统为何难以构建、维护和扩展。虽然这本书没有明确涉及区块链，但对于任何希望更好地理解使用区块链构建所需的分布式系统的工程师来说，它都是一个很好的基础。」——Sam Broner ，工程师

《Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building》作者：Claire Hughes Johnson

 《A Theory of Fun for Game Design》作者：Raph Koster

《Thinking in Systems: A Primer》作者：Donella Meadows 

《Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You’re Put on the Spot》作者：Matt Abrahams

编者注：另请参阅此相关播客，我们在其中讨论了本书的主题，以及它们如何应用于包括加密行业在内的技术环境。

二、建设者传记、组织和创新过程类

《Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology》，作者：Chris Miller

「从 1947 年到 2022 年，这是一部简明扼要、思想深刻的半导体制造史。这本书在结束时会让你想知道下一步是什么 -- 并让我们所有人（作为创始人、工程师、技术专家、作家和参与者）在计算机发展史上牢牢占据一席之地」。——Eddy Lazzarin ，首席技术官 

《The Making of Atomic Bomb》，作者：Richard Rhodes 

「这是我最喜欢的一本非虚构类书籍，随着奥本海默电影的上映，它又焕发了新的生机。但这本书的意义远不止于此：从 19 世纪末开始，罗兹讲述了核裂变的出现、核弹的制造和投掷及其后果。这本书可读性极强；罗兹还是一位出色的科学解释者。至于创始人：这一切都是关于发现、建设和改变世界的项目」。——Tim Sullivan ，编辑合伙人

《Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed》 作者：Ben Rich & Leo Janos

《How to Build a Car: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Formula 1 Designer》 作者：Adrian Newey

「这是传奇的一级方程式空气动力学家阿德里安 - 纽维的自传。这本书让人难以置信地了解了一位伟大工程师解决问题的头脑。纽威描述了他和他的团队如何规避一级方程式赛车的严格限制，找到极其巧妙的漏洞，以最小的代价战胜对手。在这项残酷的运动中，这是一个关于创新和勇气的真正有见地的故事。纽维想出的漏洞、性能改进和设计直接塑造了今天的 F 1 赛车，并影响了从简单的公路车到高性能跑车和电动车的方方面面。如果你对 F 1 有兴趣的话，这完全是一种享受，但仍然很有趣」。——Sagar Dhawan ，数据科学家

《Shoe Dog: A Memoir from the Creator of Nike》作者：Phil Knight

《Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds》 作者：David Goggins

「这是 David Goggins 令人难以置信的自传故事，他是仅有的 36 名美国黑人海豹突击队队员之一，也是令人难以置信的耐力运动员。他天生心脏有洞，患有严重的阅读障碍。他的父亲是一个滥用药物的毒贩。尽管面临这些挑战，戈金斯在武装部队和极限耐力运动员的职业生涯中都取得了令人惊叹的成绩。他传达的信息简单而有力：如果我能在看似不利于我的情况下做到我所做的事情，想象一下你能做到什么。这是我告诉每一位与我共事的创始人 / 首席执行官都要读的书」。——Jason Rosenthal ，运营合伙人

《Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage》 作者： Alfred Lansing 

三、技术趋势、历史、开源 /Web3 主题类

《The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings On Linux And Open Source By An Accidental Revolutionary 》 作者：Eric Raymond 

《The Evolution of Cooperation》 作者：Robert Axelrod 

《Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed》 作者：James Scott 

《The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age》 作者： James Dale Davidson & Wiliam Rees-Mogg

《The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future》 作者：Kevin Kelly

四、科幻类小说和其他相关小说

《The Invincible》 作者：Stanislaw Lem 

这本书写于 1964 年，是最早提出「智能尘埃」这一概念的科幻小说之一。「智能尘埃」由纳米机器组成，这些机器彼此完全相同，本身无害，但当它们形成一团时，就会变得超级智能。这种智能尘的理念非常类似于区块链。小说本身也是非常扣人心弦的高质量科幻小说。——Valeria Nikolaenko，研究合伙人

《Cryptonomicon》 作者：Neal Stephenson 

《Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow》 作者：Gabrielle Zevin

五、更多创意灵感类

《The Creative Act: A Way of Being》 作者：Rick Ruben

《The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan》 作者：Tom Shone

六、去年书单中的部分重复书籍 

《The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea》 作者：John Micklethwait & Adrian Woolrdige

《Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World》 作者：Jill Jonnes 

《Designing An Internet》 作者：David Clark

《The Death and Life of Great American Cities》 作者：Jane Jacobs

《Coding Democracy: How Hackers Are Disrupting Power, Surveillance, and Authoritarianism》 作者：Maureen Webb

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