Marilyn's Photos - Aug 9 2026 - Billionaires' Reading List
How many books do billionaires read? Is it 5, 10, 15, 246? And what happens when I find out which books these are? And then what happens when I read these books?
Mark Cuban says he has chosen specific books deliberately. This comes from Blinkist, an app that gathers the key insights from nonfiction books into 15 minute reads and listens. Each book is highlighted for its contribution and the reading time is indicated.
For example, Cuban's number 1 book is Principles by Ray Dalia, 15 minute reading time, "A landmark guide to decision-making from one of the world's most successful investors, built on the radical idea that clear principles, honestly applied, beat intuition every time. Cuban has cited this as essential reading for anyone serious about building something that lasts."
Doesn't it make you wonder what happened to Cole's Notes? Being a Canadian company, it is now owned by Indigo Books, and students who used to buy those yellow and black booklets (like wasps to me) now use SparkNotes and AI tools. You can have a nostalgia moment and go find them on Amazon or Indigo Books online.
And then there were "For Dummies" series. They were beginner-friendly books covering many topics.
But that seems to be gone now. It is about money. Of billionaires, by billionaires, for billionaires. Become a billionaire.
That is the model of the US government according to Bernie Sanders. Lincoln said the government was supposed to be run that way - of the people, by the people, for the people - in the Gettysburg Address. Today that we can get a real time list of Billionaires from Forbes who calls it the three-comma club. I suggest The Three-Comma Book Club is a good name for the billionaires' reading lists.
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