r/startups · 2021
Most-mentioned books in r/startups during 2021
This page ranks books by exact tracked mentions in r/startups within the published source unit for 2021. Counts come from the reconciled subreddit-by-month matrix; a source unit may be a bounded sample.
#1 The Lean Startup
Eric Ries
Eric Ries tells founders to ship a broken version on purpose, collect data, and repeat until the market stops ignoring them.
#2 The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz
Ben Horowitz on the decisions nobody prepares you for: layoffs, firings, and the WFIO moments every real company survives or doesn't.
#3 High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove
Andy Grove's Intel management playbook from 1983 — two r/startups commenters call it the book that forced them to stop playing player-coach and start leading.
#4 Inspired
Marty Cagan
Marty Cagan's manual for what product management actually is — written for teams that are tired of treating PM as a project coordinator role.