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Guns, Germs, and Steel

by Jared Diamond · 1997

Jared Diamond's Pulitzer Prize-winning account of geography, agriculture, disease, and the uneven development of societies.

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Jared Diamond · Geographer and author

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Daniel Ek in 2025 Daniel EkFounder and executive chairman, Spotify
A brilliant Pulitzer Prize-winning book about how the modern world was formed
Recommended · Exact quote Source: One Grand Books
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Ek includes Guns, Germs, and Steel in his One Grand Books top-ten list and praises its cross-disciplinary explanation of societal development.

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One Grand Books · 2017-07-17 · accessed 2026-06-22

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Listed on the official Poor Charlie's Almanack recommended-reading page as part of Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman's recommended reading.

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Stripe Press's web edition of Poor Charlie's Almanack includes Guns, Germs, and Steel in its recommended-reading section, explicitly headed as Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman's recommended reading.

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Book · Recommended-reading list

The official Stripe Press web edition labels the section as Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman's recommended reading and lists Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared M. Diamond.

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Qasar Younis recommends Diamond’s book to readers interested in how civilizations develop.

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Fowler names this as a favorite and explicitly recommends it, while noting its length.

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Martin Fowler · 2007-06-13 · accessed 2026-10-01

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Jared DiamondGeographer and author

Author of Guns, Germs, and Steel.

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