Episode · My First Million · 2025-08-15

Books mentioned on We Talk To The $500M Man About How He Finds Hit After Hit

2 books · With Dan Porter · Watch on YouTube

Shaan Puri discussed The Queen's gambit by Walter S. Tevis and Searching for Bobby Fischer by Fred Waitzkin.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   The Queen's gambit

   Walter S. Tevis · at 1:08:23

   The Queen's Gambit by Walter S.

   Discussed

   “I was like, "Yeah, Queen's Gambit, right? That kind of started before that searching for Bobby Fischer." Yep. Yep. He's like, "Yeah, those are probably the two most relevant things in culture. What do they have in common?"”

   Shaan Puri We Talk To The $500M Man About How He Finds Hit After Hit 2025-08-15 Listen at 1:08:23

   Where to get it

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   Searching for Bobby Fischer

   Fred Waitzkin · at 1:08:23

   Searching for Bobby Fischer by Fred Waitzkin is a compelling biographical book that chronicles the early life and chess prodigy journey of Josh Waitzkin.

   Discussed

   “I was like, "Yeah, Queen's Gambit, right? That kind of started before that searching for Bobby Fischer." Yep. Yep. He's like, "Yeah, those are probably the two most relevant things in culture. What do they have in common?"”

   Shaan Puri We Talk To The $500M Man About How He Finds Hit After Hit 2025-08-15 Listen at 1:08:23

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible