Excellent cover art and lots of good reasons not to lie. I had an existential crisis and I was reading various books on trying to figure out the meaning of life and what does it all mean. Where Does Elon Musk Get His Research From Quora Jul 13 2014 - Elon Musk a co-founder of PayPal shared a list of his favorite non-fiction books that have help to inspire him in the founding of the electric car company Tesla Motors and the first commercial space program with SpaceX. Books elon musk read . Its said that he read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica at. Tesla and SpaceX CEO and tech billionaire Elon Musk loves to read and. I guess when I was around 12 or 15. This video is from 2014. 20 books Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants you to read 20 books Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants you to read. Published Thu Nov 16 2017 1159 AM EST Updated Thu Nov 16 2017 1159 AM EST. Banks This is an entire series Elon has been inspired by as well. This is a complete list of the books read by Elon Musk.