Elon Musk mentioned The Story of Civilization by Will Durant, Ariel Durant 8 times

Age of Napoleon [is my favorite], so far. The first books are a little dry. Gets much better when Ariel is co-author.

— Elon Musk

Some audiobook recommendations: The Story of Civilization by Durant Iliad (Penguin Edition) The Road to Serfdom by Hayek American Caesar by Manchester Masters of Doom by Kushner The Wages of Destruction by Tooze The Storm of Steel by Junger The Guns of August by Tuchman The Gallic Wars by Caesar Twelve Against the Gods by Bolitho Genghis Khan by Weatherford The first one on the list will take a while to get through, but is very much worthwhile. Admittedly, this is a list that appeals to those who think about Rome every day. I hope someone makes an audiobook of The Encyclopedia of Military History by Dupuy and The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World by Creasy.

— Elon Musk

Rereading The Life of Greece by Durant. In recent months, read American Caesar, Masters of Doom, Not Much of an Engineer, Wages of Destruction and Storm of Steel. Not much book fiction lately. Video games seem to have better stories these days.

— Elon Musk

I encourage people to read the history of civilizations. In fact there's literally a book called "The Story of Civilization". It's quite good.

— Elon Musk

The Story of Civilization, especially books 2 & 11

— Elon Musk

First book is a little dry, but second book, The Life of Greece, is incredible.

— Elon Musk

Read The Story of Civilization by Will & Ariel Durant

— Elon Musk

The Age of Napoleon by Will & Ariel Durant is an amazing book

— Elon Musk