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I would love to see the same kind of list, but for fiction books. I can't think of any fiction right now that have a clear connection to the spirit of entrepreneurship, but I'm fairly sure there must be. For example a book portraying determination within the central character, or overcoming great challenges.

Can anyone think of such books?

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Try the Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, or Atlas Shrugged. Her works seem to polarize her readers into those that love and those that hate her work, but both works were the first that came to mind based on your request. Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon would also satisfy your request, and is a fun story to read loaded with interesting plot – it is definitely targeted at a tech-oriented reader, which may or may not be what you're looking for.

Microserfs by Douglas Coupland is about some MS employees who go to do a startup in Silicon Valley. It captures more the atmosphere and feeling of living than specific advice on startups.

The Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson is also interesting since the colonization of Mars is sort of like a startup and the trilogy really delves a lot into the social, political, and economic impact of the growing martian community.

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