While Tesla and SpaceX have really taken off in recent years, Elon Musk does not let his professional achievements get in the way of his spotlight and often makes headlines with his tweets.

The successful engineer has a considerably large audience on social media with whom he shares bits of his personal life, including book recommendations. Take note: Even with his presumably busy schedule, Musk finds time to cozy up with a good book.

Out of his book recommendations from the past several years including his childhood favorite to his mom's book, we have featured 11 of our picks below.