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Books like Steve Jobs
The best books like Steve Jobs are Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future, and Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson is about innovation, leadership, creativity. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
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Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
Phil Knight · Memoir
Shoe Dog is Phil Knight's account of the first two decades of Nike, from the $50 loan he borrowed from his father in 1964 to fund his first shipment of Japanese running shoes to the company's IPO in 1980.
A kindred biography read.
Read the summary → - Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Peter Thiel · Business
Zero to One began as notes from a Stanford course Thiel taught on startups in 2012, assembled into a book with co-author Blake Masters.
Shares innovation and technology with Steve Jobs.
Read the summary → - Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
John Carreyrou · Business
Bad Blood is Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou's account of Theranos, the blood-testing startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes that claimed its proprietary technology could run hundreds of diagnostic tests from a single finger-prick of blood.
A kindred biography read.
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- Outliers: The Story of Success
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Outliers: The Story of Success
Malcolm Gladwell · Psychology
Outliers is Malcolm Gladwell's argument that exceptional success is less a product of individual genius or drive than it is of hidden advantages, timing, and accumulated opportunity.
A kindred biography read.
Read the summary → - The Hard Thing About Hard Things
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz · Business
The Hard Thing About Hard Things is Ben Horowitz's account of what it actually feels like to run a company through crisis.
Both dig into leadership.
Read the summary → - Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
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Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace · Business
Creativity, Inc.
Shares innovation and leadership with Steve Jobs.
Read the summary → - Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products
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Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products
Marty Cagan and Chris Jones · Business
Empowered is Marty Cagan and Chris Jones's guide to what separates product organizations that consistently build products people love from those that operate as feature factories.
Shares innovation and leadership with Steve Jobs.
Read the summary → - Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
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Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
Adam Grant · Psychology
Originals is Adam Grant's examination of how people champion new ideas without losing their jobs, their relationships, or their nerve.
Shares innovation and leadership with Steve Jobs.
Read the summary → - Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
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Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Ashlee Vance · Biography
Ashlee Vance's biography of Elon Musk is the most comprehensive account of Musk's life and companies up to 2015, written with Musk's cooperation after an initial refusal and a long negotiation.
Shares innovation and technology with Steve Jobs.
Read the summary → - Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination
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Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination
Neal Gabler · Biography
Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination is Neal Gabler's authorized biography, drawing on Disney's personal papers and company archives that had been closed to researchers for decades.
Shares innovation and creativity with Steve Jobs.
Read the summary → - Bird by Bird
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Anne Lamott · Self-help
Bird by Bird is Anne Lamott's guide to writing and the creative life, grown from a course she taught at UC Davis and developed over years of writing novels, essays, and journalism.
Shares creativity and perfectionism with Steve Jobs.
Read the summary → - Continuous Discovery Habits
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Teresa Torres · Business
Continuous Discovery Habits is Teresa Torres's practical guide to making product discovery a sustainable, weekly team practice rather than a periodic research event.
Shares innovation and technology with Steve Jobs.
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Books like Steve Jobs: quick answers
What are the best books like Steve Jobs?
The best books like Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson are Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou, Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell, The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Steve Jobs, such as innovation, leadership, creativity.
What should I read after Steve Jobs?
A natural next read after Steve Jobs is Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight. A kindred biography read. Other strong choices are Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou, Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell.
What books are similar to Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson?
Steve Jobs centers on innovation, leadership, creativity. Books with a similar feel include Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou, Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell, The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz, Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
