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Loved Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson? Here are 10 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.

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  1. 1The Everything Store

    The Everything Store

    Brad Stone

    Like Steve Jobs, this revealing portrait of Jeff Bezos pairs a demanding founder's personality with the turbulent history of his transformative company.

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  2. 2Insanely Great

    Insanely Great

    Steven Levy

    Like Steve Jobs, this lively history of the Macintosh captures Apple's creative intensity, Jobs's exacting standards, and the drama of making a revolutionary product.

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  3. 3The Man Behind the Microchip

    The Man Behind the Microchip

    Leslie Berlin

    Like Steve Jobs, this biography of Intel cofounder Robert Noyce intertwines a complex innovator's life with Silicon Valley's rise and world-changing technology.

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  4. 4The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb and the Killer Companies of t

    The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World [Paperback] [Feb 02, 2017] Brad Stone

    Brad Stone

    Like Steve Jobs, this propulsive account of Uber and Airbnb examines forceful founders, company-building battles, and the personal costs of disruptive ambition.

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  5. 5Dealers of Lightning : Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Comput

    Dealers of Lightning : Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age

    Michael A Hiltzik

    This richly reported history explores the inventive personalities and corporate conflicts behind technologies that inspired Jobs, recreating his biography's excitement of discovery.

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  6. 6The Second Coming of Steve Jobs

    The Second Coming of Steve Jobs

    Alan Deutschman

    Like Isaacson's biography, this vivid account of Jobs's wilderness years and comeback links his volatile personality to the fortunes of NeXT, Pixar, and Apple.

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  7. 7Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products

    Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products

    Leander Kahney

    Like Steve Jobs, this biography takes readers inside Apple's design culture, showing how exacting personalities and obsessive craftsmanship shaped iconic products.

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