Keith Rabois's review of Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs and the Creation of Apple

Reading List

I am often asked by entrepreneurs for my list of the best books to read. Over the years, I have responded via email, on Quora, and on Twitter, but have now collated them in one place.

History of Silicon Valley:

Swimming Across: A Memoir by Andy Grove

Andy Grove: The Life and Times of an American by Richard S. Tedlow

Architects of the Web: 1,000 Days that Built the Future of Business by Robert H. Reid

Googled: The End of the World As We Know It by Ken Auletta

GoTo: The Story of the Math Majors, Bridge Players, Engineers, Chess Wizards, Maverick Scientists, and Iconoclasts — the Programmers Who Created the Software Revolution by Steve Lohr

Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs and the Creation of Apple by Michael Moritz

Steve Jobs & The NeXT Big Thing by Randall Stross

The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World’s Most Important Company by Michael S. Malone

World War 3.0: Microsoft, the US Government, and the Battle for the New Economy by Ken Auletta

Revolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Madeby Andy Hertzfeld

The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce by Thomas Wolfe

Viral Loop: From Facebook to Twitter, How Today’s Smartest Businesses Grow Themselves by Adam L. Penenberg

The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture by John Battelle

Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple’s Success by Ken Segall

Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli

Ref: https://medium.com/@rabois/reading-list-604c88ecefa4#.vn8ffamhb