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A globetrotting, investigative journey that shatters the myth of the lone genius to reveal the sprawling, messy human reality behind a sleek modern marvel. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The One Device.
- globetrotting
- industrial
- high-stakes
- sobering
- 01
Jony Ive
Leander Kahney
A sleek, admiring portrait of the quiet perfectionist who shaped the modern technological aesthetic.
- 02
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson
A gripping, unvarnished portrait of how ferocious drive and uncompromising vision can change the world while leaving a trail of personal wreckage.
- 03
The Everything Store
Brad Stone
A gripping, fly-on-the-wall plunge into the relentless engine room of modern retail's most formidable empire.
- 04
Becoming Steve Jobs
Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli
An intimate, deeply humanizing portrait of how a brilliant but flawed founder learned to actually lead.
- 05
Genius Makers
Cade Metz
A high-stakes, deeply reported journey into the minds and boardrooms racing to build artificial intelligence.
- 06
Creative Selection
Ken Kocienda
A quiet, meticulous look over the shoulder of a craftsman building the digital tools that changed the world.
- 07
The Innovators
Walter Isaacson
A sweeping, deeply human exploration of the collaborative genius that wired our modern world.
- 08
Dogfight
Fred Vogelstein
A high-stakes, behind-the-scenes plunge into the cutthroat corporate warfare that put a smartphone in every pocket.
- 09
The Master Switch
Tim Wu
A sweeping, cautionary journey through the history of media that reveals how every open frontier of communication eventually falls to corporate empires.
- 10
Exploding the Phone
Phil Lapsley
A thrilling, nostalgic dive into the clandestine world of mid-century tech rebels who turned the global telephone network into their personal playground.
- 11
iWoz
Steve Wozniak and Gina Smith · 2006
A joyful, geeky conversation with the ultimate hardware hacker about the pure thrill of invention.
- 12
How we got to now
Steven Johnson
A thrilling intellectual treasure hunt that reveals the invisible threads connecting a glass of clean water to the invention of the microchip.
