17 Best Silicon Valley Books
Goal: Find the best Silicon Valley books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).
Method:
- Search for "best silicon valley books" and study the top 5+ pages.
- Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
- Rank the results neatly here.
17 Best Silicon Valley Books
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Steve Jobs
by Walter Isaacson
Also recommended by:
Elon Musk, Scott Adams, Ray Dalio, Bill Gates, Gary Vaynerchuk, George Raveling, Chris Fussell, Scott Belsky, Ed Zschau
Bad Blood
Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
by John Carreyrou
Also recommended by:
Bill Gates, Andrew Wilkinson, Bill Gurley, Michael Mauboussin
The New New Thing
A Silicon Valley Story
by Michael Lewis
Also recommended by:
AI Superpowers
China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
by Kai-Fu Lee
Also recommended by:
Yuval Noah Harari, Arianna Huffington, Chris Anderson, Marc Benioff, Peter Diamandis, Ryan Shea, Satya Nadella, Tim O’Reilly, Balaji Srinivasan
Elon Musk
Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
by Ashlee Vance
Also recommended by:
Tim Urban, John Collison, Anthony Pompliano, Mr. Money Mustache, Austen Allred, Casey Neistat
Hackers
Heroes of the Computer Revolution
by Steven Levy
Also recommended by:
Donald Knuth, Ev Williams, Zooko Wilcox, Austen Allred, John Carmack
Dealers of Lightning
Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age
by Michael A. Hiltzik
Also recommended by:
The Dream Machine
by M. Mitchell Waldrop
Also recommended by:
Troublemakers
Silicon Valley's Coming of Age
by Leslie Berlin
Also recommended by:
Chaos Monkeys
Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley
by Antonio Garcia Martinez
Also recommended by:
Creative Selection
Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs
by Ken Kocienda
Also recommended by:
No Filter
The Inside Story of Instagram
by Sarah Frier
Also recommended by:
The Innovators
How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
by Walter Isaacson
Also recommended by:
Revolution in The Valley
The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made
by Andy Hertzfeld
Also recommended by:
Accidental Empires
How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date
by Robert X. Cringely
The Code
Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America
by Margaret O'Mara
Uncanny Valley
A Memoir
by Anna Wiener
Sources
- 1
The five best books for understanding Silicon Valley’s history | The Economist
economist.com
- 2
10 Must-Read Books About Silicon Valley - BOOKGLOW
bookglow.net
- 3
11 Best Technology Books 2020 | The Strategist
nymag.com
- 4
100 Best Silicon Valley Books of All Time (Updated for 2021)
shortform.com
- 5
5 best books about Silicon Valley | Mal Warwick On Books
malwarwickonbooks.com
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