Steve Jobs
Marc Benioff
Rich Roll
Read by Steve Jobs, Marc Benioff, Rich Roll and 1 others
byParamahansa Yogananda
1946592 Pages“Jobs read this book for the first time as a teenager, then rereading it in India and once a year ever since. It was the only book he downloaded to his iPad.”
— Steve Jobs
Source: GoodBooks.io 'Steve Jobs Book Recommendations' (Updated 2025)
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
byShunryu Suzuki
2020176 Pages(50,800)
“Zen has been a deep influence in my life ever since. At one point I was thinking about going to Japan and trying to get into the Eihei-ji monastery, but my spiritual adviser urged me to stay here.”
— Steve Jobs
Source: Walter Isaacson's 'Steve Jobs'
The Innovator's Dilemma
When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
byClayton M. Christensen
1997288 Pages“It's important that we make this transformation... because of what Clayton Christensen calls 'the innovator's dilemma,' where people who invent something are usually the last ones to see past it.”
— Steve Jobs
Source: Walter Isaacson's 'Steve Jobs'
byGeorge Orwell
1949328 Pages(4,800,000)
“Jobs called this book 'one of his favorite' and recommended it to hires. The book also inspired the famous 1984 Super Bowl commercial.”
— Steve Jobs
Source: Headway 'Steve Jobs Favorite Books' (Jan 2025)
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