Must read tech novels for all geeks
Here’s my (growing) list of must read biographies of computing industry superheros. All of these books are based on real life stories and events, and despite my short attention span, I have found them all to be extremely captivating.
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker by Kevin Mitnick
Free as in Freedom (2.0): Richard Stallman and the Free Software Revolution by Sam Williams
In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives by Steven Levy
iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon by Steve Wozniak
One Click: Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com by Richard L. Brandt
The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook by Ben Mezrich
Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft by Paul Allen
The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley by Leslie Berlin
Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary by Linus Torvalds
The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story by Michael Lewis
Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle by Matthew Symonds
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy