Jobs arrived at that perspective through a lifetime of reading, as reviewed in Walter Isaacson's biography and other places. We've put together a list of 16 books that most inspired him.

The book had another effect on Jobs — it gave ... Ashton Kutcher tried the all-fruit diet while prepping for his role as Steve Jobs, and it landed him in the hospital. Jobs read "Autobiography ...

The book had another effect on Jobs — it gave ... Ashton Kutcher tried the all-fruit diet while prepping for his role as Steve Jobs, and it landed him in the hospital. Jobs read "Autobiography ...

The book, written by Forbes reporter Caleb Melby ... one that in this telling was not built to endure Apple's future success. The Zen of Steve Jobs was published by Wiley in January 2012 and ...

Gates, who "refused to travel to Boston to join Jobs onstage," according to the book, appeared via satellite to give remarks. "In August 1997, as Steve Jobs strode around the stage at Apple's ...

Leander Kahney, who has previously published books about Steve Jobs and Jony Ive, takes on the ascent of Apple’s current CEO in a new book titled Tim Cook: The Genius Who Took Apple to the Next Level.