7 Best history books like Make Something Wonderful by Steve Jobs

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Make Something Wonderful

By: Steve Jobs

4.49

Format: 194 pages, ebook

Steve Jobs in his own words A curated collection of Steve’s speeches, interviews and correspondenc…

"I grow little of the food I eat, and of the little I do grow I did not breed or perfect the seeds. I do not make any of my own clothing. I speak a language I did not invent or refine. I did not discover the mathematics I use. I am protected by freedoms and laws I did not conceive of or legislate, and do not enforce or adjudicate. I am moved by music I did not create myself. When I needed medical attention, I was helpless to help myself survive. I did not invent the transistor, the microprocessor, object oriented programming, or most of the technology I work with. I love and admire my species, living and dead, and am totally dependent on them for my life and well being."

-Steve Jobs, Make Something Wonderful

If you liked the history plot in Make Something Wonderful by Steve Jobs , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader by Brent Schlender, Rick Tetzeli

1. Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader

By: Brent Schlender , Rick Tetzeli

3.00

Format: 50 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times BestsellerThere have been many books--on a large and small scale--about Steve Job… read more

Similar categories in Brent Schlender's Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader book and Steve Jobs's Make Something Wonderful

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • technology

2. Against the Odds: An Autobiography

By: James Dyson

3.32

Format: None pages, Paperback

The maverick inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner recounts how he succeeded against the odds to b… read more

Similar categories in James Dyson's Against the Odds: An Autobiography book and Steve Jobs's Make Something Wonderful

  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • business

3. Scientific Advertising

By: Claude C. Hopkins

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

Scientific Advertising is an important work on advertising from the early 20th century and is still… read more

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4. Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age

By: Paul Graham , Matt Hutchinson , None

4.42

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"The computer world is like an intellectual Wild West, in which you can shoot anyone you wish with … read more

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5. Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

By: Charles T. Munger , None

4.42

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

EXPANDED THIRD EDITION includes Charlie's 2007 USC Law School Commencement address. Edited by Peter… read more

Similar categories in Charles T. Munger's Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger book and Steve Jobs's Make Something Wonderful

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • business
"What are the secret of success? -one word answer :"rational"

-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

"The best armour of old age is a well spent life preceding it."

-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

"The best armour of old age is a well spent life perfecting it."

-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

"How to find a good spouse? -the best single way is to deserve a good spouse."

-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

6. Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products

By: Leander Kahney

3.88

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

"Different and new is relatively easy. Doing something that's genuinely better is very hard." --Jon… read more

Similar categories in Leander Kahney's Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products book and Steve Jobs's Make Something Wonderful

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7. Elon Musk

By: Walter Isaacson

4.40

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate… read more

Similar categories in Walter Isaacson's Elon Musk book and Steve Jobs's Make Something Wonderful

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • technology
"[Musk] concluded that Trump as president was no different than he was as a candidate. The buffoonery was not just an act. "Trump might be one of the world’s best bullshitters ever," he says. "Like my…"

-Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk

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8. Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

By: Tony Fadell

4.33

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Written for anyone who wants to grow at work—from young grads navigating their first jobs to CEOs d… read more

Similar categories in Tony Fadell's Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making book and Steve Jobs's Make Something Wonderful

  • biography
  • management
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • business
  • technology
Cover of The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future by Sebastian Mallaby

9. The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future

By: Sebastian Mallaby

4.43

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year  Named a Best Book of 2022 by The Ec… read more

Similar categories in Sebastian Mallaby's The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future book and Steve Jobs's Make Something Wonderful

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • business
  • technology
"The first notable spinout was Kathy Xu, another woman who managed to flourish in China's venture industry. Rather than studying in the United States, Xu had experienced U.S. instruction at Nanjing Un…"

-Sebastian Mallaby, The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future

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10. The Creative Act: A Way of Being

By: Rick Rubin

4.04

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more

Similar categories in Rick Rubin's The Creative Act: A Way of Being book and Steve Jobs's Make Something Wonderful

  • business
  • nonfiction
  • design
"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

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11. Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

By: Kevin Kelly

4.23

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

“I love aphorisms, proverbs, and Secrets of Adulthood . . . Excellent Advice for Living includes wi… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Kelly's Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier book and Steve Jobs's Make Something Wonderful

  • nonfiction
  • business
"The end is almost always the beginning of something better."

-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

"When you keep people waiting they begin to think of all your flaws."

-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

"The very best thing you can do for your kids is to love your spouse."

-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

"Don’t treat people as bad as they are. Treat them as good as you are."

-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

Cover of How to Make a Few Billion Dollars by Brad Jacobs

12. How to Make a Few Billion Dollars

By: Brad Jacobs

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Do you have a burning passion to make a lot of money in business? Are you ready to turbocharge your… read more

Similar categories in Brad Jacobs's How to Make a Few Billion Dollars book and Steve Jobs's Make Something Wonderful

  • nonfiction
  • business
  • biography
  • management
Cover of The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley by Jimmy Soni

13. The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley

By: Jimmy Soni

4.23

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY THE NEW YORKER National Bestseller * New York Times Editors’ Choice * … read more

Similar categories in Jimmy Soni's The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley book and Steve Jobs's Make Something Wonderful

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • technology
Cover of What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies by Tim Urban

14. What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies

By: Tim Urban

4.28

Format: 746 pages, Kindle Edition

From the creator of the wildly popular blog Wait But Why, a fun and fascinating deep dive into what… read more

Similar categories in Tim Urban's What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies book and Steve Jobs's Make Something Wonderful

  • nonfiction
  • history
"The Scientist’s clear mind sees a foggy world, full of complexity and nuance and messiness, the Zealot’s foggy mind shows them a clear, simple world, full of crisp lines and black-and-white distincti…"

-Tim Urban, What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies

Cover of Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick

15. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI

By: Ethan Mollick

4.13

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

**A New York Times Bestseller**'Co-Intelligence is the very best book I know about the ins, outs, a… read more

Similar categories in Ethan Mollick's Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI book and Steve Jobs's Make Something Wonderful

  • nonfiction
  • business
  • technology
Cover of The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future by Eric Jorgenson

16. The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future

By: Eric Jorgenson

4.23

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

How do you thrive in an unknown future? When you can’t see past the world we have now, look to vis… read more

Similar categories in Eric Jorgenson's The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future book and Steve Jobs's Make Something Wonderful

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • business
  • technology
Cover of Make Something Wonderful by Steve Jobs

17. Make Something Wonderful

By: Steve Jobs

4.49

Format: 194 pages, ebook

Steve Jobs in his own words A curated collection of Steve’s speeches, interviews and correspondenc… read more

Similar categories in Steve Jobs's Make Something Wonderful book and Steve Jobs's Make Something Wonderful

  • business
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • apple
  • management
  • technology
"I grow little of the food I eat, and of the little I do grow I did not breed or perfect the seeds. I do not make any of my own clothing. I speak a language I did not invent or refine. I did not disco…"

-Steve Jobs, Make Something Wonderful

Cover of How to Grow Your Small Business: A 6-Step Plan to Help Your Business Take Off by Donald Miller

18. How to Grow Your Small Business: A 6-Step Plan to Help Your Business Take Off

By: Donald Miller

4.35

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

The Wall Street Journal Bestseller For so many entrepreneurs, running a small business ended up lo… read more

Similar categories in Donald Miller's How to Grow Your Small Business: A 6-Step Plan to Help Your Business Take Off book and Steve Jobs's Make Something Wonderful

  • business
  • nonfiction
  • management
Cover of After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul by Tripp Mickle

19. After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul

By: Tripp Mickle

4.10

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the Wall Street Journal's Tripp Mickle, the dramatic, untold story inside Apple after the pass… read more

Similar categories in Tripp Mickle's After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul book and Steve Jobs's Make Something Wonderful

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • apple
  • business
  • technology
Cover of Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs by Ken Kocienda

20. Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs

By: Ken Kocienda

4.06

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

An insider's account of Apple's creative process during the golden years of Steve Jobs. Hundreds… read more

Similar categories in Ken Kocienda's Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs book and Steve Jobs's Make Something Wonderful

  • business
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • apple
  • management
  • technology
Cover of Never Enough: From Barista to Billionaire by Andrew  Wilkinson

21. Never Enough: From Barista to Billionaire

By: Andrew Wilkinson

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Andrew Wilkinson, touted as the Warren Buffett of tech, pulls back the curtain on the lives of the … read more

Similar categories in Andrew Wilkinson's Never Enough: From Barista to Billionaire book and Steve Jobs's Make Something Wonderful

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • business

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Brent Schlender , Rick Tetzeli

3.00

Against the Odds: An Autobiography

James Dyson

3.32

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Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

Charles T. Munger , None

4.42

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Walter Isaacson

4.40

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Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

Tony Fadell

4.33

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Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Chris Miller

4.44

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April Dunford

4.26

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4.22

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