32 Walter Isaacson Favorite Books - Top Recommendations
Walter Isaacson
Walter Isaacson reading list - 32 book recommendations.
Walter Isaacson is often rightfully called the best biographer of our time.
He studied Literature and History at Harward University, then worked as a journalist and later as a director at Time magazine and CEO of CNN, as well as Aspen Institute CEO.
He is also known for his best-selling Steve Jobs biography, as well as Franklin's and Leonardo da Vinci books.
It is a list of Walter Isaacson's favorite books. Currently, it is the largest selection of his recommendations with sources and quotes on the web. Being a thorough researcher and a versatile person, his reading reflects it all!
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The CEO of Microsoft describes his childhood as an immigrant, his rise as an executive, the lessons of leadership he has learned, and his vision for how the next wave of technology will affect society. All four strands make this a riveting...
The Three Lives of James Madison
Madison opposed mindless partisanship. He was also a slave owner. Given our deeply troubled time, I was interested in wrestling with his legacy.
Julia Reed's South
Speaking of New Orleans, these delightful books are memoirs combined with recipes, which is a tasty combination, the former by the proprietor of Commander's Palace and the latter by a great social commentator masquerading as a cooking...
Miss Ella of Commander's Palace
Speaking of New Orleans, these delightful books are memoirs combined with recipes, which is a tasty combination, the former by the proprietor of Commander's Palace and the latter by a great social commentator masquerading as a cooking...
Spectacular Wickedness
Both books explore race, sex, and music in the New Orleans red-light district known as Storyville that was a cradle of jazz a century ago. I'm going to be teaching the writing of history at Tulane next year, and I want to show how an...
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Empire of Sin
Both books explore race, sex, and music in the New Orleans red-light district known as Storyville that was a cradle of jazz a century ago. I'm going to be teaching the writing of history at Tulane next year, and I want to show how an...
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Being Nixon
The landmark New York Times bestselling biography of Richard M. Nixon, a political savant whose gaping character flaws would drive him from the presidency and forever taint his legacy. “A biography of eloquence and breadth . . . No single...
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The Geography of Genius
Tag along on this New York Times bestselling “witty, entertaining romp” (The New York Times Book Review) as Eric Winer travels the world, from Athens to Silicon Valley—and back through history, too—to show how creative genius flourishes in...
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Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus
Why doesn’t the explosive growth of companies like Facebook and Uber deliver more prosperity for everyone? What is the systemic problem that sets the rich against the poor and the technologists against everybody else? When protesters...
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The Soul of America
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in our history when hope overcame division and fear.NAMED ONE...
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In the Shadow of Statues
"An extraordinarily powerful journey that is both political and personal...An important book for everyone in America to read." --Walter Isaacson,#1 New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo Da Vinci and Steve JobsThe New Orleans mayor...
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The Space Barons
The historic quest to rekindle the human exploration and colonization of space led by two rivals and their vast fortunes, egos, and visions of space as the next entrepreneurial frontierThe Space Barons is the story of a group of...
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Rightful Heritage
Douglas Brinkley’s The Wilderness Warrior celebrated Theodore Roosevelt’s spirit of outdoor exploration and bold vision to protect 234 million acres of wild America. Now, in Rightful Heritage, Brinkley turns his attention to another...
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Deep Thinking
The world chess champion who was beaten by a machine twenty years ago reflects on the limits of artificial intelligence and how human creativity can prevail. I found it both convincing and encouraging.
Present Shock
People spent the twentieth century obsessed with the future. We created technologies that would help connect us faster, gather news, map the planet, and compile knowledge. We strove for an instantaneous network where time and space could...
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Frenemies
An intimate and profound reckoning with the changes buffeting the $2 trillion global advertising and marketing business from the perspective of its most powerful players, by the bestselling author of GoogledAdvertising and marketing...
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The New Digital Age
In an unparalleled collaboration, two leading global thinkers in technology and foreign affairs give us their widely anticipated, transformational vision of the future: a world where everyone is connected—a world full of challenges and...
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The Only Game in Town
Today’s global economy is beset by low growth and rising inequality. By looking at the tools now being used by the world’s major central banks, Mohamed El-Erian shows how we can instead promote inclusive economic growth. This is a...
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Measure What Matters
In this indispensable book, the most important venture capitalist of our era reveals a key to business innovation and success. This crisp and colorful book combines fascinating case studies with insightful personal stories to show how OKRs...
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Tools and Weapons
A colorful and insightful insiders’ view of how technology is both empowering and threatening us. From privacy to cyberattacks, this timely book is a useful guide for how to navigate the digital future.
The 4-Hour Workweek, Expanded and Updated
[The author has] a great curiosity and [...] a great love for things.
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