6 excellent books…
Get the inside story of Apple and its products with these great reads!
For true Apple fans.
Any company with a history stretching back over forty years will have some interesting stories to tell, but we all know that Apple’s lore is especially intriguing. It’s got a humble beginning, early successes, internal struggles, external villains, betrayal, falls from grace, some very low points, a triumphant return… and we’re only up to the late ’90s!
There have been many books chronicling not just Apple’s history, but also its creations. Here, we’ve picked some of the best to check out, many of which revolve around its products and Steve Jobs, somewhat inevitably. There are many more out there that talk about its methods and how it’s run, but if you’re an Apple fan, these are the places to start.
1 Designed by Apple in California Let’s begin with this $199 tome from Apple – a huge coffee table photo book of Apple’s product designs over the last 20 years. It’s lush, meticulously presented, took eight years to create, and shows products you thought you knew in a new light in many cases.
2 Revolution in the Valley Andy Hertzfeld was one of the key architects of the original Mac, and runs Apple history site folklore.org. In this book, he tells the story behind creating the Mac.
3 Steve Jobs The official biography of Jobs by Walter Isaacson had access to the man himself shortly before his death, so offers some unique looks into his work.
4 iWoz Apple’s other founder, Steve Wozniak, writes his own story here, up to the creation of the Apple II. It’s about those early years of tinkering and pure creation.
5 ICONIC You’ll have seen Jonathan Zufi’s work on our pages – his book is full of original images of older and rarer Apple products, as well as the recent stuff. It’s brilliant.
6 The Second Coming of Steve Jobs This is the wartsand-all telling of Jobs’ ousting and return to Apple. Stark and honest.