It is tough to overestimate Big Tech’s influence on the modern world, but how did we get here? The best tech books unravel the rise and, occasionally, fall of some of the dominant companies and characters that created the gadgets and software we spend so much of our lives using.
You’ll find intensely detailed biographies, in-depth company histories, and plenty of drama and enlightenment in these tech tomes, and they also make great gifts for the techy folks in your life. You may also be interested in our Gifts for Book Lovers, Best Cookbooks, and Best Kindles guides.
Updated November 2025: We’ve added five new books, including The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World’s Most Coveted Microchip, Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race That Will Change the World, and No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram.
