Steve JobsModern · Biography, Nonfiction, Business
Steve Jobs
2011 · 630 pages · Nonfiction
55
Modern
★ 4.16 on Goodreads · 1.4M ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 16 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (2 weeks at #1). 4.16★ from 1.4M Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
55Must-Read Score
- Readers72 out of 100 · counts 40%+33
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller61 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+22
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #7 of the 25 self-help and business books we rank
- #76 of the 168 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #177 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #403 of the 1,405 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (2 weeks at #1)
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