it’s hard Underestimating the impact of Big Tech on the modern world, but how did we get here? The best tech books highlight the rise and sometimes fall of some of the major companies and characters who created the gadgets and software we spend most of our lives using.
You’ll find highly detailed biographies, in-depth company histories, and plenty of drama and knowledge in these tech topics, and they also make great gifts for the tech people in your life. You may also be interested in our gifts for book lovers, the best cookbooks, and the best Kindle guides.
Updated November 2025: We’ve added five new books, including The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World’s Most Iconic Microchip, Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race That Will Change the World, and No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram.