Author
Walter Isaacson
Walter Isaacson writes biography and history. We've read and reviewed 4 of Walter Isaacson's books, including Benjamin Franklin: An American Life and Steve Jobs, each scored and written up in full, with a clear verdict on who it's for.
Kissinger: A Biography
by Walter Isaacson
Walter Isaacson's biography argues that Henry Kissinger's personality, brilliant, insecure, secretive, and often ruthless, is inseparable from the foreign policy he built, tracing him from a Jewish refugee childhood in Nazi Germany to the height of American power.
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
by Walter Isaacson
Walter Isaacson's biography of Benjamin Franklin traces the runaway printer's apprentice who became a scientist, diplomat, and founding father, arguing his practical, compromise-minded temperament shaped the American character itself.
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
by Walter Isaacson
Walter Isaacson's The Innovators traces the digital age from Ada Lovelace to the web, arguing that the computer was built less by lone geniuses than by collaborators who knew how to share a problem. A sweeping, character-driven history for anyone curious how we actually got here.
Steve Jobs
by Walter Isaacson
Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs is the definitive, unsparing portrait of Apple's co-founder, built on dozens of interviews with the man himself. A riveting study of genius and cruelty that refuses to flatter its subject.