My life and work vs Steve Jobs: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Businesspeople, Businessmen, Business, Biography & Memoir, History
My life and work
My Life and Work is a classic autobiography of the great American business mogul, Henry Ford. Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 - April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor…
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Steve Jobs
Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years -- as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues -- Walter Isaacson has written a…
The verdict
- Readers rate Steve Jobs highest: Steve Jobs 4.5 · My life and work 4.2.
- My life and work is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 12 for Steve Jobs.
- Steve Jobs has the widest readership — 21205 ratings behind its score.
- Steve Jobs reaches further in scholarship and criticism — cited 480 times.
How to choose
Scores by source
| My life and work | Steve Jobs | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (5660) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (13) | 5.0 (1) |
| Google Books | — | 4.5 (4) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (82) | 4.5 (21205) |
Reception
| My life and work | Steve Jobs | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 5660 | 21205 |
| Editions | 166 | 56 |
| Citations | 425 | 480 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 10189 | — |
| Reading it now | 1264 | — |
| Written reviews | 507 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 3141 |
| Pages | 220 | 667 |