The 20 Best Tech Books for Gifting (2024): Biographies, Startup Histories, and Pitches

It is tough To overstate the influence of Big Tech on the modern world, but how did we get here? The best technology books unveil the rise and fall of some of the dominant companies and figures who created the tools and software we spend most of our lives using.

You’ll find intensely detailed biographies, in-depth company histories, and plenty of drama and enlightenment in these technical volumes, and they also make great gifts for the technical people in your life. You may also be interested in our products Gifts for book lovers, Best cookbooksand Best Kindle Evidence.

Updated November 2025: We’ve added five new books, including The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World’s Most Popular Microchips, Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race That Will Change the World, and No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram.