Nightly News bought a copy of Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs, which goes on sale next week, for an early and often poignant look into the world of a brilliant man who changed our world.

Here are some of the authors and titles that inspired Jobs:

- Williams Shakespeare
- Dylan Thomas
- Clayton Christensen, The Innovator's Dilemma
- Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
- Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
- Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi
- Frances Moore Lappe, Diet for a Small Planet
- Arnold Ehret, Mucusless Diet Healing System