These 13 books inspire, inform, and even intimidate some of tech's top business leaders

It's a known fact that some of the best business leaders in the world are also some of its most voracious readers.

Just in the past few years, tech luminaries like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg have started book clubs, encouraging people to read some of their favorite books.

In that spirit, here are 13 books that have inspired some of Silicon Valley's greatest leaders.

Some of them are fiction, some of them are business-focused, and at least one is so frighteningly technical, even Gates had trouble finishing it.

These are the books that inspire top tech leaders: