Maybe they're midway through a crime thriller, or a self-help book, or a profile of an industry they're considering investing in.
So we asked some big names in the tech world - from FCC chairman Ajit Pai to Turner Broadcasting CEO John John Martin - which book they're working through right now.
We had some interesting responses, with a handful of books being read by multiple people on our list of CEOs, investors, and tech executives.
Read on to find out what the tech world is reading - from J.D. Vance's "Hillbilly Elegy" to "Shoe Dog" by Phil Knight:
Additional reporting by Shona Ghosh, Rob Price, and Sam Shead.