Disney CEO Bob Iger shares 7 of his favorite books

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Disney CEO Bob Iger has presided over a historic time at the company, which has seen big pickups like Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm (and "Star Wars" with it).

During Iger's tenure, Disney's stock is up over four times, according to Variety.

In a new interview with Variety, Iger looks back at his career — from his first job as a weatherman and a feature reporter to climbing the rungs of the media business — and toward a future where he has to hand over the reins. But tucked at the very end is a hidden gem: Iger's reading list.

Here are seven of Iger's recent favorites:

'Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS' by Joby Warrick

Amazon description:

"In a thrilling dramatic narrative, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Joby Warrick traces how the strain of militant Islam behind ISIS first arose in a remote Jordanian prison and spread with the unwitting aid of two American presidents. Drawing on unique high-level access to CIA and Jordanian sources, Warrick weaves gripping, moment-by-moment operational details with the perspectives of diplomats and spies, generals and heads of state, many of whom foresaw a menace worse than al Qaeda and tried desperately to stop it. Black Flags is a brilliant and definitive history that reveals the long arc of today’s most dangerous extremist threat."

'The Wright Brothers' by David McCullough

Amazon description:

"The #1 New York Times bestseller from David McCullough, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize—the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly—Wilbur and Orville Wright."

'Born to Run' by Bruce Springsteen

Amazon description:

"Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life, bringing to these pages the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs."