Being threatened by shadowy figures, followed by private investigators and consoled by Rachel Maddow are just a few of the things Ronan Farrow experienced when reporting on decades of systematic abuse in Hollywood — and as of Oct. 15, he has a book that details it all.

Steve Jobs was a minimalist. Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, on the other hand, is quite the opposite. In the Danny Boyle-directed “Steve Jobs,” Sorkin takes a man who was famous for clean lines and...