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Books like Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

12 books with a reading profile close to Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance. Outward-looking, growth-minded and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

Elon Musk

by Walter Isaacson

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · business strategy, biography

Walter Isaacson tracks Elon Musk’s trajectory from a difficult childhood in South Africa to his leadership of Tesla, SpaceX, and the acquisition of Twitter.
2

Steve Jobs

by Walter Isaacson

Also clear-cut · business strategy, biography

Walter Isaacson chronicles the life of Steve Jobs, tracing his path from a garage start-up to the leadership of Apple and Pixar.
3

The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

by Brad Stone

Also outward-looking and growth-minded · business strategy, biography

Brad Stone chronicles the rise of Amazon from a garage-based online bookseller to a diverse global conglomerate.
4

Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

by Ashlee Vance

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · biography, narrative

This biography details the life of Elon Musk, beginning with his difficult upbringing in South Africa and tracking his move to North America to build internet companies like Zip2 and PayPal.
5

The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

by Michael Finkel

Also clear-cut · biography, narrative

Stéphane Breitwieser carried out over two hundred museum heists across Europe between 1995 and 2001, targeting unsecured galleries and regional collections.
6

Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

by Michael Lewis

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · biography, narrative

Michael Lewis profiles Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX and the hedge fund Alameda Research.
7

Black Knight: Ritchie Blackmore

by Jerry Bloom

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · biography, narrative

Jerry Bloom chronicles the progression of Ritchie Blackmore from his apprenticeship under producer Joe Meek and stints with Screaming Lord Sutch to his dominance as the architect of Deep Purple and Rainbow.
8

Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

by Irin Carmon

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · biography, narrative

Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik document the legal career and cultural emergence of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
9

The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story

by Ann Rule

biography, narrative

Ann Rule chronicles her personal friendship with Ted Bundy, whom she met while both worked at a Seattle crisis clinic in 1971.
10

Shakespeare: The World as Stage

by Bill Bryson

Also outward-looking · biography, narrative

Bill Bryson reconstructs the life of William Shakespeare by scrutinizing the scant physical evidence remaining from the Elizabethan era.
11

Rocket Billionaires

by Tim Fernholz

Also outward-looking and growth-minded · business strategy, narrative

Tim Fernholz details the commercial pivot of the American space industry from government monopoly to private competition.
12

The space barons

by Christian Davenport

Also outward-looking and growth-minded · business strategy, narrative

Christian Davenport chronicles the private space race driven by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos as they challenge the aerospace establishment.

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