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Books like Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

12 books with a reading profile close to Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon. Outward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

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.
2

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.
3

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.
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

Zeitoun

by Dave Eggers

biography, narrative

Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a Syrian-American painting contractor, chooses to remain in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina to protect his properties.
6

Peter O'Toole

by Robert Sellers

biography, narrative

Robert Sellers charts the volatile life of the actor famous for his portrayal of T.E.
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

Seabiscuit

by Laura Hillenbrand

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

In the depths of the Great Depression, an undersized, crooked-legged horse named Seabiscuit became an unlikely racing icon.
9

The Other Einstein

by Marie Benedict

Also clear-cut · biography, narrative

Mileva Maric, a brilliant physicist and the only female student in her class at Zurich Polytechnic, faces the rigid gender barriers of the late nineteenth century.
10

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

by Simon Winchester

Also clear-cut · biography, narrative

In 1879, James Murray began the monumental task of compiling the first Oxford English Dictionary, a project requiring the categorization of every word in the language alongside its chronological history.
11

Steve Jobs

by Walter Isaacson

Also clear-cut · biography, narrative

Walter Isaacson chronicles the life of Steve Jobs, tracing his path from a garage start-up to the leadership of Apple and Pixar.
12

Alexander the Great

by Philip Freeman

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

Philip Freeman traces the trajectory of the Macedonian king from his tutelage under Aristotle to his sudden death at age thirty-two.

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