Books like Shakespeare: The World as Stage
12 books with a reading profile close to Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson. Outward-looking; a moderate read.
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1
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
by Irin Carmon
Also outward-looking · biography, narrative
Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik document the legal career and cultural emergence of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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2
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.
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3
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
biography, narrative
Stéphane Breitwieser carried out over two hundred museum heists across Europe between 1995 and 2001, targeting unsecured galleries and regional collections.
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4
Peter O'Toole
biography, narrative
Robert Sellers charts the volatile life of the actor famous for his portrayal of T.E.
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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.
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6
Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
by Ashlee Vance
Also outward-looking · 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.
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7
Black Knight: Ritchie Blackmore
by Jerry Bloom
Also outward-looking · 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.
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8
Seabiscuit
Also outward-looking · biography, narrative
In the depths of the Great Depression, an undersized, crooked-legged horse named Seabiscuit became an unlikely racing icon.
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9
Red Roulette
by Desmond Shum
Also outward-looking · biography, narrative
Desmond Shum details his rise from an impoverished background to the peak of China’s billionaire class alongside his former wife, Whitney Duan.
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10
Alexander the Great
Also outward-looking · 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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11
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
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.
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12
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Also outward-looking · biography, narrative
Following a stinging electoral defeat in 1912, Theodore Roosevelt headed into the Amazon basin to map an unchartered tributary alongside Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon.
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