Books like Steve Jobs
12 books with a reading profile close to Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. Clear-cut; an easy read.
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Elon Musk
Also 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.
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Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
by Ashlee Vance
Also clear-cut · business strategy, biography
Ashlee Vance provides an account of Elon Musk’s career, focusing on the formation and survival of SpaceX, Tesla Motors, and SolarCity.
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3
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
by Irin Carmon
Also clear-cut · 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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4
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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5
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
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.
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Shakespeare: The World as Stage
by Bill Bryson
biography, narrative
Bill Bryson reconstructs the life of William Shakespeare by scrutinizing the scant physical evidence remaining from the Elizabethan era.
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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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Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
by Ashlee Vance
Also 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.
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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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10
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
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.
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The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
by Brad Stone
Also clear-cut · business strategy, biography
Brad Stone chronicles the rise of Amazon from a garage-based online bookseller to a diverse global conglomerate.
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Seabiscuit
Also clear-cut · 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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