Books like The Autobiography of Malcolm X
12 books with a reading profile close to The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X. Deep; a moderate read.
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Wild Swans
by Jung Chang
history, biography
Jung Chang traces the history of twentieth-century China through the lives of three generations of women: her grandmother, her mother, and herself.
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Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
history, biography
Blaine Harden chronicles the life of Shin Dong-hyuk, the only person known to have been born in and successfully escaped from a North Korean "total control zone" political prison.
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Schindler’s List
history, biography
In German-occupied Poland, industrialist Oskar Schindler utilized his connections within the Nazi Party and the SS to shield Jewish workers from liquidation.
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A Promised Land
by Barack Obama
history, biography
In this memoir, Barack Obama details his political rise from his early organizers’ roots in Chicago to the conclusion of his first term in the Oval Office.
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Decision Points
history, biography
Decision Points functions as a non-linear memoir centered on fourteen distinct choices made by the forty-third president.
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Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
history, biography
In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston traveled to Plateau, Alabama, to interview Oluale Kossola, known as Cudjo Lewis.
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The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45
Also deep · history, memoir
Władysław Szpilman, a Jewish pianist for Polish Radio, provides a first-hand account of the Nazi occupation of Warsaw.
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Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
by Dava Sobel
history, biography
Dava Sobel reconstructs the life of Galileo Galilei through the preserved correspondence of his eldest child, Suor Maria Celeste.
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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
history, biography
Jan and Antonina Zabinski managed the Warsaw Zoo during the 1939 German invasion of Poland.
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Roots
by Alex Haley
history, biography
Alex Haley reconstructs his family lineage starting with Kunta Kinte, a Mandinka youth abducted from West Africa in 1767 and sold into chattel slavery in Maryland.
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Homage to Catalonia
history, memoir
George Orwell recounts his personal involvement in the Spanish Civil War, specifically his time serving within the POUM militia on the Aragon front and in Barcelona.
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