15 Top history books like Gandhi: A Life by Yogesh Chadha

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Gandhi: A Life

By: Yogesh Chadha

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

Gandhi: A Life reveals the transformation of an ordinary, timid young man, into a leader, whose sta…

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1. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

By: Benjamin Franklin , None

3.86

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

Written initially to guide his son, Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography is a lively, spellbinding acc… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Never confuse Motion with Action."

-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

"it is hard for an empty sack to stand upright"

-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

"When the well is dry we know the value of water"

-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

"...there will be sleeping enough in the grave...."

-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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2. A Beautiful Mind

By: Sylvia Nasar

4.13

Format: 461 pages, Paperback

Stories of famously eccentric Princetonians abound—such as that of chemist Hubert Alyea, the model … read more

Similar categories in Sylvia Nasar's A Beautiful Mind book and Yogesh Chadha's Gandhi: A Life

  • media tie in
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Nash was respected but not well liked."

-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind

"A genius with a penis. Isn’t that what we all want?"

-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind

"His heroes were solitary thinkers and supermen like Newton and Nietzsche."

-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind

"Hey Nash! You scared?' 'Terrified,mortified,petrified...stupefied by you!"

-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind

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3. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

By: Ashlee Vance

3.87

Format: 54 pages, Hardcover

In Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, veteran technology journalist As… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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4. Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America

By: Garry Wills

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In a masterly work, Garry Wills shows how Lincoln reached back to the Declaration of Independence t… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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5. Steve Jobs

By: Walter Isaacson

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From best-selling author Walter Isaacson comes the landmark biography of Apple co-founder Steve Job… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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6. Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life

By: Jon Lee Anderson

3.73

Format: None pages,

From the back of the book: "Acclaimed around the world and a national best-seller, this is the defi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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7. Cleopatra: A Life

By: Stacy Schiff

4.09

Format: 129 pages, Hardcover

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of th… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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8. Gandhi: A Life

By: Yogesh Chadha

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

Gandhi: A Life reveals the transformation of an ordinary, timid young man, into a leader, whose sta… read more

Similar categories in Yogesh Chadha's Gandhi: A Life book and Yogesh Chadha's Gandhi: A Life

  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • media tie in
  • india
  • nonfiction
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9. Albert Einstein: A Biography

By: Ewald Osers , Albrecht Fölsing

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

"(Folsing) provides a nuanced, nonjudgmental personal portrait resting firmly on prodigious archiva… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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10. Long Walk To Freedom (Volume 1: 1918-1962)

By: Nelson Mandela

3.82

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

From his birth in a village on the banks of the Mbashe River in the Transkei to his politicisation … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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11. The Autobiography of Malcolm X

By: Alex Haley , Malcolm X

4.36

Format: 466 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Alternate cover for ISBN 9780345350688 Through a life of passion and struggle, Malcolm X became … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"We all like chicken"

-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

"كانت حياتي سلسة من التحولات"

-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

"لا يدرك الناس أن كتابا واحدا قد يغير حياة انسان"

-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

"I Used the Word 'Negro' and I was Firmly Corrected"

-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

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12. My Journey : Transforming Dreams into Actions

By: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

3.02

Format: None pages, Paperback

From a small boy growing up in Rameswaram, to becoming the country?s eleventh President, A.P.J. Abd… read more

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  • india
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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13. Peter the Great: His Life and World

By: Robert K. Massie

4.14

Format: 909 pages, Paperback

Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia, unfolds the… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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14. iCon: Steve Jobs, the Greatest Second Act in the History of Business

By: William L. Simon , Jeffrey S. Young

3.50

Format: None pages,

iCon takes a look at the most astounding figure in a business era noted for its mavericks, oddballs… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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15. Wings of Fire: An Autobiography

By: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , Arun Tiwari

3.77

Format: None pages,

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, the son of a little-educated boat-owner in Rameswaram, Tamil N… read more

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  • india
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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16. The Discovery of India

By: Jawaharlal Nehru

4.00

Format: None pages,

In conjunction with the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund in New Delhi, Oxford proudly announces the r… read more

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  • india
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

17. With Malice Toward None: A Biography of Abraham Lincoln

By: Stephen B. Oates

3.40

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

"Full, fair, and accurate. . . . Certainly the most objective biography of Lincoln ever written." -… read more

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18. My Life

By: Bill Clinton

3.74

Format: 1056 pages, Paperback

An exhaustive, soul-searching memoir, Bill Clinton's My Life is a refreshingly candid look at the f… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself."

-Bill Clinton, My Life

"The idea that power was an end in itself, rather than a means to provide the security and opportunity necessary for the pursuit of happiness, seemed to him stupid and self-defeating." (about Senator …"

-Bill Clinton, My Life

"I learned a lot from the stories my uncle, aunts and grandparents told me: that no one is perfect but most people are good; that people can’t be judged by their worst or weakest moments; that harsh j…"

-Bill Clinton, My Life

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19. Lincoln

By: David Herbert Donald

4.19

Format: 714 pages, Paperback

A masterful work by Pulitzer Prize–winning author David Herbert Donald, Lincoln is a stunning portr… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

20. Swami Vivekananda on Himself

By: Vivekananda

3.71

Format: 234 pages,

This book is a documentation of selected notes and utterances of Swamiji about himself and his work… read more

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21. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

By: Barack Obama

3.93

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Nine years before the Senate campaign that made him one of the most influential and compelling voic… read more

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22. The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

By: Clayborne Carson , Martin Luther King Jr.

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Using Stanford University's voluminous collection of archival material, including previously unpubl… read more

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23. A. Lincoln

By: Ronald C. White Jr.

4.30

Format: 816 pages, Hardcover

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post • The Philadelphia Inquirer • The Chr… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

24. Leonardo da Vinci

By: Walter Isaacson

3.72

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

A #1 New York Timesbestseller "A powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life...a study in creat… read more

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25. Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World

By: Louis Fischer

4.00

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

This is the extraordinary story of how one man's indomitable spirit inspired a nation to triumph ov… read more

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26. Einstein: The Life and Times

By: Ronald William Clark

3.89

Format: None pages,

THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY Albert Einstein was far more than the physicist who confidently claimed th… read more

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27. Einstein: His Life and Universe

By: Walter Isaacson

4.33

Format: 201 pages,

By the author of the acclaimed bestsellers Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs, this is the definitive… read more

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28. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

By: Walter Isaacson

4.33

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Benjamin Franklin is the Founding Father who winks at us. An ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose … read more

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29. I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

By: Malala Yousafzai , Christina Lamb

3.37

Format: None pages, Hardcover

I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday. Wh… read more

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30. The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

By: Barack Obama

3.68

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

The Audacity of Hopeis Barack Obama's call for a new kind of politics--a politics that builds upon … read more

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31. The Story of My Experiments With Truth

By: Mahatma Gandhi

4.29

Format: 426 pages, Paperback

Mohandas K. Gandhi is one of the most inspiring figures of our time. In his classic autobiography h… read more

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3.86

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Sylvia Nasar

4.13

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Ashlee Vance

3.87

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Garry Wills

3.95

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Phil Knight

4.47

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3.91

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Charles Duhigg

4.13

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Mark Manson , None

3.88

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