7 Best biography books like The Lone Empress: A Portrait of Jayalalithaa by Vaasanthi

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The Lone Empress: A Portrait of Jayalalithaa

By: Vaasanthi

3.52

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Jayalalithaa's journey from a glamour queen to a towering political leader is one of the most extra…

If you liked the biography plot in The Lone Empress: A Portrait of Jayalalithaa by Vaasanthi , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. An Unsuitable Boy

By: Karan Johar

3.45

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Karan Johar is synonymous with success, panache, quick wit, and outspokenness, which sometimes inad… read more

Similar categories in Karan Johar's An Unsuitable Boy book and Vaasanthi's The Lone Empress: A Portrait of Jayalalithaa

  • biography
"I was very hurt. But you get hurt only when you love, so even in that phase, the love was very much there. you feel pain only when you love. And there's a lot of love we have for each other and that …"

-Karan Johar, An Unsuitable Boy

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2. Standing on an Apple Box: The Story of a Girl among the Stars

By: Aishwaryaa Rajinikanth Dhanush

3.31

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Director, dancer, goodwill advocate for the United Nations: Aishwaryaa Rajinikanth Dhanush is so mu… read more

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3. Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon

By: Colin Bryar

4.22

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Working Backwards is an insider's breakdown of Amazon's approach to culture, leadership, and best p… read more

Similar categories in Colin Bryar's Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon book and Vaasanthi's The Lone Empress: A Portrait of Jayalalithaa

  • biography
"I can say confidently that the extra time we spent slowing down to uncover the necessary truths was ultimately a faster path to a large and successful business."

-Colin Bryar, Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon

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4. My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future

By: Indra Nooyi

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller An intimate and powerful memoir by the trailblazing former CEO of Peps… read more

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  • biography
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5. War of Lanka (Ram Chandra, #4)

By: Amish Tripathi

3.65

Format: 500 pages, Paperback

LANKA WILL BURN. DARKNESS WILL PERISH. BUT CAN LIGHT ENDURE? INDIA, 3400 BCE. Greed. Rage.… read more

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"Fresh drops of grief do not cause any ripple in an ocean of anguish."

-Amish Tripathi, War of Lanka (Ram Chandra, #4)

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6. The Forest of Enchantments

By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

4.20

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

The Ramayana, one of the world’s greatest epics, is also a tragic love story. In this brilliant ret… read more

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"-the girl I'd been on that day, burnished with innocence, believing that goodness and love were armour enough."

-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Forest of Enchantments

"I knew now that love - no matter how deep - wasn't enough to transform another person: how they thought, what they believed. At best, we could only change ourselves."

-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Forest of Enchantments

"A wind rose around me, from where I didn't know. It was unexpectedly cold and made me shiver. 'Sacrifice, sacrifice', whispered the trees, carrying my promise across the valley"

-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Forest of Enchantments

"My first lesson on nature of love was that in a moment it could fulfill the cravings of a lifetime, like a light that someone might shine into a cavern that has been dark for a million years."

-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Forest of Enchantments

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7. One Arranged Murder

By: Chetan Bhagat

3.65

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

Keshav has set up an investigation agency with his best friend, Saurabh. Can the two amateur detect… read more

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"Blood is thicker than water. Or lassi. Or whatever."

-Chetan Bhagat, One Arranged Murder

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8. The Last Lecture

By: Randy Pausch

4.26

Format: 217 pages, Kindle Edition

A lot of professors give talks titled 'The Last Lecture'. Professors are asked to consider their de… read more

Similar categories in Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture book and Vaasanthi's The Lone Empress: A Portrait of Jayalalithaa

  • biography
"Please don't die."

-Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

"I don't believe in the no-win scenario"

-Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

"Focus on other people, not on yourself."

-Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

"Never make a decision until you have to."

-Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

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9. Jugalbandi: The BJP Before Modi

By: Vinay Sitapati

4.38

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

Narendra Modi has been a hundred years in the making. Vinay Sitapati's Jugalbandi provides this bac… read more

Similar categories in Vinay Sitapati's Jugalbandi: The BJP Before Modi book and Vaasanthi's The Lone Empress: A Portrait of Jayalalithaa

  • politics
  • biography
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10. The Last Queen

By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

4.09

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

WINNER of the 2022 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WORKING WOMEN AWARD for BEST FICTION OF THE YEAR! … read more

Similar categories in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's The Last Queen book and Vaasanthi's The Lone Empress: A Portrait of Jayalalithaa

"Adoration is a powerful intoxicant."

-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Last Queen

"Fame: it’s a drug more potent than opium"

-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Last Queen

"People revered his father as the Lion of Punjab, but his mother is the one they should have called Lioness."

-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Last Queen

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11. Unfinished

By: Priyanka Chopra Jonas

3.67

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“I have always felt that life is a solitary journey, that we are each on a train, riding through ou… read more

Similar categories in Priyanka Chopra Jonas's Unfinished book and Vaasanthi's The Lone Empress: A Portrait of Jayalalithaa

  • biography
"New York was almost poetic in its frenzy—almost like a global India."

-Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Unfinished

"I hope that whatever I have learned along the way, from fellow passengers, from my efforts and my own mistakes, can contribute to your journey, too. Because as I have discovered, if you’re willing to…"

-Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Unfinished

"We can't choose the family we were born into. But we can choose our actions. We all want to take care of the people we are closest to, those sitting at our table. But is there a world in which those …"

-Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Unfinished

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12. 400 Days

By: Chetan Bhagat

3.84

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

12-year-old Siya has been missing nine months. It’s a cold case, but Keshav wants to help her mothe… read more

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Cover of The Lone Empress: A Portrait of Jayalalithaa by Vaasanthi

13. The Lone Empress: A Portrait of Jayalalithaa

By: Vaasanthi

3.52

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Jayalalithaa's journey from a glamour queen to a towering political leader is one of the most extra… read more

Similar categories in Vaasanthi's The Lone Empress: A Portrait of Jayalalithaa book and Vaasanthi's The Lone Empress: A Portrait of Jayalalithaa

  • politics
  • biography

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