9 must-read leadership books like Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom by Larry Miller

Cover of Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom by Larry Miller

Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

By: Larry Miller

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

One of the most successful Black businessmen in the country, who has led Nike’s Jordan Brand from a…

If you liked the leadership plot in Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom by Larry Miller , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight

1. Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

By: Phil Knight

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight share… read more

Similar categories in Phil Knight's Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
"We must all be professors of the jungle."

-Phil Knight, Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

"maybe the cure for any burnout is to work harder."

-Phil Knight, Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

"He was easy to talk to, and easy not to talk to—equally important qualities in a friend."

-Phil Knight, Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

"Beating the competition is relatively easy. Beating yourself is a never-ending commitment."

-Phil Knight, Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

Cover of Drug Dealer, MD: How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It's So Hard to Stop by Anna Lembke

2. Drug Dealer, MD: How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It's So Hard to Stop

By: Anna Lembke

4.01

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

Three out of four people addicted to heroin probably started on a prescription opioid, according to… read more

Similar categories in Anna Lembke's Drug Dealer, MD: How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It's So Hard to Stop book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Doctors and health care institutions are complicit in the medicalization of poverty that encourages the creation of professional patients."

-Anna Lembke, Drug Dealer, MD: How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It's So Hard to Stop

Cover of Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby

3. Michael Jordan: The Life

By: Roland Lazenby

4.31

Format: 720 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of a legendary athleteThe Shrug. The Shot. The Flu Game. Michael Jordan is… read more

Similar categories in Roland Lazenby's Michael Jordan: The Life book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • leadership
Cover of Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success by Phil Jackson, Hugh Delehanty

4. Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success

By: Phil Jackson , Hugh Delehanty

3.69

Format: 98 pages, Audio CD

During his storied career as head coach of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson w… read more

Similar categories in Phil Jackson's Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership

5. A Life in Parts

By: Bryan Cranston

4.03

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A poignant, intimate, funny, inspiring memoir--both a coming-of-age story and a meditation on creat… read more

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6. Pimp: The Story of My Life

By: Iceberg Slim

3.86

Format: None pages,

read more

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Cover of Scars and Stripes: An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself by Tim  Kennedy

7. Scars and Stripes: An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself

By: Tim Kennedy

4.57

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From decorated Green Beret sniper, UFC headliner, and all around… read more

Similar categories in Tim Kennedy's Scars and Stripes: An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America's Soul by Brian Kilmeade

8. The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America's Soul

By: Brian Kilmeade

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and th… read more

Similar categories in Brian Kilmeade's The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America's Soul book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things by Adam M. Grant

9. Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

By: Adam M. Grant

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestseller“This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes … read more

Similar categories in Adam M. Grant's Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
Cover of When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season by Rich Cohen

10. When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season

By: Rich Cohen

3.90

Format: 265 pages, Hardcover

The gritty, no-holds-barred account of the 1987 NBA season, a thrilling year of fierce battles and … read more

Similar categories in Rich Cohen's When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Lucky Me: A Memoir of Changing the Odds by Rich Paul

11. Lucky Me: A Memoir of Changing the Odds

By: Rich Paul

4.11

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A memoir of will, success, and the luck we make—from the founder and CE… read more

Similar categories in Rich Paul's Lucky Me: A Memoir of Changing the Odds book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost it All by Mary  Childs

12. The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost it All

By: Mary Childs

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the host of NPR’s Planet Money, the deeply-investigated story of how one visionary, dogged inv… read more

Similar categories in Mary Childs's The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost it All book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Will by Will  Smith

13. Will

By: Will Smith

4.26

Format: 418 pages, Hardcover

The instant #1 New York Times bestseller! “It's the best memoir I've ever read.” —Oprah Winfrey … read more

Similar categories in Will Smith's Will book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"No paralysis, do analysis. No paralysis, do analysis!"

-Will Smith, Will

"...either "know what you're talking about or be quiet". (Will's mom)"

-Will Smith, Will

"Learning is really easy when you can feel that your teachers love you."

-Will Smith, Will

"The slamming of her bedroom door functioned as a disastrous exclamation point."

-Will Smith, Will

Cover of Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography by Staci Robinson

14. Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography

By: Staci Robinson

4.44

Format: 691 pages, Hardcover

The first and only estate-authorized biography of the legendary artist, Tupac Shakur, a moving expl… read more

Similar categories in Staci Robinson's Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect by Will Guidara

15. Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect

By: Will Guidara

4.45

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

National Bestseller Essential lessons in hospitality for every business, from the former co-owner … read more

Similar categories in Will Guidara's Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • memoir
  • leadership
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of The LEGO Story: How a Little Toy Sparked the World's Imagination by Jens Andersen

16. The LEGO Story: How a Little Toy Sparked the World's Imagination

By: Jens Andersen

3.82

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary inside story of LEGO, based on unprecedented access to the company's archives and… read more

Similar categories in Jens Andersen's The LEGO Story: How a Little Toy Sparked the World's Imagination book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of The Mamba Mentality: How I Play by Kobe Bryant

17. The Mamba Mentality: How I Play

By: Kobe Bryant

4.26

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In the wake of his retirement from professional basketball, Kobe “The Black Mamba” Bryant has decid… read more

Similar categories in Kobe Bryant's The Mamba Mentality: How I Play book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • leadership
"You have to work hard in the dark to shine in the light"

-Kobe Bryant, The Mamba Mentality: How I Play

"Good coaches tell you where the fish are, great coaches teach you how to find them."

-Kobe Bryant, The Mamba Mentality: How I Play

"If you want to be a better player, you have to prepare, prepare, and prepare some more."

-Kobe Bryant, The Mamba Mentality: How I Play

"If you really want to be great at something you have to truly care about it. If you want to be great in a particular area, you have to obsess over it."

-Kobe Bryant, The Mamba Mentality: How I Play

Cover of Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk by Billy Walters

18. Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk

By: Billy Walters

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “An insightful read…Walters is a larger-than-life character.” — Sports … read more

Similar categories in Billy Walters's Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Tough: My Journey to True Power by Terry Crews

19. Tough: My Journey to True Power

By: Terry Crews

4.28

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Terry Crews, the deeply personal story of his lifelong obsession with … read more

Similar categories in Terry Crews's Tough: My Journey to True Power book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"There is no right way to be black or white or anything else. There are literally thousands of different ways to be in this world, so ultimately all you can be is yourself."

-Terry Crews, Tough: My Journey to True Power

"A healthy faith empowers you by giving a sense of meaning and purpose to go out and be good and do good in the world. A cult does the opposite. A cult robs you of any agency and power you might have …"

-Terry Crews, Tough: My Journey to True Power

"The purpose of being tough is not to attack, but to protect. The purpose of being strong is not to dominate, but to support. The purpose of having power is not to rule, but to serve. What I've learne…"

-Terry Crews, Tough: My Journey to True Power

"Learning to live without shame gave me genuine empathy for the first time. I look at every person in the world, and I understand that we've all got issues and we're all in the process of becoming. If…"

-Terry Crews, Tough: My Journey to True Power

Cover of Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You by A'ja Wilson

20. Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You

By: A'ja Wilson

4.58

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From Olympic gold medalist and two-time professional basketball MVP A’ja Wilson comes an inspiratio… read more

Similar categories in A'ja Wilson's Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Sixth Man by Andre Iguodala

21. The Sixth Man

By: Andre Iguodala

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The standout memoir from NBA powerhouse Andre Iguodala, the indomitable sixth man of the champion G… read more

Similar categories in Andre Iguodala's The Sixth Man book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • leadership
"A basketball player has to play for free for at least a year, a football player for three years before they are eligible to earn an income. But sports like tennis, baseball, golf, and even hockey all…"

-Andre Iguodala, The Sixth Man

Cover of Unguarded by Scottie Pippen

22. Unguarded

By: Scottie Pippen

3.54

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An unflinching memoir from the six-time NBA Champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and Hall of F… read more

Similar categories in Scottie Pippen's Unguarded book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Sixty-One: Life Lessons from Papa, On and Off the Court by Chris Paul

23. Sixty-One: Life Lessons from Papa, On and Off the Court

By: Chris Paul

3.93

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller! A powerful and unexpected memoir of family, faith… read more

Similar categories in Chris Paul's Sixty-One: Life Lessons from Papa, On and Off the Court book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Enforcer: Outrageous Stories From the Life and Times of One of the NBA's Fiercest Competitors by Charles Oakley

24. The Last Enforcer: Outrageous Stories From the Life and Times of One of the NBA's Fiercest Competitors

By: Charles Oakley

3.70

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this “incredible read on some incredible days and nights in the old association” (Adrian Wojnaro… read more

Similar categories in Charles Oakley's The Last Enforcer: Outrageous Stories From the Life and Times of One of the NBA's Fiercest Competitors book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Remember, Remember: Life-Changing Truths from the Book of Mormon by Robert L. Millet

25. Remember, Remember: Life-Changing Truths from the Book of Mormon

By: Robert L. Millet

4.47

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Appearing some 220 times, the word remember is one of the most-used verbs in the entire Book of Mor… read more

Similar categories in Robert L. Millet's Remember, Remember: Life-Changing Truths from the Book of Mormon book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • audiobook
Cover of Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes by Stephen A. Smith

26. Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes

By: Stephen A. Smith

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

America’s most popular sports media figure tells it like it is in this surprisingly personal book, … read more

Similar categories in Stephen A. Smith's Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Sidecountry: Tales of Death and Life from the Back Roads of Sports by John Branch

27. Sidecountry: Tales of Death and Life from the Back Roads of Sports

By: John Branch

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Breathtaking tales of climbers and hunters, runners and racers, winners and losers by the Pulitzer … read more

Similar categories in John Branch's Sidecountry: Tales of Death and Life from the Back Roads of Sports book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Black Market: An Insider's Journey into the High-Stakes World of College Basketball by Merl Code

28. Black Market: An Insider's Journey into the High-Stakes World of College Basketball

By: Merl Code

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From a former college basketball player and Executive at Nike, a "riveting" ( Sports Illustrated ) … read more

Similar categories in Merl Code's Black Market: An Insider's Journey into the High-Stakes World of College Basketball book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Colored Television by Danzy Senna

29. Colored Television

By: Danzy Senna

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A dark comedy about second acts, creative appropriation, and the racial identity–industrial complex… read more

Similar categories in Danzy Senna's Colored Television book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • audiobook
Cover of Good Company by Arthur Blank

30. Good Company

By: Arthur Blank

4.18

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A WALL STREET JOURNAL AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER Featuring an introduction by President Jimmy Carter … read more

Similar categories in Arthur Blank's Good Company book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • business
  • leadership
Cover of Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom by Larry Miller

31. Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

By: Larry Miller

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

One of the most successful Black businessmen in the country, who has led Nike’s Jordan Brand from a… read more

Similar categories in Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom book and Larry Miller's Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership

26 must-read audiobook books like Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom by Larry Miller

Transform Your Habits

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

Phil Knight

4.47

Transform Your Habits

Drug Dealer, MD: How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It's So Hard to Stop

Anna Lembke

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Michael Jordan: The Life

Roland Lazenby

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Scars and Stripes: An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself

Tim Kennedy

4.57

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25 Best audiobook books like Sidecountry: Tales of Death and Life from the Back Roads of Sports by John Branch

Transform Your Habits

Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders

Kathryn Miles

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

Andrea Lankford

3.76

Transform Your Habits

The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

Jonathan Rosen

4.07

Transform Your Habits

The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest

Mark Synnott

4.14

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