17 Top nonfiction books like iCon: Steve Jobs, the Greatest Second Act in the History of Business by William L. Simon, Jeffrey S. Young

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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…

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1. Living History

By: Hillary Rodham Clinton

3.76

Format: 567 pages, Paperback

The Phenomenal #1 Worldwide Bestseller—With a New Afterword Hillary Rodham Clinton is known to hun… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Fail to plan, plan to fail."

-Hillary Rodham Clinton, Living History

"What did you do with the time and talents i gave you? God's question..."

-Hillary Rodham Clinton, Living History

"In this world and the world of tomorrow, we must go forward together or not at all."

-Hillary Rodham Clinton, Living History

"Rumors become the story du jour. And while our past experiences may have seemed like ancient history to us, every detail of our lives was being sifted and combed as if we were some sort of archaeolog…"

-Hillary Rodham Clinton, Living History

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2. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"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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3. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"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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4. 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
  • business
  • technology
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5. The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin

By: H.W. Brands

4.75

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

National Bestseller He was the foremost American of his day, yet today he is little more than a my… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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6. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • business
  • technology
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7. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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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

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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10. Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times

By: Donald T. Phillips

2.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

You think you have it rough? Only ten days before Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office in 1861, … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • business
  • leadership
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11. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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12. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"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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13. 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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  • computers
  • biography
  • technology
  • nonfiction
  • apple
  • business
  • leadership

14. 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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15. Inside Steve's Brain

By: Leander Kahney

3.95

Format: 260 pages,

Dagli anni Settanta a oggi Steve Jobs ha rivoluzionato l'informatica, il cinema d'animazione e la m… read more

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16. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"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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17. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography

18. 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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19. 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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20. 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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21. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography

22. Martin and Malcolm and America: A Dream or a Nightmare?

By: James H. Cone

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

Reexamines the ideology of the two most prominent leaders of the civil rights movement of the 1960s. read more

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23. John Adams

By: David McCullough

3.71

Format: 435 pages,

The enthralling, often surprising story of John Adams, one of the most important and fascinating Am… read more

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24. 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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25. 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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26. 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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27. The Google Story: Inside the Hottest Business, Media, and Technology Success of Our Time

By: David A. Vise

4.95

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Moscow-born Sergey Brin and Midwest-born Larry Page dropped out of graduate school at Stanford Univ… read more

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28. Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius

By: Marc J. Seifer , None

4.34

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), credited as the inspiration for radio, robots, and even radar, has been c… read more

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29. 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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30. 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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31. Power And Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence

By: Ajay Agrawal

4.24

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Disruption resulting from the proliferation of AI is coming. The authors of the bestselling Predict… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • technology

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Hillary Rodham Clinton

3.76

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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin , None

3.86

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A Beautiful Mind

Sylvia Nasar

4.13

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

Ashlee Vance

3.87

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Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

Phil Knight

4.47

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The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho , Alan R. Clarke , James Noel Smith

3.91

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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

Charles Duhigg

4.13

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

Mark Manson , None

3.88

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