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Nov 1, 2021, 25 tweets

I asked, "What's the best biography/autobiography book you've ever read?"

I received 250+ replies.

Here are 20 books about incredible people worth learning from:

1/

Shoe Dog

by Phil Knight

2/

Titan

by Ron Chernow

3/

Leonardo da Vinci

by @WalterIsaacson

4/

Benjamin Franklin

by @WalterIsaacson

5/

Steve Jobs

by @WalterIsaacson

6/

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

by Malcolm X

7/

The Ride of a Lifetime

by @RobertIger

8/

The Years of Lyndon Johnson series

by Robert Caro

9/

The Autobiography of a Yogi

by Paramhansa Yogananda

10/

Can't Hurt Me

by @davidgoggins

11/

Born A Crime

by @Trevornoah

12/

Long Walk To Freedom

by Nelson Mandela

13/

Elon Musk (@elonmusk)

by @ashleevance

14/

Open

by @AndreAgassi

15/

Educated

by @tarawestover

16/

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

by Frederick Douglass

17/

The Happiest Man On Earth

by Eddie Jaku

18/

Bonhoeffer’s Biography

by @ericmetaxas

19/

Wings of Fire

by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

20/

Becoming

by @MichelleObama

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