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

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Shoe Dog

by Phil Knight
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Titan

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Benjamin Franklin

by @WalterIsaacson
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Steve Jobs

by @WalterIsaacson
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X

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The Ride of a Lifetime

by @RobertIger
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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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