Books like Shoe Dog
If you liked Shoe Dog by Phil Knight, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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This Is Going to Hurt
Because shares tags: memoir, biography.
Adam Kay retells his junior doctor diaries with humour and strain, from labour ward nights to leaving medicine.
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Because shares tags: memoir, biography.
Malcolm X traces his life from Michigan childhood through Harlem, prison, and the Nation of Islam to Mecca in this 1965 memoir told to Alex…
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The 4-Hour Workweek
Because shares tags: business, entrepreneurship.
Ferriss's 2007 manual for escaping the nine to five: define the dream, cut fake work, automate a small income, and travel now.
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On Writing
Because shares tags: memoir, biography.
Stephen King blends memoir and blunt writing advice on reading daily, drafting fast, and cutting hard.
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Just Kids
Because shares tags: memoir, biography.
Patti Smith recalls broke young years with Robert Mapplethorpe in 1960s New York, from Brooklyn rooms to the Chelsea Hotel, art, music, and…
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Heaven Is for Real
Because shares tags: memoir, biography.
A Nebraska pastor's four-year-old survives a burst appendix, then describes angels, Jesus, and relatives he never met.
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Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
Because shares tags: memoir, biography.
Matthew Perry revisits Friends fame and a long struggle with addiction, from junior tennis to Chandler Bing to a 2018 health crisis, with…
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Spare
Because shares tags: memoir, biography.
Prince Harry recalls Diana's death in 1997, two tours in Afghanistan, and stepping back from royal life with Meghan in this frank 2023…
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Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Because shares tags: biography, business.
Ashlee Vance traces Elon Musk from a rough Pretoria childhood through PayPal, Tesla and SpaceX.
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I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
Because shares tags: memoir, biography.
Malala grows up in Swat, blogged for school under ban, and survives a bus shooting.
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Becoming
Because shares tags: memoir, biography.
Michelle Obama traces her path from South Side Chicago through Princeton, Harvard law and the White House years in this warm, candid memoir…
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Steve Jobs
Because shares tags: biography, business.
Walter Isaacson's authorized Steve Jobs: forty interviews covering the garage, the 1985 ouster, Pixar, and the return that made the iPhone.
