20 Best Biography Books

"[Travis Kalanick changed his Twitter] avatar to Alexander Hamilton after having read [this book]." - Adam Lashinsky

"Quite interesting." - Elon Musk

"I’m fascinated by the discussion of how Jobs developed what became known as the Reality Distortion Field. Apparently Jobs had a lifelong battle with reality and won." - Scott Adams

"I noticed a number of similarities between [Steve Jobs and I], especially when [the author] quoted Jobs’s own words. [...] but to be clear, I didn’t think that Bridgewater or I held a candle to Apple and Jobs." - Ray Dalio

List of books Bill Gates read in 2012.

"I've read 3 business books in my life. If you call [this book] a business book." - Gary Vaynerchuk

"[When I read this book] I was so blown away. I had underlined about three-quarters of the book." - George Raveling

Gretchen Rubin mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

"Great writer." - A.J. Jacobs

"A great one -- had no idea Nike had such a long history." - Alexis Ohanian

"[One of the] best books I read in 2017." - Anthony Pompliano

"Loved [this book]." - Austen Allred

"A refreshingly honest reminder of what the path to business success really looks like." - Bill Gates

"All entrepreneurs should read." - Bill Gurley

"Memoir by the Nike founder and CEO." - Brian Armstrong

"I’ve read [this book] more times than I can count. I cried at the end of [this book]." - Casey Neistat

Jason Calacanis recommended this book on his blog.

"[One] of the most inspiring men of the last 150 years." - Ryan Holiday

Jerrod Carmichael mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"[I] was blown away by the determination and commitment that Malcolm X had to his people and to fight against a system that was not designed to support or help him or his people." - Steve Aoki

"[One of the autobiographies] I have read the most often." - Brian Koppelman

"One of the most magnificent books I’ve ever read." - Ryan Holiday

"My favorite writer." - Sam Hinkie

"It’s amazing. But it’s not a light read." - Shane Parrish

"About the Urban Planning industry." - Trung Phan

"Trevor Noah’s funny and moving account of growing up in South Africa." - Bill Gates

Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com.

"Everyone should read this book for a strong dose of reality served with a side of laughter." - Hannah Hart

"I am reading this great book [...]. He is my favorite author." - Mukesh Ambani

"Sheds light on every facet of [Leonardo da Vinci]’s life." - Bill Gates

"What genius is really made up of, and how to recreate some semblance of it." - Austen Allred

"Has sold something like 5 million copies in Japan alone (an insane number). Totto-Chan is a special figure in modern Japanese culture—she is a celebrity on par with Oprah or Ellen." - Ryan Holiday