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24 alternatives to Alexander Hamilton

The OG biography that inspired Lin-Manuel + the musical

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Alexander Hamilton launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Hamilton: The Revolution▲66

   Book version of the groundbreaking musical

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   A Complete Biography of Alexander Hamilton▲64

   A Complete Biography of Alexander Hamilton

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Gene▲64

   An Intimate History

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   John Adams▲68

   Epic bioof a revolutionary turned 2nd President of the USA

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Bowie: The Biography▲90

   Discover the man behind the myth

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Moore's Law: The Life of Gordon Moore▲74

   Detailed biography of a quiet revolutionary

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Benjamin Franklin: An American Life▲76

   Biography of the great Benjamin Franklin

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin▲77

   Life lessons from the greatest entrepreneur founding father

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Hamilton▲107

   Fans’ access to all things Hamilton: An American Musical.

   2017 · hamiltonmusical.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Prince▲68

    A 16th-century political treatise by Niccolò Machiavelli

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Tao of Seneca▲80

    Audiobook of Seneca's letters, by Tim Ferriss

    2016 · audible.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Benjamin Franklin: An American Life▲78

    Entrepreneurship and electric kites in colonial times

    2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Bloomberg by Bloomberg▲66

    How Michael Bloomberg created a media empire

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    We the People▲63

    The second generation of Founding Fathers

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run▲63

    An intimal and personal view on Springsteens life.

    2016 · amazon.de · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World▲62

    German naturalist who created modern environmentalism

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood▲67

    Where the big ideas of the modern era came from

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Gene: An Intimate History▲74

    A magnificent history of the gene

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Music Popcast - Lin-Manuel Miranda On How Hip-Hop Influenced Him and ‘Hamilton’▲68

    Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda talks hip-hop

    2015 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman▲69

    One of the OG badass women of the world

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    My Life and Work▲65

    The business philosophy of one of Henry Ford

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789▲65

    Concise history of how the US Constitution came into being.

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Andrew Carnegie▲119

    One of America's most successful businessmen

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    BUSH▲63

    America’s greatest living biographer takes on W

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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