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24 alternatives to Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

The story of Barack Obama

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin▲77
Life lessons from the greatest entrepreneur founding father
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
The Audacity to Win▲53
The inside story & lessons of Obama's historic victory
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
All That Is: A Novel by James Salter▲66
Here's what President Obama is reading
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
Long Walk to Freedom ▲71
The autobiography of Nelson Mandela
2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →
5
The Greatest▲92
My Own Story (Muhammad Ali Autobiography)
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
6
Gandhi: An Autobiography▲62
The story of my experiments with truth
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
7
Brown Girl Dreaming▲60
Growing up African American in the 60s + 70s
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
8
A Life Decoded▲67
My genome: My life
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
9
Days with My Father ▲55
A son's photo journal of his aging father's last years
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
10
We the People▲63
The second generation of Founding Fathers
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
11
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run▲63
An intimal and personal view on Springsteens life.
2016 · amazon.de · its alternatives →
12
The Gene▲64
An Intimate History
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
13
Wings of Fire▲55
The Autobiography of Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis▲68
A civilized reference guide for an uncivilized election
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
15
The Sellout▲66
Satire remarking on race issues in the US
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
16
Atlas Shrugged▲73
Story about capitalism, free markets, ethics and morality
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
17
The Sympathizer: A Novel▲66
One man's political beliefs and individual loyalties clash
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
18
Moore's Law: The Life of Gordon Moore▲74
Detailed biography of a quiet revolutionary
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
19
The Road to Little Dribbling▲70
Adventures of an American in Britain
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
20
Bird by Bird▲82
Some instructions on writing and life
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
21
Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son▲72
A self-made millionaire writing to a freshman at Harvard
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
22
Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story▲70
The Arnold's autobiography
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
23
Playing The Enemy ▲60
Nelson Mandela and the game that made a nation
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
24
Chasing the Red, White, and Blue▲52
A modern journey through America about inequality and hope
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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