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24 alternatives to Notorious RBG

The biography of a real OG, RBG

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Notorious RBG launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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4. 4
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8. 8
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   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Google Guys▲64

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    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Cigar Legend▲72

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    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Badass: Making Users Awesome▲104

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    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Lucky▲68

    A candid memoir from a rape victim

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Things A Little Bird Told Me▲65

    Creative secrets from the co-founder of Twitter

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
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    Encyclopedia of Hip Hop

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Jacked▲71

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    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Gene▲64

    An Intimate History

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Greatest▲92

    My Own Story (Muhammad Ali Autobiography)

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    Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story▲70

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    Penetrating the secret society of pickup artists

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Future Crimes▲64

    Inside the Digital Underground

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Real Deal▲53

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    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Dataclysm▲71

    What our online lives tell us about our offline selves

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Gene: An Intimate History▲74

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