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24 alternatives to The Autobiography of Malcolm X

As told to Alex Haley

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

1. 1
   The Autobiography of Malcolm X▲3

   The path & transformation of Malcom X

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   On the Move: A Life▲56

   The Autobiography of Oliver Sacks

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Brothers▲71

   The hidden history of the Kennedy years

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Greatest▲92

   My Own Story (Muhammad Ali Autobiography)

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Gandhi: An Autobiography▲62

   The story of my experiments with truth

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Wings of Fire▲55

   The Autobiography of Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Long Walk to Freedom ▲71

   The autobiography of Nelson Mandela

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Andy Grove▲76

   The life and times of an American

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Gene▲64

   An Intimate History

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Bowie: The Biography▲90

    Discover the man behind the myth

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    How to be black▲85

    The title says it all.

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12SO
    SlaveryStories.org – Memoirs from American Slaves▲178

    2014 · slaverystories.org · its alternatives →

13. 13
    42▲62

    42 honest thoughts about purpose, courage, and giving up

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Life▲66

    The riveting memoir of Keith Richards

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove▲60

    Questlove's Autobiography

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp: An Autobiography▲66

    Autobio from one of the first New York punks

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Surrender Experiment ▲61

    Surrendering to life

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Incognito▲70

    The secret lives of the brain

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Iacocca - An Autobiography▲70

    The man who brought Chrysler back from the brink .

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    A Life Decoded▲67

    My genome: My life

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Heroin Diaries▲66

    A year in the life of a shattered rock star

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Ezra Klein Show - Bill Gates▲70

    Bill Gates shares his list of best books he's read

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and the Gospel of Wealth▲58

    A practical wealth plan from an early leader

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Alcoholics Anonymous▲70

    aka "The Big Book"

    2015 · its alternatives →

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