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24 alternatives to The Men Who Would Be King

Here is Hollywood, up close, glamorous, and gritty.

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

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   Masters of Doom▲55

   How two guys created an empire and transformed pop culture.

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Minor King▲64

   American Fiction

   2016 · minorking.com · its alternatives →

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   Mr Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream ▲56

   The extraordinary inside story of an American icon

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Boys Among Men▲67

   How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business ▲58

   What wins in entertainment and why.

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Easy Riders, Raging Bulls▲63

   How Easy Rider started a revolution that changed Hollywood

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   The Cartel▲62

   "An epic, gritty south-of-the-border Godfather for our time"

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   The Read - Kanye, Shut Your Black Ass Up▲67

   Kanye, Anti pre-release promo, J Fiennes as MJ

   2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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   The Google Guys▲64

   Inside the Brilliant Minds of Google's Founders

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Boys Among Men ▲66

    How the prep-to-pro generation redefined the NBA

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Winning the Story Wars▲62

    Why those who tell (and live) the best stories will rule...

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Badass: Making Users Awesome▲104

    Insight into what makes certain offerings shine (book)

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Smartest Guys in the Room▲65

    Cautionary tale of model-driven hubris and fraud.

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Jacked▲71

    The outlaw story of Grand Theft Auto

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Man Alive▲71

    A true story of violence, forgiveness, and becoming a man.

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Road to Character▲73

    The deeper values that should inform our lives

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Man In The High Castle▲63

    The novel by Philip K Dick the Amazon series is based on

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Superbosses▲58

    How exceptional leaders master the flow of talent

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    All the President's Men▲64

    An absolutely thrilling tale of one of the biggest "gates"

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Book of Yeezus▲90

    The Bible, if Kanye wrote it

    2015 · newnongamstopcasinos.net · its alternatives →

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    American Kingpin▲88

    The epic hunt for the mastermind behind the Silk Road

    2017 · americankingpin.com · its alternatives →

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    The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari▲75

    A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Dark Money▲67

    The hidden history of the billionaires behind...

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Silicon Heroes▲120

    A graphic novel where entrepreneurs have superpowers!

    2015 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

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