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24 alternatives to The Real Deal

James Caan Autobiography

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

1. 1
   Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story▲70

   The Arnold's autobiography

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The True Believer▲60

   Thoughts on the nature of mass movements

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Greatest▲92

   My Own Story (Muhammad Ali Autobiography)

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Gandhi: An Autobiography▲62

   The story of my experiments with truth

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Notorious RBG▲62

   The biography of a real OG, RBG

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Tell It Anyway - 20: Is this real life? ▲54

   Stories Anyway, Any Way

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp: An Autobiography▲66

   Autobio from one of the first New York punks

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   On the Move: A Life▲56

   The Autobiography of Oliver Sacks

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Other People’s Money▲59

   The real business of finance

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Knowledge▲62

    A too close to true novel

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Last Love Song▲117

    A biography of Joan Didion

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Long Walk to Freedom ▲71

    The autobiography of Nelson Mandela

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Dirt▲66

    No-holds-barred autobiography of Mötley Crüe

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    KP - The autobiography▲56

    Kevin Pietersens autobiography

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Born Standing Up▲71

    A memoir by Steve Martin

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Netocracy▲56

    The new power elite and life after capitalism

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Confessions of an Advertising Man▲78

    "The Bible" for the 1960s ad generation, but still relevant

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin▲77

    Life lessons from the greatest entrepreneur founding father

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Truth: An Uncomfortable Book About Relationships ▲73

    It is a painfully honest account of a life crisis

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Bruce▲62

    The definitive Bruce Springsteen bio

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Fake Science 101▲60

    A less-than-factual guide to our amazing world

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    42▲62

    42 honest thoughts about purpose, courage, and giving up

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Game▲63

    Penetrating the secret society of pickup artists

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Catch Me If You Can▲83

    True story of one of the world's most daring con men

    2015 · its alternatives →

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