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Books like American Kingpin

American Kingpin by Nick Bilton is about dark web, cybercrime, idealism and corruption. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.

  1. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

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    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

    John Carreyrou · Business

    Bad Blood is Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou's account of Theranos, the blood-testing startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes that claimed its proprietary technology could run hundreds of diagnostic tests from a single finger-prick of blood.

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  2. Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
    Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

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    Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

    Mike Isaac · Business

    Super Pumped is New York Times technology reporter Mike Isaac's account of Uber's rise from a San Francisco startup to a $70 billion company — and of the internal chaos, ethical failures, and leadership battles that nearly destroyed it.

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  3. The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
    The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

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    The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

    Brad Stone · Business

    The Everything Store is Brad Stone's account of Amazon's founding and growth from a book retailer to one of the most powerful companies in the world.

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  4. No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram
    No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram

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    No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram

    Sarah Frier · Business

    No Filter is Sarah Frier's account of Instagram's founding, its acquisition by Facebook, and the decade-long tension between Instagram's founders and Mark Zuckerberg over what the product should become.

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  5. A Beautiful Mind
    A Beautiful Mind

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    A Beautiful Mind

    Sylvia Nasar · Biography

    Sylvia Nasar's biography of the mathematician John Nash — Nobel laureate, game theory pioneer, and paranoid schizophrenic — is one of the finest accounts of genius and mental illness in biographical literature.

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  6. Alexander Hamilton
    Alexander Hamilton

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    Alexander Hamilton

    Ron Chernow · Biography

    Ron Chernow's biography of Alexander Hamilton — immigrant, orphan, Revolutionary War aide-de-camp, first Secretary of the Treasury, founder of the American financial system, and victim of Aaron Burr's bullet — is the most comprehensive single-volume account of Hamilton's life and the book that most directly sparked the Hamilton revival in popular culture, including Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical.

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