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Books like American Kingpin
The best books like American Kingpin are Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber, and The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon. American Kingpin by Nick Bilton is about dark web, cybercrime, idealism and corruption. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- 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.
A kindred biography read.
Read the summary → - 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.
A kindred biography read.
Read the summary → - 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.
A kindred biography read.
Read the summary → - 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.
A kindred biography read.
Read the summary → - Anarchy, State, and Utopia
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Robert Nozick · Philosophy
Anarchy, State, and Utopia is Robert Nozick's 1974 response to John Rawls and a foundational text of libertarian political philosophy.
Both dig into libertarianism.
Read the summary → - A Beautiful Mind
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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.
A kindred biography read.
Read the summary → - Alexander Hamilton
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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.
A kindred biography read.
Read the summary → - American Prometheus
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Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin · Biography
Kai Bird and Martin J.
A kindred biography read.
Read the summary → - Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
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Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
Robert Coram · Biography
Boyd is Robert Coram's biography of Colonel John Boyd, the Air Force fighter pilot who became one of the most influential military strategists of the twentieth century without ever having commanded a major unit, written a best-selling book, or achieved the rank that would have made him famous while alive.
A kindred biography read.
Read the summary → - Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
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Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
Roger Lowenstein · Biography
Roger Lowenstein's Buffett is the definitive account of Warren Buffett's life up to the mid-1990s, when his investment record had already made him one of the wealthiest people on earth.
A kindred biography read.
Read the summary → - Daily Rituals: How Artists Work
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Daily Rituals: How Artists Work
Mason Currey · Biography
Daily Rituals is Mason Currey's compilation of the working habits of 161 writers, artists, composers, philosophers, and scientists — from Beethoven to Darwin, Kafka to Freud, Maya Angelou to W.H.
A kindred biography read.
Read the summary → - Damn Right! Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger
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Damn Right! Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger
Janet Lowe · Biography
Damn Right!
A kindred biography read.
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Books like American Kingpin: quick answers
What are the best books like American Kingpin?
The best books like American Kingpin by Nick Bilton are Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou, Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber by Mike Isaac, The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone, No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram by Sarah Frier, Anarchy, State, and Utopia by Robert Nozick, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with American Kingpin, such as dark web, cybercrime, idealism and corruption.
What should I read after American Kingpin?
A natural next read after American Kingpin is Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou. A kindred biography read. Other strong choices are Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber by Mike Isaac, The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone, No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram by Sarah Frier.
What books are similar to American Kingpin by Nick Bilton?
American Kingpin centers on dark web, cybercrime, idealism and corruption. Books with a similar feel include Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou, Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber by Mike Isaac, The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone, No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram by Sarah Frier, Anarchy, State, and Utopia by Robert Nozick, A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
