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Born Standing Up by Steve Martin is about comedy, craft, ambition. 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. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
    On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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    On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

    Stephen King · Memoir

    On Writing is Stephen King's memoir of the writing life combined with a practical toolkit for writers.

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  2. 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.

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  3. Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
    Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

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    Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

    Phil Knight · Memoir

    Shoe Dog is Phil Knight's account of the first two decades of Nike, from the $50 loan he borrowed from his father in 1964 to fund his first shipment of Japanese running shoes to the company's IPO in 1980.

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  4. Born to Run
    Born to Run

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    Born to Run

    Bruce Springsteen · Memoir

    Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run is among the most substantive rock memoirs written, in part because Springsteen is a better prose writer than his public image suggests and in part because he chose to write about the things that actually shaped him rather than the things that made him famous.

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  5. Open: An Autobiography
    Open: An Autobiography

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    Open: An Autobiography

    Andre Agassi · Memoir

    Andre Agassi's autobiography opens with one of the most famous confessions in sports memoir: he hates tennis.

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  6. 10% Happier
    10% Happier

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    10% Happier

    Dan Harris · Memoir

    10% Happier is Dan Harris's account of discovering meditation after a panic attack live on Good Morning America in 2004 forced him to confront an anxiety problem he'd been managing with cocaine and a punishing work schedule.

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