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Biography

A list of biography books mentioned on the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
by Barack Obama
It Takes A Village
by Hillary Clinton
Dear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il
by Michael Malice
A Perfect Union of Contrary Things
by Maynard James Keenan & Sarah Jensen
Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and Me
by Ron Miscavige
Hard-Core: Life of My Own
by Harley Flanagan
Escape from Camp 14: One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
by Blaine Harden
Going Rogue: An American Life
by Sarah Palin
Mein Kampf
by Adolf Hitler

politics
Made in America: The Most Dominant Champion in UFC History
by Matt Hughes with Michael Malice

sports
Taking Aim: Daring to Be Different, Happier, and Healthier in the Great Outdoors
by Eva Shockey

hunting
Brother Sam: The Short, Spectacular Life of Sam Kinison
by Bill Kinison
On the Move: A Life
by Oliver Sacks
No Quarter: The Three Lives of Jimmy Page
by Martin Power
Bad as I Wanna Be
by Dennis Rodman
My Life
by Bill Clinton
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journeys
by Michael Collins
The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell
by W. Kamau Bell
The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley
by Malcolm X, Alex Haley & Attallah Shabazz
On Writing: A Memoir on the Craft
by Stephen King
Born To Fight
by Mark Hunt & Ben McKelvey

sports
All In: The Education of General David Petraeus
by Paula Broadwell
The Soulacoaster: The Diary of Me
by R. Kelly
Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny
by Holly Madison
Ladies and Gentlemen Lenny Bruce!!
by Albert Goldman & Lawrence Schiller
The Man Who Fed The World
by Leon Hesser
Center of the Cyclone: An Autobiography of Inner Space
by John C. Lilly
Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump
by Harry Hurt III
This Is It!: The Secret Lives of Dr. Conrad Murray and Michael Jackson
by Conrad Murray
Panzram: A Journal of Murder
by Carl Panzram
John Dee and the Empire of Angels: Enochian Magick and the Occult Roots of the Modern World
by Jason Louv
Trump: The Art of the Deal
by Donald Trump with Tony Schwartz

business
Marianne Faithfull: A Life on Record
by Marianne Faithfull

music
American Desperado: My Life-From Mafia Soldier to Cocaine Cowboy to Secret Government Asset
by Jon Roberts & Evan Wright

crime
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
by Anthony Bourdain
Agent Storm: My Life Inside al Qaeda and the CIA
by Morten Storm with Tim Lister & Paul Cruickshank
Blood in the Cage: Mixed Martial Arts, Pat Miletich, and the Furious Rise of the UFC
by L. Jon Wertheim

sports
Running the Table: The Legend of Kid Delicious, the Last Great American Pool Hustler
by L. Jon Wertheim

sports
Radical: My Journey out of Islamist Extremism
by Maajid Nawaz

religion
The Way of the Fight
by Georges St-Pierre

sports
Papillon
by Henri Charriere

crime
The Dark Side of Camelot
by Seymour M. Hersh

politics
Acheson: The Secretary of State Who Created the American World
by James Chace

politics
Octopus: Sam Israel, the Secret Market, and Wall Street’s Wildest Con
by Guy Lawson

finance
Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Memoir
by Steven Tyler

music
Part Reptile: UFC, MMA and Me
by Dan Hardy

sports
Money: The Life and Fast Times of Floyd Mayweather
by Tris Dixon
Mystic Chemist: The Life of Albert Hofmann and His Discovery of LSD
by Dieter Hagenback & Lucius Werthmüller
The Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, the MC5, and My Life of Impossibilities
by Wayne Kramer

music
The King of Hollywood: A Biography of Clark Gable
by Charles Samuels
Johnny Cash: The Life
by Robert Hilburn

music
Gall: Lakota War Chief
by Robert W. Larson

history
Leonardo da Vinci
by Walter Isaacson
The Rock Says…
by The Rock with Joe Layden
The Evolution of a Cro-Magnon
by John Joseph
Positively Page: The Diamond Dallas Page Journey
by Diamond Dallas Page
7 Days to Live
by Nick Yarris
Atlas: From the Streets to the Ring: A Son’s Struggle to Become a Man
by Teddy Atlas & Peter Alson

sports
Life
by Keith Richards

music
Burn My Shadow: A Selective Memory of an X-Rated Life
by Tyler Knight

sex
Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
by David Goggins

motivation
Nigger: An Autobiography
by Dick Gregory
Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
by Richard Feynman
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story Mass
by Ben Carson with Cecil Murphey
My Life in the Ring and Out
by Jack Johnson

sports
Hunter: The Strange and Savage Life of Hunter S. Thompson
by E. Jean Carroll
Becoming
by Michelle Obama
A Father First: How My Life Became Bigger Than Basketball
by Dwyane Wade

sports
Robin
by Dave Itzkoff
Che: The Diaries of Ernesto Che Guevara
by Ernesto Che Guevara
The I Chong: Meditations from the Joint
by Tommy Chong
Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat
by Patricia Williams & Jeannine Amber

comedians
Every Little Step: My Story
by Bobby Brown & Nick Chiles

music
Pryor Convictions: And Other Life Sentences
by Richard Pryor

comedians
Blue: The Color of Noise
by Steve Aoki

music
Nigel Benn (Dark Destroyer)
by Nigel Benn
Permanent Record
by Edward Snowden
Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem
by Anthony Bozza
Slash
by Slash with Anthony Bozza
Tommyland
by Tommy Lee with Anthony Bozza
My Fight / Your Fight
by Ronda Rousey

sports
Raw: My Journey into the Wu-Tang
by Lamont “U-God” Hawkins

music
The Tao of Wu
by The RZA

music
The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend
by Bob Drury & Tom Clavin

history
Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson
by S. C. Gwynne

history
Crazy Horse: A Life
by Larry McMurtry

history
The Big Sea
by Langston Hughes
I Am Duran: My Autobiography
by Roberto Duran

sports
Undisputed Truth
by Mike Tyson
Don’t Call Me Fake: The Real Story of “Dr. D” David Schultz
by David Schultz with John Cosper
Hitler: A Biography
by Ian Kershaw
The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
by Ulysses S. Grant

military
The Years of Lyndon Johnson
by Robert A. Caro

politics
Yeah Buddy! My Incredible Story
by Ronnie Coleman
Heart of a Lion: The Wild and Woolly Life of Bobby Layne
by Bob St. John

sports
Permanent Midnight: A Memoir
by Jerry Stahl
Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson
by Raymond W. Thorp Jr. & Robert Bunker
Chasing the Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game
by Oliver Stone
Greenlights
by Matthew McConaughey
The Art & Science of Respect: A Memoir
by James Prince
Dayglo!: The Poly Styrene Story
by Celeste Bell & Zoe Howe

music
Buddy Hall: Rags to Rifleman, Then What?
by W. W. Woody
The Joke’s Over: Bruised Memories – Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Me
by Ralph Steadman
A Wrestling Life 2: More Inspiring Stories of Dan Gable
by Dan Gable

sports
Underboss: Sammy the Bull Gravano’s Story of Life in the Mafia
by Peter Maas
Gandhi: Naked Ambition
by Jad Adams
Bruce Lee: A Life
by Matthew Polly
Endless Highway
by David Carradine
Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew
by Linda Lee
Stories to Tell: A Memoir
by Richard Marx
Beautiful Things: A Memoir
by Hunter Biden
A Life in Parts
by Bryan Cranston
Breathe: A Life in Flow
by Rickson Gracie with Peter Maguire
Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography
by Laurie Woolever
Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy
by G. Gordon Liddy
Never Broken: Songs Are Only Half the Story
by Jewel
Reporter: A Memoir
by Seymour M. Hersh
Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography
by Kitty Kelley
Overdrive: Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace
by James Wallace
From the Ground Up: A Journey to Reimagine the Promise of America
by Howard Schultz
Isaac Newton
by James Gleick
Some Girls: My Life in a Harem
by Jillian Lauren
Beyond Possible: One Man, Fourteen Peaks, and the Mountaineering Achievement of a Lifetime
by Nims Purja
Bosie: A Biography of Lord Alfred Douglas
by Douglas Murray
Based on a True Story: Not a Memoir
by by Norm Macdonald

comedians
The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer
by Philip Carlo

crime
This Will Be Funny Later: A Memoir
by Jenny Pentland
Stalin
by Stephen Kotkin
Scars and Stripes: An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself
by Tim Kennedy & Nick Palmisciano

military
Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
by Ryan Holiday & Stephen Hanselman

philosophy
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
by Jack Weatherford

history
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
by Tom Reiss

history
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey
by Candice Millard

history
What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen
by Kate Fagan

sports
Michael Jackson: The Magic, The Madness, The Whole Story, 1958-2009
by J. Randy Taraborrelli
Little Failure: A Memoir
by Gary Shteyngart
Sinbad’s Guide to Life: Because I Know Everything
by Sinbad
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
by Walter Isaacson

science
Einstein: His Life and Universe
by Walter Isaacson
Dancing Naked in the Mind Field
by Kary Mullis

science
Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir
by Jann S. Wenner
Govt Cheese: A Memoir
by Steven Pressfield
Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within
by David Goggins

motivation
Rising Wolf, The White Blackfoot
by James Willard Schultz

history
Spare
by Prince Harry
Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church
by Megan Phelps-Roper
Quitters Never Win: My Life in UFC
by Michael Bisping with Anthony Evans

sports
Mastering the Metal: The Evolution of Eddie Bravo
by Zack Moore
Dove
by Robin Lee Graham with Derek L.T. Gill
Tremendous: The Life of a Comedy Savage
by Joey Diaz with Erica Florentine

comedians
The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations
by John McCain & Mark Salter

politics
Let’s Get It On!: The Making of MMA and Its Ultimate Referee
by “Big” John McCarthy

sports
Dinner with DiMaggio: Memories of An American Hero
by Rock Positano

sports
Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones
by Quincy Jones
Miles
by Miles Davis
Silvertip
by Robert Windauer
There’s Just One Problem…True Tales from the Former, One-Time, 7th Most Powerful Person in WWE
by Brian Gewirtz
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
by Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin
Great Falls, MT: Fast Times, Post-Punk Weirdos, and a Tale of Coming Home Again
by Reggie Watts
Hendo: The American Athlete
by Dan Henderson with David Kano

sports
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A Memoir
by Haruki Murakami
It’s a Long Story: My Life
by Willie Nelson with David Ritz
Rocket Boys
by Homer Hickam
Subculture Vulture: A Memoir in Six Scenes
by Moshe Kasher

comedians
Steve Jobs
by Walter Isaacson
Elon Musk
by Walter Isaacson
Happy Odyssey
by Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart

military
The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific
by Alistair Urquhart

military
Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk
by Billy Walters
Tiger Woods
by Jeff Benedict & Armen Keteyian
Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult: a Memoir
by Michelle Dowd
The History of Alexander
by Quintus Curtius Rufus
Naturalist
by Edward O. Wilson
The Man Who Organized Nature: The Life of Linnaeus
by Gunnar Broberg
Journey to the Edge of Reason: The Life of Kurt Gödel
by Stephen Budiansky
Tucker
by Chadwick Moore
Freeway Rick Ross: The Untold Autobiography
by Rick Ross with Cathy Scott
Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood
by Danny Trejo with Donal Logue
An American Life
by Ronald Reagan
Open: An Autobiography
by Andre Agassi

sports
Killing the Image: A Champion’s Journey of Faith, Fighting, and Forgiveness
by Andre Ward with Nick Chiles

sports
Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
by Yvon Chouinard
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
by Dave Grohl
From Under the Truck: A Memoir
by Josh Brolin
From Staircase to Stage: The Story of Raekwon and the Wu-Tang Clan
by Raekwon with Anthony Bozza

music
Plutarch’s Lives
by Plutarch
Wired: The Short Life & Fast Times of John Belushi
by Bob Woodward
Churchill, Hitler, and “The Unnecessary War”: How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
by Patrick J. Buchanan
Almost Interesting: The Memoir
by David Spade
Confess: The Autobiography
by Rob Halford
Hello Darlin’: Tall (and Absolutely True) Tales About My Life
by Larry Hagman with Todd Gold