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[–] Quaestorr 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
I'm afraid they're all nazi-related:
John Toland's Hitler Biography. I read this somewhere between my 18th and 20th (cannot say precisely), in its Dutch translation. It especially appealed to me because of its vivid description of Hitler's Vienna years. Recommended!
Peter Longerich's Heinrich Himmler bio (also in Dutch; the original is in German). Very detailed and in-depth. Highly recommended!
I am now reading Longerich's Hitler bio. (Remarkably I can find news on this in English from 2015 and 16, but no links to an English publication; maybe it still hasn't been translated?) I'm currently at the part where Hitler is organizing his party but not yet in power. Longerich gives many interesting details about the politics of the day, which I find very interesting. Allegedly, the book keeps doing that for its remainder. I do not mind that, even appreciate that because I already got much of the details of his personal life from other biographies. But as a starter on Hitler, Toland's bio is probably better.
Oh, I've read Joachim Fest too (his Hitler bio I mean). Interesting and inevitable if you're interested on the subject, but also dry. And Sebastian Haffner's response to it, which is also mandatory, and recommendable.
I'm sure I must have read some biographies of other people, but either they aren't hugely recommendable (e.g. I read some Rasputin bio which was partly interesting but also partly came off as pure speculation) or they simply don't come to mind. I blame the internet. For the last 18 years or so, the bulk of what I read is online, and it's hard to say where I picked up this-or-that piece of knowledge. Before the internet days, I usually could remember the source of everything I read, which is convenient.
[–] cattarhero 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
No Better Friend, but it's about a dog (mostly).
[–] Fambida 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The autobiography of Malcolm X was pretty good.
[–] Native 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
American Lion
[–] ZardoZ2017 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Charlie Chaplin was always my favorite(https://infogalactic.com/info/Charlie_Chaplin) until i saw Life Is Worth Losing with George Carlin then from there on i knew we're all fucked...Anyways..i'll be sitting in my chair fucking around on voat...smoking...drinking...fucking...eating...waiting for the revelation. Cheers mate!
[–] ilikeskittles 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Steven Jobs and Leonard Cohen were pretty good reads.