1. I know why the caged bird sings - Maya Angelou
2. All God's children need travelling shoes - Maya Angelou
3. Losing my virginity - Sir Richard Branson
4. Tell Freedom - Peter Abrahams
5. Zambia shall be free - Kenneth Kaunda
6. Ake - Wole Soyinka
7. Dreams from my father - Barrack Obama
8. The audacity of Hope - Barrack Obama
9. Shake hands with the devil - Lt Gen Romeo Dellaire
10. Son of Hamas - Mossab Hassan Youcef
11. Just before Dawn - Kole Omotoso
12. Awo (Unfinished greatness) - Olufemi Ogunsanwo
13. Long walk to Freedom - Nelson Mandela (Can't believe I forgot Madiba)
14. Confessions of an economic hitman - John Perkins (My friend thinks some of this is fiction)
15. Roots - Alex Haley (I think he used most of his imagination to recount the story of Kunta Kinte in the beginning of the book)


I have forgotten quite a lot. Read one on Obasanjo. Can't remember the title. Never got to finish Ben Carsons' "Gifted hands". Still reading...

The long walk to freedom......Nelson Mandela
(Autobiography)Its not about the bike........Lance Armstrong

Ben Carson's Gifted Hands
The Da Vinci notebooks
Where there's a will; there's a way (forgotten the author but twas about an handicapped going to the Olympics). Quite inspiring I dare say.

My odyssey by Nnamdi azikiwe...very inspiring!

Jesus Christ in Mathew, Mark, Luke and John of the King James Version of Bible.
Steve Jobs
Albert Einstein
Indira Gandhi

autobiography of malcolm x -alex hailey
black boy - richard wright
the sweeter the juice - taylor shirley haizlip
on the shoulders of giants- kareem abdul jabar

wksi:

Thank you for mentioning this. I am really proud that Nigerians are veracious readers. This is one of the best leadership books I have read. If you want to go further, you can also read " the four Es of leadership - Jack Welch" The Winning" - Jack Welch.

Been planning to, and now you hv mentioned it, I definitely will. This book changed my thinking in ways I can never explain.

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Two biographies changed my life and made me a collector with a library of over 120 biographical novels


1. Anyone can do it by Duncan Banatyne
2. Made in America by Sam Walton (the walmart founder's story)

My Command - Olusegun Obasanjo
Dreams from my father - Barrack Obama

I can't really choose one, but I'll list the ones I can relate to..

- The express (The life of Ernie Davies).
- Dreams of my father (Barack Obama).
- Malcolm X.
- 2pac in his own words.
- Muhammed Ali.
- The mighty walk (Prof. John Henrik Clarke).
- Black Consciousness (Steven Bantu Biko)..

These are inspirational rags to riches stories of people who look like me, with no opportunities - but they survived against all odds.. I can relate to their struggles, trials, and tribulations..

It's a pity there is no Nigerian on this list... But I admire Kaduna Nzeogwu, and Chief Obafemi Awolowo.

zeeziz: I ven't read any.why shld I sef.

If you think you should read or not...you're right.

But depending on your success journey; goals and vision for the future, i'll suggest you pay attention to below quote.

"Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers"

Richard Branson(losing my Virginity)
St Francis of assisi
Dr Martin Luther king
Barack Obama(dreams from my Father).
4th June A revolution Betrayed( about Jerry Rawlings).

HNosegbe: My Odyssey- Nnamdi Azikiwe,

Straight from the gut- Jack Welch,

Dreams from my Father- Barack Obama, and

The Art of the Deal- Donald Trump (although not an official biography, it revealed a lot about his life).

Art of the deal

one of the best business book i've ever read. I think every student of "big thinking, from conceptualization to implementation" should read this book over and over. The guy is a genius

Riff-Raff:
Black Boy by Richard Wright
Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
Sleepers By Lorenzo Carcaterra

All terrific book.

Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglas: An American Slave by Frederick Douglas and Richard Wright's Black Boy. When you read these books you weep for Blacks that were slaves in America and the horrors perpetrated by the then Ku Klux Klan. Hope I spelt KKK correctly though. Still shuddering!!!

courage89:

Art of the deal

one of the best business book i've ever read. I think every student of "big thinking, from conceptualization to implementation" should read this book over and over. The guy is a genius

Will look for it. Thanks.

karpentar: Jesus Christ in Mathew, Mark, Luke and John of the King James Version of Bible.
Steve Jobs
Albert Einstein
Indira Gandhi

Jesus Christ is truly number one o!!!!!

Teenaba:
Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglas: An American Slave by Frederick Douglas and Richard Wright's Black Boy. When you read these books you weep for Blacks that were slaves in America and the horrors perpetrated by the then Ku Klux Klan. Hope I spelt KKK correctly though. Still shuddering!!!

Read some stories about the KKK by some black American authors I have long forgotten. I have a feeling this one will be hard to get in bookstores. My only hope is the internet.

Please keep the titles coming. Interesting thread.

Sidney Poitier's "This Life" and Peter Abraham's "Tell Freedom"
very nice books.

shadrach77: Long Walk to Freedom - Nelson Mandela

Now you're talkin!

Wooooow!!!
So impressed to see that some people still read books.

I have been really lazy of late and haven't completed a book in over 2months (I do at least one each month).

Well I think I will consider one of these books. Maybe The Black Boy. Because it appears it has the most read biography. I have read and enjoyed a whole lot of those books and I must confess, they helped me one way or the other.

Please (everyone) someone should suggest the best 3 biographies to read between now and June.


I love books and that has seen me having over 300 in my small library.


Thanks in advance.

Bloomberg by Bloomberg

- Bloomberg is the current Mayor of New York City
- Bloomberg TV, newsite, radio, hardware... and others

Classic story of a successful entrepreneur. Nice book

I realized that the OP said 'biographies'. Most of us threw 'autobiographies' into the mix. Since the OP is yet to correct us, I guess this is not a problem.

Third. World to first- lee kwan yew

Long walk to freedon- nelson mandela

virgo: I realized that the OP said 'biographies'. Most of us threw 'autobiographies' into the mix. Since the OP is yet to correct us, I guess this is not a problem.

Not a problem at all.
Whats the difference between you writing your story and someone writing it for you. I see no difference, as long as correct content get published.

The Holy Bible – Story about my creator and his expectation of me. This book has been for my doctrinal knowledge, reproof, correction and instruction in righteousness.

My second best is “Autobiography of Malcolm X”, as told to Alex Harley. A great book that launched me into a great self discovery.

What's your own excuse-John Forpe
Awo-The authobiography

Escobar by Roberto Escobar and David Fisher. Biography of Pablo Escobar. I read this book from start to
Finish without a single break. Thrilling. Escobar was a genius and misunderstood from this account

I have only read one and i am not keen on reading another.
A LEGACY OF LIBERATION
Thabo Mbeki and the Future of the South African Dream by Mark Gevisser
wonderful book of a true African hero.

Chai! See all these crazy, olodo, mentally enslaved, smelly Nigerians listing oyinbo books looooooool..

No wonder your country is a shytehole.. Pricks always use oyinbo solutions to solve African problems.. I'm surprised some of these slaves haven't mentioned simon cowell - or probably hitler..

My list:
- passport of mallam ilia.(Read it in year 5)
- Chike and the river.(Read that in year 3)
- The story of patrice lumumba.
- The story of Dangote, Harry Akande, Deinde Fernandez, Mike Adenuga etc..
- The story of Aminu Kano.
- The story of Obafemi Awolowo.
- The story of Anthony Enahoro.
- The story of Fela Kuti.
- The story of Pius Okigbo.
- The story of Wole Soyinka.
- The story of MKO Abiola..

Whitewashed mofos!

bittyend: Chai! See all these crazy, olodo, mentally enslaved, smelly Nigerians listing oyinbo books looooooool..

No wonder your country is a shytehole.. Pricks always use oyinbo solutions to solve African problems.. I'm surprised some of these slaves haven't mentioned simon cowell - or probably hitler..

My list:
- passport of mallam ilia.(Read it in year 5)
- Chike and the river.(Read that in year 3)
- The story of patrice lumumba.
- The story of Dangote, Harry Akande, Deinde Fernandez, Mike Adenuga etc..
- The story of Aminu Kano.
- The story of Obafemi Awolowo.
- The story of Anthony Enahoro.
- The story of Fela Kuti.
- The story of Pius Okigbo.
- The story of Wole Soyinka.
- The story of MKO Abiola..

Whitewashed mofos!

shame on you. I blive those pple u mentioned also read a whitman man brainwash book(as u said) that why they were able to set their minds to their goals and achieve the extraordinary, and that why u were able to read theirs. Iti boribo.

The Biography of Henry James. ( Part 1, 2 and 3 ). This is the best Biography I've ever read. Henry James is an American Novelist and his Biography was written in an historical manner complete with Pictures. Lovely Book. I read it in 1997 .