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Books like Total Recall
A high-octane, unapologetic ride through a life built on sheer willpower and audacious reinvention. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Total Recall.
- energetic
- larger-than-life
- optimistic
- driven
- 01
Encyclopedia of modern bodybuilding
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bill Dobbins
A massive, sweat-soaked bible of physical transformation that channels the relentless drive of a champion.
- 02
My Life
Bill Clinton · 2004
A sprawling, folksy, and deeply detailed journey through the mind of a relentlessly ambitious and complex American leader.
- 03
Iacocca
Iacocca, Lee · 1984
A tough-talking, straight-shooting ride through the golden age of American manufacturing and the ultimate corporate comeback.
- 04
Huey Long
T. Harry Williams · 1969
A massive, deeply researched immersion into the life and political machinery of a towering American figure.
- 05
Trump
Tony Schwartz and Donald Trump
A fast-talking, unapologetic masterclass in 1980s corporate bravado and the psychology of the hustle.
- 06
Let my people go surfing
Yvon Chouinard
A rugged, philosophical manifesto for building a life and a business that honors the wild world.
- 07
Stories I only Tell My Friends
Rob Lowe
A surprisingly soulful, sun-drenched ride through 1980s Hollywood that feels like listening to a charming friend confess their wildest secrets.
- 08
Starting strength
Mark Rippetoe and Lon Kilgore
A gruff, uncompromising masterclass in the biomechanics of picking up heavy things and putting them back down.
- 09
Sam Walton
Sam Walton · 1993
A folksy, fireside masterclass in relentless ambition and grassroots entrepreneurship.
- 10
Hitman
Bret Hart
A brutally honest and unvarnished look behind the curtain of professional wrestling, told with startling candor.
- 11
Winning bodybuilding
Franco Columbu
Step into the sweat-soaked, iron-clanking atmosphere of a Golden Era gym with a legendary champion as your personal guide.
- 12
High-Intensity Training the Mike Mentzer Way
Mike Mentzer
A fiercely logical manifesto that challenges fitness dogma and demands absolute physical and mental focus.
