18 Best biography books like Bad Blood: Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy, and the Tumultuous 1960s by Jeffrey K. Smith

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Bad Blood: Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy, and the Tumultuous 1960s

By: Jeffrey K. Smith

4.26

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

The tumultuous decade of the 1960s began with promise and hope, when John F. Kennedy became the you…

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1. Fetching Raymond: A Ford County Story

By: John Grisham

3.70

Format: 64 pages, Kindle Edition

A riveting story of suspense from John Grisham's #1 "New York Times "bestseller, "Ford County"--now… read more

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2. Woodrow Wilson: A Life From Beginning to End (One Hour History US Presidents Book 7)

By: Hourly History

4.67

Format: 48 pages,

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

3. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
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4. Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream: The Most Revealing Portrait of a President and Presidential Power Ever Written

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

3.75

Format: 272 pages,

Doris Kearns Goodwin's classic life of Lyndon Johnson, who presided over the Great Society, the Vie… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
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5. Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies

By: J.B. West

3.83

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at life on Pennsylvania Avenue with America's first families, … read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history

6. Into the Abyss: How a Deadly Plane Crash Changed the Lives of a Pilot, a Politician, a Criminal and a Cop

By: Carol Shaben

4.75

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Only four men survived the plane crash. The pilot. A politician. A cop... and the criminal he was s… read more

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7. Killing Jesus: A History

By: Bill O'Reilly , Martin Dugard

3.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Millions of readers have thrilled to bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly and historian Martin Dugard'… read more

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8. American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis

By: Adam Hochschild

4.21

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning, New York Times bestselling historian Adam Hochschild, a fast-paced, revelatory … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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9. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

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  • history
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"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

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10. The Seamstress of New Orleans

By: Diane C. McPhail

3.79

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of the first all-female Mardi Gras krewe at the turn-of-the-century, the a… read more

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"Now, do you want a poppy?"

-Diane C. McPhail, The Seamstress of New Orleans

"Isn’t that momentous? Women! A krewe of women. Turning the tide on men! We are making history here. Yes, this moment! Making history."

-Diane C. McPhail, The Seamstress of New Orleans

"She picked up the wide sleeve and studied the beading: imitation pearls and small rhinestones interspersed with a few of glistening colors: watery blue and aqua, palest rose and coral."

-Diane C. McPhail, The Seamstress of New Orleans

"Beauty had emerged from her mother’s fingertips, her nimble use of needle and bright-colored thread. Beauty had lain in what sort of stitch could marry two scraps on a quilt and what other stitch mir…"

-Diane C. McPhail, The Seamstress of New Orleans

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11. King: A Life

By: Jonathan Eig

4.67

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

The first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk a… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Robert Samuels

12. His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice

By: Robert Samuels

4.52

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
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13. Camino Ghosts (Camino Island #3)

By: John Grisham

4.26

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

In this new thriller on Camino Island, popular bookseller Bruce Cable tells Mercer Mann an irresist… read more

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14. The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis

By: Jeff Shaara

4.33

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara brings alive the heart-stopping days and nights of th… read more

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  • politics
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15. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis

By: George Stephanopoulos

4.45

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years anchor… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
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16. Fear: Trump in the White House

By: Bob Woodward

3.87

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

With authoritative reporting honed through eight presidencies from Nixon to Obama, author Bob Woodw… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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"He’s a fucking moron,"

-Bob Woodward, Fear: Trump in the White House

"When Trump called Mexicans “rapists"

-Bob Woodward, Fear: Trump in the White House

"Mr. President, you've got to buy some democrats," Graham said. The good news is they come cheap."

-Bob Woodward, Fear: Trump in the White House

"For Mr. Trump, though, bringing in Mr. Bannon was the political equivalent of ordering comfort food."

-Bob Woodward, Fear: Trump in the White House

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17. Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes

By: Tim Brady

4.01

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

The astonishing WWII true story of a trio of fearless female resisters whose youth and innocence be… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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18. Bad Blood: Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy, and the Tumultuous 1960s

By: Jeffrey K. Smith

4.26

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

The tumultuous decade of the 1960s began with promise and hope, when John F. Kennedy became the you… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of Bombshell: The Night Bobby Kennedy Killed Marilyn Monroe by Mike Rothmiller

19. Bombshell: The Night Bobby Kennedy Killed Marilyn Monroe

By: Mike Rothmiller

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The Night Bobby Kennedy Murdered Marilyn Monroe tells the essential truth of the death of Marilyn … read more

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  • nonfiction
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  • history
"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. -Marilyn Monroe, 1958"

-Mike Rothmiller, Bombshell: The Night Bobby Kennedy Killed Marilyn Monroe

"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul." -Marilyn Monroe, 1958"

-Mike Rothmiller, Bombshell: The Night Bobby Kennedy Killed Marilyn Monroe

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20. The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World

By: A.J. Baime

4.55

Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition

The dramatic, pulse-pounding story of Harry Truman’s first four months in office, when this unlikel… read more

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"After a few minutes Truman went back inside the White House, so he could call his mother and personally deliver the news: World War II was over. ("That was Harry," ninety-two-year-old Mamma Truman sa…"

-A.J. Baime, The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World

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21. The Consequence of Anna

By: Kate Birkin

4.16

Format: 568 pages, Paperback

The Instant #1 BESTSELLER, reminiscent of The Thorn Birds, The Light Between Oceans, and Lady Chatt… read more

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"The whole world is a hungry stomach with teeth."

-Kate Birkin, The Consequence of Anna

"A face with no freckles is like a flower with no bloom."

-Kate Birkin, The Consequence of Anna

"What is a moment in a day but a grain of sand . . . until that moment means everything in the world?"

-Kate Birkin, The Consequence of Anna

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22. The Ragged Edge of Night

By: Olivia Hawker

4.16

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

For fans of All the Light We Cannot See, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, and The Nightingale comes an emotio… read more

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23. Westport

By: James Comey

4.08

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

In this follow-up to Central Park West , former FBI director James Comey takes readers into the wor… read more

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Cover of Mayday: Eisenhower, Khrushchev, and the U-2 Affair by Michael R. Beschloss

24. Mayday: Eisenhower, Khrushchev, and the U-2 Affair

By: Michael R. Beschloss

4.21

Format: 721 pages, Kindle Edition

The “definitive” book on the U-2 episode and its disastrous impact on the future of the Cold War (K… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of Hermann Göring: A Life from Beginning to End (World War 2 Biographies) by Hourly History

25. Hermann Göring: A Life from Beginning to End (World War 2 Biographies)

By: Hourly History

3.95

Format: 107 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the dark life of Hermann Göring...Free BONUS Inside!One of Hitler’s most notorious henchme… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Bradley (Americans Fighting to Free Europe) by Charles Whiting

26. Bradley (Americans Fighting to Free Europe)

By: Charles Whiting

4.03

Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition

An enthralling biography of the tireless WWII infantry leader who became popularly known as ‘the G.… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Big Cheat: How Donald Trump Fleeced America and Enriched Himself and His Family by David Cay Johnston

27. The Big Cheat: How Donald Trump Fleeced America and Enriched Himself and His Family

By: David Cay Johnston

4.22

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize­–winning reporter and dean of Trumpologists David Cay Johnston reveals years of eye-… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed by Maureen Callahan

28. Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed

By: Maureen Callahan

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kenn… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of Dwight D. Eisenhower: An Associated Press Biography by Relman Morin

29. Dwight D. Eisenhower: An Associated Press Biography

By: Relman Morin

4.48

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A stirring exploration of our thirty-fourth President, Dwight D. Eisenhower.From the time of his ch… read more

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  • history
  • biography
Cover of 101 Indisputable Facts Proving Donald Trump Is An Idiot: A brief background of the most spectacularly unqualified person to ever occupy the White House. by Guy Fawkes

30. 101 Indisputable Facts Proving Donald Trump Is An Idiot: A brief background of the most spectacularly unqualified person to ever occupy the White House.

By: Guy Fawkes

3.92

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

Donald Trump’s idiocy began long before he reached the White House. Here’s a quick guide and easily… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Cuban Missile Crisis: 13 Days that Brought the Cold War to the Brink by Charles River Editors

31. The Cuban Missile Crisis: 13 Days that Brought the Cold War to the Brink

By: Charles River Editors

4.00

Format: 76 pages, Kindle Edition

*Includes pictures.*Includes descriptions of the crisis written by important officials.*Includes a … read more

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20 Top history books like Bad Blood: Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy, and the Tumultuous 1960s by Jeffrey K. Smith

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Woodrow Wilson: A Life From Beginning to End (One Hour History US Presidents Book 7)

Hourly History

4.67

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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

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Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream: The Most Revealing Portrait of a President and Presidential Power Ever Written

Doris Kearns Goodwin

3.75

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Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies

J.B. West

3.83

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Eruption

Michael Crichton

3.91

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Think Twice (Myron Bolitar, #12)

Harlan Coben

4.34

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Toxic Prey (Lucas Davenport, #34, Letty Davenport, #3)

John Sandford

4.45

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David Baldacci

4.53

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