15 Best biography books like Truman by David McCullough

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Truman

By: David McCullough

3.31

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events…

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1. An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963

By: Robert Dallek

3.99

Format: 849 pages, Paperback

Drawing on previously unavailable material and never-before-opened archives, An Unfinished Life is … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"She was a little removed,"

-Robert Dallek, An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963

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2. Washington: A Life

By: Ron Chernow

4.16

Format: 904 pages, Hardcover

The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a brea… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"Many mickles make a muckle."

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"Washington grew as a leader because he engaged in searching self- criticism. “I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors,"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this, because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults or remove the prejudices whic…"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"An essential difference between the American and French revolutions was that the American version allowed a search for many truths, while French zealots tried to impose a single sacred truth that all…"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

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3. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

By: Edmund Morris

4.23

Format: 816 pages, Paperback

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time Described by … read more

Similar categories in Edmund Morris's The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt book and David McCullough's Truman

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"Any black or red man who could win admission to “the fellowship of the doers"

-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

"He plunged at once into the somewhat rodent-like life of a professional historian."

-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

"Wall Street billionaires are predicting that Roosevelt-style railroad rate regulation will sooner or later bring about financial catastrophe. [ca. 1906]"

-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

"[T]he one plain duty of every man is to face the future as he faces the present, regardless of what it may have in store for him, turning toward the light as he sees the light, to play his part manfu…"

-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

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4. The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin

By: H.W. Brands

4.75

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

National Bestseller He was the foremost American of his day, yet today he is little more than a my… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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5. Truman

By: David McCullough

3.31

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events… read more

Similar categories in David McCullough's Truman book and David McCullough's Truman

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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6. The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)

By: Robert A. Caro

4.36

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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7. Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3)

By: Robert A. Caro

4.36

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

The most riveting political biography of our time, Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon B. Johnson, cont… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
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8. His Excellency: George Washington

By: Joseph J. Ellis

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

National Bestseller To this landmark biography of our first president, Joseph J. Ellis brings the e… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
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9. Alexander Hamilton

By: Ron Chernow

3.77

Format: 32 pages,

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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10. American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

By: Jon Meacham

3.44

Format: 336 pages,

Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this r… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction

11. No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

3.49

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Pulitzer for History, No Ordinary Timeis a chronicle of one of the most vibrant & rev… read more

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12. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin , Suzanne Toren

4.28

Format: 916 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Lincoln PrizeAcclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
"An adult friend of Lincoln's: "Life was to him a school."

-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

"And Lincoln, as would be evidenced throughout his presidency, was a master of timing."

-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

"(from John Hay's diary) “The President never appeared to better advantage in the world,"

-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

"I hope to stand firm enough not to go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause."

-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

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13. Eisenhower in War and Peace

By: Jean Edward Smith

4.06

Format: 976 pages, Hardcover

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Christian Science Monitor • St. Louis Post-DispatchIn… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"Jealousy knows no logic, nor does it respect reciprocity."

-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace

"The loneliness of command had made Eisenhower emotionally self-sufficient."

-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace

"Patton would have said a warmer goodbye to his horse, The author writes on Eisenhower's cold dismissal of his wartime lover."

-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace

"Eisenhower on Patton: "Fundamentally, he is so avid for recognition as a great commander that he won't with ruthlessly suppress any habit that will jeopardize it."

-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace

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14. Lincoln

By: David Herbert Donald

4.19

Format: 714 pages, Paperback

A masterful work by Pulitzer Prize–winning author David Herbert Donald, Lincoln is a stunning portr… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

15. FDR

By: Jean Edward Smith

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

One of today's premier biographers has written a modern, comprehensive, indeed ultimate book on the… read more

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16. Theodore Rex

By: Edmund Morris

4.18

Format: 772 pages, Paperback

Theodore Roosevelt and his two-term presidency (1901-9) deserve a king-size, seize-the-man biograph… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"Implicit in the stare of those eyes, the power of those knobbly hands, was labor's historic threat of violence against capital."

-Edmund Morris, Theodore Rex

"Yet there was no doubt that Theodore Roosevelt was peculiarly qualified to be President of all the people. Few, if any Americans could match the breadth of his intellect and the strength of his chara…"

-Edmund Morris, Theodore Rex

17. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

By: Walter Isaacson

4.33

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Benjamin Franklin is the Founding Father who winks at us. An ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose … read more

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18. Richard Nixon: The Life

By: John A. Farrell

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Brilliantly researched, authoritatively crafted by a prize-winning biographer, and lively on the pa… read more

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19. Grant

By: Ron Chernow

4.40

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefel… read more

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20. The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Doris Kearns Goodwin, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of Team of Rivals, captures the Progr… read more

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21. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

By: Jon Meacham

4.04

Format: 802 pages, Kindle Edition

In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

"Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

"Jefferson was ambivalent about executive power – until he bore executive responsibility."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

"Sometimes paranoids have enemies, and conspiracies are only laughable when they fail to materialize."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

15 must-read history books like Truman by David McCullough

Transform Your Habits

An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963

Robert Dallek

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Washington: A Life

Ron Chernow

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

Edmund Morris

4.23

Transform Your Habits

The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin

H.W. Brands

4.75

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16 Top history books like The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris

Transform Your Habits

Washington: A Life

Ron Chernow

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

Edmund Morris

4.23

Transform Your Habits

The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century

Scott Miller

3.94

Transform Your Habits

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin , None

3.86

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