15 must-read biography memoir books like Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir by Marie Yovanovitch

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Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

By: Marie Yovanovitch

4.50

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT  NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER | An inspiring and urgent memoir by the former U.S. ambassador …

"Just as in the Trump-Giuliani Ukraine conspiracy, we saw a ruthless, single-minded obsession with staying in power; a manifest lack of moral values, shame, and civility; and a stunning disregard of and disrespect for facts, truth, and expertise."

-Marie Yovanovitch, Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

If you liked the biography memoir plot in Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir by Marie Yovanovitch , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

By: Rachel Maddow

4.45

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Maddow's Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism book and Marie Yovanovitch's Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"One big appeal of fascism, if nothing else, was its unapologetic embrace of cruelty. Cruelty towards others, coupled with hypersensitivity towards any slight to oneself."

-Rachel Maddow, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

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2. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more

Similar categories in Doris Kearns Goodwin's An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s book and Marie Yovanovitch's Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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3. Romney: A Reckoning

By: McKay Coppins

4.36

Format: 416 pages, ebook

A remarkably illuminating biography of the political maverick, filled with revelations and written … read more

Similar categories in McKay Coppins's Romney: A Reckoning book and Marie Yovanovitch's Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

By: Liz Cheney

4.60

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers be… read more

Similar categories in Liz Cheney's Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning book and Marie Yovanovitch's Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021

By: Peter Baker

4.46

Format: 725 pages, Kindle Edition

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "The most comprehensive and detailed account of the Trump presidency ye… read more

Similar categories in Peter Baker's The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021 book and Marie Yovanovitch's Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

By: Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe “A vibrant, and essential history of America's u… read more

Similar categories in Heather Cox Richardson's Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America book and Marie Yovanovitch's Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. Enough

By: Cassidy Hutchinson

4.31

Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition

Cassidy Hutchinson’s desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American h… read more

Similar categories in Cassidy Hutchinson's Enough book and Marie Yovanovitch's Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America

By: Maggie Haberman

4.09

Format: 597 pages, Hardcover

From the Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter who has defined Donald J. Trump's presidenc… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Haberman's Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America book and Marie Yovanovitch's Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Trump is to business what professional wrestling is to sports: part of it, certainly, but also a cartoonish parody of it."

-Maggie Haberman, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America

"[White House Chief of Staff and Four-Star General John] Kelly shared with [Mick} Mulvaney {who was appointed when Kelly resigned] his view that Trump was the most flawed person he had ever met."

-Maggie Haberman, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America

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9. This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for American Democracy

By: Jonathan Martin

4.00

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The shocking, definitive account of the 2020 election and the first year of the Biden presidency by… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Martin's This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for American Democracy book and Marie Yovanovitch's Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. There Is Nothing For You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century

By: Fiona Hill

4.13

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A celebrated foreign policy expert and key impeachment witness reveals how declining opportunity ha… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Hill's There Is Nothing For You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century book and Marie Yovanovitch's Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

  • russia
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

By: Jen Psaki

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons s… read more

Similar categories in Jen Psaki's Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World book and Marie Yovanovitch's Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"There was also a large crew of people who tried to nickname the previously mentioned Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework "BIF". If you would like your audience to start making fun of a big, serious, …"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

"I've spent time with a lot of very busy people - business leaders, prominent journalists, and multiple presidents. Despite the unusually high demands on their schedules, something they all have in co…"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

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12. Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could

By: Adam Schiff

4.52

Format: 537 pages, Kindle Edition

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The vital inside account of American democracy in its darkest hour, … read more

Similar categories in Adam Schiff's Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could book and Marie Yovanovitch's Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy

By: Jamie Raskin

4.51

Format: 428 pages, Hardcover

In this searing memoir, Congressman Jamie Raskin tells the story of the forty-five days at the star… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Raskin's Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy book and Marie Yovanovitch's Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"If a person can grow through unthinkable trauma and loss, perhaps a nation may, too."

-Jamie Raskin, Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy

"Memory requires active engagement with the complexities of the past. It is not an unthinking or passive process, like breathing or (for most people) sleeping. I have found that good memory, like good…"

-Jamie Raskin, Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy

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14. Holding the Line: Inside the Nation's Preeminent US Attorney's Office and Its Battle with the Trump Justice Department

By: Geoffrey Berman

4.24

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

"Throughout my tenure as US attorney, Trump's Justice Department kept demanding that I use my offic… read more

Similar categories in Geoffrey Berman's Holding the Line: Inside the Nation's Preeminent US Attorney's Office and Its Battle with the Trump Justice Department book and Marie Yovanovitch's Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America

By: Barbara McQuade

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An urgent, comprehensive explanation of the ways disinformation is impacting democracy, and practic… read more

Similar categories in Barbara McQuade's Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America book and Marie Yovanovitch's Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

By: Marie Yovanovitch

4.50

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT  NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER | An inspiring and urgent memoir by the former U.S. ambassador … read more

Similar categories in Marie Yovanovitch's Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir book and Marie Yovanovitch's Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

  • russia
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • ukraine
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Just as in the Trump-Giuliani Ukraine conspiracy, we saw a ruthless, single-minded obsession with staying in power; a manifest lack of moral values, shame, and civility; and a stunning disregard of a…"

-Marie Yovanovitch, Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

Cover of The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky by Simon Shuster

17. The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky

By: Simon Shuster

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Time  correspondent Simon Shuster delivers the definitive account of the Russian invasion of Ukrain… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • ukraine
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Here, Right Matters: An American Story by Alexander S. Vindman

18. Here, Right Matters: An American Story

By: Alexander S. Vindman

4.46

Format: 256 pages, ebook

The former National Security Council staffer who testified against President Trump during his impea… read more

Similar categories in Alexander S. Vindman's Here, Right Matters: An American Story book and Marie Yovanovitch's Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. Small Acts of Courage: A Legacy of Endurance and the Fight for Democracy

By: Ali Velshi

4.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A captivating family history that illustrates how small actions can have an outsized political impa… read more

Similar categories in Ali Velshi's Small Acts of Courage: A Legacy of Endurance and the Fight for Democracy book and Marie Yovanovitch's Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service by Anthony Fauci

20. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service

By: Anthony Fauci

4.59

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and w… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Fauci's On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service book and Marie Yovanovitch's Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times

By: Mark T. Esper

3.88

Format: 752 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Former Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper reveals the shocking de… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

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4.71

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4.36

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Jonathan Karl

4.28

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Rory Stewart

4.36

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