10 Best biography memoir books like Obama: An Intimate Portrait by Pete Souza

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Obama: An Intimate Portrait

By: Pete Souza

4.34

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

This is the definitive visual biography of Barack Obama's presidency, captured in intimate, unprece…

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1. The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy

By: Mark Logue , Peter Conradi

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

One man saved the British Royal Family in the first decades of the 20th century - he wasn't a prime… read more

Similar categories in Mark Logue's The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy book and Pete Souza's Obama: An Intimate Portrait

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
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2. 1421: The Year China Discovered America

By: Gavin Menzies

4.16

Format: 422 pages, Paperback

On 3/8/1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China. Its mission was "to pro… read more

Similar categories in Gavin Menzies's 1421: The Year China Discovered America book and Pete Souza's Obama: An Intimate Portrait

  • nonfiction
  • history

3. Someone

By: Alice McDermott

3.47

Format: 1 pages, Hardcover

An ordinary life - its sharp pains and unexpected joys, its bursts of clarity and moments of confus… read more

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4. The Devil & Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness & Obsession

By: David Grann

3.60

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed New Yorkerwriter and author of the breakout debut bestseller The Lost City of Z, David Gr… read more

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5. What Happened

By: Hillary Rodham Clinton

4.50

Format: 191 pages,

"In the past, for reasons I try to explain, I've often felt I had to be careful in public, like I w… read more

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6. Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace

By: Anne Lamott

4.41

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Stitches and Help, Thanks, Wow comes her long-awaited collection of … read more

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7. De la Turquie à la Grèce (L'Odyssée d'Hakim #2)

By: Fabien Toulmé

4.75

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

Suite du récit de l'histoire vraie d'Hakim, réfugié syrien en exil, ce deuxième tome aborde avec ém… read more

Similar categories in Fabien Toulmé's De la Turquie à la Grèce (L'Odyssée d'Hakim #2) book and Pete Souza's Obama: An Intimate Portrait

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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8. 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 Pete Souza's Obama: An Intimate Portrait

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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9. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

By: Michael Harriot

4.59

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly… read more

Similar categories in Michael Harriot's Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America book and Pete Souza's Obama: An Intimate Portrait

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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10. A Promised Land

By: Barack Obama

4.33

Format: 768 pages, Kindle Edition

A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making, from the president who inspired us to… read more

Similar categories in Barack Obama's A Promised Land book and Pete Souza's Obama: An Intimate Portrait

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
"Glory and tragedy, courage and stupidity - one set of truths didn't negate the other. For war was contradiction, as was the history of America."

-Barack Obama, A Promised Land

"I thought the country I'd just described to them - a hopeful, generous, courageous America, an America that was open to everyone. At about the same age as the graduates were now, I'd seized on that i…"

-Barack Obama, A Promised Land

"Then again, a president wasn’t a lawyer or an accountant or a pilot, hired to carry out some narrow, specialized task. Mobilizing public opinion, shaping working coalitions - that was the job. Whethe…"

-Barack Obama, A Promised Land

"But there comes a point in the speech where I find my cadence. The crowd quiets rather than roars. It's the kind of moment I'd come to recognize in subsequent years, on certain magic nights. There's …"

-Barack Obama, A Promised Land

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11. Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump

By: Michael Cohen

4.09

Format: 439 pages, Kindle Edition

11 hours, 50 minutes This book almost didn’t see the light of day as government officials tried… read more

Similar categories in Michael Cohen's Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump book and Pete Souza's Obama: An Intimate Portrait

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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12. Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me

By: Whoopi Goldberg

4.33

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influ… read more

Similar categories in Whoopi Goldberg's Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me book and Pete Souza's Obama: An Intimate Portrait

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Listen. The confines of this neighbourhood do not represent the confines of your life. You can go and do and be whatever you want. But, whatever you choose, be yourself."

-Whoopi Goldberg, Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me

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13. Murder Crossed Her Mind (Pentecost and Parker, #4)

By: Stephen Spotswood

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The latest action-packed installment in the Nero Award-winning Pentecost & Parker Mystery series fo… read more

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14. American Spirits

By: Russell Banks

3.88

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From one of America’s most celebrated storytellers come three dark, interlocking tales about the re… read more

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15. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

By: Kamala Harris

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us,… read more

Similar categories in Kamala Harris's The Truths We Hold: An American Journey book and Pete Souza's Obama: An Intimate Portrait

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"When you break through a glass ceiling, you're going to get cut, and it's going to hurt."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

"One of my mother’s favorite sayings was “Don’t let anybody tell you who you are. You tell them who you are."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

"Politics is a realm where the grand pronouncement often takes the place of the painstaking and detail-oriented work of getting meaningful things done."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

". . . Being a good person meant standing for something larger than yourself; that success is measured in part by what you help others achieve and accomplish."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

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16. Full Disclosure

By: Stormy Daniels

3.57

Format: 8 pages, Audiobook

She was already well-known in some circles before March 6, 2018, but that's probably the first time… read more

Similar categories in Stormy Daniels's Full Disclosure book and Pete Souza's Obama: An Intimate Portrait

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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17. Obama: An Intimate Portrait

By: Pete Souza

4.34

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

This is the definitive visual biography of Barack Obama's presidency, captured in intimate, unprece… read more

Similar categories in Pete Souza's Obama: An Intimate Portrait book and Pete Souza's Obama: An Intimate Portrait

  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • presidents
  • photography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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18. Letters of C. S. Lewis

By: C.S. Lewis

4.18

Format: 688 pages, Paperback

A repackaged edition of the revered author’s collection of personal letters—a curated selection of … read more

Similar categories in C.S. Lewis's Letters of C. S. Lewis book and Pete Souza's Obama: An Intimate Portrait

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Isn’t it funny the way some combinations of words can give you – apart from their meaning – a thrill like music?"

-C.S. Lewis, Letters of C. S. Lewis

"Don’t you simply love going to bed. To curl up warmly in a nice warm bed, in the lovely darkness. That is so restful and then gradually drift away into sleep…"

-C.S. Lewis, Letters of C. S. Lewis

"Of Course God does not consider you hopeless. If He did, He would not be moving you to seek Him (and He obviously is)... Continue seeking Him with seriousness. Unless He wanted you, you would not be …"

-C.S. Lewis, Letters of C. S. Lewis

"A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to…"

-C.S. Lewis, Letters of C. S. Lewis

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19. What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism

By: Dan Rather

4.31

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “I find myself thinking deeply about what it means to love Ame… read more

Similar categories in Dan Rather's What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism book and Pete Souza's Obama: An Intimate Portrait

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"We are a nation not only of dreamers, but also of fixers. We have looked at our land and people, and said, time and time again, "This is not good enough; we can be better."

-Dan Rather, What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism

"We often hear about how we need to be more tolerant: to make room for people, ideas, and actions with which we may not agree. This is a prerequisite for a functional democracy. But tolerance alone is…"

-Dan Rather, What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism

"What sticks with me more than even that act of kindness was how my mother talked to me about it... So I asked my mother why we gave those families gifts at Christmas when we ourselves didn't have muc…"

-Dan Rather, What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism

"Simply put, we have more people talking about news and less original reporting. Whether on television or online, there is no shortage of analysis. But analysis is only as good as the information that…"

-Dan Rather, What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism

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20. Chasing Light: Michelle Obama Through the Lens of a White House Photographer

By: Amanda Lucidon

4.47

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

A collection of striking and intimate photographs of Michelle Obama—many never before seen—coupled … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Lucidon's Chasing Light: Michelle Obama Through the Lens of a White House Photographer book and Pete Souza's Obama: An Intimate Portrait

  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • photography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of Death Blow (Veranda Cruz #3) by Isabella Maldonado

21. Death Blow (Veranda Cruz #3)

By: Isabella Maldonado

4.42

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

Phoenix detective Veranda Cruz’s relentless pursuit of the Villalobos crime family pits her against… read more

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Mark Logue , Peter Conradi

4.50

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Gavin Menzies

4.16

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Fabien Toulmé

4.75

Transform Your Habits

Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

Liz Cheney

4.60

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4.54

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Wandering Stars

Tommy Orange

3.89

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Amor Towles

4.26

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Adelle Waldman

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