27 must-read history books like The Long Alliance: The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama by Gabriel Debenedetti

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The Long Alliance: The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama

By: Gabriel Debenedetti

4.06

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

New York Magazine national correspondent Gabriel Debenedetti reveals an inside look at the historic…

If you liked the history plot in The Long Alliance: The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama by Gabriel Debenedetti , here is a list of 27 books like this:

Cover of The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency by Chris Whipple

1. The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency

By: Chris Whipple

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The first in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the White House Chiefs of Staff, whose actions--and i… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"At a farewell party, his staff presented him with a gift: a beaten-up car seat—a nod to his Secret Service code name."

-Chris Whipple, The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency

"When government works, it is usually because the chief understands the fabric of power, threading the needle where policy and politics converge."

-Chris Whipple, The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency

Cover of Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream: The Most Revealing Portrait of a President and Presidential Power Ever Written by Doris Kearns Goodwin

2. 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
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

3. Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime

By: John Heilemann , Mark Halperin

3.31

Format: None pages,

"This shit would be really interesting if we weren't in the middle of it." --Barack Obama, Septembe… read more

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4. Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics

By: Joe Biden

0.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

"Nearly forty years after I first got involved, I remain captivated by the possibilities of politic… read more

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5. Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America

By: Cody Keenan

4.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “At a time when the meaning of America is up for grabs, Cody Keenan’s n… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party by Jonathan Karl

6. Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party

By: Jonathan Karl

4.28

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

An extraordinary view into the politics of our times, Tired of Winning explores how Donald Trump re… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Romney: A Reckoning by McKay Coppins

7. 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

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. 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

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show by Jonathan Karl

9. Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show

By: Jonathan Karl

4.48

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

***THE INSTANT New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and IndieBound BESTSELLER*** An NP… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by Heather Cox Richardson

10. 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

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels by Jon Meacham

11. The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels

By: Jon Meacham

4.26

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The opposite of fear is hope, defined as the expectation of good fortune not only for ourselves but for a group to which we belong. Fear feeds anxiety and produces anger; hope, particularly in a poli…"

-Jon Meacham, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels

Cover of Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America by Maggie Haberman

12. 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

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • 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

Cover of This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for American Democracy by Jonathan  Martin

13. 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

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Hope Never Dies (Obama Biden Mysteries, #1) by Andrew Shaffer

14. Hope Never Dies (Obama Biden Mysteries, #1)

By: Andrew Shaffer

3.51

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

It's been several months since the 2016 presidential election, and "Uncle Joe" Biden is puttering a… read more

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  • politics
"Need a hand?"

-Andrew Shaffer, Hope Never Dies (Obama Biden Mysteries, #1)

"As long as you have hope,"

-Andrew Shaffer, Hope Never Dies (Obama Biden Mysteries, #1)

"Can a man claim more than one hometown?"

-Andrew Shaffer, Hope Never Dies (Obama Biden Mysteries, #1)

"We do have funerals for the living," Jill said. "They're called birthday parties."

-Andrew Shaffer, Hope Never Dies (Obama Biden Mysteries, #1)

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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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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Age of Grievance

By: Frank Bruni

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author and longtime New York Times columnist Frank Bruni comes a lucid, powerful e… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future by Franklin Foer

17. The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future

By: Franklin Foer

3.87

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Franklin Foer tells the definitive insider story of the first two years of the Biden presidency, wi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Thank You For Your Servitude: Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission by Mark Leibovich

18. Thank You For Your Servitude: Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission

By: Mark Leibovich

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times Bestseller "He's one of the best chroniclers of politics today." -Jake Tapp… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West by David E. Sanger

19. New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West

By: David E. Sanger

4.37

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A fast-paced account of America’s plunge into simultaneous Cold Wars against two very different adv… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Giuliani: The Rise and Tragic Fall of America's Mayor by Andrew Kirtzman

20. Giuliani: The Rise and Tragic Fall of America's Mayor

By: Andrew Kirtzman

4.24

Format: 458 pages, Hardcover

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year What happened to Rudy Giuliani? Andrew Kirtzman, who has been … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House

By: Ben Rhodes

4.30

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

This is a book about two people making the most important decisions in the world. One is Barack Oba… read more

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  • biography
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"For a moment, we all just stared out the window at the crowds. “I’m reading a good book now,"

-Ben Rhodes, The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House

"I watched the speech backstage on the teleprompter. Obama paused for a moment, and I saw the text freeze. “I’m going off script here for a second,"

-Ben Rhodes, The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House

"He said we had to find a way to reach Muslims who “didn’t think it was such a great thing to have a McDonald’s down the street and American pop culture on their television."

-Ben Rhodes, The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House

"And then Obama said what he believed: that people should be equal under the law; that citizens should be free to criticize their government and protest peacefully; that voters should have the freedom…"

-Ben Rhodes, The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House

Cover of Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries, #2) by Andrew Shaffer

22. Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries, #2)

By: Andrew Shaffer

3.61

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

In the sequel to the New York Times best-selling novel Hope Never Dies, Obama and Biden reprise the… read more

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  • politics
"I don't understand why you get mad about this stuff, Joe. Everybody farts."

-Andrew Shaffer, Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries, #2)

Cover of Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power by Timothy W. Ryback

23. Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power

By: Timothy W. Ryback

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally acclaimed author of Hitler’s Private Library , a dramatic recounting of th… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden's White House by Chris Whipple

24. The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden's White House

By: Chris Whipple

3.94

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Gatekeepers comes a revelatory, insider’s look at… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Finish What We Started: The MAGA Movement’s Ground War to End Democracy by Isaac Arnsdorf

25. Finish What We Started: The MAGA Movement’s Ground War to End Democracy

By: Isaac Arnsdorf

3.92

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An explosive, behind-the-scenes look at how a radical group of activists — supported by former Pres… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Internationalists: The Fight to Restore American Foreign Policy After Trump by Alexander  Ward

26. The Internationalists: The Fight to Restore American Foreign Policy After Trump

By: Alexander Ward

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The inside story of Biden’s foreign policy team and their struggle to restore America’s global infl… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Long Alliance: The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama by Gabriel Debenedetti

27. The Long Alliance: The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama

By: Gabriel Debenedetti

4.06

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

New York Magazine national correspondent Gabriel Debenedetti reveals an inside look at the historic… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Ted Kennedy: A Life by John A. Farrell

28. Ted Kennedy: A Life

By: John A. Farrell

4.35

Format: 752 pages, Hardcover

An enthralling and groundbreaking new biography of one of modern America's most fascinating and con… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps by Jon  Favreau

29. Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps

By: Jon Favreau

4.17

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From your friends at Pod Save America  and Crooked Media comes a useful and illustrated guide to sa… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House by Nancy Pelosi

30. The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House

By: Nancy Pelosi

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from ho… read more

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  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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31. Trump in Exile

By: Meridith McGraw

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Filled with deep insights and never-before-seen details, Trump in Exile is an explosive, all-access… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

24 Top audiobook books like The Long Alliance: The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama by Gabriel Debenedetti

Transform Your Habits

The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency

Chris Whipple

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America

Cody Keenan

4.56

Transform Your Habits

Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party

Jonathan Karl

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Romney: A Reckoning

McKay Coppins

4.36

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21 must-read audiobook books like Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America by Cody Keenan

Transform Your Habits

Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years

David Litt

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America

Cody Keenan

4.56

Transform Your Habits

The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening

Ari Shapiro

4.05

Transform Your Habits

I Swear: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan

Katie Porter

4.23

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