10 must-read biography memoir books like What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service by Melissa Fitzgerald

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What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service

By: Melissa Fitzgerald

4.49

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A behind-the-scenes look into the creation and legacy of The West Wing  as told by cast members Mel…

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Cover of The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis by George  Stephanopoulos

1. 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
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

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3. 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

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  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • 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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4. Inside Camp David: The Private World of the Presidential Retreat

By: Michael Giorgione

4.14

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

The first-ever insider account of Camp David, the president's private retreat, on the seventy-fifth… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum

5. Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV

By: Emily Nussbaum

4.02

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Who invented reality TV, the world’s most dangerous pop-culture genre, and why can’t we look away f… read more

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  • history
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • tv
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. 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

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

7. 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 True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between by Gretchen Whitmer

8. True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between

By: Gretchen Whitmer

4.34

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From trailblazing Michigan governor and rising Democratic star Gretchen Whitmer comes an unconventi… read more

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  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss

9. The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

By: Evan Friss

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cu… read more

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

10. 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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  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service by Melissa Fitzgerald

11. What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service

By: Melissa Fitzgerald

4.49

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A behind-the-scenes look into the creation and legacy of The West Wing  as told by cast members Mel… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Fitzgerald's What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service book and Melissa Fitzgerald's What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service

  • history
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • tv
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Lovely One: A Memoir by Ketanji Brown Jackson

12. Lovely One: A Memoir

By: Ketanji Brown Jackson

4.64

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her inspiring, intimate memoir, the first Black woman to ever be … read more

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  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Who Could Ever Love You: A Family Memoir by Mary L. Trump

13. Who Could Ever Love You: A Family Memoir

By: Mary L. Trump

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller! A New York Times Nonfiction Book to R… read more

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  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Empresses of Seventh Avenue: World War II, New York City, and the Birth of American Fashion by Nancy MacDonell

14. Empresses of Seventh Avenue: World War II, New York City, and the Birth of American Fashion

By: Nancy MacDonell

4.10

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of The Barbizon and The Girls of Atomic City, fashion historian and journalist Nan… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir by Kelly  Bishop

15. The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir

By: Kelly Bishop

4.52

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“Come for the Gilmore Girls anecdotes, stay for the revealing truths about what it takes to build a… read more

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  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty by Hillary Rodham Clinton

16. Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty

By: Hillary Rodham Clinton

4.25

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What would it be like to sit down for an impassioned, entertaining conversation with Hillary Clinto… read more

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  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir by Ina Garten

17. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir

By: Ina Garten

4.60

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten—aka the Barefoot Contessa, author of thirteen bestselling co… read more

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  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success by Russ Buettner

18. Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success

By: Russ Buettner

4.56

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters behind the 2018 bombshell New York Times exposé of then-P… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. War

By: Bob Woodward

4.43

Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"President Trump had secretly sent Putin a bunch of Abbott Point of Care Covid test machines for his personal use as the virus spread rapidly through Russia."

-Bob Woodward, War

"Overall, Hamas killed more than 1,200 Israelis and dragged more than 240 hostages and back across the border into underground tunnels in Gaza. It was the deadliest attack in Jewish history since the …"

-Bob Woodward, War

"The second high-profile Trump critis was retired General Stanley McChrystal, who had commanded U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan a decade earlier. McChrystal had recently appeared on CNN and called…"

-Bob Woodward, War

"In the 2020 election, Trump received 74 million votes, more than any presidential candidate in history with the exception of Joe Biden, who won 81 million votes. Biden secured the Electoral College w…"

-Bob Woodward, War

Cover of What I Ate in One Year (And Related Thoughts) by Stanley Tucci

20. What I Ate in One Year (And Related Thoughts)

By: Stanley Tucci

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From Stanley Tucci, award-winning actor and New York Times bestselling author, a deliciously unique… read more

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  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Carson the Magnificent: An Intimate Portrait by Bill Zehme

21. Carson the Magnificent: An Intimate Portrait

By: Bill Zehme

3.56

Format: None pages, Audio CD

A much-anticipated biography—twenty years in the making—of the entertainer who redefined late-night… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • tv
  • audiobook

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Emily Nussbaum

4.02

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4.34

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Evan Friss

4.18

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4.21

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