11 must-read biography memoir books like 41: A Portrait of My Father by George W. Bush

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41: A Portrait of My Father

By: George W. Bush

3.90

Format: 49 pages, Hardcover

George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, has authored a personal biography of his f…

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1. Mornings on Horseback

By: David McCullough

4.09

Format: 445 pages, Paperback

Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique… read more

Similar categories in David McCullough's Mornings on Horseback book and George W. Bush's 41: A Portrait of My Father

  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"I feel that as much as I enjoy loafing, there is something higher for which to live."

-David McCullough, Mornings on Horseback

"A man who will steal for me will steal from me." Theodore Roosevelt, dismissing on the spot one of his best cowhands who was about to claim for his boss an unmarked animal."

-David McCullough, Mornings on Horseback

"To his own children he was at once the ultimate voice of authority and, when time allowed, their most exuberant companion. He never fired their imaginations or made them laugh as their mother could, …"

-David McCullough, Mornings on Horseback

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2. A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety

By: Jimmy Carter

3.84

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

Jimmy Carter, thirty-ninth President, Nobel Peace Prize winner, international humanitarian, fisherm… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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3. The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century

By: Scott Miller

3.94

Format: 450 pages, Hardcover

In 1901, as America tallied its gains from a period of unprecedented imperial expansion, an assassi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
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4. Coolidge

By: Amity Shlaes

3.76

Format: 536 pages, Hardcover

Calvin Coolidge, who served as president from 1923 to 1929, never rated highly in polls. The shy Ve… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones. -Calvin Coolidge"

-Amity Shlaes, Coolidge

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5. Spoken from the Heart

By: Laura Bush

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this brave, beautiful, and deeply personal memoir, Laura Bush, one of our most beloved and priva… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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6. 41: A Portrait of My Father

By: George W. Bush

3.90

Format: 49 pages, Hardcover

George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, has authored a personal biography of his f… read more

Similar categories in George W. Bush's 41: A Portrait of My Father book and George W. Bush's 41: A Portrait of My Father

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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7. Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot

By: Bill O'Reilly , Martin Dugard

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A riveting historical narrative of the shocking events surrounding the assassination of John F. Ken… read more

Similar categories in Bill O'Reilly's Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot book and George W. Bush's 41: A Portrait of My Father

  • politics
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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8. Barbara Bush: A Memoir

By: Barbara Bush

4.33

Format: 48 pages,

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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9. Three Days in January

By: Bret Baier

4.33

Format: 48 pages, ebook

The blockbuster #1 national bestseller Bret Baier, the Chief Political Anchor for Fox News Channel … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
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10. My Life

By: Bill Clinton

3.74

Format: 1056 pages, Paperback

An exhaustive, soul-searching memoir, Bill Clinton's My Life is a refreshingly candid look at the f… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself."

-Bill Clinton, My Life

"The idea that power was an end in itself, rather than a means to provide the security and opportunity necessary for the pursuit of happiness, seemed to him stupid and self-defeating." (about Senator …"

-Bill Clinton, My Life

"I learned a lot from the stories my uncle, aunts and grandparents told me: that no one is perfect but most people are good; that people can’t be judged by their worst or weakest moments; that harsh j…"

-Bill Clinton, My Life

11. An American Life

By: Ronald Reagan

3.68

Format: 420 pages,

The former president relates the story of his public and private life from his modest beginnings in… read more

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12. Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson

By: S.C. Gwynne

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the author of the prizewinning New York Times bestseller Empire of the Summer Mooncomes a thri… read more

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13. In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir

By: Dick Cheney , Liz Cheney

5.00

Format: 172 pages, Hardcover

In this eagerly anticipated memoir, former Vice President Dick Cheney delivers an unyielding portra… read more

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14. Reagan: The Life

By: H.W. Brands

3.64

Format: 211 pages, Hardcover

From master storyteller and New York Timesbestselling Historian H. W. Brands comes the definitive b… read more

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15. FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

By: Steven Lomazow

4.33

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

THE HIDDEN ILLNESSES THAT SHAPED FDR’S LIFE AND CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY Conventional wisdo… read more

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"Researching this book has been a voyage of discovery and it is a privilege to present an unexpurgated medical biography of the most consequential American of the twentieth century."

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

"Another new and groundbreaking story in FDR Unmasked is about his highly consequential friendship with Vincent Astor, the closest with any man in his adult life. To truly understand the “real"

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

"FDR Unmasked chronicles Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s life from a physician’s perspective. It tells a harrowing story of heroic achievement by a great leader determined to impart his vision of freedom …"

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

"FDR Unmasked is first to present convincing evidence of Roosevelt’s battle with prostate cancer, underpinned by FBI memoranda and reliable firsthand information from multiple physicians - even a shoc…"

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

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16. Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

By: Claudia Clark

4.28

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

One of the great political friendships of the modern world, as told through key moments that shaped… read more

Similar categories in Claudia Clark's Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel book and George W. Bush's 41: A Portrait of My Father

  • politics
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"As she had done when she introduced the US president in Berlin, she addressed him publicly with the informal du for the first time since the NSA controversy in 2013."

-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

"Let me make two remarks. First I concentrate on the task ahead for 2016. I’m quite busy with that—thank you very much. And I’m looking with great interest in the American election campaign.’ For the …"

-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

"Obama’s next words captured the attention of the world and the amusement of those present. As he wagged his finger at the crowd, he scolded, ‘So stop it, all of you. I know you have to find something…"

-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

"In her usual manner, Merkel spoke in German. It is worth pointing out, however, that before the translator had an opportunity to convert her statements to English, Obama gave the chancellor and the p…"

-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

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17. Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush

By: Jon Meacham

4.12

Format: 794 pages, Kindle Edition

From Pulitzer Prize winner and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jon Meacham comes a sweeping ye… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"Where Goldwater-ites saw the world in black and white, Rockefeller noted shades of gray."

-Jon Meacham, Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush

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18. Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life

By: Jenna Bush Hager

4.06

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

Funny and poignant personal stories and reflections from former first daughters Jenna Bush Hager an… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Decades of Decadence: How Our Spoiled Elites Blew America's Inheritance of Liberty, Security, and Prosperity by Marco Rubio

19. Decades of Decadence: How Our Spoiled Elites Blew America's Inheritance of Liberty, Security, and Prosperity

By: Marco Rubio

4.41

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

Thirty years of telling Americans they don’t need families, communities, or a shared history is des… read more

Similar categories in Marco Rubio's Decades of Decadence: How Our Spoiled Elites Blew America's Inheritance of Liberty, Security, and Prosperity book and George W. Bush's 41: A Portrait of My Father

  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire by Bret Baier

20. Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire

By: Bret Baier

4.37

Format: 416 pages, ebook

President Reagan's dramatic battle to win the Cold War is revealed as never before by the #1 bestse… read more

Similar categories in Bret Baier's Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire book and George W. Bush's 41: A Portrait of My Father

  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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21. America, a Redemption Story: Choosing Hope, Creating Unity

By: Tim Scott

4.39

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

The American Dream isn’t a thing of the past, but a miracle of the present. Now more than ever i… read more

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

15 Best history books like 41: A Portrait of My Father by George W. Bush

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Mornings on Horseback

David McCullough

4.09

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A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety

Jimmy Carter

3.84

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

Scott Miller

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Coolidge

Amity Shlaes

3.76

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J.B. Lion

4.32

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Andri E. Elia

4.36

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Frank Lambert

4.40

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Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

Susan Rowland

4.33

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