18 Top history books like James Madison: A Life Reconsidered by Lynne Cheney

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James Madison: A Life Reconsidered

By: Lynne Cheney

4.38

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A major new biography of the fourth president of the United States by New YorkTimes bestselling aut…

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1. Washington: A Life

By: Ron Chernow

4.16

Format: 904 pages, Hardcover

The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a brea… read more

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"Many mickles make a muckle."

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"Washington grew as a leader because he engaged in searching self- criticism. “I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors,"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this, because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults or remove the prejudices whic…"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"An essential difference between the American and French revolutions was that the American version allowed a search for many truths, while French zealots tried to impose a single sacred truth that all…"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

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2. 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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"It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones. -Calvin Coolidge"

-Amity Shlaes, Coolidge

Cover of John Quincy Adams by Harlow Giles Unger

3. John Quincy Adams

By: Harlow Giles Unger

4.02

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

He fought for Washington, served with Lincoln, witnessed Bunker Hill, and sounded the clarion again… read more

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4. John Tyler: The Accidental President

By: Edward P. Crapol

0.00

Format: 798 pages, Hardcover

The first vice president to become president on the death of the incumbent, John Tyler (1790-1862) … read more

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5. John Quincy Adams: American Visionary

By: Fred Kaplan

4.33

Format: None pages, ebook

Fred Kaplan, the acclaimed, award-winning author of Lincoln,returns with John Quincy Adams, an illu… read more

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6. Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates

By: Don Yaeger , Brian Kilmeade

3.81

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

From the authors of the New York Timesbestseller George Washington's Secret Six, the little-known s… read more

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7. His Excellency: George Washington

By: Joseph J. Ellis

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

National Bestseller To this landmark biography of our first president, Joseph J. Ellis brings the e… read more

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8. Martin Van Buren

By: Ted Widmer , Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

3.89

Format: 310 pages,

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9. Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America

By: Walter R. Borneman

3.00

Format: None pages,

In Polk, Walter R. Borneman gives us the first complete and authoritative biography of a president … read more

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10. James Madison: A Life Reconsidered

By: Lynne Cheney

4.38

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A major new biography of the fourth president of the United States by New YorkTimes bestselling aut… read more

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Cover of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham

11. American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

By: Jon Meacham

3.44

Format: 336 pages,

Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this r… read more

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12. The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness

By: Harlow Giles Unger

3.81

Format: 336 pages,

Founding Father James Monroe (1751-1831) long outlived the birth of the country and became so rever… read more

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Cover of Eisenhower in War and Peace by Jean Edward Smith

13. Eisenhower in War and Peace

By: Jean Edward Smith

4.06

Format: 976 pages, Hardcover

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Christian Science Monitor • St. Louis Post-DispatchIn… read more

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"Jealousy knows no logic, nor does it respect reciprocity."

-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace

"The loneliness of command had made Eisenhower emotionally self-sufficient."

-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace

"Patton would have said a warmer goodbye to his horse, The author writes on Eisenhower's cold dismissal of his wartime lover."

-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace

"Eisenhower on Patton: "Fundamentally, he is so avid for recognition as a great commander that he won't with ruthlessly suppress any habit that will jeopardize it."

-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace

14. 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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15. Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times

By: H.W. Brands

3.19

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

National Bestseller In this, the first major single-volume biography of Andrew Jackson in decades,… read more

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16. A. Lincoln

By: Ronald C. White Jr.

4.30

Format: 816 pages, Hardcover

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post • The Philadelphia Inquirer • The Chr… read more

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17. The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles & Their Secret World War

By: Stephen Kinzer

4.01

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A joint biography of John Foster Dulles and Allen Dulles, who led the United States into an unseen … read more

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18. American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson

By: Joseph J. Ellis

5.00

Format: 299 pages, Paperback

Following his subject from the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to his retirement in Mon… read more

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19. John Adams

By: David McCullough

3.71

Format: 435 pages,

The enthralling, often surprising story of John Adams, one of the most important and fascinating Am… read more

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20. A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent

By: Robert W. Merry

3.53

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

When James K. Polk was elected president in 1844, the United States was locked in a bitter diplomat… read more

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21. John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit

By: James Traub

4.67

Format: 127 pages, Hardcover

John Quincy Adams was the last of his kind--a Puritan from the age of the Founders who despised par… read more

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22. John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life

By: Paul C. Nagel

4.04

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Nagel probes deeply into the psyche of this cantankerous, misanthropic, erudite, hardworking son of… read more

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23. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

By: Joseph J. Ellis

2.80

Format: None pages,

Informs our understanding of American politics--then and now--and gives us a new perspective on the… read more

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24. Grant

By: Ron Chernow

4.40

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefel… read more

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25. Mr. Jefferson's Hammer: William Henry Harrison and the Origins of American Indian Policy

By: None

3.44

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

Often remembered as the president who died shortly after taking office, William Henry Harrison rema… read more

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26. 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

Cover of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham

27. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

By: Jon Meacham

4.04

Format: 802 pages, Kindle Edition

In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and … read more

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"No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

"Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

"Jefferson was ambivalent about executive power – until he bore executive responsibility."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

"Sometimes paranoids have enemies, and conspiracies are only laughable when they fail to materialize."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

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28. President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier

By: C.W. Goodyear

4.30

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

An “ambitious, thorough, supremely researched” ( The Washington Post ) biography of the extraordina… read more

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29. Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar

By: Harold Phifer

4.29

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

For more than fifty years, Harold Phifer's childhood living conditions remained a secret, even from… read more

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"If a man was around when Aunt Kathy came by, she would berate him and throw him out. I even saw her toss guys out at gunpoint. She’d threaten them and say, “I will shoot you until I can’t see you!"

-Harold Phifer, Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar

"Thanksgiving is no time for amateur hour in the kitchen, but we were subjected to this Gong Show on a yearly basis. Aunt Kathy went knee deep in her preparations where others would have surrendered."

-Harold Phifer, Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar

"Before she climbed into the car, I kindly let her know my back seats were very hard and very cold. Dead Eye Red responded, “Son, when I was your age, I would sit on a seat like this and smoke would a…"

-Harold Phifer, Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar

"The teacher pulled out a pile of papers. They were Bennie’s tests and homework assignments. Mrs. Lewis said, “Ma’am, here is the proof that Bennie isn’t up to a fourth grade level. He has an F on sev…"

-Harold Phifer, Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar

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30. President without a Party: The Life of John Tyler

By: Christopher J. Leahy

4.08

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Historians and the American public have long viewed President John Tyler as one of the nation’s lea… read more

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Cover of James Monroe: A Life by Tim  McGrath

31. James Monroe: A Life

By: Tim McGrath

4.20

Format: 738 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary life of James Monroe: soldier, senator, diplomat, and the last Founding Father to… read more

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17 must-read politics books like James Madison: A Life Reconsidered by Lynne Cheney

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Washington: A Life

Ron Chernow

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Coolidge

Amity Shlaes

3.76

Transform Your Habits

John Quincy Adams

Harlow Giles Unger

4.02

Transform Your Habits

John Tyler: The Accidental President

Edward P. Crapol

0.00

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An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963

Robert Dallek

3.99

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Coolidge

Amity Shlaes

3.76

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Truman

David McCullough

3.31

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Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream: The Most Revealing Portrait of a President and Presidential Power Ever Written

Doris Kearns Goodwin

3.75

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