13 must-read nonfiction books like Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts

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Founding Mothers

By: Cokie Roberts

3.64

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Cokie Roberts comes New York Times bestseller Founding Mo…

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1. Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile

By: Julia Fox

3.80

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

The history books have cast Katherine of Aragon, the first queen of King Henry VIII of England, as … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • womens
Cover of Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women (Newbery Medal Winner) by Cornelia Meigs

2. Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women (Newbery Medal Winner)

By: Cornelia Meigs

3.75

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Biography tracing the fascinating life of Louisa May Alcott from her happy childhood in Pennsylvani… read more

Similar categories in Cornelia Meigs's Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women (Newbery Medal Winner) book and Cokie Roberts's Founding Mothers

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of Woodrow Wilson: A Biography by John Milton Cooper Jr.

3. Woodrow Wilson: A Biography

By: John Milton Cooper Jr.

4.05

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The first major biography of America's twenty-eighth president in nearly two decades, from one of A… read more

Similar categories in John Milton Cooper Jr.'s Woodrow Wilson: A Biography book and Cokie Roberts's Founding Mothers

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction

4. Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne

By: David Starkey

3.86

Format: 416 pages,

The legend of Elizabeth I, the untouchable, charismatic Virgin Queen, is a powerful and enduring on… read more

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5. The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk

By: Randy Shilts

4.23

Format: 166 pages,

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6. The Lost Tudor Princess: The Life of Lady Margaret Douglas

By: Alison Weir

3.99

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox. Royal Tudor blood ran in her veins. Her mother was a Queen, h… read more

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7. Abigail Adams

By: Woody Holton

3.62

Format: None pages,

Abigail Adams offers a fresh perspective on the famous events of Adams's life, and along the way, W… read more

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8. Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

By: Javaka Steptoe

3.71

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Randolph Caldecott Medal and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Jean-Michel Bas… read more

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9. First Family: Abigail and John Adams

By: Joseph J. Ellis

4.06

Format: 32 pages,

The Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling author of Founding Brothersand His Excellency brings Ameri… read more

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10. 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 Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush by Jon Meacham

11. 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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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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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12. Founding Mothers

By: Cokie Roberts

3.64

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Cokie Roberts comes New York Times bestseller Founding Mo… read more

Similar categories in Cokie Roberts's Founding Mothers book and Cokie Roberts's Founding Mothers

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • feminism
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
Cover of Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR by Lisa Napoli

13. Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR

By: Lisa Napoli

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A group biography of four beloved women who fought sexism, covered decades of American news, and wh… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Napoli's Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR book and Cokie Roberts's Founding Mothers

  • biography
  • history
  • feminism
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
Cover of American Rebels: How the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution by Nina Sankovitch

14. American Rebels: How the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution

By: Nina Sankovitch

4.26

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A chronicle of the Adams, Quincy and Hancock families and how they helped spark the American Revolu… read more

Similar categories in Nina Sankovitch's American Rebels: How the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution book and Cokie Roberts's Founding Mothers

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington by Alexis Coe

15. You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington

By: Alexis Coe

3.74

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

In a genre overdue for a shakeup, Alexis Coe takes a closer look at our first—and finds he's not qu… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Cokie: A Life Well Lived by Steven V. Roberts

16. Cokie: A Life Well Lived

By: Steven V. Roberts

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary life and legacy of legendary journalist Cokie Roberts—a trailblazer for women—rem… read more

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  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
"Each day Is the anniversary Of a day On which we loved each other A little more Than the day before. [to his wife Cokie]"

-Steven V. Roberts, Cokie: A Life Well Lived

"As I was writing this book, my sister-in-law called early one morning to say that my younger brother Glenn had died overnight after a lengthy illness. 'Go back to sleep,' she urged me, but as I sat t…"

-Steven V. Roberts, Cokie: A Life Well Lived

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17. Says Who? A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words

By: Anne Curzan

4.12

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A kinder, funner usage guide to the ever-changing English language and a useful tool for both the g… read more

Similar categories in Anne Curzan's Says Who? A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words book and Cokie Roberts's Founding Mothers

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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18. Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs

By: Mo Rocca

4.04

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Mo Rocca, author of New York Times bestseller Mobitua… read more

Similar categories in Mo Rocca's Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs book and Cokie Roberts's Founding Mothers

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of The League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home by Heath Hardage Lee

19. The League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home

By: Heath Hardage Lee

3.90

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

"With astonishing verve, The League of Wives persisted to speak truth to power to bring their POW/M… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College by Jesse Wegman

20. Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College

By: Jesse Wegman

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"The Electoral College is a disaster for a democracy." —Donald TrumpThe framers of the Constitution… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Wegman's Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College book and Cokie Roberts's Founding Mothers

  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution by Edward        Williams

21. Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution

By: Edward Williams

4.37

Format: 425 pages, Kindle Edition

Backpacking around Australia in the year 2000, the author unwittingly found himself the target of o… read more

Similar categories in Edward Williams's Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution book and Cokie Roberts's Founding Mothers

"Do you want to live, Sander?"

-Edward Williams, Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution

"Scopolamine never asks for permission"

-Edward Williams, Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution

"was it even my own mind making the decisions?"

-Edward Williams, Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution

"Had I left some children behind somewhere in the world?"

-Edward Williams, Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution

10 Best audiobook books like Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts

Transform Your Habits

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

Jon Meacham

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Founding Mothers

Cokie Roberts

3.64

Transform Your Habits

Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR

Lisa Napoli

3.84

Transform Your Habits

American Rebels: How the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution

Nina Sankovitch

4.26

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17 Best audiobook books like American Rebels: How the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution by Nina Sankovitch

Transform Your Habits

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

Erik Larson

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford

Clint Hill , Lisa McCubbin Hill

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

Neil Price

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

Stacy Schiff

3.74

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