21 Top nonfiction books like Peril by Bob Woodward

Cover of Peril by Bob Woodward

Peril

By: Bob Woodward

4.09

Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition

The book covers the end of the Trump presidency and the early months of the Biden presidency. Th…

"Graham said, "I can get an affidavit tomorrow saying the world is flat."

-Bob Woodward, Peril

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Peril by Bob Woodward , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of All the President’s Men by Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein

1. All the President’s Men

By: Bob Woodward , Carl Bernstein

4.18

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

The full account of the Watergate scandal from the two Washington Post reporters who broke the stor… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
"The invariable question, asked only half-mockingly of reporters by editors at the Post (and then up the hierarchical line of editors) was 'What have you done for me today?' Yesterday was for the hist…"

-Bob Woodward, All the President’s Men

"Bernstein looked like one of those counterculture journalists that Woodward despised. Bernstein thought that Woodward's rapid rise at the Post had less to do with his ability than his Establishment c…"

-Bob Woodward, All the President’s Men

"Rosenfeld runs the metropolitan staff, the Post's largest, like a football coach. He prods his players, letting them know that he has promised the front office results, pleading, yelling, cajoling, p…"

-Bob Woodward, All the President’s Men

"Simons, as restrained as Bradlee could be hard-charging and obstreperous, liked to tell of watching Bradlee grind his cigarrettes out in a demitasse cup during a formal dinner party. Bradlee was one …"

-Bob Woodward, All the President’s Men

Cover of Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism by Rachel Maddow

2. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

By: Rachel Maddow

4.45

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Maddow's Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism book and Bob Woodward's Peril

  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"One big appeal of fascism, if nothing else, was its unapologetic embrace of cruelty. Cruelty towards others, coupled with hypersensitivity towards any slight to oneself."

-Rachel Maddow, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Cover of Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party by Jonathan Karl

3. 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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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
  • government
  • journalism
  • audiobook
Cover of Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney

4. Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

By: Liz Cheney

4.60

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers be… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021 by Peter Baker

5. 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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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
  • government
  • journalism
  • audiobook
Cover of Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show by Jonathan Karl

6. 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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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • audiobook
Cover of Peril by Bob Woodward

7. Peril

By: Bob Woodward

4.09

Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition

The book covers the end of the Trump presidency and the early months of the Biden presidency. Th… read more

Similar categories in Bob Woodward's Peril book and Bob Woodward's Peril

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
  • government
  • political science
  • journalism
  • audiobook
"Graham said, "I can get an affidavit tomorrow saying the world is flat."

-Bob Woodward, Peril

Cover of Enough by Cassidy Hutchinson

8. Enough

By: Cassidy Hutchinson

4.31

Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition

Cassidy Hutchinson’s desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American h… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America by Maggie Haberman

9. 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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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • 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 Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency by Michael  Wolff

10. Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency

By: Michael Wolff

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

“We won. Won in a landslide. This was a landslide.”―President Donald J. Trump, January 6, 2021We al… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • audiobook
Cover of I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year by Carol Leonnig

11. I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year

By: Carol Leonnig

4.39

Format: 476 pages, Kindle Edition

The instant #1 New York Times bestseller | A Washington Post Notable Book | One of NPR's Best Books… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • audiobook
Cover of Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could by Adam Schiff

12. Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could

By: Adam Schiff

4.52

Format: 537 pages, Kindle Edition

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The vital inside account of American democracy in its darkest hour, … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • government
  • audiobook
Cover of I'll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House by Stephanie Grisham

13. I'll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House

By: Stephanie Grisham

3.48

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The most frank and intimate portrait of the Trump White House yet Stephanie Grisham rose from be… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • political science
  • audiobook
Cover of Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump

14. Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man

By: Mary L. Trump

3.82

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, M… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Siege: Trump Under Fire by Michael  Wolff

15. Siege: Trump Under Fire

By: Michael Wolff

3.63

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Michael Wolff, author of the bombshell bestseller Fire and Fury, once again takes us inside the Tru… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • audiobook
Cover of A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America by Philip Rucker

16. A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America

By: Philip Rucker

4.10

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

The definitive insider narrative and the most fully characterised account yet of the chaos, scandal… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
  • political science
  • journalism
  • audiobook
Cover of Front Row at the Trump Show by Jonathan Karl

17. Front Row at the Trump Show

By: Jonathan Karl

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

An account like no other from the White House reporter who has known President Trump for more than … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
  • government
  • journalism
  • audiobook
"As former Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously said, ' You are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts."

-Jonathan Karl, Front Row at the Trump Show

"I didn't become a reporter to dutifully record the words of the people in power. I became a reporter, in part, to hold those in power accountable."

-Jonathan Karl, Front Row at the Trump Show

"In a situation like that, it is the reporter's responsibility either to get an answer or to demonstrate that the politicians are ignoring the questions."

-Jonathan Karl, Front Row at the Trump Show

"It struck me that there is a reason James Madison put freedom of speech and freedom of the press in the very first amendment. If we can't speak out, if we cannot challenge those in power, there is no…"

-Jonathan Karl, Front Row at the Trump Show

Cover of Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost by Michael C. Bender

18. Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost

By: Michael C. Bender

4.02

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Michael C. Bender, senior White House reporter for the Wall Street Journal, presents a deeply repor… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
  • political science
  • journalism
  • audiobook
Cover of The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir by John       Bolton

19. The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir

By: John Bolton

3.15

Format: 588 pages, Kindle Edition

As President Trump’s National Security Advisor, John Bolton spent many of his 453 days in the room … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"All this confused press coverage reveals both the inconsistencies within Trump’s own thinking, and reporting based on second- and third-hand sources, exacerbated under a President who spent a disprop…"

-John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir

Cover of The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump by Andrew G. McCabe

20. The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

By: Andrew G. McCabe

4.16

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

On March 16, 2018, just twenty-six hours before his scheduled retirement from the organization he h… read more

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  • american history
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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The purpose of the FBI is not to support one side. The purpose of the FBI is to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution."

-Andrew G. McCabe, The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

"A person such as the president canon impulse and with minimal effort inject any sort of falsehood into public conversation through digital media and call his own lie a correction of "fake news."

-Andrew G. McCabe, The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

"[Jeff Sessions’] major interest in any given topic tended to be the immigration angle, even when there was no immigration angle. Before disruptions of US-based counterterrorism cases, we would brief …"

-Andrew G. McCabe, The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

"Fear is why the president still has a map of his electoral college victory hanging outside the door to the Oval Office. Fear is why the president makes every person who goes into his office pass by a…"

-Andrew G. McCabe, The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

Cover of Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth by Brian Stelter

21. Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth

By: Brian Stelter

4.08

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

The urgent and untold story of the collusion between Fox News and Donald Trump from the New York Ti… read more

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  • american history
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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • audiobook
"I'm writing this book as a citizen; as an advocate for factual journalism; and as a new dad who thinks about what kind of world my children are going to inherit. This story is about a rot at the core…"

-Brian Stelter, Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth

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4.28

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Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

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4.60

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