American Presidents: Biographies Etc.

George Washington

• Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis – 5
• The General’s Cook by Ramin Ganeshram (historical fiction) – 4
• His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis – 4
• The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers by Thomas Fleming – 4
• Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy by Nathaniel Philbrick – 4
• Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow – 5

John Adams

• Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis – 5
• John Adams by David McCullough – 5
• The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers by Thomas Fleming – 4
• The Patriots: Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the Making of America by Winston Groom – 4

Thomas Jefferson

• Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis – 5
• American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis – 3
• In Pursuit of Jefferson: Traveling through Europe with the Most Perplexing Founding Father by Derek Baxter
• The Patriots: Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the Making of America by Winston Groom – 4
• Thomas Jefferson’s Crème Brûlée: How a Founding Father and His Slave James Hemings Introduced French Cuisine to America by Thomas J. Craughwell – 4

James Madison

• Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis – 5
• James Madison by Garry Wills – 3

James Monroe

• James Monroe by Gary Hart – 3

John Quincy Adams

• John Quincy Adams by Paul C. Nagel – 4

Andrew Jackson

• Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times by H.W. Brands – 5

Martin van Buren

William Henry Harrison

• Mr. Jefferson’s Hammer: William Henry Harrison and the Origins of American Indian Policy by Robert M. Owens – 4

John Tyler

• John Tyler, the Accidental President by Edward P. Crapol – 4

James K. Polk

• James K. Polk, Vol. 1: Jacksonian, 1795-1843 by Charles Grier Sellers – 3
• James K. Polk, Vol. 2: Continentalist, 1843-1846 by Charles Grier Sellers – 4
• Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America by Walter R. Borneman – 5

Zachary Taylor

Millard Fillmore

Franklin Pierce

James Buchanan

• Worst. President. Ever: James Buchanan, The POTUS Rating Game, And The Legacy Of The Least Of The Lesser Presidents by Robert Strauss – 4

Abraham Lincoln

• Lincoln’s Last Trial: The Murder Case that Propelled Him to the Presidency by Dan Abrams & David Fisher – 5
• The Rail Splitter by John Cribb – historical fiction story of a young Abraham Lincoln – 4
• Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin – 5
• The Lincoln Miracle: Inside the Republican Convention That Changed History by Edward Achorn – 5

Andrew Johnson

• Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln’s Legacy by David O. Steward – 5

Ulysses S. Grant

• American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant by Ronald C. White – 5
• The Complete Personal Memoirs of General Ulysses S. Grant – 5
• Grant by Ron Chernow – 5
• When General Grant Expelled the Jews by Jonathan D. Sarna – 5

Rutherford B. Hayes

James A. Garfield

• Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Medicine, Madness and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard – 5

Chester A. Arthur

• The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur by Scott S. Greenberger – 4

Grove Cleveland

• A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland by Troy Senik – 5

Benjamin Harrison

William McKinley

Theodore Roosevelt

• • The Edmund Morris Trilogy:
    • The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt – 5
    • Theodore Rex – 4
    • Colonel Roosevelt – 5

• The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin – 4
• The Cowboy President: The Making of Teddy Roosevelt and the Making of the American West by Michael F. Blake – 5
• Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation by Deborah Davis – 5
• The Old Lion: A Novel of Theodore Roosevelt by Jeff Shaara – 5
• The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey by Candice Millard – 5

William Howard Taft

• The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin – 4

Woodrow Wilson

• Wilson by A. Scott Berg – 4

Warren G. Harding

Calvin Coolidge

Herbert Hoover

Franklin D. Roosevelt

• The Allies: Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Unlikely Alliance That Won World War II by Winston Groom – 5

Harry S. Truman

Dwight D. Eisenhower

John F. Kennedy

• The Death of a President: November 20 – November 25, 1963 by William Manchester – 5
• The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Jeff Shaara (historical fiction) – 5

Lyndon B. Johnson

Richard M. Nixon

• One Man Against the World: The Tragedy of Richard Nixon by Tim Weiner – 5

Gerald Ford

Jimmy Carter

Ronald Reagan

• Reagan: The Life by H.W. Brands – 5

George H. W. Bush

Bill Clinton

George W. Bush

Barack H. Obama

• The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage by Jonathan Cohn – 5

Donald J. Trump

• The Divider: Trump in the White 2017 – 2021 by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser – 5
• High Crimes The Inside Story of the Trump Impeachment by Michael D’Antonio and Peter Eisner – 5
• Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response by Andy Slavitt – 5
• Thank You For Your Servitude: Donald Trump’s Washington and the Price of Submission by Mark Leibovich – 4

Joe Biden