Best Biographies of U.S. Presidents

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In honor of President's Day (and inspired by a Reddit /books thread, please recommend the best presidential biographies. Looking to ultimately have recommendations on each of the 45!
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Lincoln
af David Herbert Donald
2,949 medlemmer
26 anmeldelser
4.2
2 Members
Bretzky1, davidflem1984
2
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
af Doris Kearns Goodwin
9,654 medlemmer
228 anmeldelser
½ 4.4
2 Members
bjappleg8, Bretzky1
3
John Adams
af David McCullough
13,362 medlemmer
192 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
2 Members
bjappleg8, Bretzky1
4
Ronald Reagan: The Power of Conviction and the Success of His Presidency
af Peter Wallison
62 medlemmer
4
2 Members
Bretzky1, davidflem1984
5
The Path to Power
af Robert A. Caro
2,523 medlemmer
44 anmeldelser
½ 4.6
Member
bjappleg8
6
Woodrow Wilson: A Biography
af John Milton Cooper Jr.
439 medlemmer
11 anmeldelser
4.1
Member
Brian1861
7
The Remarkable Millard Fillmore: The Unbelievable Life of a Forgotten President
af George Pendle
66 medlemmer
3 anmeldelser
½ 3.4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
8
George Washington: A Biography (7 volumes)
af Douglas Southall Freeman
65 medlemmer
½ 4.7
Member
Bretzky1
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Bretzky1: The best English-language biography written in the 20th century.
9
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom
af Conrad Black
479 medlemmer
4 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
Member
Bretzky1
10
Truman
af David McCullough
5,723 medlemmer
80 anmeldelser
½ 4.4
Member
bjappleg8
11
An American Life: The Autobiography
af Ronald Reagan
924 medlemmer
12 anmeldelser
4
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Bretzky1
12
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President
af Candice Millard
2,854 medlemmer
149 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
Member
bjappleg8
13
His Excellency: George Washington
af Joseph J. Ellis
3,736 medlemmer
58 anmeldelser
4
Member
Bretzky1
14
Realistic Visionary: A Portrait of George Washington
af Peter R. Henriques
65 medlemmer
4
Member
Bretzky1
15
Reagan (REAGAN - The Life)
af H. W. Brands
359 medlemmer
6 anmeldelser
4
Member
Bretzky1
16
Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution
af James M. McPherson
515 medlemmer
3 anmeldelser
4
Member
Bretzky1
17
Washington: A Life
af Ron Chernow
2,957 medlemmer
81 anmeldelser
½ 4.4
Member
Bretzky1
18
A Different Drummer: My Thirty Years with Ronald Reagan
af Michael K. Deaver
251 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
3.8
Member
Bretzky1
19
Coolidge
af Amity Shlaes
734 medlemmer
18 anmeldelser
3.8
Member
Bretzky1
20
Touched With Fire: Five Presidents and the Civil War Battles That Made Them
af James M. Perry
100 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 3.4
Member
Bretzky1
21
Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times
af H. W. Brands
907 medlemmer
21 anmeldelser
4
Member
Bretzky1
22
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
af Doris Kearns Goodwin
2,180 medlemmer
47 anmeldelser
4.2
23
Et ufuldendt liv : John F. Kennedy : 1917-1963
af Robert Dallek
1,631 medlemmer
20 anmeldelser
3.8
24
Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream
af Doris Kearns Goodwin
991 medlemmer
10 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
25
FDR
af Jean Edward Smith
872 medlemmer
28 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
26
The Age of Jackson
af Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
869 medlemmer
11 anmeldelser
4
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Destiny and Power The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush
af Jon Meacham
782 medlemmer
14 anmeldelser
4.2
28
A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, The Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent
af Robert W. Merry
660 medlemmer
22 anmeldelser
3.9
29
Eisenhower in War and Peace
af Jean Edward Smith
543 medlemmer
25 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
30
The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness
af Harlow Giles Unger
494 medlemmer
11 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
31
John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life
af Paul C. Nagel
446 medlemmer
8 anmeldelser
3.9
32
First In His Class: A Biography Of Bill Clinton
af David Maraniss
417 medlemmer
3 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
33
James Madison: A Biography
af Ralph Ketcham
391 medlemmer
6 anmeldelser
½ 3.5
34
Barack Obama: The Story
af David Maraniss
298 medlemmer
5 anmeldelser
4
35
Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House
af Peter Baker
269 medlemmer
8 anmeldelser
4.1
36
Martin Van Buren
af Ted Widmer
242 medlemmer
5 anmeldelser
½ 3.3
37
Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation: A Biography
af Merrill D. Peterson
227 medlemmer
4.1
38
Warren G. Harding
af John W. Dean
218 medlemmer
5 anmeldelser
½ 3.5
39
A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford
af Gerald R. Ford
200 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
40
The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter's Quest for Global Peace
af Douglas Brinkley
183 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
3.9
41
Andrew Johnson: A Biography
af Hans L. Trefousse
182 medlemmer
7 anmeldelser
½ 3.4
42
Millard Fillmore: Biography of a President
af Robert J. Rayback
178 medlemmer
3 anmeldelser
½ 3.5
43
Herbert Hoover: A Biography
af Eugene Lyons
171 medlemmer
3 anmeldelser
3.9
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John Tyler
af Gary May
170 medlemmer
5 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
45
Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician
af Roger Morris
155 medlemmer
½ 4.4
46
President James Buchanan: A Biography
af Philip S. Klein
141 medlemmer
6 anmeldelser
½ 3.4
47
Abraham Lincoln: A Life
af Michael Burlingame
131 medlemmer
5 anmeldelser
½ 4.4
48
Zachary Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old Southwest
af K. Jack Bauer
127 medlemmer
3 anmeldelser
½ 3.5
49
Rutherford B. Hayes: Warrior and President
af Ari Hoogenboom
118 medlemmer
7 anmeldelser
½ 3.5
50
Mr. Jefferson's Hammer: William Henry Harrison and the Origins of American Indian Policy
af Robert M. Owens
82 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 3.4
51
Gentleman Boss: The Life of Chester Alan Arthur
af Thomas C. Reeves
78 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 3.5
53
Grover Cleveland: A Study in Character
af Alyn Brodsky
73 medlemmer
4 anmeldelser
½ 3.5
54
Harry S. Truman: A Life
af Robert H. Ferrell
57 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
3.9
55
Franklin Pierce: New Hampshire's Favorite Son
af Peter A Wallner
46 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
½ 3.7
56
Benjamin Harrison: Hoosier President
af Harry J. Sievers
35 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
3
57
The Presidency of William McKinley
af Lewis L. Gould
23 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
4.2
58
George Washington {4-vols. complete}
af James Thomas Flexner
21 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
5
59
Ulysses S. Grant, Politician
af William B. Hesseltine
12 medlemmer
4
60
Mit liv
af Bill Clinton
4,387 medlemmer
56 anmeldelser
½ 3.4
Forklaringer
Bretzky1 : About 300 pages too long with an overly whiny tone for a President of the United States.
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
af Jon Meacham
2,379 medlemmer
73 anmeldelser
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