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The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon JohnsonRobert A. Caro201238 pts5 wins7 listsKnopfBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+1
Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. 3Robert A. Caro198334 pts3 wins4 listsKnopfBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+1
A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin RooseveltGeoffrey C. Ward198928 pts3 wins4 listsHarper & RowBiographyMemoir & Personal History+3
William Cooper’s Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American RepublicAlan Taylor199526 pts3 wins4 listsKnopfHistoryConstitutional History+2
The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White HouseSeymour M. Hersh198324 pts3 wins3 listsSummit BooksPolitics & GovernmentPresidency & Executive Power+1
Khrushchev: The Man and His EraWilliam Taubman200320 pts2 wins2 listsW. W. NortonBiographyEurope & Russia+2
Hirohito and the Making of Modern JapanHerbert P. Bix200120 pts2 wins2 listsHarperCollinsBiographyAsia & the Pacific+2
The Rise of Theodore RooseveltEdmund Morris197920 pts2 wins2 listsModern LibraryBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+1
Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American CenturyGeorge Packer201920 pts1 wins4 listsKnopfBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+2
Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy, 1932–1945Robert Dallek197918 pts1 wins3 listsOxford University PressHistoryPresidency & Executive Power+2
The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to LincolnSean Wilentz200616 pts1 wins3 listsW. W. NortonHistoryPresidency & Executive Power+2
Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for AmericaNancy MacLean201714 pts1 wins2 listsVikingPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+2
The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of EmpireSusan Pedersen201514 pts1 wins2 listsOxford University PressHistoryConstitutional History+2
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White HouseJon Meacham200814 pts1 wins2 listsRandom HouseBiographyAmerican Politics+2
John AdamsDavid McCullough200114 pts1 wins2 listsSimon & SchusterBiographyBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+2
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary GenerationJoseph J. Ellis200014 pts1 wins2 listsKnopfHistoryConstitutional History+2
Why Americans Hate Politics: The Death of the Democratic ProcessE. J. Dionne, Jr.199214 pts1 wins2 listsSimon & SchusterPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+2
Means of Ascent: Volume 2 of The Years of Lyndon JohnsonRobert A. Caro198214 pts1 wins2 listsKnopfBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+1
The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to PowerRobert A. Caro198214 pts1 wins2 listsKnopfBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+2
The Devil and John Foster DullesTownsend Hoopes197314 pts1 wins2 listsLittle, BrownPolitics & GovernmentAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White HouseArthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.196514 pts1 wins2 listsHoughton MifflinBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+3
In the Days of McKinleyMargaret Leech195914 pts1 wins2 listsHarper & BrothersBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+2
The Era of Good FeelingsGeorge Dangerfield195214 pts1 wins2 listsHarcourt, Brace and CompanyHistoryPresidency & Executive Power+2
Charles Evans HughesMerlo J. Pusey195114 pts1 wins2 listsMacmillanBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+2
Objective Troy: A Terrorist, A President, and the Rise of the DroneScott Shane201512 pts1 wins2 listsCrownPolitics & GovernmentTechnology, Computing & Ai+3
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of JournalismDoris Kearns Goodwin201312 pts1 wins2 listsSimon & SchusterHistoryPresidency & Executive Power
We the People: A History of the U.S. ConstitutionJill Lepore202512 pts1 wins2 listsLiverightHistoryAmerican Politics+2
Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still CouldAdam Schiff202110 pts1 wins1 listsRandom House Trade PaperbacksPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+2
The American War in Afghanistan: A HistoryCarter Malkasian202110 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+3
Implacable Foes: War in the Pacific, 1944-1945Waldo Heinrichs, Marc Gallicchio201810 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressWar & MilitaryPresidency & Executive Power+3
The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan GreenspanSebastian Mallaby201610 pts1 wins1 listsBloomsburyBiographyEssays & Cultural Criticism+3
Angler: The Cheney Vice PresidencyBarton Gellman200810 pts1 wins1 listsPenguin PressPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+2
Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the ConstitutionJack N. Rakove199610 pts1 wins1 listsVintage BooksHistoryAmerican Politics+2
DiplomacyHenry Kissinger199410 pts1 wins1 listsDiane Books Publishing CompanyPolitics & GovernmentConstitutional History+2
Machiavelli in HellSebastian de Grazia198910 pts1 wins1 listsPicadorBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+1
Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the CountryWilliam Greider198710 pts1 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterBusiness & EconomicsPresidency & Executive Power+2
Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Democracy, 1833–1845Robert V. Remini198410 pts1 wins1 listsHarper & RowBiographyAmerican Politics+2
Prophets of Regulation: Charles Francis Adams, Louis D. Brandeis, James M. Landis, Alfred E. KahnThomas K. McCraw198410 pts1 wins1 listsBelknap PressHistoryPresidency & Executive Power+2
Righteous Empire: The Protestant Experience in AmericaMartin E. Marty197010 pts1 wins1 listsDoubledayReligionEvangelicalism & Christian Nationalism+2
The Brains TrustRexford Guy Tugwell196810 pts1 wins1 listsVikingPolitics & GovernmentPresidency & Executive Power+2
The Guns of AugustBarbara W. Tuchman196210 pts1 wins1 listsMacmillanWar & MilitaryPresidency & Executive Power+2
The Making of the President 1960Theodore H. White196110 pts1 wins1 listsAtheneumPolitics & GovernmentConstitutional History+2
Wilson: The Struggle for Neutrality, 1914-1915Arthur S. Link196010 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyHousing, Cities & Urban Life+3
Wilson: the New FreedomArthur S. Link195610 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+2
Lincoln, the President: Last Full MeasureJ. G. Randall, Richard N. Current195510 pts1 wins1 listsDodd, Mead & CompanyBiographyEssays & Cultural Criticism+3
Children of Crisis, Volumes II and IIIRobert Coles197310 pts1 wins1 listsLittle, BrownSociety & CultureAmerican Politics+2
The White House YearsHenry A. Kissinger198010 pts1 wins1 listsPhoenixMemoir & AutobiographyConstitutional History+1
Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789–1815Gordon S. Wood200910 pts1 wins3 listsOxford University PressHistoryConstitutional History+2
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American TragedyTa-Nehisi Coates201710 pts1 wins3 listsOne WorldRace & EthnicityPresidency & Executive Power+1
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of SafetyEric Schlosser201310 pts0 wins3 listsPenguin PressWar & MilitaryCrime, Policing & Violence+2
The Other America: Poverty in the United StatesMichael Harrington19628 pts2 wins2 listsMacmillanPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+3
The Killing Of Crazy HorseThomas Powers20108 pts1 wins2 listsVintage BooksBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+2
FDR: The Beckoning of Destiny, 1882–1928Kenneth S. Davis19738 pts1 wins2 listsUnknown imprintBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+2
Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878–1928Stephen Kotkin20148 pts0 wins2 listsPenguin PressBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+2
Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano RooseveltH.W. Brands20088 pts0 wins2 listsDoubledayBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+2
Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American PoliticianRoger Morris19898 pts0 wins2 listsHenry Holt and CompanyBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+1
The Powers That BeDavid Halberstam19798 pts0 wins2 listsKnopfJournalism & ReportagePresidency & Executive Power+2
The Americans: The Democratic ExperienceDaniel J. Boorstin19738 pts0 wins2 listsRandom HouseHistoryPresidency & Executive Power+2
Present at the Creation: My Years in the State DepartmentDean Acheson19708 pts0 wins2 listsW. W. NortonMemoir & AutobiographyPresidency & Executive Power+2
Gorbachev: His Life and TimesWilliam Taubman20178 pts0 wins3 listsW. W. NortonBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+2
Roy Jenkins: a Well-Rounded LifeJohn Campbell20146 pts0 wins2 listsJonathan CapeBiographyMedia, Journalism & Public Opinion+3
Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in AmericaAri Berman20156 pts0 wins2 listsMacmillanHistoryAmerican Politics+2
Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New RightLaura K. Field20254 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressPolitics & GovernmentInfrastructure, Engineering & Built Environment+3
Academic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment RightDavid M. Rabban20244 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressPolitics & GovernmentLabor, Work & Organizing+3
24/7 Politics: Cable Television and the Fragmenting of America from Watergate to Fox NewsKathryn Cramer Brownell20234 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressPolitics & GovernmentFilm, Television & Popular Culture+3
Stars and Shadows: The Politics of Interracial Friendship from Jefferson to ObamaSaladin Ambar20224 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressRace & EthnicityAmerican Politics+1
Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald TrumpJennifer Mercieca20204 pts1 wins1 listsTexas A&M University PressPolitics & GovernmentMedia, Journalism & Public Opinion+3
A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles De GaulleJulian Jackson20184 pts1 wins1 listsAllen LaneBiographyEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a PresidentKathleen Hall Jamieson20184 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressPolitics & GovernmentLabor, Work & Organizing+3
Atlas of YellowstoneW. Andrew Marcus, James E. Meacham, Ann W. Rodman,, Alethea Y. Steingisser20124 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of California PressNature & EnvironmentPresidency & Executive Power+3
Subversives: The FBI's War on Student Radicals, and Reagan's Rise to PowerSeth Rosenfeld20124 pts1 wins1 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxPolitics & GovernmentMedia, Journalism & Public Opinion+3
Common Sense: A Political HistorySophia Rosenfeld20114 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressPolitics & GovernmentPresidency & Executive Power+3
The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al‐QaedaAli H. Soufan20114 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintWar & MilitaryPresidency & Executive Power+2
Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR is Killing Healthcare and Deceiving AmericansWendell Potter20104 pts1 wins1 listsBloomsburyPolitics & GovernmentPresidency & Executive Power+2
Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American ConsensusRick Perlstein20014 pts1 wins1 listsHill and WangHistoryPresidency & Executive Power+2
The Life and Times of Pancho VillaFriedrich Katz19984 pts1 wins1 listsStanford University PressBiographyHousing, Cities & Urban Life+3
Waltzing With a DictatorRaymond Bonner19874 pts1 wins1 listsTimes BooksPolitics & GovernmentPresidency & Executive Power+2
Germany and the Diplomacy of the Financial Crisis, 1931Edward Bennett19624 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryWar & Military Strategy+2
Black Mass: The Irish Mob, The FBI, & A Devil's DealDick Lehr, Gerard O'Neill20014 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintTrue Crime & JusticeCrime, Policing & Violence+3
Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. KennedyVincent Bugliosi20084 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonTrue Crime & JusticeRegional & Local History+1
The Fall and Rise of the Islamic StateNoah Feldman20084 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressPolitics & GovernmentConstitutional History+3
American Anarchy: The Epic Struggle between Immigrant Radicals and the US Government at the Dawn of the Twentieth CenturyMichael Willrich20244 pts0 wins1 listsBasic BooksHistoryConstitutional History+2
Charged: A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy FutureJames Morton Turner20234 pts0 wins1 listsUniversity of Washington PressHistoryPresidency & Executive Power+2
Watergate: A New HistoryGarrett M. Graff20234 pts0 wins1 listsAvid Reader PressHistoryPresidency & Executive Power+2
The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and DemocracyAnand Giridharadas20224 pts0 wins1 listsKnopf Doubleday Publishing GroupPolitics & GovernmentPresidency & Executive Power+2
First: Sandra Day O'ConnorEvan Thomas20194 pts0 wins1 listsRandom HouseBiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
Tyrant: Shakespeare on PoliticsStephen Greenblatt20194 pts0 wins1 listsW. W. NortonPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+1
How Democracies DieSteven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt20184 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+3
Reagan: An American JourneyBob Spitz20184 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin PressBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+1
The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in AmericaMichael Eric Dyson20164 pts0 wins1 listsMariner BooksRace & EthnicityAmerican Politics+2
An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight AmericaNick Bunker20144 pts0 wins1 listsKnopfHistoryBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+2
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces that Stand in the Way of True InspirationEd Catmull20144 pts0 wins1 listsRandom HouseBusiness & EconomicsIntellectual History & Ideas+2
Making it Happen: Fred Goodwin, RBS and the Men Who Blew Up the British EconomyIain Martin20134 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBusiness & EconomicsBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Volcker: The Triumph of PersistenceWilliam L. Silber20134 pts0 wins1 listsBloomsburyBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+2
Colonel RooseveltEdmund Morris20104 pts0 wins1 listsRandom HouseBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+1
The Promise: President Obama, Year OneJonathan Alter20104 pts0 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+2
In Fed We TrustDavid Wessel20094 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBusiness & EconomicsPresidency & Executive Power+3
The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and His Moral ConscienceKirstin Downey20094 pts0 wins1 listsNan A. TaleseBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+2
The Liberal Hour: Washington and the Politics of Change in the 1960sG. Calvin Mackenzie, Robert Weisbrot20084 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin PressHistoryAmerican Politics+2
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All awards · Topic: Presidency & Executive Power · Sorted by score · 181 books · filtered