POTUS Reading List

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Overview

A list of books to read for each POTUS, courtesy of Jeremy Anderberg.

Challenge Books

13

Millard Fillmore: Biography of a President by Robert J. Rayback

Millard Fillmore: Biography of a President

Robert J. Rayback

14

Franklin Pierce: The American Presidents Series: The 14th President, 1853-1857 by Michael F. Holt

Franklin Pierce: The American Presidents Series: The 14th President, 1853-1857

American Presidents (Times)

Michael F. Holt

15

Worst. President. Ever.: James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents by Robert Strauss

Worst. President. Ever.: James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents

Robert Strauss

16

A. Lincoln by Ronald C. White Jr.

A. Lincoln

Ronald C. White Jr.

17

The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation by Brenda Wineapple

The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation

Brenda Wineapple

18

Grant by Ron Chernow

Grant

Ron Chernow

19

Rutherford B. Hayes: The American Presidents Series: The 19th President, 1877-1881 by Hans Trefousse

Rutherford B. Hayes: The American Presidents Series: The 19th President, 1877-1881

American Presidents

Hans Trefousse

20

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

Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

Candice Millard

21

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

The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur

Scott S. Greenberger

22

The President Is a Sick Man: Wherein the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous Newspape by Matthew Algeo

The President Is a Sick Man: Wherein the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous Newspape

Matthew Algeo

23

Benjamin Harrison: The American Presidents Series: The 23rd President, 1889-1893 by Charles W. Calhoun

Benjamin Harrison: The American Presidents Series: The 23rd President, 1889-1893

American Presidents

Charles W. Calhoun

24

The President Is a Sick Man: Wherein the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous Newspape by Matthew Algeo

The President Is a Sick Man: Wherein the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous Newspape

Matthew Algeo