The US Presidency (nonfiction)
1. 
Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America
by:
Jared Cohen
4.12 avg rating — 3,163 ratings 2. 
Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College
by:
Jesse Wegman
4.26 avg rating — 1,254 ratings 3. 
How to Get Rid of a President: History's Guide to Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief Executives
by:
David Priess
3.84 avg rating — 233 ratings 
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The American Vice Presidency: From Irrelevance to Power
by:
Jules Witcover
3.81 avg rating — 88 ratings 
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Defender in Chief: Donald Trump's Fight for the Constitution
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John Yoo
3.87 avg rating — 46 ratings 
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Hatred of America's Presidents: Personal Attacks on the White House from Washington to Trump
by:
Lori Cox Han
it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating 10. 
Dead Presidents: An American Adventure into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nation's Leaders
by:
Brady Carlson
3.91 avg rating — 1,522 ratings 11. 
Waging War: The Clash Between Presidents and Congress, 1776 to ISIS
by:
David J. Barron
3.79 avg rating — 63 ratings 12. 
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The Highest Glass Ceiling: Women’s Quest for the American Presidency 3.72 avg rating — 216 ratings
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Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote
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Craig Fehrman
4.04 avg rating — 506 ratings 15. 
Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics 4.41 avg rating — 2,636 ratings
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Killing Machine: The American Presidency in the Age of Drone Warfare
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Lloyd C. Gardner
3.55 avg rating — 40 ratings 17. 
The Oath and the Office: A Guide to the Constitution for Future Presidents 4.16 avg rating — 165 ratings
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POLICE STATE USA -the Pledge of Allegiance was the origin of Hitler salutes + Nazi behavior, Swastikas were "S" letters for "SOCIALIST"
by:
Ian Tinny
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 17. 
The Ailing Nation: Lessons From the Bedside for America's Leaders
by:
Nate Link
4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings 21. 
The President's First Year: None Were Prepared, Some Never Learned - Why the Only School for Presidents is the Presidency
by:
Douglas Cohn
3.13 avg rating — 46 ratings 
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LIES and the LYING LIARS who tell them: Nazis, Swastikas, Pledge of Allegiance it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency
by:
Chris Whipple
4.29 avg rating — 7,953 ratings 
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The Presidents: Noted Historians Rank America’s Best--and Worst--Chief Executives
by:
Brian Lamb
3.98 avg rating — 407 ratings 27. 
The Presidents and the Pastime: The History of Baseball and the White House
by:
Curt Smith
3.67 avg rating — 58 ratings 29. 
The Road to War: Presidential Commitments Honored and Betrayed
by:
Marvin Kalb
3.79 avg rating — 19 ratings 30. 
Oliphant's Presidents:: Twenty-Five Years of Caricature
by:
Pat Oliphant
3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings 30. 
Primary Politics: Everything You Need to Know about How America Nominates Its Presidential Candidates 3.72 avg rating — 122 ratings
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Why Veterans Run: Military Service in American Presidential Elections, 1789-2016
by:
Jeremy M. Teigen
2.50 avg rating — 4 ratings 
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The American Presidency: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Charles O. Jones
3.38 avg rating — 220 ratings 36. 
Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency
by:
David Greenberg
3.67 avg rating — 229 ratings 36. 
The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation 4.06 avg rating — 384 ratings
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Permanent State of Emergency: Unchecked Executive Power and the Demise of the Rule of Law
by:
Ryan Alford
4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings 39. 
Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb? A Tour of Presidential Gravesites
by:
Brian Lamb
3.93 avg rating — 215 ratings 41. 
In the Public Domain: Presidents and the Challenges of Public Leadership
by:
Lori Han
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 41. 
Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy
by:
David O. Stewart
4.02 avg rating — 3,719 ratings 43. 
Religion and the American Presidency (The Evolving American Presidency)
by:
Mark J. Rozell
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings 44. 
When the Center Held: Gerald Ford and the Rescue of the American Presidency
by:
Donald Rumsfeld
3.96 avg rating — 347 ratings 44. 
Party Like a President: True Tales of Inebriation, Lechery, and Mischief From the Oval Office
by:
Brian Abrams
3.50 avg rating — 242 ratings 46. 
The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America's Highest Office
by:
Jeremi Suri
3.90 avg rating — 191 ratings 46. 
Abraham Lincoln: Great American Historians on Our Sixteenth President
by:
Brian Lamb
3.87 avg rating — 70 ratings 48. 
An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parties, and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964
by:
Todd S. Purdum
4.04 avg rating — 250 ratings 49. 
Executive Privilege: Presidential Power, Secrecy, and Accountability
by:
Mark Rozell
4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings 49. 
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The Irish and the American Presidency (American Presidents Series) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Worst. President. Ever.: James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents
by:
Robert Strauss
3.51 avg rating — 982 ratings 52. 
In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives
by:
Kenneth C. Davis
4.08 avg rating — 1,349 ratings 54. 
Blood of Tyrants: George Washington & the Forging of the Presidency
by:
Logan Beirne
4.11 avg rating — 269 ratings 54. 
The Carnival Campaign: How the Rollicking 1840 Campaign of "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" Changed Presidential Elections Forever
by:
Ronald G. Shafer
3.92 avg rating — 120 ratings 
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Secret Service Dogs: The Heroes Who Protect the President of the United States
by:
Maria Goodavage
3.98 avg rating — 669 ratings 58. 
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First in Line: Presidents, Vice Presidents, and the Pursuit of Power 3.97 avg rating — 1,208 ratings
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House: Humor, Blunders, and Other Oddities from the Presidential Campaign Trail
by:
Charles Osgood
3.13 avg rating — 157 ratings 63. 
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The Passage of Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #4)
by:
Robert A. Caro
4.40 avg rating — 19,288 ratings 65. 
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A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign
by:
Edward J. Larson
3.85 avg rating — 1,025 ratings 68. 
The First Presidential Contest: 1796 and the Founding of American Democracy 3.91 avg rating — 32 ratings
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An Introduction to the Presidential Trend: A Concise Narrative of One of the Largest Political Trends
by:
Tony Fairfax
3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings 
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The Birth of Modern Politics: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the Election of 1828 3.69 avg rating — 406 ratings
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America 1844: Religious Fervor, Westward Expansion, and the Presidential Election That Transformed the Nation
by:
John Bicknell
3.93 avg rating — 101 ratings 74. 
Getting Religion: Faith, Culture, and Politics from the Age of Eisenhower to the Era of Obama really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 112 ratings
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Let the People Rule: Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of the Presidential Primary
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Geoffrey Cowan
3.65 avg rating — 182 ratings 
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The Deadlocked Election of 1800: Jefferson, Burr, and the Union in the Balance 3.86 avg rating — 22 ratings
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It Can Happen Here: Authoritarian Peril in the Age of Bush
by:
Joe Conason
3.86 avg rating — 77 ratings 83. 
Reunion and Reaction: The Compromise of 1877 and the End of Reconstruction
by:
C. Vann Woodward
3.68 avg rating — 72 ratings 85. 
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Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency
by:
Joshua Green
3.80 avg rating — 5,934 ratings 
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1960--LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies
by:
David Pietrusza
4.14 avg rating — 720 ratings 90. 
Predicting the Presidency: The Potential of Persuasive Leadership really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Relic: How Our Constitution Undermines Effective Government--and Why We Need a More Powerful Presidency 3.41 avg rating — 101 ratings
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Feiffer on Nixon: The cartoon presidency
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Jules Feiffer
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings 93. 
Assassinations, Threats, and the American Presidency: From Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama 3.60 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Effective Presidency: Lessons on Leadership from John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama 2.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton
by:
Joe Klein
3.64 avg rating — 666 ratings 97. 
Presidents, Battles, and Must-See Civil War Destinations: Exploring a Kentucky Divided
by:
Cameron Ludwick
3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings 98. 
By Order of the President: The Use and Abuse of Executive Direct Action
by:
Phillip Cooper
3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings 
