"They Also Ran": Presidential candidates who didn't make it
2. 
Almost President: The Men Who Lost The Race But Changed The Nation
by:
Scott Farris
3.89 avg rating — 388 ratings 
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The Rise of a Prairie Statesman: The Life and Times of George McGovern
by:
Thomas J. Knock
4.22 avg rating — 27 ratings 
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An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It
by:
Al Gore
3.78 avg rating — 6,948 ratings 8. 
George McGovern: A Political Life, A Political Legacy
by:
Robert P. Watson
3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings 
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American Dreamer: A Life of Henry A. Wallace (Norton Paperback)
by:
John C. Culver
4.34 avg rating — 284 ratings 12. 
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Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
by:
Pete Buttigieg
4.21 avg rating — 16,410 ratings 
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Wallace: The Classic Portrait of Alabama Governor George Wallace
by:
Marshall Frady
4.05 avg rating — 78 ratings 
25. 
The Birth of Empire: DeWitt Clinton and the American Experience, 1769-1828
by:
Evan Cornog
3.26 avg rating — 19 ratings 
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Good To Be King: The Foundation of our Constitutional Freedom
by:
Michael Badnarik
4.39 avg rating — 72 ratings 25. 
They Think You're Stupid: Why Democrats Lost Your Vote and What Republicans Must Do to Keep It
by:
Herman Cain
3.46 avg rating — 37 ratings 
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Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom
by:
Ron Paul
4.22 avg rating — 3,123 ratings 29. 
One Vote Away: How a Single Supreme Court Seat Can Change History
by:
Ted Cruz
4.33 avg rating — 1,382 ratings 
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A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship
by:
Ron Paul
4.19 avg rating — 992 ratings 33. 
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The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics
by:
Dan T. Carter
4.21 avg rating — 352 ratings 
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Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
by:
Rick Perlstein
4.24 avg rating — 4,637 ratings 47. 
Crashing the Party: Taking on the Corporate Government in an Age of Surrender
by:
Ralph Nader
3.74 avg rating — 464 ratings 50. 
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Write It When I'm Gone: Remarkable Off-the-Record Conversations With Gerald R. Ford 3.79 avg rating — 1,121 ratings
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Pathfinder: John Charles Frémont and the Course of American Empire
by:
Tom Chaffin
3.90 avg rating — 138 ratings 
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Selected Speeches: Original Live Recordings of RFK's Finest Speeches 4.71 avg rating — 28 ratings
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An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power: Your Action Handbook to Learn the Science, Find Your Voice, and Help Solve the Climate Crisis
by:
Al Gore
3.72 avg rating — 735 ratings 
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The Woman Who Ran for President: The Many Lives of Victoria Woodhull 4.12 avg rating — 94 ratings
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The Burr Conspiracy: Uncovering the Story of an Early American Crisis 3.47 avg rating — 58 ratings
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William Jennings Bryan, Vol. 1: Political Evangelist, 1860-1908
by:
Paolo E. Coletta
3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings 73. 
War of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation
by:
John Sedgwick
3.91 avg rating — 713 ratings 75. 
A Righteous Cause: The Life of William Jennings Bryan
by:
Robert W. Cherny
3.58 avg rating — 53 ratings 75. 
Right from the start;: A chronicle of the McGovern campaign
by:
Gary Hart
4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings 79. 
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Camelot's End: Kennedy vs. Carter and the Fight that Broke the Democratic Party
by:
Jon Ward
4.02 avg rating — 839 ratings 
87. 
Journey of Purpose: Reflections on the Presidency, Multiculturalism, and Third Parties (Castle Lectures Series) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Clean for Gene: Eugene McCarthy's 1968 Presidential Campaign
by:
George Rising
3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings 91. 
Dark Horse: A Biography of Wendell Willkie
by:
Steve Neal
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 31 ratings 
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THIRTEEN SOLDIERS: A Personal History of Americans at War
by:
John McCain
3.58 avg rating — 291 ratings