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📣 Claude_Shannon

Favourite biographies about USA presidents?


Heya,

I know this isn't a question related to anything technical, but since I've often saw discussion about books such as ones by Robert Caro, I thought this could be a nice place to ask.

What are your favourite biographies on various USA presidents? For some reason I'm fascinated in that aspect of USA history, even though I'm not American.

Mine I have so far:

Wilson by A. Scott Berg FDR Bush, both by Jean Edward Smith first three tomes of LBJ tetrology by Robert Caro Trump by Longin Pastusiak


  👤 asdfqwertzxcv Accepted Answer ✓
The LBJ series by Robert Caro stands head and shoulders above everything else.

Some other good ones, including a great series about Winston Churchill:

Mornings on Horseback - about Teddy Roosevelt by David McCullough

Truman - David McCullough

The Last Lion - series of books about Churchill. I forget the author.

All of Doris Kearns Goodwin books are excellent, as well. She's covered a lot of presidents.