We celebrate Presidents' Day on February 21st. In honor of that day, we'd like to present you with a list of the many wonderful presidential biographies available at the library. The books are listed chronologically, starting with George Washington and ending with Barack Obama. In some cases, we've offered you an alternative title. So, it is up to you -- read just one or spend your year reading through the list. Happy Presidents' Day!
1. Chernow, Ron.
Washington: a Life
2. McCullough, David G.
John Adams
3. Hayes, Kevin J.
The Road to Monticello: the Life & Mind of Thomas Jefferson
Alt. Burstein, Andrew.
Madison & Jefferson 4. Wills, Garry.
James Madison
Alt. Labunski, Richard E.
James Madison & the Struggle for the Bill of Rights 5. Unger, Harlow G.
The Last Founding Father: James Monroe & a Nation's Call to Greatness
6. Remini, Robert Vincent.
John Quincy Adams 7. Meacham, Jon.
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
8. Lazo, Caroline Evensen.
Martin Van Buren (Children's bio)
9 & 10. Peterson, Norma Lois.
The Presidencies of William Henry Harrison & John Tyler
11. Borneman, Walter R.
Polk: the Man Who Transformed the Presidency & America
12. Eisenhower, John S. D.
Zachary Taylor
13. Pendle, George.
The Remarkable Millard Fillmore: the Unbelievable Life of a Forgotten President
14 & 15. Miller, Nathan.
Star-Spangled Men: America's Ten Worst Presidents (includes #14 Franklin Pierce & #15 James Buchanan)
16. McPherson, James M.
Abraham Lincoln Te
Alt. Goodwin, Doris Kearns.
Team of Rivals: the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln 17. Means, Howard B.
The Avenger Takes His Place: Andrew Johnson & the 45 Days That Changed the Nation
18. Waugh, Joan.
U.S. Grant: American Hero, American Myth
19. Morris, Roy.
Fraud of the Century: Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, & the Stolen Election of 1876.
Alt. Trefousse, Hans Louis.
Rutherford B. Hayes 20. Ackerman, Kenneth D.
Dark Horse: the Surprise Election & Political Murder of President James A. Garfield
21. Doenecke, Justus D.
The Presidencies of James A. Garfield & Chester A. Arthur. 22. Graff, Henry F.
Grover Cleveland 23. Dalton, Curt.
The Terrible Resurrection (Benjamin Harrison)
24. Grover Cleveland re-elected - free space
25. Phillips, Kevin.
William McKinley 26. Morris, Edmund.
Theodore Rex alt. Morris, Edmund.
Colonel Roosevelt 27. Anderson, Judith Icke.
William Howard Taft, an Intimate History 28. Cooper, John Milton.
Woodrow Wilson: a Biography 29. Dean, John W.
Warren G. Harding alt. McCartney, Laton.
The Teapot Dome Scandal: How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country 30. Ferrell, Robert H.
The Presidency of Calvin Coolidge alt.
Why Coolidge Matters: How Civility in Politics Can Bring a Nation Together, compiled by the National Notary Association
31. Leuchtenburg, William Edward.
Herbert Hoover 32. Brinkley, Alan.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt alt. Feldman, Noah.
Scorpions: the Battles & Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices 33. Dallek, Robert.
Harry S. Truman alt. Algeo, Matthew.
Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: the True Story of a Great American Road Trip. 34. Eisenhower, David.
Going Home to Glory: a Memoir of Life with Dwight D. Eisenhower alt. Korda, Michael.
Ike: an American Hero 35. Leaming, Barbara.
Jack Kennedy: the Education of a Statesman alt. Bzdek, Vincent.
The Kennedy Legacy: Jack, Bobby and Ted & a Family Dream Fulfilled 36. Dallek, Robert.
Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President alt. Kaiser, David E.
American Tragedy: Kennedy, Johnson, & the Origins of the Vietnam War 37. Drew, Elizabeth.
Richard M. Nixon alt. MacMillan, Margaret.
Nixon & Mao: the Week That Changed the World 38. DeFrank, Thomas M.
Write It When I'm Gone: Remarkable Off-the-Record Conversations with Gerald R. Ford 39. Zelizer, Julian E.
Jimmy Carter alt. Carter, Jimmy.
White House Diary 40. Diggins, John P.
Ronald Reagan: Fate, Freedom, & the Making of History alt. Buckley, William F.
The Reagan I Knew 41. Naftali, Timothy J.
George H.W. Bush 42. Takiff, Michael.
A Complicated Man: the Life of Bill Clinton as Told By Those Who Know Him alt. Gillon, Steven M.
The Pact: Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the Rivalry That Defined a Generation 43. Bush, George W.
Decision Points alt. Woodward, Bob.
State of Denial 44. Remnick, David.
The Bridge: the Life and Rise of Barack Obama alt. Woodward, Bob.
Obama's Wars 
