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by Walter Isaacson · about this book

Loved Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson? If its nonfiction, biography and american revolution hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with King Hancock, My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams and A Promised Land. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Benjamin Franklin: An American Life: Nonfiction · Biography · American Revolution · Male Lead · Political Biography

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   King Hancock

   Brooke Barbier

   Political Biography · Biography · Colonial History · Revolution · Nonfiction

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   My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams

   Abigail Adams, John Adams

   Revolution · Political Biography · Memoir & Biography · Diplomatic History · Nonfiction

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   A Promised Land

   Barack Obama

   Political Biography · Diplomatic History · Nonfiction · Memoir & Biography · Male Lead

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   Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success

   Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig

   Political Biography · Biography · Nonfiction · Memoir & Biography · Presidential History

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   The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

   Tom Reiss

   Biography · Revolution · Colonial History · Nonfiction · Memoir & Biography

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   Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man

   Mary L Trump

   Political Biography · Biography · Nonfiction · Memoir & Biography · Presidential History

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   I Love Capitalism!: An American Story

   Ken Langone

   Rags to Riches · Nonfiction · Memoir & Biography · Male Lead · Politics

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   The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

   Ned Blackhawk

   Colonial History · Diplomatic History · Nonfiction · Revolution · Politics

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   The Spy and the Traitor

   Ben Macintyre

   Biography · Nonfiction · Diplomatic History · Memoir & Biography · Male Lead

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    Elon Musk: Inventing the Future

    Ashlee Vance

    Biography · Nonfiction · Memoir & Biography · Technology History · Innovation

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    Sam Walton: Made In America

    Sam Walton, John Huey

    Rags to Riches · Nonfiction · Memoir & Biography · Male Lead · Innovation

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    107 Days

    Kamala Harris

    Political Biography · Nonfiction · Memoir & Biography · Presidential History · Leadership

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    Intent to Destroy: Russia’s Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine

    Eugene Finkel

    Diplomatic History · Colonial History · Nonfiction · Revolution · Politics

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    Marsha

    Tourmaline

    Biography · Political Biography · Nonfiction · Memoir & Biography

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    Michael Jordan

    Roland Lazenby

    Biography · Nonfiction · Memoir & Biography · Male Lead · Leadership

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    Becoming

    Michelle Obama

    Political Biography · Nonfiction · Memoir & Biography · Presidential History · Politics

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    Thunderstruck

    Erik Larson

    Biography · Nonfiction · Scientist Protagonist · Innovation · Technology History

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    Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

    Casey Cep

    Biography · Writer Protagonist · Nonfiction · Memoir & Biography

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    True

    Kostya Kennedy

    Biography · Nonfiction · Memoir & Biography · Male Lead

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    A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness

    S. Nassir Ghaemi

    Political Biography · Nonfiction · Biography · Presidential History · Leadership

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