This week, Joseph R. Biden will be inaugurated as our nation’s 46th president, which makes it a great time to read a book written by or about a president, his family or his legacy. AAPLD has a large collection of books devoted to American history, current events, and also biographies. If you’re taking part in Reading Resolutions, January is the month to read a biography, autobiography or memoir. Why not give a one of these a try?
Books by Presidents and Vice Presidents:
Promise Me, Dad by Joseph R. Biden
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris
Crippled America: How To Make America Great Again by Donald Trump
Dreams From My Father: A story of race and inheritance by Barak Obama
Decision Points by George W. Bush
My Life by Bill Clinton
An Inconvenient Sequel by Al Gore
An American Life by Ronald Reagan
Faith: A Journey For All by Jimmy Carter
Books About Presidents 
Dead Presidents by Grady Carlson
Andrew Johnson by Annette Gordon Reed
All The President’s Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
The President’s House: A First Daughter Shares the Secrets of the World’s Most Famous House by Margaret Truman
The Presidents vs. The Press by Harold Holzer
The President’s Club: Inside the World’s Most Exclusive Fraternity by Nancy Gibbs
Abraham Lincoln by George S. McGovern
First Family: Abigail and John by Joseph Ellis
The Accidental President: Harry S Truman and Four Months that Changed the World by A.J. Baime
Zachary Taylor by John S.D. Eisenhower
John Tyler: The Accidental President by Edward Crapol
William Henry Harrison by Gail Collins
Thomas Jefferson, Revolutionary by Kevin R.C. Gutzman
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham
Everything Beautiful in its Time by Jenna Hager Bush
Washington by Ron Chernow
The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America by Douglas Brinkley