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Washington: A Life

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Books like Washington: A Life

If you loved Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow, these are the books its readers love most, closest first: chosen from the ratings and recommendations of the readers who loved it.

No. 1

Alexander Hamilton

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No. 2

His Excellency: George Washington

Joseph J. Ellis

No. 3

Lincoln

David Herbert Donald

No. 4

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Suzanne Toren

No. 5

Truman

David McCullough

No. 6

John Adams

David McCullough

No. 7

Theodore Rex

Edmund Morris

No. 8

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

Edmund Morris

No. 9

1776

David McCullough

No. 10

Colonel Roosevelt

Edmund Morris

No. 11

Benjamin Franklin

Walter Isaacson

No. 12

American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson

Joseph J. Ellis

No. 13

A. Lincoln

Ronald C. White Jr.

No. 14

American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

Jon Meacham

No. 15

Washington's Crossing

David Hackett Fischer

No. 16

Mornings on Horseback

David McCullough

No. 17

Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier

Stephen E. Ambrose

No. 18

Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3)

Robert A. Caro

No. 19

The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin

H.W. Brands

No. 20

Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

Jon Meacham

No. 21

Battle Cry of Freedom

James M. McPherson

No. 22

No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II

Doris Kearns Goodwin

No. 23

The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)

Robert A. Caro

No. 24

Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #2)

Robert A. Caro