Books like Decision Points
12 books with a reading profile close to Decision Points by George W. Bush. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
A Promised Land
by Barack Obama
history, biography
In this memoir, Barack Obama details his political rise from his early organizers’ roots in Chicago to the conclusion of his first term in the Oval Office.
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2
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
history, biography
Blaine Harden chronicles the life of Shin Dong-hyuk, the only person known to have been born in and successfully escaped from a North Korean "total control zone" political prison.
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3
Wild Swans
by Jung Chang
history, biography
Jung Chang traces the history of twentieth-century China through the lives of three generations of women: her grandmother, her mother, and herself.
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4
My Life
by Bill Clinton
biography, memoir
In this autobiography, Bill Clinton traces his trajectory from a childhood in Hope, Arkansas, through his tenure as Governor and his two terms as the forty-second President of the United States.
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5
No One Here Gets Out Alive
history, biography
Jerry Hopkins and Danny Sugerman document the life and death of Jim Morrison, the frontman of The Doors.
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6
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by Malcolm X
history, biography
The narrative chronicles Malcolm Little’s evolution from a Midwestern childhood marked by white supremacist violence to his street life as a hustler and thief in Harlem.
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7
Assata: An Autobiography
history, memoir
Assata Shakur recounts her life as a member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army, structured around her 1973 arrest on the New Jersey Turnpike and subsequent imprisonment.
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8
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
history, biography
In 1973, Maurice and Maralyn Bailey departed England on a small yacht, seeking an alternative to the stagnant routines of suburban life.
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9
Infidel
history, memoir
Infidel follows Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s life from her childhood in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, and Kenya to her career as a Dutch parliamentarian.
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10
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
history, biography
Sonia Purnell chronicles the life of Virginia Hall, an American woman who overcame a prosthetic wooden leg and deep-seated institutional sexism to become a critical operative for the British Special Operations Executive…
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11
An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew
history, biography
Annejet van der Zijl reconstructs the life of Allene Tew, a woman born into a modest family in Chautauqua County, New York, during the late nineteenth century.
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12
The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
history, biography
In April 1944, Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler hid in a hollowed-out woodpile for three days before slipping past the outer perimeter of Auschwitz.
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