Upcoming books related to the presidents (and, in some cases, the presidency) are shown below. This list is based on press releases, news stories, emails from publishers and authors, comments I receive and tentative publication dates provided by booksellers. Titles and publication dates are subject to change.
Updated April 6, 2024. Recent changes shown in bold. If I’m missing something please let me know!
Upcoming Releases:
The list of upcoming presidential biographies releases is based on information believed to be accurate; dates are subject to change prior to publication. Not every new/upcoming release will end up in my library (or being reviewed on this site).
My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies 
Not necessarily a biography, but Allen Guelzo takes on Lincoln’s vision of democracy.
Looks like H.W. Brands’s new book is actually called Founding Partisans, not Founding Partners.
University press of Kansas will have a new book in their Presidential Election series this fall.
Who is James Polk – The Presidential Election of 1844. Author is Mark R. Cheathem.
Publication date is October 27th.
May or may not count, but Luke A. Nichter has an upcoming book on the 1968 election. https://www.amazon.com/Year-That-Broke-Politics-Presidential/dp/0300254393 (“The Year That Broke Politics: Collusion and Chaos in the Presidential Election of 1968”)
This looks very interesting. It comes with first-class blurbs. Will it deliver on the promise of reshaping our understanding of the 1968 election?
Well, I leave that to the reader to decide. I simply followed the new evidence. The single biggest cache is Rev. Billy Graham’s diary — who served as an intermediary between Johnson and Nixon, as well as others.
A new examination of the Carter Presidency from a UK scholar (priced for the academic market too):
Any news on when JFK Volume 2 by Fredrik Logevall will be released?
Nothing I’ve come across or heard. And no mention of an estimated date I can find anywhere…
Randall Woods (LBJ: Architect of American Ambition) will have a biography of John Quincy Adams published in June 2024.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/704840/john-quincy-adams-by-randall-woods/
According to Lindsay Chervinsky’s website, her book on John Adams will be titled, Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents that Forged the Republic, and is scheduled for publication in August 2024.
Thanks!
The Martin Van Buren biography by James Bradley will release in the fall and be titled “Martin Van Buren: America’s First Politician”.
Thank you for this. Here is the publisher’s listing.
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/martin-van-buren-9780190920524?cc=us&lang=en&
New one about Reagan by Max Boot
Reagan: His Life and Legend Hardcover – September 10, 2024
Thanks – with almost 750 pages (of text) this looks like it could be a must-read. Looking forward to it!
Anyone have a thought as to why there has not been any many (if hardly any) books written about Obama since he left office?
Good question. For me that’s right up there alongside “whatever happened to Jon Meacham’s biography of the Madisons?” I think I know the answer to both, but it’s difficult to know with any certainty…
or why there haven’t been any good, non-partisan biographies of B Clinton or GW Bush. I’d love a good biography of each that wasn’t purely a hit piece or pure propaganda. It’s been enough time to have a clear picture of their legacies coming into existence.
Yes, I agree on those presidents as well. In having read at least one bio on every president, I have found that the most neutral books are about presidents from years ago (100+ or more). Less than that, any book on JFK or FDR is either celebratory or critical. Same with Reagan, Nixon and Carter. I think as long as there are authors that have lived through a particular president’s term in office, the books are going to lean hard one way or the other.
A couple new ones have been announced for November 5, 2024:
Nigel Hamilton’s dual biography of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis is due in
https://www.amazon.com/Lincoln-vs-Davis-War-Presidents/dp/031656463X/
Former Congressman Christopher Cox has written about Woodrow Wilson’s role in the civil rights movements of his day: women’s suffrage and racial equality.
How do you store and maintain your (growing) book collection? I imagine you’ve got roughly 400-450 hard covers or so, and a relatively limited amount of space to house them.
I seem to have run out of shelf space for my own collection, so looking for ideas as to how I can optimize things.
I hate to admit it, but we just turned our exercise room into a second library 🙂
Although not optimal, shelving books behind books helps a bit. I have 1,030 and that method provided some short-term relief until reinforcement shelving appeared.
I want to thank you for saving me time by rating the multiple biographies of Presidents. Based on your highest rated recommendation I started with Washington through Jackson.
Then I decided to go in reverse but have no interest in Obamas biographies of himself, I did read So Help Me God by Pence to better understand Trump, and have read Bush, Clinton, Bush, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon and now in Caro’s multi volume series, as you said a fascinating and entertaining personality.
i believe the American public , citizens and immigrants and interested readers in other countries deserve the detail of Caro’s approach to a biography. I love it! The detailed diversion to explain Sam Rayburn is a wonderful foundation to understand Johnson’s future actions.
please read and rate King George (1776), Napoleon, The French Revolution, next tier Politicians below the Presidents that were supremely consequential in American History such as Sam Rayburn, and any other key people in history from your perspective, Calvin-Luther-Wesley, and more.
October 2024: The University Press of Kansas is publishing its next volume in its American Presidential Elections series.
https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700637799/americas-first-wartime-election/