List of memoirs by first ladies of the United States

Book Cover of "What Happened" by former U.S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Thirteen first ladies of the United States have written a total of 22 memoirs. Every memoir by a first lady published in the 20th and 21st centuries has been a bestseller, at times outselling those of their presidential husbands.[1][2]

Memoirs

Title First lady Publisher Year Identifier
Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant Julia Grant Putnam Publishing Group 1975 ISBN 978-0-399-11386-4

OCLC 1362819

Recollections of Full Years Helen Taft Dodd, Mead & Company 1914 OCLC 1071952821
My Memoir Edith Wilson Bobbs-Merrill Company 1939 OCLC 300015696
This is My Story Eleanor Roosevelt Harper & Brothers 1937 OCLC 1222392544
This I Remember Eleanor Roosevelt Harper & Brothers 1949 OCLC 1222358304
On My Own: The Years since the White House Eleanor Roosevelt Harper & Brothers 1958 OCLC 1007583041
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt Harper & Brothers 1961 OCLC 241967
A White House Diary Lady Bird Johnson Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1970 ISBN 978-0-03-085254-1OCLC 247688211
The Times of My Life Betty Ford Harper & Row 1978 ISBN 978-0-06-011298-1OCLC 1089520085
Betty: A Glad Awakening Betty Ford Doubleday 1987 ISBN 978-0-385-23502-0OCLC 624464837
First Lady from Plains Rosalynn Carter Houghton Mifflin 1984 ISBN 978-0-395-35294-6OCLC 608350043
Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life Rosalynn Carter Random House 1987 ISBN 978-0-394-55858-5OCLC 1020180943
Nancy: The Autobiography of America's First Lady Nancy Reagan HarperCollins 1980 ISBN 978-0-688-03533-4OCLC 5613799
My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan Nancy Reagan Random House 1989 ISBN 978-0-394-56368-8OCLC 19921006
Barbara Bush: A Memoir Barbara Bush Scribner 1994 ISBN 978-0-02-519635-3OCLC 733651482
Reflections: Life After the White House Barbara Bush Scribner 2004 ISBN 978-0-7432-5582-0OCLC 57355785
Living History Hillary Clinton Simon & Schuster 2003 ISBN 978-0-7432-2224-2OCLC 961885123
Hard Choices Hillary Clinton Simon & Schuster 2014 ISBN 978-1-4767-5144-3OCLC 900303720
What Happened Hillary Clinton Simon & Schuster 2017 ISBN 978-1-5011-7556-5OCLC 1003606642
Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush Scribner 2010 ISBN 978-1-4391-5520-2OCLC 669262090
Becoming Michelle Obama Crown Publishing Group 2018 ISBN 978-1-5247-6313-8OCLC 1079014347
Where the Light Enters: Building a Family, Discovering Myself Jill Biden Flatiron Books 2019 ISBN 978-1-250-18234-0OCLC 1198401967

References

  1. ↑ Fehrman, Craig (May 21, 2010). "First Lady Lit". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015..
  2. ↑ Sánchez, Bianca (November 13, 2018). "The History of First Ladies' Memoirs". Smithsonian Magazine. Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.