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Books like Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume II
The best books like Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume II are The Path to Power, Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume III, and Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume II by Robert A. Caro is about political ambition, power and corruption, election fraud. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Path to Power
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Robert A. Caro · Biography
The first volume of Robert A.
A kindred biography read.
Read the summary → - Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume III
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Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume III
Robert A. Caro · Biography
Master of the Senate is the third volume of Robert Caro's biography of Lyndon Johnson and covers his years as a senator from 1949 through 1958, culminating in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
A kindred biography read.
Read the summary → - Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Doris Kearns Goodwin · Biography
Doris Kearns Goodwin's account of Abraham Lincoln's formation of his cabinet — which included his three main rivals for the 1860 Republican nomination: William Seward, Salmon Chase, and Edward Bates — is one of the most widely discussed leadership books of the twenty-first century and one of the most readable biographies of the Lincoln era.
A kindred biography read.
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- Grant
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Ron Chernow · Biography
Ron Chernow's biography of Ulysses S.
A kindred biography read.
Read the summary → - Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
Tom Holland · History
Rubicon tells the story of the Roman Republic's last century — from the Gracchi in the 130s BCE through the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE and the civil wars that followed — with the narrative energy of a thriller and the sourcing of serious scholarship.
Shares political ambition and power and corruption with Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume II.
Read the summary → - A Darker Shade of Magic
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V.E. Schwab · Fantasy
A Darker Shade of Magic is set across four parallel versions of London — Red, Grey, White, and the long-destroyed Black — each existing in the same location but separated by the barriers between worlds.
Both dig into power and corruption.
Read the summary → - A Game of Thrones
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George R.R. Martin · Fantasy
A Game of Thrones is the first volume of George R.R.
Both dig into power and corruption.
Read the summary → - The Lord of the Rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien · Philosophy
The Lord of the Rings is a single novel published in three volumes between 1954 and 1955.
Both dig into power and corruption.
Read the summary → - The Maltese Falcon
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Dashiell Hammett · Mystery
San Francisco private detective Sam Spade is hired by a woman calling herself Miss Wonderly to find her missing sister — a lie within thirty seconds of the novel opening.
Both dig into power and corruption.
Read the summary → - The Pillars of the Earth
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Ken Follett · Historical fiction
The Pillars of the Earth follows the construction of a cathedral in the fictional English town of Kingsbridge across roughly forty years in the twelfth century, set against the real historical chaos of King Stephen's reign — a period of civil war and disputed succession known as The Anarchy.
Both dig into power and corruption.
Read the summary → - The Princess Bride
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William Goldman · Fantasy
The Princess Bride presents itself as an abridgment: William Goldman claims he is cutting the "boring parts" from a dense historical novel by the fictional S.
Both dig into power and corruption.
Read the summary → - A Beautiful Mind
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Sylvia Nasar · Biography
Sylvia Nasar's biography of the mathematician John Nash — Nobel laureate, game theory pioneer, and paranoid schizophrenic — is one of the finest accounts of genius and mental illness in biographical literature.
A kindred biography read.
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Books like Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume II: quick answers
What are the best books like Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume II?
The best books like Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume II by Robert A. Caro are The Path to Power by Robert A. Caro, Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume III by Robert A. Caro, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Grant by Ron Chernow, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume II, such as political ambition, power and corruption, election fraud.
What should I read after Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume II?
A natural next read after Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume II is The Path to Power by Robert A. Caro. A kindred biography read. Other strong choices are Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume III by Robert A. Caro, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Grant by Ron Chernow.
What books are similar to Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume II by Robert A. Caro?
Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume II centers on political ambition, power and corruption, election fraud. Books with a similar feel include The Path to Power by Robert A. Caro, Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume III by Robert A. Caro, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Grant by Ron Chernow, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland, A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
