
Throughout the history of American fiction, many authors have featured fictionalized versions of actual U.S. Presidents in their novels and short stories. The following is a list of prominent novels featuring actual Presidents and their families in fictional tales. The Presidents and their First Ladies about whom Lincoln City Libraries owns adult fiction books are listed here in order of their terms of office.
George Washington [1789-1797]
John Adams [1797-1801]
Thomas Jefferson [1801-1809]
James Madison [1809-1817]
Andrew Jackson [1829-1837]
James Knox Polk [1845-1849]
| Noel Gerson |
The Slender Reed |
James Buchanan [1857-1861]
Abraham Lincoln [1861-1865]
Andrew Johnson [1865-1869]
| Noel Gerson |
The Yankee From Tennessee |
Ulysses Simpson Grant [1869-1877]
Theodore Roosevelt [1901-1909]
| Lawrence Alexander |
Speak Softly: A Theodore Roosevelt Mystery  |
| Matt Braun |
Dakota  |
| Brian Garfield |
Manifest Destiny  |
| Noel Gerson |
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Warren Gamaliel Harding [1921-1923]
Calvin Coolidge [1923-1929]
Franklin Delano Roosevelt [1933-1945]
Harry S. Truman [1945-1953]
John Fitzgerald Kennedy [1961-1963]
Richard Milhous Nixon [1969-1974]
Gerald Rudolph Ford [1974-1977]
Ronald Wilson Reagan [1981-1989]
George Bush [1989-1993]
William Jefferson Clinton [1993-2000]
Imaginary Presidents
These adult fiction books do not have actual U.S. Presidents as the main subject, but rather feature fictional Presidents.
Many more novels about the U.S. Civil War and World War II feature Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt prominently. You can see lists of these by doing a subject search under either United States -- History -- 1861-1865 (Civil War) -- Fiction or World War -- 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
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Printed List February 2000 bwc
Updated and expanded for the Web February 2004 sdc / Last updated and expanded Apr 2008 sdc
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