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American Presidents' Favorite Books/Authors

Taken from YouTuber Mr. Beat's video on the subject. How many of these books beloved by presidents have you read?
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Cato (Joseph Addison)
Cato
1
Joseph Addison
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
2
John Milton
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
3
Miguel De Cervantes
John Locke (John Locke)
John Locke
4
John Locke
Pleasures of Imagination (Mark Akenside)
Pleasures of Imagination
5
Mark Akenside
Oberon (Christoph Martin Wieland)
Oberon
6
Christoph Martin Wieland
Aeneid (Virgil)
Aeneid
7
Virgil
The Vicar of Wakefield (Oliver Goldsmith)
The Vicar of Wakefield
8
Oliver Goldsmith
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
9
William Shakespeare
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
10
William Shakespeare
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
11
William Shakespeare
Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
Wealth of Nations
12
Adam Smith
History of England (David Hume)
History of England
13
David Hume
Nathaniel Hawthorne (Hawthorne)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
14
Hawthorne
Bible (Anonymous)
Bible
15
Anonymous
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
16
Daniel Defoe
Arabian Nights (Mary Zimmerman)
Arabian Nights
17
Mary Zimmerman
The American Speaker (John Frost)
The American Speaker
18
John Frost
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton)
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
19
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster
20
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
21
Charles Dickens
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
22
Sir Walter Scott
Kenilworth (Walter Scott)
Kenilworth
23
Walter Scott
William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray
24
Blackstone Commentaries on Laws of Engalnd
Blackstone Commentaries on Laws of Engalnd
25
The Poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
26
Poetry of John Greenleaf Whittier (John Greenleaf Whittier)
Poetry of John Greenleaf Whittier
27
John Greenleaf Whittier
Lord Byron: Selected Poems (Lord Byron)
Lord Byron: Selected Poems
28
Lord Byron
Influence of Sea Power Upon History 1660-1783 (A.T. Mahan)
Influence of Sea Power Upon History 1660-1783
29
A.T. Mahan
The English Constitution (Walter Bagehot)
The English Constitution
30
Walter Bagehot
Cicero (Cicero)
Cicero
31
Cicero
Great Men and Famous Women (Charles Francis Horne)
Great Men and Famous Women
32
Charles Francis Horne
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
33
Mark Twain
From Russia With Love (Ian Fleming)
From Russia With Love
34
Ian Fleming
The Other America
The Other America
35
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
36
Leo Tolstoy
Horatio Alger
Horatio Alger
37
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (Agee)
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
38
Agee
The Hunt for Red October (Tom Clancy)
The Hunt for Red October
39
Tom Clancy
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
40
J.D. Salinger
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