Louis Auchincloss Books in Order

Louis Stanton Auchincloss is a renowned American novelist, historian, and essayist. He has penned multi-generational sagas that have captivated readers, including The House of Five Talents, Portrait in Brownstone, and East Side Story. His notable novels showcase his sharp insight into the lives of the elite, such as The Rector of Justin, a thought-provoking tale of a headmaster navigating the complexities of change, and The Embezzler, a gripping exploration of white-collar crime. Auchincloss's work is marked by his meticulous attention to the intricacies of old New York and New England society, offering readers a glimpse into the lives of the privileged classes. Through his writing, Auchincloss has established himself as a masterful chronicler of the American aristocracy.

Bibliography verified: January 2026

Book Series by Louis Auchincloss

  • #1
    Cases and Materials On Law of Contracts(1960)
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  • #2
    Reflections of a Jacobite(1961)
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  • #3
    Ellen Glasgow(1964)
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  • #4
    The World of Henry James(1964)
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  • #5
    Pioneers and Caretakers(1965)
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  • #6
    Motiveless Malignity(1970)
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  • #7
    Richelieu(1972)
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  • #8
    Reading Henry James(1975)
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  • #9
    Introduction to Anglo-American law(1977)
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  • #10
    A Writer's Capital(1979)
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  • #11
    Persons of Consequence(1979)
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  • #12
    Life, Law and Letters(1979)
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  • #13
    Three Perfect Novels(1981)
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  • #14
    Maverick in Mauve(1983)
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  • #15
    A Writer's Use of Fact in Fiction(1984)
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  • #16
    False Dawn(1984)
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  • #17
    The Vanderbilt Era(1989)
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  • #18
    The Hone and Strong Diaries of Old Manhattan(1989)
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  • #19
    J.P. Morgan(1990)
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  • #20
    Love Without Wings(1991)
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  • #21
    The Style's the Man(1994)
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  • #22
    Newport Remembered(1994)
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  • #23
    La Gloire(1996)
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  • #24
    The Man Behind the Book(1996)
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  • #25
    Theodore Roosevelt(2002)
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  • #26
    Forging a New Nation(2002)
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  • #27
    Hawthorne Revisited(2004)
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    Writers and Personality(2005)
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  • #29
    Woodrow Wilson: A Life(2009)
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  • #30
    A Voice from Old New York(2010)
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  • #31
    The Injustice Collectors(1951)
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  • #32
    The Romantic Egotists(1954)
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    The Unholy Three(1955)
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  • #34
    Powers of Attorney(1963)
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  • #35
    Tales of Manhattan(1967)
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  • #36
    Second Chance(1970)
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  • #37
    The Partners(1974)
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  • #38
    The Winthrop Covenant(1976)
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  • #39
    Narcissa and Other Fables(1983)
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  • #40
    Skinny Island(1987)
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  • #41
    False Gods(1992)
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    Three Lives(1993)
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  • #43
    Tales of Yesteryear(1994)
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  • #44
    The Collected Stories of Louis Auchincloss(1994)
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  • #45
    The Atonement(1997)
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  • #46
    Civil Wars(1999)
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  • #47
    The Anniversary(1999)
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  • #48
    Manhattan Monologues(2002)
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  • #49
    The Young Apollo(2006)
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  • #50
    The Friend of Women(2007)
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  • #1
    Henry James (By: Leon Edel)(1960)
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  • #2
    Edith Wharton(1961)
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    Nathanael West (By: )(1962)
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  • #4
    Sinclair Lewis (By: Mark Schorer)(1963)
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  • #5
    Flannery O’Connor (By: )(1966)
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  • #6
    Henry D. Thoreau (By: Leon Edel)(1970)
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  • #7
    William Styron (By: Richard Pearce)(1971)
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    Henry Adams(1971)
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    Abraham Lincoln (By: Thomas Keneally)(1960)
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  • #2
    Mao Zedong: A Life (By: Jonathan D. Spence)(1999)
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  • #3
    Mozart: A Life (By: Peter Gay)(1999)
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  • #4
    Marcel Proust (By: Edmund White)(1999)
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  • #5
    Crazy Horse (By: Larry McMurtry)(1999)
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  • #6
    Saint Augustine (By: Garry Wills)(1999)
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  • #7
    James Joyce (By: Edna O'Brien)(1999)
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  • #8
    Rosa Parks (By: Douglas Brinkley)(2000)
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  • #9
    Virginia Woolf (By: Nigel Nicolson)(2000)
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  • #10
    Woodrow Wilson(2000)
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  • #11
    Herman Melville (By: Elizabeth Hardwick)(2000)
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  • #12
    Leonardo da Vinci: A Life (By: Sherwin B. Nuland)(2000)
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  • #13
    Dante (By: R.W.B. Lewis)(2001)
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  • #14
    Jane Austen: A Life (By: Carol Shields)(2001)
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  • #15
    Buddha (By: Karen Armstrong)(2001)
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  • #16
    Simone Weil (By: Francine du Plessix Gray)(2001)
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  • #17
    Andy Warhol: A Biography (By: Wayne Koestenbaum)(2001)
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  • #18
    Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Life (By: Marshall Frady)(2001)
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  • #19
    Joseph Smith (By: Robert V. Remini)(2002)
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  • #20
    Winston Churchill: A Life (By: John Keegan)(2002)
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  • #21
    Pope John XXIII (By: Thomas Cahill)(2002)
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  • #22
    Charles Dickens (By: Jane Smiley)(2002)
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  • #23
    Elvis Presley (By: Bobbie Ann Mason)(2002)
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  • #24
    Saint Therese of Lisieux (By: Kathryn Harrison)(2003)
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  • #25
    Robert E. Lee (By: Roy Blount Jr.)(2003)
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  • #26
    Frank Lloyd Wright: A Life (By: Ada Louise Huxtable)(2004)
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  • #27
    George Herbert Walker Bush (By: Tom Wicker)(2004)
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  • #28
    Napoleon (By: Paul Johnson)(2006)
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  • #29
    Julia Child (By: Laura Shapiro)(2007)
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  • #30
    Joan of Arc (By: Mary Gordon)(2008)
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  • #31
    Martin Luther (By: Martin E. Marty)(2008)
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  • #32
    Branch Rickey: A Life (By: Jimmy Breslin)(2011)
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  • #1
    The Indifferent Children(1947)
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  • #2
    Sybil(1952)
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  • #3
    Law for the Lion(1953)
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  • #4
    The Great World and Timothy Colt(1957)
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  • #5
    Venus in Sparta(1958)
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  • #6
    Pursuit of the Prodigal(1959)
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  • #7
    The House of Five Talents(1960)
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  • #8
    Watchfires(1960)
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  • #9
    Portrait in Brownstone(1962)
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  • #10
    The Rector of Justin(1964)
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    The Embezzler(1966)
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  • #12
    World of Profit(1969)
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  • #13
    I Come As a Thief(1972)
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  • #14
    The Book Class(1974)
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  • #15
    The Dark Lady(1977)
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  • #16
    The Country Cousin(1978)
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  • #17
    The House of the Prophet(1980)
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  • #18
    The Cat and the King(1981)
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  • #19
    Exit Lady Masham(1983)
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  • #20
    Honorable Men(1985)
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  • #21
    Diary of a Yuppie(1986)
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  • #22
    Fellow Passengers(1988)
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  • #23
    The Golden Calves(1988)
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  • #24
    Lady of Situations(1990)
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  • #25
    The Education of Oscar Fairfax(1995)
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  • #26
    Her Infinite Variety(2000)
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  • #27
    The Scarlet Letters(2003)
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  • #28
    East Side Story(2004)
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  • #29
    The Headmaster's Dilemma(2007)
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  • #30
    Last of the Old Guard(2008)
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  • #1
    Theodore Roosevelt(2002)
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  • #2
    James Madison (By: Garry Wills)(2002)
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  • #3
    Bill Clinton (By: Hal Marcovitz)(2002)
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  • #4
    Grover Cleveland (By: Henry F. Graff)(2002)
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  • #5
    John Quincy Adams (By: Robert V. Remini)(2002)
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  • #6
    Rutherford B. Hayes (By: Hans L. Trefousse)(2002)
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  • #7
    Dwight D. Eisenhower (By: Tom Wicker)(2002)
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  • #8
    Thomas Jefferson (By: Joyce Appleby)(2003)
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  • #9
    James K. Polk (By: John Seigenthaler)(2003)
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  • #10
    William McKinley (By: Kevin Phillips)(2003)
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  • #11
    Abraham Lincoln (By: George S. McGovern)(2003)
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  • #12
    Woodrow Wilson (By: H.W. Brands)(2003)
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  • #13
    John Adams (By: John Patrick Diggins)(2003)
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  • #14
    George H. W. Bush (By: Timothy Naftali)(2003)
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  • #15
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (By: RoyJenkins)(2003)
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  • #16
    Warren G. Harding (By: John W. Dean)(2004)
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  • #17
    James Buchanan (By: Jean H. Baker)(2004)
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  • #18
    George Washington (By: James MacGregor Burns,Susan Dunn)(2004)
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  • #19
    Chester Alan Arthur (By: Zachary Karabell)(2004)
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  • #20
    Ulysses S. Grant (By: Josiah Bunting)(2004)
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  • #21
    Martin Van Buren (By: Ted Widmer)(2005)
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  • #22
    Benjamin Harrison (By: Charles W. Calhoun)(2005)
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  • #23
    James Monroe (By: GaryHart)(2005)
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  • #24
    Andrew Jackson (By: Sean Wilentz)(2005)
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  • #25
    James A. Garfield (By: Ira Rutkow)(2006)
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  • #26
    Calvin Coolidge (By: David Greenberg)(2006)
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  • #27
    Gerald R. Ford (By: Douglas Brinkley)(2007)
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  • #28
    Richard M. Nixon (By: Elizabeth Drew)(2007)
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  • #29
    Herbert Hoover (By: William E. Leuchtenburg)(2008)
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  • #30
    Zachary Taylor (By: John S.D. Eisenhower)(2008)
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  • #31
    Harry S. Truman (By: Robert Dallek)(2008)
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  • #32
    John Tyler (By: Gary May)(2008)
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  • #33
    Andrew Johnson (By: Annette Gordon-Reed)(2008)
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  • #34
    Millard Fillmore (By: Paul Finkelman)(2009)
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  • #35
    Franklin Pierce (By: Michael F. Holt)(2010)
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  • #36
    Lyndon B. Johnson (By: Charles Peters)(2010)
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  • #37
    John F. Kennedy (By: Alan Brinkley)(2010)
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  • #38
    Jimmy Carter (By: Julian E. Zelizer)(2010)
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  • #39
    William Henry Harrison (By: Gail Collins)(2012)
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  • #40
    William Howard Taft (By: Jeffrey Rosen)(2012)
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  • #41
    George W. Bush (By: James Mann)(2015)
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  • #42
    Ronald Reagan (By: Jacob Weisberg)(2016)
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About Louis Auchincloss

Louis Stanton Auchincloss is a renowned American novelist, historian, and essayist. He has penned multi-generational sagas that have captivated readers, including The House of Five Talents, Portrait in Brownstone, and East Side Story. His notable novels showcase his sharp insight into the lives of the elite, such as The Rector of Justin, a thought-provoking tale of a headmaster navigating the complexities of change, and The Embezzler, a gripping exploration of white-collar crime. Auchincloss's work is marked by his meticulous attention to the intricacies of old New York and New England society, offering readers a glimpse into the lives of the privileged classes. Through his writing, Auchincloss has established himself as a masterful chronicler of the American aristocracy.

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