A President George W. Bush Bibliography

In just under two weeks, the gavel comes down on the opening of the Republican National Convention in New York City, beginning the final leg of the race to the White House. Clearly, all things political are on the minds of many independent bookstores' customers as nine of 15 titles on this week's Book Sense Bestseller List are about today's politics.

Following up on a list that appeared in BTW about Democratic hopeful Senator John Kerry, here is a bibliography of 36 books by, and about, Republican presidential incumbent George W. Bush.

A Charge to Keep by George W. Bush (Perennial); 0060957921 (paperback)

We Will Prevail: President George W. Bush on War, Terrorism and Freedom by George W. Bush, Peggy Noonan, Jay Nordlinger (National Review); 0826415520 (hardcover)

All the President's Spin: George W. Bush, the Media, and the Truth by Ben Fritz, Bryan Keefer, Brendan Nyhan (Touchstone); 0743262514 (paperback)

American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush by Kevin Phillips (Viking); 0670032646 (hardcover)

The Book on Bush: How George W. (Mis)leads America by Eric Alterman, Mark Green (Penguin Books); 0143034421 (paperback)

Bush Country: How Dubya Became a Great President While Driving Liberals Insane by John Podhoretz (St. Martin's); 0312324723 (hardcover)

Bush Must Go: The Top Ten Reasons Why George Bush Doesn't Deserve a Second Term by Bill Press (Dutton); 0525948406 (hardcover)

Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President by Justin A. Frank (Regan Books); 0060736704 (hardcover)

The Bush-Haters Handbook: A Guide to the Most Appalling Presidency of the Past 100 Years by Jack Huberman (Nation Books); 1560255692 (paperback)

Bush Unplugged by Marc Umile (True Patriots Press); 0974848905 (paperback)

The Bushes by Peter Schweizer, Rochelle Schweizer (Doubleday); 0385498632 (hardcover)

Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential by James Moore, Wayne Slater (Wiley); 0471471402

Bush's War for Reelection: Iraq, the White House, and the People by James Moore (Wiley); 0471483850 (hardcover)

Bushwhacked : Life in George W. Bush's America by Molly Ivins, Lou Dubose (Vintage); 0375713115 (paperback)

Bushworld: Enter at Your Own Risk by Maureen Dowd (Putnam Publishing Group); 039915258X (hardcover)

Crimes Against Nature: How George W. Bush and His Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country and Hijacking Our Democracy by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (HarperCollins); 0060746874 (hardcover)

Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney's New World Order by Mark Crispin Miller (Norton); 0393059170 (hardcover)

The Deluxe Election-Edition Bushisms: The First Term, in His Own Special Words by Jacob Weisberg (Fireside); 0743262522 (hardcover)

The Folly of Empire: What George W. Bush Could Learn From Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson by John B. Judis (Scribner); 0743261275 (hardcover)

Fortunate Son: George W. Bush and the Making of an American President by J.H. Hatfield, et al. (Soft Skull Press); 1887128840 (paperback)

God and George W. Bush: A Spiritual Life by Paul Kengor (Regan Books); 0060760508 (hardcover)

House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties by Craig Unger (Scribner); 074325337X (hardcover)

Let's Stop Beating Around the Bush by Jim Hightower (Viking); 0670033545 (hardcover)

The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception by David Corn (Three Rivers Press); 1400050677 (paperback)

Losing America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency by Robert C. Byrd (Norton); 0393059421 (hardcover)

A Man of Faith: The Spiritual Journey of George W. Bush by David Aikman, George W. Bush (W Publishing Group); 0849918111 (hardcover)

A Matter of Character: Inside the White House of George W. Bush by Ronald Kessler (Sentinel); 1595230009 (hardcover)

Misunderestimated by Bill Sammon (HarperCollins); 0060723831 (hardcover)

Obliviously On He Sails: The Bush Administration in Rhyme by Calvin Trillin (Random House); 1400062888 (hardcover)

Plan of Attack by Bob Woodward (S&S); 074325547X (hardcover)

The President of Good and Evil by Peter Singer (Plume); 0452286220 (paperback)

The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill by Ron Suskind (S&S); 0743255453 (hardcover)

The Right Man: The Surprise Presidency of George W. Bush by David Frum (Random House); 0375509038 (hardcover)

Shrub: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush by Molly Ivins, Lou Dubose (Vintage); 0375757147 (paperback)

What We've Lost by Graydon Carter (FSG, September 8); 0374288925 (hardcover)

Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush by John W. Dean (Little, Brown); 031600023X (hardcover)

For BTW's bibliography of books by, and about, Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, click here.