Books like Profiles in courage

Profiles in courage by John F. Kennedy reads as inspiring, admiring. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Team of Rivals

Doris Kearns Goodwin · 2005

Both explore leadership

56% genome match

Truman

David McCullough

Same nonfiction feel

57% genome match

Lincoln

Russell Freedman · 1987

Both explore american history & leadership

70% genome match

The rise of Theodore Roosevelt

Edmund Morris · 1979

Both explore leadership & american history

67% genome match

Let the trumpet sound

Stephen B. Oates · 1982

Both explore leadership & american history

68% genome match

His Excellency

Joseph J. Ellis · 2004

Both explore american history & leadership

65% genome match

American Caesar

William Manchester · 1978

Both explore leadership & american history

65% genome match

American lion

Jon Meacham · 2008

Both explore leadership & american history

65% genome match

The wilderness warrior

Douglas Brinkley · 2009

Both explore american history

65% genome match

Frederick Douglass

David W. Blight · 2018

Both explore leadership & american history

63% genome match

When pride still mattered

David Maraniss · 1999

Both explore leadership & american history

64% genome match

Eleanor Roosevelt

Blanche Wiesen Cook · 1992

Both explore leadership

62% genome match