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Hail to the Chief! The following is an updated list Presidential Crime Fiction list for President's Day. Hail to the Chief! We now have a 'real' president in office! The following updated list featuring U.S. President in mysteries, thrillers, and crime fiction is so relevant today. The list is divided into categories, but I added more titles at the end under 'other' and a separate list of Abraham Lincoln Mysteries. Of course, there are many overlaps, so scroll through them all. This is not a definitive list, and I welcome any additions. Post your favorites in the comments section. A big thriller on the list this year is The President is Missing by former President Bill Clinton with James Patterson. And, I really enjoy Hope Never Dies: An Obama Biden Mystery and Hope Rides Again by Andrew Shaffer. There's a sequel out. Political Election and Thrillers Rubicon by Lawrence Alexander Saving Faith by David Baldacci Political Suicide and Touched by the Dead by Robert Barnard Capitol Conspiracy by William Bernhardt Collateral Damage by Michael Bowen Three Shirt Deal by Stephen J. Cannell Executive Orders by Tom Clancy Impaired Judgement by David Compton Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon Term Limits; Protect and Defend by Vince Flynn The Scandal Plan by Bill Folman The Power Broker by Stephen W. Frey Spook Country by William Gibson Fast Track, Sleeping Dogs by Ed Gorman The Fourth Perimeter by Tim Green The People's Choice by Jeff Greenfield Hazardous Duty by W.E.B. Griffin The Pelican Brief by John Grisham The Second Revolution by Gary Hansen The President's Daughter and The White House Connection by Jack Higgins The Enemy Within by Noel Hynd First Daughter by Eric Lustbader Drone Threat by Mike Maden Executive Privilege by Philip Margolin Presidents' Day by Seth Margolis The Race, Protect and Defend, Balance of Power by Richard North Patterson Politics Noir: Gary Phillips, Editor Missing Member by Jo-Ann Power Dark Horse by Ralph Reed Dead Heat, The Last Jihad by Joel C. Rosenberg Dead Watch by John Sandford State of the Union by Brad Thor Capital Crimes by Stuart Woods Assassination Attempts American Quartet by Warren Adler Shall We Tell the President? by Jeffrey Archer Sherlock Holmes in Dallas by Edmund Aubrey The 14th Colony by Steve Berry All American Girl by Meg Cabot (YA) The President is Missing by Bill Clinton/James Patterson Primary Target by Max Allan Collins Campaign Train (Murder Rides the Campaign Train) by The Gordons Glass Tiger by Joe Gores The President's Assassin by Brian Haig Potus by Greg Holden Marine One by James W. Huston 11/22/63 by Stephen King Murder at Monticello by Jane Langton The Surrogate Assassin by Christopher Leppek Gideon's March by J.J. Marric The Kidnapping of the President by Charles Templeton Pursuit by James Stewart Thayer Primary Target by Marilyn Wallace Watchdogs by John Weisman Kidnappings We are Holding the President Hostage by Warren Adler The Camel Club, First Family by David Baldacci Line of Succession by Brian Garfield Madam President by Anne Holt Oath of Office by Steven J. Kirsch Presidential Deal by Les Standiford The Kidnapping of the President by Charles Templeton The Lions of Lucerne by Brad Thor Presidential Disappearances The President Vanishes by Anonymous (1934) Missing! by Michael Avallone The President is Missing by Bill Clinton & James Patterson Mrs. Roosevelt's Confidante by Susan Elia MacNeal The President's Plan is Missing by Robert J. Serling The President Vanishes by Rex Stout Fixing the Election The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon The 13th Directorate by Barry Chubin Atropos by William DeAndrea The Red President by Martin Gross The Ceiling of Hell by Warren Murphy The Trojan Hearse by Richard S. Prather President Fu Manch by Sax Rohmer The Big Fix by Roger L. Simon Presidential Crisis Seven Days in May by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II Vanished; Night of Camp David by Fletcher Knebel A Fine and Dangerous Season by Keith Raffel The President as Detective Speak Softly by Lawrence Alexander Lincoln for the Defense by Warren Bull Mr President, Private Eye, edited by Martin Greenberg & Francis M. Nevins Bully by Mark Schorr Hope Never Dies: An Obama Biden Mystery; Hope Rides Again by Andrew Shaffer The JFK Plot Too many to list, but... Mongoose, RIP by William F. Buckley Executive Action by Mark Lane, Donald Freed and Stephen Jaffe The Tears of Autumn by Charles McCarry Presidential Families Loving Eleanor by Susan Wittig Albert Exclusive by Sandra Brown Deadly Aims by Ron L. Gerard The First Lady by E.J. Gorman First Daughter series by Susan Ford & Laura Hayden The President's Daughter by Jack Higgins The Devil's Bed by William Kent Krueger Mrs. Roosevelt's Confidante by Susan Elia MacNeal The First Lady Murders, edited by Nancy Pickard Murder and the First Lady; Murder at the President's Door (and other novels) By Elliot Roosevelt American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld The Murder of Willie Lincoln by Brad Solomon Murder in the White House (and other novels) by Margaret Truman They've Shot the President's Daughter by Edward Stewart Other The Big Stick by Lawrence Alexander The President's Mind, The 20th Day of January by Ted Allbeury Absolute Power by David Baldacci Father's Day by John Calvin Batchelor Warriors by Ted Bell The Kennedy Connection by Dick Belsky Enslaved by Ron Burns The Plan by Stephen J. Cannell Killing Time by Caleb Carr The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln by Stephen L. Carter First Strike by Ben Coes Ex Officio by Timothy Culver (Donald Westlake) The Whole Truth by John Ehrlichman The President's Vampire, Blood Bath by Christopher Farnsworth FDR's Treasure, Lincoln's Hand by Joel Fox The President's Henchman, The Next President by Joseph Flynn Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold By Order of the President by W.E.B. Griffin Squeeze Me by Carl Hiassen Julie Hyzy's White House Chef series Spin Doctor by M.C. Lewis Die Like a Hero by Clyde Linsley Jack 1939 by Francine Matthews The Better Angels by Charles McCarry The Inner Circle by Brad Meltzer The First Patient by Michael Palmer Treason at Hanford by Scott Parker No Safe Place by Richard North Patterson Keeping House by Tucker and Richard Phillips The Only Thing to Fear by David Poyer Acts of Mercy by Bill Pronzini and Barry Malzberg Love, Lust, and Loyalty by Greg Sandora White House Gardener series by Dorothy St. James The President's Daugther by Mariah Stewart Ghosts of War by Brad Taylor Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut Put a Lid on It by Donald Westlake President Lincoln's Spy by Steven Wilson An Anthology Mr President, Private Eye, edited by Martin H. Greenberg. Different historical presidents in the role of sleuth Abraham Lincoln Mysteries Abraham Lincoln: Detective by Allen Appel A Night of Horrors: A Historical Thriller about the 24 Hours of Lincoln's Assassination by John C. Berry The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln by Stephen L. Carter Lincoln's Hand by Joel Fox The Lincoln Letter by Gretchen Elassani and Phillip Grizzell Lincoln's Diary by DL Fowler Murder in the Lincoln White House, Murder in the Oval Library, Murder at the Capitol by C.M. Gleason Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith The Assassin's Accomplice by Kate Clifford Larson The Lincoln Letter by William Martin The Lincoln Secret by John A. McKinsey The First Assassin by John J. Miller The Lincoln Conspiracy by Timothy L. O'Brien Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders The Murder of Willie Lincoln by Brad Solomon The Cosgrove Report: Being the Private Inquiry of a Pinkerton Detective into the Death of President Lincoln by G.J.A. O'Toole President Lincoln's Secret, President Lincoln's Spy by Steven Wilson Want to know what the Presidents read? or in the case of the present President (nothing!), read Camille LeBlanc's areticle: American Presidents Can't Stop Reading Thrillers, Just Like Us: A Century of Crime Fiction Readers in the White House that appeared on CrimeReads a few years ago.