The best and worst autobiographies by US presidents
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Former presidents often turn to writing to explain the important decisions they made and actions they took while in office.
Some autobiographies offer riveting first-person accounts of presidents' journeys to the White House, challenges they faced in office, and plans they have post-presidency.
Others are selective about what they include or are simply boring reads.
Here are the five worst and five best autobiographies written by presidents.
The roads that led each of the United States's presidents to the White House — from military service to state-level politics to real estate investing and reality-TV show hosting — vary, as do the lives lived by these heads of state after their years in office.
But many former presidents have a common thread in their post-POTUS years: