Richard Wolffe Books In Order

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Richard Wolffe is a published journalist, author, and a political analyst for MSNBC television.

He covered Barack Obama’s presidential campaign for Newsweek Magazine, traveling with them from announcement to election day. His book about the campaign, Renegade: The Making of a President became an instant New York Times bestseller.

Wolffe appears often on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann and Hardball with Chris Matthews. He has been featured on NBC as a political commentator on TODAY and Meet The Press. Prior to an exclusive contract with NBC, Richard appeared on CNN and Fox News, as well as international media. He is also featured prominently in By the People, an HBO documentary on the Obama campaign.

Wolffe started writing about American politics as a senior journalist at the Financial Times, serving as its deputy bureau chief and U.S. diplomatic correspondent in Washington D.C. In that capacity, he managed coverage of business and political affairs in D.C. and reported on foreign policy at the State Department and National Security Council.

Wolffe first started reporting on George W. Bush in 1999, at the presidential campaign’s beginning. HE traveled with Bush for over a year, through the 2000 election. In November 2002, Wolffe joined Newsweek Magazine as diplomatic correspondent. He covered foreign policy and international affairs. In the 2004 presidential election, he covered the Howard Dean campaign and then the John Kerry campaign.

He has written books on everything from compensation to Nazi victims to co-authoring a Spanish cookbook called Tapas: A Taste of Spain in America. He wrote a followup book called Made In Spain and wrote a 26-part television show of the same name for PBS Television. Wolffe has also written for food magazines such as Food Arts and Food and Wine.

Richard Wolffe was born in Birmingham, England. He graduated from Oxford University with first-class honors in English and French. He is married and resides with his family (his wife and their three children) in Washington, D.C.

Renegade: The Making of a President is a 2008 novel from Richard Wolffe.

Before the White House, there was the real Barack. A man who was wrestling with the decision to run for presidency while also feeling torn about leaving behind his family.

This book is the previously untold story about how a political newcomer with no money came to be the world’s most powerful leader, as well as being an intimate portrait of the person behind the Secret Service code name: Renegade.

The book draws on a dozen unplugged interviews with Barack, as well as 21 months covering the campaign as it traveled the nation, the author asks this simple question about Barack: Who is he?

Based on the author’s access to Obama, this book reveals the making of a president, on the campaign trail and before he ran for high office. It explains how the politician who emerged in this election learned the personal and political skills to succeed during his youth and early career. With cool self-discipline, calculated risk taking, and simple storytelling, Obama developed the strategies he would need to win a historic contest.

In the book, the author shares everything from being front seat at Obama’s announcement to run for president in Springfield to his victory speech in Chicago. The reader flies on the candidate’s plane and rides in his bus across the country, and is standing next to him on the night he secures his nomination and are backstage as he delivers his convention speech to the crowd in the stadium.

Renegade provides not only an account of the triumphs of the president but also takes a look at his many personal and political trials. The reader witnesses Obama struggling with race and politics, struggling with life as a presidential candidate, goes along on a campaign that falters for most of its first year, sees his reaction to a surprise defeat in the New Hampshire primary, as well as sees him relying on personal experience and polling to pass the presidential test in foreign and economic affairs. Grab a copy of this book to get an insight to understanding President Barack Obama and get a bit more information on a riveting period of history.

Revival: The Struggle for Survival Inside the Obama White House is a 2010 novel from Richard Wolffe. If you read his book Renegade and liked it or are just interested in Obama or politics in general, check this book out!

This is the inside story of the defining period of the Obama White House. It is a legendary tale that follows the president and his inner circle from defeat to historic success. Over the course of two months in the life of a young presidency, Obama and his senior aides engaged in a desperate struggle for survival that stands as the measure of who they are and how they govern.

Bestselling Obama biographer Wolffe draws on unprecedented access to the West Wing to write a natural sequel to Renegade. He traces an arc from near death to resurrection that is a repeated pattern for Obama, first as a candidate and now as president. Starting at the inauguration’s first anniversary, the author paints a portrait of a White House at work under strain from healthcare reform to the economy and two wars and terrorism.

Revival is a way for the reader to understand the dynamics, characters, and disputes that shape the Obama White House. It shows for the first time the fault lines at the heart of the West Wing between two groups competing for control of the agenda, from the Revivalists who want to return to the high-minded spirit of the presidential campaign to the Survivalists, who believe that government demands a low minded set of compromises and combat.

Written by an author who knows Obama better than the average person, Revival is a frank and intimate account of a president struggling to adapt, enduring failure, and outfoxing his foes. The volume is a must-read, especially if you’re engaged with politics or are a huge Obama fan. Pick up a copy of Revival and see what you think!