Which Are the Best?

Our Top 10 Political Memoir Picks

With the release of Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue," we got to wondering which of the many, many political memoirs would make our top 10. Here's what we decided. (AP Photo/George Frey)

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Which Are the Be... With the release of Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue," we got to wondering which of the many, many political memoirs would make our top 10. Here's what we decided. (AP Photo/George Frey)
10. H.R. Haldema... Written in 1975, Haldeman took responsibility for his part in the Watergate scandal and the environment in Washington that allowed it, and also offered his take on President Nixon's Watergate tapes. (AP Photo, File)
9. Ted Kennedy, ... Released after his death, "True Compass" deals with Chappaquiddick, his brothers' assassinations, his battle with alcoholism and brain cancer. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
8. Bill Clinton,... President Clinton's epic memoir, coming in at over 1,000 pages in length, chronicles his upbringing in Arkansas and his sometimes-tumultuous eight-years in office. (AP Photo/Wirtschafts Blatt/Richard Tanzer)
7. Barack Obama,... President Obama published his memoir in 1995, after he was elected the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review, and was re-released in 2004 following his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. It has received widespread praise in literary circles worldwide. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
6. George Stepha... Published during President Clinton's second term, Stephanopoulos, who served as Clinton's press secretary in his first term, discusses battling depression and the difficulties in delivering the messages for the Clinton White House. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer,File)
5. Harry McPhers... McPherson, left, documents his years of service in Lyndon Johnson's White House as special counsel from 1965 to 1969 and Johnson’s chief speechwriter from 1966 to 1969. It's the classic insider's tale. (Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum)
4. John McCain, ... Published in 1999, McCain's memoir traces his early life, his career in the Navy and experiences in the Vietnam War, while also interweaving stories of his father and grandfather, who were both four-star admirals in the U.S. Navy. (AP Photo/james A. Finley)
3. Richard A. Cl... Clarke, who served as the U.S. counter-terrorism czar, documents his criticisms of several presidencies over their failure to take sufficient actions to protect the country prior to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
2. Dean Acheson,... Acheson, who was Secretary of State from 1949 through 1953, documents the way the world was shaped at a most volatile period in American history. (Popperfoto/Getty Images)
1. Ulysses S. Gr... Published just five days prior to his death, Grant's was the first presidential memoir to earn wide success. It was published by Mark Twain and has been compared favorably to Julius Caesar's "Commentaries." (AP Photo/File)