Books by Kamala Harris
107 Days
by Kamala Harris
Former US Vice President Kamala Harris reflects on her failed 2024 bid for the presidency in 107 Days, a memoir that recounts the frenetic campaign that followed Joe Biden's disastrous television debate and last-minute decision to withdraw his candidacy. Already expected to be the bestselling memoir of 2025, Harris's warts-and-all account does not hold back—blasting Biden for his "recklessness" in running in the first place, and lifting the lid on the complicated political calculus that goes into selecting a running mate. 107 Days has "lit up political group texts across the country," declares Politico.
“Superheroes are Everywhere by Kamala Harris is a version of her memoir aimed at 3-7 year olds. We meet her mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, who was not only an incredibly impressive biomedical researcher working on breast cancer, but also a superhero mother to her two girls. … After meeting the other superheroes in her life, she makes a list of ways you, too, can become a superhero.” Read more...
“This version of Kamala Harris’s memoir is aimed at kids aged 12-15. It’s very similar in content and style to the adult version, but shorter. This might be the best book to read if you want to read Kamala Harris’s own version of the story of her life in a couple of hours.” Read more...
“The Truths We Hold is Kamala Harris’s memoir, published in 2019. It’s really a manifesto, an account of the issues she cares about, interspersed with the story of her personal life. Her parents were both immigrants, her mother from southern India, her father from Jamaica. They met as students in Berkeley and were both involved in the civil rights movement. They split up when she was five, and Kamala was mainly brought up by her mother. The memoir chronicles her career as a ‘progressive’ public prosecutor, culminating in a stint as District Attorney for California, and finally her election as Senator. This is a deeply impressive story, told in a matter of fact way, and an excellent book to read if you want to know who Kamala Harris is, what she’s about and what she’s likely to set out to achieve when she’s in office.” Read more...
Interviews where books by Kamala Harris were recommended
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The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
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Kamala and Maya’s Big Idea
by Ana Ramírez González (illustrator) & Meena Harris -
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Superheroes Are Everywhere
by Kamala Harris & Mechal Renee Roe (illustrator) -
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Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice
by Laura Freeman (illustrator) & Nikki Grimes -
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The Truths We Hold: An American Journey (Young Readers Edition)
by Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris Books, recommended by Five Books
Kamala Harris Books, recommended by Five Books
If you want to know more about Kamala Harris, the 49th Vice President of the United States and the first woman to hold the job, her own memoir is a great place to start, especially as there aren’t (m)any books about her yet. It’s available for different age groups, including children and teenagers.
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Mother Mary Comes to Me
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107 Days
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All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation
by Elizabeth Gilbert -
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This is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web
by Tim Berners-Lee -
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Raising Hare
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The Minotaur at Calle Lanza
by Zito Madu
New Memoirs
New Memoirs
New memoirs continue to come out hard and fast, testimony to our enduring interest in hearing people tell the stories of their own lives. So far in 2025, these have included candid tales told in painful detail by talented writers, as well as books that combine personal history with other objectives—such as, for example, saving the internet.
