Well, there aren’t many real autobiographies or memoirs by our presidents. And of these few have any literary reputation.
Obamas book is actually quite well-written as far as it goes - of course, it was probably not written by Obama for a substantial part if at all, but we may never get the specifics of this. Lets assume for a moment that he was the writer -
Grant was a better writer, Nixon was a workmanlike writer but more substantial and fundamentally interesting, Jefferson was often fascinating but not a great lterary writer in his long works, Reagan could write very well indeed, but never wrote a real memoir - but after them, who else wrote anything thats not just plain dull ?
I have read Theodore Roosevelt’s and Grant’s. What I should have said when I read “one of the best” was “Talk about damning with faint praise”. At least, that is what I felt.
I have read a few of Nixon’s books, and liked them. Interesting reading.
“but after them, who else wrote anything thats not just plain dull ?”
True, I actually started Bill Clinton’s book but only made it about halfway through.
JFK - “Profiles in Courage” but he apparently didn’t write it though it has largely been attributed to him.