How the books sit next to each other
Claim-safe lanes by era and collaborator — not a ranked shopping guide.
TrumpsBook is an independent bibliography. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Donald J. Trump or related entities. Use these groupings to see adjacency: deal-making memoir vs campaign-era manifesto vs co-authored finance with Kiyosaki. We do not invent “which to buy first” rankings.
80s–90s deal-making memoir
If you want the early business-memoir lane — New York development, negotiation stories, and the late-1980s through mid-1990s credited titles — start here. Collaborators differ on each book; we name them on every row.
| Title | Year | Collaborator(s) | Lane | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trump: The Art of the Deal | 1987 | Tony Schwartz | Deal-making memoir | Amazon |
| Trump: Surviving at the Top | 1990 | Charles Leerhsen | Deal-making memoir | Amazon |
| Trump: The Art of the Comeback | 1997 | Kate Bohner | Deal-making memoir | Amazon |
Early 2000s politics
If you want an early turn from deal memoir toward national-policy framing — before the mid-decade how-to books and the later campaign titles — this is the bridge entry on the shelf.
| Title | Year | Collaborator(s) | Lane | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The America We Deserve | 2000 | Dave Shiflett | Early political framing | Amazon |
Mid-2000s how-to with Meredith McIver
If you want business how-to and advice titles from the mid-to-late 2000s rather than memoir or campaign manifesto, McIver appears across several credited volumes. Never Give Up (2008) also sits in the motivation lane below. Torn between the two 2004 titles? See the shelf note How to Get Rich vs. Think Like a Billionaire.
| Title | Year | Collaborator(s) | Lane | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trump: How to Get Rich | 2004 | Meredith McIver | Mid-2000s how-to | Amazon |
| Think Like a Billionaire | 2004 | Meredith McIver | Mid-2000s how-to | Amazon |
| Never Give Up | 2008 | Meredith McIver | Late-2000s motivation | Amazon |
Kiyosaki collaborations
If you want co-authored personal-finance / entrepreneurship framing with Robert Kiyosaki — distinct from solo deal memoirs and from campaign-era political titles — these two sit together.
| Title | Year | Collaborator(s) | Lane | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why We Want You to Be Rich | 2006 | Robert Kiyosaki; Meredith McIver | Kiyosaki collaboration | Amazon |
| Midas Touch | 2011 | Robert Kiyosaki | Kiyosaki collaboration | Amazon |
Late 2000s motivation
If you want late-2000s motivation / self-help framing that sat beside the McIver how-to titles — not campaign politics — these two belong here. Never Give Up also appears under the McIver how-to group above.
| Title | Year | Collaborator(s) | Lane | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Think Big and Kick Ass | 2007 | Bill Zanker | Late-2000s motivation | Amazon |
| Never Give Up | 2008 | Meredith McIver | Late-2000s motivation | Amazon |
2011–2015 campaign-era politics
If you want campaign-era political titles rather than deal memoir or Kiyosaki finance — Time to Get Tough (2011) and Crippled America (2015; also marketed as Great Again). Note: Time to Get Tough has no verified ASIN on this shelf yet; we do not invent one. Midas Touch (same year as Time to Get Tough) sits in the Kiyosaki lane above.
| Title | Year | Collaborator(s) | Lane | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time to Get Tough | 2011 | Often listed with Hall / Schweizer / McIver among collaborators | Campaign-era politics | Amazon pending |
| Crippled America | 2015 | David Fisher (acknowledged) | Campaign-era politics | Amazon |
By collaborator
Quick adjacency by named collaborator. Vague catalog lines (e.g. Time to Get Tough) stay flagged as pending verification.
| Collaborator | Titles on this shelf |
|---|---|
| Tony Schwartz | The Art of the Deal (1987) |
| Charles Leerhsen | Surviving at the Top (1990) |
| Kate Bohner | The Art of the Comeback (1997) |
| Dave Shiflett | The America We Deserve (2000) |
| Meredith McIver | How to Get Rich (2004); Think Like a Billionaire (2004); Why We Want You to Be Rich (2006); Never Give Up (2008) |
| Robert Kiyosaki | Why We Want You to Be Rich (2006); Midas Touch (2011) |
| Bill Zanker | Think Big and Kick Ass (2007) |
| David Fisher | Crippled America (2015) |