Kennedy-related Fiction
Explore gripping Kennedy-related fiction with our curated list of books. Dive into novels inspired by JFK, RFK, and the Kennedy family’s legacy, perfect for history buffs and fiction lovers alike.
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Where There's Smoke
by Mel McKinney
A gangster cons two congressmen into financing the theft of President Kennedy's cigars. Shortly after he steals them, Kennedy is assassinated, an opportunity for a hike in price, not to mention a little blackmail. A comic mystery.
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Libra
by Don DeLillo
From the author of the National Book Award-winning novel White Noise comes an eerily convincing fictional speculation on the events leading up to the assassination of John F. Kennedy In this powerful, unsettling novel, Don DeLillo chronicles Lee Harvey Oswald’s odyssey from troubled teenager to a man of precarious stability who imagines himself an agent of history. When “history” presents itself in the form of two disgruntled CIA operatives who decide that an unsuccessful attempt on the life of the president will galvanize the nation against communism, the scales are irrevocably tipped. A gripping, masterful blend of fact and fiction, alive with meticulously portrayed characters both real and created, Libra is a grave, haunting, and brilliant examination of an event that has become an indelible part of the American psyche.
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When Bobby Kennedy was a Moving Man
by Robert Ellis Gordon
A story based on the premise that Bobby Kennedy is sent to Seattle, Washington, to be a moving man when the gods are unable to decide where to send him for eternity
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Black Water
by Joyce Carol Oates
The Pulitzer Prize-nominated novel from the author of the New York Times bestselling novel We Were the Mulvaneys “Its power of evocation is remarkable.” —The New Yorker In the midst of a long summer on Grayling Island, Maine, twenty-six-year-old Kelly Kelleher longs for something interesting to happen to her—something that will make her finally feel some of what she imagines other people must feel when they watch the fireworks explode off the beach. So when Kelly meets The Senator at an exclusive party and he asks her to go back to a hotel room on the main island with him, she says yes. Even though the senator is old enough to be her father, even though he has perhaps been drinking too heavily to get behind the wheel, the danger of saying yes is an inevitable and even exciting part of the adventure Kelly is finally going to have. However, as The Senator’s car whips around the island’s roads and eventually crashes through a guardrail, it becomes clear to Kelly and the reader that this man embodies a wholly different and more sinister type of danger, one much larger and harder to contain than the horrible events that unfold as Kelly is left in the sinking car. Black Water is a chilling meditation on power, trust, and violation and a timeless classic from one of America’s foremost storytellers.
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Camelot
by Caryl Rivers
A novel on the 1960s civil rights movement featuring Mary Springer, a White House reporter for a Maryland newspaper. She becomes the confidante of President Kennedy, informing him of the situation in the streets.
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The Shot
by Philip Kerr
From master thriller writer Philip Kerr comes a rollercoaster ride through the cultural, political, and social landscape of the 1960s as the Mob, the CIA, and the USA plan to kill Fidel Castro.
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Promises to Keep
by George Bernau
His name is John Trelawney Cassidy, and he is America's 35th president. Young, charismatic, beloved by his beautiful wife, his country, and his world, he has everything to live for. Then in a Dallas motorcade, he is badly shot in an assassination attempt, but lives. . . .
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The People V. Lee Harvey Oswald
by Walt Brown
Lee Harvey Oswald, after barely survivng Jack Ruby's attempt to kill him, is put on trial for killing President Kennedy.
