The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House
by Nancy Pelosi
View on GoodreadsNancy Pelosi's memoir spanning her decades in Democratic leadership — the votes she counted, the bills she passed (ACA, Dodd-Frank), the impeachments she managed, and the leadership style that produced one of the longest-tenured Speaker careers in modern history.
Core ideas
- The recurring leadership lesson — "you have to know the math" — is the book's connective tissue; Pelosi treats whip counts, member relationships, and timing as the actual content of legislative leadership, not the floor speeches.
- The behind-the-scenes accounts of the two Trump impeachments and January 6 are the most-cited material — particularly the calls during the Capitol attack itself, which she reconstructs from her side.
- The book is reticent on internal Democratic friction with the progressive caucus and on the post-2020 succession question; the framing throughout is institutional, not personal-political.
Published2024
Pages352
ISBN9781668048047
ReadAug 2024
