Palgrave Macmillan; 2012.
Lloyd, Craig. Aggressive Introvert: A Study of Herbert Hoover and Public Relations Management, 1912–1932 (1973).
Nash, George H. The Life of Herbert Hoover: The Engineer 1874–1914 (1983); in-depth scholarly study
—— (1988), The Humanitarian, 1914–1917, The Life of Herbert Hoover, vol. 2.
—— (1996), Master of Emergencies, 1917–1918, The Life of Herbert Hoover, vol. 3.
Nash, Lee, ed. Understanding Herbert Hoover: Ten Perspectives (1987); essays by scholars
Smith, Richard Norton. An Uncommon Man: The Triumph of Herbert Hoover, (1987), biography concentrating on post 1932.
Walch, Timothy. ed. Uncommon Americans: The Lives and Legacies of Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover Praeger, 2003.
West, Hal Elliott. Hoover, the Fishing President: Portrait of the Man and his Life Outdoors (2005).

Scholarly studies

Arnold, Peri E. "The 'Great Engineer' as Administrator: Herbert Hoover and Modern Bureaucracy."Review of Politics 42.3 (1980): 329–348. JSTOR 1406794.
Barber, William J. From New Era to New Deal: Herbert Hoover, the Economists, and American Economic Policy, 1921–1933. (1985)
Claus Bernet (2009). "Hoover, Herbert".  In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 30. Nordhausen: Bautz. cols. 644–653. ISBN 978-3-88309-478-6.
Brandes, Joseph. Herbert Hoover and Economic Diplomacy: Department of Commerce Policy, 1921–1928. 