| Title | Author | Year | Publisher/Publication | Notes |
| 10 Questions | Duffy, Michael | 2015 | Time Magazine 15 June 2015 | Interview with Barbara Bush that covers Jeb's campaign for the 2016 presidential nomination, the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, and the benefits of being 90 years old. |
| 200 Candles for 1600 Pa. Ave.: With Future Uncertain, Four Presidents Celebrate the White House’s Past | Roberts, Roxanne, and Beth Berselli | 2000 | Washington Post 10 November 2000 | |
| The 25 Most Intriguing People of the Year | | 1989 | People Magazine 25 December 1989 | |
| 3 Bushes Celebrate Reading | Miller, Robert | 2010 | Dallas Morning News 16 November 2010 | Celebration of Reading hosted by Barbara, George, and Laura Bush raised money for the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy and the Barbara Tush Texas Fund for Family Literacy. |
| 30-Year Career Coming to an End | Lee, Jessica | 1992 | USA Today 5 November 1992 | |
| The 30th Annual Most Admired Women Poll | | 1998 | Good Housekeeping September 1998 | |
| 4 Presidents, 5 First Ladies Dine Together | | 2000 | Los Angeles Times 10 November 2000 | |
| 41: Inside the Presidency of George H. W. Bush | Nelson, Michael and Barbara Perry | 2014 | Ithaca: Cornell University Press | Based upon oral histories conducted with Bush officials through the auspices of the Miller Center and the Bush Presidential Library, this book shows the president and the first lady in a generally positive light. |
| 5 Wives | Milde, Oscar | 1995 | Forbes 23 October 1995 | Humorous story about five wives for different stages of life -- Debra Winger, Sharon Stone, June Cleaver, Barbara Bush, and Katherine Hepburn. |
| A 9-Year-Old’s Touching Words | Sorelle, Ruth | 1995 | Houston Chronicle 4 May 1995 | |
| Abortion Is a Personal Choice | | 1992 | Newsweek 24 August 1992 | Interview with Barbara Bush. |
| About Education | Hechinger, Fred | 1990 | New York Times 23 May 1990 | |
| Administration Makes P.R. Splash for America 2000 | Miller, Julie A., and Millicent Lawton | 1991 | Education Week 11 September 1991 | |
| Adoption Works--For Everyone | | 1990 | Children Today March 1990 | A White House reception for Adoption Works. |
| Advance for a Memoir By Hillary Clinton Is Set at $8 Million--Precedents Suggest Readers Prefer First Ladies’ Accounts To Their Husbands’ Tomes | White, Erin | 2000 | Wall Street Journal 18 December 2000 | |
| After the White House | Thomas, Cynthia | 1998 | Wall Street Journal 9 March 1998 | |
| Afterword to Bunnies in My Head | Bush, Barbara | 1998 | Houston: University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center | Bush's Afterword can be found in by Tricia Tusa's Bunnies in My Head, aimed at children to the age of 2. |
| ALA Names Barbara Bush Honorary Member | | 1991 | Emergency Librarian January/February 1991 | |
| All About Their Mothers | Szegedy-Maszak, Marianne | 2000 | Harper’s Bazaar September 2000 | |
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| All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings | Bush, George | 1999 | New York: Scribner’s | Selection of George Bush's letters to family, friends and associates that range in date from World War II to the end of the 1990s. A few letters to Barbara Bush are included, along with many more mentions of her in notes to others. |
| All the Best: My Life in Letters and Other Writings | Bush, George H. W. | 2013 | New York: Scribner | President Bush's collection of letters contains many to and about the First Lady and about his daughter-in-law as well. |
| All the Presidents' Pastries: Twenty-Five Years in the White House | Mesnier, Roland | 2006 | Paris: Flammarion | This is a rags-to-riches memoir by Roland Mesnier. He was born in rural France to a family in straitened circumstances and rose through hard work, creativity, and talent to become the Executive Pastry Chef in the White House, serving the Carters, Reagans, Clintons, and both Bush presidencies. The book provides a positive view of all of the First Ladies, but there is much of interest about the way each woman dealt with him, with staff, and with the pressures of the position. |
| All The President’s Women | Robertson, Rebecca | 2005 | ARTnews December 2005 | Coverage of a photography exhibition called “First Ladies” by Jean-Pierre Khazem at Sperone Westwater in New York. |
| An (Almost) Surprise Party for a Bush | | 2000 | New York Times 12 June 2000 | |
| American First Ladies | Watson, Robert P., ed. | 2006 | Pasadena, CA: Salem Press | |
| America’s Down-To-Earth First Lady | Carlson, Margaret | 1989 | Readers’ Digest [Montreal] June 1989 | |
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| America’s First Families: An Inside View of 200 Years of Private Life in the White House | Anthony, Carl Sferrazza | 2000 | New York: Touchstone | |
| America’s First Ladies: Ohio Library was Established in 1997 in Their Honor | Wadley, Carma | 2007 | Deseret Morning News 19 February 2007 | Article celebrates the tenth anniversary of the National First Ladies Library and includes a quiz on the subject of First Ladies.
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| America’s Grandma: Barbara Bush Earns Even Higher Ratings Than the President: She Overcomes Blue Blood And Old-Fashioned Style To Win Broad Support: Making U.S. Safe for Pearls | McQueen, Michael | 1989 | Wall Street Journal 9 October 1989 | |
| America’s Grandmother | | 1992 | World Press Review October 1992 | |
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