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Barack Obama's Top Book Recommendations

Want to know what books Barack Obama recommends on their reading list? Shortform has researched interviews, social media posts, podcasts, and articles to build a comprehensive list of Barack Obama's favorite book recommendations of all time.
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Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Daniel Kahneman
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Doris Kearns Goodwin)
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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Doris Kearns Goodwin
Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated
4
Tara Westover
Washington Black (Esi Edugyan)
Washington Black
5
Esi Edugyan
The Three-Body Problem (Liu Cixin)
The Three-Body Problem
6
Liu Cixin
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
7
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Moment of Lift (Melinda Gates)
The Moment of Lift
8
Melinda Gates
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
9
Elizabeth Kolbert
Seveneves (Neal Stephenson)
Seveneves
10
Neal Stephenson
Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela)
Long Walk to Freedom
11
Nelson Mandela
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (David W. Blight)
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
12
David W. Blight
The World as It Is (Ben Rhodes)
The World as It Is
13
Ben Rhodes
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
14
Ralph Ellison
Life 3.0 (Max Tegmark)
Life 3.0
15
Max Tegmark
H Is for Hawk (Helen MacDonald)
H Is for Hawk
16
Helen MacDonald
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
17
Herman Melville
Working (Studs Terkel)
Working
18
Studs Terkel
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
19
Ta-Nehisi Coates
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
20
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
21
Colson Whitehead
Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End (Atul Gawande)
Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End
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Atul Gawande
Factfulness (Hans Rosling)
Factfulness
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Hans Rosling
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
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Maurice Sendak
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens
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Yuval Noah Harari
How Democracies Die (Steven Levitsky)
How Democracies Die
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Steven Levitsky
Becoming (Michelle Obama)
Becoming
27
Michelle Obama
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
The Wealth of Nations
28
Adam Smith
Washington: A Life (Ron Chernow)
Washington: A Life
29
Ron Chernow
The Story of My Experiments With Truth (Mohandas K. Gandhi)
The Story of My Experiments With Truth
30
Mohandas K. Gandhi
The Best and the Brightest (David Halberstam)
The Best and the Brightest
31
David Halberstam
Why Liberalism Failed (Patrick J. Deneen)
Why Liberalism Failed
32
Patrick J. Deneen
Warlight (Michael Ondaatje)
Warlight
33
Michael Ondaatje
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
34
Chinua Achebe
The Return : Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between (Bill McKee)
The Return : Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
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Bill McKee
The New Geography of Jobs (Enrico Moretti)
The New Geography of Jobs
36
Enrico Moretti
In the Shadow of Statues (Mitch Landrieu)
In the Shadow of Statues
37
Mitch Landrieu
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
38
V.S. Naipaul
A Grain of Wheat (Ngugi Wa Thiong'o)
A Grain of Wheat
39
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
Futureface (Alex Wagner)
Futureface
40
Alex Wagner
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