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Barack Obama's Top Book Recommendations - Page 2

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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The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die (Keith Payne)
The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die
41
Keith Payne
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
42
Tayari Jones
There There (Tommy Orange)
There There
43
Tommy Orange
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden (Denis Johnson)
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
44
Denis Johnson
Immigrant, Montana (Amitava Kumar)
Immigrant, Montana
45
Amitava Kumar
Florida (Lauren Groff)
Florida
46
Lauren Groff
Feel Free (Zadie Smith)
Feel Free
47
Zadie Smith
Asymmetry (Lisa Halliday)
Asymmetry
48
Lisa Halliday
Arthur Ashe: A Life (Raymond Arsenault)
Arthur Ashe: A Life
49
Raymond Arsenault
American Prison (Shane Bauer)
American Prison
50
Shane Bauer
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms (Katherine Rundell)
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms
51
Katherine Rundell
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
52
James Baldwin
Lessons in Disaster (Gordon Goldstein)
Lessons in Disaster
53
Gordon Goldstein
The Post-American World (Fareed Zakaria)
The Post-American World
54
Fareed Zakaria
A Kind and Just Parent (William Ayers)
A Kind and Just Parent
55
William Ayers
Moral Man and Immoral Society (Reinhold Niebuhr)
Moral Man and Immoral Society
56
Reinhold Niebuhr
Hot Flat and Crowded (Thomas Friedman)
Hot Flat and Crowded
57
Thomas Friedman
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln)
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln
58
Abraham Lincoln
FDR (Jean Edward Smith)
FDR
59
Jean Edward Smith
Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope (Jonathan Alte)
Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope
60
Jonathan Alte
Lincoln (Fred Kaplan)
Lincoln
61
Fred Kaplan
John Adams (David McCullough)
John Adams
62
David McCullough
Harry Potter (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter
63
J. K. Rowling
In Dubious Battle (John Steinbeck)
In Dubious Battle
64
John Steinbeck
Collected Poems
Collected Poems
65
Philosophy and Literature (Peter Thompson)
Philosophy and Literature
66
Peter Thompson
What Is the What (Dave Eggers)
What Is the What
67
Dave Eggers
Plainsong (Kent Haruf)
Plainsong
68
Kent Haruf
Redeployment (Phil Klay)
Redeployment
69
Phil Klay
Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights (Salman Rushdie)
Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
70
Salman Rushdie
Netherland (Joseph O'Neill)
Netherland
71
Joseph O'Neill
Lush Life (Richard Price)
Lush Life
72
Richard Price
Fates and Furies (Lauren Groff)
Fates and Furies
73
Lauren Groff
Purity (Jonathan Franzen)
Purity
74
Jonathan Franzen
To the End of the Land (David Grossman)
To the End of the Land
75
David Grossman
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
76
Abraham Verghese
Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
Power and the Glory
77
Graham Greene
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
78
W.E.B. Du Bois
The Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay)
The Federalist Papers
79
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954 - 1963 (Taylor Branch)
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954 - 1963
80
Taylor Branch
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