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Books Obama Recommends

Books President Obama has recommended while in office... Some for young women like his daughters, some for mere enjoyment, some for educational purposes...
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
2
Doris Lessing
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
3
Norman Mailer
The Woman Warrior (Maxine Hong Kingston)
The Woman Warrior
4
Maxine Hong Kingston
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms (Katherine Rundell)
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms
5
Katherine Rundell
Brown Girl Dreaming (Jacqueline Woodson)
Brown Girl Dreaming
6
Jacqueline Woodson
The Laughing Monsters (Denis Johnson)
The Laughing Monsters
7
Denis Johnson
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
8
Joseph Conrad
Nora Webster (Colm Tiobin)
Nora Webster
9
Colm Tiobin
Age of Ambition (Evan Osnos)
Age of Ambition
10
Evan Osnos
Being Mortal (Atul Gawande)
Being Mortal
11
Atul Gawande
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Richard Flanagan)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
12
Richard Flanagan
Redwall (Brian Jacques)
Redwall
13
Brian Jacques
Junie B. Jones (Barbara Lynne Park)
Junie B. Jones
14
Barbara Lynne Park
Nuts to You (Lynne Rae Perkins)
Nuts to You
15
Lynne Rae Perkins
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life (William Finnegan)
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
16
William Finnegan
H Is for Hawk (Helen MacDonald)
H Is for Hawk
17
Helen MacDonald
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
The Girl on the Train
18
Paula Hawkins
Seveneves (Neal Stephenson)
Seveneves
19
Neal Stephenson
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
20
Colson Whitehead
All That Is (James Salter)
All That Is
21
James Salter
The Sixth Extinction: An Annatural History (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction: An Annatural History
22
Elizabeth Kolbert
The Lowland (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Lowland
23
Jhumpa Lahiri
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
24
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Washington: A Life (Ron Chernow)
Washington: A Life
25
Ron Chernow
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
26
Anthony Doerr
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
27
Herman Melville
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
28
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
29
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
30
John Steinbeck
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
31
Toni Morrison
Self-Reliance [And Other Essays] (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Self-Reliance [And Other Essays]
32
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Parting the Waters (Taylor Branch)
Parting the Waters
33
Taylor Branch
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
34
Maurice Sendak
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
35
Marilynne Robinson
The Best and the Brightest
The Best and the Brightest
36
The Federalist
The Federalist
37
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
38
W.E.B. Du Bois
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
39
Graham Greene
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
40
Graham Greene
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