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Books President Obama Wants You to Read

The complete list of books Barack Obama recommended during his presidency and after (as of January 2018)
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Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life (William Finnegan)
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
1
William Finnegan
H Is for Hawk (Helen MacDonald)
H Is for Hawk
2
Helen MacDonald
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
The Girl on the Train
3
Paula Hawkins
Seveneves (Neal Stephenson)
Seveneves
4
Neal Stephenson
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
5
Colson Whitehead
All That Is (James Salter)
All That Is
6
James Salter
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
7
Anthony Doerr
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
8
Elizabeth Kolbert
The Lowland (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Lowland
9
Jhumpa Lahiri
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
10
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Washington: A Life (Ron Chernow)
Washington: A Life
11
Ron Chernow
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
12
Toni Morrison
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
13
Herman Melville
Shakespeare's Tragedies
Shakespeare's Tragedies
14
Parting the Waters (Taylor Branch)
Parting the Waters
15
Taylor Branch
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
16
Marilynne Robinson
Self-Reliance [And Other Essays] (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Self-Reliance [And Other Essays]
17
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Bible (Anonymous)
Bible
18
Anonymous
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln)
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln
19
Abraham Lincoln
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
20
W.E.B. Du Bois
Gandhi an Autobiography
Gandhi an Autobiography
21
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
22
Robert Penn Warren
The Best and the Brightest
The Best and the Brightest
23
The Federalist
The Federalist
24
Theory of Moral Sentiments (Adam Smith)
Theory of Moral Sentiments
25
Adam Smith
Cancer Ward (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
Cancer Ward
26
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
27
Graham Greene
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
28
Graham Greene
Working by Studs Terkel
Working by Studs Terkel
29
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
30
Norman Mailer
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
31
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
32
Doris Lessing
The Woman Warrior (Maxine Hong Kingston)
The Woman Warrior
33
Maxine Hong Kingston
Redwall (Brian Jacques)
Redwall
34
Brian Jacques
Junie B. Jones (Barbara Lynne Park)
Junie B. Jones
35
Barbara Lynne Park
Brown Girl Dreaming (Jacqueline Woodson)
Brown Girl Dreaming
36
Jacqueline Woodson
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
37
Joseph Conrad
Nora Webster (Colm Tiobin)
Nora Webster
38
Colm Tiobin
The Laughing Monsters (Denis Johnson)
The Laughing Monsters
39
Denis Johnson
Age of Ambition (Evan Osnos)
Age of Ambition
40
Evan Osnos
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