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Books President Obama Wants You to Read - Page 2

The complete list of books Barack Obama recommended during his presidency and after (as of January 2018)
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Being Mortal (Atul Gawande)
Being Mortal
41
Atul Gawande
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms (Katherine Rundell)
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms
42
Katherine Rundell
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Richard Flanagan)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
43
Richard Flanagan
Hardy Boys Series (Franklin W. Dixon)
Hardy Boys Series
44
Franklin W. Dixon
Of Men and Mice - John Steinbeck (1937)
Of Men and Mice - John Steinbeck (1937)
45
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
46
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
47
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
48
Maurice Sendak
Team of Rivals (Doris Goodwin)
Team of Rivals
49
Doris Goodwin
Writings (Reinhold Niebuhr)
Writings
50
Reinhold Niebuhr
Lush Life
Lush Life
51
Philosophy and Literature (Peter Thompson)
Philosophy and Literature
52
Peter Thompson
Derek Walcott Collected Poems
Derek Walcott Collected Poems
53
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
54
Abraham Verghese
To the End of the Land (David Grossman)
To the End of the Land
55
David Grossman
Lessons in Disaster (Gordon Goldstein)
Lessons in Disaster
56
Gordon Goldstein
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Edmund Morris)
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
57
Edmund Morris
John Adams
John Adams
58
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
59
Ralph Ellison
Plainsong (Kent Haruf)
Plainsong
60
Kent Haruf
The Way Home (George Pelecanos)
The Way Home
61
George Pelecanos
Hot Flat and Crowded (Thomas Friedman)
Hot Flat and Crowded
62
Thomas Friedman
What Is the What
What Is the What
63
Netherland
Netherland
64
Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet (Jeffrey D. Sachs)
Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet
65
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope (Jonathan Alte)
Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope
66
Jonathan Alte
FDR (Jean Edward Smith)
FDR
67
Jean Edward Smith
Ghost Wars by Steve Coll
Ghost Wars by Steve Coll
68
Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age (Larry Bartels)
Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age
69
Larry Bartels
Fates and Furies (Lauren Groff)
Fates and Furies
70
Lauren Groff
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
71
J.K. Rowling
Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights (Salman Rushdie)
Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
72
Salman Rushdie
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
73
Gillian Flynn
The Three-Body Problem (Cixin Liu)
The Three-Body Problem
74
Cixin Liu
The Power (Naomi Alderman)
The Power
75
Naomi Alderman
Grant (Ron Chernow)
Grant
76
Ron Chernow
Evicted (Matthew Desmond)
Evicted
77
Matthew Desmond
Janesville (Amy Goldstein)
Janesville
78
Amy Goldstein
Exit West (Mohsin Hamed)
Exit West
79
Mohsin Hamed
Five-Carat Soul (James McBride)
Five-Carat Soul
80
James McBride
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