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Obama's Book Recommendations 2009-2019

Compiled from posts on Obama's Facebook page and a compiled list posted by the DC Public Library, this list contains Obama's annual book recommendations from 2009-2019.
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Coach Wooden and Me (Abdul-Jabbar)
Coach Wooden and Me
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Abdul-Jabbar
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
2
Chinua Achebe
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
3
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Power (Naomi Alderman)
The Power
4
Naomi Alderman
Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope (Jonathan Alte)
Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope
5
Jonathan Alte
Arthur Ashe: A Life (Raymond Arsenault)
Arthur Ashe: A Life
6
Raymond Arsenault
Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age (Larry Bartels)
Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age
7
Larry Bartels
American Prison (Shane Bauer)
American Prison
8
Shane Bauer
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (David W. Blight)
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
9
David W. Blight
The Yellow House (Sarah M.Broom)
The Yellow House
10
Sarah M.Broom
President Reagan (Lou Cannon)
President Reagan
11
Lou Cannon
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains (Nicholas G. Carr)
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
12
Nicholas G. Carr
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee (Casey Cep)
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
13
Casey Cep
Grant (Ron Chernow)
Grant
14
Ron Chernow
Washington: A Life (Ron Chernow)
Washington: A Life
15
Ron Chernow
Exhalation (Ted Chiang)
Exhalation
16
Ted Chiang
Trust Exercise (Susan Choi)
Trust Exercise
17
Susan Choi
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
18
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ghost Wars (Steve Coll)
Ghost Wars
19
Steve Coll
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire (William Dalrym)
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
20
William Dalrym
Why Liberalism Failed (Patrick J. Deneen)
Why Liberalism Failed
21
Patrick J. Deneen
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Matthew Desmond)
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
22
Matthew Desmond
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
23
Anthony Doerr
Washington Black (Esi Edugyan)
Washington Black
24
Esi Edugyan
What Is the What (Dave Eggers)
What Is the What
25
Dave Eggers
Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
Girl, Woman, Other
26
Bernardine Evaristo
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life (William Finnegan)
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
27
William Finnegan
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Richard Flanagan)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
28
Richard Flanagan
Freedom (Jonathan Franzen)
Freedom
29
Jonathan Franzen
Purity (Jonathan Franzen)
Purity
30
Jonathan Franzen
Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Hot, Flat, and Crowded
31
The Moment of Lift (Melinda Gates)
The Moment of Lift
32
Melinda Gates
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (Atul Gawande)
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
33
Atul Gawande
Janesville (Amy Goldstein)
Janesville
34
Amy Goldstein
Lessons in Disaster (Gordon Goldstein)
Lessons in Disaster
35
Gordon Goldstein
Fates and Furies (Lauren Groff)
Fates and Furies
36
Lauren Groff
Florida (Lauren Groff)
Florida
37
Lauren Groff
To the End of the Land (David Grossman)
To the End of the Land
38
David Grossman
Asymmetry (Lisa Halliday)
Asymmetry
39
Lisa Halliday
Exit West (Mohsin Hamid)
Exit West
40
Mohsin Hamid
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