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THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO READING LIKE BARACK OBAMA

"Given Obama's status as an A+ bookworm, I thought it might be valuable to gather his reading lists and book recommendations into one big post so anybody who wants to read like Barack Obama would know how to get started. The books mentioned below show how widely Obama reads: you'll find history, current events, sociology, political science, and philosophy alongside memoirs, literary fiction, thrillers, and science fiction. As Obama knows, every genre has its place and time and every book can teach us something about the world or can make living in the world a little bit easier. Or both. So here are Obama's recommended books, in reverse chronological order"- Rebecca Hussey BookRiot 11-5-18
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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
1
Keith Payne
How Democracies Die (Steven Levitsky)
How Democracies Die
2
Steven Levitsky
Educated: A Memoir (Tara Westover)
Educated: A Memoir
3
Tara Westover
Warlight (Michael Ondaatje)
Warlight
4
Michael Ondaatje
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
5
V.S. Naipaul
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
6
Tayari Jones
Factfulness (Hans Rosling)
Factfulness
7
Hans Rosling
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
8
Chinua Achebe
A Grain of Wheat
A Grain of Wheat
9
Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela)
Long Walk to Freedom
10
Nelson Mandela
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
11
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Return (Hisham Matar)
The Return
12
Hisham Matar
The World as It Is (Ben Rhodes)
The World as It Is
13
Ben Rhodes
Futureface (Alex Wagner)
Futureface
14
Alex Wagner
The New Geography of Jobs (Enrico Moretti)
The New Geography of Jobs
15
Enrico Moretti
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
16
Marilynne Robinson
The Three-Body Problem (Cixin Liu)
The Three-Body Problem
17
Cixin Liu
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
18
Gillian Flynn
Fates and Furies (Florida) (Lauren Groff)
Fates and Furies (Florida)
19
Lauren Groff
Shakespeare's Tragedies
Shakespeare's Tragedies
20
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
21
Toni Morrison
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
22
V.S. Naipaul
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln)
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln
23
Abraham Lincoln
Parting the Waters (Taylor Branch)
Parting the Waters
24
Taylor Branch
The Power Broker
The Power Broker
25
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
26
James Baldwin
Andy Grove: The Life and Times of an American (Richard S. Tedlow)
Andy Grove: The Life and Times of an American
27
Richard S. Tedlow
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens
28
Yuval Noah Harari
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
Thinking, Fast and Slow
29
Daniel Kahneman
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
30
Elizabeth Kolbert
In Dubious Battle (John Steinbeck)
In Dubious Battle
31
John Steinbeck
Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Katherine Boo)
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
32
Katherine Boo
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life (William Finnegan)
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
33
William Finnegan
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
34
Colson Whitehead
H Is for Hawk (Helen MacDonald)
H Is for Hawk
35
Helen MacDonald
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
The Girl on the Train
36
Paula Hawkins
Seveneves (Neal Stephenson)
Seveneves
37
Neal Stephenson
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
38
Anthony Doerr
The Lowland (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Lowland
39
Jhumpa Lahiri
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
40
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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