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Barack Obama's Top Book Recommendations

Want to know what books Barack Obama recommends on their reading list? Shortform has researched interviews, social media posts, podcasts, and articles to build a comprehensive list of Barack Obama's favorite book recommendations of all time.
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Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated (Tara Westover)
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Washington Black (Esi Edugyan)
Washington Black (Esi Edugyan)
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The Three-Body Problem (Liu Cixin)
The Three-Body Problem (Liu Cixin)
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Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
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The Moment of Lift (Melinda Gates)
The Moment of Lift (Melinda Gates)
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The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
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Seveneves (Neal Stephenson)
Seveneves (Neal Stephenson)
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Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela)
Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela)
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Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (David W. Blight)
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (David W. Blight)
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The World as It Is (Ben Rhodes)
The World as It Is (Ben Rhodes)
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
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Life 3.0 (Max Tegmark)
Life 3.0 (Max Tegmark)
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H Is for Hawk (Helen MacDonald)
H Is for Hawk (Helen MacDonald)
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Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
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Working (Studs Terkel)
Working (Studs Terkel)
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Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
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The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
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Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End (Atul Gawande)
Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End (Atul Gawande)
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Factfulness (Hans Rosling)
Factfulness (Hans Rosling)
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Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
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Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
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How Democracies Die (Steven Levitsky)
How Democracies Die (Steven Levitsky)
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Becoming (Michelle Obama)
Becoming (Michelle Obama)
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The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
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Washington: A Life (Ron Chernow)
Washington: A Life (Ron Chernow)
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The Story of My Experiments With Truth (Mohandas K. Gandhi)
The Story of My Experiments With Truth (Mohandas K. Gandhi)
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The Best and the Brightest (David Halberstam)
The Best and the Brightest (David Halberstam)
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Why Liberalism Failed (Patrick J. Deneen)
Why Liberalism Failed (Patrick J. Deneen)
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Warlight (Michael Ondaatje)
Warlight (Michael Ondaatje)
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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
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The Return : Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between (Bill McKee)
The Return : Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between (Bill McKee)
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The New Geography of Jobs (Enrico Moretti)
The New Geography of Jobs (Enrico Moretti)
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In the Shadow of Statues (Mitch Landrieu)
In the Shadow of Statues (Mitch Landrieu)
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A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
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A Grain of Wheat (Ngugi Wa Thiong'o)
A Grain of Wheat (Ngugi Wa Thiong'o)
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Futureface (Alex Wagner)
Futureface (Alex Wagner)
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