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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
5
Washington Black (Esi Edugyan)
Washington Black
Esi Edugyan
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The Three-Body Problem (Liu Cixin)
The Three-Body Problem
Liu Cixin
7
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
8
The Moment of Lift (Melinda Gates)
The Moment of Lift
melinda gates
9
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
Elizabeth Kolbert
10
Seveneves (Neal Stephenson)
Seveneves
Neal Stephenson
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Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela)
Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela
12
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (David W. Blight)
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
David W. Blight
13
The World as It Is (Ben Rhodes)
The World as It Is
Ben Rhodes
14
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
15
Life 3.0 (Max Tegmark)
Life 3.0
Max Tegmark
16
H Is for Hawk (Helen MacDonald)
H Is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald
17
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
18
Working (Studs Terkel)
Working
Studs Terkel
19
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
20
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
24
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
25
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
29
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
31
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
35
The Return : Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between (Bill McKee)
The Return : Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
Bill McKee
36
The New Geography of Jobs (Enrico Moretti)
The New Geography of Jobs
Enrico Moretti
37
In the Shadow of Statues (Mitch Landrieu)
In the Shadow of Statues
Mitch Landrieu
38
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
40
Futureface (Alex Wagner)
Futureface
Alex Wagner
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