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Barack Obama's Top Book Recommendations - Page 2

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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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
Keith Payne
42
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
Tayari Jones
43
There There (Tommy Orange)
There There
Tommy Orange
44
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden (Denis Johnson)
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
Denis Johnson
45
Immigrant, Montana (Amitava Kumar)
Immigrant, Montana
Amitava Kumar
46
Florida (Lauren Groff)
Florida
Lauren Groff
47
Feel Free (Zadie Smith)
Feel Free
Zadie Smith
48
Asymmetry (Lisa Halliday)
Asymmetry
Lisa Halliday
49
Arthur Ashe: A Life (Raymond Arsenault)
Arthur Ashe: A Life
Raymond Arsenault
50
American Prison (Shane Bauer)
American Prison
Shane Bauer
51
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms (Katherine Rundell)
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms
Katherine Rundell
52
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin
53
Lessons in Disaster (Gordon Goldstein)
Lessons in Disaster
Gordon Goldstein
54
The Post-American World (Fareed Zakaria)
The Post-American World
Fareed Zakaria
55
A Kind and Just Parent (William Ayers)
A Kind and Just Parent
William Ayers
56
Moral Man and Immoral Society (Reinhold Niebuhr)
Moral Man and Immoral Society
Reinhold Niebuhr
57
Hot Flat and Crowded (Thomas Friedman)
Hot Flat and Crowded
Thomas Friedman
58
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln)
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
59
FDR (Jean Edward Smith)
FDR
Jean Edward Smith
60
Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope (Jonathan Alte)
Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope
Jonathan Alte
61
Lincoln (Fred Kaplan)
Lincoln
Fred Kaplan
62
John Adams (David McCullough)
John Adams
David McCullough
63
Harry Potter (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter
J. K. Rowling
64
In Dubious Battle (John Steinbeck)
In Dubious Battle
John Steinbeck
65
Collected Poems
Collected Poems
66
Philosophy and Literature (Peter Thompson)
Philosophy and Literature
Peter Thompson
67
What Is the What (Dave Eggers)
What Is the What
Dave Eggers
68
Plainsong (Kent Haruf)
Plainsong
Kent Haruf
69
Redeployment (Phil Klay)
Redeployment
Phil Klay
70
Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights (Salman Rushdie)
Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
Salman Rushdie
71
Netherland (Joseph O'Neill)
Netherland
Joseph O'Neill
72
Lush Life (Richard Price)
Lush Life
Richard Price
73
Fates and Furies (Lauren Groff)
Fates and Furies
Lauren Groff
74
Purity (Jonathan Franzen)
Purity
Jonathan Franzen
75
To the End of the Land (David Grossman)
To the End of the Land
David Grossman
76
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese
77
Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
Power and the Glory
Graham Greene
78
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
W.E.B. Du Bois
79
The Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay)
The Federalist Papers
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
80
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954 - 1963 (Taylor Branch)
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954 - 1963
Taylor Branch
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