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Barack Obama's Reading List

A list of books read and recommended by the former U.S. president from the time he held office until present.
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The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
1
Norman Mailer
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
2
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
3
Doris Lessing
The Woman Warrior (Maxine Hong Kingston)
The Woman Warrior
4
Maxine Hong Kingston
Brown Girl Dreaming (Jacqueline Woodson)
Brown Girl Dreaming
5
Jacqueline Woodson
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
6
Joseph Conrad
Nora Webster (Colm Tiobin)
Nora Webster
7
Colm Tiobin
The Laughing Monsters (Denis Johnson)
The Laughing Monsters
8
Denis Johnson
Age of Ambition (Evan Osnos)
Age of Ambition
9
Evan Osnos
Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End (Atul Gawande)
Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End
10
Atul Gawande
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms (Katherine Rundell)
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms
11
Katherine Rundell
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Richard Flanagan)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
12
Richard Flanagan
Redwall Books (Brian Jacques)
Redwall Books
13
Brian Jacques
Junie B Jones Series (Barbara Park)
Junie B Jones Series
14
Barbara Park
Nuts to You! (Lois Ehlert)
Nuts to You!
15
Lois Ehlert
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life (William Finnegan)
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
16
William Finnegan
H Is for Hawk (Helen MacDonald)
H Is for Hawk
17
Helen MacDonald
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
The Girl on the Train
18
Paula Hawkins
Seveneves (Neal Stephenson)
Seveneves
19
Neal Stephenson
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
20
Colson Whitehead
All That Is (James Salter)
All That Is
21
James Salter
The Sixth Extinction: An Annatural History (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction: An Annatural History
22
Elizabeth Kolbert
The Lowland (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Lowland
23
Jhumpa Lahiri
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
24
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Washington: A Life (Ron Chernow)
Washington: A Life
25
Ron Chernow
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
26
Anthony Doerr
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
27
Robert Louis Stevenson
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
28
John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
29
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
30
Maurice Sendak
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
31
Herman Melville
Self-Reliance (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Self-Reliance
32
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
33
Toni Morrison
Parting the Waters (Taylor Branch)
Parting the Waters
34
Taylor Branch
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
35
Marilynne Robinson
Best and the Brightest (David Halberstam)
Best and the Brightest
36
David Halberstam
The Federalist (Alexander Hamilton)
The Federalist
37
Alexander Hamilton
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Dubois)
The Souls of Black Folk
38
W.E.B. Dubois
The Power and the Glory (Grahame Greene)
The Power and the Glory
39
Grahame Greene
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
40
Graham Greene
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