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Barack Obama's Book Recommendations

Barack Obama Has Recommended Summer Books Over the Past Decade — Here Are All 51

Barack Obama's Book Recommendations
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Barack Obama has offered some top-notch Summer book recommendations over the past 10 years, and we're steadily making our way through all of them. His most recent compilation features the work of Toni Morrison, as well as Ted Chiang and Haruki Murakami. But his picks from years past — including Michael Ondaatje's Warlight and Paula Hawkins' The Girl on the Train — are also worth a read. If you're looking to expand your book collection, we've assembled every captivating title from all of the former president's Summer reading lists!

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