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

23/08/2019 - 07:02 PM

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 [1] features the work of Toni Morrison [2], 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 [3] — 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!

Aug. 2009 — The Way Home by George Pelecanos

The Way Home by George Pelecanos [5] ($12)

Aug. 2009 — Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Tom Friedman

Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Tom Friedman [6] ($14)

Aug. 2009 — Lush Life by Richard Price

Lush Life by Richard Price [7] ($13)

Aug. 2009 — Plainsong by Kent Haruf

Plainsong by Kent Haruf [8] ($15, originally 16)

Aug. 2009 — John Adams by David McCullough

John Adams by David McCullough [9] ($16, originally $20)

Aug. 2010 — Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen [10] ($17, originally $18)

Aug. 2010 — Tinkers by Paul Harding

Tinkers by Paul Harding [11] ($17)

Aug. 2010 — A Few Corrections by Brad Leithauser

A Few Corrections by Brad Leithauser [12] ($16)

Aug. 2011 — The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson [12] ($15, originally $18)

Aug. 2011 — Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese [13] ($14, originally $17)

Aug. 2011 — Rodin’s Debutante by Ward Just

Rodin's Debutante by Ward Just [14] ($16)

Aug. 2011 — To the End of the Land by David Grossman

To the End of the Land by David Grossman [15] ($10)

Aug. 2011 — The Bayou Trilogy by Daniel Woodrell

The Bayou Trilogy by Daniel Woodrell [16] ($16, originally $17)

Aug. 2014 — A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra

Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra [17] ($16, originally $17)

Aug. 2014 — The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan

The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan [18] ($13)

Aug. 2014 — The Laughing Monsters by Denis Johnson

The Laughing Monsters by Denis Johnson [19] ($15)

Aug. 2014 — Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín

Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín [20] ($6, originally $16)

Aug. 2014 — Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande [21] ($14, originally $17)

Aug. 2014 — Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China by Evan Osnos

Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China by Evan Osnos [22] ($15, originally $16)

Aug. 2015 — All That Is by James Salter

All That Is by James Salter [23] ($17)

Aug. 2015 — The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert

The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert [24] ($15, originally $18)

Aug. 2015 — Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates [25] ($16, originally $26)

Aug. 2015 — The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri

The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri [26] ($15, originally $16)

Aug. 2015 — All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr [27] ($12, originally $17)

Aug. 2015 — Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow

Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow [28] ($18, originally $22)

Aug. 2016 — Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan [29] ($15, originally $18)

Aug. 2016 — H Is For Hawk by Helen Macdonald

H Is For Hawk by Helen Macdonald [30] ($6)

Aug. 2016 — The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins [33] ($10)

Aug. 2016 — Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

Seveneves by Neal Stephenson [34] ($13)

Aug. 2016 — The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead [35] ($10)

July 2018 — Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe [36] ($11, originally $13)

July 2018 — A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi wa Thiong’o

A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi wa Thiong'o [38] ($16, originally $17)

July 2018 — Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela

Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela [39] ($12)

July 2018 — Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie [40] ($13, originally 16)

July 2018 — The Return by Hisham Matar

The Return by Hisham Matar [41] ($16, originally $17)

July 2018 — The World As It Is by Ben Rhodes

The World As It Is by Ben Rhodes [42] ($17, originally $18)

Aug. 2018 — Educated by Tara Westover

Educated by Tara Westover [43] ($25)

Aug. 2018 — Warlight by Michael Ondaatje

Warlight by Michael Ondaatje [44] ($13)

Aug. 2018 — A House for Mr. Biswas by V.S. Naipaul

A House for Mr. Biswas by V.S. Naipaul [45] ($12)

Aug. 2018 — An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones [46] ($14)

Aug. 2018 — Factfulness by Hans Rosling

Factfulness by Hans Rosling [47] ($12)

Aug. 2019 — The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead [48] ($15, originally $25)

Aug. 2019 — Exhalation by Ted Chiang

Exhalation by Ted Chiang [49] ($21, originally $26)

Aug. 2019 — Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel [50] ($16, originally $18)

Aug. 2019 — Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami

Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami [51] ($14, originally $16)

Aug. 2019 — American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson

American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson [52] ($24, originally $27)

Aug. 2019 — The Shallows by Nicholas Carr

The Shallows by Nicholas Carr [53] ($14, originally $16)

Aug. 2019 — Lab Girl by Hope Jahren

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren [54] ($13, originally $16)

Aug. 2019 — Inland by Téa Obreht

Inland by Téa Obreht [55] ($20, originally $27)

Aug. 2019 — How to Read the Air by Dinaw Mengestu

How to Read the Air by Dinaw Mengestu [56] ($14, originally $15)

Aug. 2019 — Maid by Stephanie Land

Maid by Stephanie Land [57] ($22, originally $27)


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