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Books recommended by Barack Obama

Description: From a list compiled by Entertainment Weekly from Obama's interviews and public statements : http://ew.com/books/2017/01/18/barack-obama-book-recommendations/ and subsequent statements.

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1

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

44,557 members

724 reviews

3.9

14 Members: aprille, hipdeep, Cecrow, heerema, BonnieJune54, alex68, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, plt, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, Nonconformisto, JSense31

2

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

82,722 members

1,301 reviews

3.8

13 Members: aprille, hipdeep, Cecrow, BonnieJune54, alex68, cej1027, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, plt, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

3

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

40,780 members

489 reviews

3.8

11 Members: aprille, hipdeep, Cecrow, heerema, BonnieJune54, cej1027, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, plt, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

4

Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

30,801 members

1,512 reviews

½ 4.3

11 Members: aprille, hipdeep, dara85, MarthaJeanne, Cecrow, elkiedee, cej1027, Crazymamie, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

5

Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad

26,292 members

431 reviews

½ 3.6

12 Members: aprille, Cecrow, heerema, BonnieJune54, alex68, cej1027, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, Nonconformisto

6

Things Fall Apart

by Chinua Achebe

23,320 members

460 reviews

3.8

12 Members: aprille, hipdeep, BonnieJune54, alex68, cej1027, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, plt, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, Nonconformisto

7

Harry Potter - The Complete Series

by J. K. Rowling

14,472 members

185 reviews

½ 4.6

9 Members: aprille, Cecrow, heerema, BonnieJune54, cej1027, Crazymamie, ahef1963, kara.shamy, phoebe09

8

All the Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr

23,883 members

964 reviews

½ 4.3

9 Members: aprille, dara85, alex68, gypsysmom, plt, ahef1963, kara.shamy, steller0707, roneill0

9

by Gillian Flynn

26,109 members

1,632 reviews

3.9

8 Members: dara85, BonnieJune54, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, plt, ahef1963, kara.shamy, steller0707

10

The Underground Railroad

by Colson Whitehead

11,175 members

494 reviews

4

8 Members: aprille, hipdeep, elkiedee, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, steller0707, TamaraKeller

11

Educated: A Memoir

by Tara Westover

13,201 members

607 reviews

½ 4.3

9 Members: aprille, heerema, elkiedee, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, JSense31

12

by Toni Morrison

26,467 members

447 reviews

3.9

9 Members: aprille, hipdeep, heerema, BonnieJune54, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

13

The Quiet American

by Graham Greene

8,705 members

206 reviews

4

7 Members: BonnieJune54, alex68, Crazymamie, plt, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Nonconformisto

14

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

by Katherine Boo

5,013 members

307 reviews

4.1

7 Members: aprille, MarthaJeanne, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, plt, ahef1963, steller0707

15

by Herman Melville

41,645 members

618 reviews

3.8

7 Members: aprille, Cecrow, heerema, alex68, gypsysmom, plt, kara.shamy

16

6,114 members

226 reviews

4

6 Members: aprille, dara85, elkiedee, cej1027, neicybee, steller0707

17

by Ralph Ellison

18,376 members

230 reviews

4

8 Members: aprille, hipdeep, elkiedee, BonnieJune54, alex68, plt, kara.shamy, Nonconformisto

18

One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

49,625 members

779 reviews

4.2

7 Members: aprille, Cecrow, alex68, gypsysmom, plt, ahef1963, roneill0

19

by Toni Morrison

15,853 members

270 reviews

3.9

7 Members: aprille, heerema, elkiedee, gypsysmom, plt, steller0707, puffintopia

20

Cutting for Stone

by Abraham Verghese

10,574 members

566 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: aprille, elkiedee, BonnieJune54, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, steller0707, roneill0

21

by Hilary Mantel

15,469 members

699 reviews

4

6 Members: aprille, hipdeep, heerema, elkiedee, Crazymamie, gypsysmom

22

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

9,532 members

343 reviews

4.2

7 Members: aprille, elkiedee, alex68, cej1027, gypsysmom, plt, steller0707

23

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

by Richard Flanagan

3,702 members

163 reviews

4

5 Members: elkiedee, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, steller0707, TamaraKeller

24

by Mohsin Hamid

4,461 members

251 reviews

3.8

6 Members: aprille, elkiedee, gypsysmom, plt, kara.shamy, steller0707

25

The Girl on the Train

by Paula Hawkins

21,720 members

1,188 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: BonnieJune54, ahef1963, kara.shamy, neicybee, steller0707

26

by Marilynne Robinson

13,391 members

416 reviews

3.9

6 Members: aprille, BonnieJune54, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, steller0707

27

An American Marriage

by Tayari Jones

4,936 members

284 reviews

3.9

6 Members: aprille, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, steller0707, TamaraKeller

28

by Michelle Obama

11,218 members

396 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: aprille, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, steller0707, TamaraKeller

29

Song of Solomon

by Toni Morrison

12,539 members

137 reviews

4

6 Members: aprille, heerema, BonnieJune54, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, steller0707

30

9,120 members

346 reviews

4.1

5 Members: aprille, plt, ahef1963, steller0707, Noogawa

31

A Gentleman in Moscow

12,104 members

601 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: aprille, elkiedee, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, steller0707

32

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

by Atul Gawande

6,530 members

316 reviews

½ 4.5

5 Members: aprille, gypsysmom, plt, kara.shamy, roneill0

33

Brown Girl Dreaming

by Jacqueline Woodson

5,478 members

416 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: aprille, cej1027, Crazymamie, steller0707, TamaraKeller

34

Sing, Unburied, Sing

4,975 members

212 reviews

4.1

5 Members: aprille, elkiedee, ahef1963, kara.shamy, steller0707

35

The Three-Body Problem

12,425 members

527 reviews

3.8

5 Members: aprille, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, Nonconformisto

36

The Fire Next Time

by James Baldwin

6,111 members

165 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: aprille, hipdeep, kara.shamy, steller0707, Nonconformisto

37

The Power and the Glory

by Graham Greene

8,611 members

147 reviews

3.9

4 Members: MarthaJeanne, alex68, ahef1963, steller0707

38

Girl, Woman, Other

by Bernardine Evaristo

4,301 members

166 reviews

4.2

5 Members: aprille, elkiedee, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, steller0707

39

Cloud Cuckoo Land

by Anthony Doerr

5,899 members

213 reviews

4.2

5 Members: aprille, gypsysmom, ahef1963, steller0707, roneill0

40

by Brian Jacques

12,687 members

157 reviews

4

4 Members: aprille, Cecrow, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

41

The Candy House

by Jennifer Egan

1,866 members

84 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: elkiedee, gypsysmom, Babelo, roneill0

42

by Jhumpa Lahiri

3,690 members

184 reviews

3.9

5 Members: aprille, elkiedee, alex68, gypsysmom, steller0707

43

by Toni Morrison

8,915 members

117 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aprille, BonnieJune54, steller0707, puffintopia

44

Klara and the Sun

by Kazuo Ishiguro

7,634 members

304 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aprille, Babelo, roneill0

45

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

by Isabel Wilkerson

6,627 members

207 reviews

½ 4.5

4 Members: aprille, elkiedee, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

46

Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

by Nelson Mandela

5,585 members

72 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: aprille, hipdeep, ahef1963, TamaraKeller

47

Between the World and Me

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

9,833 members

402 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: aprille, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, steller0707

48

The Golden Notebook

by Doris Lessing

5,981 members

99 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: aprille, alex68, gypsysmom, steller0707

49

The School for Good Mothers

by Jessamine Chan

1,573 members

71 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: baaic, elkiedee, roneill0

50

by Tommy Orange

6,075 members

243 reviews

4

4 Members: aprille, hipdeep, steller0707, roneill0

51

by Naomi Alderman

6,003 members

300 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: gypsysmom, kara.shamy, steller0707

52

3,184 members

174 reviews

4

4 Members: aprille, hipdeep, elkiedee, gypsysmom

53

The Final Revival of Opal and Nev

by Dawnie Walton

938 members

43 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aprille, hipdeep, elkiedee

54

The Nickel Boys

by Colson Whitehead

5,721 members

257 reviews

4.2

4 Members: aprille, elkiedee, alex68, steller0707

55

A House for Mr Biswas

by V. S. Naipaul

3,849 members

73 reviews

3.8

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, TamaraKeller

56

Crying in H Mart: A Memoir

by Michelle Zauner

4,727 members

152 reviews

4

4 Members: aprille, gypsysmom, plt, roneill0

57

These Precious Days

by Ann Patchett

1,265 members

76 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: elkiedee, roneill0

58

by Samantha Harvey

2,866 members

160 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: aprille, hipdeep, gypsysmom, ahef1963

59

The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts

by Maxine Hong Kingston

5,466 members

75 reviews

3.8

3 Members: hipdeep, steller0707, TamaraKeller

60

by David McCullough

15,401 members

214 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: kara.shamy, puffintopia

61

by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

3,998 members

58 reviews

4.1

3 Members: alex68, gypsysmom, plt

62

Fates and Furies

by Lauren Groff

4,352 members

226 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: aprille, kara.shamy, steller0707

63

All the King's Men

by Robert Penn Warren

8,089 members

133 reviews

4.1

3 Members: aprille, hipdeep, Nonconformisto

64

In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History

by Mitch Landrieu

264 members

10 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: aprille, hipdeep, puffintopia

65

To the End of the Land

by David Grossman

1,589 members

66 reviews

4

3 Members: alex68, gypsysmom, plt

66

by Michael Ondaatje

2,412 members

116 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: gypsysmom, plt, kara.shamy

67

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

1,827 members

52 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: hipdeep, steller0707, roneill0

68

by Bryan Washington

537 members

18 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda

69

Washington Black

2,809 members

158 reviews

3.9

3 Members: elkiedee, gypsysmom, steller0707

70

by Sally Rooney

10,675 members

364 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: aprille, elkiedee, gypsysmom

71

The Lincoln Highway

4,403 members

203 reviews

4.1

3 Members: aprille, elkiedee, gypsysmom

72

by Colson Whitehead

3,136 members

126 reviews

3.9

3 Members: aprille, elkiedee, gypsysmom

73

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

1,281 members

78 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: aprille, gypsysmom, ahef1963

74

by Eleanor Catton

1,698 members

79 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: aprille, elkiedee, gypsysmom

75

Sea of Tranquility

by Emily St. John Mandel

4,978 members

235 reviews

4

3 Members: aprille, elkiedee, gypsysmom

76

by Lauren Groff

2,281 members

111 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aprille, elkiedee, gypsysmom

77

Anything Is Possible

by Elizabeth Strout

2,333 members

137 reviews

3.9

3 Members: aprille, steller0707, roneill0

78

by Percival Everett

5,902 members

228 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: aprille, hipdeep, gypsysmom

79

The Covenant of Water

by Abraham Verghese

3,426 members

129 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: aprille, gypsysmom, roneill0

80

Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

14,885 members

265 reviews

4.1

2 Members: hipdeep, roneill0

81

by Jonathan Franzen

2,623 members

87 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: kara.shamy, roneill0

82

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari

16,328 members

461 reviews

4.1

2 Members: MarthaJeanne, ahef1963

83

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

2,771 members

34 reviews

4.2

2 Members: TamaraKeller, roneill0

84

Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do

by Studs Terkel

2,349 members

24 reviews

4.2

2 Members: hipdeep, elkiedee

85

The Ministry for the Future

by Kim Stanley Robinson

2,406 members

92 reviews

3.8

2 Members: hipdeep, gypsysmom

86

A Bend in the River

by V. S. Naipaul

3,473 members

58 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: alex68, gypsysmom

87

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus

by Barbara Park

8,044 members

214 reviews

4

2 Members: plt, ahef1963

88

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power

by Shoshana Zuboff

2,126 members

39 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aprille, hipdeep

89

The Federalist Papers

by Alexander Hamilton

11,672 members

76 reviews

4.1

2 Members: hipdeep, Nonconformisto

90

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

978 members

10 reviews

4

Member: kara.shamy

91

Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope

by Sarah Bakewell

468 members

13 reviews

4.1

Member: bbuss13

92

There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

by Hanif Abdurraqib

373 members

9 reviews

4.2

Member: aprille

93

by Colm Tóibín

1,705 members

82 reviews

3.9

2 Members: elkiedee, plt

94

The Souls of Black Folk

by W. E. B. Du Bois

6,208 members

73 reviews

4.2

2 Members: hipdeep, kara.shamy

95

by Katie Kitamura

947 members

57 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: aprille, roneill0

96

by Helen Macdonald

5,233 members

303 reviews

3.8

2 Members: aprille, gypsysmom

97

The Orphan Master's Son

by Adam Johnson

4,434 members

300 reviews

4.1

2 Members: aprille, ahef1963

98

by Marilynne Robinson

1,144 members

42 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: aprille, gypsysmom

99

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

2,165 members

71 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: hipdeep, gypsysmom

100

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

by Patrick Radden Keefe

2,228 members

85 reviews

½ 4.5

2 Members: aprille, roneill0

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