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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBarack Obama Shares Five of the Best Books He Read This Summer
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Educated by Tara Westover. Obama calls Westovers coming-of-age memoir a remarkable read that chronicles the life of a young woman raised in a survivalist family who goes on to get a PhD from Cambridge University.
Warlight by Michael Ondaatje. The best-selling author tells the story of families living through the post-World War II era and dealing with the lingering effects of war.
A House for Mr Biswas by V.S. Naipaul. The recent passing of the Nobel Peace Prize winner inspired Obama to reread Naipuls novel, which is about growing up in Trinidad and the challenges of post-colonial identity.
American Marriage by Tayari Jones. Also a selection for Oprahs Book Club 2018, Jones novel is about the wrongful conviction of a young African-American couple living in Atlanta.
Factfulness by Hans Rosling. An international public health expert, Rosling offers an uplifting read about how the world can be a better place when humans work off facts rather than inherent biases.
http://time.com/5371460/barack-obama-favorite-books-summer/?utm_medium=social&xid=time_socialflow_twitter&utm_campaign=time&utm_source=twitter.com
Educated by Tara Westover. Obama calls Westovers coming-of-age memoir a remarkable read that chronicles the life of a young woman raised in a survivalist family who goes on to get a PhD from Cambridge University.
Warlight by Michael Ondaatje. The best-selling author tells the story of families living through the post-World War II era and dealing with the lingering effects of war.
A House for Mr Biswas by V.S. Naipaul. The recent passing of the Nobel Peace Prize winner inspired Obama to reread Naipuls novel, which is about growing up in Trinidad and the challenges of post-colonial identity.
American Marriage by Tayari Jones. Also a selection for Oprahs Book Club 2018, Jones novel is about the wrongful conviction of a young African-American couple living in Atlanta.
Factfulness by Hans Rosling. An international public health expert, Rosling offers an uplifting read about how the world can be a better place when humans work off facts rather than inherent biases.
http://time.com/5371460/barack-obama-favorite-books-summer/?utm_medium=social&xid=time_socialflow_twitter&utm_campaign=time&utm_source=twitter.com
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Barack Obama Shares Five of the Best Books He Read This Summer (Original Post)
demmiblue
Aug 2018
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madaboutharry
(40,211 posts)1. I miss having a president who reads.
RobinA
(9,893 posts)2. It Doesn't Seem
to happen often these days.
Laf.La.Dem.
(2,943 posts)3. Trump's reading list??
Reading LIST
FM123
(10,053 posts)4. Reading this article, my first thought was....
hey, that Factfulness book sounds great, I should get that.
My second thought was, unlike a real president, that orange idiot in the White House probably hasn't even read five books in his entire stupid life, much less in one summer.