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Barack Obama's favorite books

by lucyPagebound

All of his picks since 2008, both summer reading lists and yearly round-ups.

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

The Maniac

Poverty, by America

How to Say Babylon

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

The Maniac

Booker Prize Eligible for 2026

Lost Lambs

Vigil

John of John

This Is Where the Serpent Lives

Lost Lambs

Vigil

Literary Climate Axiety

Books that use climate change as a major force or backdrop.

Migrations

Private Rites

Wild Dark Shore

The Unworthy

Migrations

Private Rites

Barack Obama's summer 2026 reading list

Kin

A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness

Whistler

This Land Is Your Land: A Road Trip Through U.S. History

Kin

A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness

Life in the Anthropocene

by theladybiologist

Eco-fiction that explores the impact of a changing climate and human influence on our planet. Both speculative and literary included!

Once There Were Wolves

Parable of the Sower

Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)

Salvage the Bones

Once There Were Wolves

Parable of the Sower

Purple Reader

No One Is Talking About This

The History of Love

Priestdaddy

Mother Night

No One Is Talking About This

The History of Love

Books from NPR

by beththebiblio

mainly from Book of the Day, but any NPR podcast counts

How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder

The Infamous Gilberts

Vigil

The Hitch

How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder

The Infamous Gilberts

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