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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

nautical nonfiction ⚓

by endless_tbr_list

tales of history's infamous ships and those who sailed them

The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World

In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World

Hyperfixating on Niche Facts

Let's learn a little bit about a lot. Nonfiction in the niche, unique, or not-commonly-discussed topics.

Morbidly Curious: A Scientist Explains Why We Can't Look Away

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper

Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend

Morbidly Curious: A Scientist Explains Why We Can't Look Away

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

Lost at Sea (water symbolism)

Transformation. Destruction. Renewal. Water holds significance symbolism throughout literature. Take a DIVE into books where water elements play a DEEP role.

Once Upon a River

The Mermaid of Black Conch

From the Sea (Picador Shorts)

The House in the Cerulean Sea

Once Upon a River

The Mermaid of Black Conch

Shipwrecks

Nonfiction books about shipwrecks and survival.

Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors

Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

NYT picks for the 10 best books of 2024

by lucyPagebound

Fiction and nonfiction picks from the staff of the The New York Times Book Review

Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

All Fours

Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

books to read with your dad

these are books that your white english middle-aged history-buff dad will LOVE (bc mine did)

To the Sea by Train

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World

A Short History of England

To the Sea by Train

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

At the Edge of the Map

Sea voyages, space missions, and exploration (colonialism, stage one) Suggestions welcome

The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)

The Right Stuff

Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)

The Right Stuff

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