Barack Obama

Barack Obama's Favorite Books 2015

Barack Obama's Favorite Books 2015 names 6 books. 5 of them also won or were shortlisted for an award.

All That Is by James Saltersource (opens in a new tab)
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerrsource (opens in a new tab)
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coatessource (opens in a new tab)
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahirisource (opens in a new tab)
The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbertsource (opens in a new tab)
Washington: A Life by Ron Chernowsource (opens in a new tab)

About the Barack Obama's Favorite Books

Obama shared his first list, summer reading, in 2015; his first posted year-end list came in 2017. Year-end lists are category Favorite Books and summer lists Summer Reading. There is no 2016 year-end, 2017 summer, or 2020 summer list. Sources are Obama posts (Facebook, Medium, obama.org) where they load, otherwise news pages quoting the full list. A year-end list that repeats summer picks keeps them, so each list is complete as posted. Books only.

Organization: Barack Obama. Official site (opens in a new tab)