5 of the best books recommended by Barack Obama from his 2018 summer reading list.
- Siddu Nirvana
- Sep 6, 2018
- 2 min read
Updated: Jul 28, 2021
Planning to read something soon and looking for few book recommendation? You came to the correct place. These are the five books Barack Obama loved from his summer reading and recommends us to check them too.
1. Educated by Tara Westover.
An unforgettable memoir in the tradition of The Glass Castle about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University.
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2. Warlight by Michael Ondaatje.
In a narrative as mysterious as memory itself – at once both shadowed and luminous – Warlight is a vivid, thrilling novel of violence and love, intrigue and desire.
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3. A House for Mr Biswas by V.S. Naipaul.
Mohun Biswas has spent his 46 years of life striving for independence. Shuttled from one residence to another after the drowning of his father, he yearns for a place he can call home. He marries into the Tulsi family, on whom he becomes dependent, but rebels and takes on a succession of occupations in a struggle to weaken their hold over him.
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4. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones.
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined.
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5. Factfulness by Hans Rosling.
An international public health expert and global TED phenomenon Rosling with his two long-time collaborators, Ana and Ola, offers an uplifting read about how the world can be a better place when humans work off facts rather than inherent biases.
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