Obama's Recommendations All Time

1.
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland 4.47 avg rating — 149,071 ratings
2.
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family 4.15 avg rating — 139,637 ratings
3.
Normal People
Normal People 3.81 avg rating — 1,756,240 ratings
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power 4.06 avg rating — 12,764 ratings
5.
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company 4.20 avg rating — 17,367 ratings
6.
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
by: Casey Cep
3.77 avg rating — 25,716 ratings
7.
Girl, Woman, Other
Girl, Woman, Other 4.27 avg rating — 256,296 ratings
8.
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present 4.23 avg rating — 6,454 ratings
9.
Lost Children Archive
Lost Children Archive 3.81 avg rating — 24,774 ratings
10.
Lot
Lot 3.75 avg rating — 10,179 ratings
11.
The Orphan Master's Son
The Orphan Master's Son 4.07 avg rating — 102,952 ratings
12.
The Yellow House
The Yellow House 3.89 avg rating — 25,004 ratings
13.
Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement
Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement 4.42 avg rating — 4,017 ratings
14.
The Topeka School
The Topeka School 3.51 avg rating — 27,645 ratings
15.
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion 4.03 avg rating — 76,750 ratings
16.
Trust Exercise
Trust Exercise 3.13 avg rating — 38,022 ratings
17.
We Live in Water
We Live in Water 3.91 avg rating — 6,545 ratings
18.
American Spy
American Spy 3.49 avg rating — 30,287 ratings
19.
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir 4.34 avg rating — 19,533 ratings
20.
Exhalation
Exhalation 4.23 avg rating — 1,425 ratings
21.
Finding My Voice: When the Perfect Plan Crumbles, the Adventure Begins
Finding My Voice: When the Perfect Plan Crumbles, the Adventure Begins 4.11 avg rating — 1,542 ratings
22.
Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth 3.76 avg rating — 16,288 ratings
23.
How to Read the Air
How to Read the Air 3.27 avg rating — 2,751 ratings
24.
Inland
Inland 3.43 avg rating — 13,652 ratings
25.
Lab Girl
Lab Girl 3.98 avg rating — 70,900 ratings
26.
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive 3.86 avg rating — 109,539 ratings
27.
Men Without Women
Men Without Women 3.74 avg rating — 121,065 ratings
28.
The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World 4.27 avg rating — 63,642 ratings
29.
The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys 4.26 avg rating — 291,027 ratings
30.
Pachinko
Pachinko 4.34 avg rating — 582,707 ratings
31.
The Shadow of Sirius
The Shadow of Sirius 4.19 avg rating — 1,780 ratings
32.
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains 3.89 avg rating — 32,234 ratings
33.
The Collected Novels of Toni Morrison: The Bluest Eye / Sula / Song of Solomon / Tar Baby / Beloved / Jazz
The Collected Novels of Toni Morrison: The Bluest Eye / Sula / Song of Solomon / Tar Baby / Beloved / Jazz 4.61 avg rating — 31 ratings
34.
Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For
Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For 4.06 avg rating — 1,954 ratings
35.
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration 4.48 avg rating — 113,289 ratings
36.
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 227,539 ratings
37.
Nine Days: The Race to Save Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life and Win the 1960 Election
Nine Days: The Race to Save Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life and Win the 1960 Election 4.30 avg rating — 398 ratings
38.
After Trump: Reconstructing the Presidency
After Trump: Reconstructing the Presidency
by: Bob Bauer
3.81 avg rating — 128 ratings
39.
Homeland Elegies
Homeland Elegies 4.13 avg rating — 24,289 ratings
40.
Jack (Gilead, #4)
Jack (Gilead, #4) 3.86 avg rating — 9,831 ratings
41.
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents 4.53 avg rating — 156,134 ratings
42.
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz 4.30 avg rating — 132,013 ratings
43.
Luster
Luster 3.51 avg rating — 107,801 ratings
44.
How Much of These Hills Is Gold
How Much of These Hills Is Gold 3.78 avg rating — 25,965 ratings
45.
Long Bright River
Long Bright River
by: Liz Moore
4.05 avg rating — 164,313 ratings
46.
Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir
Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir 4.25 avg rating — 22,441 ratings
47.
Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism 3.90 avg rating — 16,809 ratings
48.
Deacon King Kong
Deacon King Kong 4.17 avg rating — 78,003 ratings
49.
The Undocumented Americans
The Undocumented Americans 4.38 avg rating — 25,061 ratings
50.
The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half 4.13 avg rating — 831,824 ratings
51.
The Glass Hotel
The Glass Hotel 3.69 avg rating — 190,431 ratings
52.
The Ministry for the Future
The Ministry for the Future 3.87 avg rating — 39,959 ratings
53.
Sharks in the Time of Saviors
Sharks in the Time of Saviors 3.83 avg rating — 20,866 ratings
54.
Missionaries
Missionaries
by: Phil Klay
3.86 avg rating — 3,772 ratings
55.
Becoming
Becoming 4.44 avg rating — 1,160,616 ratings
56.
An American Marriage
An American Marriage 3.93 avg rating — 379,524 ratings
57.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,518 ratings
58.
The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die
The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die 4.21 avg rating — 3,983 ratings
59.
Educated
Educated 4.47 avg rating — 1,773,021 ratings
60.
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think 4.36 avg rating — 197,296 ratings
61.
Futureface: A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest, and the Secret to Belonging
Futureface: A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest, and the Secret to Belonging 3.42 avg rating — 838 ratings
62.
A Grain of Wheat
A Grain of Wheat 3.88 avg rating — 6,514 ratings
63.
A House for Mr Biswas
A House for Mr Biswas 3.81 avg rating — 21,971 ratings
64.
How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future 4.16 avg rating — 30,324 ratings
65.
In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History
In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History 4.03 avg rating — 2,995 ratings
66.
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom 4.36 avg rating — 92,326 ratings
67.
The New Geography of Jobs
The New Geography of Jobs 4.03 avg rating — 2,710 ratings
68.
The Return
The Return 4.16 avg rating — 14,618 ratings
69.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,091 ratings
70.
Warlight
Warlight 3.60 avg rating — 46,238 ratings
71.
Why Liberalism Failed
Why Liberalism Failed 3.86 avg rating — 3,453 ratings
72.
The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House
The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House 4.30 avg rating — 12,423 ratings
73.
American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment
American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment 4.23 avg rating — 12,499 ratings
74.
Arthur Ashe: A Life
Arthur Ashe: A Life 4.16 avg rating — 424 ratings
75.
Asymmetry
Asymmetry 3.43 avg rating — 29,339 ratings
76.
Feel Free: Essays
Feel Free: Essays 3.82 avg rating — 8,147 ratings
77.
Florida
Florida 3.77 avg rating — 34,597 ratings
78.
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom 4.17 avg rating — 12,341 ratings
79.
Immigrant, Montana
Immigrant, Montana 3.15 avg rating — 1,530 ratings
80.
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden 3.94 avg rating — 9,292 ratings
81.
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 26,831 ratings
82.
There There
There There 3.98 avg rating — 214,309 ratings
83.
Washington Black
Washington Black 3.95 avg rating — 70,658 ratings