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Barack Obama's Summer 2022 Reading List

Each summer Barack Obama shares the books he's been reading — literary fiction, big-idea nonfiction, and usually a crime novel or two.

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Summer 2022

14 books

Cover of Sea of Tranquility

Sea of Tranquility

Emily St. John Mandel, 2022

Sci-FiFantasy+1
4.0
272 pg
Cover of Why We're Polarized

Why We're Polarized

Ezra Klein, 2020

HistoricalScience
4.2
336 pg
Cover of The Candy House

The Candy House

Jennifer Egan, 2022

Sci-FiFantasy
3.8
352 pg
Cover of A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

Hanif Abdurraqib, 2021

ScienceHistorical+1
4.8
321 pg
Cover of To Paradise

To Paradise

Hanya Yanagihara, 2022

Sci-FiFantasy
3.7
688 pg
Cover of Silverview

Silverview

John le Carré, 2021

MysteryThriller
3.4
pg
Cover of Black Cake

Black Cake

Charmaine Wilkerson, 2022

3.9
417 pg
Cover of The Family Chao

The Family Chao

Lan Samantha Chang, 2022

Mystery
3.2
320 pg
Cover of Velvet Was the Night

Velvet Was the Night

Silvia Moreno-Garcia, 2021

Mystery
3.5
304 pg
Cover of Mouth to Mouth

Mouth to Mouth

Antoine Wilson, 2022

3.6
196 pg
Cover of The Great Experiment

The Great Experiment

Yascha Mounk, 2022

3.5
368 pg
Cover of The School for Good Mothers

The School for Good Mothers

Jessamine Chan, 2022

Sci-FiFantasy
3.7
324 pg
Cover of Razorblade Tears

Razorblade Tears

S. A. Cosby, 2021

MysteryThriller
4.1
336 pg
Cover of Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks

Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks

Chris Herring, 2022

Historical
4.0
368 pg

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