Barack Obama shares his book list of 2020 favorites
Former US President Barack Obama is keeping up with one annual custom as he shared his favorite books of the year 2020.
“As 2020 comes to a close, I wanted to share my annual lists of favorites. I’ll start by sharing my favorite books this year, deliberately omitting what I think is a pretty good book – A Promised Land – by a certain 44th president. I hope you enjoy reading these as much as I did,” former US president shared in a tweet.
As 2020 comes to a close, I wanted to share my annual lists of favorites. I’ll start by sharing my favorite books this year, deliberately omitting what I think is a pretty good book – A Promised Land – by a certain 44th president. I hope you enjoy reading these as much as I did. pic.twitter.com/UHk4RA9dow
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 17, 2020
- “Homeland Elegies” by Ayad Akhtar
- “Jack” by Marilynne Robinson
- “Caste” by Isabel Wilkerson
- “The Splendid and the Vile” by Erik Larson
- “Luster” by Raven Leilani
- “How Much of These Hills is Gold” by C Pam Zhang
- “Long Bright River” by Liz Moore
- “Memorial Drive” by Natasha Trethewey
- “Twilight of Democracy” by Anne Applebaum
- “Deacon King Kong” by James McBride
- “The Undocumented Americans” by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
- “The Vanishing Half” by Brit Bennett
- “The Glass Hotel” by Emily St. John Mandel
- “Hidden Valley Road” by Robert Kolker
- “The Ministry for the Future” by Kim Stanley Robinson
- “Sharks in the Time of Saviors” by Kawai Strong Washburn
- “Missionaries” by Phil Klay
Let us know in the comments if you have read any of the above titles.
