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.