Barack Obama’s 2024 Reading List

The 10 books Barack Obama recommended in 2024, with the reasons in their own words. See all the books Barack Obama recommends.

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10 books recommended in 2024

The Anxious Generation

by Jonathan Haidt

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Intermezzo

by Sally Rooney

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Patriot

by Alexei Navalny

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Orbital

by Samantha Harvey

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The Anthropologists

by Ayşegül Savaş

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Stolen Pride

by Arlie Russell Hochschild

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In Ascension

by Martin MacInnes

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Growth

by Daniel Susskind

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Someone Like Us

by Dinaw Mengestu

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The Work of Art

by Adam Moss

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