Former US President Barack Obama on Friday released his summer reading list while following his “little tradition” from when he was an occupant of the White House. Obama’s reading list, this year, consisted of 11 pieces of literature.
The former President’s tweet read, “While we were still in the White House, I began sharing my summer favorites- and now, it’s become a little tradition that I took forward to sharing with you all”. The tweet added, “So here’s this year’s offering. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did” while attaching a photo listing his summer reading list.
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The 44th President’s list included:
- At night all blood is black by David Diop
- Under a white sky: The nature of the future by Elizabeth Kolbert
- Project hail mary by Andy Weir
- The sweetness of water by Nathan Harris
- Things we lost to the water by Eric Nguyen
- Leave the world behind by Rumaan Alam
- Empire of pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
- Land of big numbers by Te-Peng Chen
- Klara and the sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Intimacies by Katie Kitamura
- When we cease to understand the world by Benjamin Labatut
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The former President’s list seems to be a diverse set of not just different genres of books but also authors. The list includes David Diop (French author), Te-Peng Chen (Chinese-American), Kazuo Ishiguro (British author) and Rumaan Alam (American Bangladeshi).
Obama released a similar list last year that consisted of 17 books in total, which he would recommend others to read. The list included books like Caste by Isabel Wilkerson, Deacon King Kong by James McBride, The Ministry of the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson, Sharks in the time of saviours by Kawai Strong Washburn, How much of these hills is gold by C Pam Zhang among many others.
