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These Books Topped Barack Obama's End-Of-Year Reading List

The former president dropped his 2019 list of favorite books.
These Books Topped Barack Obama's End-Of-Year Reading List
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By Paula Rogo · Updated November 4, 2020
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Former President Barack Obama released his favorite books of the year and it included a range of books, from essays on millennial culture to and other acclaimed works.

“As we wind down 2019, I wanted to share with you my annual list of favorites that made the last year a little brighter,” Obama wrote, “I hope you enjoy these as much as I did.”

The list of 19 books mostly includes works like Jia Tolentino’s Trick Mirror, Jenny Odell’s How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, and Sally Rooney’s Normal People.

As we wind down 2019, I wanted to share with you my annual list of favorites that made the last year a little brighter. We’ll start with books today — movies and music coming soon. I hope you enjoy these as much as I did. pic.twitter.com/l5qTGkAPok

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 28, 2019

The list also includes two books on sports that he listed separately: Jim Rooney’s A Different Way to Win: Dan Rooney’s Story from the Super Bowl to the Rooney Rule and Andre Iguodala’s The Sixth Man.

Obama also included his 2019 summer reading list, which prominently featured the Toni Morrison’s entire body of work . The Nobel laureate died Aug. 5 after a brief illness.

In his tweet, Obama also said his favorite movies and music would also be coming soon.

TOPICS:  Barack Obama