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Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2019

Former President Barack Obama recently shared his favorite reads of 2019, including a novel by Topeka native Ben Lerner. "This has become a fun little tradition for me, and I hope it is for you, too," Obama wrote in an Instagram post. "Because while each of us has plenty that keeps us busy -- work and family life, social and volunteer commitments -- outlets like literature and art can enhance our day-to-day experiences." How many of Obama's top books of 2019 have you read?

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18 items

  • The Anarchy

    The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire

    Dalrymple, William
    eBookBloomsbury Publishing, 2019
  • Furious Hours

    Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

    Cep, Casey N.
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2019] — 364.1523 CEP
  • The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

    Native America From 1890 to the Present

    Treuer, David,
    BookNew York : Riverhead Books, 2019. — 970.004 TRE
  • BookNew York : Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2019] — WASHINGTON B
  • BookLondon ; New York : Hogarth, [2019] — ROONEY S
  • BookNew York : Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, 2019. — 814.6 BRO
  • Say Nothing

    a True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

    Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-
    BookNew York : Doubleday, [2019] — 364.1523 KEE
  • Solitary

    Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement : My Story of Transformation and Hope

    Woodfox, Albert
    BookNew York : Grove Press, 2019. — 365.6 WOO
  • Trick Mirror

    Reflections on Self-delusion

    Tolentino, Jia,
    BookNew York : Random House, 2019. — 814.6 TOL