Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2022

"I always look forward to sharing my lists of favorite books, movies, and music with all of you.   First up, here are some of the books I read and enjoyed this year."
Updated January 3, 2023
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Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel
Paper Book
SELECTED AS ONE OF THE OPRAH DAILY'S BEST BOOKS OF 2022'So wise, so graceful, so rich. I loved Sea of Tranquility' Naomi Alderman, author of The PowerThe award-winning author of Station Eleven returns with a story of time travel that precisely captures the reality of our current moment . . . In 1912...
Trust
Hernan Diaz
Paper Book
A Most Anticipated Book of 2022 - Vulture, AV Club, Lithub, Oprah Daily, Goodreads A literary puzzle about money, power, and intimacy, TRUST is a novel that challenges the myths shrouding wealth, and the fictions that often pass for history.Even through the roar and effervescence of the 1920s,...
Black Cake
Charmaine Wilkerson
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NO. 2 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **Featured on Barack Obama's Summer Reading List 2022** **A Grazia Instagram 'IT' book to watch out for****Soon to be a major Hulu series by Oprah Winfrey, Aaron Kaplan and Marissa Jo Cerar**...
The Candy House
Jennifer Egan
Paper Book
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD From one of the most dazzling and iconic writers of our time comes an electrifying, deeply moving novel about the quest for authenticity, privacy, and meaning in a world where our memories are no...
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong
Paper Book
**SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** **NEW YORK TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, OBSERVER, ECONOMIST, PROSPECT, GUARDIAN, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT and SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022** **Winner of 2023 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction**...
The School for Good Mothers
Jessamine Chan
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN OBAMA'S 2022 SUMMER READING PICK 'A taut and propulsive take on the cult of motherhood and the notion of what makes a good mother. Destined to be feminist classic - it kept me up at night' PANDORA SYKES...
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Michelle Obama
Paper Book
The powerful, insightful follow-up to the critically acclaimed, multi-million #1 bestselling memoir Becoming In her inspiring follow-up to Becoming, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in...
Liberation Day: Stories
George Saunders
Paper Book
Named a book of the year 2022 by the Sunday Times, The Times, Guardian, Irish Times, New Statesman, BBC and Waterstones'One of the best science fiction short stories to be published in the 21st century so far' SFX Review 'Saunders is funny...
Afterlives
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Paper Book
BY THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2021 LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE 2021 "Riveting and heartbreaking ... A compelling novel, one that gathers close all those...
The Furrows
Namwali Serpell
Paper Book
***ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2022*** ***NYT BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR*** *** GUARDIAN BEST FICTION OF 2022*** I don't want to tell you what happened. I want to tell you how it felt. Cassandra Williams is twelve; her...

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