{"id":116816,"date":"2019-12-30T12:01:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T01:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/?p=116816"},"modified":"2019-12-30T12:24:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T01:24:56","slug":"barack-obama-reveals-his-favourite-books-of-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2019\/12\/30\/barack-obama-reveals-his-favourite-books-of-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Barack Obama&#8217;s favourite books of 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"665\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Obama2019-Blog.png\" alt=\"Barack Obama - Header Banner\" class=\"wp-image-116819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Obama2019-Blog.png 665w, https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Obama2019-Blog-300x135.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the midst of all the current impeachment madness, you might have forgotten that the United States of America once had a President who loves to read &#8211; Barack Obama. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In honour of what&#8217;s become a bit of a yearly tradition for the former President and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/dreams-from-my-father-a-story-of-race-and-inheritance-barack-obama\/book\/9781921351433.html?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=barack_obama_books_2019\">author<\/a><\/strong>, Barack Obama has revealed his favourite books of the year on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama\/status\/1211033245812441091?s=20&amp;utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=barack_obama_books_2019\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong>. His list includes National Book Award, Booker and Pulitzer Prize winners and nominees, including several that are firm favourites of the Booktopia team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read on to see which books the former U.S. President has read and loved this year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2>Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/girl-woman-other-bernardine-evaristo\/book\/9780241364901.html?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=barack_obama_books_2019\">Girl, Woman, Other<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Bernardine Evaristo<\/li><li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/normal-people-sally-rooney\/book\/9780571334650.html?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=barack_obama_books_2019\">Normal People<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Sally Rooney<\/li><li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-topeka-school-ben-lerner\/book\/9781783785728.html?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=barack_obama_books_2019\">The Topeka School<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Ben Lerner<\/li><li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/trust-exercise-susan-choi\/book\/9781788161671.html?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=barack_obama_books_2019\">Trust Exercise<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Susan Choi<\/li><li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/lost-children-archive-valeria-luiselli\/book\/9780008290023.html?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=barack_obama_books_2019\">Lost Children Archive<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Valeria Luiselli<\/li><li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/we-live-in-water-jess-walter\/book\/9780061926624.html?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=barack_obama_books_2019\">We Live in Water: Stories<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Jess Walter<\/li><li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/lot-bryan-washington\/book\/9781786497840.html?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=barack_obama_books_2019\">Lot: Stories<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Bryan Washington<\/li><li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-orphan-master-s-son-adam-johnson\/book\/9780552778251.html?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=barack_obama_books_2019\">The Orphan Master&#8217;s Son<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Adam Johnson<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-anarchy-william-dalrymple\/book\/9781408864371.html?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=barack_obama_books_2019\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-116538 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/xthe-anarchy.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.kN3AagHdjM-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/xthe-anarchy.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.kN3AagHdjM-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/xthe-anarchy.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.kN3AagHdjM.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Non-Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul><li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/trick-mirror-jia-tolentino\/book\/9780008294922.html?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=barack_obama_books_2019\">Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Jia Tolentino<\/li><li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-anarchy-william-dalrymple\/book\/9781408864371.html?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=barack_obama_books_2019\">The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by William Dalrymple<\/li><li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/say-nothing-patrick-radden-keefe\/book\/9780008159269.html?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=barack_obama_books_2019\">Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Patrick Radden Keefe<\/li><li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism-shoshana-zuboff\/book\/9781781256855.html?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=barack_obama_books_2019\">The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Shoshana Zuboff<\/li><li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/furious-hours-casey-cep\/book\/9781785150746.html?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=barack_obama_books_2019\">Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Casey Cep<\/li><li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-heartbeat-of-wounded-knee-david-treuer\/book\/9781472154941.html?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=barack_obama_books_2019\">The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by David Treuer<\/li><li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/how-to-do-nothing-jenny-odell\/book\/9781760641795.html?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=barack_obama_books_2019\">How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Jenny Odell<\/li><li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-yellow-house-sarah-m-broom\/book\/9781472155580.html?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=barack_obama_books_2019\">The Yellow House<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Sarah M. Broom<\/li><li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/solitary-unbroken-by-four-decades-in-solitary-confinement-albert-woodfox\/book\/9781911231271.html?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=barack_obama_books_2019\">Solitary<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Albert Woodfox<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:21px;text-align:center\"><strong>Read any of these yourself? Tell us what you thought in the comments!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Books by Bernardine Evaristo, Sally Rooney, Jia Tolentino and more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":116864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[782,10192,1974,10839,7172,8595,10780],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Obama2019-Social-1.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116816"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116816"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116865,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116816\/revisions\/116865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}