Former President Barack Obama finally dropped the second half of his summer reading list on Facebook and shared more about his love of books on Sunday.
“One of my favorite parts of summer is deciding what to read when things slow down just a bit,” Obama said in the post. “This summer I’ve been absorbed by new novels, revisited an old classic, and reaffirmed my faith in our ability to move forward together when we seek the truth.”
The list includes:
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Educated by Tara Westover which Obama calls “a remarkable memoir of a young woman raised in a survivalist family in Idaho who strives for education.”
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“A meditation on the lingering effects of war on family,” titled Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
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A House for Mr Biswas by Novel Prize winner V.S. Naipual about “growing up in Trinidad and the challenge of post-colonial identity.”
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An American Marriage by Tayari Jones, a book that portrays “the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young African-American couple.”
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Factfullness, a “hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases,” by Hans Rosling.
In comparison, CNN compiled a list of books that President Donald Trump has recommended via Twitter in the last year.
These books include former White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s debut novel, Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner’s memoir and Gregg Jarrett’s The Russia Hoax: The Illicit Scheme to Clear Hillary Clinton and Frame Donald Trump.
Happy reading whichever way you go!