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Since finishing two terms in the White House, formerPresident Barack Obamahas had time to pursue one of his favorite pastimes — reading.
On Sunday, the founder ofthe Obama Foundationrevealed the best books that he’s read this summer, sharing his recommendations online.
Here are Obama’s top summer picks:
Random House
“Tara Westover’sEducatedis a remarkable memoir of a young woman raised in a survivalist family in Idaho,” Obama said, “who strives for education while still showing great understanding and love for the world she leaves behind.”
Buy It:Educated,$30;amazon.com
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Knopf
Buy It:Warlight,$29;amazon.com
Vintage
“With the recent passing of V.S. Naipaul, I rereadA House for Mr. Biswas, the Nobel Prize winner’s first great novel about growing up in Trinidad and the challenge of post-colonial identity,” the former president said.
Buy It:A House for Mr. Biswas,$16.95;amazon.com
Algonquin Books
Buy It:An American Marriage,$26.95;amazon.com
Sceptre
Buy It:Factfulness,$12.99;amazon.com
source: people.com
