Barack Obama's favourite books of 2020
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: Homeland Elegies — Ayad Akhtar · Jack — Marilynne Robinson · Caste — Isabel Wilkerson. (Updated Mar 13, 2026.)
The 17 books on the favourite-reads list Barack Obama shared on 17 December 2020.
Automatically translated (original in Português). See the original
Top 17
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1
Homeland Elegies — Ayad Akhtar
Novel about the son of Pakistani immigrants in the US.
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2
Jack — Marilynne Robinson
A novel in the Gilead series.
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3
Caste — Isabel Wilkerson
Non-fiction on America's caste system.
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4
The Splendid and the Vile — Erik Larson
Churchill during the Blitz.
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5
Luster — Raven Leilani
A debut novel.
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6
How Much of These Hills Is Gold — C Pam Zhang
Novel of Chinese-American siblings in the Gold Rush.
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7
Long Bright River — Liz Moore
Crime novel set in opioid-crisis Philadelphia.
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8
Memorial Drive — Natasha Trethewey
The poet's memoir of her mother's murder.
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9
Twilight of Democracy — Anne Applebaum
Non-fiction on the drift towards authoritarianism.
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10
Deacon King Kong — James McBride
Novel set in 1969 Brooklyn.
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11
The Undocumented Americans — Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Portraits of undocumented immigrants.
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12
The Vanishing Half — Brit Bennett
Novel of twin sisters on opposite paths.
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13
The Glass Hotel — Emily St. John Mandel
Novel around a Ponzi scheme.
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14
Hidden Valley Road — Robert Kolker
A family with six sons with schizophrenia.
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15
The Ministry for the Future — Kim Stanley Robinson
Science fiction about the climate crisis.
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16
Sharks in the Time of Saviors — Kawai Strong Washburn
A Hawaiian novel.
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17
Missionaries — Phil Klay
Novel about war in Colombia.
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Caste de Isabel Wilkerson, leitura obrigatória.