# Barack Obama's favourite books of 2022

The 13 books on the favourite-reads list Barack Obama shared on 23 December 2022, led by Michelle Obama's The Light We Carry.

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- Dec 26, 2022 · Johanna Winkler
- https://even.best/en/l/1288/barack-obama-s-favourite-books-of-2022

## Top 13

1. **The Light We Carry — Michelle Obama** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The former First Lady's second book.
2. **Sea of Tranquility — Emily St. John Mandel** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A novel of time travel and pandemics.
3. **Trust — Hernan Diaz** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A New York financier told in four versions.
4. **The Revolutionary — Stacy Schiff** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A biography of Samuel Adams.
5. **The Furrows — Namwali Serpell** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A novel about a drowned brother.
6. **South to America — Imani Perry** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A journey through the American South.
7. **The School for Good Mothers — Jessamine Chan** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A dystopia about a reform school for mothers.
8. **Black Cake — Charmaine Wilkerson** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Family secrets between the Caribbean and California.
9. **Ducks — Kate Beaton** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A graphic memoir of Alberta's oil sands.
10. **An Immense World — Ed Yong** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — How animals perceive the world.
11. **Liberation Day — George Saunders** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Short stories.
12. **The Candy House — Jennifer Egan** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A novel about a technology that shares memories.
13. **Afterlives — Abdulrazak Gurnah** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A novel of East Africa by the 2021 Nobel laureate.

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