# Barack Obama's favourite books of 2024

The 10 books Barack Obama named as his favourites of the year on 21 December 2024, including Sally Rooney's Intermezzo and the Booker-winning Orbital.

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- Mar 17, 2025 · subin_cinephile
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## Top 10

1. **The Anxious Generation — Jonathan Haidt** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — How smartphones rewired childhood.
2. **Intermezzo — Sally Rooney** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Two brothers after their father's death.
3. **Patriot — Alexei Navalny** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The Russian opposition leader's memoir, published after his death.
4. **In Ascension — Martin MacInnes** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A science fiction novel from the deep sea to space.
5. **Growth — Daniel Susskind** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The history and future of economic growth.
6. **Orbital — Samantha Harvey** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A day aboard the International Space Station; winner of the 2024 Booker Prize.
7. **The Anthropologists — Ayşegül Savaş** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A young couple looking for a home in a foreign city.
8. **Stolen Pride — Arlie Russell Hochschild** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Loss and politics in Kentucky coal country.
9. **Someone Like Us — Dinaw Mengestu** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A novel of an Ethiopian immigrant family.
10. **The Work of Art — Adam Moss** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — How artists make their work.

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