Barack Obama's favourite books of 2024
The top 3 according to 5 votes from people: The Anxious Generation — Jonathan Haidt · Intermezzo — Sally Rooney · Patriot — Alexei Navalny. (Updated Mar 17, 2025.)
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.
Automatically translated (original in 한국어). See the original
Top 10
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The Anxious Generation — Jonathan Haidt
How smartphones rewired childhood.
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Intermezzo — Sally Rooney
Two brothers after their father's death.
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3
Patriot — Alexei Navalny
The Russian opposition leader's memoir, published after his death.
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4
In Ascension — Martin MacInnes
A science fiction novel from the deep sea to space.
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5
Growth — Daniel Susskind
The history and future of economic growth.
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Orbital — Samantha Harvey
A day aboard the International Space Station; winner of the 2024 Booker Prize.
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7
The Anthropologists — Ayşegül Savaş
A young couple looking for a home in a foreign city.
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8
Stolen Pride — Arlie Russell Hochschild
Loss and politics in Kentucky coal country.
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9
Someone Like Us — Dinaw Mengestu
A novel of an Ethiopian immigrant family.
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10
The Work of Art — Adam Moss
How artists make their work.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (7)
Anxious Generation, 부모라면 꼭 읽어야 할 책.
나발니 회고록은 너무 슬펐어요.
Orbital이 부커상 받은 해였죠.
오바마 추천 도서는 늘 믿고 봐요.
올해 읽을 책 목록에 추가!
한강 작가 책도 있었으면 좋았을 텐데.
샐리 루니 Intermezzo 재밌게 읽었어요.