# Barack Obama's summer reading list 2024

The 14 books on the summer reading list Barack Obama shared in August 2024, from Percival Everett's James to Liz Moore's The God of the Woods.

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- Oct 14, 2024 · Sabine Müller
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## Top 14

1. **James — Percival Everett** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Novel; Huckleberry Finn told from Jim's side.
2. **Memory Piece — Lisa Ko** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Novel.
3. **The Ministry of Time — Kaliane Bradley** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A time-travel novel.
4. **When the Clock Broke — John Ganz** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Non-fiction about 1990s America.
5. **Of Boys and Men — Richard Reeves** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Non-fiction about boys and men today.
6. **The Wide Wide Sea — Hampton Sides** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — James Cook's final voyage.
7. **Help Wanted — Adelle Waldman** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Novel about big-box store workers.
8. **There's Always This Year — Hanif Abdurraqib** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Essays on basketball.
9. **Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here — Jonathan Blitzer** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Non-fiction on migration from Central America.
10. **Reading Genesis — Marilynne Robinson** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — An essay on the Book of Genesis.
11. **The God of the Woods — Liz Moore** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Crime novel set at a summer camp.
12. **Martyr! — Kaveh Akbar** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Debut novel.
13. **Headshot — Rita Bullwinkel** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Novel about a girls' boxing tournament.
14. **Beautiful Days — Zach Williams** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Short stories.

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