Barack Obama’s Summer Reading List 2022




How cool is it that a former US president is such a keen reader and that he regularly shares the best books he’s read recently?! I look through his selection of novels & nonfiction for Summer 2022. Click ‘Show More’ for info & links.

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My reviews of the books I’ve read so far:

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Kvj091JMI

The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang: https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2022/2/24/the-family-chao-by-lan-samantha-chang

Books discussed & purchase links:

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel
https://tidd.ly/3PZO9zi

Why We’re Polarized by Ezra Klein
https://tidd.ly/3PGqoMX

The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
https://tidd.ly/3Q1ElET

A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib
https://tidd.ly/3POMoVI

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
https://tidd.ly/3mVHBpp

Silverview by John le Carre
https://tidd.ly/3bdeGdF

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
https://tidd.ly/3xF1TcG

The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang
https://tidd.ly/3rAFBWe

Velvet was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
https://tidd.ly/3zziqzM

Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson
https://tidd.ly/3Bl8XNC

The Great Experiment by Yascha Mounk
https://tidd.ly/3OIzIyt

The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
https://tidd.ly/3QoPXTI

Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
https://tidd.ly/3cypzXR

Blood in the Garden by Chris Herring
https://tidd.ly/3zfu6X7

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