Obama's 2020 Best Reads

Former president Barak Obama shared his Best Reads of  2020 List on December 17.  "As 2020 comes to a close, I wanted to share my annual lists of favorites. I’ll start by sharing my favorite books this year, deliberately omitting what I think is a pretty good book – A Promised Land – by a certain 44th president," he wrote.

Homeland Elegies: A Novel By Ayad Akhtar Cover Image

Homeland Elegies: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Ayad Akhtar
$28.00
ISBN: 9780316496421
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - September 15th, 2020
Jack (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel By Marilynne Robinson Cover Image

Jack (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel (Hardcover)

By Marilynne Robinson
$27.00
ISBN: 9780374279301
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - September 29th, 2020
Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents By Isabel Wilkerson Cover Image

Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)

By Isabel Wilkerson
$32.00
ISBN: 9780593230251
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Published: Random House - August 4th, 2020
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz By Erik Larson Cover Image

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz (Hardcover)

By Erik Larson
$32.00
ISBN: 9780385348713
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Published: Crown - February 25th, 2020
Luster: A Novel By Raven Leilani Cover Image

Luster: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Raven Leilani
$26.00
ISBN: 9780374194321
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - August 4th, 2020
How Much of These Hills Is Gold: A Novel By C Pam Zhang Cover Image

How Much of These Hills Is Gold: A Novel (Hardcover)

By C Pam Zhang
$26.00
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ISBN: 9780525537205
Published: Riverhead Books - April 7th, 2020
Long Bright River: A Novel By Liz Moore Cover Image

Long Bright River: A Novel (Paperback)

By Liz Moore
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525540687
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Published: Riverhead Books - December 1st, 2020
Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir By Natasha Trethewey Cover Image

Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir (Hardcover)

By Natasha Trethewey
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062248572
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Published: Ecco - July 28th, 2020
Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism By Anne Applebaum Cover Image

Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism (Hardcover)

By Anne Applebaum
$25.00
ISBN: 9780385545808
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Published: Doubleday - July 21st, 2020
Deacon King Kong: A Novel By James McBride Cover Image

Deacon King Kong: A Novel (Hardcover)

By James McBride
$28.00
ISBN: 9780735216723
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Published: Riverhead Books - March 3rd, 2020
The Undocumented Americans By Karla Cornejo Villavicencio Cover Image

The Undocumented Americans (Hardcover)

By Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
$26.00
ISBN: 9780399592683
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Published: One World - March 24th, 2020
The Vanishing Half: A Novel By Brit Bennett Cover Image

The Vanishing Half: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Brit Bennett
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525536291
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Published: Riverhead Books - June 2nd, 2020
The Glass Hotel: A novel By Emily St. John Mandel Cover Image

The Glass Hotel: A novel (Hardcover)

By Emily St. John Mandel
$26.95
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ISBN: 9780525521143
Published: Knopf - March 24th, 2020
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family By Robert Kolker Cover Image

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family (Hardcover)

By Robert Kolker
$29.95
ISBN: 9780385543767
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Published: Doubleday - April 7th, 2020
The Ministry for the Future: A Novel By Kim Stanley Robinson Cover Image

The Ministry for the Future: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Kim Stanley Robinson
$30.00
ISBN: 9780316300131
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Published: Orbit - October 6th, 2020
Sharks in the Time of Saviors: A Novel By Kawai Strong Washburn Cover Image

Sharks in the Time of Saviors: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Kawai Strong Washburn
$27.00
ISBN: 9780374272081
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Published: MCD - March 3rd, 2020
Missionaries: A Novel By Phil Klay Cover Image

Missionaries: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Phil Klay
$28.00
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ISBN: 9781984880659
Published: Penguin Press - October 6th, 2020