Books recommended by Barack Obama. REVIEWS ON AMAZON IT LOOKS LIKE THE DEEP STATE LIKES TO REVIEW BOOKS ON AMAZON. HERE IS SOME OF BARACK OBAMA'S RECOMMENDATIONS. I WONDER WHY THEY LIKE TO DO THIS? SOME KIND OF COMMS? LAB GIRL Paperback – February 28, 2017 by Hope Jahren (Author) “A beautifully written memoir about the life of a woman in science, a brilliant friendship, and the profundity of trees. Terrific.”—BARACK OBAMA EXHALATION:: STORIES Hardcover – Deckle Edge, May 7, 2019 by Ted Chiang (Author) “Exhalation by Ted Chiang is a collection of short stories that will make you think, grapple with big questions, and feel more human. The best kind of science fiction.” —BARACK OBAMA MEN WITHOUT WOMAN: Stories (Vintage International) Paperback – May 1, 2018 by Haruki Murakami (Author), Philip Gabriel (Translator), Ted Goossen (Translator)  “Haruki Murakami’s Men Without Women examines what happens to characters without important women in their lives; it'll move you and       confuse you and sometimes leave you with more questions than answers.” —BARACK OBAMA https://www.instagram.com/p/B1J3hS-AyW5/?utm_source=ig_embed Barack Obama, the former president who’s demonstrated A FINE TASTE IN POP CULTURE—unlike that other guy who just fast-forwards through Bloodsport—has officially released his summer reading list for 2019. Using the presidential platform of Facebook, Obama posted a list of his recommendations based on books he read over this past season, with small descriptions and a little blurb on each novel. Obama begins his recommendation list by urging everyone to catch up with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison, who peacefully passed away at the beginning of this month. He mentions her novels Beloved, Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye, and Sula, although Morrison’s cohesive body of work is certainly not limited to those masterworks of fiction. He also recommends (as do we) The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, which details how Jim Crow-era laws and mass incarceration in America still affect the lives of many today. Exhalation, written by Arrival author Ted Chiang, is also on his list (and ours) as “the best kind of science fiction” that grapples with major questions in a human manner. The 2009 Man Booker-Prize winning fictionalized retelling of Oliver Cromwell’s rise to power in Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall compelled Obama this year, despite its release a decade ago. Obama also cooly recommends Haruki Murakami’s Men Without Women, Lauren Wilkinson’s American Spy, The Shallows (nothing to with that shark movie) by Nicholas Carr, Hope Jahren’s Lab Girl, Inland by Téa Obreht and Maid by Stephanie Land. Most notably, he recommends How to Read the Air by Dinaw Mengestu for a better glimpse into the American immigrant story, while barely giving any details on the book as to not spoil its heavy punches. https://news.avclub.com/barack-obama-whos-been-doing-a-lot-of-reading-lately-1837508134