This holiday weekend, President Obama and his daughters took a trip to Politics and Prose, the bookstore every book lover visits if they visit Washington DC. The First Family left with 21 books.
Though it’s strange to have access to exactly what President Obama buys, here we are nonetheless, allowed to look into and pass judgment on the intellectual tastes of our President. Overall it looks like a pretty solid reading list. Couple of classics, some new stuff. Kids stuff, sports books, varied fiction and non. It almost seems like someone thought this list would end up being published.
Anyway. Here’s the list:
Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel
Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus
Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo
Jinx by Sage Blackwood
Lulu and the Brontosaurus by Judith Viorst and Lane Smith
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell
Moonday by Adam Rex
Journey by Aaron Becker
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein
Collision Low Crossers: A Year Inside the Turbulent World of NFL Football by Nicholas Dawidoff
Ballad of the Sad Cafe: And Other Stories by Carson McCullers
My Antonia by Willa Cather
Ragtime By E.L. Doctorow
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
All That Is by James Salter
Wild: From Lost to Found On the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
One book that didn’t make the cut, apparently, though the President did give it his consideration, was Rob Delaney’s bit of comedy memoir, Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage. Which sounds like a title you might choose if you were famous because of Twitter.
@robdelaney Looks like you have a new fan! pic.twitter.com/YV4fpOpqc2
— Shawn Garrett (@ShawnGarrett) December 2, 2024
Let us know what you think of the First Family’s reading list?
