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Barack Obama's Picks
44th President of the United States. Shares annual favorite books lists spanning literary fiction, history, and journalism.

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
A sweeping narrative of human history, from the first humans to the present day.
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
A groundbreaking look at the two systems that drive the way we think.
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The Power Broker
The definitive biography of Robert Moses and the use of power in New York.
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Team of Rivals
The political genius of Abraham Lincoln as seen through his cabinet.
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The Wager
A gripping tale of shipwreck, survival, and savagery.
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Educated
A memoir of a woman who leaves her survivalist family to pursue an academic career.
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The Three-Body Problem
A mind-bending science fiction epic about humanity's first contact with aliens.
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Beloved
A powerful novel about the haunting legacy of slavery.
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Lincoln in the Bardo
An experimental novel about Abraham Lincoln's grief over the death of his son.
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Man's Search for Meaning
A psychiatrist's account of survival in Nazi concentration camps and his search for meaning.
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