Becoming by Michelle ObamaAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieEducated by Tara WestoverThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
President Obama's Favorite Books 2018
29 books — 10 voters
The Holy Bible by Anonymous
A Book My Father Gave Me
264 books — 222 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best by African Authors
407 books — 222 voters

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Books that Make you Laugh
3,499 books — 5,076 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBeowulf by Unknown
Forced to read in school, but hated
322 books — 560 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Couldn't Put The Book Down
16,947 books — 16,773 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,765 books — 1,647 voters

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
The Christian Intellect
1,272 books — 837 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Stranger by Albert CamusBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Most Difficult Novels
589 books — 2,042 voters

Complications by Atul GawandeMere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,266 books — 4,467 voters
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingTranscendent Kingdom by Yaa GyasiWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiBeing Mortal by Atul Gawande
Medicine and Literature
1,849 books — 2,010 voters

Forrest Gump by Winston GroomThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,133 books — 10,101 voters