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
410 books — 224 voters

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Books that Make you Laugh
3,517 books — 5,209 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBeowulf by Unknown
Forced to read in school, but hated
323 books — 561 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
17,474 books — 17,716 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,843 books — 1,727 voters

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
The Christian Intellect
1,302 books — 904 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Stranger by Albert CamusBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Most Difficult Novels
599 books — 2,062 voters

Complications by Atul GawandeMere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,376 books — 4,922 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
1,973 books — 2,200 voters

Forrest Gump by Winston GroomThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,102 voters