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
265 books — 225 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best by African Authors
407 books — 221 voters

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Books that Make you Laugh
3,489 books — 5,021 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBeowulf by Unknown
Forced to read in school, but hated
321 books — 559 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
16,889 books — 16,499 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,746 books — 1,617 voters

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
The Christian Intellect
1,256 books — 830 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Stranger by Albert CamusBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Most Difficult Novels
585 books — 2,041 voters

Complications by Atul GawandeMere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,234 books — 4,396 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
1,836 books — 1,993 voters

Forrest Gump by Winston GroomThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,132 books — 10,106 voters