Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Barack Obama's Reading List

  • The Bible
  • “Parting the Waters,” Taylor Branch
  • “Self-Reliance,” Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Gandhi’s autobiography
  • “Team of Rivals,” Doris Kearns Goodwin
  • “The Golden Notebook,” Doris Lessing
  • Lincoln’s collected writings
  • “Moby-Dick,” Herman Melville
  • “Song of Solomon,” Toni Morrison
  • Works of Reinhold Niebuhr
  • “Gilead,” Marilynne Robinson
  • Shakespeare’s tragedies
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  1. UnknownJanuary 22, 2009 at 11:45 AM

    I can't imagine a more fitting reading list for President Obama, and I was surprised by none of it. Though I must admit I've never heard of Reinhold Niebuhr.

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