We’ve come to love President Obama’s reading lists and we’ve been following his book choices since he was President. A few days ago to mark the end of 2019, Obama created some lists of the books, television shows, and movies he’s loved in 2019. Today we’re featuring the books, and here’s what he listed.
Barack Obama also shared a reminder of the list of books he shared earlier in the year, which we featured in this blog.
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