Obama's Summer Reading List
By Patrick Brown | Published Aug 22, 2011 01:40PM
It's become an annual rite of summer, like the Little League World Series or back to school sales -- President Barack Obama announcing his summer vacation reading list. This year, the president brought three books with him to Martha's Vineyard and purchased two more. The books on Obama's vacation reading list are:
- Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
- To the End of the Land by David Grossman
- The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
- Rodin's Debutante by Ward Just
- The Bayou Trilogy by David Woodrell
As expected, the books on Mr. Obama's list have already enjoyed a sizable uptick in interest following the announcement of the president's list. For instance these graphs show the number books added to Goodreads shelves for two of the books Mr. Obama chose, The Bayou Trilogy and Rodin's Debutante:


It appears the president will have plenty of people with whom to discuss his summer reads. Perhaps he'd be interested in joining a book club?
Tags: ficiton, politics, president, reading-lists, and summer-reading
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If you want to make yourself feel depressed, here they are: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/wi...


While I want my president to be well-read, I will forgive any w..."
They should be well read by the time they get into office, surely.



I'd rather have a president that can fix the healthcare system

I, myself, tend to always be reading several books & work related manuals/manuscripts/policies all in same day. Some I may complete in one day some are ongoing. One person's brain is capable of compartmentalizing everything being taken in, & another person's brain may not be able to do so. If you have a "one track" mindset, perhaps that isn't possible to do.
Happy reading to all!!
While I want my president to be well-read, I will forgive any who claims to be too busy. :)