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Michelle Obama's Reading List

Former First Lady of the United States and bestselling author of Becoming and The Light We Carry. Frequent reader and book recommender; named her favorites in The New York Times "By the Book" feature.

Michelle Obama — By the Book (NYT) (2018)

Books Michelle Obama named in her NYT By the Book interview (Nov 11 2018).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison · 1977 · Buy on Amazon

"I've now read this book three times."

Exit West

Mohsin Hamid · 2017 · Buy on Amazon

"On her nightstand."

White Teeth

Zadie Smith · 2000 · Buy on Amazon

"I love the way the story weaves together so many complex and powerful forces."

Commonwealth

Ann Patchett · 2016 · Buy on Amazon

"On her nightstand."

An American Marriage

Tayari Jones · 2018 · Buy on Amazon

"On her nightstand."

Educated

Tara Westover · 2018 · Buy on Amazon

"An engrossing read, a fresh perspective on the power of an education."

Conversations with Myself

Nelson Mandela · 2010 · Buy on Amazon

"I like to flip through it from time to time because it always seems to give me what I need."

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck · 1939 · Buy on Amazon

"I reread this book with the girls, too."

The Snowy Day

Ezra Jack Keats · 1962 · Buy on Amazon

"About a boy who happened to be black and who happened to live in the city."

Life of Pi

Yann Martel · 2001 · Buy on Amazon

"I reread this book with the girls, too."

The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

Astrid Lindgren · 1945 · Buy on Amazon

"What I loved most about the main character was that she was a girl — strong, fearless, fun."

Books from The Diary Of A CEO: Michelle Obama (2025)

Extracted via LLM from auto-captions of Diary of a CEO (2025-05-01).

Source: www.youtube.com

Grown Woman Talk

Sharon Malone · 2024 · Buy on Amazon

"My partner in podcast Dr. Sharon Malone wrote a book Grown Woman Talk where she's ripping the curtain off of women's health questions."

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