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The world knows Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States—as an historic world leader, an incredible speaker, a family man, and a magnificent writer.

He’s also got fantastic taste in books.

Of the many things the world awaits his perspective on, Obama’s regular Favourite Books lists are certainly one—and are amongst the best, most impeccably discerning recommended reading lists around. There’s political reading, certainly, but also must-read fiction, history, sport, essays and memoir—it’s always a rich and rewarding selection from a man with absolutely flawless taste in books. So we’ve pulled together some of his more recent recommendations into one page for you—and of course we’ve added in A Promised Land, the brand new memoir from the former president, iconic leader, Nobel Peace Prize Winner—and would-be excellent bookseller!

A Promised Land by Barack Obama

A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy.

In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency-a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.

Obama takes readers on a compelling journey from his earliest political aspirations to the pivotal Iowa caucus victory that demonstrated the power of grassroots activism to the watershed night of November 4, 2008, when he was elected 44th president of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the nation's highest office.

A Promised Land is extraordinarily intimate and introspective-the story of one man's bet with history, the faith of a community organizer tested on the world stage. Obama is candid about the balancing act of running for office as a Black American, bearing the expectations of a generation buoyed by messages of "hope and change," and meeting the moral challenges of high-stakes decision-making. He is frank about the forces that opposed him at home and abroad, open about how living in the White House affected his wife and daughters, and unafraid to reveal self-doubt and disappointment. Yet he never wavers from his belief that inside the great, ongoing American experiment, progress is always possible.

This beautifully written and powerful book captures Barack Obama's conviction that democracy is not a gift from on high but something founded on empathy and common understanding and built together, day by day.