Monday, January 19, 2009

A Reading List That Shaped a President

A Reading List That Shaped a President

Some of President-elect Barack Obama’s favored reading matter as mentioned in this article:

  • 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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