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(CNN) - On Saturday, the former US president. Barack Obama continued his tradition of sharing his annual favorite lists, starting with a summary of the books that made the year "a little brighter for me."
"This has become a fun little tradition for me, and I hope it is for you too," Obama wrote in an Instagram post. "Because while each of us has many things that keep us busy (work and family life, social and volunteer commitments), media such as literature and art can improve our daily experiences."
As in previous years, Obama's book selections are a mixture of historical nonfiction and some literary novels. It includes the Archive of lost children , which deals with the migration crisis; Sally Rooney Normal People's novel, which is being adapted for a Hulu series; and The Topeka School , which explores white male identity.
Check out the full list of Obama's favorite books below:
- The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff
- The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company by William Dalrymple
- Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep
- Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
- The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer
- How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell
- Lost Children Archive of the Mexican Valeria Luiselli
- Lot: Bryan Washington Stories
- Normal People by Sally Rooney
- Adam Johnson 's Orphan Master's Son
- The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
- Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
- Albert Woodfox Solitary
- The Topeka School by Ben Lerner
- Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino
- Susan Choi Trust Exercise
- We Live in Water: Stories by Jess Walter
Obama also listed two "for sports fans." Those books are:
- A Different Way to Win: Dan Rooney's Story from the Super Bowl to the Rooney Rule by Jim Rooney
- The Sixth Man by Andre Iguodala
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