The former US President often shares his book tips on X, formerly Twitter. The current ones have been viewed 6 million times.
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Shortly before Christmas, former US President Barack Obama published his favorite books of 2023 on His favorite books of 2023 have been viewed around six million times so far. Some of the titles have already been published in German and more are being planned. The favorite list that we present to you here includes 15 titles.
Barack Obama’s Top 15 Favorite Books
Former US President Barack Obama presents his 15 favorite books from 2023. © Vincent Thian/dpa/Rowohlt (montage)
On December 22nd, Barack Obama wrote on have read. If you’re looking for a new book over the holidays, give one of these a try. And if you can, shop at an independent bookstore or borrow the books from your local library.”
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- James McBride: „The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store“
- Benjamin Labatut: „The Maniac.” Novel – The German edition, “Maniac”, was published by Suhrkamp in September 2023
He is an exceptional talent that is both admired and feared. The pioneer of artificial intelligence, the mastermind of the personal computer, the inventor of game theory and the birther of the atomic bomb in the Manhattan Project: John von Neumann. His work spans the 20th century, his story is about an eccentric spirit that breaks all boundaries of what is conceivable and turns the world upside down.
Benjamin Labatut „Maniac“
2023 Suhrkamp, ISBN-13 978-3-518-43117-7
Price: hardcover €26, 395 pages
- Matthew Desmond: “Poverty, By America” – The German edition, “Poverty. An American Catastrophe” will soon be published by Rowohlt
The USA is the richest country in the world – and yet there is more poverty here than in any other advanced democracy: If those affected were to found their own state, it would have a larger population than Australia or Venezuela. Why is it that here, when all the resources should be available, there is such a drastic gap between rich and poor, aspirations and reality?
Matthew Desmond „Armut“
Translated by Jürgen Neubauer
2024 Rowohlt, ISBN-13 978-3-499-01439-0
Price: Paperback €18, 320 pages
- Safiya Sinclair: „How to Say Babylon. A Memoir“
- David Grann: “The Wager” – The German edition, “The Downfall of the ‘Wager’” will soon be published by C. Bertelsmann
In January 1742, a windswept sailboat washed up on the coast of Brazil. On board 30 men, the only survivors of the royal conquest ship “The Wager”, which was wrecked in a storm. Six months later, three shipwrecked men land on the coast of Chile and claim that the 30 men were mutineers who had defied royal orders and murdered without scruples…
David Grann “The sinking of the ‘Wager'”
Translated by Rudolf Mast
2024 C. Bertelsmann, ISBN-13 978-3-570-10546-7
Price: hardcover €24, 432 pages
- Chris Miller: “Chip War” – The German edition, “The Chip War” was published by Rowohlt in autumn 2023
Today, nothing works without microchips: no car, no power grid, no stock exchange, no internet – no army. The military, economic and geopolitical power of states today rests on a foundation of computer chips. Only a few companies can keep up with the rapid technological development and the immense costs associated with it: Samsung in South Korea, Intel in the USA, but above all TSMC in Taiwan. But China is trying everything to catch up. The battle for the key technology of the 21st century is in full swing.
Chris Miller “The Chip War”
Translated by Hans-Peter Remmler, Doro Siebecke
2024 Rowohlt, ISBN-13 978-3-498-00435-4
Price: hardcover €30, 500 pages
- Lauren Groff: The Vaster Wilds. Novel – The German edition, “The Wide Wilderness” was published by Claassen
A girl alone, cold, on the run. Behind her lie starvation and the brutality of the people she grew up among; around her there are foreign lands and its inhabitants, which she fears because that is how she has learned it; the unknown in front of her.
Lauren Groff “The Vast Wilderness”
Translated from English by Stefanie Jacobs
2023 Claassen, ISBN-13 978-3-546-10035-9
Price: hardcover €24, 288 pages
- Sarah Bakewell: “Humanly Possible” – The German edition, “How to Become Human. In the footsteps of the humanists”, published by CH Beck
700 years ago, the outrageous idea emerged that man is essentially good and free and that in the search for happiness he can navigate through stormy times with the compass of reason alone. Sarah Bakewell introduces the Italian humanists who brought this idea into the world and describes how inspiring their curiosity, inquiring spirit and optimism have been to the present day, despite all the hostility from theologians, tyrants and ideologues.
Sarah Bakewell “How to Become Human”
Translated by Rita Seuss
2023 C. H. Beck, ISBN-13 978-3-406-80550-9
Price: hardcover €32, 496 pages
- Jonathan Eig: “King: A Life – The German Edition, “Martin Luther King. A Life”, will soon be published by dtv
- Abraham Verghese: The Covenant of Water. Novel – The German edition, “The Dreaming of Madras” was published by Insel
Kerala, around 1900: Mariamma is twelve when she leaves home to live with her new husband in Parambil, amidst rivers and canals, palm trees and jackfruit trees. She misses her mother and her husband hardly seems interested in her. But she soon finds a companion in her five-year-old stepson Jojo who doesn’t leave her side. When he, who has always shied away from water, drowns in an accident, she discovers a secret about her new family…
Abraham Verghese “The Dreaming of Madras”
Translated from English by Eike Schönfeld
2023 Island, ISBN-13 978-3-458-64393-7
Price: hardcover, 894 pages
- Jonathan Rosen: „The Best Minds. A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions“
- SA Cosby: “All The Sinners Bleed” – The German edition, “The Last Wolf” is published by ars vivendi
After years of working for the FBI, Titus Crown returns to his home of Charon County, Virginia, and is elected as the first black sheriff in the county’s history. A year after the election, a young black man is shot and killed by local deputies. Titus promises to clarify the background, but during his investigation he comes across a mass grave and is suddenly confronted with a serial killer who has been killing unnoticed for a long time in the dark forests and on lonely dirt roads.
SA Cosby “The Last Wolf”
2023 art of living, ISBN-13 978-3-7472-0518-1
Price: hardcover €24, 383 pages
- Tim Alberta: „The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory. American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism“
- Patricia Evangelista: „Some People Need Killing. A Memoir of Murder in the Philippines“
- Paul Harding: This Other Eden. Novel – Was on the shortlist for the Booker Prize 2023, which this year went to Paul Lynch for “Prophet Song”.
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