Barack Obama's favourite books of 2017

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Hardback

Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,David Fisher

A book about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s 50 years of friendship with Coach John Wooden, who were brought together by the game of basketball and formed one of the most enduring and…

$59.99

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Paperback

Evicted

Matthew Desmond

Arleen spends nearly all her money on rent but is kicked out with her kids in Milwaukee’s coldest winter for years. Doreen’s home is so filthy her family call it…

$24.99

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Paperback

A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles

21 June 1922 Count Alexander Rostov - recipient of the Order of Saint Andrew, member of the Jockey Club, Master of the Hunt - is escorted out of the Kremlin…

$22.99

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Paperback

The Power

Naomi Alderman

The Power is speculative fiction at its most ambitious and provocative, taking us on a thrilling journey to an alternate reality while exposing our own world.

$22.99

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Paperback

Janesville: An American Story

Amy Goldstein

This is the story of what happens to an industrial town in the American heartland when its main factory shuts down - but it’s not the familiar tale. Most observers…

$39.99

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Paperback

Dying: A Memoir

Cory Taylor

A deeply affecting meditation on dying and a wise tribute to life

$19.99

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