books recommended by Michelle Obama

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is an American lawyer and author who was the first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She is married to the 44th President of the United States Barack Obama. She is the first African-American First Lady of the United States.

books recommended by Michelle Obama

Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison

Educated

Educated

Tara Westover

An American Marriage

An American Marriage

Tayari Jones

Exit West

Exit West

Mohsin Hamid

The Girl on the Train

The Girl on the Train

Paula Hawkins

The Diary of a Young Girl

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

Goodnight Moon

Goodnight Moon

Margaret Wise Brown

Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak

Gone Girl

Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn

Commonwealth

Commonwealth

Ann Patchett

Life of Pi

Life of Pi

Yann Martel

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Judith Viorst

Finding My Voice

Finding My Voice

Valerie Jarrett

White Teeth

White Teeth

Zadie Smith

Babar

Babar

Jean de Brunhoff

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Bill Martin & Eric Carle

Camp Confidential

Camp Confidential

Melissa J. Morgan

Olivia

Olivia

Ian Falconer

The Cat in the Hat

The Cat in the Hat

Dr. Seuss

The Light of the World

The Light of the World

Elizabeth Alexander

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