Barack Obama is ready to join the To Paradise discourse.
President Obama has released his annual summer reading list, and as ever, he’s picked some winners. (I’m particularly delighted so see Jessamine Chan’s excellent and harrowing The School for Good Mothers on there. Given that he’s the former President of the United States, maybe it will inspire him to share some thoughts on the country’s broken child welfare system?)
“I’ve read a couple of great books this year and wanted to share some of my favorites so far. What have you been reading this summer?” Obama tweeted. No word yet on whether he’s read any of the numerous critical eviscerations of To Paradise, but I’d love to hear his thoughts! Here’s the list in full:
Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility
Ezra Klein, Why We’re Polarized
Jennifer Egan, The Candy House
Hanif Abdurraqib, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
Hanya Yanagihara, To Paradise
John Le Carré, Silverview
Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake
Lan Samantha Chang, The Family Chao
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Velvet Was the Night
Antoine Wilson, Mouth to Mouth
Yascha Mounk, The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure
Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears
Chris Herring, Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks
