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Daftar Buku Favorit Barack Obama Sepanjang Tahun 2019

Barack Obama membagikan daftar buku yang ia sukai sepanjang tahun 2019.

Daftar Buku Favorit Barack Obama Sepanjang Tahun 2019
Presiden Amerika Serikat ke-44 Barack Obama memberi sambutan dalam Kongres Diaspora Indonesia ke-4 di Jakarta, Sabtu (1/7). ANTARA FOTO/Rosa Panggabean

tirto.id - Presiden Amerika Serikat ke-44 Barack Obama mengatakan, membaca buku adalah tradisi yang ia lakukan sejak kecil. Untuk itu, kali ini ia membagikan daftar buku yang ia sukai sepanjang tahun 2019.

"Ini [membaca] telah menjadi tradisi kecil yang menyenangkan bagiku, dan aku harap kamu juga menyukainya," tulis Obama di Instagram seperti dilansir Antara.

Buku-buku yang disukai Obama adalah mulai dari fiksi hingga sejarah Amerika. Menurut dia, meskipun ada banyak kesibukan dalam aktivitas sehari-hari, membaca tetap saja diperlukan karena bisa memberikan pengalaman yang menarik.

"Walaupun masing-masing dari kita memiliki banyak hal yang membuat kita sibuk—pekerjaan dan kehidupan keluarga, aksi sosial dan sukarela—outlet seperti sastra dan seni dapat meningkatkan pengalaman kita sehari-hari."

Berikut beberapa buku favorit Barack Obama itu, antara lain:

  1. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontrier of Power karya Shoshana Zuboff.
  2. The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company karya William Darlymple
  3. Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial Harper Lee karya Casey Cep
  4. Girl, Women, Other karya Bernardine Evaristo
  5. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1980 to the Present karya David Treuer
  6. How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy karya Jenny Odell
  7. Lot Stories karya Bryan Washington
  8. Normal People karya Sally Rooney
  9. The Orphan Master's Son karya Adam Johnson
  10. The Yellow House karya Sarah M. Broom
  11. Say Nothing karya Patrick Radden Keefe
  12. Solitary karya Albert Woodfox
  13. Trick Mirror karya Jia Tolentino
  14. Trust Excercise karya Susan Choi
  15. We Live in Water karya Jess Walter
  16. Finding My Voice karya Valerie Jarrett
  17. The Moment of Lift dari Melinda Gates dan masih banyak lagi.

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Over the next few days, I’ll be sharing my annual list of favorites — books, films, and music — with all of you. This has become a fun little tradition for me, and I hope it is for you, too. Because while each of us has plenty that keeps us busy—work and family life, social and volunteer commitments—outlets like literature and art can enhance our day-to-day experiences. They’re the fabric that helps make up a life—the album that lifts us up after a long day, the dog-eared paperback we grab off the shelf to give to a friend, the movie that makes us think and feel in a new way, works that simply help us escape for a bit. To start, here are the books that made the last year a little brighter for me. Most of them came out in 2019, but a few were older ones that were new to me this year. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

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