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Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William FinneganLearn about what the President was reading last summer, and check out his summer playlist.
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
Also see: six of President Obama's favorite books.
--Marshal Zeringue