№ 01
“One of [Baldacci's] finest books. Great character, great story, great portrait of an era.” source
42nd President of the United States
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton, the 42nd U.S. President, has long been known as a heavy reader. In 2003 he released his 21 favorite books for a Clinton Library exhibit, and has since shared summer picks through outlets like CNBC. Books below come from his own lists and interviews, each source linked.
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2019
Most recent list
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Most-recommended
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All Bill Clinton book recommendations.
№ 02
“This one explains Israel's view of the neighbourhood.” source
№ 03
“Read this and you'll see what we're all up against in cyberspace.” source
№ 04
“On that fateful day, he spoke for America.” source
№ 05
“An irreverent look at our long embrace of fantasy for better and worse.” source
№ 06
“Makes the Australian outback come alive and breeds respect for its survivors.” source
№ 07
“Short powerful call for inclusive nationalism.” source
№ 08
“Maisie Dobbs is aging well.” source
№ 09
“Compelling tour of Bosnia by a seasoned diplomat and first-class storyteller.” source
№ 10
“America's storyteller keeps finding good ones to tell.” source
№ 11
“I've read, enjoyed, and have learned a great deal from all of Andrea Camilleri's Montalbano books. He was a wise and gifted writer. I wish I had known him. He and Montalbano will be greatly missed.” source
№ 12
“This is a good time for Ron Chernow's fine biography of Ulysses S. Grant to appear... If we still believe in forming a more perfect union, his steady and courageous example is more valuable than ever.” source
№ 13
“Daniel Silva's 'House of Spies' is a great summer read.” source
№ 14
“Eric Hoffer's 'The True Believer.'” source
№ 15
“There are forks in the road to wealth that have nothing to do with choice or desire or effort, forks that have to do with chance.” source
№ 16
“Bold is a visionary roadmap for people who believe they can change the world and offers invaluable advice about bringing together the partners and technologies to help them do it.” source
№ 17
“I knew the people she was talking about, the problems she was documenting.” source
№ 18
“From the time I read 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' more than 40 years ago, I was always amazed by his unique gifts of imagination, clarity of thought, and emotional honesty.” source
№ 19
“Yes, briefly, I was. And then I remembered, I have waited so long for freedom. And if my anger goes with me out of this place I will still be their prisoner, and I want to be free.” source
№ 20
“His mind, heart, and his uniquely Irish gift for language made him our finest poet of the rhythms of ordinary lives and a powerful voice for peace.” source
№ 21
“Every day, technological innovations are giving people around the world new opportunities to shape their own destinies. In this fascinating book, Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen draw upon their unique experiences to show us a future of rising incomes...” source
№ 22
“He had read Parting the Waters all the way through the footnotes, and the footnotes had set him off because they referred to presidential libraries.” source
№ 23
“Becker's book helped convince me it was an effort worth making.” source
№ 24
“rereading The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, and several of the most thoughtful letters I had received.” source
№ 25
“Living History.” source
№ 26
“Lincoln by David Herbert Donald.” source
№ 27
“The Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot.” source
№ 28
“Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.” source
№ 29
“The Way of the World: From the Dawn of Civilizations to the Eve of the Twenty-First Century by David Fromkin.” source
№ 30
“King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild.” source
№ 31
“Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell.” source
№ 32
“Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study in Ethics and Politics by Reinhold Niebuhr.” source
№ 33
“The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron.” source
№ 34
“You Can't Go Home Again by Thomas Wolfe.” source
№ 35
“Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny by Robert Wright.” source
№ 36
“The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats by William Butler Yeats.” source
№ 37
“Politics as a Vocation by Max Weber.” source
№ 38
“the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.” source
№ 39
“As a student at Georgetown, I head [sic] that call clarified by a professor name Carol [sic] Quigley, who said to us that America was the greatest Nation in history because our people had always believed in two things, that tomorrow can be better than today and that every one of us has a personal moral responsibility to make it so.” source
Readers with overlapping taste
