You need to see the 5 beautiful books POTUS is reading right now

U.S President, Barack Obama, a famous bibliophile has just released titles of books he thinks you should read this summer.

The list consist of five fairly varied choices, ranging from memoirs on surfing to science fiction.

For those who have no idea what to read this month, here are titles worth adding to your bookshelf.

1. Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, by William Finnegan, the aforementioned memoir about surfing which discusses the author’s addiction to the sport.

2. The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead, ‘a magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave’s adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South’.

3. H Is for Hawk, by Helen Macdonald, about the author coming to terms with her father’s death by training a hawk.

4. The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins, is the best known on the list, a worldwide best seller about a British commuter who gets entangled in a missing person’s case.

5. Seveneves, by Neal Stephenson, a thought-provoking science fiction novel about how humanity would attempt to live on if the world was ending.

Earlier this week, President Barack Obama also dropped his summer playlist, featuring artistes like Wale, Jay Z and Jidenna.

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