无论是在白宫给孩子们读书，还是在黑色星期五逛当地书店，或是向女儿推荐读物，贝拉克·奥巴马总统也许都可以被称为书籍达人。
奥巴马酷爱读书。最近，他在接受《纽约时报》采访时谈到了书籍在他执政期间的重大作用，书让他获得信息并给予他灵感。奥巴马说，书籍让他得以“慢下来，获得看问题的视角”。《娱乐周刊》回顾了这些年来奥巴马青睐的书——模仿著名领导人的读书方式并非坏事。把奥巴马选为2017年读书俱乐部主席怎么样，有人同意吗？
以下是奥巴马担任总统期间推荐的所有书籍：
给女儿的书：
Whether he’s reading to kids at the White House, hitting up local bookstores on Black Friday, or giving recommendations to his daughters, President Barack Obama may as well be known as the Commander in Books.
POTUS is an avid reader and recently spoke to the New York Times about the significant, informative and inspirational role literature has played in his presidency, crediting books for allowing him to “slow down and get perspective.” With his presidency coming to an end this Friday, EW looked back at Obama’s lit picks over the years — because it can’t hurt to read like a great leader. #ObamaForBookClubPresident2017, anyone?
See a comprehensive list of every book Obama has recommended during his presidency:
Books for Daughters:
对于给18岁的女儿玛利亚推荐过哪些书的问题，奥巴马给了《时代》周刊一份清单，其中包括《裸者与死者》和《百年孤独》。“我觉得其中一些书被推荐的频率很高[……]我想她还没有读过。还有一些书现在已经不是人人都想读了，但我记得它们都很有意思。”奥巴马列出的书单如下：
1. 《裸者与死者》，诺曼·梅勒
2. 《百年孤独》，加布里埃尔·加西亚·马尔克斯
3.《金色笔记》，多丽丝·莱辛
4. 《女勇士》，汤婷婷
在独立书店的购书：
When asked what books he recommended to his 18-year-old daughter Malia, Obama gave the Times a list that included The Naked and the Dead and One Hundred Years of Solitude. “I think some of them were sort of the usual suspects […] I think she hadn’t read yet. Then there were some books that are not on everybody’s reading list these days, but I remembered as being interesting.” Here’s what he included:
1. The Naked and the Dead, Norman Mailer
2. One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
3. The Golden Notebook, Doris Lessing
4. The Woman Warrior, Maxine Hong Kingston
Independent Bookstore Purchases:
2014年11月，奥巴马去了华盛顿独立书店Politics and Prose，一是向小企业致敬，二是给自己的个人图书馆添几本藏书。在女儿玛莉亚和萨沙的陪伴下，总统先生从布里安·雅克的《红城王国》奇幻系列中选了几本小说，还从巴巴拉·帕克的《朱尼·琼斯》系列中选了几本。另外，他买的一大堆书中还包括：
1. 《爱做梦的黑人女孩》，杰奎琳·伍德森
2. 《黑暗之心》，约瑟夫·康拉德
3. 《诺拉·韦伯斯特》，科尔姆·托宾
4. 《狂笑的怪物》，丹尼斯·约翰逊
5. 《雄心壮志的时代：在新中国追寻财富、真相和信仰 》，欧逸文
6. 《最好的告别：关于衰老与死亡，你必须知道的常识》，阿图·葛文德博士
7. 《风暴中起舞》，凯瑟琳·伦德尔
8. 《通往北方深处的小道》，理查德·弗兰纳根
9. 《红墙王国》系列，布里安·雅克
10. 《朱尼·琼斯》系列，巴巴拉·帕克
11. 《坚果送给你》，琳恩·雷·帕金斯
2016年夏季读物：
In November 2014, Obama took a trip to D.C. independent bookstore Politics and Prose to honor small businesses and add to his personal library. Accompanied by daughters Malia and Sasha, POTUS picked up novels from the Redwall fantasy series by Brian Jacques, as well as some from the Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park. He also added these titles to his heavy bags:
1. Brown Girl Dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson
2. Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
3. Nora Webster, Colm Toibin
4. The Laughing Monsters, Denis Johnson
5. Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China, Evan Osnos
6. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, Dr. Atul Gawande
7. Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms, Katherine Rundell
8. The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Richard Flanagan
9. Redwall series, Brian Jacques
10. Junie B. Jones series, Barbara Park
11. Nuts To You, Lynn Rae Perkins
Summer Reads 2016:
