President Doti'sRecommended Reading
2008
Blood and Thunderby Hampton Sides
Walt Disney: The Triumphof the American Imaginationby Neal Gabler
Thunderstruckby Erik Larson
The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Millionby Daniel Mendelsohn
Movie Recommendation:The Lives of Others
2007
Arthur and Georgeby Julian Barnes
Colors of the Mountainby Da Chen
The Lost Painting:The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpieceby Jonathan Harr
Swimming Lessons andOther Storiesby Firozsha Baag
Team of Rivals:The Political Genius of Abraham Lincolnby Doris Kearns Goodwin
Movie Recommendation:La Meglio Gioventù(The Best of Youth)
2006
The Bookseller of Kabulby Asne Seierstad
Enrique's Journeyby Sonia Nazario
The Story of My Life:An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Skyby Farah Ahmedi
Such a Long Journeyby Rohinton Mistry
We Die Aloneby David Howarth
Movie Recommendations:The Story of the Weeping CamelTwin Sisters
2005
The Curious Incident of theDog in the Night-Timeby Mark Haddon
The Devil in the White Cityby Erik Larson
The Householderby Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Nightby Elie Wiesel
Shadow Diversby Robert Kurson
Washington's Crossingby David Hackett Fischer
2004
English Passengersby Matthew Kneale
A Fine Balanceby Rohinton Mistry
Hollywood Animal: A Memoirby Joe Eszterhas
How Ronald Reagan Changed My Lifeby Peter Robinson
Losing My Virginity:How I’ve Survived, Had Fun,and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Wayby Richard Branson
Nowhere in Africa: An Autobiographical Novelby Stephanie Zweig
Six Days of War:June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle Eastby Michael Oren
