President Obama's summer picks

President Obama's summer picks:

Yesterday, President Obama shared his playlist of songs for the summer -- two sets of hand-picked tracks including songs from Prince, Aretha Franklin, Common, Chance the Rapper, Manu Chao, and Caetano Veloso.

And today, the President is sharing his official summer reading list -- a mix of fiction and nonfiction, including a science fiction epic and a Pulitzer Prize-winning surf memoir.

Check out the President's summer picks:

President Obama's 2016 Summer Playlist: Day

1. LoveHate Thing - Wale
2. Smooth Sailin' - Leon Bridges
3. Elevator Operator - Courtney Barnett
4. Home - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
5. …

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President Obama's 2016 Summer Playlist: Night

1. If I Have My Way - Chrisette Michele
2. Espera - Esperanza Spalding
3. Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville
4. Alright - Ledisi
5. …

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President Obama's 2016 Summer Reading List

"Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life" by William Finnegan
"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

See the President's 2015 list →