Barack Obama Books in Order
Barack Obama has written 5 books, published between 1995 and 2021. The first book is Dreams from My Father (1995) and the newest is Renegades: Born in the USA (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 5
- Published
- 1995–2021
- Pages on record
- 873 in 3 of 5 books
- Reading time
- 15–22 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 873 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 5 titles with a page count on record.
Barack Obama has five catalogued books. Dreams from My Father (1995) is a memoir about family, race and identity; The Audacity of Hope (2006) turns to politics and government; A Promised Land (2020) continues the account. Of Thee I Sing (2010) is addressed to his daughters, and Renegades: Born in the USA (2021) closes the list. Race relations and American politics are the recurring subjects.
Barack Obama served as the 44th President of the United States, a role at the center of his political career.
How many Barack Obama books are there?
Barack Obama has 5 books, released between 1995 and 2021.
Barack Obama Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 5 Barack Obama books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Dreams from My Father1995 · 453 pages · confirmed 1/419954531/4
- 2The Audacity of Hope2006 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/420063841/4
- 3Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters2010 · 36 pages · confirmed 1/42010361/4
- 4A Promised Land2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 5Renegades: Born in the USA2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
Barack Obama books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Standalone books
5 books5 Barack Obama titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Barack Obama books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 5 Barack Obama books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Barack Obama
Start with Dreams from My Father (1995), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Barack Obama book?
Renegades: Born in the USA (2021) is the newest Barack Obama book released so far.
Is there a new Barack Obama book coming?
No next Barack Obama book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Barack Obama at a glance
- Paused
- No new Barack Obama title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Barack Obama books have appeared about one every 7 years on average.
- Length
- 873 pages across the 3 of 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Barack Obama books, 2 of 5, were published in the 2020s.
What the Barack Obama books are about
All 5 Barack Obama books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- African americans, biography 1 of 5 books
- Biography 1 of 5 books
- Conduct of life 1 of 5 books
- Fathers and daughters 1 of 5 books
- History 1 of 5 books
- Ideals (Philosophy) 1 of 5 books
- Individual differences 1 of 5 books
- Juvenile literature 1 of 5 books
- Legislators 1 of 5 books
- Obama, barack, 1961- 1 of 5 books
- Philosophy 1 of 5 books
- Political and social views 1 of 5 books