Michelle Obama Books in Order
Michelle Obama has written 7 books, published between 2009 and 2025. The first book is Michelle Obama (2009) and the newest is The Look (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 7
- Published
- 2009–2025
- Total pages
- 1,961 across 7 books
- Reading time
- 33–49 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,961 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Michelle Obama, born Michelle LaVaughn Robinson on January 17, 1964, is an American attorney and author who was First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. Raised on the South Side of Chicago, Obama graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School, worked at the law firm Sidley Austin, and later held posts in student services at the University of Chicago and in community affairs at its Medical Center. Books by Obama include American Grown (2012), Becoming (2018), The Light We Carry (2022), Overcoming: A Workbook (2024) and The Look (2025).
Obama is a former First Lady of the United States. Her memoir, Becoming, describes her path from her Chicago roots to the White House.
How many Michelle Obama books are there?
Michelle Obama has 7 books, released between 2009 and 2025.
Michelle Obama Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 7 Michelle 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.
- 1Michelle Obama2009 · 130 pages · confirmed 2/420091302/4
- 2First Lady Michelle Obama2010 · 266 pages · confirmed 2/420102662/4
- 3American Grown2012 · 271 pages · confirmed 2/420122712/4
- 4Becoming2018 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/420184641/4
- 5The Light We Carry2022 · 318 pages · confirmed 1/420223181/4
- 6Overcoming: A Workbook2024 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/420242081/4
- 7The Look2025 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420253041/4
Michelle 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
7 books7 Michelle Obama titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Michelle Obama books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 7 Michelle Obama books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Michelle Obama
Start with Michelle Obama (2009), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Michelle Obama book?
The Look (2025) is the newest Michelle Obama book released so far.
Is there a new Michelle Obama book coming?
No next Michelle 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.
Michelle Obama at a glance
- Still publishing
- Michelle Obama published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Michelle Obama books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 1,961 pages across all 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 271 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Michelle Obama books, 3 of 7, were published in the 2020s.
What the Michelle Obama books are about
4 of the 7 Michelle Obama books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: african american women lawyers is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- African American women lawyers 2 of 4 books
- Legislators' spouses 2 of 4 books
- Presidents' spouses 2 of 4 books
- Abogadas afronorteamericanas 1 of 4 books
- Biografía 1 of 4 books
- Biography 1 of 4 books
- Eating customs 1 of 4 books
- Esposas 1 of 4 books
- Food habits 1 of 4 books
- Gardening 1 of 4 books
- HISTORY 1 of 4 books