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A Great Book with Barack Obama
Barack Obama, Higher Ground
- Written by
- Barack Obama, Higher Ground
- Read by
- Tom Hanks, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Jill Lepore, Ben Rhodes, Percival L. Everett, Lauren Groff, Barack Obama
- Length
- 5 hrs 38 min
- Rating
- 4.8 / 5
- Listed
- $16.69
- Publisher
- Audible Originals
- Released
- 2026-09-24
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What it is
Some books don't just tell a story—they change the way you see the world. In A Great Book with Barack Obama, a new Audible Original podcast from Audible and Higher Ground, President Obama is joined by some of the most compelling thinkers, writers, and artists of our time to revisit six timeless books that shaped his life and perspective on the world.
With his signature intellectual curiosity, President Obama reflects on identity, power, memory, and culture using the stories that impacted him most. Each episode features one-on-one in depth conversations with guests and together they explore one central question: what do the stories we love tell us about the world we live in and the world we want to create?
On the charts
Charting now — best position 1 on Bestsellers in Politics & Social Sciences, reached September 25, 2026. Seen on 10 charts over 45 days of readings, the first on August 28, 2026.
| Chart | Best | Days | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Politics & Social Sciences | |||
| Bestsellers | 1 | 44 days | October 24, 2026 |
| New releases | 1 | 26 days | October 24, 2026 |
| Highest rated | 1 | 17 days | October 12, 2026 |
| Biographies & Memoirs | |||
| New releases | 1 | 22 days | October 24, 2026 |
| Highest rated | 1 | 21 days | October 16, 2026 |
| Bestsellers | 2 | 42 days | October 21, 2026 |
| All audiobooks | |||
| New releases | 2 | 3 days | September 27, 2026 |
| Coming soon | 7 | 1 day | August 28, 2026 |
| Highest rated | 9 | 5 days | September 30, 2026 |
| Bestsellers | 12 | 2 days | September 26, 2026 |
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