5 books Obama says he's read this summer and is recommending you read, too

Obama called "Warlight," which is set after World War II, "a meditation on the lingering effects of war on family."

Obama said he reread "A House for Mr. Biswas" this summer, describing it as Naipaul's "first great novel about growing up in Trinidad and the challenge of post-colonial identity."

Naipaul, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, died on August 11 at the age of 85.

Obama characterized "An American Marriage" as "a moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young African-American couple."

Describing Rosling as an "outstanding international public health expert," Obama said "Factfulness" is a "hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases."