Wishing a very happy birthday to avid reader and best-selling author, Barack Obama! He’s pictured here with no less than three Oprah’s Book Club authors — Toni Morrison, Marilynne Robinson, and Michelle Obama. “The most important stuff I’ve learned I think I’ve learned from novels,” he remarked in 2015. “It has to do with empathy. It has to do with being comfortable with the notion that the world is complicated and full of grays, but there’s still truth there to be found, and that you have to strive for that.” We couldn’t agree more. Happy birthday, @BarackObama! #ReadWithUs 📸: Kevin Dietschu-POOL/IPA via Zuma Press 📸: Pete Souza/ White House