President Barack Obama’s summer vacation isn’t all about golf. The president brought some books along with his golf clubs to Martha’s Vineyard, the White House said Thursday.

Obama’s selections are a mix of fiction and non-fiction, mainly by U.S. authors.

Almost all of the books were staff picks of the famous bookstore, Powell’s City of Books of Portland, Ore. Two of the books are current best sellers at the store. Here are their descriptions: