The Week contest: Barack Book - May 28, 2010

Welcome to The Week's "What Next?" contest, an invitation to test your powers of imagination with challenges inspired by current events.

Click here for results of last week's contest: New Career

Results: With 1,782 books already published about Barack Obama, we asked you to predict the title of one that will address some facet of the man or his presidency that has not yet been addressed.

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FIRST PRIZE: I Ate the Birth Certificate, by Bo Obama

Seth Wallace, Costa Mesa, CA

SECOND PLACE: Creating a Leader: Barack Obama’s Months in Utero

Mary Clare Peate, Washington, DC

THIRD PLACE: Barack Around the Clock: A Minute-by-Minute Account of the Obama Presidency

Mark Wykoff, Hardwick, VT

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Barack Obama: Innie or Outie?

Mike Maser, Daytona Beach, FL

Obama: The Lego Years

Jim Nicholson, Federal Way, WA

Do We Have to Keep Talking About This Guy?

Colin X. Deurlington, Truckee, CA

Obamadontics: An Investigation of the First Smile

Joshua Richardson, Fort Bragg, CA

The A.V. Squad: First Step on the Road to the White House

Jane Lekus, Hadley, MA

Yes We Can Can-Can: Memoirs of Obama’s Dance Instructor

Stephanie Sarich, Minnetonka, MN

Noshing with Barack and Michelle: The Presidential Snack Book

Judith Klein, Frisco, TX

Eat Your Arugula: The Barack Obama Diet

Bryan McGrath, Wakefield, MA

Breakfast with Obama: Bacon or Ham?

Susan Goldberg, East Brunswick, NJ

Obama: The Secret Behind His Hatred of Potatoes

Gerald L. Jeffords, Milton, VT

Obama’s Verbal Gaffes: A Very Short Compendium

Jane Anne Wilder, Edmonds, WA

Obama’s Pajamas: The Gentleman’s Guide to Barack’s Nighttime Chic

Joseph Troy, La Plata, MD

Barack Obama Books for Dummies

Robert Popish, Waretown, NJ

Obama’s Wastebasket: Oval Office Custodian Tells All!

Raymond Smith, Lynn, MA

Everything You Always Wanted to Know that Hasn’t Been Covered in the Previous 1,782 Books, Unabridged

John P Butler II, Elk Grove, CA