But the books themselves I can't recall like he can.
The book recalled the events of May 1998 which led to his rise to the Presidency.
This book, written in 1980, recalled adolescence in the early 1960s.
Like the era the book recalls so vividly, it's deceptively simple.
The book also recalls the stories of those that didn't make it or were shot down over enemy territory.
While the book recalls this era with pride, some here believe that not too much should be made of the pig period.
This book recalls in fine detail how the wall came to be built.
"It took him just one day to discover the best thing about his new home: toilet paper," the book recalls.
His memorable book My War, published in 1995, recalled this period.
This reader, from the first generation, received a copy not long after the book appeared, and can still recall its curious force.