Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream bụ akwụkwọ nke abụọ nke onye bụbu Senator Barack Obama dere. Ọ ghọrọ nọmba otu na "New York Times" na Amazon.com kacha ere ahịa na ọdịda nke 2006, mgbe Oprah Winfrey kwadoro Obama. N'akwụkwọ ahụ, Obama na-akọwa ọtụtụ n'ime isiokwu ndị ghọrọ akụkụ nke
mkpọsa ya nke afọ 2008 maka ọkwa onyeisiala. Nkwekọrịta akwụkwọ ahụ sitere n'aka onye mbipụta akwụkwọ ahụ ruru nde $1.9 maka akwụkwọ atọ. Obama kwupụtara mkpọsa ọchịchị ya nke ọma na February 10, 2007, ihe karịrị ọnwa atọ mgbe a tọhapụsịrị akwụkwọ ahụ.