Barack Obama unveils his favorite books, music and movies of 2018

Former President Barack Obama has always had a love of literature, music and film. For his annual list of favorites, the 44th president took to Facebook to share the stories and tunes he "found most thought-provoking, inspiring, or just plain loved."

His favorites include the novel "An American Marriage" by Atlanta native and Emory University professor Tayari Jones, Atlanta-filmed blockbuster "Black Panther" and many, many more.

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Here are the best books Obama read in 2018:

• "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
• "An American Marriage" by Tayari Jones
• "American Prison" by Shane Bauer
• "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• "Arthur Ashe: A Life" by Raymond Arsenault
• "Asymmetry" by Lisa Halliday
• "The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die" by Keith Payne
• "Educated" by Tara Westover
• "Factfulness" by Hans Rosling
• "Feel Free" by Zadie Smith
• "Florida" by Lauren Groff
• "Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom" by David W. Blight
• "Futureface: A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest, and the Secret to Belonging" by Alex Wagner
• "A Grain of Wheat" by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
• "A House for Mr Biswas" by V.S. Naipaul
• "How Democracies Die" by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt
• "Immigrant, Montana" by Amitava Kumar
• "In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History" by Mitch Landrieu
• "The Largesse of the Sea Maiden" by Denis Johnson
• "Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" by Max Tegmark
• "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
• "The New Geography of Jobs" by Enrico Moretti
• "The Return" by Hisham Matar
• "There There" by Tommy Orange
• "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe
• "Warlight" by Michael Ondaatje
• "Washington Black" by Esi Edugyan
• "Why Liberalism Failed" by Patrick Deneen
• "The World As It Is" by Ben Rhodes

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Favorite movies of 2018:

• "Annihilation"
• "Black Panther"
• "BlacKkKlansman"
• "Blindspotting"
• "Burning"
• "The Death of Stalin"
• "Eighth Grade"
• "If Beale Street Could Talk"
• "Leave No Trace"
• "Minding the Gap"
• "The Rider"
• "Roma"
• "Shoplifters"
• "Support the Girls"
• "Won't You Be My Neighbor"

Favorite music of 2018:

• "Apes••t" by The Carters
• "Bad Bad News" by Leon Bridges
• "Could've Been" by H.E.R. (feat. Bryson Tiller)
• "Disco Yes" by Tom Misch (feat. Poppy Ajudha)
• "Ekombe" by Jupiter & Okwess
• "Every Time I Hear That Song" by Brandi Carlile
• "Girl Goin' Nowhere" by Ashley McBryde
• "Historia De Un Amor" by Tonina (feat. Javier Limón and Tali Rubinstein)
• "I Like It" by Cardi B (feat. Bad Bunny and J Balvin)
• "Kevin's Heart" by J. Cole
• "King For A Day" by Anderson East
• "Love Lies" by Khalid & Normani
• "Make Me Feel" by Janelle Monáe
• "Mary Don't You Weep" (Piano & A Microphone 1983 Version) by Prince
• "My Own Thing" by Chance the Rapper (feat. Joey Purp)
• "Need a Little Time" by Courtney Barnett
• "Nina Cried Power" by Hozier (feat. Mavis Staples)
• "Nterini" by Fatoumata Diawara
• "One Trick Ponies" by Kurt Vile
• "Turnin' Me Up" by BJ the Chicago Kid
• "Wait by the River" by Lord Huron
• "Wow Freestyle" by Jay Rock (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
• "The Great American Songbook" album by Nancy Wilson