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
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