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Barack Obama has developed a tradition of sorts by unveiling year-end favorites, and this year's lists include TV shows, movies, books, and songs of 2020. And, no, he doesn't include his own memoir, though he does give it a plug. From Obama over the last few days:
- TV series: Better Call Saul, the Queen’s Gambit, I May Destroy You, The Boys, The Good Lord Bird, Devs, The Last Dance, Mrs. America, The Good Place, and City So Real.
- Movies: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Beanpole, Bacurau, Nomadland, Soul, Lovers Rock, Collective, Mank, Martin Eden, Let Him Go, Time, Boys State, Selah and the Spades, and Crip Camp.
Obama's favorite books:
- Homeland Elegies: A Novel, by Ayad Akhtar
- Jack, by Marilynne Robinson
- Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family and Defiance during the Blitz, by Erik Larson; - Luster, by Raven Leilani
- How Much of These Hills Is Gold, by C Pam Zhang
- Long Bright River, by Liz Moore
- Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir, by Natasha Trethewey
- Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism, by Anne Applebaum
- Deacon King Kong, by James McBride
- The Undocumented Americans, by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
- The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett
- The Glass Hotel, by Emily St. John Mandel
- Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family, by Robert Kolker
- The Ministry for the Future, by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Sharks in the Time of Saviors, by Kawai Strong Washburn
- Missionaries, by Phil Klay
Obama's favorite songs:
- "Savage (Remix)" by Meghan The Stallion feat. Beyonce
- "Love is the King" by Jeff Tweedy
- "Franchise" by Travis Scott feat. Young Thug and M.I.A.
- "Nada" by Lido Pimienta feat. Li Saumet
- "Can't Do Much" by Waxahatchee
- "The Bigger Picture" by Lil Baby
- "Ghosts" by Bruce Springsteen
- "Levitating" by Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby
- "The Climb Back" by J. Cole
- "Repeat" by J Hus feat. Koffee
- "Damage" by H.E.R.
- "Goodbye Jimmy Reed" by Bob Dylan
- "Summer 2020" by Jhene Aiko
- "Brave" by Ruston Kelly
- "Uwrongo (Edit)" by Prince Kaybee, Shimza, Black Motion and Ami Faku
- "Better Distractions" by Faye Webster
- "Lemonade" by Internet Money feat. Don Toliver, Gunna and NAV
- "Blue World" by Mac Miller
- "Cut Em In" by Anderson Pak feat. Rick Ross
- "Starting Over" by Chris Stapleton
- "Mecca" by Spillage Village, JID and Earthgang
- "La Dificil" by Bad Bunny
- "Essence" by Wiz Kid feat. Tems
- "All My Girls Like To Fight" by Hope Tala
- "Kyoto" by Phoebe Bridges
- "Sun Came Out" by Gunna
- "Remember Where You Are" by Jesse Ware
- "4 My PPL" by Goodie Mob
- "Distance" by Yebba
- "One Life, Might Live" by Little Simz
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