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(Newser) – 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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