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Barack Obama Reveals His Favorite Books, Movies And TV Shows Of 2019
Lizzo's "Juice," Bey- oncé's "Mood 4 Eva," the Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus collaboration "Old Town Road (Remix)," Springsteen's "Hello Sun- shine," Ocean's "In My Room," Alicia Keys and Miguel's "Show Me Love" and Rogers' "Burning" all made the list.
Other songs that Obama loved this year in- clude Summer Walker's "Playing Games," The Na- tional's "Oblivion," the
Ozuna, Daddy Yankee, J Balvin, Farruko and Anuel AA collaboration "Baila Baila Baila (Remix)," The Black Keys' "Go," J. Cole's "Middle Child," Solange's "Binz" and Ros- alia's "Con Altura."
Adia Victoria's "Dif- ferent Kind of Love," Kof- fee's "Toast," The Highwomen's "Redesign- ing Women," Burna Boy's "Anybody" and Dominic Fike's "3 Nights" also ap- peared on the list.
As 2019 lurches toward the finish line, critics are looking back at the year in culture and thinking about the works of art that moved them the most, from books to TV to movies to music and back to books again. Critics ... and former Presi- dents of the United States of America.
Over the weekend, Barack Obama has re- leased his annual list of his favorite books, movies, and TV shows of 2019—music is coming soon. Obama posted his lists to Twitter
and Facebook both, but only Facebook users got his full explanation of why he’s sharing his favorites.
• The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, by Shoshana Zuboff.
• The Anarchy: The Re- lentless Rise of the East India Company, by William Dalrymple.
• Furious Hours: Mur- der, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, by Casey Cep. Cep discusses her book here.
• Girl, Woman, Other, by
Bernardine Evaristo.
• The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present, by David Treuer.
• How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, by Jenny Odell.
• Lost Children Archive, by Valeria Luiselli.
• Lot: Stories, by Bryan Washington.
• Normal People, by Sally Rooney. One of Slate’s book critic Laura Miller’s best books of the year. Favorite Songs:
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