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Former President Barack Obama on Friday stuck to his annual tradition of announcing his list of favorites for 2022, including movies and books.
“I’m always excited to share with you my list of my favorite books, movies and music,” Obama said. murmured“First, here are some of the books I read this year that I found interesting. What books should I check out in 2023?”
“I’m a little biased towards this,” Obama said, citing among his favorite books “The School for Good Mothers” by Jessamine Chan and “The Light We Carry” by former First Lady Michelle Obama. rice field.
On his list of favorite movies, the former president included “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Descendants,” but since they are Netflix documentaries produced by Higher Ground Productions, a company founded by Obama, he said ” There is prejudice,” he said.
“I saw some great movies this year. Here are some of my favorite movies. What did I miss?” Obama wrote another tweet.
Social media denizens were quick to point out that President Obama had delisted one of the year’s highest-grossing films, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The Marvel hit and sequel to 2018’s “Black Panther” is the second-highest-grossing film of the year, behind “Top Gun: Maverick,” with a November release, according to the Box Office. Since then, it has brought in more than $421 million at the domestic box office alone. Mojo. ‘Black Panther’ made it onto President Obama’s list of favorite movies of 2018.
When it comes to the 44th president’s favorite music of the year, Beyoncé and Lizzo made the list.
Check out our full list of Obama’s favorite movies, books and music for 2022.
“The Light We Carry” – Michelle Obama
“Sea of Tranquility” – Emily St. John Mandel
“Trust” – Hernan Diaz
“Revolutionary: Samuel Adams” – Stacey Schiff
“The Furrows: A Novel” – Namwari Serpel
“To South America: Traveling Under Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation” – Imani Perry
“School for Good Mothers” – Jessamine Chan
“Black Cake” – Charmaine Wilkerson
“Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands” – Kate Beaton
“A Vast World: How Animal Senses Reveal Hidden Realms Around Us” – Ed Yong
Liberation Day – George Saunders
“Candy House” – Jennifer Egan
“Life After Death” – Abdul Razak Gurna
“The Fabermans”
‘Decision to leave’
“Queen”
“After Sun”
“Emily the Criminal”
“little mom”
“descendants”
“happening”
“Until”
“All at once”
“Top Gun: Maverick”
“Good Boss”
“Wheel of Fate and Illusion”
“Hero”
“Hit the Road”
“Repository”
“After Yang”
“The Heart Part 5” – Kendrick Lamar
“Tití Asked Me” – Bad Bunny
“POF” – Ari Lennox
“Something in the Orange” – Zach Bryan
“Last Last” – Burna Boy
“American Teenager” – Ethel Kane
“Communion in My Cup” – Tank and The Bangas ft. The Tonsleys
“Pull up” – coffee
“Saoko” – Rosalia
“Rush” – Ira Starr
“Break My Soul” – Beyoncé
“Life is Good” – SiR ft. Scribs Riley
“That’s Where I Am” – Maggie Rogers
“Dodinin” – Leila McCullah
“Sunshine” – Steve Lacy ft. Hoosie
“Calm down” – Rema
“Problem With It” – Plains
“Feelings 4 You” – Xavier Omar
“Belize” – Danger Mouse and Black Thought ft. MF DOOM
“Tamagotchi” – Omar Apollo
“Homemaker” – Sudan Archives
“Where I Go” – NxWorries (Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge) ft. HER
“Shirt” – Siza
“About Dumb Time” – Lizzo
“Round Midnight” – Adam Blackstone, Jazmine Sullivan