As 2018 draws to a close, it’s time for all those end-of-year lists again. Barack Obama, America’s most-admired man for the 11th consecutive year, posted his on Instagram today (Dec. 28).
As 2018 draws to a close, it’s time for all those end-of-year lists again. Barack Obama, America’s most-admired man for the 11th consecutive year, posted his on Instagram today (Dec. 28).
“It gives me a moment to pause and reflect on the year through the books, movies, and music that I found most thought-provoking, inspiring, or just plain loved,” Obama wrote. “It also gives me a chance to highlight talented authors, artists, and storytellers–some who are household names and others who you may not have heard of before.”
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Here are Obama’s complete lists of his favorites:
You can listen to Obama’s most-loved tunes on this Spotify $SPOT playlist from Quartz.
Here are the trailers for Obama’s top pick of films from the year.
These books, praised by the former US president, have appeared in his previous lists:
And these are Obama’s previously unmentioned favorite books of 2018:
