Former US President Barack Obama Shares His List of 2022 Favorites Among Books, Movies And Music

As 2022 draws towards an end, everyone has been reminiscing about their favorites this year and former US President Barack Obama did not shy away from the trend as he took to Twitter to share the lists of his favorite books, movies and music. He first shared the list of his favorite books on Twitter, with “The Light We Carry” by Michelle Obama at number 1. He claimed to be “biased” when it came to opting for this book by his wife as his first choice.

Here is the list of the books that Obama loved this year:

1. The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama

2. Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

3. Trust by Hernan Diaz

4. The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams by Stacy Schiff

5. The Furrows: A Novel by NamwaliSerpell

6. South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry

7. The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

8. Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

9. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

10. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong

11. Liberation Day by George Saunders

12. The Candy House by Jennifer Egan

13. Afterlives by AbdulrazakGurnah

I always look forward to sharing my lists of favorite books, movies, and music with all of you.

First up, here are some of the books I read and enjoyed this year. Let me know which books I should check out in 2023. pic.twitter.com/NuGA7dDz9G

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 23, 2022

The list received 40K likes on Twitter, with more on the way, while the President asked about recommendations for the books he should read in 2023. He then went on the share the movies that he loved this year:

1. The Fabelmans

2. Decision to Leave

3. The Woman King

4. Aftersun

5. Emily the Criminal

6. Petite Maman

7. Descendant

8. Happening

9. Till

10. Everything Everywhere All at Once

11. Top Gun: Maverick

12. The Good Boss

13. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

14. A Hero

15. Hit the Road

16. Tar

17. After Yang

I saw some great movies this year – here are some of my favorites. What did I miss? pic.twitter.com/vsgEmc8cn8

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 23, 2022

Adding Descendant to the list, Obama claimed to be biased as the movie is a creation of Higher Ground production house, which is founded by him and Michelle Obama.

The former President is also a musically inclined soul, and he claimed to enjoy sharing his end of year playlists with his followers. In his post he wrote that he came across a lot of great songs in 2023, and added a list of the songs that he loved:

1. ‘The Heart Part 5’ by Kendrick Lamar

2. ‘Titi Me Pregunto’ by Bad Bunny

3. ‘Pof’ by Ari Lennox

4. ‘Something in the Orange’ by Zack Bryan

5. ‘Last Last’ by Burna Boy

6. ‘American Boy’ by Ethel Cain

7. ‘Communion in My Cup’ by Tank and the Bangasft The Ton3s

8. ‘Pull Up’ by Koffee

9. ‘Saoko’ by Rosalia

10. ‘Rush’ by Arya Starr

11. ‘Break My Soul’ by Beyonce

12. ‘Life is Good’ by SiRftScribz Riley

13. ‘That’s Where I Am’ by Maggie Rogers

14. ‘Dodinin’ by Leyla McCalla

15. ‘Sunshine’ by Steve Lacy ftFoushee

16. ‘Calm Down’ by Rema

17. ‘Problems With It’ by Plains

18. ‘Feelings for You’ by Xavier Omar

19. ‘Belize’ by Danger Mouse & Black Thought ft MF DOOM

20. ‘Tamagotchi’ by Omar Apollo

21. ‘Home Maker’ by Sudan Archives

22. ‘Where I Go’ by NxWorries (Anderson Paak&Knxwledge) ft H.E.R

23. ‘Shirt’ by SZA

24. ‘About Damn Time’ by Lizzo

25. ‘’Round Midnight’ by Adam Blackstone & Jazmine Sullivan

I always enjoy sharing my end of year music playlist with all of you — and this year we heard a lot of great songs. Here are some of my favorites.

Are there any songs or artists I should check out? pic.twitter.com/qkwm4UOzMD

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 23, 2022

He then went on to ask recommendations for artists he ought to check out.

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