{"id":51393,"date":"2025-12-18T19:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T01:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=51393"},"modified":"2025-12-18T21:47:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T03:47:24","slug":"obama-shares-his-favorites-in-books-movies-and-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=51393","title":{"rendered":"Obama shares his favorites in books, movies and music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Former&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/barack-obama\/\"><u>President Obama\u2002<\/u><\/a>on Thursday shared his yearly favorites in books, movies and music with his followers online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cAs 2025 comes to a close, I\u2019m continuing a tradition that I started during my time in the White House: sharing my annual lists of favorite books, movies, and music,\u201d he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BarackObama\/status\/2001752388974121278\"><u>wrote in a statement<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;on the social platform X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cI hope you find something new to enjoy\u2014and please send any recommendations for me to check out!\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">His top three favorite books were \u201cPaper Girl\u201d by Beth Macy, \u201cFlashlight\u201d by Susan Choi and \u201cWe the People\u201d by Jill Lepore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">He also shouted out former first lady&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/michelle-obama\/\"><u>Michelle Obama\u2019s\u2002<\/u><\/a>new book, \u201cThe Look,\u201d in which she highlights her fashion style throughout life and her husband\u2019s two consecutive terms in the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The former president\u2019s favorite movies of the year included \u201cOne Battle After Another,\u201d \u201cSinners\u201d and \u201cIt Was Just an Accident.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The list of his favorite songs highlighted popular artists that he\u2019s touted for years including&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/kendrick-lamar\/\"><u>Kendrick Lamar,<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;SZA and Chappell Roan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Songs highlighted as his 2025 favorites featured \u201cStay\u201d by Roe, \u201cNokia\u201d by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/drake\/\"><u>Drake,<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;\u201cAncient Light\u201d by I\u2019m with her and \u201cJust Say Dat\u201d by Gunna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">One of his followers created a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/6kLCmC7cHpoSmy9gELe7Vb?si=FTVscm_FRTie0AsSvUt28g&amp;pi=LUOzjPclSju6d&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=b602800e4f34421e\"><u>Spotify playlist<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;with all of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/obama\/\"><u>Obama\u2019s\u2002<\/u><\/a>30 featured favorites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/in-the-know\/5656268-obama-yearly-favorites-2025\/\">thehill<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former&nbsp;President Obama\u2002on Thursday shared his yearly favorites in books, movies and music with his followers online. \u201cAs 2025 comes to a close, I\u2019m continuing a tradition that I started during my time in the White House: sharing my annual lists of favorite books, movies, and music,\u201d he&nbsp;wrote in a statement&nbsp;on the social platform X. \u201cI 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