Барак Обама рассказал о своих любимых книгах, песнях и фильмах 2018 года

Барак сно­ва демон­стри­ру­ет широ­чай­ший кру­го­зор и глу­бо­кое зна­ние попу­ляр­ной (и не очень!) куль­ту­ры.

“Про­ли­стай­те спи­сок луч­ших из 2018 года — наде­юсь, вам понра­вит­ся читать, смот­реть и слу­шать”, — пишет пре­зи­дент и пред­ла­га­ет обра­тить вни­ма­ние на неко­то­рые име­на, кото­рые нам, воз­мож­но, неиз­вест­ны.

Хотя бы в спис­ке филь­мов Оба­мы есть несколь­ко извест­ных в Рос­сии назва­ний: “Анни­ги­ля­ция”, “Смерть Ста­ли­на”, “Чер­ный куклукс­кла­но­вец”, “Сожже­ние”, “Вось­мой класс” и еще 10 кар­тин.

Сре­ди книг лиди­ру­ет “Ста­нов­ле­ние” Мишель Оба­мы, вышед­шая в США в нояб­ре 2018 года. В спис­ке “Дол­гий путь к сво­бо­де” Нель­со­на Ман­де­лы, “Аме­ри­кан­ская тюрь­ма” Шейн Бау­ер, “Чув­ство сво­бо­ды” Зей­ди Смит, “Пере­пол­нен­ность фак­та­ми” Хан­са Рос­лин­га и еще два десят­ка книг. В основ­ном, это нон-фикшн, посвя­щен­ные акту­аль­ным темам раз­ви­тия пла­не­ты и обще­ства. Кни­ги, к сожа­ле­нию, на рус­ский пока не пере­ве­де­ны.

Спи­сок ком­по­зи­ций, понра­вив­ших­ся Бара­ку Оба­ме — это очень при­лич­ный гид по совре­мен­ной аме­ри­кан­ской музы­ке. Вид­но, что экс-пре­зи­дент совре­мен­ную музы­ку зна­ет и пони­ма­ет очень хоро­шо.

Полный список Обамы 2018

Becoming by Michelle Obama (obviously my favorite!)
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die by Keith Payne
Educated by Tara Westover
Factfulness by Hans Rosling
Futureface: A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest, and the Secret to Belonging by Alex Wagner
A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi wa Thiong’o
A House for Mr Biswas by V.S. Naipaul
How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt
In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History by Mitch Landrieu
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
The New Geography of Jobs by Enrico Moretti
The Return by Hisham Matar
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
Why Liberalism Failed by Patrick Deneen
The World As It Is by Ben Rhodes

Here are my other favorite books of 2018:
American Prison by Shane Bauer
Arthur Ashe: A Life by Raymond Arsenault
Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday
Feel Free by Zadie Smith
Florida by Lauren Groff
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight
Immigrant, Montana by Amitava Kumar
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis Johnson
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark
There There by Tommy Orange
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

My favorite movies of 2018:
Annihilation
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Blindspotting
Burning
The Death of Stalin
Eighth Grade
If Beale Street Could Talk
Leave No Trace
Minding the Gap
The Rider
Roma
Shoplifters
Support the Girls
Won’t You Be My Neighbor

And finally, my favorite songs of 2018:
Apes••t by The Carters
Bad Bad News by Leon Bridges
Could’ve Been by H.E.R. (feat. Bryson Tiller)
Disco Yes by Tom Misch (feat. Poppy Ajudha)
Ekombe by Jupiter & Okwess
Every Time I Hear That Song by Brandi Carlile
Girl Goin’ Nowhere by Ashley McBryde
Historia De Un Amor by Tonina (feat. Javier Limón and Tali Rubinstein)
I Like It by Cardi B (feat. Bad Bunny and J Balvin)
Kevin’s Heart by J. Cole
King For A Day by Anderson East
Love Lies by Khalid & Normani
Make Me Feel by Janelle Monáe
Mary Don’t You Weep (Piano & A Microphone 1983 Version) by Prince
My Own Thing by Chance the Rapper (feat. Joey Purp)
Need a Little Time by Courtney Barnett
Nina Cried Power by Hozier (feat. Mavis Staples)
Nterini by Fatoumata Diawara
One Trick Ponies by Kurt Vile
Turnin’ Me Up by BJ the Chicago Kid
Wait by the River by Lord Huron
Wow Freestyle by Jay Rock (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
The Great American Songbook by Nancy Wilson