Dec 20, 2021 23:11:00

I tried to summarize the '2021 recommended books, movies, music' selected by former President Obama

Former US President Barack Obama had announced ' 2021 Recommended Books, Movies, Music ' on his official Twitter account, so I tried to summarize all the contents.

Over the next few days, I'll share my annual list of favorite books, music, and movies. Art always sustains and nourishes the soul. But for me, music and storytelling felt especially urgent during this pandemic year. I'll start by sharing some of my favorite books of 2021:
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— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 15, 2021

Next up are my favorite movies of the year. Each of these films tells a powerful story, and I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. Pic.twitter.com/peFGiaTvby
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 16, 2021

I've always enjoyed listening to a wide variety of music, so it's no surprise that I listened to a little bit of everything this year. I hope you find a new artist or song to add to your own playlist. Pic.twitter.com / g6kBzAbrZG
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 17, 2021

·table of contents
◆ 24 books recommended by Mr. Obama in 2021
◆ 14 movies recommended by Mr. Obama in 2021
◆ 27 songs recommended by Mr. Obama in 2021

◆ 24 books recommended by Mr. Obama in 2021
01: Lauren Groff ' Matrix '

Obama's first book was 'Matrix,' published in September 2021 by New York-born novelist Lauren Groff. Matrix depicts the life of a woman set in a 17th century English monastery.

02: Clint Smith '

How the Word Is Passed '

'How the Word Is Passed' is a book summarizing the history of slavery in the United States.

03: Dawnie Walton '

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev '

'The Final Revival of Opal & Nev' depicts people struggling in the New York music scene in the early '70s.

04: Amor Towles '

The Lincoln Highway '

Set in the United States in the 1950s, The Lincoln Highway is a book about a 10-day adventure of a boy who has just left the juvenile training school.

05: Andrea Elliott ' Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City '

The author, Andrea Elliott, is a writer for the New York Times, and 'Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City' clearly describes the reality of poor families in New York, which Elliott interviewed.

06: Colson Whitehead '

Harlem Shuffle '

'Harlem Shuffle' is a suspense novel that includes the essence of a family novel.

07: Anthony Doerr '

Cloud Cuckoo Land '

From ancient times when the war continued to the distant future where interstellar flight became possible, a story where the lives of multiple people intersect over one book.

08: Ann Patchett '

These Precious Days '

'These Precious Days' is a collection of essays by Ann Patchett, known for his works such as '

Bel Canto ' and ' Dream of the Dense Forest '.

09: Michelle Sauner ' Crying in H Mart '

Michelle Sauner is active as a musician under the stage name '

Japanese Breakfast ', and Crying in H Mart is a memoir of Sauner looking back on his half-life.

10: Nadia Owusu ' Aftershocks '

Aftershocks is also a memoir of the author Nadia Owusu, who describes a turbulent life, including a father who was a UN employee, a mother who was separated at the age of two, and her own depression.

11: Jonathan Franzen '

Crossroads '

'Crossroads' is set in Chicago, 1971, and depicts a family passing each other.

12: Honore Fannon Jeffers '

The Love Songs of WEB Du Bois '

A story that depicts the process by which a hero with an ancestor who has been treated as a slave in the United States establishes his own identity.

13: Chen Julie Wang '

Beautiful Country '

A non-fiction novel that summarizes the author's half-life when he moved from China to the United States.

14: David Diop '

At Night All Blood is Black '

A story about the life of a Senegalese hero who fought as a member of the French army during World War I.

Booker Prize winning work.

15: Te Ping Chen ' Land of Big Numbers '

The author, Te-Ping Chen, was a correspondent in China for The Wall Street Journal, and 'Land of Big Numbers' contains 10 stories set in China.

16: Patrick Rahden Keef '

Empire of Pain '

A more in-depth report on the relationship between the Suckler family and theopioid abuse issue published in The New Yorker in 2017.

17: Andy Weir ' Project Hale Mary '

Andy Weir's latest work, 'Project Hale Mary,' the author of the movie 'The

Martian ,' the original story of the movie 'The Martian, ' is a story about a high school teacher who has lost his memory and challenges a mission to save humanity. It was also selected as one of the 'Five Memorable Books I Read in 2021 '. In December 2021, Hayakawa Publishing published a Japanese translation.

18: Benjamin Rabatu ' When We Cease to Understand the World '

One work that depicts real scientists such as

Erwin Schrödinger , a quantum mechanic known for 'Schrödinger's Cat', and Alexander Grothendieck , a genius mathematician, as fiction.

19: Elizabeth Kolbert ' Under a White Sky '

The author, Elizabeth Kolbert, has won the

Pulitzer Prize for ' The Sixth Extinction ,' which describes environmental issues. This work is an interview record focusing on various researches to protect the environment, and was selected as one of Bill Gates's ' Five Books to Read in the Summer of 2021 '.

20: Eric Nguyen ' Things We Lost to the Water '

'Things We Lost to the Water' is a story of difficulties and conflicts over a family who moved from Vietnam to the United States.

21: Rumaan Alam '

Leave the World Behind '

'Leave the World Behind' is a suspense novel about a family enjoying a vacation on

Long Island in New York suffering a power outage and losing communication with the outside world.

22: Kazuo Ishiguro ' Clara and the Sun '

The science fiction novel 'Clara and the Sun' by Nobel Laureate in Literature Kazuo Ishiguro is a story about the friendship between an AiPhone robot and a girl. In Japan, a Japanese translation has been published by Hayakawa Publishing, and it has been selected as one of Bill Gates's 'Five Memorable Books I Read in 2021'.

23: Nathan Harris '

The Sweetness of Water '

A story about humanity and love in a turbulent era, such as brothers who gained freedom through the liberation of slaves and soldiers who developed forbidden romance during the Civil War.

24: Katie Kitamura '

Intimacies '