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Lifehacker brings to your attention a selection of books, films and music, which were named the best by the Google Play editors at the end of the outgoing year.
Bestselling books
A selection of the best-selling books in 2016 will help you navigate in thousands of publications, the list of which is updated with new products every day. The list of bestsellers includes 100 works that have become the most popular among Russian users of Google Play.
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The bestsellers list includes:
- Novels screened this year (The Martian by Andy Weyer, The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, Home for Peculiar Children by Rensom Riggs, Inferno by Dan Brown, Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey) …
- Modern classics ("Roadside Picnic" by the Strugatsky brothers, "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov, "Three Comrades" by Erich Maria Remarque).
- Continuations of well-known series ("Christian Gray on Fifty Shades" by E. L. James, "Metro 2035" by Dmitry Glukhovsky, "Sixth Watch" by Sergey Lukyanenko).
Do not miss
Sergey Lukyanenko, "Kvazi"
The first book by the author of "Patrols" about zombies. The action takes place in the near post-apocalyptic future in Moscow. Part of humanity turns into quazi - zombies who have managed to return to intelligent life. The main character, an interrogator of mortal affairs, investigates the death of the professor and finds himself caught up in a tangle of tangled events.
Guzel Yakhina, "Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes"
A poignant drama about a small, strong woman who is going through the terrible 30s. She, the wife of the fist, is sent to hard labor. The book is read in one breath, a film adaptation is already being prepared. For Guzela Yakhina "Zuleikha" became a successful debut, which brought her an award - the "Big Book" award.
Boris Akunin, "Widow's Board"
A gripping story written in a simple and understandable language that took place in the 1470s. The harsh times when the totalitarian Moscow system declared war on the residents of Novgorod. The book is part of the series "History of the Russian State", in which several of Akunin's works were published.
Daniel Keyes, The Mysterious Story of Billy Milligan
An amazing story based on real events of a young man who went down in the history of world psychiatry. Billy Milligan had 24 full-fledged personalities. He was charged with a number of crimes. However, for the first time in history, the court acquitted him because of the diagnosis of multiple personality.
Top 50 films
The list of the most popular films in 2016 included Deadpool, The Survivor, Warcraft, the new Star Wars, The Hateful Eight, the sequel to X-Men, The First Avenger: Confrontation, the second part of Independence Day "," Zootopia "and more than four dozen good films. Many of them, as expected, became the rental leaders.
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Do not miss
Financial monster
The film, in which George Clooney and Julia Roberts starred, tells about the difficult everyday life of a popular TV presenter who has become a hostage on the air. A good illustration of what the sensational sharks of the feather are ready to go.
Election day 2
The next adventures of the team of political strategists ("Quartet I"), which are brought to the Volga town for the new elections of the governor. A very life story.
Survivor
A drama with Leonardo DiCaprio, for which he finally won an Oscar. The film's director, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu, told the story of a hunter who was left to die in the forest in a harsh winter. The hero survives and begins to take revenge.
Spy bridge
Based on a true story about an American lawyer played by Tom Hanks. In the midst of the Cold War, he receives an unusual assignment - to secure the release of an American pilot who was shot down and captured on the territory of the USSR.
The best tracks of 2016
In fact, this is another radio station, the playlist of which includes all the most popular songs of 2016 on Google Play in Russia.
In the top tracks you can find the scandalous Robbie Williams with his ode to the life of Russian oligarchs, the famous Leningrad band, pop classics - and Billie Jean of Michael Jackson, Imagine Dragons alternatives with their track, as well as representatives of many other musical directions.
You can read about the best Android apps of 2016 by Google.
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