Tuesday 2 January 2018

The Best Of 2017


Here's the books, films, TV shows that I most enjoyed in 2017 (hardly any were released in 2017 though)

Non-fiction Books

Marie Kondo: The Life Changing Magic Of Tidying
Joshua Wolf Shenk: Powers Of Two
Primo Levi: If This Is A Man/The Truce
Christopher McDougall: Born to Run

Fiction Books

Thomas Pynchon: Inherent Vice
Martin McDonagh: The Cripple Of Inishmaan
Raymond Chandler: The Long Goodbye
Victor Hugo: Les Miserables

Films

Hunt For The Wilderpeople (Netflix)
Paddington 2
Free Fire
Selma (Netflix)
Shimmer Lake (Netflix)
Manchester By The Sea
War For The Planet Of The Apes
Trumbo (Netflix)

Logan, Spiderman: Homecoming and Wonder Woman were also good

TV Shows (all available on Netflix)

The Good Place
Atypical
Backstrom
Narcos (especially S3)
The Mighty Boosh S1

also two comedy specials

Rory Scovel Tries Stand Up For The First Time
Brian Regan: Nunchucks and Flamethrowers

Documentaries

The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young (Netflix)
Miss Sharon Jones! (Netflix)
13th (Netflix)

Music

Randy Newman: Harps And Angels
Loudon Wainwright III: A Live One
Ani DiFranco: Ani DiFranco

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