• conversations with friends by sally rooney
  • dune by frank herbert
  • the testaments by margaret atwood
  • wonder by rj palacio
  • anna karenina by leo tolstoy
  • misery by stephen king
  • the secret history by donna tartt
  • the girls by emma cline
  • how to stop time by matt haig
  • alias grace by margaret atwood
  • eleanor oliphant is completely fine by gail honeyman
  • the grip of film by richard ayoade
  • bleak house by charles dickens
  • dracula by bram stoker
  • the remains of the day by kazuo ishiguro
  • lolita by vladimir nabokov
  • a thousand splendid suns by khaled hosseini
  • the city we became by nk jemisin
jun 18 2021 ∞
feb 24 2024 +
  • kings of leon - come around sundown
  • bombay bicycle club - i had the blues but i shook them loose
  • of monsters and men - my head is an animal
  • norah jones - come away with me
  • the decemberists - the king is dead
  • dry the river - shallow bed
  • jack johnson - in between dreams
  • the war on drugs - lost in the dream
  • fleetwood mac - tango in the night
  • fleetwood mac - rumours
  • band of horses - infinite arms
  • daughter - not to disappear
  • haim - days are gone
  • the maccabees - given to the wild
  • the maccabees - colour it in
  • foals - total life forever
  • florence + the machine - ceremonials
  • death cab for cutie - plans
  • gregory alan isakov - this empty northern hemisphere
  • florence + the machine - lungs
jan 20 2017 ∞
may 15 2018 +
  • the wind in the willows by kenneth grahame
  • tender is the night by f. scott fitzgerald
  • the complete chronicles of narnia by cs lewis
  • charlotte's web by e.b white
  • invisible man by ralph ellison
  • swallows and amazons by arthur ransome
  • this side of paradise by f. scott fitzgerald
  • a farewell to arms by ernest hemingway
  • native son by richard wright
  • women in love by d.h. lawrence
  • ulysses by james joyce
  • east of eden by john steinbeck
  • one flew over the cuckoo's nest by ken kesey
  • kim by rudyard kipling
  • the hound of the baskervilles by arthur conan doyle
jul 30 2016 ∞
oct 12 2016 +
may 24 2015 ∞
jan 4 2023 +
  • adage a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth.
  • atrophy the partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body.
  • ba'athism is an Arab nationalist idealogy that promotes the development and creation of a unified Arab state through the leadership of a vanguard party over a progressive revolutionary government.
    • ba'ath means 'renaissance'
    • left wing
    • society seeks enlightenment, renaissance and rebirth of arab culture.
    • Iraq and Syria have both had Ba'ath societies
    • focus on secular state - separation of Islam from state.
    • overthrowing of ruling classes, against materialistic communism
    • neo-ba'athism - became military oriented
sep 18 2012 ∞
dec 11 2016 +
  • The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
  • The Godfather (1972)
  • The Godfather: Part 2 (1974)
  • Pulp Fiction (1994)
  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
  • 12 Angry Men (1957)
  • Schindler's List (1993)
  • The Dark Knight (2008)
  • The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)
  • Star Wars: Episode 5 - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  • Fight Club (1999)
  • One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
  • Inception (2010)
  • Goodfellas (1990)
  • The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
  • Star Wars: Episode 4 - A New Hope (1977)
  • Seven Samurai (1954)
aug 7 2012 ∞
feb 6 2019 +
  • 1984 by George Orwell
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
  • Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
  • The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
  • An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
  • Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
  • Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
  • Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
  • Archidamian War by Donald Kagan
  • The Art of Fiction by Henry James
  • The Art of War by Sun Tzu
  • As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
  • Atonement by Ian McEwan
  • Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
  • The Awakening by Kate Chopin
  • Babe by Dick King-Smith
  • Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi
jul 25 2012 ∞
aug 4 2020 +
  • Ugly Betty - Series 2-4
  • Jane Eyre (BBC Miniseries)
  • Freaks and Geeks - Series 1
  • Veronica Mars Series 1-3
jul 23 2012 ∞
jul 21 2020 +
  • Atonement
  • The Holiday
  • Sweet Home Alabama
  • The Bourne Identity
  • The Bourne Supremacy
  • The Bourne Ultimatum
  • Tarzan
  • Ratatouille
  • Hercules
  • 27 Dresses
  • Sabrina
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  • The Rescuers
  • The Dark Knight
  • Benny & Joon
  • Penelope
  • What Happens in Vegas
  • Hot Fuzz
jul 22 2012 ∞
dec 5 2016 +
  • a.a. bondy - when the devil's loose
  • beth orton - central reservation, comfort of strangers, sugaring season
  • boy & bear - moonfire, harlequin dream
  • colin meloy - colin meloy sings live
  • dawes - nothing is wrong
  • death cab for cutie - something about airplanes
  • destroyer - kaputt
  • dry the river - shallow bed acoustic
  • eels - the cautionary tales of mark oliver everett,
  • fink - hard believer
  • first aid kit -
    • the big black and blue
  • folly and the hunter - tragic care, residents
  • foy vance - hope
  • francoise hardy - on se plait, quelli della mia eta
jul 22 2012 ∞
oct 29 2018 +
  • bridget jones' diary (2001)
  • labyrinth (1986)
  • the princess bride (1987)
  • hot fuzz (2007)
  • almost famous (2000)
  • love actually (2003)
  • star wars: episode v - the empire strikes back (1980)
  • the royal tenenbaums (2001)
  • the red shoes (1948)
  • dead poets society (1989)
  • bend it like beckham (2002)
  • indiana jones and the last crusade (1989)
  • harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban (2004)
  • little miss sunshine (2006)
  • beauty and the beast (1991)
  • roman holiday (1953)
  • howl's moving castle (2004)
  • rear window (1954)
  • monty python and the holy grail (1975)
  • before sunrise (1995)
jul 22 2012 ∞
jan 19 2017 +
  • The Colour of Magic
  • The Light Fantastic
  • Equal Rites
  • Mort
  • Sourcery
  • Wyrd Sisters
  • Pyramids
  • Guards! Guards!
  • Eric
  • Moving Pictures
  • Reaper Man
  • Witches Abroad
  • Small Gods
  • Lords and Ladies
  • Men at Arms
  • Soul Music
  • Interesting Times
  • Maskerade
  • Feet of Clay
  • Hogfather
  • Jingo
oct 26 2023 ∞
oct 26 2023 +
  • blood simple (1984)
  • raising arizona (1987)
  • miller's crossing (1990)
  • barton fink (1991)
  • the hudsucker proxy (1994)
  • fargo (1996)
  • the big lebowski (1998)
  • o brother, where art thou? (2000)
  • the man who wasn't there (2001)
  • intolerable cruelty (2003)
  • the ladykillers (2004)
  • paris, je t'aime: segment - tuileries (2006)
  • no country for old men (2007)
  • to each his own cinema: world cinema (short) (2007)
  • burn after reading (2008) N
  • a serious man (2009)
  • true grit (2010)
  • inside llewyn davis (2013)
  • hail, caesar! (2016)
  • the ballad of buster scruggs (2018)
oct 14 2016 ∞
jul 3 2020 +
  • The Secret History by Donna Tartt
  • The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
  • When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
  • Rose Madder by Stephen King
  • The Art of Drowning by Frances Fyfield
nov 22 2015 ∞
oct 12 2016 +
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • All's Well That Ends Well
  • Antony and Cleopatra
  • As You Like It
  • Coriolanus
  • Cymbeline
  • Hamlet
  • Henry IV - Part one
  • Henry IV - Part two
  • Henry V
  • Henry VI - Part one
  • Henry VI - Part three
  • Henry VI - Part two
  • Henry VIII
  • Julius Caesar
  • King John
  • King Lear
  • Love's Labour's Lost
  • Macbeth
  • Measure for Measure
  • Much Ado About Nothing
jun 26 2015 ∞
dec 27 2016 +
  • parade's end - 5 episodes
  • the night of - 9 episodes
  • the hour - 12 episodes
  • the get down - 12 episodes
  • firefly - 14 episodes
  • spaced - 14 episodes
  • life on mars - 16 episodes
  • true detective - 16 episodes
  • luther - 17 episodes
  • pushing daisies - 22 episodes
  • mr robot - 23 episodes
  • ashes to ashes - 24 episodes
  • carnivale - 24 episodes
  • the thick of it - 24 episodes
  • the newsroom - 25 episodes
  • the royle family - 25 episodes
  • penny dreadful - 27 episodes
  • the tudors - 38 episodes
  • lark rise to candleford - 40 episodes
  • monty python's flying circus - 45 episodes
  • skins - 61 episodes
jul 15 2014 ∞
feb 16 2023 +
  • baked alaska
  • caramel chew chew
  • chocolate fudge brownie
  • clever cookies
  • cookie dough
  • phish food
  • the vermonster
  • winter berry brownie
  • dough-ble whammy
  • blondie brownie
  • karamel sutra
  • peanut butter me up
  • cherry garcia
  • chocolate macadamia
  • chunky monkey
  • mint chocolate chunk
  • oh my apple pie!
  • peanut butter cup
  • raspberry brownie
  • strawberry cheesecake
  • americone dream
apr 11 2013 ∞
oct 12 2016 +
  • snow white and the seven dwarfs (1937)
  • pinocchio (1940)
  • fantasia (1940)
  • dumbo (1941)
  • bambi (1942)
  • saludos amigos (1943)
  • the three caballeros (1944)
  • make mine music (1946)
  • fun and fancy free (1947)
  • melody time (1948)
  • the adventures of ichabod and mr. toad (1949)
  • cinderella (1950)
  • alice in wonderland (1951)
  • peter pan (1953)
  • lady and the tramp (1955)
  • sleeping beauty (1959)
  • one hundred and one dalmatians (1961)
  • the sword in the stone (1963)
  • the jungle book (1967)
  • the aristocats (1970)
dec 25 2013 ∞
oct 12 2016 +
  • alexi murdoch
  • angus stone
  • bear mountain
  • belle & sebastian
  • bright eyes
  • cat power
  • cherry ghost
  • cold specks
  • cold war kids
  • conor oberst
  • dawes
  • eels
  • everything everything
  • explosions in the sky
  • fanfarlo
  • first aid kit
  • frank turner
  • goo goo dolls
  • great lake swimmers
  • interpol
  • james blake
aug 9 2012 ∞
jan 13 2017 +
  • Have something published
  • See the Northern Lights
  • Ride in a hot air balloon
  • Learn to drive
  • Graduate from university
  • Find my dream job
  • Travel the world
  • Travel in a helicopter
  • See the pyramids
  • Stay in a five star hotel
  • Go on safari
  • Scuba dive
  • Do yoga
  • Meet somebody famous
  • Go to the top of the Empire State Building
  • Be an audience member for a TV show taping
  • Go on a road trip
  • Buy a house
  • Go to a drive-in theatre
jul 25 2012 ∞
jan 12 2017 +
  • A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
  • A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
  • Adam Bede by George Eliot
  • Atonement by Ian McEwan
  • Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
  • Bleak House by Charles Dickens
  • Candide by Voltaire
  • Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
  • David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
  • Dracula by Bram Stoker
  • Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
  • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
  • Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
  • Kim by Rudyard Kipling
  • Life of Pi by Yann Martel
  • Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
  • Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
  • Middlemarch by George Eliot
  • Native Son by Richard Wright
  • North & South by Elizabeth Gaskell
jul 22 2012 ∞
jan 4 2023 +
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jan 17 2024 ∞
jan 17 2024 +
  • abba - arrival
  • alex turner - submarine ost
  • alvvays - alvvays
  • alvvays - blue rev
  • amy winehouse - back to black
  • angel olsen - all mirrors
  • arcade fire - everything now
  • arcade fire - her (OST)
  • arcade fire - the arcade fire ep
  • arctic monkeys - am
  • arctic monkeys - favourite worst nightmare
  • arctic monkeys - humbug
  • arctic monkeys - live at the royal Albert hall
  • arctic monkeys - suck it and see
  • arctic monkeys - the car
  • arctic monkeys - tranquility base hotel & casino
  • arctic monkeys - whatever people say what I am, that’s what I’m not
may 15 2021 ∞
dec 1 2024 +
  • a confederacy of dunces by john kennedy toole
  • a good man is hard to find by flannery o'connor
  • a rose for emily and other stories by william faulkner
  • a streetcar named desire by tennessee williams
  • absalom, absalom! by william faulkner
  • as i lay dying by william faulkner
  • barn burning by william faulkner
  • beloved by toni morrison
  • god's little acre by erskine caldwell
  • gone with the wind by margaret mitchell
  • in cold blood by truman capote
  • kneel to the rising sun by erskine caldwell
  • light in august by william faulkner
  • look homeward, angel by thomas wolfe
  • midnight in the garden of good and evil by john berendt
sep 10 2016 ∞
dec 10 2016 +
  • the beach cafe by lucy diamond
  • the pearl by john steinbeck
  • jaws by peter benchley
  • the beach by alex garland
  • the last song by nicholas sparks
  • summerland by elin hilderbrand
  • south beach by brian antoni
  • nation by terry pratchett
  • the ocean at the end of the lane by neil gaiman
  • the tempest by william shakespeare
  • to the lighthouse by virginia woolf
  • evil under the sun by agatha christie
  • we were liars by e. lockhart
  • duma key by stephen king
  • the sea, the sea by iris murdoch
  • on chesil beach by ian mcewan
  • poems of the sea (everyman's library pocket poets)
jul 1 2016 ∞
oct 12 2016 +
  • Brave New World (1998)
  • Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
  • Dark Places (2015)
  • Elementary (TV)
  • Evil Under The Sun (1982)
  • Macbeth (1976, Ian McKellen version)
  • Macbeth (2010, Patrick Stewart version)
  • Macbeth (2015)
  • Mr. Holmes (2015)
  • Mrs Dalloway (1997)
  • Richard II (2013, David Tennant)
  • Room (2015)
  • Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
  • The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (2013)
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (TV)
  • The Chronicles of Narnia (BBC)
  • The Ghost Writer (2010)
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
nov 22 2015 ∞
oct 29 2017 +
  • Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  • The Godfather (1972)
  • The Dark Knight (2008)
  • The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
  • Pulp Fiction (1994)
  • Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
  • Jaws (1975)
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  • Inception (2010)
  • Blade Runner (1982)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  • Goodfellas (1990)
  • Fight Club (1999)
  • The Godfather Part II (1974)
  • Avengers Assemble (2012)
  • Back to the Future (1985)
jul 26 2014 ∞
oct 7 2023 +

2021:

2020:

  • parasite
  • ford v ferrari
  • the irishman
  • jojo rabbit
  • joker
  • little women
  • marriage story
  • 1917
  • once upon a time in hollywood

2019

  • black panther
  • blackkklansman
  • bohemian rhapsody
  • the favourite
  • green book
  • roma
apr 2 2014 ∞
dec 1 2021 +

Have you read more than 6 of these books? An online BBC meme believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books listed here. The list below is in accordance to the actual Top 100 must read book list as published by the BBC (not edited versions).

Instructions: Copy this list. Bold those books you’ve read in their entirety. Italicize the ones you started but didn’t finish or read an excerpt.

  • The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
  • Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
  • His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
  • To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
  • Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
  • Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
sep 7 2012 ∞
jul 23 2021 +
  • arcade fire (*)
  • bon iver
  • vampire weekend
  • feist
  • regina spektor
  • of monsters and men
  • the shins
  • the decemberists (*)
  • fleetwood mac
  • the national (*)
  • laura marling
  • haim (*)
  • beach house (*)
  • little green cars
  • phoenix (*)
  • lykke li
aug 9 2012 ∞
dec 9 2021 +
  • The Bourne Legacy (13 August 2012)
  • Anna Karenina (7 September 2012)
  • ParaNorman (14 September 2012)
  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower (3 October 2012)
  • Skyfall (26 October 2012)
  • Gangster Squad (9 November 2012)
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (14 December 2012)
  • Les Miserables (11 January 2013)
  • Django Unchained (18 January 2013)
  • Warm Bodies (8 February 2013)
  • Oz: The Great and Powerful (8 March 2013)
  • Jack the Giant Killer (March 2013)
  • Iron Man 3 (26 April 2013)
  • Star Trek 2 (09 May 2013)
  • The Great Gatsby (17 May 2013)
  • Man of Steel (14 June 2013)
  • Before Midnight (21 June 2013)
  • Despicable Me 2 (21 June 2013)
jul 25 2012 ∞
jan 19 2022 +