shorter:

• and then there were none - agatha christie
• slaughterhouse five - kurt vonnegut
• araby (short story) - james joyce

average:

• snow flower and the secret fan - lisa see
• unwind - neal shusterman
• one flew over the cuckoo's nest - ken kesey
• the book thief - markus zusak

longer:

• the icemark chronicles - stuart hill
• memoirs of a geisha - arthur golden
• east of eden - john steinbeck
• the persian boy - mary renault

[[!! = movies with particularly exceptional soundtracks]]

english:

• inception
• one flew over the cuckoo's nest
• schindler's list
• forrest gump
• wall-e
• ratatouille [[!!]]
• les miserables [[!!]]
• the great gatsby [[!!]]
• memoirs of a geisha [[!!]]
• warm bodies

french:

• the hedgehog
• amelie [[!!]]
• amour

korean:

• thirst (bakjwi) [[!!]]

[[!! = all time favorites]]

sports:

• haikyuu!!

shounen/seinen:

• noragami
• shaman king [[!!]]
• one punch-man

shoujou:

• ouran high school host club

psychological/horror:

• deadman wonderland [[!!]]
• afterschool charisma
• death note
• kami no kodomo [[!!]]
• majin tantei nougami neuro[[!!!!!!]]
• mirai nikki [[!!]]
• afterschool nightmare
• the flowers of evil (manhwa)

• alice mare - mild horror, no jump scares
• re:kinder - horror, no jump scares, timed scenes
• ib - horror, no jump scares, chase scenes
• palette - mild horror
• densha - mild horror
• mogeko castle - horror, chase scenes
• when it rains - horror
• dreaming mary - horror, chase scenes

english:

• imagine dragons - indie rock
• gabe bondoc - indie pop
• michael alvarado - indie pop
• the neighborhood - rock
• barcelona - indie rock
• zedd - electronic
• calvin harris - dance
• wild party - indie rock
• grizfolk - indie rock

korean:

• casker - electronic indie
• clazziquai project - electronic indie
• junggigo - indie pop
• winterplay - smooth jazz
• AKMU - indie pop
• vanilla acoustic - indie
• royal pirates - rock
• nell - indie rock

japanese:

• bossa nova - bossanova
• kill them all. - indie rock
• there is gypsy in my jazz - gypsy jazz
• the wind whistles a lullaby - instrumental, asian(-inspired) soundtracks
• worlds away - instrumental, fantasy ambiance
• belles femmes - indie pop