An incomplete list of my…

My Favorite Things

(underlined titles being my desert island picks)

Novels

Sense & Sensibility, Jane Austen

Madame Bovary, Gustav Flaubert

The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

Absalom, Absalom!, William Faulkner

Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier

Double Indemnity, James Cain

Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison

Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov

The Quiet American, Graham Greene

The Magus, John Fowles

The Lover, Marguerite Duras

Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy

The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien

Beloved, Toni Morrison

Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Bad Behavior, Mary Gaitskill

Oscar and Lucinda, Peter Carey

Sacred Hunger, Barry Unsworth

Open Secrets, Alice Munro

The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro

Jesus’ Son, Denis Johnson

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami

The Secret History, Donna Tart

The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon

Days of Abandonment, Elena Ferrante

My Brilliant Friend, Elena Ferrante

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson

Austerlitz, WG Sebald

A Visit From the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan

Leaving the Atocha Station, Ben Lerner

The Book of Night Women, Marlon James

The Sisters Brothers, Patrick DeWitt

Counternarratives, John Keene

Remainder, Tom McCarthy

Warlight, Michael Ondaatje

The Vegetarian, Han Kong

Stories of Your Life, Ted Chiang

Normal People, Sally Rooney

A Family Life, Akhil Sharma

Exit West, Mohsin Hamid

Outline, Rachel Cusk

The North Water, Ian McGuire

Trust, Hernan Diaz

Movies

Vertigo

Rear Window

Lawrence of Arabia

8 1/2

Ran

Yojimbo

Persona

L’Avventura

My Night at Maud’s

Claire’s Knee

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Harakiri

Samurai Rebellion

Chinatown

The Godfather Parts 1 & 2

Apocalypse Now

The Shining

Barton Fink

Bladerunner

Aliens

Pulp Fiction

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

The Pianist

The New World

Amelie

Brokeback Mountain

Volver

In the Mood For Love & 2049

Chungking Express

About Elly

Princess Mononoke

‘Before’ Trilogy

Cache

Poetry

The Prophet

A Separation

Moonlight

Nope

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Burning

The Son

Albums

Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys

The White Album, Revolver - The Beatles

The Best of Patsy Cline

The Best of Xavier Cugat

The Very Best of Barry White

Rio, Seven & the Ragged Tiger - Duran Duran

The Innocents - Erasure

Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby - U2

Disintegration, Wish - The Cure

Black Celebration, Music for the Masses, Violator, Songs of Faith and Devotion - Depeche Mode

Music from the Edge of Heaven, Faith, Listen Without Prejudice vol 1 - Wham & George Michael

Experience - The Prodigy

Republic - New Order

Walking Wounded - Everything But the Girl

Insides - Orbital

Actually, Very - Pet Shops Boys

Richard D. James - Aphex Twin

Dummy - Portishead

Homework - Daft Punk

Moon Safari - Air

The Soft Bulletin, Yoshimi Fights the Robots - The Flaming Lips

The Private Press - DJ Shadow

Dig Your Own Hole - The Chemical Brothers

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill

The Mirror Conspiracy - Thievery Corporation

This Is It - The Strokes

Turn On The Bright Lights - Interpol

Funeral - Arcade Fire

OK Computer, Kid A, In Rainbows - Radiohead

808s & Heartbreak - Kanye West

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

Devotion, Teen Dreams, Bloom, Depression Cherry - Beach House

The K&D Sessions, Kruder & Dorfmeister

A Grand Love Story - Kid Loco

Fox Confessor Brings the Flood - Neko Case

xx -The xx

My Maudlin Career - Camera Obscura

DJ Kicks - Erlend Oye

Begone Dull Care - Junior Boys

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

House of Balloons, The Weeknd

good kid, m.A.A.d. city, DAMN - Kendrick Lamar

We Stay Together - Andy Stott

Currents - Tame Impala

Cape Dory, Young & Old, Yours Conditionally - Tennis

Tv shows

Gilligan’s Island

Cheers

In Living Color

Three’s Company

The Simpsons

Quantum Leap

Everybody Loves Raymond

Chapelle Show

The Office UK

Arrested Development

The Sopranos

Breaking Bad

Friday Night Lights

Game of Thrones

Lost

Mad Men

Deadwood

The Wire

Mr. Robot

The Leftovers

Seinfeld

Louis

Community

Southpark

Key & Peele

Survivor

High Stakes Poker

Fleabag

Terrace House

Grand Design

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

The Terror

Succession