Novels

Persuasion, 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

The Maltese Falcon, Dashielle Hammett

Double Indemnity, James Cain

The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson

The Makioka Sisters, Junchiro Tanizaki

Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison

Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov

The Quiet American, Graham Greene

The Magus, John Fowles

The Lover, Marguerite Duras

Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson

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 Unconsoled, Kazuo Ishiguro

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 Virgin Suicides, Jeffrey Eugenides

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

Life After Life, Kate Atkinson

Trust, Hernan Diaz

Movies

Vertigo

Rear Window

North By Northwest

Lawrence of Arabia

8 1/2

Ran

Yojimbo

Persona

L’Avventura

My Night at Maud’s

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Harakiri & Samurai Rebellion

The Manchurian Candidate

Chinatown

The Godfather Parts 1 & 2

Apocalypse Now

The Shining

Barton Fink

Bladerunner

Goonies

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Aliens

Pulp Fiction

The Royal Tenenbaums

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

The Pianist

The New World

Amelie

Brokeback Mountain

Punch-Drunk Love

All About My Mother

Volver

In the Mood For Love & 2049

Chungking Express

About Elly

Spirited Away

Before Sunset

Before Sunrise

Before Midnight

Cache

Nightcrawler

The White Ribbon

Boyhood

Poetry

The Prophet

A Separation

The Act of Killing

Arrival

Moonlight

Nope

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Burning

The Son

Albums

Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys

The White Album, The Beatles

The Best of Patsy Cline

The Best of Xavier Cugat

The Very Best of Barry White

Rio, Duran Duran

Seven & the Ragged Tiger, Duran Duran

The Joshua Tree, U2

Achtung Baby, U2

Disintegration, The Cure

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, The Cure

Black Celebration, Depeche Mode

Violator, Depeche Mode

Faith, George Michael

Experience, The Prodigy

Republic, New Order

Walking Wounded, Everything But the Girl

Insides, Orbital

Very, Pet Shops Boys

Richard D. James, Aphex Twin

Dummy, Portishead

Homework, Daft Punk

Moon Safari, Air

The Soft Bulletin, 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

Kid A, Radiohead

In Rainbows, Radiohead

808s & Heartbreak, Kanye West

Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes

Teen Dreams, Beach House

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

808s & Heartbreak, Kanye West

Begone Dull Care, Junior Boys

Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes

Modern Vampires of the City, Vampire Weekend

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

We Stay Together, Andy Stott

Currents, Tame Impala

Young & Old, Tennis

Tv shows

Gilligan’s Island

Cheers

In Living Color

Three’s Company

The Simpsons

Quantum Leap

Friends

Everybody Loves Raymond

Chapelle Show

The Office UK

Arrested Development

The Sopranos

Breaking Bad

Boardwalk Empire

Friday Night Lights

30 Rock

Game of Thrones

Lost

Mad Men

Deadwood

The Wire

Homeland

Transparent

Rectify

Mr. Robot

The Leftovers

Seinfeld

Louis

Community

Southpark

Archer

Key & Peele

Veep

Survivor

The Amazing Race

Top Chef

High Stakes Poker

Fleabag

Terrace House

Grand Design

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Parks & Recreation

The Terror

Succession

The Good Place

Sex Education

Chernobyl