Lists of Favorites

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101 Favorite Albums
  •  After the Gold Rush — Neil Young 1970
  •  Against the Wind — Bob Seger & the Sil­ver Bul­let Band 1980
  •  Aja — Steely Dan 1977
  •  Almost Famous Soundtrack — Various 2000
  •  Amer­ica — Amer­ica 1971
  •  Another Grey Area — Gra­ham Parker 1982
  •  As Falls Wichita So Falls Wichita Falls — Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays 1981
  •  At Crooked Lake — Crazy Horse 1972
  •  At Fill­more East — The All­man Broth­ers Band 1971
  •  AWB — The Aver­age White Band 1974
  •  Back in Black — AC/DC 1980
  •  Back to Black — Amy Winehouse 2006
  •  Big Hori­zon — David Wilcox 1992
  •  Blood Pressures — The Kills 2011
  •  Bon­nie Raitt — Bon­nie Raitt 1971
  •  Book of Dreams – The Steve Miller Band 1977
  •  Born to Run — Bruce Spring­steen 1975
  •  Buf­falo Spring­field — Buf­falo Spring­field 1966
  •  Celebrity Skin — Hole 1998
  •  Cheap Trick at Budokan — Cheap Trick 1979
  •  Com­bat Rock — The Clash 1982
  •  Comes a Time — Neil Young 1978
  •  Core — Stone Temple Pilots 1992
  •  Crazy Horse — Crazy Horse 1971
  •  Damn the Tor­pe­does — Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 1979
  •  Decade Of Rock & Roll — REO Speed­wagon 1980
  •  Dig Down Deep — Jana Alayra 1996
  •  Dirt Sil­ver & Gold — Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 1976
  •  Diver Down — Van Halen 1982
  •  Downward Spiral — Nine Inch Nails 1994
  •  Every­body Knows This is Nowhere — Neil Young and Crazy Horse 1969
  •  Fanmail — TLC 1999
  •  Farewell to the First Golden Era — The Mamas and the Papas 1967
  •  Fire — Ohio Play­ers 1974
  •  For Every­man — Jack­son Browne 1973
  •  Gaso­line Alley — Rod Stew­art 1970
  •  Greet­ings from Timbuk3 — Timbuk3 1986
  •  Hair of the Dog — Nazareth 1975
  •  Hang On for Your Life — Shoot­ing Star 1981
  •  Harder … Faster — April Wine 1979
  •  Head East — Head East 1978
  • Heart Food — Judee Sill 1973 
  • Her­mit of Mink Hol­low — Todd Rund­gren 1978
  •  Hotel Cal­i­for­nia — Eagles 1976
  •  Is This It? — The Strokes 2000
  •  Jack­son Browne — Jack­son Browne 1972
  •  Jesus Christ Super­star — Orig­i­nal Broad­way Cast 1970
  •  Jonathan Edwards — Jonathan Edwards 1971
  •  Karla Bonoff — Karla Bonoff 1977
  •  L.A. Woman — The Doors 1971
  •  Lady in Satin — Bil­lie Hol­i­day 1958
  •  Late for the Sky — Jack­son Browne 1974
  •  Led Zep­pelin II — Led Zep­pelin 1969
  •  Left­over­a­ture — Kansas 1976
  •  Let it Bleed — The Rolling Stones 1969
  •  Lon­don Call­ing — The Clash 1979
  •  Machine Head — Deep Pur­ple 1972
  •  Mama Let Him Play — Doucette 1977
  •  Mole City — Quasi 2013
  •  Mondo Bongo — The Boom­town Rats 1981
  •  Muswell Hill­bil­lies — The Kinks 1972
  •  Nev­er­mind — Nir­vana 1991
  •  New Rid­ers — New Rid­ers of the Pur­ple Sage 1976
  •  Nothing’s Shocking — Jane’s Addiction 1988
  •  O Brother Where Art Thou? Sound­track — Var­i­ous 2000
  •  Phoebe Snow — Phoebe Snow 1974
  •  Pre­tenders — The Pre­tenders 1980
  •  Parade — Prince 1986
  •  Quadrophe­nia — The Who 1973
  •  The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars — David Bowie 1972
  •  Rocks — Aero­smith 1976
  •  S.R.O. — Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass 1966
  •  Skele­tons from the Closet: The Best of Grate­ful Dead — The Grate­ful Dead 1974
  •  Smell the Color 9 — Chris Rice 2002
  •  Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley — Robert Palmer 1974
  •  Some Girls — The Rolling Stones 1978
  •  Songs in the Key of Life — Ste­vie Won­der 1976
  •  Speak­ing in Tongues — Talk­ing Heads 1983
  •  Squeez­ing Out Sparks — Gra­ham Parker 1979
  •  Sticky Fin­gers — The Rolling Stones 1971
  •  Stranger Than Fiction Soundtrack — Various 2006
  •  Surfer Rosa — The Pixies 1988
  •  Tail­spin Head­whack — Chris Duarte 1997
  •  Tak­ing Lib­er­ties — Elvis Costello and the Attrac­tions 1980
  •  That’s the Way of the World — Earth Wind & Fire 1975
  •  The Age of Aquar­ius — The 5th Dimen­sion 1969
  •  The Dark Side of the Moon — Pink Floyd 1973
  •  The River — Bruce Spring­steen 1980
  •  The Unfor­get­table Fire — U2 1984
  •  Three Dog Night — Three Dog Night 1968
  •  Time Fades Away — Neil Young 1973
  •  Time Out — The Dave Brubeck Quar­tet 1959
  •  Toys in the Attic — Aero­smith 1975
  •  Voices in Mod­ern — The Four Fresh­men 1955
  •  Wait­ing for Colum­bus — Lit­tle Feat 1978
  •  Wild Planet — The B-52’s 1980
  •  Yeah Yeah Yeahs — Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2001
  •  #1 Record Radio City — Big Star 1974
  •  1984 — Van Halen 1984
  •  4 — For­eigner 1981
  •  41 Orig­i­nal Hits from the Sound­track of Amer­i­can Graf­fiti — Var­i­ous 1973
101 Favorite Books
  • 1984 – George Orwell
  •  Alas Babylon – Pat Frank
  •  All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr
  •  The Amateur Marriage – Anne Tyler
  •  The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay – Michael Chabon
  •  Angle of Repose – Wallace Stegner
  •  Anthem – Ayn Rand
  •  Before I Go to Sleep – S.J. Watson
  •  Bel Canto – Ann Patchett
  •  Blue Shoe – Anne Lamott
  •  The Bonfire of the Vanities – Tom Wolfe
  •  The Boxcar Children – Gertrude Chandler Warner
  •  Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
  •  Breathing Lessons – Anne Tyler
  •  Cat’s Cradle – Kurt Vonnegut
  •  Choke – Chuck Palahniuk
  •  Chronicles of Narnia – C.S. Lewis
  •  Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons
  •  Cold Mountain – Charles Frazier
  •  The Color Purple – Alice Walker
  •  The Commitments – Roddy Doyle
  •  A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
  •  The Cracker Factory – Joyce Rebeta-Burditt
  •  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon
  •  The Death of Bees – Lisa O’Donnell
  •  Deliverance – James Dickey
  •  Diary of a Mad Housewife – Sue Kaufman
  •  Elegance of the Hedgehog – Muriel Barbery
  •  The Emperor of Ocean Park – Stephen L. Carter
  •  Empire Falls – Richard Russo
  •  Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions – Edwin A. Abbott
  •  Forever – Judy Blume
  •  Franny and Zooey – J.D. Salinger
  •  The Godfather – Mario Puzo
  •  The Great Divorce – C.S. Lewis
  •  The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
  •  The Great Santini – Pat Conroy
  •  The Green Mile – Stephen King
  •  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – J.K. Rowling
  •  High Fidelity – Nick Hornby
  •  Hold Tight – Harlan Coben
  •  The Hours – Michael Cunningham
  •  House of Sand and Fog – Andre Dubus III
  •  If Rock and Roll Were a Machine – Terry Davis
  •  Imperfect Birds – Anne Lamott
  •  Ironweed – William Kennedy
  •  Jitterbug Perfume – Tom Robbins
  •  The Joy Luck Club – Amy Tan
  •  Jurassic Park – Michael Crichton
  •  Leaving Home – Garrison Keillor
  •  Little Children – Tom Perrotta
  •  Lord of the Flies – William Goldman
  •  The Lost Weekend – Charles Jackson
  •  A Map of the World – Jane Hamilton
  •  The Marriage Plot – Jeffrey Eugenides
  •  Missing – Karin Alvtegen
  •  My Ántonia – Willa Cather
  •  Mystic River – Dennis Lehane
  •  North Dallas Forty – Peter Gent
  •  On the Beach – Nevil Shute
  •  One Day – David Nicholls
  •  Ordinary People – Judith Guest
  •  Paper Moon – Joe David Brown
  •  A Patchwork Planet – Anne Tyler
  •  Peace Like a River – Leif Enger
  •  The Pigman – Paul Zindel
  •  Portnoy’s Complaint – Philip Roth
  •  Presumed Innocent – Scott Turow
  •  The Razor’s Edge – Somerset Maugham
  •  Red Dragon – Thomas Harris
  •  The Road – Cormac McCarthy
  •  Rosemary’s Baby – Ira Levin
  •  The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne
  •  Semi-Tough – Dan Jenkins
  •  Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen
  •  The Shell Seekers – Rosamunde Pilcher
  •  Ship of Fools – Katherine Anne Porter
  •  Short – Cortright McMeel
  •  Siddhartha – Hermann Hesse
  •  A Simple Plan – Scott B. Smith
  •  Sole Survivor – Dean Koontz
  •  Something Wicked This Way Comes – Ray Bradbury
  •  The Stand – Stephen King
  •  Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel
  •  The Stepford Wives – Ira Levin
  •  The Stone Diaries – Carol Shields
  •  Stones from the River – Ursula Hegi
  •  Thank You for Smoking – Christopher Buckley
  •  That Was Then This is Now – S. E. Hinton
  •  A Thousand Acres – Jane Smiley
  •  To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
  •  Trespass – Fletcher Knebel
  •  True Grit – Charles Portis
  •  We Were the Mulvaneys – Joyce Carol Oates
  •  Wifey – Judy Blume
  •  The Winter of Our Discontent – John Steinbeck
  •  Winter’s Bone – Daniel Woodrell
  •  The Witches of Eastwick – John Updike
  •  The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – L. Frank Baum
  •  The World According to Garp – John Irving
  •  A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L’Engle
101 Favorite Movies
  • The 40-Year-Old Virgin
  •  Air­plane
  •  Aliens
  •  Almost Famous
  •  Amer­i­can Graffitti
  •  Ani­mal House
  •  Annie Hall
  •  Apollo 13
  •  The Big Lebowski
  •  Blaz­ing Saddles
  •  Blood Sim­ple
  •  Bull Durham
  •  Cad­dyshack
  •  Casablanca
  •  Close Encoun­ters of the Third Kind
  •  The Com­mit­ments
  •  Con­tact
  •  Dazed and Confused
  •  The Descen­dants
  •  Dodge­ball
  •  Drug­store Cowboy
  •  Dumbo
  •  Ed Wood
  •  The Emperor’s New Groove
  •  Fail Safe
  •  A Few Good Men
  •  Fight Club
  •  Galaxy Quest
  •  Get Out
  •  The God­fa­ther
  •  Good­fel­las
  •  Grease
  •  Ground­hog Day
  •  Half Nel­son
  •  Hed­wig and the Angry Inch
  •  The Incred­i­bles
  •  Inde­pen­dence Day
  •  Iron Man
  •  It Hap­pened One Night
  •  It’s a Won­der­ful Life
  •  Jacob’s Lad­der
  •  Jaws
  •  Juras­sic Park
  •  A Knight’s Tale
  •  LA Con­fi­den­tial
  •  Last of the Mohicans
  •  Lords of Dogtown
  •  Lost in Translation
  •  The Man Who Shot Lib­erty Valance
  •  The Manchurian Can­di­date (1962)
  •  Marty
  •  The Mata­dor
  •  The Matrix
  •  Meat­balls
  •  Memento
  •  Mid­night Run
  •  Mon­sters Inc.
  •  Moon­rise Kingdom
  •  Mulan
  •  My Favorite Year
  •  Mys­tery Men
  •  Napoleon Dyna­mite
  •  Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
  •  The Philadel­phia Story
  •  Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
  •  Pleas­antville
  •  Pol­ter­geist
  •  Princess Bride
  •  Pulp Fic­tion
  •  Rachel Get­ting Married
  •  Radio Days
  •  Rais­ing Arizona
  •  The Right Stuff
  •  Rocky
  •  Rosemary’s Baby
  •  School of Rock
  •  Sense and Sensibility
  •  Series 7
  •  Shake­speare in Love
  •  The Shoo­tist
  •  Signs
  •  Six­teen Candles
  •  Slum­dog Millionaire
  •  The Social Network
  •  Stage­coach
  •  Stand by Me
  •  Star Trek (2009)
  •  The Sting
  •  The Straight Story
  •  A Street­car Named Desire
  •  Swim­ming to Cambodia
  •  Tan­gled
  •  Titanic
  •  Tomb­stone
  •  Toy Story 2
  •  Toy Story 3
  •  Train­ing Day
  •  True Grit (2010)
  •  Up
  •  Wed­ding Crashers
  •  The Wiz­ard of Oz