2007 A Year in Lists

I was inspired to keep track of my media consumption this year, after reading Nicholas Felton's annual report. While my record keeping wasn't quite as extensive, it's still largely accurate. There were a few other lists that I didn't put up here, including cities, events and museums. Enjoy.

Books

These were the non-fiction books that I consumed over the course of the year, in chronological order. There was also a lot of non-fiction, but it was mostly for school, so I opted not to include it.

  1. Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
  2. Atomised - Michel Houellebecq
  3. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
  4. The Man in the High Castle - Philip K. Dick
  5. The Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson
  6. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
  7. Sarum - Edward Rutherford
  8. A Great Feast of Light - John Doyle
  9. Saturday - Ian McEwan
  10. Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Dafoe
  11. World Without End - Ken Follett
  12. Northern Lights - Phillip Pullman
  13. The Subtle Knife - Phillip Pullman
  14. The Amber Spyglass - Phillip Pullman
  15. Atonement - Ian McEwan
  16. The End of Mr. Y - Scarlett Thomas

Movies

A chronological list of the movies that I watched this year. There might have been a couple that I missed adding after the hard-drive crash.

  1. The Wind that Shakes the Barley
  2. Little Miss Sunshine
  3. Apocalypto
  4. Blood Diamond
  5. Rocky Balboa
  6. The Painted Veil
  7. Night at the Museum
  8. Idiocracy
  9. The Prestige
  10. Venus
  11. Marie Antoinette
  12. The Last Kind of Scotland
  13. Infernal Affairs
  14. 300
  15. Stranger Than Fiction
  16. The Fountain
  17. Life of Brian
  18. The Gods Must Be Crazy
  19. Deja Vu
  20. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
  21. Hot Fuzz
  22. Spiderman 3
  23. Shrek 3
  24. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
  25. Crank
  26. Serpico
  27. Live Free or Die Hard
  28. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  29. Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
  30. The Simpsons Movie
  31. The Princess Bride
  32. Ocean's Thirteen
  33. Sunshine
  34. The Bourne Ultimatum
  35. The 40 Year Old Virgin
  36. Blades of Glory
  37. The Walker
  38. Knocked Up
  39. The Last of the Mohicans
  40. Lions for Lambs
  41. Superbad
  42. Lawrence of Arabia
  43. Evan Almighty
  44. American Gangster
  45. Ratatouille
  46. Helvetica
  47. Eastern Promises
  48. Chariots of Fire
  49. The Road to Perdition
  50. The Golden Compass
  51. I Am Legend
  52. No Country for Old Men

Music

These were my top 15 artists for the year according to my last.fm charts. It's mostly representative, but it doesn't include my iPod listening habits.

  1. The National
  2. Tiga
  3. Guided by Voices
  4. Death From Above 1979
  5. Ted Leo and The Pharmacists
  6. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
  7. Underworld
  8. The Killers
  9. Arcade Fire
  10. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
  11. Daft Punk
  12. Calvin Harris
  13. The Distillers
  14. Billy Talent
  15. Apostle of Hustle