My Favourites
A list of my favourite things in various categories. Will be updated periodically. Items are not in order.
Literature
Young Adult
- JK Rowling - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- JK Rowling – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Benjamin Alire Sáenz – Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
- Angie Thomas – The Hate U Give
Non-Fiction
- Atul Gawande – Being Mortal
- Paul Kalanathi – When Breath Becomes Air
- Michelle Obama – Becoming
- Bill Simmons – The Book of Basketball
Humour
- Trevor Noah – Born a Crime
- David Sedaris – Calypso
- David Sedaris – When You Are Engulfed in Flames
Classics
- James Joyce – The Dubliners
Plays
- Shakespeare – King Lear
Short Stories
- David Foster Wallace – The Depressed Person James Joyce – The Dead (from The Dubliners)
- George Cheever – The Swimmer David Sedaris – Stepping Out (from Calypso)
- Alice Munro – Fits
Poetry
- Donne – A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
Articles/Essays
- Melanie Hamlett – Men Have No Friends and Women Bear the Burden Bill Simmons – Shaq Column (read verbally on The Book of Basketball 2.0)
- Kristen Roupenian – Cat Person
- Desmond Cole – The Skin I’m In
Journalists
- Elliotte Friedman
- Zach Lowe
- Bill Simmons
- Mina Kimes
- Alison Lukan
Podcasts
Hockey
- 31 Thoughts
- Hockey PDOCast
- Spittin’ Chicklets
Basketball
- Dunk’d On
- Thinking Basketball
- The Lowe Post
- No Dunks (formerly The Starters and The Basketball Jones)
- Hollinger and Duncan
Other Sports
- The Bill Simmons Podcast
- MMQB
Crime
- Man in the Window
- CBC’s Uncover (Seasons 3 and 5)
- Serial (Season 1)
- Dr Death
Misc
- Freakonomics
- Gastropod
- Dissect
Music
Albums
- EDEN – i think you think too much of me
- 6lack – East Atlanta Love Letter
- Bon Iver – Bon Iver
- Bon Iver – i,i
- Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
- J Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive
- Red – Taylor Swift
- 1989 – Taylor Swift
- SYML – In My Body
- Khalid – American Teen
- Luke Combs – This One’s for You
- Taeyang – Rise
- G-Dragon – Coup d’Etat
Songs (see Spotify Playlist)
- Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers – Moanin’
- Taeyang – 1AM
- Bon Iver – Holocene
- Bon Iver – iMi
- SYML – Fear of the Water
- EDEN – sex
- EDEN – forever//over
- Drake – From Time (feat Jhene Aiko)
- Drake – Shot for Me
- Kanye West – Runaway (feat. Pusha T)
- Leon Bridges – Forgive You
- Leon Bridges – Beyond
- 6lack – Sorry
- 6lack – Alone/EA6 6lack – Unfair (full version)
- Lew – Crazy
Media
TV Shows
- Bojack Horseman Patriot Act (Deep Cuts)
- Master of None
- Silicon Valley Chernobyl (docuseries)
Movies
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Zodiac
- The Room
- The Big Sick
- Eighth Grade
- Room
Comedy Specials
- Hasan Minhaj – Homecoming King
- Bo Burnham – Make Happy
- Bo Burnham – Smile
- Gabriel Iglesias – One Size Fits All