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Fiction books

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Here’s an update to this list. Best of the best Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown Gai-jin by James Clavell Noble House by James Clavell Shogun by James Clavell Tai-pan by James Clavell Whirlwind by James Clavell Generation X by Douglas Coupland Aztec by Gary Jennings Too Many […]

Nonfiction books

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Here’s an update to this list. Best of the best Last Chance to See… by Douglas Adams & Mark Carwardine How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams The Roving Mind by Isaac Asimov (%) 1984: Spring – A Choice of Futures by Arthur C. Clarke The Ancestor’s Tale by […]

SF & fantasy collections & anthologies

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Here’s an update to this list. Collections Best of the best I, Robot by Isaac Asimov Nightfall by Isaac Asimov Virtual Unrealities by Alfred Bester The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury Keeper of Dreams by Orson Scott Card Maps in a Mirror by Orson Scott Card Exhalation by Ted Chiang Stories of […]

Fantasy novels

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Here’s an update to this list. It still only includes books I reviewed on my blog (ie. ones I’ve read in the last 10 years). Best of the best Dragon and Phoenix by Joanne Bertin Replay by Ken Grimwood How to Stop Time by Matt Haig The Midnight Library by Matt Haig The Last Light […]

Science fiction novels

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Here’s an update to this list. It still only includes books I reviewed on my blog (ie. ones I’ve read in the last 10 years). Best of the best Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks Navigator by Stephen Baxter The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter Existence by David […]

Documentaries

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Here is an update to this list. I’m listing both movie documentaries and TV documentaries here. Best of the best The Battle Over Citizen Kane Bowling for Columbine Capitalism: A Love Story The Corporation Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner Fahrenheit 9/11 Fahrenheit 11/9 The Fog of War Guns, Germs and Steel An Inconvenient Truth Jane […]

Best movies of the 2010s

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Here’s an update to this list. Best of the best 50/50 About Time The Adjustment Bureau The Aeronauts American Hustle Arrival Avengers: Endgame Barney’s Version The Big Sick Bird Box The Bookshop The Boxtrolls Brooklyn The Call Captain Fantastic Cloud Atlas Collateral Beauty Crazy, Stupid, Love. Deadpool The Descendants Despicable Me Detachment Edge of Tomorrow […]

Best movies of the 2020s

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Here’s an update to this list. Best of the best Emma. The Mitchells vs. the Machines Palm Springs Rams Soul Runner ups Bill & Ted Face the Music The Croods: A New Age Enola Holmes The Willoughbys Honourable mentions Onward Tenet Wonder Woman 1984 I previously listed the best movies of the 2010s.

TV movies, miniseries & specials

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Here’s an update to this list. Best of the best 11.22.63 Anne of Green Gables (1985) Ascension Babylon 5: In the Beginning Battlestar Galactica (2003) The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Friends: The Reunion Good Omens A Parks and Recreation Special Political Animals The Queen’s Gambit Shackleton WandaVision Runner ups Anne of Green Gables: The […]

SF & fantasy TV shows

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Here’s an update to this list. 5/5 3rd Rock from the Sun 5 5                   5 Agents of SHIELD 4.5 4.5 5 5 5 5 5         4.86 Angel 5 5 5 5 5             5 Babylon 5 4.5 […]