Book and Film List for 2023
Books
Completed
1. The Bible (the Old Testament) According to Spike Milligan (Spike Milligan)
2. Hogwarts: An Incomplete & Unreliable Guide (J.K. Rowling)
3. Song of Susannah (Stephen King)
4. Dead Like You (Peter James)
5. The Case of The Abonimable Snowman (Nicholas Blake)
6. The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
7. Checkmate (Malorie Blackman)
8. The Bullet that Missed (Richard Osman)
9. The Fifth Season (Mons Kallentoft)
10. From Doon with Death (Ruth Rendell)
11. Tears and Tossings (Sarah Walton)
12. Journey Through Britain (John Hillaby)
13. Watching the English (Kate Fox)
14. Moonflower Murders (Anthony Horowitz)
15. Double Cross (Malorie Blackman)
16. Look Both Ways (Linwood Barclay)
17. Is Easter Unbelievable? (Rebecca McLaughlin)
18. The Case for Easter (Lee Strobel)
19. Dead Man's Grip (Peter James)
20. Mystery at Witchend (Malcolm Saville)
21. Agatha Raisin and the Curious Curate (M.C. Beaton)
22. Water Angels (Mons Kallentoft)
23. Not Dead Yet (Peter James)
24. Grounded (James Canton)
25. The Hiding Place (Corrie ten Boom, with John and Elizabeth Sherill)
26. The Bone Collector (Jeffery Deaver)
27. Seven White Gates (Malcolm Saville)
28. The Reapers (John Connolly)
29. Accused (Mark Giminez)
30. Freedom from Anxiety (Paul McKenna)
31. Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House (M.C. Beaton)
32. Grand Union (Zadie Smith)
33. The Controller (Matt Brolly)
34. The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
35. Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time (Sheila Liming)
36. Dead Man's Time (Peter James)
37. Why England Lose (Simon Kuper & Stefan Szymanski)
38. Acts of Violet (Margarita Montimore)
39. The Lovers (John Connolly)
40. The Blackbird (Tim Weaver)
41. The Old Ways (Robert MacFarlane)
42. Dial M for Merde (Stephen Clarke)
43. The Old Dog and Duck (Albert Jack)
44. Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance (M.C. Beaton)
45. The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
46. Rivers of London (Ben Aaronovitch)
47. Agatha Raisin and the Perfect Paragon (M.C. Beaton)
48. Souls of Air (Mons Kallentoft)
49. The Ink Black Heart (Robert Galbraith)
50. Capital (John Lanchester)
51. Trick or Treat (Katerina Diamond)
52. Halloween Party Murder (Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, Barbara Ross)
53. The Only Suspect (Louise Candlish)
54. Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir)
55. Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
56. A Killing in November (Simon Mason)
57. What on Earth is Heaven? (James Paul)
58. The Shards (Bret Easton Ellis)
59. Agatha Raisin and Love, Lies and Liquor (M.C. Beaton)
60. Want You Dead (Peter James)
61. An English Murder (Cyril Hare)
62. The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
63. Agatha Raisin and Kissing Christmas Goodbye (M.C. Beaton)
64. Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
In Progress
Miracles (C.S. Lewis)
Planning to Read
London Under (Peter Ackroyd)
The Last Devil to Die (Richard Osman)
The Dark Tower (Stephen King)
T.V. (Peter Kay)
The Riddle of the Sands (Erskine Childers)
The Mirror and the Light (Hilary Mantel)
Companion Piece (Ali Smith)
London Perceived (V.S. Pritchett)
Films
1. Bloody New Year (Norman J. Warren, 1987)
2. The Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick, 1993)
3. The Humans (Stephen Karam, 2021)
4. Thelma and Louise (Ridley Scott, 1991)
5. The Descent (Neil Marshall, 2005)
6. Breath (Damien Hirst, 2001)
7. A Baffin Vacation (Sarah McNail-Landry, Erik Boomer, 2022)
8. Walking on Clouds (Renan Kamizi, 2021)
9. Wild Waters (David Arnaud, 2022)
10. Flow (Maxime Moulin, 2022)
11. The 9 Wheels (Santiago Burin des Roziers, 2022)
12. Bridge Boys (Nick Rosen, Peter Mortimer, 2022)
13. Rumble Fish (Francis Ford Coppola, 1983)
14. The Ipcress File (Sidney J. Furie, 1965)
15. The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Garth Jennings, 2005)
16. Don't Look Now (Nicolas Roeg, 1973)
17. The Elephant Man (David Lynch, 1980)
18. Shadowlands (Richard Attenborough, 1993)
19. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Tim Burton, 2005)
20. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman, 1975)
21. Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988)
22. The World's End (Edgar Wright, 2013)
23. Up There (Zam Salim, 2011)
24. Quadrophenia (Franc Roddam, 1979)
25. Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)
26. The Founder (John Lee Hancock, 2016)
27. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (John Hughes, 1986)
28. Old (M. Night Shyalaman, 2021)
29. Carrie (Brian DePalma, 1976)
30. A Quiet Place Part II (John Krasinski, 2020)
31. The Guilty (Antoine Fuqua, 2021)
32. Bridge of Spies (Steven Spielberg, 2015)
Seen for the first time: 18
Rewatched: 14
Completed
1. The Bible (the Old Testament) According to Spike Milligan (Spike Milligan)
2. Hogwarts: An Incomplete & Unreliable Guide (J.K. Rowling)
3. Song of Susannah (Stephen King)
4. Dead Like You (Peter James)
5. The Case of The Abonimable Snowman (Nicholas Blake)
6. The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
7. Checkmate (Malorie Blackman)
8. The Bullet that Missed (Richard Osman)
9. The Fifth Season (Mons Kallentoft)
10. From Doon with Death (Ruth Rendell)
11. Tears and Tossings (Sarah Walton)
12. Journey Through Britain (John Hillaby)
13. Watching the English (Kate Fox)
14. Moonflower Murders (Anthony Horowitz)
15. Double Cross (Malorie Blackman)
16. Look Both Ways (Linwood Barclay)
17. Is Easter Unbelievable? (Rebecca McLaughlin)
18. The Case for Easter (Lee Strobel)
19. Dead Man's Grip (Peter James)
20. Mystery at Witchend (Malcolm Saville)
21. Agatha Raisin and the Curious Curate (M.C. Beaton)
22. Water Angels (Mons Kallentoft)
23. Not Dead Yet (Peter James)
24. Grounded (James Canton)
25. The Hiding Place (Corrie ten Boom, with John and Elizabeth Sherill)
26. The Bone Collector (Jeffery Deaver)
27. Seven White Gates (Malcolm Saville)
28. The Reapers (John Connolly)
29. Accused (Mark Giminez)
30. Freedom from Anxiety (Paul McKenna)
31. Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House (M.C. Beaton)
32. Grand Union (Zadie Smith)
33. The Controller (Matt Brolly)
34. The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
35. Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time (Sheila Liming)
36. Dead Man's Time (Peter James)
37. Why England Lose (Simon Kuper & Stefan Szymanski)
38. Acts of Violet (Margarita Montimore)
39. The Lovers (John Connolly)
40. The Blackbird (Tim Weaver)
41. The Old Ways (Robert MacFarlane)
42. Dial M for Merde (Stephen Clarke)
43. The Old Dog and Duck (Albert Jack)
44. Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance (M.C. Beaton)
45. The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
46. Rivers of London (Ben Aaronovitch)
47. Agatha Raisin and the Perfect Paragon (M.C. Beaton)
48. Souls of Air (Mons Kallentoft)
49. The Ink Black Heart (Robert Galbraith)
50. Capital (John Lanchester)
51. Trick or Treat (Katerina Diamond)
52. Halloween Party Murder (Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, Barbara Ross)
53. The Only Suspect (Louise Candlish)
54. Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir)
55. Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
56. A Killing in November (Simon Mason)
57. What on Earth is Heaven? (James Paul)
58. The Shards (Bret Easton Ellis)
59. Agatha Raisin and Love, Lies and Liquor (M.C. Beaton)
60. Want You Dead (Peter James)
61. An English Murder (Cyril Hare)
62. The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
63. Agatha Raisin and Kissing Christmas Goodbye (M.C. Beaton)
64. Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
In Progress
Miracles (C.S. Lewis)
Planning to Read
London Under (Peter Ackroyd)
The Last Devil to Die (Richard Osman)
The Dark Tower (Stephen King)
T.V. (Peter Kay)
The Riddle of the Sands (Erskine Childers)
The Mirror and the Light (Hilary Mantel)
Companion Piece (Ali Smith)
London Perceived (V.S. Pritchett)
Films
1. Bloody New Year (Norman J. Warren, 1987)
2. The Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick, 1993)
3. The Humans (Stephen Karam, 2021)
4. Thelma and Louise (Ridley Scott, 1991)
5. The Descent (Neil Marshall, 2005)
6. Breath (Damien Hirst, 2001)
7. A Baffin Vacation (Sarah McNail-Landry, Erik Boomer, 2022)
8. Walking on Clouds (Renan Kamizi, 2021)
9. Wild Waters (David Arnaud, 2022)
10. Flow (Maxime Moulin, 2022)
11. The 9 Wheels (Santiago Burin des Roziers, 2022)
12. Bridge Boys (Nick Rosen, Peter Mortimer, 2022)
13. Rumble Fish (Francis Ford Coppola, 1983)
14. The Ipcress File (Sidney J. Furie, 1965)
15. The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Garth Jennings, 2005)
16. Don't Look Now (Nicolas Roeg, 1973)
17. The Elephant Man (David Lynch, 1980)
18. Shadowlands (Richard Attenborough, 1993)
19. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Tim Burton, 2005)
20. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman, 1975)
21. Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988)
22. The World's End (Edgar Wright, 2013)
23. Up There (Zam Salim, 2011)
24. Quadrophenia (Franc Roddam, 1979)
25. Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)
26. The Founder (John Lee Hancock, 2016)
27. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (John Hughes, 1986)
28. Old (M. Night Shyalaman, 2021)
29. Carrie (Brian DePalma, 1976)
30. A Quiet Place Part II (John Krasinski, 2020)
31. The Guilty (Antoine Fuqua, 2021)
32. Bridge of Spies (Steven Spielberg, 2015)
Seen for the first time: 18
Rewatched: 14