Book and Film List for 2020
Books
Completed
1. Sum (David Eagleman)
2. The Girl Who Lived Twice (David Lagercrantz)
3. Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist (M.C. Beaton)
4. Homesick for Another World (Ottessa Moshfegh)
5. Murder in the Multiverse (R.E. McLean)
6. Dangerous to Know (Anne Buist)
7. Lost in the Multiverse (R.E. McLean)
8. More Work for the Undertaker (Margery Allingham)
9. Vox (Christina Dalcher)
10. Schrödinger and the Quantum Witch (R.E. McLean)
11. The Shepherd's Hut (Tim Winton)
12. Normal People (Sally Rooney)
13. The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Heather Morris)
14. The Inimitable Jeeves (P.G. Wodehouse)
15. Trent's Own Case (E.C. Bentley & H. Warner Allen)
16. Dracula (Bram Stoker)
17. Seashaken Houses (Tom Nancollas)
18. Walking the Camino (Tony Kevin)
19. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20. Map Addict (Mike Parker)
21. Beyond the Big C (Jeremy Marshall)
22. The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
23. Young Adam (Alexander Trocchi)
24. The Eyes of Darkness (Dean Koontz)
25. Treacherous (Barbara Taylor Bradford)
26. Never Greener (Ruth Jones)
27. The Coffin Dancer (Jeffery Deaver)
28. Enough (Helen Roseveare)
29. Anxious Man (Josh Roberts, Stephen Fry)
30. Cosmic Ordering (Jonathan Cainer)
31. Dark Hollow (John Connolly)
32. A Monster Calls (Patrick Ness)
33. The Rosie Result (Graeme Simsion)
34. The Second Half (Roy Keane, with Roddy Doyle)
35. One Night in Georgia (Celeste O. Norfleet)
36. Hope Has Wings (Stuart King; audiobook, read by Simon J Williamson)
37. The Soldier Who Came Back (Steve Foster and Alan Clark)
38. Good Omens (Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman)
39. We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
40. The Wild Rover (Mike Parker)
41. One Forever (Rory Shiner)
42. Kylie la la la (William Baker & Kylie Minogue)
43. Sirens (Joseph Knox)
44. Rotherweird (Andrew Caldecott)
45. Never Give Up (K.P. Yohannan)
46. Truths, Half Truths & Little White Lies (Nick Frost)
47. Boy (Roald Dahl)
48. Do You Pray? (J.C. Ryle)
49. Not Dead Enough (Peter James)
50. Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death (M.C. Beaton)
51. Why We Pray (William Philip)
52. The Drawing of the Three (Stephen King)
53. Who is the Holy Spirit? (R.C. Sproul)
54. Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
55. Elevator Pitch (Linwood Barclay)
56. Autumn (Ali Smith)
57. What is the Trinity? (R.C. Sproul)
58. Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
59. The Odyssey (Homer)
60. From a Low and Quiet Sea (Donal Ryan)
61. 4 3 2 1 (Paul Auster)
62. What do Jesus' Parables Mean? (R.C. Sproul)
63. The Killing Kind (John Connolly)
64. Police at the Funeral (Margery Allingham)
65. The Waste Lands (Stephen King)
66. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
67. What is Predestination? (R.C. Sproul)
68. The Woman in Cabin 10 (Ruth Ware)
69. The Story of Craft Beer (Pete Brown)
70. Winter (Ali Smith)
71. Map and Compass (Pete Hawkins)
72. The World's Greatest Football Family (SportMedia)
In Progress
Seeing and Savouring Jesus Christ (John Piper)
Midwinter Sacrifice (Mons Kallentoft)
Planning to Read
Does God Control Everything? (R.C. Sproul)
Human Acts (Han Kang)
The Thursday Murder Club (Richard Osman)
Recursion (Blake Crouch)
The Ickabog (J.K. Rowling)
Films
1. Paddington 2 (Paul King, 2017)
2. What We Do in the Shadows (Jermaine Clement, Taika Waititi, 2014)
3. Mission: Impossible: Fallout (Christopher McQuarrie, 2018)
4. Pete's Dragon (David Lowery, 2016)
5. The Manchurian Candidate (John Frankenheimer, 1962)
6. The Wild One (Laslo Benedak, 1953)
7. The Limehouse Golem (Juan Carlos Medina, 2016)
8. Black Narcissus (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1947)
9. Alien 3 (David Fincher, 1992)
10. On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954)
11. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (David Yates, 2009)
12. Brighton Rock (John Boulting, 1947)
13. A Quiet Place (John Krasinski, 2018)
14. Multiplicity (Harold Ramis, 1996)
15. Diego Maradona (Asif Kapadia, 2019)
16. L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson, 1997)
17. A Town Like Alice (Jack Lee, 1956)
18. Alien: Resurrection (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1997)
19. Jane Eyre (Robert Stevenson, 1943)
20. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (David Yates, 2010)
21. George Best: All by Himself (Daniel Gordon, 2017)
22. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981)
23. Ghost Stories (Jeremy Dyson, Andy Nyman, 2017)
24. Journey to the Center of the Earth (Henry Levin, 1959)
25. Prometheus (Ridley Scott, 2012)
26. Star Trek Beyond (Justin Lin, 2016)
27. The Damned United (Tom Hooper, 2009)
28. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Steven Spielberg, 1984)
29. Alien: Covenant (Ridley Scott, 2017)
30. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (David Yates, 2011)
31. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Burr Steers, 2016)
32. Porridge (Dick Clement, 1979)
33. The Addams Family (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1991)
34. Addams Family Values (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1993)
35. Gregory's Girl (Bill Forsyth, 1980)
36. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
37. Tropic Thunder (Ben Miller, 2008)
38. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
39. Gremlins (Joe Dante, 1984)
40. Jurassic Park III (Joe Johnston, 2001)
41. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Steven Spielberg, 1989)
42. Build My Gallows High (Out of the Past) (Jacques Tourneur, 1947)
43. Educating Rita (Lewis Gilbert, 1983)
44. Trumbo (Jay Roach, 2015)
45. Dead Reckoning (John Cromwell, 1947)
46. Bean (Mel Smith, 1997)
47. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Steven Spielberg, 2008)
48. Commando (Mark L Lester, 1985)
49. The Festival (Iain Morris, 2018)
50. Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson, 2015)
51. The Magnificent Seven (John Huston, 1960)
52. Crimson Tide (Tony Scott, 1995)
53. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Martin McDonagh, 2017)
54. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (J.A. Bayona, 2018)
55. Paranormal Island (Marty Murray III, 2014)
56. Absolutely Anything (Terry Jones, 2015)
57. The Football Factory (Nick Love, 2004)
58. The Lost Boys (Joel Schumacher, 1987)
59. The Business (Nick Love, 2005)
60. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) (The Final Cut, 2019)
61. Countdown (Justin Dec, 2019)
62. Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks, 1974)
63. The Witches of Eastwick (George Miller, 1987)
64. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson, 2011)
65. Are You Being Served? (Bob Kellett, 1977)
66. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)
67. Alice Through the Looking Glass (James Bobin, 2016)
68. Bronson (Nicholas Winding Refn, 2008)
69. A Hard Day's Night (Richard Lester, 1964)
70. The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)
71. The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939)
72. 1922 (Zak Hilditch, 2017)
73. The Omen (Richard Donner, 1976)
74. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, (John Ford, 1949)
75. The Children Act (Richard Eyre, 2017)
76. Corpse Bride (Mike Johnson, Tim Burton, 2005)
77. American Pie (Paul Weitz, 1999)
78. This is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, 1984)
79. On the Town (Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1949)
80. Westworld (Michael Crichton, 1973)
81. Coriolanus (Ralph Fiennes, 2011)
82. High Society (Charles Walters, 1956)
83. The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991)
84. Watership Down (Martin Rosen, 1978)
85. The Death of Stalin (Armando Iannucci, 2017)
86. Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985)
87. A Christmas Gift from Bob (Charles Martin Smith, 2020)
Seen for the first time: 42
Rewatched: 45
Completed
1. Sum (David Eagleman)
2. The Girl Who Lived Twice (David Lagercrantz)
3. Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist (M.C. Beaton)
4. Homesick for Another World (Ottessa Moshfegh)
5. Murder in the Multiverse (R.E. McLean)
6. Dangerous to Know (Anne Buist)
7. Lost in the Multiverse (R.E. McLean)
8. More Work for the Undertaker (Margery Allingham)
9. Vox (Christina Dalcher)
10. Schrödinger and the Quantum Witch (R.E. McLean)
11. The Shepherd's Hut (Tim Winton)
12. Normal People (Sally Rooney)
13. The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Heather Morris)
14. The Inimitable Jeeves (P.G. Wodehouse)
15. Trent's Own Case (E.C. Bentley & H. Warner Allen)
16. Dracula (Bram Stoker)
17. Seashaken Houses (Tom Nancollas)
18. Walking the Camino (Tony Kevin)
19. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20. Map Addict (Mike Parker)
21. Beyond the Big C (Jeremy Marshall)
22. The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
23. Young Adam (Alexander Trocchi)
24. The Eyes of Darkness (Dean Koontz)
25. Treacherous (Barbara Taylor Bradford)
26. Never Greener (Ruth Jones)
27. The Coffin Dancer (Jeffery Deaver)
28. Enough (Helen Roseveare)
29. Anxious Man (Josh Roberts, Stephen Fry)
30. Cosmic Ordering (Jonathan Cainer)
31. Dark Hollow (John Connolly)
32. A Monster Calls (Patrick Ness)
33. The Rosie Result (Graeme Simsion)
34. The Second Half (Roy Keane, with Roddy Doyle)
35. One Night in Georgia (Celeste O. Norfleet)
36. Hope Has Wings (Stuart King; audiobook, read by Simon J Williamson)
37. The Soldier Who Came Back (Steve Foster and Alan Clark)
38. Good Omens (Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman)
39. We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
40. The Wild Rover (Mike Parker)
41. One Forever (Rory Shiner)
42. Kylie la la la (William Baker & Kylie Minogue)
43. Sirens (Joseph Knox)
44. Rotherweird (Andrew Caldecott)
45. Never Give Up (K.P. Yohannan)
46. Truths, Half Truths & Little White Lies (Nick Frost)
47. Boy (Roald Dahl)
48. Do You Pray? (J.C. Ryle)
49. Not Dead Enough (Peter James)
50. Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death (M.C. Beaton)
51. Why We Pray (William Philip)
52. The Drawing of the Three (Stephen King)
53. Who is the Holy Spirit? (R.C. Sproul)
54. Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
55. Elevator Pitch (Linwood Barclay)
56. Autumn (Ali Smith)
57. What is the Trinity? (R.C. Sproul)
58. Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
59. The Odyssey (Homer)
60. From a Low and Quiet Sea (Donal Ryan)
61. 4 3 2 1 (Paul Auster)
62. What do Jesus' Parables Mean? (R.C. Sproul)
63. The Killing Kind (John Connolly)
64. Police at the Funeral (Margery Allingham)
65. The Waste Lands (Stephen King)
66. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
67. What is Predestination? (R.C. Sproul)
68. The Woman in Cabin 10 (Ruth Ware)
69. The Story of Craft Beer (Pete Brown)
70. Winter (Ali Smith)
71. Map and Compass (Pete Hawkins)
72. The World's Greatest Football Family (SportMedia)
In Progress
Seeing and Savouring Jesus Christ (John Piper)
Midwinter Sacrifice (Mons Kallentoft)
Planning to Read
Does God Control Everything? (R.C. Sproul)
Human Acts (Han Kang)
The Thursday Murder Club (Richard Osman)
Recursion (Blake Crouch)
The Ickabog (J.K. Rowling)
Films
1. Paddington 2 (Paul King, 2017)
2. What We Do in the Shadows (Jermaine Clement, Taika Waititi, 2014)
3. Mission: Impossible: Fallout (Christopher McQuarrie, 2018)
4. Pete's Dragon (David Lowery, 2016)
5. The Manchurian Candidate (John Frankenheimer, 1962)
6. The Wild One (Laslo Benedak, 1953)
7. The Limehouse Golem (Juan Carlos Medina, 2016)
8. Black Narcissus (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1947)
9. Alien 3 (David Fincher, 1992)
10. On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954)
11. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (David Yates, 2009)
12. Brighton Rock (John Boulting, 1947)
13. A Quiet Place (John Krasinski, 2018)
14. Multiplicity (Harold Ramis, 1996)
15. Diego Maradona (Asif Kapadia, 2019)
16. L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson, 1997)
17. A Town Like Alice (Jack Lee, 1956)
18. Alien: Resurrection (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1997)
19. Jane Eyre (Robert Stevenson, 1943)
20. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (David Yates, 2010)
21. George Best: All by Himself (Daniel Gordon, 2017)
22. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981)
23. Ghost Stories (Jeremy Dyson, Andy Nyman, 2017)
24. Journey to the Center of the Earth (Henry Levin, 1959)
25. Prometheus (Ridley Scott, 2012)
26. Star Trek Beyond (Justin Lin, 2016)
27. The Damned United (Tom Hooper, 2009)
28. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Steven Spielberg, 1984)
29. Alien: Covenant (Ridley Scott, 2017)
30. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (David Yates, 2011)
31. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Burr Steers, 2016)
32. Porridge (Dick Clement, 1979)
33. The Addams Family (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1991)
34. Addams Family Values (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1993)
35. Gregory's Girl (Bill Forsyth, 1980)
36. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
37. Tropic Thunder (Ben Miller, 2008)
38. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
39. Gremlins (Joe Dante, 1984)
40. Jurassic Park III (Joe Johnston, 2001)
41. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Steven Spielberg, 1989)
42. Build My Gallows High (Out of the Past) (Jacques Tourneur, 1947)
43. Educating Rita (Lewis Gilbert, 1983)
44. Trumbo (Jay Roach, 2015)
45. Dead Reckoning (John Cromwell, 1947)
46. Bean (Mel Smith, 1997)
47. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Steven Spielberg, 2008)
48. Commando (Mark L Lester, 1985)
49. The Festival (Iain Morris, 2018)
50. Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson, 2015)
51. The Magnificent Seven (John Huston, 1960)
52. Crimson Tide (Tony Scott, 1995)
53. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Martin McDonagh, 2017)
54. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (J.A. Bayona, 2018)
55. Paranormal Island (Marty Murray III, 2014)
56. Absolutely Anything (Terry Jones, 2015)
57. The Football Factory (Nick Love, 2004)
58. The Lost Boys (Joel Schumacher, 1987)
59. The Business (Nick Love, 2005)
60. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) (The Final Cut, 2019)
61. Countdown (Justin Dec, 2019)
62. Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks, 1974)
63. The Witches of Eastwick (George Miller, 1987)
64. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson, 2011)
65. Are You Being Served? (Bob Kellett, 1977)
66. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)
67. Alice Through the Looking Glass (James Bobin, 2016)
68. Bronson (Nicholas Winding Refn, 2008)
69. A Hard Day's Night (Richard Lester, 1964)
70. The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)
71. The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939)
72. 1922 (Zak Hilditch, 2017)
73. The Omen (Richard Donner, 1976)
74. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, (John Ford, 1949)
75. The Children Act (Richard Eyre, 2017)
76. Corpse Bride (Mike Johnson, Tim Burton, 2005)
77. American Pie (Paul Weitz, 1999)
78. This is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, 1984)
79. On the Town (Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1949)
80. Westworld (Michael Crichton, 1973)
81. Coriolanus (Ralph Fiennes, 2011)
82. High Society (Charles Walters, 1956)
83. The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991)
84. Watership Down (Martin Rosen, 1978)
85. The Death of Stalin (Armando Iannucci, 2017)
86. Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985)
87. A Christmas Gift from Bob (Charles Martin Smith, 2020)
Seen for the first time: 42
Rewatched: 45