The 10 books, films and artists I loved most in 2013

I did this last year and friends seemed to enjoy it, so here’s the 2013 instalment. 

Books (most published before 2013):
1. Ulysses (James Joyce
2. In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
3. Catch 22 (Joseph Heller)
4. Average is Over (Tyler Cowan) 
5. The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
6. On Chesil Beach (Ian McEwan)
7. Who Owns the Future (Jaron Lanier)
8. … that was it. Ulysses & Proust took up most of my reading time but wow they were worth it

Musical artists (new music released this year):
1. Kanye West
2. Chance the Rapper
3. Pusha T
4. Kevin Gates
5. Indian Wells
6. The Haxan Cloak
7. Jon Hopkins
8. Tree
9. Arcade Fire
10. Future

Films (released in UK in 2013):
1. Amour
2. Blue Is the Warmest Colour
3. The Great Beauty
4. Zero Dark Thirty
5. A Hijacking
6. Frances Ha
7. Gravity
8. American Hustle
9. World War Z
10. Neighbouring Sounds