The Top 15

Because I love to celebrate pointless milestones, I thought I better do something special for my 15th blog post. That special something? Simplicity. So, without further deliberation or explanation, here are my current top 15 favorite books, movies, and albums. Enjoy!

Books
15.) The Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy (1980)  
14.) Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller (1986)
13.) Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade by Kurt Vonnegut (1969)
12.) The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism (2nd Edition) edited by Vincent B. Leitch, William E. Cain, Laurie A. Finke, Barbara E. Johnson, and John McGowan (2009)
11.) Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1954)
10.) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee (1962) 
9.) Watchmen by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, and John Higgins (1987)
8.) Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (1985)
7.) To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1960) 
6.) Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (1937)
5.) The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands by Stephen King (1991)
4.) The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (2001)
3.) The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (2003)

2.) The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925)
1.) The Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson (2012)

Movies
15.) The Godfather (1972) 
14.) This is Spinal Tap (1984)   13.) The Fugitive (1993) 
12.) Chinatown (1974)
11.) Jurassic Park (1993)
10.) Rear Window (1954)
9.) Hot Fuzz (2007)
8.) 12 Angry Men (1957)
7.) Inglourious Basterds (2009)
6.) Jaws (1975)
5.) The Big Lebowski (1998)
4.) Star Wars (Episode IV): A New Hope (1977)
3.) The Dark Knight (2008) 
2.) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
1.) The Departed (2006)

Albums
15.) Kind of Blue - Miles Davis (1959)  
14.) Illinois - Sufjan Stevens (2005) 
13.) Rated R - Queens of the Stone Age (2000)  
12.) Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (1970)  
11.) Somewhere In the Between - Streetlight Manifesto (2007)
10.) Weezer (The Blue Album) - Weezer (1994)
9.) Crash - Dave Mathews Band (1996) 
8.) Elephant Eyelash - Why? (2005) 
7.) Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles - John Mayer (2008)  
6.) Evil Empire - Rage Against the Machine (1996)
5.) Dave Grusin Presents GRP All-Star Big Band Live! - GRP All-Star Big Band (1993)
4.) ...In Shallow Seas We Sail - Emery (2009)
3.) Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra - Bill Evans Trio (1966)
2.) Abbey Road - The Beatles (1969)
1.) Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers (2006)