The Top 25

Greetings! Since 2014 marked my 25th year on planet Earth, I'm choosing to give you my top 25 favorite books, albums, and movies. I've been around for a quarter century now, and this list didn't come to me easily. I had to do a lot of soul-searching to arrive at each entry on this post, and I sincerely think it reflects me, age 25. Literature comes first, then cinema in the middle, and finally music at the end. Read and enjoy!

Books 

25.) The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (1951)
24.) The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller (1986)
23.) Red Dragon by Thomas Harris (1981)
22.) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (2003)
21.) On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King (2000)
20.) Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (1985)
19.) Feed by M.T. Anderson (2002)
18.) Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade by Kurt Vonnegut (1969)
17.) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (2005)
16.) 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)

15.) The Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy (1980)
14.) Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (1937)
13.) 11/22/63 by Stephen King (2011)
12.) Watchmen by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, and John Higgins (1987)
11.) The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (2001)
10.) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1953)
9.) The Prehistory of The Far Side: A 10th Anniversary Exhibit by Gary Larson (1989)
8.) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee (1962)
7.) The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (2003)
6.) To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1960)

5.) Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1954) 

4.) In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (1966) 

3.) The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands by Stephen King (1991) 

2.) The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925) 

1.) The Complete Calvin & Hobbes by Bill Watterson (2012)

Movies
25.) Patton (1970)
24.) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
23.) Inglourious Basterds (2009)
22.) Michael Clayton (2007)
21.) This is Spinal Tap (1984)
20.) The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
19.) Tropic Thunder (2008)
18.) Hot Fuzz (2007)
17.) Halloween (1978)
16.) Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

15.) The Godfather (1972)
14.) Back to the Future (1985)
13.) Chinatown (1974)
12.) The Shining (1980)
11.) The World's End (2013)
10.) The Fugitive (1993)
9.) 12 Angry Men (1957)
8.) Jurassic Park (1993)
7.) Rear Window (1954)
6.) Jaws (1975)

5.) The Big Lebowski (1998)
4.) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
3.) The Dark Knight (2008)
2.) Star Wars (Episode IV): A New Hope (1977)
1.) The Departed (2006)

Albums
25.) Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five (1995)
24.) Hammersmith Odeon London '75 - Bruce Spingsteen and the E Street Band (2006)
23.) Illinois - Sufjan Stevens (2005)
22.) Sinatra at the Sands - Frank Sinatra with Count Basie (1966)
21.) The College Dropout - Kanye West (2004)
20.) Comfort Eagle - Cake (2001)
19.) Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (1970)
18.) Recovery - Eminem (2010)
17.) Morning View - Incubus (2001)
16.) Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters (2007)

15.) Rated R - Queens of the Stone Age (2000)
14.) Infinity - Journey (1978)
13.) The Central Park Concert - Dave Mathews Band (2003)
12.) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (1968)
11.) Kind of Blue - Miles Davis (1959)
10.) Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles - John Mayer (2008)
9.) Elephant Eyelash - Why? (2005)
8.) Weezer (aka, The Blue Album) - Weezer (1994)
7.) Somewhere in the Between - Streetlight Manifesto (2007)
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)