"Best of the year" Lists

What a year it was (and still is)

Dec 20, 2021

Best of the year list!

Well, it’s been a year. It’s a miracle that we got some decent non-pandemic content. Please enjoy our “best of” lists for this year of the lord, 2021.

Jane’s List

Books (what I read this year, not necessarily books that were published this year)

Last year I read almost 60 books, while this year I only got to about 30. I guess law school got to me, but I still got some amazing reads in. And thank you to my personal book recommender, Kyra Noonan, who never misses!

No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
Girlhood by Melissa Febos
The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Honorable Mentions

Early Work by Andrew Martin

Milk Fed by Melissa Broder

Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason

Tomorrow Sex will be Good Again by Katherine Angel

Movies

This list is pretty incomplete considering I haven't seen many of the movies that may get a spot on this list: West Side Story, Licorice Pizza, Red Rocket, Passing, C’mon C’mon, and The Lost Daughter. But here are some good ones!

The Power of the Dog
Belfast
The French Dispatch
King Richard
Zola

Honorable Mention

House of Gucci (the critics on this one were rude)

I watched an embarrassing amount of coming-of-age shows this year…

Anyway, Succession still rocks.

The White Lotus
Succession
Sex/Life (everyone who didn’t like this is a prude)
Never Have I Ever/ The Sex Lives of College Girls (Both coming-of-age shows produced by Mindy Kaling)
Mare of Easttown

Honorable Mentions

Pen15

The Chair

Maid

Sex Education

Ted Lasso

Lizzy’s List

Honestly this year was a blur so I’m really eyeballing this one!

TV (non-anime)

Squid Game
Succession
Sex Education
Insecure
Never Have I Ever/ The Sex Lives of College Girls

Honorable Mentions

Maid

Mare of Easttown

White Lotus

Inside Job

Shrill

TV (anime)

Attack on Titan
Hunter x Hunter
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Fruits Basket
Tokyo Revengers

Honorable Mentions

Horimiya

Kakegurui

Soul Eater

Demon Slayer

Assassination Classroom

Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

Movies

I genuinely can’t remember the movies I’ve watched this year… yikes.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spiderman No Way Home
Dune ??? Honestly it wasn’t top 5 worthy, I just can’t remember what else I’ve watched
Amanda Knox??
Soul??? What is happening

This list is horrifying, I deeply apologize. More movies in 2022!

Also no Books list, because I am trash!!! More reading in 2022 for SURE.