Top 10 Nonfiction Books
10. “The Black Count” by Tom Reiss
9. “The First Four Notes: Beethoven’s Fifth and the Human Imagination” by Matthew Guerrieri
8. “People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo — and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up” by Richard Lloyd Parry
7. “Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child” by Bob Spitz
6. “Wild” by Cheryl Strayed
5. “Are You My Mother?” by Alison Bechdel
4. “My Friend Dahmer” by Derf Backderf
3. “Far from the Tree” by Andrew Solomon
2. “The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. Four” by Robert A. Caro
1. “Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944–1956” by Anne Applebaum
Top 10 Fiction
10. “This Is How You Lose Her” by Junot Diaz
9. “Where’d You Go, Bernadette?” by Maria Semple
8. “NW” by Zadie Smith
7. “Building Stories” by Chris Ware
6. “The Casual Vacancy” by J.K. Rowling
5. “The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There” by Catherynne Valente
4. “At Last” by Edward St. Aubyn
3. “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” by Ben Fountain
2. “Bring Up the Bodies” by Hilary Mantel
1. “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green
Top 10 Best Movies
10. The Invisible War
9. Frankenweenie
8. Dragon
7. Dark Horse
6. Zero Dark Thirty
5. The Dark Knight Rises
4. Anna Karenina
3. Life of Pi
2. Beasts of the Southern Wild
1. Amour
Top 10 TV Series
10. The 2012 Election
9. American Horror Story
8. Parenthood
7. Game of Thrones
6. Girls
5. Mad Men
4. Breaking Bad
3. Homeland
2. Louie
1. Parks and Recreation
Top 10 Albums
10. Killer Mike, R.A.P. Music
9. Azealia Banks, 1991 EP
8. The Mountain Goats, Transcendental Youth
7. Various Artists, Listen, Whitey! The Sounds of Black Power 1967–74
6. Swans, The Seer
5. Getatchew Mekuria & the Ex & Friends, Y’Anbessaw Tezeta
4. Dirty Projectors, Swing Lo Magellan
3. Frank Ocean, Channel Orange
2. Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d city
1. Fiona Apple, The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More than Ropes Will Ever Do
Top 10 Video Games
10. Torchlight II
9. Halo 4
8. LittleBigPlanet
7. The Last Story
6. Papo & Yo
5. Assassin’s Creed III
4. Dishonored
3. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
2. Xenoblade Chronicles
1. Guild Wars 2
As I mentioned before, the lists above are just a few of the over 55 categories that TIME included on its “Top 10 Everything of 2012.” Other categories included Top 10 Movie Performances, Top 10 Worst Movies, Top 10 Plays and Musicals, Top 10 Songs, Top 10 TV Episodes and Top 10 Viral Videos. For more information about the items listed above as well as the other Top 10 lists, visit www.time.com/time/top-10-lists-of-2012.
In the end, how many of the books, movies, albums, TV series and video games mentioned above have you enjoyed during the past year? Which was your personal favorite? Let us know in the comments section below.
I think Mad Men should be the number one show with Breaking Bad as number two. Parks and Rec is one of our favorites though. I want to watch the Walking Dead when there is a few more seasons.
ReplyDeleteShane, I have to admit that I don't watch a lot of TV, and I've never seen an episode of "Mad Men," "Breaking Bad" or "Parks and Recreation." I have watched a few episodes of "Walking Dead," and I plan to watch all of them at some point. I was surprised by how actually good that show is. I basically watched a random episode and got sucked right in.
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