I always look forward to sharing my annual list of favorite books, movies, and music. Today I’ll start by sharing some of the books that have stuck with me long after I finished reading them.

Check them out this holiday season, preferably at an independent bookstore or library!

Favorite Books of 2024

• The Anxious Generation — Jonathan Haidt
• Intermezzo — Sally Rooney
• Patriot — Alexei Navalny
• Orbital — Samantha Harvey
• The Anthropologists — Ayşegül Savaş
• Stolen Pride — Arlie Russell Hochschild
• In Ascension — Martin MacInnes
• Growth — Daniel Susskind
• Someone Like Us — Dinaw Mengestu
• The Work of Art — Adam Moss

As a reminder, here are some of the books on my summer reading list:

• James — Percival Everett
• There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension — Hanif Abdurraqib
• Everyone Who Is Gone Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis — Jonathan Blitzer
• Reading Genesis — Marilynne Robinson
• Headshot — Rita Bullwinkel
• The God of the Woods — Liz Moore
• Beautiful Days — Zach Williams
• Martyr! — Kaveh Akbar
• Memory Piece — Lisa Ko
• The Ministry of Time — Kaliane Bradley
• When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s — John Ganz
• Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It — Richard Reeves
• The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook — Hampton Sides
• Help Wanted — Adelle Waldman

Favorite Movies of 2024

Here are a few movies I’d recommend checking out this year:

• All We Imagine As Light
• Conclave
• The Piano Lesson
• The Promised Land
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig
• Dune: Part Two
• Anora
• Dìdi (弟弟)
• Sugarcane
• A Complete Unknown

Favorite Music of 2024

Here are my favorite songs from this year! Check them out if you’re looking to shake up your playlist — and let me know if there’s a song or artist I should make sure to listen to.

• squabble up — Kendrick Lamar
• LUNCH — Billie Eilish
• YAYO — Rema
• Jump — Tyla, Gunna & Skillibeng
• Band4band — Central Cee & Lil Baby
• God Gave Me Feet for Dancing — Ezra Collective & Yazmin Lacey
• Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido — KAROL G
• Favourite — Fontaines D.C.
• Active — Asake & Travis Scott
• A Bar Song (Tipsy) — Shaboozey
• Old Dutch — Bonny Light Horseman
• IS IT WORTH IT — Rae Khalil
• Texas Hold ’Em — Beyoncé
• Kehlani — Jordan Adetunji
• i like the way you kiss me — Artemas
• Scooter Blues — Johnny Blue Skies
• Peaceful Place — Leon Bridges
• MILLION DOLLAR BABY — Tommy Richman
• Right Back to It — Waxahatchee & MJ Lenderman
• Stargazing — Myles Smith
• That’s How I’m Feeling — Jack White
• Gold Coast — Moses Sumney
• Ramblin’ — The Red Clay Strays
• Gata Only — FloyyMenor & Cris Mj
• Too Sweet — Hozier