Here’s the best of 2018! By category, only one winner per category, no runner ups, no honorable mentions, no blah blah blah. I’ve culled the list from 427 articles, 119 Youtube videos, 67 books, and 41 movies. Unlike many other best of’s on the internet, I’ve actually read, watched, or listened to the media that tops my list. Enjoy and Merry New Year!
Books
Books by an Amputee
Stump the Librarian: A Writer’s Book of Legs (I’m rather biased, it’s mine!)
Rescue and Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship, by Jessica Kensky, Patrick Downes, illustrated by Scott Magoon
Nonfiction
The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles, Gary Krist
Fiction
Ready Player One, Ernest Kline (A PBS Great American Read)
Pictorial Works
Journey: An Illustrated History of Travel, Simon Adams
Children’s Picture Book
Her Right Foot, Dave Eggers, Art by Shaun Harris
Career
Chart
Christmas Song
Merry Christmas from the Family by Robert Earl Keene
Conversation
Crime
Convicted killer confesses to 90 murders
Generation Gap
Language
Emma Stone learns British slang from Rachel Weisz
Also a language lesson to everyone not living on Cape Cod. It’s an island, so it’s “on Cape Cod” not as this headline reads “in Cape Cod.” It’s like when when people call the Gulf of Mexico, the ocean. Sorry, rant over.
Long Form Journalism
Map (Interactive)
Medieval London’s Bloody Murders
Mental Health
Movies
Documentary
Tower
Biopic
The Disaster Artist
Comedy
We’re the Millers
Music
Beat Root Revival, Live At the Saxon Pub in Austin, Texas
Sports Writing
Bill Belichick and Nick Saban Friendship
Social Media
Television-Series
Big Little Lies
Travel
Travel is No Cure for the Mind
Truck Drivers
Weeds
Thanks for reading, watching, and listening.
Best Mail
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