Once upon a time

This list of books I want to read sadly remains incomplete

  • Ender’s game (Orson Scott Card, 1985)
  • Sophie’s World (Gaarder, 1991)
  • Paradise Lost (Milton John, 1667)
  • Gilgamesh (What is the ‘full’ version of The Epic of Gilgamesh? - Literature Stack Exchange)
  • Sybil (Schreiber, 1973; also movie of the same name, 1976)
  • Fathers and sons (1862, Turgenev)
  • The Crystal Shard (R.A Salvatore, 1988)
  • The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa, 1982)
  • Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche, 1883)
  • Practical Ethics (Peter Singer, 1979)
  • Shōgun (Clavell, 1975)
  • The Giving Tree (Silverstein, 1964)
  • Bowling alone (Putnam, 2000)
  • The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (Goffman, 1956)
  • The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Kuhn, 1962)
  • The Wisdom of Insecurity (Alan Watts, 2011)
  • Blue Truth (David Deida, 2002)
  • Practical Philosophy (Spinoza, 1970)
  • Heartstopper (Oseman, 2016; also tv-series)
  • Captive Prince (C.S. Pacat, 2013)
  • Prince’s Gambit (C.S. Pacat, 2014)
  • The Road (Cormac McCarthy, 2006)
  • On Fairy Stories (J.R.R. Tolkien, 1947)
  • Characteristics of Games (The MIT Press, 2020)
  • Spelunky (Derek Yu, 2016)
  • Drawing on the Power of Resonance in Writing (David Farland, 2012)
  • In Praise of Folly (Erasmus Rotterdamilainen, 1509)
  • The Hedgehog and the Fox (Isaiah Berlin, 2004)
  • Save the cat! The last book on screenwriting you’ll ever need (Blade Snyder, 2005)
  • Nero Wolfe - series (Rex Stout, 1934-)
  • Redwall - children’s books (Brian Jacques, 1986-)
  • Hyperion (Dan Simmons, 1989)
  • The Gun Seller (Hugh Laurie, 1996)
  • Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (DeMarco, Lister, 1987)
  • The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath, 1963)
  • A Grief Observed (C. S. Lewis, 1961)
  • How We Learn to Be Brave (Mariann Budde, 2023)
  • Ruination (Anthony Reynolds, 2022)
  • Dune (Frank Herbert, 1965)
  • 1984 (George Orwell, 1949)
  • The Wheel of Time - series (Robert Jordan, 1990-)
  • Hamlet (Shakespeare, 1603)
  • The Time Machine (H.G. Wells, 1895)
  • Don Quixote (Miguel de Cervantes, 1605)
  • The Master and Margarita (Saatana saapuu Moskovaan; Mikhail Bulgakov, 1966)
  • The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (V. E. Schwab, 2020)
  • Iron Widow (Xiran Jay Zhao, 2021)
  • Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir, 2021)
  • Bleak House (Charles Dickens, 1852)
  • Steering the Craft (Ursula K. Le Guin, 1998)
  • Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell, 2004)
  • The Prestige (Christopher Priest, 1995)
  • American Tabloid (James Ellroy, 1995)
  • Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut, 1969)
  • The Wizard of the Kremlin (Giuliano da Empoli, 2022)
  • The Story of the Trapp Family Singers (Maria von Trapp, 1949)
  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1852)
  • Magic (William Goldman, 1976)

Finnish literature

  • Verivelka (Arttu Tuominen, 2019)
  • Haluatko? Pieni kirja suostumuksesta (Nikulainen, 2024)
  • ‘Toivo’ ja ‘Matkalla’ (Ruska Lehikoinen, Mediapinta)
  • Äärioikeisto Suomessa (Into, 2012)
  • Atomisota vai rauha, Maailma Albert Einsteinin silmin (Raunhankirjallisuuden edistämisseura, 1980)
  • Magdaleena ei häpeä enää (Satu Hassi, 1984)
  • Valtionhoitaja, muistelmat 1995-2024 (Paavo Lipponen, 2025)

Movies

  • Taxi Driver (1976)
  • 8th grade (2018)
  • No Country for Old men (2007)
  • Big mood (2024)
  • Insanitarium (2008)
  • slaughterhouse-five (1972)
  • wargames (1983)
  • the greatest hits (2024)
  • Her (2013)
  • the apartment (1960)
  • Django unchained (2012)
  • Challengers (2024)
  • The Green Knight (2021)
  • les miserables (1998)
  • les miserables (2012)
  • City of God (2002)
  • Memento (2000)
  • Phenomenon (1996)
  • Requiem for a dream (2000)
  • Stalker (1979)
  • Idiocracy (2006)
  • Fistful of dollars (1964)
  • For a few dollars more (1965)
  • The good, the bad and the ugly (1966)
  • The Devil’s Advocate (1997)
  • Anora (2024)
  • Beetlejuice (1988)
  • Once upon a time in Hollywood (2019)
  • The Seventh Seal (1957)
  • Waterworld (1995)
  • Braveheart (1995)
  • Equilibrium (2002)
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (2023)
  • Reign of Fire (2002)
  • Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (2002)
  • Three Amigos (1986)
  • Forbidden Planet (1956)
  • The Accidental Spy (2001)
  • Starship Troopers (1997)
  • Adaptation (2002)
  • Modern Times (1936)
  • The NeverEnding Story (1984)
  • Train to Busan (2016)
  • The Shawshank Redemption (1995)
  • The Sting (1973)
  • There will be blood (2008)
  • The Departed (2006)
  • 1917 (2019)
  • Sicario (2015)
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
  • The Shining (1980)
  • The Man From Earth (2007)
  • Nosferatu (2024)
  • Top gun (1986)
  • Some like it hot (1959)
  • Goodfellas (1990)
  • City on Fire (1987)
  • Trainspotting (1996)
  • Tenet (2020)
  • The Misfits (1961)
  • Wizard of Oz (1939)
  • Citizen Kane (1941)
  • Rebel without a cause (1955)
  • La la land (2016)
  • Heat (1995)
  • Sybil (1976)
  • Sybil (2007)

TV-series

  • Mad Men
  • The Sopranos
  • What we do in the shadows
  • The Boys, seasons 3-
  • Ivalo
  • Those About to Die
  • Queen’s Gambit
  • Rick & Morty
  • Severance
  • The Handmaid’s Tale
  • Better Call Saul
  • Chernobyl
  • Parks & Recreation
  • The White Lotus
  • The Last of Us

Anime, animation & graphic novels