I maintain a Google document each year that keeps track of the best music, movies, and books I've enjoyed that year. As we close the book on 2019—let alone the 2010s decade!—and as I prepare to create a blank 2020 Google document in a few days, here's a look at what I appreciated most this year.
15 FAVORITE FILMS
A Hidden Life (my review)
The Irishman (my review)
Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood (my review)
For Sama
1917
Parasite
63 Up
Knives Out
Waves
Peanut Butter Falcon (my review)
Little Women
The Farewell
Honey Boy
Transit
Us
Read my full "best movies" article at The Gospel Coalition.
15 FAVORITE ALBUMS
Vampire Weekend, Father of the Bride
John van Deusen, (I Am) Origami Pt. 3: A Catacomb Hymn
Jess Ray, Parallels + Meridians
Josh Gauton, O, Peace
Weyes Blood, Titanic Rising
Josh Garrels, Chrysaline
Kanye West, Jesus Is King
The Porter’s Gate, Neighbor Songs
Antoine Bradford, Even in the Dark (EP)
Madison Cunningham, Who Are You Now
John Mark Pantana, Love Secrets
Zambroa, Cagestage (EP)
Sunday Service Choir, Jesus Is Born
Chance the Rapper, The Big Day
Son of Cloud, Son of Cloud
Listen to my playlist of the best songs of 2019 on Spotify.
5 FAVORITE BOOKS RELEASED IN 2019
Confronting Christianity by Rebecca McLaughlin
Dignity by Chris Arnade
7 Myths About Singleness by Sam Allberry
The Second Mountain David Brooks
Spirit and Sacrament by Andrew Wilson
5 FAVORITE BOOKS I READ (BUT WERE NOT RELEASED) IN 2019
‘Fundamentalism’ and the Word of God by J.I. Packer (1958)
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (2016)
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover (2018)
Traces of the Trinity by Peter Leithart (2015)
The World Beyond Your Head by Matthew B. Crawford (2016)