Bests of 2015

As is customary for this time of year, many "best" lists are being written. Here are some of mine:

Top Ten Reads in 2015 (in no particular order):

1. The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkein, C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams - Philip Zaleski and Carol Zaleski

2. Landmarks - Robert MacFarlane

3. Reading Backwards: Figural Christology and the Four-fold Gospel Witness - Richard Hays

4. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End - Atul Gawande

5. Lila - Marilynne Robinson

6. Confessions - Augustine of Hippo

7. All My Puny Sorrows - Miriam Toews

8. Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs - Wallace Stegner

9. The Lewis Trilogy: The Black House, The Lewis Man, The Chess Men - Peter Mays

10. Meeting God in Mark: Reflections for the Season of Lent - Rowan Williams

Top Five Albums Enjoyed in 2015 (in no particular order):

1. Songs of Innocence - U2

2. Tracker - Mark Knopfler

3. The John Rutter Christmas Album

4. Puer Natus Est - Stile Antico

5. Pilgrimage - Steve Bell

Top Five Television Series Seen in 2015 (in no particular order):

1. Poirot - David Suchet

2. Broadchurch - David Tennant

3. Foyle's War - Michael Kitchen

4. Downton Abbey - Hugh Bonneville, et. al.

5. Sherlock - Benedict Cumberbatch, et.al.