Books
- Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
- The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith
- Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
- Regeneration by Pat Barker
- Daughter of the Empire by Raymond E. Feist
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
- Ilium by Dan Simmons
Films
- Princess Bride
- A Wonderful Life
- The Fall
- Monty Python's Life of Brian
- Blade Runner
- To Kill a Mocking Bird
- Twelve Monkeys
- Brightstar
- Lord of the Rings
- The Dark Knight
- Shawshank Redemption
- Let the Right One In
- Empire of the Sun
- Philadelphia Story
- IT
- Crowded House, Woodface
- Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon
- Beatles, Magical Mystery Tour
- Muse, Absolution
- The Delays, You See Colours
- Snow Patrol, Final Straw
- Turin Brakes, The Optimist
- Depeche Mode, Violator
- Blur, Parklife
- REM, Automatic for the People
- Radiohead, The Bends
- The Killers, Hot Fuss
- Kosheen, Resist
- Moby, Play
- Glen Hansard, Once