My top books, movies, podcasts, and television shows of the year, presented with little-to-no commentary.

Books

5. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

4. Difficult Men by Brett Martin

3. I Wear the Black Mask by Chuck Klosterman

2. The Last Kind Word by Tom Piccirilli (technically a 2012 release, but I read it in 2013)

1. NOS4A2 by Joe Hill

Movies

5. Room 237

4. Much Ado About Nothing

3. Muscle Shoals

2.World’s End

1. Gravity

Television

5.  New Girl

4. Mad Men

3. Parks and Recreation

2. The Wrong Mans

1. Breaking Bad

Podcasts

5.  Grantland Pop Culture

4. How Did This Get Made?

3. Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

2. Book Riot

1. My Brother, My Brother, and Me