[Note: I abandoned updating this in April 2017]
What follows is a list of the books, movies, TV seasons, and video games currently in my backlog sorted by acquisition date. Items listed in boldface are in progress.
What follows is a list of the books, movies, TV seasons, and video games currently in my backlog sorted by acquisition date. Items listed in boldface are in progress.
BOOKS
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman (518 pages)
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (940 pages)
The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene (493 pages)
Designing the Molecular World by Philip Ball (349 pages)
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (346 pages)
The New Ambidextrous Universe by Martin Gardner (349 pages)
This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald (330 pages)
Ringworld by Larry Niven (342 pages)
Republic by Plato (~40/352 pages)
American Gods by Neil Gaiman (588 pages)
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower by Stephen King (1031 pages)
The Terror by Dan Simmons (~40/766 pages)
The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek (752 pages)
Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernières (435 pages)
American Pastoral by Philip Roth (423 pages)
The Cider House Rules by John Irving (602 pages)
Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre (178 pages)
Hyperion by Dan Simmons (482 pages)
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. (338 pages)
The Trial by Franz Kafka (165 pages)
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (~25/250 pages)
Standup Guy by Stuart Woods (371 pages)
Hothouse Orchid by Stuart Woods (377 pages)
Island by Aldous Huxley (354 pages)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver (159 pages)
V. by Thomas Pynchon (~20/547 pages)
The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by Jose Saramago (377 pages)
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (467 pages)
Sphere by Michael Crichton (498 pages)
Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald (315 pages)
Room by Emma Donoghue (321 pages)
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (438 pages)
Dune by Frank Herbert (794 pages)
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami (1157 pages)
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami (400 pages)
The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli (71 pages)
The Art of War by Sun Tzu (45 pages)
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood (431 pages)
MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood (394 pages)
MOVIES
Apocalypse Now
American Gangster
Before Midnight
TELEVISION
Boardwalk Empire: Season 1 (12 episodes)
Boardwalk Empire: Season 2 (12 episodes)
Boardwalk Empire: Season 3 (12 episodes)
True Blood: Season 7 (10 episodes)
Mad Men: Season 7, Part I (7 episodes)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 10 (10 episodes)
The League: Season 6 (13 episodes)
Sons of Anarchy: Season 7 (13 episodes)
Justified: Season 5 (13 episodes)
Workaholics: Season 6 (10 episodes)
VIDEO GAMES
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty on PlayStation 2
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King on PlayStation 2 (~30% finished)
Kingdom Hearts on PlayStation 2 (~40% finished)
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne on PlayStation 2
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on Wii
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption on Wii
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts on Xbox 360
Banjo-Tooie on Xbox Live Arcade
Pikmin 2 on GameCube
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal on PlayStation 2
Devil May Cry on PlayStation 2
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater on PlayStation 2
Twisted Metal: Head-On on PlayStation 2
Okami on PlayStation 2
Prince of Persia on Xbox 360
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones on PlayStation 2
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within on PlayStation 2
Deus Ex: The Conspiracy on PlayStation 2
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots on PlayStation 3
Super Mario Galaxy 2 on Wii
Max Payne on PlayStation 2
Metroid: Other M on Wii
Bayonetta on Xbox 360
Fable on Xbox
Fable III on Xbox 360
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword on Wii
Portal 2 on Xbox 360
Kirby's Epic Yarn on Wii (~30% finished)
Sin & Punishment: Star Successor on Wii
Dead Rising 2 on Xbox Live Arcade
Kirby's Adventure on Wii
Kirby Super Star on Wii
Kirby's Dream Land 3 on Wii
BioShock Infinite on Xbox 360
Sleeping Dogs on Xbox Live Arcade
Mass Effect on Xbox 360
Mass Effect 2 on Xbox 360
Mass Effect 3 on Xbox 360
Trine 2 on PlayStation Network
The Last Story on Wii
Golden Sun on Wii U (~35% finished)
Kirby & the Amazing Mirror on Wii U
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch on PlayStation 3
Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask on Nintendo 3DS (~20% finished)
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective on Nintendo DS
Deus Ex: Human Revolution on Xbox 360
God of War: Ascension on PlayStation 3
Dead Space on Xbox Live Arcade
Borderlands on Xbox Live Arcade
Sunset Overdrive on Xbox One
Infamous Second Son on PlayStation 4
Devil May Cry 2 on PlayStation Network
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening on PlayStation Network
The Banner Saga on Xbox One (~5% finished)
The Banner Saga 2 on Xbox One
Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China on Xbox One
Mirror's Edge on Xbox Live Arcade
Gravity Rush on PlayStation 4
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge on Xbox Live Arcade
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime on Xbox One
Grim Fandango on PlayStation Network
Borderlands 2 on Xbox Live Arcade
Stardew Valley on Steam
The Stanley Parable on Steam
