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Nordens största pelagiska fiskebåtar 2022

Nordens största pelagiska fiskebåtar 2022

När det gäller de största fiskebåtarna i Norden så återfinns de flesta riktigt stora båtar i Norge och på Island. Av de 27 största är 10 norska och 9 isländska. Två är danska, två är grönländska och fyra är färöiska. De två största finns dock på Färöarna medan den tredje största finns i Danmark och har svenska ägare. På plats nummer fyra finns återigen en färöisk trålare. Av de 10 största är 4…

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Blood and Chocolate: An Adaptation in Name Only

Previously: Section 0 - Introduction

Section 1 – The Book

Preface: The 1997 novel Blood and Chocolate is DENSE.  The paperback only spans 264 pages, but the story follows the coming of age of a dynamic and flawed female protagonist, encompasses ancient werewolf legends and laws, goes in depth into lycanthropic politics, and also features a love triangle, a teenage soap opera, a forbidden romance, and a goddamned murder mystery.

Summary: Vivian Gandillon is a 15-year-old werewolf.  A year after her father was killed in the fire that destroyed their home, Vivian is lost and grieving while her leaderless pack falls apart in the Maryland suburbs that they fled to.  Aiden, a tall, gentle human classmate attracts her attention and presents Vivian an escape from the tangled, animalistic world of werewolves.  Keeping her lycanthropy secret, Vivian begins to date Aiden, defying the laws of her people.   Vivian is pressured to break things off by her mother, her five delinquent age-mates, and the would-be leader, Gabriel. Gabriel, a 24 year-old welder, is attractive, intimidating and the object of intense romantic competition.  He, more than any other, tries to convince Vivian that her dalliance with a human is dangerous, eventually revealing that he speaks from painful personal experience. The story twists and turns, tearing Vivian and Aiden apart while pulling Vivian and Gabriel together.  In the end, through many trials, Vivian discovers that she can’t escape either her human or her animal nature, and must embrace both.  

Themes: Vivian’s central character arc finds her struggling with what she wants as opposed to what she needs.  At the opening of the novel, Vivian wants to escape the violent chaos of her pack, with its painful history and uncertain future. She finds that escape in Aiden, with his Beaver Cleaver family, his lovably quirky friends, and his sweetness and simplicity.   However, when the time comes to reveal the hidden aspects of her identity, Aiden can’t handle it.  Despite his supernatural curiosity, he cannot accept the supernatural when it presents itself to him.  His rejection sends Vivian into a tailspin of self-destruction that only ends when she accepts the love that Gabriel is offering, a love that honors all of what she is.  To ultimately find happiness, Vivian had to give up what she wanted and embrace what she needed. In addition to this, there is also a great deal of time in the novel spent contrasting the human and the animal sides of Vivian’s nature.  Her two suitors Aiden and Gabriel represent, respectively, the human and the animal. Scenes of Vivian socializing with Aiden and his human friends are juxtaposed with scenes of Vivian’s werewolf pack brutally vying for dominance.  The very title of the book is a reference to this dichotomy, Blood – representing Vivian’s animal desires, and Chocolate – representing Vivian’s human longings.   Throughout the novel, Vivian swings between these two extremes, at one point drinking herself into a heartbroken stupor over Aiden, then blacking out and waking up in her bed next to a severed hand. She tries, in her romance with Aiden, to balance her human and animal sides, but she only achieves that balance with Gabriel, a partner who also exists in the grey area between man and beast.

Highs: These are the aspects of the novel have captivated my imagination and kept this book in my collection for so long.

o   Werewolf Society:  It’s a damn shame that Klause hasn’t written more stories within this framework, because it is absolutely ripe for exploration and development.  The enormous potential here is one of the primary reasons why this book has held my fascination for so long and why I have written so much (published and unpublished) fanfiction for it.

o   Flawed Characters: No one who’s read the book will tell you that Vivian is perfect or even likeable 100% of the time, but it fits with her characterization as a grieving, lost teenager and serves to make her all the more like an actual person.  Most of the characters are like that, with their good qualities balanced or sometimes overwhelmed by their less savory sides.  It makes the fictional world feel richer and more realistic, despite the supernatural elements.

o   Consequences: The characters in this novel make real, awful mistakes, and they face lasting consequences for them.  One of Vivian’s mistakes – maiming Astrid while defending her mother, directly leads to Vivian’s ex, Rafe, getting sucked into Astrid’s revenge plot, leading to Vivian being framed for murder and the eventual executions of both Rafe and Astrid, during which Vivian is accidentally shot by Aiden.  

CONSEQUENCES!   They make the story more believable, more suspenseful, and this novel, with its cast of flawed characters, would not have worked without them.

o   Assertive Female Protagonist: Vivian is refreshingly frank about her desires, which is very noticeable in her courtship with Aiden.  Aiden assumes that he has to advance their physical relationship slowly so as to not frighten or offend Vivian, while Vivian urges him on.  She doesn’t hesitate when going after what she wants, and she’s not ashamed of her sexuality.  It’s a welcome change from the restrictions that western society places on female desire, and I’d like to see more characters like her.

Lows:  Blood and Chocolate is far from perfect, but, in my opinion, there are three glaring flaws in this book, and I would be remiss if I didn’t address them.

o   The Esme Question: The first point is one that, once seen, cannot be unseen. Vivian’s mother, Esme, is one of the women competing for Gabriel’s affections at the beginning of the novel.  It is established that they go on dates (“Saw your mother go into Tooley’s bar with Gabriel last night.” p. 18), but Klause is not explicit about how far their relationship has gone.  This ambiguity leaves open a potentially disturbing possibility:  

It is canonically possible that Gabriel had a sexual relationship with Esme and then moved on to sexually pursue her daughter, Vivian.

Personally, I can reasonably believe that Gabriel and Esme never progressed beyond idle flirting because:

a.       Vivian strikes me as the type of person who would mark her mother’s sexual partners as “off limits”.

b.       Up until just past the Ordeal scene, both Esme and Astrid are still fighting over Gabriel, implying that neither of them had really “won” him.  

c.       The possibility outlined above seems like it would be a bridge too far to be included in a YA novel, especially in the 90′s.  

Your mileage may vary.  I’ve seen reviews of the book whose negative ratings hinge on the fact that Gabriel dated Esme at all, irrespective of whether their relationship was sexual or not.  Honestly?  I can’t blame them.  If the mere existence of this possibility squicks you out, then it’s likely going to sour the ending and ruin the rest of the book for you.

o   The Age Differences: The second point is the least defensible. At the end of the novel, Vivian is 16 and Gabriel is 24.  That minor/adult 8 year age gap constitutes a “yikes” in my part of the world.  Klause skirts this by establishing that werewolf society has some stark differences with human society, namely that a 16 year old female is considered an adult by werewolf law.  This is still a rather uncomfortable detail to be included in an American YA novel, and the older I get, the more uncomfortable it becomes.

In addition to the Vivian/Gabriel age gap, there is the even wider Astrid/Rafe age gap. Rafe is Vivian’s ex and age mate, although there are reasons to assume that he is slightly older than her.  This places him somewhere in a probable 16-18 age range. He is canonically younger than 21, which makes him, according to werewolf law, not yet an adult.  Astrid has a son who is also Vivian’s age, which places Astrid somewhere in her late 30’s to mid 40’s.  In the book, Astrid and Rafe have a sexual relationship.

To be fair to Klause, this is framed in the novel as being toxic and ultimately destructive to both Astrid and Rafe.  Near the end of the story, Rafe finally realizes that Astrid has been taking advantage of him, turning Rafe, in my opinion, into a tragic victim of manipulation.  

Let me leave this segment with a PSA:

If you’re reading this and you’re underage, please don’t enter into a “relationship” with an adult.  The adults in these scenarios in the real world are predators, and they’re preying on your inexperience and naïveté.  They know that you probably won’t recognize relationship red flags and they think they can pressure you into doing unsafe and unhealthy things in the name of “love”. Stay safe, kids!

o   Sexual Harassment:   My third and final low point is one that I have very mixed feelings about.  As a result, this is the longest segment of this post, so strap in. In the novel, many of the interactions between Vivian and male characters are inappropriately sexual.  The most egregious offenders are the Five, Gabriel, and Aiden’s father. The Five, Vivian’s male werewolf peers, are crass, rude and arrogant.  Led by Rafe, they display a lot of entitlement for Vivian’s affections.  The most pointed (and gross) of these displays happens on p.41:

“You’re not Princess Wolf now,” Rafe growled behind her.  “Wait too long and we’ll take what we want.” 

That?  Yeah, that’s a direct rape threat!  Rafe also goes on to grope Vivian at her birthday party.  He’s a peach!   Gabriel’s harassment mostly takes the form of unwanted advances.  It peaks after the Ordeal, the battle royale where Vivian accidentally wins the right to be Gabriel’s mate.  In the aftermath, Gabriel corners Vivian in her kitchen, forces a non-consensual kiss on her and declares his intentions to court her.   Aiden’s father is notable in the contrast he provides.  Vivian only interacts with him once, when Aiden invites her to a family cookout. During this scene, he repeatedly leers at her, makes suggestive comments and on p. 79:

Vivian could hear the innuendo in Mr. Teague’s voice.  It made her skin crawl.

However, if you compare Mr. Teague’s harassment to Gabriel, the Five and others, you’ll find that there is a significant difference in Vivian’s reaction.  Vivian isn’t afraid to bite back at the Five’s harassment – scoring vivid revenge for Rafe’s groping when she injures his genitals.  She tries to do the same to Gabriel when he forces a kiss on her, but he relents on his own.   We see a similar dynamic when Esme snaps at Bucky, another male werewolf, who catcalls her in a bar.  This forms a pattern which suggests that forceful sexuality is a feature of werewolf culture.  Vivian confirms this the first time that she and Aiden kiss on p. 51:

“He was gentle.  She hadn’t expected that.  Kisses to her were a tight clutch, teeth, and tongue.”

And this is where my mixed feelings come in. I don’t condone the harassment that Vivian experiences, but I understand why Klause wrote it.  Any author writing inhuman characters can’t simply tell us that they are inhuman, they have to show it.  The forceful sexuality of the werewolf characters in this book is one way that Klause clearly shows that they are NOT human and serves as a contrast to the human characters.   But where does Aiden’s dad fit into this?  His harassment is milder than the Five’s or Gabriel’s, but it disgusts Vivian in a way that the other harassment didn’t.  Why?  Sexual harassment seems to be a constant feature of her pack life.  This isn’t even the only time that an older man leers at her – on p. 115, in the same scene where Esme gets catcalled:

Some of those male eyes strayed to Vivian, too, and she preened at the thought of being a threat.

That’s a far cry from the skin-crawling disgust she felt with Mr. Teague, but it’s basically the same offense.  What’s different?  We find it in a conversation with him on p. 74:

“I would think a girl like you would go out with someone older.” He winked at Vivian. Like someone your age?  Vivian thought, repelled by the man’s lack of loyalty to his son.

Vivian’s disgust stems from the fact that the man flirting with her is her boyfriend’s father.  She’s shown to welcome sexual attention from other older men, and she has no problems handling more overt harassment, but the paternal disloyalty sickens her. The overt sexual harassment is there, and if it makes it impossible for you to enjoy the book, I don’t blame you.  Your feelings are valid, and I’m not going to tell you that you’re wrong.  Personally, I understand the authorial reasoning behind its inclusion, and its utility as a characterization tool, so it doesn’t prevent me from enjoying the story. Your mileage may vary.

Verdict: The 1997 novel Blood and Chocolate is flawed, but fascinating.  It sets multifaceted characters into a tantalizing world of men and monsters, where the line between good and evil is blurred into nonexistence.  It is, despite its problematic elements, my favorite book.

Next: Section 2 - Adaptation Challenges

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Lista! Här är alla litterära referenser i Kerstin Ekmans Grand final i skojarbranschen

Kerstin Ekmans roman Grand final i skojarbranschen (2011) är en av Kerstin Ekmans mest underhållande. Det är också en slags självbiografi där hon gör fiktion av sitt liv och sin författarkarriär genom att påstå att böckerna skrivits av en Babba Andersson medan ansiktet utåt varit Lillemor Troj (Ekmans flicknamn var Hjort, alltså Troj baklänges).

Men romanen ger också en inblick i den litteratur som hela tiden följt och format Kerstin Ekmans författarskap. Ekman slog igenom som deckarförfattare 1959 och några av den tidens stora författare som Vic Suneson, HK Rönblom och Maria Lang nämns, men inte i särskilt varma ordalag.

Ekmans kanon är snarare klassikerna och den seriösa litteraturen. De två verk som hon refererar flest gånger till är romansviten om Släkten Thibbault, skriven av nobelpristagaren Roger Martin du Gard i början av 1900-talet, samt Thomas Manns Doktor Faustus. Det sistnämnda är kanske inte så märkligt, då hela Grand final i skojarbranschen bygger på den där Faustmyten att sälja sin själ till djävulen.

Martin du Gards romaner är ganska typiska 1900-talsromaner i åtta delar. Det är kronologiskt, detaljrikt och väldigt rotat i sin tids stora frågor som religion (katolicism, ateism) och politik (revolution eller konservatism). Det är frågor som Martin du Gard inte lyckas göra till evigt intressanta som t ex Dickens och Tolstoy, för att nämna två andra författare som Ekman nämner i sin roman.

Jag har satt samman en lista på alla författare och deras verk som nämns i Grand final i skojarbranschen. Jag har uteslutit några som inte används som litterära referenser utan t ex en von Heidenstam-dikt som används som en tidsmarkör av ett barndomsminne. Alla sidhänvisningar gäller pocketutgåvan.

Percy Bysshe Shelley - Ode to the West Wind (s.11)

Gunnar Ekelöf - Om hösten (s. 46)

Karen Horney - Att förverkliga sig själv (s. 49)

Thomas Mann - Buddenbrooks (s. 52)

Roger Martin du Gard - Släkten Thibbault (s. 52)

Stendhal - Rött och svart (s. 52)

HK Rönblom (s. 61)

Honoré de Balzac - Den Mänskliga komedin (s. 64)

Nevil Shutes - På stranden (s. 68)

Vergilius - Bucolia (s. 68)

Gunnar Ekelöf - En värld är varje människa (s. 87)

Tolstoy - Anna Karenina (s. 114)

Truman Capote - In cold blood (s. 114) referens till Herb Clutter

Steve Sem-Sandberg - De fattiga i Łódź (s. 114)

Sven Delblanc - Prästkappan  (s. 131)

PO Enquist - “hade nätt och jämt kommit i stöten vid den här tiden” (s. 131)

Dagmar Edqvist (s. 131)

Alice Lyttkens (s. 131)

Birgitta Trotzig  (s. 131)

Sara Lidman (s. 131)

Rachel Carson - Tyst vår (s. 134)

Walter Scott - Ivanhoe (s. 134)

August Strindberg - Röda Rummet (s 134)

Honoré de Balzac- Förlorade illusioner (s. 134)

Thomas Mann - Doktor Faustus (s. 149)

Lars Ahlin - Stora glömskan (s. 161)

Eyvind Johnson - Strändernas svall (s. 161)

Charles Dickens - Bleak House (s. 164)

Moa Martinson - Kyrkbröllop (s. 175)

Karin Boye - För trädets skull (s. 210)

TS Eliot - Det öde landet (s. 210)

Bo Setterlind - Döden tänkte jag mig så (s. 210)

HG Wells - The History of Mr Polly (s. 264)

Herman Wouk - Youngblod Hawke (s. 270)

Jan Fridegård - En natt i juli (s. 273)

Karin Boye - Astarte (s. 336)

Hjalmar Bergman  - Jag, Ljung och Medardus (s. 338)

Astrid Lindgren - Pippi Långstrump (s. 338)

Elias Canetti - Masse und Macht (s. 362)

Eyvind Johnson - Hans Nådes tid (s. 363)

Lars Ahlin - Natt i marknadstältet (s. 363)

Lars Ahlin - Gilla gång (s. 363)

Willy Kyrklund - Solange (s. 363)

Willy Kyrklund - Mästaren Ma (s. 363)

Harry Martinson - Aniara (s. 363)

Sisela Bok - Lying (s. 365)

Robert Musil - Mannen utan egenskaper (s. 369)

Jane Austen (s. 388)

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The 5000 Best Books of All-Time

Book 251–499 (go to book 1 to 250)

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The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1969) by John Fowles 273. North and South (1855) by Elizabeth Gaskell 274. Percy Jackson & the Olympians (2005) by Rick Riordan 275. Gilgamesh by 276. The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare 277. Millennium series by Stieg Larsson 278. Cat’s Cradle (1963) by Kurt Vonnegut 279. Northanger Abbey (1817) by Jane Austen 280. The Secret History (1992) by Donna Tartt 281. Screwtape Letters (1942) by C.S. Lewis 282. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare 283. The World According to Garp (1978) by John Irving 284. A Confederacy of Dunces (1980) by John Kennedy Toole 285. Birdsong (1993) by Sebastian Faulks 286. Dandelion Wine (1957) by Ray Bradbury 287. Light in August (1932) by William Faulkner 288. The Glass Castle (2005) by Jeannette Walls 289. People’s History of the United States (2010) by Howard Zinn 290. Lamb by Christopher Moore 291. Water for Elephants (2006) by Sara Gruen 292. Moneyball (2003) by Michael Lewis 293. Three Men in a Boat (1889) by Jerome K. Jerome 294. Jungle (1906) by Upton Sinclair 295. The Forever War (1974) by Joe Haldeman 296. Le Pere Goriot by Honore de Balzac 297. Number the Stars (1989) by Lois Lowry 298. Siddhartha (1951) by Hermann Hesse 299. Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams 300. Misery (1987) by Stephen King 301. Calvin and Hobbes (1993) by Bill Watterson 302. I Am Legend (1954) by Richard Matheson 303. Tuesdays With Morrie (1997) by Mitch Albom 304. Medea by Euripides 305. The Witches (1983) by Roald Dahl 306. The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer 307. Where the Red Fern Grows (1961) by Wilson Rawls 308. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1971) by Hunter S. Thompson 309. Robinson Crusoe (1719) by Daniel Defoe 310. Angela’s Ashes (1996) by Frank McCourt 311. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1963) by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 312. Howl’s Moving Castle (1986) by Diana Wynne Jones 313. Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953) by James Baldwin 314. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1974) by John le Carre 315. Silmarillion (1977) by J.R.R. Tolkien 316. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1958) by Truman Capote 317. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2006) by John Boyne 318. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou 319. High Fidelity (1995) by Nick Hornby 320. Parade’s End (1928) by Ford Madox Ford 321. Kim (1901) by Rudyard Kipling 322. Snow Crash (1992) by Neal Stephenson 323. Works by William Shakespeare 324. Song of Solomon (1977) by Toni Morrison 325. Satanic Verses (1988) by Salman Rushdie 326. Ready Player One (2011) by Ernest Cline 327. Starship Troopers (1959) by Robert A. Heinlein 328. Mahabharata by Vyasa 329. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) by Jules Verne 330. The Day of the Locust (1939) by Nathanael West 331. The Day of the Triffids (1951) by John Wyndham 332. My Antonia (1918) by Willa Cather 333. Swiss Family Robinson (1812) by Johann Wyss 334. I Capture the Castle (1948) by Dodie Smith 335. Oh, the Places You’ll Go! (1990) by Dr. Seuss 336. Sirens of Titan (1959) by Kurt Vonnegut 337. The Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King 338. The Golden Notebook (1962) by Doris Lessing 339. Tempest by William Shakespeare 340. Prophet (1923) by Kahlil Gibran 341. Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers 342. Everything is Illuminated (2002) by Jonathon Safran Foer 343. The New York Trilogy (1987) by Paul Auster 344. The Host (2010) by Stephenie Meyer 345. How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) by Dale Carnegie 346. Brief History of Time (1988) by S.W. Hawking 347. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005) by Jonathan Safran Foer 348. One Thousand and One Nights by 349. Winesburg, Ohio (1919) by Sherwood Anderson 350. Ivanhoe (1820) by Sir Walter Scott 351. Farewell to Arms (1929) by Ernest Hemingway 352. Awakening by Kate Chopin 353. Little House by Laura Ingalls Wilder 354. Fun Home (2006) by Alison Bechdel 355. USA by John Dos Passos 356. The Shadow of the Wind (2001) by Carlos Ruiz Zafon 357. Ramayana by Valmiki 358. Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965) by Malcolm X 359. The Alchemist (1986) by Paulo Coelho 360. The Power of One (1989) by Bryce Courtenay 361. Aesop’s Fables by Aesop 362. The Virgin Suicides (1993) by Jeffrey Eugenides 363. Darkness at Noon (1940) by Arthur Koestler 364. Love You Forever (1986) by Robert Munsch 365. Batman by 366. Story of Ferdinand (1936) by Munro Leaf 367. Scott Pilgrim (2010) by 368. Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (1989) by Stephen R. Covey 369. Divergent (2011) by Veronica Roth 370. Outliers (2008) by Malcolm Gladwell 371. Childhood’s End (1953) by Arthur C. Clarke 372. A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen 373. Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831) by Victor Hugo 374. Thirteen Reasons Why (2007) by Jay Asher 375. Polar Express (1985) by Chris Van Allsburg 376. The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio 377. The Neverending Story (1979) by Michael Ende 378. Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway 379. Jungle Book (1894) by Rudyard Kipling 380. Shantaram (2003) by Gregory David Roberts 381. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst 382. Light in the Attic (1981) by Shel Silverstein 383. The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007) by Brian Selznick 384. Scarlet Letter (1850) by Nathaniel Hawthorne 385. Jude the Obscure (1895) by Thomas Hardy 386. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O’Brien 387. Ringworld (1970) by Larry Niven 388. The Discworld Series by Terry Pratchett 389. Redeeming Love (1991) by Francine Rivers 390. The Shipping News (1993) by E. Annie Proulx 391. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel 392. Thus Spake Zarathustra (1885) by Friedrich Nietzsche 393. Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902) by Beatrix Potter 394. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi 395. The Once and Future King (1958) by T.H. White 396. Little Dorrit (1857) by Charles Dickens 397. Mythology by Edith Hamilton 398. Gulag Archipelago (1973) by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 399. Invisible Cities (1972) by Italo Calvino 400. The Walking Dead (2003) by Robert Kirkman 401. Hush, Hush (2009) by Becca Fitzpatrick 402. Bridge to Terabithia (1977) by Katherine Paterson 403. From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1967) by E.L. Konigsburg 404. Paradise Lost (1667) by John Milton 405. Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins 406. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 407. Lovely Bones (2002) by Alice Seybold 408. Paper Towns (2008) by John Green 409. The Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith Jr. 410. Underworld (1997) by Don DeLillo 411. Where the Sidewalk Ends (1974) by Shel Silverstein 412. Battle Royale (1999) by Koushun Takami 413. The Haunting of Hill House (1959) by Shirley Jackson 414. Cry, the Beloved Country (1948) by Alan Paton 415. Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire 416. Waiting for the Barbarians (1980) by J.M. Coeztee 417. The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) by Ursula Le Guin 418. Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1782) by Pierre-Ambroise-Francois Choderlos de Laclos 419. Bridget Jones’s Diary (1996) by Helen Fielding 420. Kane and Abel (1979) by Jeffrey Archer 421. Martian Chronicles (1950) by Ray Bradbury 422. Delirium (2011) by Lauren Oliver 423. Borrowers (1952) by Mary Norton 424. Origin of Species (1977) by Charles Darwin 425. Steve Jobs (2011) by Walter Isaacson 426. The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) by Thomas Hardy 427. Killer Angels (1974) by Michael Shaara 428. The Poisonwood Bible (1998) by Barbara Kingsolver 429. Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997) by Jared Diamond 430. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (1970) by Dee Alexander Brown 431. Book of Job by God 432. The Dark Tower by Stephen King 433. Under the Dome (2009) by Stephen King 434. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966) by Robert A. Heinlein 435. Stories (1971) by Franz Kafka 436. Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1889) by Mark Twain 437. Joy Luck Club (1989) by Amy Tan 438. The Sneetches and Other Stories (1989) by Dr. Seuss 439. The Blind Assassin (2000) by Margaret Atwood 440. The Graveyard Book (2008) by Neil Gaiman 441. A Suitable Boy (1993) by Vikram Seth 442. Sister Carrie (1900) by Theodore Dreiser 443. Constitution by United States 444. Notebook (1996) by Nicholas Sparks 445. Silas Marner by George Eliot 446. The Omnivore’s Dilemma (2006) by Michael Pollan 447. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (1987) by Fannie Flagg 448. Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba 449. The Last Song (2009) by Nicholas Sparks 450. The Big Sleep (1939) by Raymond Chandler 451. Unwind (2007) by Neal Shusterman 452. A Walk to Remember (1999) by Nicholas Sparks 453. Republic by Plato 454. Little House in the Big Woods (1932) by Laura Ingalls Wilder 455. The Sandman (1996) by Neil Gaiman 456. Speak (1999) by Laurie Halse Anderson 457. The Selfish Gene (1976) by Richard Dawkins 458. Lorna Doone (1869) by R.D. Blackmore 459. The Far Pavilions (1978) by M.M. Kaye 460. Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais 461. The Maze Runner (2009) by James Dashner 462. Bonfire of the Vanities (1987) by Tom Wolfe 463. Glass by 464. House at Pooh Corner (1928) by A.A. Milne 465. Tawny Man by Robin Hobb 466. Kafka on the Shore (2002) by Haruki Murakami 467. Portrait of a Lady (1881) by Henry James 468. Good Earth (1931) by Pearl S. Buck 469. Tuck Everlasting (1975) by Natalie Babbitt 470. Make Way for Ducklings (1941) by Robert McCloskey 471. Red Harvest (1929) by Dashiell Hammett 472. The Andromeda Strain (1969) by Michael Crichton 473. Naked Lunch (1959) by William Burroughs 474. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (1985) by Laura Joffe Numeroff 475. The Other Boleyn Girl (2001) by Philippa Gregory 476. Angle of Repose (1971) by Wallace Stegner 477. Hunger (1890) by Knut Hamsun 478. The Beach (1996) by Alex Garland 479. Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck 480. The Last Lecture (2008) by Randy Pausch 481. Power and the Glory (1940) by Graham Greene 482. Pygmalion (1912) by George Bernard Shaw 483. My Name Is Asher Lev (1972) by Chaim Potok 484. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (2007) by Sherman Alexie 485. Cold Mountain (1997) by Charles Frazier 486. Horton Hears a Who! (1982) by Dr. Seuss 487. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) by Agatha Christie 488. Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929) by Alfred Doblin 489. Cider House Rules (1985) by John Irving 490. Goedel, Escher, Bach (1979) by Douglas Hofstadter 491. The Stars My Destination (1956) by Alfred Bester 492. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870) by Jules Verne 493. The English Patient (1992) by Michael Ondaatje 494. Outlander (1991) by Diana Gabaldon 495. Sentimental Education (1869) by Gustave Flaubert 496. Marley & Me (2005) by John Grogan 497. Oedipus Rex by Sophocles 498. Possession: A Romance (1990) by A.S. Byatt 499. As You Like It by William Shakespeare

[bestoftheyear]

Best Songs of 2016

Year number six. I’m honestly surprised I still have the time to do this, listen to as much music as I do with all the adulting and life stuff happening. But I’d have it no other way! I’m keeping the list the same as last year, going down from 301 (because darts? idk) to number one, a song that has been at the top since February. My music taste is still ever growing, so much that I actually downloaded a country album for the first time ever--shout out Maren Morris.

Last year I went stats, keeping with that, I went with about fifty more songs in my playlists, just under 1800, so keep that in mind. For a personal project, I do a lot of judging. Judging started last December 16 and stopped December 15, or bascially after Kid Cudi released Passion, Pain & Demon Slaying--which is why there is music from Pusha T’s last album and likewise, nothing new from RTJ3. I already released the top 100 on the gram, so if you aren’t following me there then what the hell man! Anyway--hit that jump for the list

301. Blackbear - idfc (Tarro Remix)

300. Hamilton Leithauser & Rostam - A 1000 Times

299. 24hrs - You Know

298. The Skins - Bury me (feat. D.R.A.M.)

297. Astrid S - Hurts So Good

296. Lil Durk - Eyes (feat. Talib Kweli & James Fauntleroy)

295. Foxes - Devil Side

294. The Strumbellas - Young & Wild

293. Roy Woods - Only You (feat. Ty Dolla $ign & 24hrs)

292. Kacy Hill - Lion

291. The Japanese House - Face Like Thunder

290. Bridgit Mendler - Atlantis (feat. Kaiydo)

289. Allan Kingdom - Believe

288. Wild Belle - Throw Down Your Guns

287. Meek Mill - Shine

286. Bishop Briggs - The Way I Do

285. Anderson .Paak - Room In here (feat. The Game & Sonyae Elise)

284. FKA twigs - Good to Love

283. Post Malone - Leave

282. AURORA - Conqueror

281. Kendrick Lamar - Untitled 03 | 05.28.2013

280. Elohim - Hallucinating

279. TWENTY88 - On The Way

278. Banks - To The Hilt

277. Bryson Tiller - Rambo (The Weeknd Remix)

276. Frank Ocean - Ivy

275. Declan McKenna - Isombard

274. Daye Jack - Finish Line

273. Young the Giant - Titus Was Born

272. The Naked and Famous - Laid Low

271. White Sea - Bloodline

270. Ra Ra Riot & Rostam - Water

269. Beck - Wow

268. Isaiah Rashad - Smile

267. Warpaint - New Song

266. PARTYNEXTDOOR - Not Nice

265. LIV - Dream Awake

264. Bankroll Mafia - Out My Face (feat. Tip, Shad Da God, Young Thug & London Jae)

263. Isaiah Rashad & Goldlink - Untitled

262. The Weeknd - Attention

261. Tory Lanez - Luv

260. Justice - Safe and Sound

259. Chance the Rapper - Grown Ass Kid (feat. Mick Jenkins & Alex Wiley)

258. Lil Yachty - Minnesota (feat. Quavo, Skippa Da Flippa & Young Thug)

257. D.R.A.M. - Misunderstood (feat. Young Thug)

256. Louis the Child - Fire (feat. Evalyn)

255. Jack Garratt - Worry (feat. Anderson .Paak)

254. ZHU - Generation Why

253. DJ Khaled - Jermaine’s Interlude (feat. J. Cole)

252. Ab-Soul 0 Huey Knew THEN (feat. Da$H)

251. Raury - Neveralone

250. Banks & Steelz - Love and War (feat. Ghostface Killah)

249. A Tribe Called Quest - Conrad Tokyo (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

248. The 1975 - The Sound

247. James Blake - Timeless (feat. Vince Staples)

246. Kweku Collins - Stupid Rose

245. Bob Moses - Tearing Me Up

244. James Vincent McMorrow - Rising Water

243. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie - My Sh*t

242. Post Malone - Deja Vu (feat. Justin Bieber)

241. The Americanos - In My Foreign (feat. Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Yachty, Nicky Jam & French Montana)

240. Travis Scott - Lose (feat. Cassie)

239. Drake - Sneakin’ (feat. 21 Savage)

238. Chance the Rapper - Juke Jam (feat. Justin Bieber & Towkio)

237. Run River North - Run Or Hide

236. Lil Uzi Vert - You Was Right

235. Amber Coffman - All to Myself

234. Kid Cudi - Frequency

233. Euro - Georgia

232. KAYTRANADA - GOT IT GOOD (feat. Craig David)

231. Tiggs Da Author - Swear Down (feat. Yungen)

230. Jorja Smith - A Price (feat. Maverick Sabre)

229. Khalid - Let’s Go

228. Amine - Baba

227. Pusha T - MPA (feat. Kanye West, A$AP Rocky & The-Dream)

226. Young Thug - Wyclef Jean

225. Love Thy Brother - Love Me Better (feat. Ariel Beesley)

224. The Weeknd - Party Monster

223. Drake - Controlla

222. Liss - Sorry

221. dvsn - Hallucinations

220. Phantogram - Cruel World

219. Rory Fresco - Lowkey

218. Saba - Church/Liquor Store (feat. Noname)

217. Francis and the Lights - See Her Out (That’s Just Life)

216. Drake - Hype

215. Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness - Fire Escape

214. Theophilus London - Revenge (feat. Ariel Pink)

213. XYLØ - Fool’s Paradise

212. Glass Animals - Pork Soda

211. Post Malone - Congratulation (feat. Quavo)

210. Transviolet - LA Love

209. OnCue - 3AM

208. Wet - Small and Silver

207. Banks - Trainwreck

206. Bon Iver - 22 (OVER  S∞∞N)

205. Beyonce - 6 Inch (feat. The Weeknd)

204. Rob $tone - Chill Bill (Remix) [feat. D.R.A.M., Denzel Curry & Cousin Stizz)

203. Raury & Jaden Smith - Losing Your Mind

202. Chance the Rapper - Finish Line/Drown (feat. T-Pain, Kirk Franklin, Eryn Allen Kane & Noname)

201. Rae Sremmurd - Swang

200. Travis Scott - Coordinate (feat. Blac Youngsta)

199. Chairlift - Crying in Public

198. Allan Kingdom - Renovate (feat. D.R.A.M.)

197. Adam Vida - I’m Juiced

196. Logic - Wrist (feat. Pusha T)

195. Mac Miller - Cinderella (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)

194. Hundred Waters - Show Me Love (feat. Chance the Rapper, Moses Sumney & Robin Hannibal) [Skrillex Remix]

193. Bruno Mars - That’s What I Like

192. Travis Scott - Wonderful (feat. The Weeknd)

191. Frank Ocean - Rushes To

190. Lil Uzi Vert - Money Longer

189. Salaam Remi - Come Through and Chill (feat. Miguel)

188. ScHoolboy Q - Ride Out (feat. Vince Staples)

187. Joey Purp - Girls @ (feat. Chance the Rapper)

186. Kanye West - Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1 (feat. Kid Cudi)/Pt. 2 (feat. Desiigner)

185. Domo Genesis - Dapper (feat. Anderson .Paak)

184. The Head and The Heart - Colors

183. Cashmere Cat - Wild Love (feat. The Weeknd & Francis and the Lights)

182. Judah & the Lion - Take It All Back

181. Post Malone - Money Made Me Do It (feat. 2 Chainz)

180. Chance the Rapper - Blessings (Reprise) [feat. Anderson .Paak, BJ The Chicago Kid, Raury & Ty Dolla $ign]

179. Young the Giant - Something To Believe In

178. A Tribe Called Quest - Kids... (feat. Andre Benjamin)

177. Twelve’len - Star Dust

176. Sara Hartman - Stranger in a Room

175. Bishop Briggs - Be Your Love

174. The Hunna - You & Me

173. Hare Squead - Herside Story

172. Solange - Don’t Touch My Hair (feat. Sampha)

171. Belly - Consuela (feat. Young Thug & Zack)

170. Birdy - Wild Horses

169. Lil Yachty - One Night

168. Kanye West - FML (feat. The Weeknd)

167. Meek Mill - Litty (feat. Tory Lanez)

166. Charli XCX - After the Afterparty (feat. Lil Yachty)

165. Drake - Child’s Play

164. Big Gigantic - All of Me (feat. Logic & ROZES)

163. Ro Ransom - Doppelganger

162. T.I. - Dope (feat. Marsha Ambrosius)

161. Skepta - Man

160. DJ Khaled - Nas Album Done (feat. Nas)

159. ScHoolboy Q - THat Part (feat. Kanye West)

158. Milky Chance - Cocoon

157. Wet - The Middle

156. Mac Miller - Stay

155. Post Malone - Patient

154. 21 Savage - X (feat. Future)

153. Ava Wolfe - xkss

152. JONES - Melt

151. Local Natives - Past Lives

150. Caleborate - Options (feat. Pell & Sylvan LaCue)

149. Vince Staples - War Ready

148. Chance the Rapper - Smoke Break (feat. Future)

147. Kevin Abstract - Empty

146. Rihanna - Love on the Brain

145. Lady Gaga - Hey Girl (feat. Florence Welch)

144. 2 Chainz - Good Drank (feat. Quavo & Gucci Mane)

143. The Weeknd - I Feel It Coming (feat. Daft Punk)

142. 070 Shake - Trust Nobody

141. Beyonce - Don’t Hurt Yourself (feat. Jack White)

140. Kanye West - Saint Pablo (feat. Sampha)

139. Lecrae & Leon Bridges - On My Own

138. Run The Jewels - 2100 (feat. BOOTS)

137. Post Malone - Monta (feat. Lil Yachty)

136. KAYTRANADA - GLOWED UP (feat. Anderson .Paak)

135. Phantogram - You Don’t Get Me High Anymore

134. Mura Masa - Love$ick (feat. A$AP Rocky) [Four tet Remix]

133. Father John Misty - Real Love Baby

132. Sampha - Blood On Me

131. Nick Grant - Get Up (feat. WatchTheDuck)

130. Drake - One Dance (feat. Wizkid & Kyla)

129. Verite - Underdressed

128. Jon Waltz - Riot

127. Jon Bellion - Maybe IDK

126. Meek Mill - Offended (feat. Young Thug & 21 Savage)

125. The Strumbellas - We Don’t Know)

124. The Weeknd - Six Feet Under

123. Clams Casino - All Nite (feat. Vince Staples)

122. Snakehips - Money On Me (feat. Anderson .Paak)

121. Isaiah Rashad - Wat’s Wrong (feat. Zacari & Kendrick Lamar)

120. Anderson .Paak - The Waters (feat. BJ the Chicago Kid)

119. Kendrick Lamar - Untitled 08 | 09.06.2014

118. Kid Cudi - Baptized in Fire (feat. Travis Scott)

117. Jay Prince - Father, Father

116. Daye Jack - Hands Up (feat. Killer Mike)

115. Jorja Smith - Something in the Way

114. Migos - Bad and Boujee

113. Kodak Black - Too Many Years (feat. PnB Rock)

112. Pell - In the Morning (feat. Stephen & Caleborate)

111. Frank Ocean - Pink + White

110. Big Sean - Living Single (feat. Chance the Rapper & Jeremih)

109. Gucci Mane - Last Time (feat. Travis Scott)

108. Beyonce - Freedom (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

107. Rihanna - Needed Me

106. Roy Woods - Gwan Big Up Urself

105. KYLE - iSpy (feat. Lil Yachty)

104. Flume - Never Be Like You (feat. Kai)

103. Vic Mensa - Free Love (feat. Le1f, Halsey, Lil B & Malik Yusef)

102. Logic - Tree of Life (feat. Slug & Killer Mike)

101. J. Cole - Immortal

100. Shannon Saunders - Pure

99. Royal Teeth - Kids Conspire

98. Gallant - Bourbon

97. Banks - Gemini Feed

96. Run The Jewels - Talk To Me

95. A$AP Ferg - Strive (feat. Missy Elliott)

94. Kanye West - Real Friends (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)

93. Grouplove - Good Morning

92. Divine Council - Dememba (Remix) [feat. $ilk Money & Andre Benjamin)

91. Drake - Fake Love

90. 21 Savage - No Heart

89. Phantogram - Same Old Blues

88. Sara Hartman - Monster Lead Me Home

87. Chance the Rapper - All Night (feat. Knox Fortune)

86. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

85. Khalid - Location

84. Alicia Keys - Blended Family (feat. A$AP Rocky)

83. Kid Cudi - Surfin’ (feat. Pharrell Williams)

82. Ta-ku & Wafia - Meet in the Middle

81. Frank Ocean - Nights

80. Bon Iver - 33 “GOD”

79. Big Sean - Bounce Back

78. Isaiah Rashad - AA

77. The Avett Brothers - Ain’t No Man

76. J. Cole - Deja Vu

75. Ab-Soul - RAW (backwards) [feat. Zacari]

74. Kanye West, Gucci Mane, Big Sean, 2 Chainz, Travis Scott, Yo Gotti, Quavo & Desiigner - Champions

73. Rag’n’Bone Man - Human

72. Chance the Rapper - All We Got (feat. Kanye West & Chicago Children’s Choir)

71. Kaiydo - Fruit Punch

70. Desiigner - Tiimmy Turner

69. Rihanna - Same Ol’ Mistakes

68. The 1975 - Somebody Else

67. A Tribe Called Quest - We The People...

66. Bishop Briggs - Wild Horses

65. Kanye West - Fade (feat. Post Malone & Ty Dolla $ign)

64. The Weeknd - Reminder

63. ScHoolboy Q - By Any Means

62. Danny Brown - Really Doe (feat. Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul & Earl Sweatshirt)

61. Glass Animals - Youth

60. Travis Scott - The Ends (feat. Andre 3000)

59. Anderson .Paak - Come Down

58. Chance the Rapper - Mixtape (feat. Young Thug & Lil Yachty)

57. Mick Jenkins - Spread Love

56. Maggie Rogers - Dog Years

55. Denzel Curry - This Life

54. Kanye West - Wolves (feat. Vic Mensa & Sia)/Frank’s Track

53. The Chainsmokers - Closer (feat. Halsey)

52. Beyonce - Formation

51. Young Thug - Kanye West (feat. Wyclef Jean)

50. Misterwives - Same Drugs (Chance the Rapper cover)

49. DJ Khaled - Holy Key (feat. Big Sean, Kendrick Lamar & Betty Wright)

48. Kid Cudi - By Design (feat. Andre Benjamin)

47. Joey Bada$$ - Devastated

46. Starrah - Rush

45. Sampha - Timmy’s Prayer

44. Post Malone - Go Flex

43. J. Cole - False Prophets

42. Drake - 4PM In Calabasas

41. The Weeknd - Starboy (feat. Daft Punk)

40. Frank Ocean - Nikes

39. Kendrick Lamar - Untitled 07 | levitate

38. DJ Shadow - Nobody Speak (feat. Run The Jewels)

37. SAINt JHN - Reflex

36. Noname - Diddy Bop (feat. Raury & Cam O’bi)

35. 6LACK - Prblms

34. J. Cole - Change

33. Beyonce - Hold Up

32. Francis and the Lights - Friends (feat. Bon Iver)

31. John Legend - Penthouse Floor (feat. Chance the Rapper)

30. Future - Low Life (feat. The Weeknd)

29. Wet - All The Ways

28. Childish Gambino - Redbone

27. Travis Scott - Goosebumps (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

26. Frank Ocean - Solo (Reprise) [feat. Andre Benjamin]

25. Rae Sremmurd - Black Beatles (feat. Gucci Mane)

24. Young Thug & Travis Scott - Pick Up The Phone (feat. Quavo)

23. Mac Miller - Dang! (feat. Anderson .Paak)

22. The Strumbellas - Spirits

21. Beyonce - Sorry

20. The xx - On Hold

19. Flume - Smoke & Retribution (feat. Vince Staples & Kucka)

18. The Head and The Heart - All We Ever Knew

17. Chance the Rapper - Summer Friends (feat. Jeremih & Francis and the Lights)

16. Kanye West - No More Parties in L.A. (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

15. Glass Animals - Life Itself

14. Bishop Briggs - River

13. Childish Gambino - Me and Your Mama

12. The Weeknd - Sidewalks (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

11. Solange - Cranes in the Sky

10. Amine - Caroline

9. Frank Ocean - Solo

8. D.R.A.M. - Broccoli (feat. Lil Yachty)

7. Chance the Rapper - Blessings

6. Jorja Smith - Blue Lights

5. Maggie Rogers - Alaska

4. Travis Scott - Through the Late Night (feat. Kid Cudi)

3. Anderson .Paak - The Dreamer (feat. Talib Kweli & Timan Family Choir)

2. Chance the Rapper - No Problem (feat. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)

1. Kanye West - Ultralight Beam (feat. Chance the Rapper, The-Dream, Kelly Price & Kirk Franklin)

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