Best of 2018: books, podcasts, tv shows, and more

As year 2018 draws to an end, I would like to start a new tradition on my blog: sharing my favorite books, podcasts, tv shows, movies, and media platforms of the year. With the hope of keeping this tradition alive for many years to come, here is my best of 2018 list.

I hope you enjoy reading, watching, and listening.

Books:

• Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

• Educated by Tara Westover

• Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela

• Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (We Should All be Feminists, Half of a Yellow Sun by the same author)

• Drama of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller

• Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

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Media platforms:

• Medium: a platform built for readers, not for advertisers (https://medium.com/about)

• Curiosity Magazine: a magazine for the conscious traveler (https://www.curiositymag.com)

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Podcasts:

• Revisionist History by Malcolm Gladwell

• 99% Invisible

• How Cum

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Tv shows:

• Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

• I’m sorry

• Christiane Amanpour: Sex and Love Around the World

• The Great British Bake Off

• The Kominsky Method

• 13 Reasons Why

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Movies:

• Meru

• Hannah Gatsby: Nanette (stand-up comedy act)

• Dumplin’

• Carol

Let me know if you read/listen/watch any of the above.

Happy new year!

Cheers,

Gokce