Looking back on 2018--"Best of..." Lists and Reflections

Some of the best books of the past year:

https://lithub.com/the-ultimate-best-books-of-2018-list/

Literary deaths in 2018:

https://lithub.com/notable-literary-deaths-in-2018/

Award-winning books of 2018:

https://bookmarks.reviews/the-award-winning-novels-of-2018/

Best films of 2018 (as chosen by BBC journalist):

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20181220-the-10-best-films-of-2018

A fucking superhero/comic book movie on your "Best of..." list?

Sorry, dude, your aesthetic credibility just dropped into a particularly foul toilet...

Best book covers of 2018:

https://lithub.com/the-75-best-book-covers-of-2018/

My picks for the best films I watched in 2018:

https://cinemaarete.wordpress.com/2019/01/08/best-films-watched-in-2018

My picks for the best reads of 2018:

https://cliffjburns.wordpress.com/2019/01/08/best-books-read-in-2018

Nobody else wants to tell us their favorite books (or movies or music) of 2018?

Sure, why not? I'm in a procrastinating mood. I feel like I'm missing many movies but here you go:

Books
The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa.
Sanskrit Love Poetry by W.S. Merwin.
The Conquest of New Spain ( Historia Verdadera de la Conquista de la Nueva España ) by Bernal Diaz del Castillo.
The Invincible by Stanislaw Lem

Sabrina by Nick Drnaso has grown on me over time.
The Unnamable by Beckett and Strange Forces (Las Fuerzas Extrañas) by Leopoldo Lugones were both bizarre and brilliant. Among the weirdest things I've ever read.
Some essays of Feel Free by Zadie Smith and some chronicles from The Literatures of Colonial America: An Anthology were extraordinary.

Movies:
Like Someone in Love by Abbas Kiarostami
Roma by Alfonso Cuaron
Call Me By Your Name by Luca Guadagnino
Three Outlaw Samurai by Hideo Gosha
Sword of Doom by Kihachi Okamoto

Some episodes in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs by the Coen Brothers.
The final scene of The Wind Will Carry Us by Kiarostami.

Good, snobby selections.

Worthy...

Mine are here: https://iansales.com/2019/01/08/best-of-the-year-2018/

>10 CliffBurns:
Overall my selections during the year were kind of okayish, but the books that I liked I really really liked.

Most anticipated books in 2019:

https://lithub.com/lit-hubs-most-anticipated-books-of-2019