This list is a selection of Bryan Ickes’s favorite books, films and recordings.
It is not necessarily a list of those he considers to be the best in each of these categories.
Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
Confessions by Saint Augustine
Scribbling in the Sand by Michael Card
The Weight of Glory by C. S. Lewis
A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Paradise Lost by John Milton
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Babette’s Feast by Gabriel Axel
The Last Samurai by Edward Zwick
Inception by Christopher Nolan
Tree of Life by Terrence Malick
Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky
Gladiator by Ridley Scott
The Shawshank Redemption by Frank Darabont
The Sound of Music by Robert Wise
The Matrix by Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
The Fountain by Darren Aronofsky
Achtung Baby by U2
Kid A by Radiohead
Takk by Sigur Rós
Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
The Unforgettable Fire by U2
Build a Rocket Boys! by Elbow
A Rush of Blood to the Head by Coldplay
In Rainbows by Radiohead
Love & War & The Sea In Between by Josh Garrels
Perfect Symmetry by Keane