It was another sad year for novels, but short stories and movies boomed.
Short Stories
- “The Philosophers” by Adam Ehrlich Sachs (2016)
- “A Life of Adventure and Delight” by Akhil Sharma (2016)
- “Choking Victim” by Alexandra Kleeman (2016)
- “These Short, Dark Days” by Alice McDermott (2015)
- “Breaking News: Guatemalan Kitchen Work Cures Ego” by Ally Yancey (2014)
- “My Curls Have Blown All the Way to China” by Amos Oz (2015)
- “Save a Horse Ride a Cowgirl” by Ann Beattie (2015)
- “For the Best” by Ann Beattie (2016)
- “1=1” by Anne Carson (2016)
- “Back the Way You Went” by Anne Carson (2016)
- “A Resolute Man” by Annie Proulx (2016)
- “The Gospel According to García” by Ariel Dorfman (2015)
- “Moon Man” by B. A. Brock (2015)
- “Cold Little Bird” by Ben Marcus (2015)
- “The Day I Met Buddha” by Benjamin F. Schafer (2014)
- “Lose the Battle” by Beth Brock (2014)
- “A Family Game” by Brendan Dubois (2001)
- “Fable” by Charles Yu (2016)
- “The Cobalt Blues” by Clark Howard (2001)
- “Lost Souls” by Clive Barker British (1985)
- “Anhedonia, Here I Come” by Colin Barrett (2016)
- “Gender Studies” by Curtis Sittenfeld (2016)
- “The Edge of the Shoal” by Cynan Jones (2016)
- “Jelly and Jack” by Dana Spiotta (2015)
- “In the Act of Falling” by Danielle McLaughlin (2015)
- “The Blue Mirror” by David Edgerley Gates (2001)
- “To the Moon and Back” by Etgar Keret (2016)
- “Buttony” by Fiona McFarlane (2016)
- “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor (1955)
- “The Cookooburrahs and the Goolahgool” by Folktale Australia (1896)
- “Why Dogs Wag their Tails” by Folktale Filipino (1916)
- “I Know” by Galadriel Mozee (2014)
- “Mother’s Day” by George Saunders (2016)
- “The Striding Place” by Gertrude Atherton (1896)
- “The goblin and the huckster” by Hans Christian Andersen (1915)
- “My Purple Scented Novel” by Ian McEwan (2016)
- “Little Snow-white” by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm (1884)
- “The Almond Tree” by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm (1886)
- “The Championship of Nowhere” by James Grady (2001)
- “The Apartment” by Jensen Beach (2015)
- “Inscrutable” by Joe Gores (2001)
- “It Is Raining in Bejucal” by John Biguenet (2001)
- “Three Short Moments in a Long Life” by John L’Heureux (2016)
- “The Republic of Bad Taste” by Jonathan Franzen (2015)
- “A Gentleman’s Game” by Jonathan Lethem (2016)
- “The Abandonment” by Joshua Ferris (2016)
- “Chicken Hill” by Joy Williams (2015)
- “Stuff” by Joy Williams (2016)
- “Honey Bunny” by Julianne Pachico (2015)
- “The Bog Girl” by Karen Russell (2016)
- “The Prospectors” by Karen Russell (2015)
- “The Specialist’s Hat” by Kelly Link (1998)
- “Deer Season” by Kevin Barry (2016)
- “God’s Work” by Kevin Canty (2016)
- “The Midnight Zone” by Lauren Groff (2016)
- “Who Will Greet You At Home” by Lesley Nneka Arimah (2015)
- “The Story of a Painter” by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya (2016)
- “Total Solar” by Luke Mogelson (2016)
- “The Weir” by Mark Haddon (2015)
- “Two-Bagger” by Michael Connelly (2001)
- “Man Kills Wife, Two Dogs” by Michael Downs (2001)
- “Zaabalawi” by Naguib Mahfouz (1963)
- “A Study in Emerald” by Neil Gaiman (2003)
- “The Beach Boy” by Otessa Moshfegh (2016)
- “An Honest Woman” by Ottessa Moshfegh (2016)
- “The Things” by Peter Watts (2010)
- “A Short History of Zaka the Zulu” by Petina Gappah (2016)
- “Fifty-Seven” by Rachel Kushner (2015)
- “The Three Little Birds” by Rindy Gradford (2015)
- “How Can I Help?” by Rivka Galchen (2016)
- “Usl at the Stadium” by Rivka Galchen (2015)
- “Invasion of the Martians” by Robert Coover (2016)
- “In the Court of the Dragon” by Robert W. Chambers (1895)
- “Tiny Man” by Sam Shepard (2016)
- “The Burglar” by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum (2016)
- “Summa Mathematica” by Sean Dolittle (2001)
- “By the Waters of Babylon” by Stephen Vincent Benét (1937)
- “Sometimes Something Goes Wrong” by Stuart M. Kaminsky (2001)
- “Are We Not Men?” by T. Coraghessan Boyle (2016)
- “Patient Zero” by Tananrive Due (2010)
- “Aspic” by Tatyana Tolstaya (2016)
- “Dido’s Lament” by Tessa Hadley (2016)
- “The Fix” by Thomas H. Cook (2001)
- “The Driver” by Thomas McGuane (2015)
- “Papaya” by Thomas McGuane (2016)
- “Bedtimes” by Tim Parks (2015)
- “Vespa” by Tim Parks (2015)
- “The Chair Carrier” by Yusuf Idris (1974)
- “Upside-Down Cake” by Paul Theroux
(2016
- “Spiderweb” by Mariana Enriquez
(2016)
- “Pardon Edward Snowden” by Joseph O’Neill
(2016)
- “Flower Hunters” by Lauren Groff
(2016)
- “The King’s Teacup at Rest” by Michael Andreasen
(2016)
- “The Hanging of the Schoolmarm” by Robert Coover
(2016)
- “Two Men Arrive in a Village” by Zadie Smith (2016)
- “The Polish Rider” by Ben Lerner (2016)
- “Seven People Dancing” by Langston Hughes (1961)
- “Maybe It Was the Distance” by Jonathan Safran Foer (2016)
Novels
- Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (1989)
Plays
- Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (429 BC)
Comics
- “Commercial Success” by Graham Annable (2010)
- “walk-in" by Graham Annable (2010)
- "articulate conception" by Graham Annable (2010)
- "dead weight" by Graham Annable (2010)
- "misery and his company" by Graham Annable (2010)
- "futile space" by Graham Annable (2010)
- "decency" by Graham Annable (2010)
- "Old Man River" by Graham Annable (2010)
- "fishin’ trip" by Graham Annable (2010)
- "the bomb" by Graham Annable (2010)
- "love monster" by Graham Annable (2010)
- "photo opportunity" by Graham Annable (2010)
- "Sea Life" by Graham Annable (2010)
- "slight aberration" by Graham Annable (2010)
- "by necessity" by Graham Annable (2010)
- "the sound of paste" by Graham Annable (2010)
- "wee man" by Graham Annable (2010)
- "A Brief History of the Art Form Known as "Hortisculpture” by Adrian Tomine (2015)
- “Amber Sweet” by Adrian Tomine (2015)
- “Go Owls” by Adrian Tomine (2015)
- “Translated, from the Japanese," by Adrian Tomine (2015)
- "Killing and Dying" by Adrian Tomine (2015)
- "Intruders" by Adrian Tomine (2015)
Graphic Novels
- Battle Angel Alita: Angel of Chaos by Yukito Kishiro (1997)
- Battle Angel Alita: Fallen Angel by Yukito Kishiro (1998)
- Battle Angel Alita: Angel’s Ascension by Yukito Kishiro (1998)
- Hopeless Savages: Break by Jan Van Meter, Meredith McClaren, Christine Norrie (2015)
- Steve Lichman: Volume I by David Rapoza and Daniel Warren (2016)
Video Games
- Predator 2 for Sega Master System dev. Teeny Weeny Games (1992)
- Fallout 4
dev.
Bethesda Softworks (2015)
- Undertale dev. tobyfox (2015)
- Cibele dev. Star Maid Games (2015)
- Firewatch dev. Campo Santo (2016)
- T2: The Arcade Game
for Sega Master System dev. Probe Development (1993)
- Castle of Illusion dev. Sega Studios Australia (2013)
- Alien: Isolation dev. Creative Assembly (2014)
- Autonomous dev. Double Fine Productions (2012)
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End dev. Naughty Dog (2016)
- Back to the Future: The Game dev. TellTale Games (2011)
- SPACEPLAN dev. Jake Hollands (2016)
- Ben There, Dan That! dev. Size Five Games (2008)
- Bientot l’ete dev. Tale of Tales (2013)
- Bioshock Infinite dev. Irrational Games (2013)
- Bone: Out from Boneville dev. TellTale Games (2005)
-
Bone: The Great Cow Race dev. TellTale Games (2006)
- Cart Life dev. Richard Hofmeier (2011)
- The Halloween Google Doodle dev. Google (2016)
- The Simpsons Tapped Out: Halloween 2016 dev. Electronic Arts (2015)
- Headlander dev. Double Fine Productions (2016)
Short Films
- "Vincent” dir. Tim Burton (1982)
- “Madame Tutli-Putli” dir. Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (2007)
- “World of Tomorrow” dir. Don Hertzfeldt (2015)
- “Felix in Exile” dir. William Kentridge (1994)
- “Ku’u Lei Melody: A Mickey Mouse Cartoon” dir. Alonso Ramirez Ramos, Paul Rudish (2016)
- “Many Moons” dir. Alan Ferguson, The Wondaland Arts Society (2008)
- “Death in the Dust” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
- “Frozen Hell” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
- “The Bad Back Bus” dir. Graham Annable (2010)
- “Transmission at outpost 79” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
- “Old Reliable” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
- “The Lonely Hunter” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
- “Death Defying” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
- “Morning Glory” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
- “Dreams of Sloshy- number 1” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
- “Dummy” dir. Graham Annable (2016)
- “No Quarter” dir. Mike Trent (2007)
- “Defective” dir. Rani Naamani (2004)
- “One More Beer” dir. Pedro Conti, Alan Camilo (2012)
- “Lunch” dir. Graham Annable (2016)
- “Premonitions Following an Evil Deed” dir. David Lynch (1995)
-
“Alien Song” dir. Victor Navone (1999)
- “Flys!” dir. Eder Cardoso (2009)
- “Halloween MADNESS” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
- “Closet” dir. Graham Annable (2007)
- “Intermission” dir. Graham Annable (2016)
- “Joy to the Weird” dir. Graham Annable (2008)
- “Reach” dir. Luke Randall (2008)
- “Help Me” dir. Isaak Fernandez Rodriguez (2005)
- “Inner Workings” dir. Leo Matsuda (2016)
- “Piper” dir. Alan Barillaro (2016)
Films
- Escape from L.A. dir. John Carpenter (1996)
- ParaNorman dir. Sam Fell and Chris Butler (2012)
- Galaxy Quest dir. Dean Parisot (1999)
- It’s Such a Beautiful Day dir. Don Hertzfeldt (2012)
- The Revenant dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu (2015)
- Hail, Caesar! dir. Ethan Cohen, Joel Cohen (2016)
- Regression dir. Alejandro Amenábar (2015)
- Room dir. Lenny Abrahamson (2015)
- The Boy dir. William Brent Bell (2016)
- Jane Got a Gun dir. Gavin O’Connor (2015)
- Bridge of Spies dir. Steven Spielberg (2015)
- The Big Short dir. Adam McKay (2015)
- Spotlight dir. Tom McCarthy (2015)
- Brooklyn dir. John Crowley (2015)
- The Martian dir. Ridley Scott (2015)
- The Witch dir. Robert Eggers (2015)
- The Wicker Man dir. Robin Hardy (1973)
- Terminator Genisys dir. Alan Taylor (2015)
- Whiskey Tango Foxtrot dir. Glenn Ficarra, John Requa (2016)
- Anomalisa dir. Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman (2015)
- 10 Cloverfield Lane dir. Dan Trachtenburg (2016)
- Deadpool dir. Tim Miller (2016)
- Zootopia dir. Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush (2016)
- Knight of Cups dir. Terrence Malick (2016)
- Only Yesterday dir. Isao Takahata (1991)
- Dinotasia dir. David Krentz, Erik Nelson (2012)
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice dir. Zack Snyder (2016)
- Man of Steel dir. Zack Snyder (2013)
- Eraser dir. Chuck Russell (1996)
- Collateral Damage dir. Andrew Davis (2002)
- Dope dir. Rick Famuyiwa (2015)
- The Babadook dir. Jennifer Kent (2014)
- Vampire Hunter D dir. Toyo Ashida (1985)
- Captain America: The First Avenger dir. Joe Johnston (2011)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo (2014)
- Jungle Book dir. Jon Favreau (2016)
- Thor dir. Kenneth Branagh (2011)
- Iron Man 3 dir. Shane Black (2013)
- Thor: The Dark World dir. Alan Taylor (2013)
- Ant-Man dir. Peyton Reed (2015)
- Green Room dir. Jeremy Saulnier (2015)
- Captain America: Civil War dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo (2016)
- X-Men: Apocalypse dir. Bryan Singer (2016)
- The Nice Guys dir. Shane Black (2016)
- The Neon Demon dir. Nicolas Winding Refn (2016)
- Twisted dir. Philip Kaufman (2004)
- Basic Instinct dir. Paul Verhoeven (1992)
- The Saint dir. Phillip Noyce (1997)
- Twilight dir. Robert Benton (1998)
- Star Trek Beyond dir. Justin Lin (2016)
- Kubo and the Two Strings dir. Travis Knight (2016)
- Don’t Breathe dir. Fede Alvarez (2016)
- Now You See Me dir. Louis Leterrier (2013)
- The Lobster dir. Yorgos Lanthimos (2015)
- Captain Fantastic dir. Matt Ross (2016)
- Hell or High Water dir. David Mackenzie (2016)
- Hunt for the Wilderpeople dir. Taika Waititi (2016)
- Finding Dory dir. Andrew Stanton (2016)
- Suicide Squad dir. David Ayer (2016)
- Magnificent Seven dir. Antoine Fuqua (2016)
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children dir. Tim Burton (2016)
- The Girl on the Train dir. Tate Taylor (2016)
- Deepwater Horizon dir. Peter Berg (2016)
- Desierto dir. Jonás Cuarón (2016)
- Inferno dir. Ron Howard (2016)
- Moonlight dir. Barry Jenkins (2016)
- The Handmaiden dir. Park Chan-wook (2016)
- Doctor Strange dir. Scott Derrickson (2016)
- Arrival dir. Denis Villeneuve (2016)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them dir. David Yates (2016)
- Nocturnal Animals dir. Tom Ford (2016)
- The Take dir. James Watkins (2016)
- Loving dir. Jeff Nichols (2016)
- Allied dir. Robert Zemeckis (2016)
- Moana dir. Ron Clements, John Musker (2016)
- The Edge of Seventeen dir. Kelly Fremon Craig (2016)
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine dir. Gavin Hood (2009)
- Lion dir. Garth Davis (2016)
- The Hunger Games dir. Gary Ross (2012)
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire dir. Francis Lawrence (2013)
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 dir. Francis Lawrence (2014)
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 dir. Francis Lawrence (2015)
- Trolls dir. Mike Mitchell
, Walt Dohrn (2016) - Sixteen Candles dir. John Hughes (1984)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story dir. Gareth Edwards (2016)
- La La Land dir. Damien Chazelle (2016)
- The Wolverine dir. James Mangold (2013)
- Manchester by the Sea dir. Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows dir. Guy Ritchie (2011)
- Jackie dir. Pablo Larraín (2016)
- How to Train Your Dragon dir. Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois (2010)
-
Wayne’s World dir. Penelope Spheeris (1992)
- Fences dir. Denzel Washington (2016)
- Midnight Special dir. Jeff Nichols (2016)
- Straight Outta Compton dir. F. Gary Gray (2015)
TV Episodes
- The Big Bang Theory – "The Bozeman Reaction" (2010)
- The Big Bang Theory – "The Einstein Approximation" (2010)
- The Big Bang Theory – "The Wheaton Recurrence" (2010)
- Sherlock – “The Abominable Bride” (2016)
- The Simpsons – "Every Man’s Dream" (2015)
-
The Simpsons – "Treehouse of Horror XXVII" (2016)
- Bob’s Burgers – “The Hauntening” (2015)
- Bob’s Burgers – “Teen-a Witch” (2016)
-
The Walking Dead
– “The Day Will Come When You Won’t Be”(2016)
-
The Walking Dead
– “The Well”
(2016)
-
The Walking Dead
– “The Cell”
(2016)
-
The Walking Dead
– “Service”
(2016)
-
The Walking Dead – “Go Getters”
(2016)
-
The Walking Dead
– “Swear”
(2016)
-
The Walking Dead
– “Sing Me a Song”
(2016)
-
The Walking Dead
– “Hearts Still Beating”
(2016)
TV Series
- Californication – Season 7 (2014)
- House of Cards – Seasons 2-4 (2014-2016)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008-2014)
- Better Call Saul – Season 1 (2015)
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975)
- Daredevil (2015-2016)
- The Fall (2013-2014)
- Agents of SHIELD (2013-2016)
- Agent Carter (2015-2016)
- Stranger Things (2016)
- BoJack Horseman – Season 3 (2016)
- Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2005)
- It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – Seasons 3-10 (2007-2015)
- Archer – Season 6 (2015)
- Luther (2010-2015)
- Bones – Seasons 10-11 (2014-2016)
- Luke Cage (2016)
- Narcos – Season 2 (2016)
- Futurama – Seasons 6-7 (2010-2013)
-
Black Mirror (2011-2016)
- The Walking Dead – Seasons 4-6 (2013-2015)