Non-Fiction:
Ahmed Rashid: Descent into Chaos. The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia.
Thomas Barfield - Afghanistan. A Cultural and Political History.
Ian Buruma: Year Zero. A History of 1945.
Laurence Rees: Auschwitz. A New History.
Fiction:
Jonathan Lethem: Dissident Gardens.
Jennifer Egan: A Visit from the Goon Squad.
Films:
L'inconnu du lac (2013, Alain Guiraudie).
Shows:
Criminal Justice, Season One and Two.
The Escape Artist.
Silk, Season One and Two.
The Americans, Season One.
Vikings, Season One.
Twenty Twelve, Season One and Two.