Favorite books
- Walden, Henry David Thoreau
- Just Kids, Patti Smith
- Meditations, Marcus Aurelius
- The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert M. Pirsig
- Beyond the Neon Lights: Everyday Shanghai in the Early Twentieth Century, Hanchao Lu
- The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs
- Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul, Charles King
- Hidden in Plain Sight, Jan Chipchase with Simon Steinhardt
- Designing Your Life, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans
- Digital Minimalism, Cal Newport
- Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
- Dracula, Bram Stoker
- Harry Potter, JK Rowling
- Tiger Team, Thomas Brezina
- When in the Arab World, Rana Nejem
- A History of the World, Andrew Marr
- Shoe Dog, Phil Knight
- Street of Eternal Happiness, Rob Schmitz
- Goosebumps, R. L. Stine
Favorite movies
- Into the Wild, Sean Penn
- O Menino e o Mundo, Alê Abreu
- Howl's Moving Castle, Miyazaki Hayao
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Garth Jennings
- Coco, Lee Unkrich
- Mr. Nobody, Jaco Van Dormael
- Comrades: Almost a Love Story, Peter Ho-sun Chan
- Eat Drink Man Woman, Ang Lee
- Under the Tuscan Sun, Audrey Wells
- The Blue Light, Takuya Miyawaki
- Days of Being Wild, Wong Kar Wai
- Call Me by Your Name, Luca Guadagnino
- Black Coal, Thin Ice, Yinan Diao
- Song of the Phoenix, Tianming Wu
- Heidi, Alain Gsponer
- Somewhere I Have Never Travelled, Fu Tien-yu
- Children of Heaven, Majid Majidi
- Orlando, Sally Potter
- The Assassin, Hsiao-Hsien Hou
- Lawrence of Arabia, David Lean
Favorite shows
- Better Call Saul, Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould
- Pantheon, Craig Silverstein
- I Told Sunset About You, Naruebet Kuno
- The Man in the High Castle, Frank Spotnitz
- La casa de papel, Álex Pina
- Westworld, Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy
- Narcos, Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard, and Doug Miro
- When We Rise, Dustin Lance Black
- Vicious, Gary Janetti
- The Making of an Ordinary Woman, Yen Yi-wen
- Years And Years, Simon Cellan Jones
Favorite music albums
- Fly Me to the Moon by Joshua Radin
- Chronovision by Oberhofer
- Poses by Rufus Wainwright
- Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lakes State by Sufjan Stevens
- Chan Chan by Buena Vista Social Club
- In A Dream by Troye Sivan
- Error in the System by Peter Schilling
- Kid Krow by Conan Gray
- The End Of The World by Skeeter Davis
- Einmal wird die Sonne wieder scheinen by Heintje
- Toto IV by Toto
- Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 by Glenn Gould
- Herstory by Sarah Chen
- Devil's Love Song II by Bobby Chen
- A Perfect Day by Stefanie Sun
- Pavarotti Sings Verdi by Giuseppe Verdi
- Kingdom Underground by Matt Duke
- Wonderful Day by The Life Journey
Favorite games
- This War of Mine - 11 bit studios
- Call of Duty 6: Modern Warfare 2 - Infinity Ward/Activision
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
- Assassin's Creed: Origins - Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
- Double Dragon 2: Revenge - Technōs Japan
- Metal Slug 3 - SNK
- Far Cry 3 - Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
- Sid Meier's Civilization - MicroProse/Firaxis Games
- Detroit: Become Human - Quantic Dream
- Dino Crisis - Capcom
- Minecraft - Mojang Studios/Microsoft
- The Last of Us - Naughty Dog/Sony
- The Last of Us Part 2 - Naughty Dog/Sony
- Machinarium - Amanita Design
- The Sims 3 - Maxis/EA
- Fallout - Interplay/Bethesda
- Bomberman - Hudson Soft/Konami
- Monument Valley - ustwo games
- Brawl Stars - Supercell
- Super Mario Bros. - Nintendo
- Fallout 3 - Bethesda Game Studios
- Rust Lake: Paradise - Rusty Lake
- Snow Bros. - Toaplan
- Don't Starve - Klei Entertainment