Spend the Holiday Catching Up on 2015’s Best Travel Books, TV Shows, Podcasts, and Movies
by Berit Baugher
Photo by Pavan Trikutam / Unsplash.
Logging miles on a transatlantic flight? Settling in next to a roaring fire? It's an excellent time to start chipping away at the books stacked on your night table or the movies filling up your Netflix queue. We selected some of our favorites from 2015 and are pleased to share the selection. These books, TV shows, podcasts, and movies will transport you to another time and place.
The long awaited successor to Serial season one is finally here to tell the very strange case of Sergeant Bowe Berghdahl and the five years he spent with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Price: Free
Available at: serialpodcast.org
A madcap mystery following the hunt for a famous necklace by a group of college friends that make their way through Miami, New York, LA, Paris, and the French countryside.
Price: From $13
Available at: amazon.com
One of this year's most talked about releases is set in 1970s New York City, a time of drugs and decay. The story follows a cast of characters with vastly different backgrounds and perspectives after a New Year's Eve shooting in Central Park.
Price: From $15
Available at: amazon.com
The bloody and murderous tale of drug lord Pablo Escobar in 1980s Columbia and Miami.
Price: Netflix subscription (from $8/month)
Available at: netflix.com
Time travel to the year 2022 with lauded French novelist Michel Houellebecq for a dark, humorous, and satirical look at party politics, radicalization, and the madness of mankind.
Price: $12
Available at: amazon.com
A charming indie flick about the uncertainty that can come with a glamorous and seemingly enchanted life in New York City.
Price: From $5
Available at: itunes.apple.com
Delicious baked goods, lovely British accents, and earnest amateur bakers that will supply endless hours of entertainment in the form of a calm and cool competition.
Price: Netflix subscription (from $8/month)
Available at: netflix.com
A comedic look at life as a single, 30-year-old actor in modern day New York City. Crazy roommates, student loan debt, and bad dates included.
Price: Netflix subscription (from $8/month)
Available at: netflix.com
A favorite in the Fathom office, this beautifully written true story set in the English countryside involves a naturalist who trains a wild hawk while mourning the death of her father.
Price: From $9
Available at: amazon.com
A rural town in Tennessee experiences the unexplained loss of three hundred men, women and children. Investigative journalist Lia Haddock sets out to uncover the truth.
Price: Free
Available at: limetownstories.com
For an insider look at what it's like to be a billionaire in Asia, try the ridiculous and outrageous sequel to Crazy Rich Asians.
Price: From $13
Available at: amazon.com
Former Vogue and Harper's Bazaar editor Kate Betts' coming-of-age memoir will transport you to the fashionable streets of 1980s Paris.
Price: From $14
Available at: amazon.com
