I don't claim this to be in any way an objective "best of the year" list, it's just my personal list of the music and books I most loved in 2014, in random order:
Charli XCX - Sucker

"Sucker"
Charli XCX - Sucker

"Sucker"
Alvvays - Alvvays


“Marry Me, Archie”
Dum Dum Girls - Too True

“Too True”
Honeyblood - Honeyblood


“Super Rat”
September Girls - Cursing the Sea


“Cursing the Sea”
Whinnie Williams - Bad Girl

“Oopsie Daisy”
Johnny Marr - Playland

"Dynamo"
Lipgloss Twins
"Wannabe" (image opens a link to the video)
Favorite discovery of 2014 - Asylum Party
“Julia” (1988)
Books