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I got it!!!!!!

Although the Bible is a book of books..and without being preachy..its got just about everything in it. Especially the old testament. Even if we didn't know it as a religious book..its still very complex.

There's too much non book talking here. Get to the point quicker, please.

I guess he didn't take into account that folks would be watching this years later.

You need to do another series and include "War and Peace".

The Pee Wee Football trophy! LOL (Made me wonder where my Little League Baseball trophies are -- chuckle.)

You convinced me.

We had to read "Wuthering Heights" in high school and I was thoroughly prepared to hate it, but I loved it and plan on re-reading it one day, as well as reading her sister's "Jane Eyre."

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Read Harper Lee and Me and find out what is really going on with To Kill a Mockingbird.

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Wow, I bet there’s a really cool drawing in that Bible

I think it's a fascinating question what is the relation of Kafka's spirituality to Christianity. He once called Christ "an infinite abyss of light" -- one of the most (if not the most) poetic encomium ever rendered. Yet he clearly dithered greatly about any belief in much of anything, let alone metaphysical hope -- other than in the dogged "indestructible" which is the core and pith of his survivalist outlook. I see Kafka as the Doubting Thomas in extremis -- a modern of supreme existential integrity who refutes in the very difficulty of his person any easy recourse to metaphysics, going deeper than the need in some sense. I do not think Christianity (nor Judaism) has a very good answer to Kafka, except that his agon is not unlike Job's with Yahweh -- but far more extreme in its fundamental doubt. He transcends both. (See his short story on Abraham.) Kafka is perhaps first a theologian...

I'm currently reading this book and so far I'm loving it.

I’m convinced the least amount of hits a TH-cam conference receives the better it is! The same conviction holds in bookstores. Except in rare cases, like “To Kill A Mockingbird,” what’s selling like hotcakes is usually junk. Thank you for your thought-provoking channel.

Got it mostly because I am a Faulkner fan, but also had seen him mentioned as someone whose work H Lee admired. As did Flannery O'Connor I believe.

This reminds me of the two selves in Don Quixote de la Mancha.

She has an essay on what the artist needs to produce a work of art. She says it is certainly NOT self expression. Rather, the work of art has to be considered by the artist as independent, objectively looked upon as an entity governed by its own inner laws of existence. I think this is why she was so successful.

Very intrigued! I’m going to order the book!

Rats, I was excited about your channel, but I consider Flannery O'Connor to be the worst, most over-rated writer of all time. "Wise Blood" was sophomoric treacle. I can't convey the depth of my loathing for that book. But, hey, The Brothers of Karamazov was good, and to each his own. .

I'm currently reading Emma. I read Pride and Prejudice just before Jane Austen July. Thank you for posting this.

Bullshit stops at 03:57

What a tease

Thank you. This is a nice intro for someone wants to read Franz Kafka.

My favourite book is called Book, written by Booky McBookbook in his hometown of Book which is part of Bookasia on the planet Book.

My thoughts on The Castle is that it’s allegorical of the deferment of responsibility to bureaucracy. Antithetical to responsibility of the individual. Worshipping an Administrative God who themselves just want the power without the responsibility. A riff on the Tower of Babel.

Loved David Copperfield, but I'm 63 😂

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I'm your 666th subscriber. Let's take it as a good sign. I love what you're doing with this historical context. I started watching Tristan and it lead me to a bunch of other book content on TH-cam. Ive been listening to a lot of Steven King and I decided to switch gears and take a soul cleanse. That said...i think there is a lot of important content discussed in the ones I was interested in "needful things", "the stand" . Satan in modern times... cautionary tales. Now for some love and light. ❤

Ohh wow!!

very good list, although i like "grapes of wrath" a little bit more than "east of eden"

You seem like the sweetest person ever

Now that is an unexpected nr. 1! Last year I did read her novel Wise Blood, which I thought was radical, unsettling and brilliant. Now I'm interested in reading her short stories as well. And her Prayer Journal. For the rest, your top 10 and mine have only two books in common: David Copperfield and The Brothers Karamazov, the latter being my personal nr. 1.

I love David Copperfield!

Not funny. You waste our time at the beginning, with all the puppets who want to be on your list, and then then claim there is not enough time at the end to tell us your favorite. Who sets the time? It's not like we're watching a network show. Although I have nothing against the books you did tell us were on your list. I'm a straight guy, and I like Jane Austen. I think Harlod Bloom was endorsing her in the '90s. I think straight guys would do well to read really good books by women if they want to understand women. Possibly.

Great list

So great, I ordered this book. Love your presentation.

That shirt is so peacock that if you were on the roof the tv would only pick up NBC.

The ending to The Dead by James Joyce reminded me of ending in Revelation. Just read Revelation OMG.

Man. :/ this kind of turned me off from reading O’Connor

You’re like the Svengoolie of booktube and I’m all about it. This video made my day 😂

There’s no evidence for god. Morality is not subjective, it’s baked into our genetics as a social animal. The struggle between survival as individuals and survival as social beings. Burden of proof lies with the one making the assertion

Found this from the anime bungou stray dogs as he is a villain in it and a good one

A good book but not my favorite Steinbeck novel - that would probably be Grapes of Wrath. The biblical references are just laid on too thickly.

Thank you

Moby Dick missing from your top ten, but I love Flannery O’Connor, so no qualms there.

Since your channel name is Alyosha, how is #1 NOT Dostoevsky?! 😉

'Love in the Age of Cholera' - Gabriel Garcia Marquez. 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe' - Douglas Adams.

I really enjoyed your discussion of Ms. Morrison. I’m just finishing Song today or tmrw. I am always amazed at her beautiful and jarring language and stories. Thank you for your time and information!

There is no "correct" spelling of "Timshel" because it's transliterated from the Hebrew alphabet