Out of the 400 books I've read on Booktube.... these were the best ones from my main genres (Adult Sci-Fi and Adult Fantasy!). For the best one in each other genre: th-cam.com/video/XBbu8WQNHWw/w-d-xo.html For the worst ones: th-cam.com/video/KZpVGf_vZr4/w-d-xo.html
I don't read science fiction books but your excitement for this genre definitely makes me want to start reading sci-fi books! On a different note, I read the Poppy War and I LOVED IT.
This video made me realize how much you’ve influenced what I read 😳I’ve read the majority of these and loved them! When ppl ask me what books I read I’ll have to say “What EmilyFox tells me to” 😂
I totally love Sazed too! He´s definitely my favorite character in Mistborn (I´m currently reading the second book). He´s just so wholesome and loveable!!
well THANK YOU , Emily, you have just cost me nearly £200...thought i would treat myself to your recommendations...i already had a couple, but you know what, not bought much during lockdown here in UK, so what the heck...Amazon order placed...so happy and can hardly wait for delivery, i am quite a voracious reader like yourself and i can't understand those that don't get a kick out of reading.....really really super excited from your great enthusiastic video...thank you so very much...
I started with The Way of Kings as my first Brandon Sanderson book because you were actually reading it at the moment! I havent finished yet but I know it's going to be a five star. He is such a great storyteller! Kaladin Stormblessed forever!
I just finished Words of Radiance after devouring the Way of Kings and can't wait to read Oathbringer, I know I won't be disappointed but I didn't discover Sanderson with it. I discovered him through his Alcatraz trilogy when I was 12-13 and re-read it every now and then because ... the worldbuilding, the humour, the characters, the nostalgia, the "the real world is not what it looks like it is", oh my god, everything!
I must admit, I am now a Sanderson convert. I think two MCs in Mistborn are pretty weak but The Starlight Archive is really solid. Looking forward to Warbreaker.
I 100% agree with your fantasy book picks....soooo I am going to trust you on the syfy book picks you've recommended. I am adding them to my 2021 TBR list.
omg your copy of red sister is to die for and i cant find it online anywhere T_T great video Emily! I definitely want to read some of these/have read many of them!
I read most of them thanks too your channel and they are so fucking good😍 thank you really much for your reviews... Just finished the long way to a small angry planet and I loved it!
I have heard really good things about Red Sister, I still haven't gotten to that series yet but I want to eventually. Warbreaker is a favorite of mine as well! I just finished it and think it would be a very good "intro to Sanderson" book.
I have Red Sister and Nevernight on my TBR based on your recommendation and am looking forward to having time to tackle my way to long TBR list because it just keeps growing and school just started 😂😭
I'm currently reading children of time and loving it so far, also so many of my other favourite books I've found through your channel so thank you for the recommendations :)
Watching this video like: *adds on want to read list on goodreads* *adds on want to read list on goodreads* *adds on want to read list on goodreads* ... etc
I am reading The Poppy War now and I cannot finish, eveyone seems to love it, I just can't. But all those other books I read because you recommended in other videos, and they are all simply amazing. The Humans became one of my favorites too.
Great video Emily and some wonderful recs - I thoroughly enjoyed The Poppy War so I really need to get to The Dragon Republic now. Also, this year marked my first foray into Brandon Sanderson’s books and I LOVE everything about them!! I’m currently reading The Hero Ages as I started with the Mistborn trilogy first and will move on to Warbreaker afterwards 😇
Omg yes! Someone else who recommends Warbreaker first! As a bookseller I always recommend it as the one you should read first cuz it’s basically a standalone, is only like $9, has a talking sword, and will give the reader a clear picture of what to expect with his novels. That way if they hate it they’re only out a few bucks!
i looooove this video, so full of information! I've been discovering (read: binging) your channel for the past couple of days and I'm addicted. I wish you would do "review" videos with spoilers haha because I read the three body problem and want to know your thoughts more in depth! lots of love xx
Thank you so much for making the video 😃.. I think the book I loved most that I read because of your recommendation was Children of time. It was my first sci-fi read and Ioved it.
I read the Poppy War, the Book of Ancestor trilogy and Vicious & Vengeful on your recommendation and loved them. Now I need to check out some sci-fi. Love from Brazil
Hi Emily, have you read the "Machineries of the Empire"? If yes, I'm curious to know your thoughts on it. It's one of my favourite sci-fi/ fantasy series, but I feel it's not as popular as it deserves to be.
Oh my god ... Liu Cixin gave me so much feels! I hated humanity and i hated aliens and i hated myself and i hated the characters .... and somehow at the end you love them all =)) The sci fi was hard af, but god damn it makes you feel and think and be mindblowned every end of every book! He is literally not spoken enough!
The only books here that are not on my TBR are The Poppy War and The Broken Earth trilogies...and that is because I've read them already. :D Most of the scifi ones are because of your recs!
If you like Si-Fi, have you ever tried Bernard Werber ? Most of his books are light sifi but I highly recommand them ;) He is a french author so I'm not sure if he has books translated but for example, the Ants trilogy is amazing !
Emily just wanted to say that I love you and your videos 😍😍 you are def my fav booktuber:). I have one thing to say though, I did not enjoy red sister at all🙈🙈 I picked it up on your recommendation but it was not for me. EXCITED to read mistborn and angry planet❤️❤️
Looking at your fave fantasy books I see that we have similar tastes ie Nevernight, Mistborn, Poppy War, Broken Earth trilogy. Which is really cool! And makes me more excited to pick up Warbreaker. ML's Book of thd Ancestor just got pushed down on my TBR bc of his whole mess with Schwab. I was so disappointed by it, even more so because I was so interested in this trilogy
Such a good list! I’ve read a few of them, with most of the rest on the TBR. I just started the final book in the nevernight trilogy 😍 I want to read children of time but I am super arachnophobic 😂
man i'm so disappointed. i added red sister to my tbr based on your recommendation months ago, but considering V E Schwab's recent tweets i don't feel comfortable supporting the author. sucks because the premise sounds fantastic :(
I just finished Spin and I loved it! Jason was my favorite and I think his ending was better than the other two. It would be amazing if they make a movie adaptation of it. :)
If you enjoy science heavy Sci-fi, you might enjoy Dust by Charles Pellegrino. The science is in the realm of ecology. If you like thrillers, a science heavy thriller is The Naturalist by Andrew Mayne.
Emily, do you read the footnotes all at once of Nevernight at the end of every page, or do you go down and read each one every time a little # comes up?
I am going to have 2 weeks off, from the 13th of July on. And I hope I will be in a reading mood again by then.... I want to finish the Sparrow so bad but I just can't motivate myself. Not even my favorite books are helping :( Fellow readers: Enjoy every moment of your liefe without reading slump
As a non-native English speaker/reader would you say the language in Children of Time is very difficult, considering it's a hard-scifi? That's the most intimidating part for me 🙈
By romance do you mean sex scenes? I'm reading the last Mistborn book right now and there's definitely a love story, that is important to the plot, but the series doesn't revolve around it, which is nice.
Warbreaker! I read it and love it. 😍 I’m starting with Brandon Sanderson and I’m surprise with him. I really enjoy his books. Probably, I’ll be reading Elantris next.
Definitely skip the other books in the Spin series, I just read Axis and it's an ok read, but it didn't wow me. I probably won't be reading the last one in the series.
But that is every book, is it not? 😉 There is no objective opinion on any book. Maybe you could purchase a used copy or go to the library if it is because you don't want to spend money on a book you may not end up liking.
I want to read mistborn, my husband wants me to read mistborn, but I can only find mass market paperbacks and I LOATHE mass market paperbacks. They aren’t allowed in my house. So ugly.
I think this is the only book tube video I have watched where someone likes the same genre of books as me and has similar taste. I read and really liked The Sparrow ages ago. It’s so refreshing not to have a list of YA novels.
It's going to take me a while to read them all, but challenge accepted 😎💪 So far, I have read The Humans, which I loved and gave 4.5 stars, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, which I didn't like and gave 2 stars, and The Martian, which I hated and gave 1 star 😅 so I'm curious to see what I will think of the other ones!!
Really, Nevernight was your top 8 in all these years?? :-P I did not enjoy Poppy Wars as much as I had hoped. So many things "out of time/era" things that they say. Very repetetive (spelled wrong?) in the book. I remember having to sped up the audiobook to hurry it to end......nah, I did not enjoy it very much . I had me cringe and roll my eyes sooo many times. :-P Gave it 2.5 starts (3 on Goodreads) Not a book I would recommend to people though, feel like I have read so many more exciting books than this one :-) Don't worry, still love to follow you and see you talk about books!!!! :-D
Out of the 400 books I've read on Booktube.... these were the best ones from my main genres (Adult Sci-Fi and Adult Fantasy!).
For the best one in each other genre: th-cam.com/video/XBbu8WQNHWw/w-d-xo.html
For the worst ones: th-cam.com/video/KZpVGf_vZr4/w-d-xo.html
I don't read science fiction books but your excitement for this genre definitely makes me want to start reading sci-fi books! On a different note, I read the Poppy War and I LOVED IT.
You should start with Skyward by Brandon Sanderson :) I had also never read scifi before and I really enjoyed that book and found it pretty accessible
@@legumesss Thanks for the recommendation :)
This video made me realize how much you’ve influenced what I read 😳I’ve read the majority of these and loved them! When ppl ask me what books I read I’ll have to say “What EmilyFox tells me to” 😂
The end of Hero of Ages is the best I've ever read. It was so satisfying.
So, I read Children of Time a month ago because of your recommendation, and I'm almost finished with Children of Ruin. The second book is soooo good!
I love that you mentioned N. K. Jemisin. I had the same reaction to her writing. I just started the 2nd book in that series. She's fascinating!
I totally love Sazed too! He´s definitely my favorite character in Mistborn (I´m currently reading the second book). He´s just so wholesome and loveable!!
Sazed is EVERYTHING!
Pretty much every single book here is on my TBR
well THANK YOU , Emily, you have just cost me nearly £200...thought i would treat myself to your recommendations...i already had a couple, but you know what, not bought much during lockdown here in UK, so what the heck...Amazon order placed...so happy and can hardly wait for delivery, i am quite a voracious reader like yourself and i can't understand those that don't get a kick out of reading.....really really super excited from your great enthusiastic video...thank you so very much...
Warbreaker would also be my Sanderson recommendation though digging into Mistborn is a good place to start too
I wish you put these in the descriptions as well 😭
I started with The Way of Kings as my first Brandon Sanderson book because you were actually reading it at the moment! I havent finished yet but I know it's going to be a five star. He is such a great storyteller! Kaladin Stormblessed forever!
I started because my husband, who takes forever reading, was devouring the books. The quickest I have ever seen him get through books 😂
I just finished Words of Radiance after devouring the Way of Kings and can't wait to read Oathbringer, I know I won't be disappointed but I didn't discover Sanderson with it. I discovered him through his Alcatraz trilogy when I was 12-13 and re-read it every now and then because ... the worldbuilding, the humour, the characters, the nostalgia, the "the real world is not what it looks like it is", oh my god, everything!
I must admit, I am now a Sanderson convert. I think two MCs in Mistborn are pretty weak but The Starlight Archive is really solid. Looking forward to Warbreaker.
I 100% agree with your fantasy book picks....soooo I am going to trust you on the syfy book picks you've recommended. I am adding them to my 2021 TBR list.
Ugh, gosh, FINE! I'll add Children of Time to my Audible wishlist, alright? You can stop bugging me about it now. Lol.
omg your copy of red sister is to die for and i cant find it online anywhere T_T great video Emily! I definitely want to read some of these/have read many of them!
It's the UK edition (Harper Collins)
I read most of them thanks too your channel and they are so fucking good😍 thank you really much for your reviews... Just finished the long way to a small angry planet and I loved it!
I was just reading about the Mark Lawrence scandal with Victoria Schwab and other people, I wanted to read Red sister but now I don’t know 😭
Urgh I know I’m so disappointed. I commented about it on a different comment but I cannot with the use of “females” too -_-
BookswithEmilyFox I haven’t read any of his books yet but I guess I won’t support him now and skip Red sister 😕
Yeah, I’m getting rid of all his books. Fuck him.
Same feelings. I really want to read Red Sister but now not anymore
What happened?
Discovered Brandon Sanderson based on your recommendation, started with Warbreaker and loved it!
Warbreaker was such an interesting read last year i remember watching your recs that push me to read it
I have heard really good things about Red Sister, I still haven't gotten to that series yet but I want to eventually.
Warbreaker is a favorite of mine as well! I just finished it and think it would be a very good "intro to Sanderson" book.
Yes! Warbreaker is such a good place to start😁 I really liked Lightsong
I have Red Sister and Nevernight on my TBR based on your recommendation and am looking forward to having time to tackle my way to long TBR list because it just keeps growing and school just started 😂😭
I'm currently reading children of time and loving it so far, also so many of my other favourite books I've found through your channel so thank you for the recommendations :)
I just read The Humans last month based on how you recommended it and it was so good!!
I read Red Sister because of your recommendation and it was fabulous!
Love that you have Nevernight in there! I feel like this series doesn’t get enough love on booktube!
Tbr is growing 📚 Just bought The Three Body Problem because of you ❤
Footnote.... *your wings are so sharp and amazing!
Considering the fact that about half of those books are my favourites, I believe I need to read the other half as well 😁😁
I read the Mistborn and Nevernight Trilogy because of you and those books are one of my favorites now! Thanks ♡
I absolutely LOVED Warbreaker and that's the first book I read of his. Definitely recommend starting with that.
I'm excited for the third book in the Villians series!
Watching this video like:
*adds on want to read list on goodreads*
*adds on want to read list on goodreads*
*adds on want to read list on goodreads*
... etc
I am reading The Poppy War now and I cannot finish, eveyone seems to love it, I just can't. But all those other books I read because you recommended in other videos, and they are all simply amazing. The Humans became one of my favorites too.
Great video Emily and some wonderful recs - I thoroughly enjoyed The Poppy War so I really need to get to The Dragon Republic now. Also, this year marked my first foray into Brandon Sanderson’s books and I LOVE everything about them!! I’m currently reading The Hero Ages as I started with the Mistborn trilogy first and will move on to Warbreaker afterwards 😇
I love that you enjoyed nevernight. I just finished godsgrave and I cant wait to get my hands on darkdawn.
Omg yes! Someone else who recommends Warbreaker first! As a bookseller I always recommend it as the one you should read first cuz it’s basically a standalone, is only like $9, has a talking sword, and will give the reader a clear picture of what to expect with his novels. That way if they hate it they’re only out a few bucks!
i looooove this video, so full of information! I've been discovering (read: binging) your channel for the past couple of days and I'm addicted. I wish you would do "review" videos with spoilers haha because I read the three body problem and want to know your thoughts more in depth! lots of love xx
Thank you so much for making the video 😃.. I think the book I loved most that I read because of your recommendation was Children of time. It was my first sci-fi read and Ioved it.
I read the Poppy War, the Book of Ancestor trilogy and Vicious & Vengeful on your recommendation and loved them. Now I need to check out some sci-fi. Love from Brazil
Hi Emily, have you read the "Machineries of the Empire"? If yes, I'm curious to know your thoughts on it. It's one of my favourite sci-fi/ fantasy series, but I feel it's not as popular as it deserves to be.
Definitely want to read the Fifth Season - it sounds wonderful! :)
Oh my god ... Liu Cixin gave me so much feels! I hated humanity and i hated aliens and i hated myself and i hated the characters .... and somehow at the end you love them all =))
The sci fi was hard af, but god damn it makes you feel and think and be mindblowned every end of every book!
He is literally not spoken enough!
The only books here that are not on my TBR are The Poppy War and The Broken Earth trilogies...and that is because I've read them already. :D Most of the scifi ones are because of your recs!
If you like Si-Fi, have you ever tried Bernard Werber ? Most of his books are light sifi but I highly recommand them ;) He is a french author so I'm not sure if he has books translated but for example, the Ants trilogy is amazing !
Hi, I'm new to your channel. Love this video. I'm going to try a few of these, and am actually going to read Spin in the July Reading Rush. 💚📚
Emily just wanted to say that I love you and your videos 😍😍 you are def my fav booktuber:). I have one thing to say though, I did not enjoy red sister at all🙈🙈 I picked it up on your recommendation but it was not for me. EXCITED to read mistborn and angry planet❤️❤️
Looking at your fave fantasy books I see that we have similar tastes ie Nevernight, Mistborn, Poppy War, Broken Earth trilogy. Which is really cool! And makes me more excited to pick up Warbreaker. ML's Book of thd Ancestor just got pushed down on my TBR bc of his whole mess with Schwab. I was so disappointed by it, even more so because I was so interested in this trilogy
Such a good list! I’ve read a few of them, with most of the rest on the TBR. I just started the final book in the nevernight trilogy 😍 I want to read children of time but I am super arachnophobic 😂
When I've already read or have the physical book on my shelves to read 😁🥰
Loved Nevernight! I know its not everyone's thing, but I really enjoyed it And I also adored Children of Time. So good!
Would love to see a favorites of all time one day 📚
Hey Emily! I enjoy listening to your voice reviewing books, so much! I was wondering if you have an e-reader and if you recommend one?
man i'm so disappointed. i added red sister to my tbr based on your recommendation months ago, but considering V E Schwab's recent tweets i don't feel comfortable supporting the author. sucks because the premise sounds fantastic :(
Same problem over here >.
what happened?
I hadn’t heard of it... fuck I’m really disappointed
Wait what happened??
twitter.com/moonmagister/status/1276079448014622720
I just finished Spin and I loved it! Jason was my favorite and I think his ending was better than the other two. It would be amazing if they make a movie adaptation of it. :)
I'm reading the Martian right now and it's so so good!!
I loved “The Sparrow” since I was educated by Jesuits and am a huge fan. This book made me think (!) and made me sad. Highly recommend!!
Omg I loved this Video! Great thoughts
The author of Children of Time has another book called Cage of Souls which I'd highly recommend if you're interested in sci fi/dystopian.
Oooo yes I just recently read Nevernight and I loved it so much! I’m excited to keep reading!
I loved children of time! Can’t wait to get the sequel
i clicked this SO FAST wow,, v excited to watch!
I LOVED The Sparrow! Mary Doria Russell rocks!!
Have you read The Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix? I think based on the books you enjoy you’d really like this series!
I still need to finish the Mistborn trilogy. I've only got the last book to read but I'm hesitant to read it in case one of my faves die lol.
If you enjoy science heavy Sci-fi, you might enjoy Dust by Charles Pellegrino. The science is in the realm of ecology. If you like thrillers, a science heavy thriller is The Naturalist by Andrew Mayne.
Emily, do you read the footnotes all at once of Nevernight at the end of every page, or do you go down and read each one every time a little # comes up?
I read them when they came up!
spin looks super cool , won a hugo i see
I am going to have 2 weeks off, from the 13th of July on. And I hope I will be in a reading mood again by then.... I want to finish the Sparrow so bad but I just can't motivate myself. Not even my favorite books are helping :( Fellow readers: Enjoy every moment of your liefe without reading slump
Will I be the first to comment??? Yay !!! Love your channel 😉👍
I’ve never annotated a book I’ve read or marked any pages like you - can you explain why you put the tabs on certain pages? X
As a non-native English speaker/reader would you say the language in Children of Time is very difficult, considering it's a hard-scifi? That's the most intimidating part for me 🙈
Me when thinking about starting the wheel of time
@@mariaandre2904 😂😂 oh god yes
i really need to read red sister
By romance do you mean sex scenes? I'm reading the last Mistborn book right now and there's definitely a love story, that is important to the plot, but the series doesn't revolve around it, which is nice.
Warbreaker! I read it and love it. 😍 I’m starting with Brandon Sanderson and I’m surprise with him. I really enjoy his books. Probably, I’ll be reading Elantris next.
Loved the The Humans!
OMG YESSS! my day didn't go that well but atleast now things are about to change🥰
Every time I watch an Emily video I end up buying a book!
I enjoyed Warbreaker but wasn't satisfied with the ending.
I loved Nevernight but I DNF’d the sequel.
Definitely skip the other books in the Spin series, I just read Axis and it's an ok read, but it didn't wow me. I probably won't be reading the last one in the series.
I rather enjoyed the sparrow. Howeve,r I felt it was a bit stretched out. Will you be reading the next book Children of God?
I'm on the waiting list at my library!
I am sceptical about nevernight... A lot of people loved it and others didn't so I am kind of confused is it good or not?
But that is every book, is it not? 😉 There is no objective opinion on any book. Maybe you could purchase a used copy or go to the library if it is because you don't want to spend money on a book you may not end up liking.
@@missburn yes you are right, I should give it a try... Thank you
In mistborn there is romance but it doesn’t interfere with the plot and also i really like it and I normally don’t like the romance
Literally all the books I buy are your recommendations lol
I want to read mistborn, my husband wants me to read mistborn, but I can only find mass market paperbacks and I LOATHE mass market paperbacks. They aren’t allowed in my house. So ugly.
Maybe check book depository? They tend to have a bunch of different editions
I think this is the only book tube video I have watched where someone likes the same genre of books as me and has similar taste. I read and really liked The Sparrow ages ago. It’s so refreshing not to have a list of YA novels.
So how harrowing is the sparrow?
Why there is no hardcovers to buy for red sister anywhere online???
Elantris !!! Elantris !!! Elantris !!!
I'm going to read The Humans and Sparrow because they've been on my TBR for too long now.
I have them on my tbr as well 👏
Unfortunately Spin didn't work for me, I considered it so slow and boring.
You convinced me to read never night, I disagree on the poppy war though... Was not a fan of that at all
always waiting for.. BUT! 🤣💓
I need more Children Of Time society building with other species! If anyone knows of anything similar please let me know!
Matt Haig: *exists*
Emily: matt egg
Damn “h”s lol
lmao I hear you. As a Spanish speaker I struggle with the “___sts”
... damn English
Emily: there pretty chunky
Me who read it in a week: :-:
It's going to take me a while to read them all, but challenge accepted 😎💪 So far, I have read The Humans, which I loved and gave 4.5 stars, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, which I didn't like and gave 2 stars, and The Martian, which I hated and gave 1 star 😅 so I'm curious to see what I will think of the other ones!!
Really, Nevernight was your top 8 in all these years?? :-P
I did not enjoy Poppy Wars as much as I had hoped. So many things "out of time/era" things that they say. Very repetetive (spelled wrong?) in the book. I remember having to sped up the audiobook to hurry it to end......nah, I did not enjoy it very much . I had me cringe and roll my eyes sooo many times. :-P Gave it 2.5 starts (3 on Goodreads) Not a book I would recommend to people though, feel like I have read so many more exciting books than this one :-) Don't worry, still love to follow you and see you talk about books!!!! :-D