This list is great because it's not the same 10 best that all the other internet lists and book tubers recommend. You gave me some brand new books to add to my list, thank you!
Subscribed! Great list :) going to now binge your other videos. My top ten would have to be… 1. Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry 2. All the Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy 3. Stoner - John Williams 4. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë 5. As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner 6. True Grit - Charles Portis 7. Beloved - Toni Morrison 8. Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë 9. The Metamorphosis- Franz Kafka 10. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
Great comment and your top 10 list rocks. I almost put Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy on the list and few people have said they would add Lonesome Dove. I haven't read it yet but I think I have to. Thanks for watching and subscribing. Please keep in touch.
@@Sunnyvalereject24 I really hope you get around to it. It’s so worthwhile. You can even watch the miniseries on TH-cam when you’re done. It’s very faithful to the book. Outer Dark is a fine book too! Really all McCarthy’s work (ignoring the Road😬) is excellent. Looking forward to your future vids.
I just added the mini series to my watch list and ordered the book from Pango. Not sure when I'll get to it but I certainly will. And.....I hate to say it but I didn't like The Road either.
Stumbled upon this video, I have read and enjoyed two of your books, Tale of Two Cities and The Count of Monte Cristo. Loved them both. But most of all as a nightshift worker I salute you having a beer at 10am !
Both are amazing books, right. I'll probably read A Tale of Two Cities again at some point. I really dig that book. Ha, right on....here's to you. Keep in touch.
I had no idea “Johnny Got His Gun” was a book. I knew of the movie only because of the clips from Metallica’s music video for “One” and the similar theme between the song and movie. I definitely plan on adding the book to my ever growing tbr list. I’ll probably add some others, but that one for sure.
Hey my friend. If you haven't read A Tale of Two Cities give it a shot. You really care about the characters and there's a lot at stake. The tension too is off the charts. Happy 4th.
A fun list, thanks. Though I haven't read "Tale of Two Cites," Dickens would have to make my Top Ten, either with "Oliver Twist" or "David Copperfield" or "Great Expectations." He excels at so much including coming up with secondary characters who threaten to steal the show. A wise old woman once told me: "The older I get, the more I see that Dickens isn't an exaggerator but a realist." (Bonus: Nobody's better at naming characters.) Instead of "As I Lay Dying," my Faulkner of choice might be "Absalom, Absalom!," but both are worthy of course. (For pure fun, however, I might even go with "The Reivers.") I'm in the tiny minority that thinks "A Confederacy of Dunces" is clumsy & overrated, but anyone who has the insight to include Raymond Chandler in his Top Ten impresses & is forgiven.
Hello, and thanks for your wonderful comment. Very insightful. I struggled with which Faulkner book to put on the list and Absalom, Absalom would have been a great addition/replacement. And yes, Raymond Chandler is the man, right. I love his gritty, straightforward prose and his unique use of simile. I read almost all of Dickens work when I was younger and reread it as an....older.....more mature adult and was able to glean so much more from the texts. Meaning, I guess, they are really layered and ....age fairly well. I have David Copperfield but haven't read it yet. Most folks believe it's autobiographical. Thanks again and please stay in touch.
@@Sunnyvalereject24 P.S. And I 100% agree that Dickens shouldn't be taught too early. Forcing Dickens, & Shakespeare, on the young trains to hate reading. You would think educators could grasp that.
Man, I resonated so much with your list (esp Raymond Chandler and Monte Cristo) - im currently reading a Confederacy of Dunces - I would add Lonesome Dove, that book is incredible. And I was actually at the Uruguay match in KC.
@@ccoope02 holy shit, welcome. I hope you're enjoying Confederacy. Lonesome Dove is an amazing add. What was it like being at the game? Cool atmosphere?
@@Sunnyvalereject24 yeah, the atmosphere was amazing. I think the crowd was 55k. I was a little bummed though - I'm a massive Leeds United fan so I was so stoked on seeing Marcelo Bielsa, but he was suspended from the match 😩 haha... And the refs were so bad. Getting boo'd every 5 minutes
Great list, I remember reading A Confederacy of Dunces in high school but I honestly don't remember much about it. The Count of Monte Cristo is definitely a book I would like to read soon I've heard great things about it, it's just a super long book lol. I love soccer and it sucks that USA has been eliminated but I'm hoping Argentina wins the tournament.
I was so disappointed to see the USA lose last night. They were playing pretty well till Uruguay got the goal. I'm married to a Colombian so now I have to root for them:). You're high school must have been pretty cool if you read Confederacy of Dunces there. Yeah....Count of Monte Cristo is long as hell, but so worth it.
That's a great list. Sadly I haven't read any of the books on your list! I know, right. But I see a few that I am going to put on my TBR list. I would have to really do some thinking to put together a top ten. Great video. -James
It took me a long time to come up with the list, too. I had a hard time just deciding between the Faulkner books. All the books on my list left me with something that never went away. Some message or other that I couldn't shake. And they're the books I found myself recommending more than others. You'd probably really dig Raymond Chandler. He was a minimalist, like Hemingway.
Yes. Chandler and Confederacy of Dunces I want to check out. My list would be embarrassing compared to yours. My would be books like a Louis L'amour book or Larry McMurtry. But, like you say it would be my list. -James
Hey Mike, good to hear from you and thanks a lot for subscribing. There are so many incredible books out there that it was really hard putting the list together. And I didn't want to show the same ol books everyone else shows. Reach out anytime.
That was a great and interesting group of books. War novels are hard to read because the soldiers brought the war home. I read As I Lay Dying so long ago for a class. I wrote a short paper on the book making the characters into a wheel because someone pointed that out to me before I read it just like you did. Many years ago, I read some long books like War and Peace translated into English or in Spanish El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha por Miguel de Cervantes. And right now I'm reading a book that I won't even mention because "somebody" handed it to me. It's a sort of relationship thing too.
Thanks alot man. Howve you been? It's official I'm going thru a Faulkner phase again. Getting ready to read AS I Lay Dying and the Wild Palms again. What did you think of Faulkner? Yes indeed soldiers brought the war home. That memory lives on where I'm from in Vicksburg, MS, 1000s of men died 1000s injured and the city decimated. Did you study literature in college. Forgive me if you mentioned it before. If not you sure did read some damn good books.
@@Sunnyvalereject24 Every day, I'm hangin' in there. I liked Faulkner but it's been over 30 years ago I read As I Lay Dying for a community college course. Quijote was for a college class too. It's hard to say much here but my life was not in a straight enough line for me to earn good degrees like you have. I'm really happy that you got to get your MFA! I still go down that twisting path. I'm not sure how my reading will go with appointments coming up. I should read the Raymond Chandler one.
I understand. My path was crazy too. I wanted a degree cause no one in my family ever went to college. But I was wild and crazy and it was tough coming up. I got my degrees as an adult. Honestly, at the point where I literally couldn't f-off anymore. I was running out of time and money cause I used to live off the refund checks. Keep writing man one day your work will be in hard print. I can tell you have much to say.
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Food for thought. So many books and so little time. Happy reading, and here's to the next ten.
To the next 10! Happy reading. Thanks.
This list is great because it's not the same 10 best that all the other internet lists and book tubers recommend. You gave me some brand new books to add to my list, thank you!
You're very welcome. Glad you liked it. And thank you...for the cool comment. Happy reading.
First video I’ve watched on your channel! Loved this list, “Johnny Got His Gun” really got my attention and I’ll be definitely reading it sometime
Thanks a lot and welcome. Johnny Got His Gun is a gut wrenching read but so incredible. You'll love it.
Subscribed! Great list :) going to now binge your other videos.
My top ten would have to be…
1. Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry
2. All the Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy
3. Stoner - John Williams
4. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë
5. As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner
6. True Grit - Charles Portis
7. Beloved - Toni Morrison
8. Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
9. The Metamorphosis- Franz Kafka
10. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
Great comment and your top 10 list rocks. I almost put Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy on the list and few people have said they would add Lonesome Dove. I haven't read it yet but I think I have to. Thanks for watching and subscribing. Please keep in touch.
@@Sunnyvalereject24 I really hope you get around to it. It’s so worthwhile. You can even watch the miniseries on TH-cam when you’re done. It’s very faithful to the book.
Outer Dark is a fine book too! Really all McCarthy’s work (ignoring the Road😬) is excellent.
Looking forward to your future vids.
I just added the mini series to my watch list and ordered the book from Pango. Not sure when I'll get to it but I certainly will. And.....I hate to say it but I didn't like The Road either.
I have been watching a lot of book reviews and yours was the best i felt. The enthusiasm with which you talked about each book was good to watch.
Thank you so much. That's very cool to hear.
Fante is one of the most underrated American writers. He's so good and sensible
Agreed. Well said.
Stumbled upon this video, I have read and enjoyed two of your books, Tale of Two Cities and The Count of Monte Cristo. Loved them both.
But most of all as a nightshift worker I salute you having a beer at 10am !
Both are amazing books, right. I'll probably read A Tale of Two Cities again at some point. I really dig that book. Ha, right on....here's to you. Keep in touch.
thank you for sharing your top books, i love finding out about books I have never heard.
Thank you ...for your cool comment. Keep in touch.
I had no idea “Johnny Got His Gun” was a book. I knew of the movie only because of the clips from Metallica’s music video for “One” and the similar theme between the song and movie. I definitely plan on adding the book to my ever growing tbr list. I’ll probably add some others, but that one for sure.
Awesome. I hope you love it. And the video by Metallica was great too. It's a powerful anti war novel. Heartbreaking and beautiful.
Wow! Lots of classics! I really should read some of these… I’m terrible when it comes to the older stuff 😢
Hey my friend. If you haven't read A Tale of Two Cities give it a shot. You really care about the characters and there's a lot at stake. The tension too is off the charts. Happy 4th.
@@Sunnyvalereject24 Thanks for recommending a place to start! Happy 4th to you as well!
A fun list, thanks. Though I haven't read "Tale of Two Cites," Dickens would have to make my Top Ten, either with "Oliver Twist" or "David Copperfield" or "Great Expectations." He excels at so much including coming up with secondary characters who threaten to steal the show. A wise old woman once told me: "The older I get, the more I see that Dickens isn't an exaggerator but a realist." (Bonus: Nobody's better at naming characters.)
Instead of "As I Lay Dying," my Faulkner of choice might be "Absalom, Absalom!," but both are worthy of course. (For pure fun, however, I might even go with "The Reivers.")
I'm in the tiny minority that thinks "A Confederacy of Dunces" is clumsy & overrated, but anyone who has the insight to include Raymond Chandler in his Top Ten impresses & is forgiven.
Hello, and thanks for your wonderful comment. Very insightful. I struggled with which Faulkner book to put on the list and Absalom, Absalom would have been a great addition/replacement. And yes, Raymond Chandler is the man, right. I love his gritty, straightforward prose and his unique use of simile. I read almost all of Dickens work when I was younger and reread it as an....older.....more mature adult and was able to glean so much more from the texts. Meaning, I guess, they are really layered and ....age fairly well. I have David Copperfield but haven't read it yet. Most folks believe it's autobiographical. Thanks again and please stay in touch.
@@Sunnyvalereject24 P.S. And I 100% agree that Dickens shouldn't be taught too early. Forcing Dickens, & Shakespeare, on the young trains to hate reading. You would think educators could grasp that.
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Man, I resonated so much with your list (esp Raymond Chandler and Monte Cristo) - im currently reading a Confederacy of Dunces - I would add Lonesome Dove, that book is incredible. And I was actually at the Uruguay match in KC.
@@ccoope02 holy shit, welcome. I hope you're enjoying Confederacy. Lonesome Dove is an amazing add. What was it like being at the game? Cool atmosphere?
@@Sunnyvalereject24 yeah, the atmosphere was amazing. I think the crowd was 55k. I was a little bummed though - I'm a massive Leeds United fan so I was so stoked on seeing Marcelo Bielsa, but he was suspended from the match 😩 haha... And the refs were so bad. Getting boo'd every 5 minutes
Great list, I remember reading A Confederacy of Dunces in high school but I honestly don't remember much about it. The Count of Monte Cristo is definitely a book I would like to read soon I've heard great things about it, it's just a super long book lol. I love soccer and it sucks that USA has been eliminated but I'm hoping Argentina wins the tournament.
I was so disappointed to see the USA lose last night. They were playing pretty well till Uruguay got the goal. I'm married to a Colombian so now I have to root for them:). You're high school must have been pretty cool if you read Confederacy of Dunces there. Yeah....Count of Monte Cristo is long as hell, but so worth it.
That's a great list. Sadly I haven't read any of the books on your list! I know, right. But I see a few that I am going to put on my TBR list. I would have to really do some thinking to put together a top ten. Great video. -James
It took me a long time to come up with the list, too. I had a hard time just deciding between the Faulkner books. All the books on my list left me with something that never went away. Some message or other that I couldn't shake. And they're the books I found myself recommending more than others. You'd probably really dig Raymond Chandler. He was a minimalist, like Hemingway.
Yes. Chandler and Confederacy of Dunces I want to check out. My list would be embarrassing compared to yours. My would be books like a Louis L'amour book or Larry McMurtry. But, like you say it would be my list. -James
@Littlebiglibrary hey man those authors are great too.
New subscriber here. You’ve given me at least 4 books to be on my TBR. Thanks man! Mike aka, Siegfried
Hey Mike, good to hear from you and thanks a lot for subscribing. There are so many incredible books out there that it was really hard putting the list together. And I didn't want to show the same ol books everyone else shows. Reach out anytime.
That was a great and interesting group of books. War novels are hard to read because the soldiers brought the war home. I read As I Lay Dying so long ago for a class. I wrote a short paper on the book making the characters into a wheel because someone pointed that out to me before I read it just like you did. Many years ago, I read some long books like War and Peace translated into English or in Spanish El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha por Miguel de Cervantes. And right now I'm reading a book that I won't even mention because "somebody" handed it to me. It's a sort of relationship thing too.
Thanks alot man. Howve you been? It's official I'm going thru a Faulkner phase again. Getting ready to read AS I Lay Dying and the Wild Palms again. What did you think of Faulkner? Yes indeed soldiers brought the war home. That memory lives on where I'm from in Vicksburg, MS, 1000s of men died 1000s injured and the city decimated. Did you study literature in college. Forgive me if you mentioned it before. If not you sure did read some damn good books.
@@Sunnyvalereject24 Every day, I'm hangin' in there. I liked Faulkner but it's been over 30 years ago I read As I Lay Dying for a community college course. Quijote was for a college class too. It's hard to say much here but my life was not in a straight enough line for me to earn good degrees like you have. I'm really happy that you got to get your MFA! I still go down that twisting path. I'm not sure how my reading will go with appointments coming up. I should read the Raymond Chandler one.
I understand. My path was crazy too. I wanted a degree cause no one in my family ever went to college. But I was wild and crazy and it was tough coming up. I got my degrees as an adult. Honestly, at the point where I literally couldn't f-off anymore. I was running out of time and money cause I used to live off the refund checks. Keep writing man one day your work will be in hard print. I can tell you have much to say.
Fight club wasn’t my kind of writing.. the movie was better to me than the book.. The writing is all over the place to me
I can understand that. I really liked Pitt and Norton in the movie. Hell the movie made me want to read the book. Keep in touch.
@@Sunnyvalereject24 same lol
I've seen worse lists.