I DIDN’T KNOW THE SPARROW HAD A SEQUEL!!!!! Ahhh I loved that book, but yes I’m definitely going to let you read it first lol. Excited to know if its worth picking up
I finished the Count Of Monte Cristo early this year. I took my time with it but it was so wortht. I love it. Regarding the Wheel of Time, I would say that if you don't feel very impress by book one, pick book 2 before dropping the series. The Eye of the World it's more formulaic and it takes a lot of the common tropes of its time so it may feel very Tolkienesque. Book 2 really shows him as an author and how he separates from this formula to write his own thing. Don't feel discouraged if you don't love book 1, I didn't like it that much and here I am at book 10 now.
Wow your list is a mirror of either my TBR or books I have read and enjoyed. There is nothing on your list that I haven’t either already read or want to read. I’d say about 80% are on my TBR. I’ve been enjoying your channel for about a year now. Usually I agree with your assessment of a book, not always but usually. You’ve pretty much convinced me to join your Patreon and read along. I’ve been thinking about what I will read in 2021. Though I do need to do a small push of 7 books this week to reach my Goodreads goal of 100 books. I may just go along with you as part of my reading this year. Maybe I’m being lazy letting you pick the books, but during the video I kept saying “Yes! I want to read that!” I even had a brief moment of insanity and though I might read the Count of Monte Christo in French, but I haven’t read a book in French since I had a French speaking student about 18 years ago and got him a French edition of The Hobbit so he could follow along with the first book I always read aloud to my students every year of my teaching career. And most of that was before the Peter Jackson films came out. Unfortunately I have not maintained my junior high/high school French since then. Thank you for jump starting my 2021 reading. I’m heading over to Patreon now.
I found your channel 2 days ago and I’m mesmerized. I’m binge watching, pre-ordered some books at the library and set up a new Amazon wishlist. I’m pretty sure I will have some great time in 2021. English is not my first language too but if you can read thousands of pages, so can I.
Honestly I binged the first three books in the Stormlight Archive and I’m 19 chapters into Rhythm of War. I’ve never done this with a series and I fell in love with it back when I read The Way of Kings! I too am excited to start The Wheel of Time too next year! 😍
I'm very curious to hear your thoughts on Wise Man's Fear and nervous for you because it strays from the school. There's one detour that you may have strong opinions about... Lies of Locke Lamora and the series is fun! Sneaky swashbuckling types!
It’s great to have a physical copy of the early wheel of time books because, if you’re like me, you’ll be in that glossary a lot. I’ve read them countless times and have a chapter icon tattooed on my back. So many great books on your tbr. I love so many!!
I don’t really read much sci-fi or fantasy but your channel is still one of my favorites. I think it’s the way you talk about books and you’re just so excited! I did read Starsight and Scythe on your recommendation and LOVED THEM. I also really enjoyed Ninth House and The Invisible Life of Addie Larue so I would take any other recommendations you have based on those ones!
Excited to see people picking up Eye of the World in 2021. Bedtime Bookworm is doing a go-at-your-own-pace read along as well. Important to remember it's a marathon not a sprint. 14 book series gives a lot of time to really delve into the characters. Also don't Google anything. Not even how to spell names. Autocomplete will spoil things for you. If you do end up liking the series there's an app you can download that sorts information by book so you can look things up without being spoiled. Hope you like it, but it's okay if you don't.!
Regarding Octavia Butler, I haven't read Kindred yet but I started out with Lilith's Brood and LOVED it. I couldn't put it down. It's so so good and I also usually like what you read so I think you would really enjoy it! But I bet Kindred is very good too, I really have to get to it in 2021.
I'm at 100 pages of A Deadly Education and I feel conflicted about it so far. There are things I like but also some things that I dislike. My main issue is that it tells rather than shows. But I hope you enjoy it more than I am atm. Also the one book I'm definitely reading in 2021 is The Midnight Library by Matt Haig.
The Wheel of Time is 14 books + a prequel. The Eye of the World is really the introduction, it's where you're gonna see similarities with LOTR, where the characters and the world are introduced. Just enjoy the journey and maybe you will pick up some of the foreshadowing :) the audiobook can be good if slow pace is an issue for you
I am planning on rereading Eye of the World this year and I want to continue The Count of Monte Cristo, which are the only two books from your list that I own. I would love to read along with you, but I can't afford Patreon. You have made me add a lot of books to my holds list at my library, a few I had actually started reading, but many I had never heard of. This is a good list and I am excited to get started reading these books as well as catching up on my current library books.
Oh hell yes! So many of these are on my TBR so I’m excited to read them along with you. I need to read Kindred. I actually just finished Parable of the Sower last night and it’s my favorite book of the year. I vote for The Eye of the World for January for selfish reasons! Lol there’s another booktuber doing a readalong in January so it would be sweet to knock out 2 for 1.
I'm trying to read more fantasy and scifi as well and I was so happy to see that I already have every "classic scifi" book you mentioned on my shelf!!! A few days ago I read To Be Taught, If Fortunate, and it totally got me back into the genre. One of the best books of my 2020 for sure. Thanks for getting me so inspired to read more!!! Happy holidays!
The Lies of Locke Lamora and The Rage of Dragons ARE AMAZING!! I hope u like them, they're in my best books of 2020 and of all time. I hope u read them soon to know ur opinions.
Glad to see the Rage of Dragons on your list! Easily one of my favorite books of the year. Its sequel- Fires of Vengeance- is also incredible. Also, I'm a few pages into Lies of Locke Lamora and pretty nervous about whether it will live up to the hype.
I loved The Sparrow (I read it because you recommended it!) and I totally agree it works perfectly as a stand alone. I'm looking forward to hearing if you think the 2nd book is worth it haha
I’m seriously jealous you get to experience Words of Radiance for the first time. Weird? Lol It’s amazing..probably the best fantasy books I’ve ever read.
You have quite a few that's on my shelf as well that would be nice to read together! Especially that Wheel of Time one! I hope you pick it to read soon!
I started reading Eye of the World as an audiobook while I was on a long car ride... it reads a lot faster and a lot easier than I was expecting, and the audiobook definitely helped with my fear of it, too!!
Yes, I too will jump on the "Lies of Lock Lamore" band wagon (its a very tight squeeze) I will read the second installment in 2021. I also want to read "Kings of the Wyld" and begin "The Poppy Wars". Whew! My list is beginning to look a little bit like Emily's!
Hi, I just wanted to warn you about 2 books you are planning on reading. 1/ Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie is a very VERY character driven book. There is not really a plot tbh. I personally love that stuff, but I also know you are more of a plot reader. So I just wanted to warn you in advance so you aren't too surprised and disappointed. I still recommend you the series and don't worry, Abercrombie focuses on plot of his books after the first one much more. 2/ Then there is the Eye of the World. Robert Jordan was very inspired by Tolkien. And I mean very inspired. The first half of the book is kinda like Fellowship of the Ring. But Jordan then made the series his own thing and he has some of the most interesting world building, his strong suit was the cultures. But just keep that in mind.
The Count of Monte Cristo is on my list. I'm slowly making my way through and it's going to be weird and surreal when I do finish it. I have so many, and this year I want to focus on finishing big books within a few months instead of a few years.
So many of these books are on my tbr for this year too, I hope if you're reading them I'll be motivated to pick them up too 😹 I definitely want to carry on with, and hopefully finished, the Stormlight Archives this year!
I gasped out loud when that book came out of the packet damaged haha. I also laughed when you held up the Count of Monte Cristo. Girl, you need to read that book 😂😂 So many of these are on my list too. I'm excited to see what you think of the Liveship Traders trilogy, I think it's great. I've only read the first Farseer book so I might go back and finish the trilogy, and then continue on with the Rain Wilds series. I think you can start with Kindred for Octavia E. Butler, I did. I've only read that one and the short story Bloodchild (really weird), but I don't think it's too challenging or anything. Good luck with all these books!
The Foundation trilogy is the one that opened the door for me and got me into the whole scifi genre. 😁 It blew my mind. It starts a bit dry but totally worth it. This year I have read Dawn by Octavia E. Butler and again, mind=blown. It’s the first book of the Lilith’s Broos trilogy, there’s some first contact with aliens, but it is not the main topic of the books. After finishing the trilogy, I have to say, that Dawn is my favorite of the three books, however I like the other two as well. Butler doesn’t see anything only in black&white. Whenever you read about a moral lesson or wisdom you kinda agree with, you can be sure that she fooled you and she will destroy it in front of your very eyes in the next book. Love her
I started the Wheel of Time series in 2020 and I enjoyed Eye of the World, but nervous to continue. He definitely likes to describe things, but the magic is pretty neat.
I always like watching your videos your upfront with the books you do like and ones you dont. I recognized a couple books you had been talking about for a while that you wanted to read. 2021 is the year to complete them lol.
I think you'll love A Deadly Education. I can tell you that it reads aloud very well (I was our main reader). Not sure whether that's a recommend for the audiobook, or for you to read it to Steve.
Start with Kindred. Children of God is really good. I was scared to read it because I loved The Sparrow so much. I really enjoyed the author’s commentary at the end if the books I read, they were insightful.
Left Hand of Darkness is one of my all time favorite books!! And I’m not even a big sci fi fan. I’ve tried reading other LeGuin books tho and didn’t like them but have re-read LHoD more than once! Hope you like it! :)
I'm on book 9 of the Wheel of Time series (being doing audiobooks, the narrators are great) and as I was pulling in to work yesterday there was a moment that made me say "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!?!" alone in my car. I was amped all day to keep going. Love it. Also one of my dogs is named after a horse in the series (Pips)!
So basically, these are also all the books on my tbr. I love Robin Hobb, though have yet to read the Live Ship Traders. I plan to read all her books set in that universe. And I am so ready to take on Robert Jordan: magic, possible insanity...yes please. I have read The Lies of Lock Lamora though, and loved it. One of the few books that make "segue" flashbacks work. And PS, I love your channel so much Miss Fox :)
I really want to read The Furies of Calderon too! It's been on my list for forever and I finally got a kindle copy for 99p! It's definitely on my 2021 list! :) Also, hyped for you to read the Brave New World. We studied it in school and I loved it (albeit upon first read, not so much xD)
Omg pleaseee read The Count of Montecristo part II . While the first part is good, it is nothing compared to the second one. The first part took me about a month to get through but the second part took me literally two days. The actual revenge is just soo brilliantly executed I could not stop reading. Go for it, I'm sure you will enjoy it as much as I did :b
I loved Unkindness of Ghosts! i read it last year. Its written very interestingly and yes, trigger warnings apply. Overall a very good read that will sit with you for a while. I do recommend it but its not a happy read.
Yeah, I've read it during lock down, like I wasn't depressed enough. I bought the other book she wrote about mermaids, if I remember correctly "The deep". It's on my liste for 2021.
Oh wow!! I own about 90% of those books and need to read most of them in 2021 too 😁 I’m currently reading The Blade Itself since I got the box set for Christmas. The Sword of Kaigen is on my list as is Brave New World. I really enjoyed Senlin Ascends and hope you enjoy too!
What the what! I've got so many of the same books on my TBR for 2021! I'm breaking out of my classics and non-fiction hole and breaking out into fantasy and more classic sci-fi so this is amazing! My hubby and I are reading the full wheel of time series, I definitely want to read Jade City, Nam e of the Wind, First Law Trilogy, continue the Foundation trilogy i just finished the first book (it was dry so brace yourself but the second half i loved), i've got other books by ursula le guin on my list as well! so many similarities how fun! I'll have to join your patreon now just so we can chat about it 💖🔥💖
Advice for Wheel of Time - the first 2 or 3 books is classic fantasy and then the rest helped usher in modern fantasy. Just remember Eye of the World was published when only Tolkien style was getting published. The author starts there and then majorly diverges from those tropes.
Hope you have a better time with Brave New World than I did. Like you I had read 1984 and Fahrenheit so I figured I would read this one and I had lots of issues. I really love the first book in the Foundation trilogy though!
Yes lets read eye of the world together I’ve been wanting to start it but I’m scared lol. Also the thing about Wise Man’s Fear is that one more book would not do the series any justice. There are SO MANY things left to be further expanded and one book is just simply not enough. I believe that’s why Patrick has been struggling with it.
i was like being serious and stuff for the whole video but when le comte de monte-cristo came up i laugh so loud. it's so funny tho. so so funny. rooting for you, this time it's real!!!!!
I'm eager to see how you like Children of God! I picked up The Sparrow this year mainly from your recommendation and while it was intense, it was SO well done and has stayed with me (and the Aricebo radio tower this month 😔)
Personally I'd recommend you start with Lilith's Brood series by Octavia E Butler it's a first contact with aliens and much more sci-fi than Kindred. Although Kindred is a great book! And I think her most popular one
Please go on with the red rising saga! It gets so much better after the first book, and Dark Age (the last that came out) is one of the most epic sci fi books ever written 😭😭
I'm not a huge adult fantasy reader, and for the book club for me personally I'd prefer standalones? At least a few so it doesn't feel like such a commitment
lots of books on this list that i want to read as well. A brave new world, its one of the few classics i truly love, its not without flaws but as i scientist in formation i tend to always think about that book whenever i read scientifict papers with experiments that can be ethically cuestionable, it also has one of my favourite quotes so i hope you like it. By the way, i want to thank you fo recomending "to be taught, if fortunate", i´ve been struggling a lot with the project that i have to do in order to get my masters degree, to the point where i was thinking of quitting, and reading that book reminded me of how much i love science and why i do it, gave me lots of motivation, so thank you.
Ohhh, The Left Hand of Darkness is one of my favorite books of all time! Over the years, I’ve probably read like 3 times already but it’s a bit different experience every time. It’s not an easy read but if you liked The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, I think you might like this one too.
Eye of the World is a bit tropey so try not to judge the series by its first book. I very much enjoyed it, however a friend of mine who's a big Tolkien fan had some issues with it but loved the books that came after.
Probably commenting too late to get noticed, but have you ever considered starting the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett? I don't read much fantasy but I keep getting drawn to that since there are so many books and you will see people with TONS of Terry Pratchett books on their shelves...
Which one are you the most excited about?
OMG Dumas 😁
The Eye of the World! The Wheel of Time is my favorite fantasy series :)
AHHH i love the Codex Alera series! hope you like it too! :)
Continuing the three body problem! I am 50 % through and love it so far :) but also the poppy war series, rage of dragons, the way of kings
I DIDN’T KNOW THE SPARROW HAD A SEQUEL!!!!! Ahhh I loved that book, but yes I’m definitely going to let you read it first lol. Excited to know if its worth picking up
I finished the Count Of Monte Cristo early this year. I took my time with it but it was so wortht. I love it. Regarding the Wheel of Time, I would say that if you don't feel very impress by book one, pick book 2 before dropping the series. The Eye of the World it's more formulaic and it takes a lot of the common tropes of its time so it may feel very Tolkienesque. Book 2 really shows him as an author and how he separates from this formula to write his own thing. Don't feel discouraged if you don't love book 1, I didn't like it that much and here I am at book 10 now.
Wow your list is a mirror of either my TBR or books I have read and enjoyed. There is nothing on your list that I haven’t either already read or want to read. I’d say about 80% are on my TBR. I’ve been enjoying your channel for about a year now. Usually I agree with your assessment of a book, not always but usually. You’ve pretty much convinced me to join your Patreon and read along. I’ve been thinking about what I will read in 2021. Though I do need to do a small push of 7 books this week to reach my Goodreads goal of 100 books. I may just go along with you as part of my reading this year. Maybe I’m being lazy letting you pick the books, but during the video I kept saying “Yes! I want to read that!” I even had a brief moment of insanity and though I might read the Count of Monte Christo in French, but I haven’t read a book in French since I had a French speaking student about 18 years ago and got him a French edition of The Hobbit so he could follow along with the first book I always read aloud to my students every year of my teaching career. And most of that was before the Peter Jackson films came out. Unfortunately I have not maintained my junior high/high school French since then. Thank you for jump starting my 2021 reading. I’m heading over to Patreon now.
Emily really said 'let me read all of the most popular fantasy books out there'
I have some catching up to do 💁♀️
I found your channel 2 days ago and I’m mesmerized. I’m binge watching, pre-ordered some books at the library and set up a new Amazon wishlist. I’m pretty sure I will have some great time in 2021. English is not my first language too but if you can read thousands of pages, so can I.
Yay! I hope you'll find some new favorite books :)
Words of Radiance is one of the best books I’ve ever read.
Honestly I binged the first three books in the Stormlight Archive and I’m 19 chapters into Rhythm of War. I’ve never done this with a series and I fell in love with it back when I read The Way of Kings! I too am excited to start The Wheel of Time too next year! 😍
Emily in the beginning of the video with a whole bunch of books: "This is ridiculous"
Me: You can never have too many books.
The ridiculous part was me trying to hold them all XD
AMEN!
I'm very curious to hear your thoughts on Wise Man's Fear and nervous for you because it strays from the school. There's one detour that you may have strong opinions about...
Lies of Locke Lamora and the series is fun! Sneaky swashbuckling types!
It’s great to have a physical copy of the early wheel of time books because, if you’re like me, you’ll be in that glossary a lot. I’ve read them countless times and have a chapter icon tattooed on my back.
So many great books on your tbr. I love so many!!
I loved Words of Radiance even more than Way of Kings. I think you will really enjoy it!
Good luck with your reading! I never manage to finish the ones I pick for this
I usually end up reading half... but I'm hopeful this year will be successful XD
I don’t really read much sci-fi or fantasy but your channel is still one of my favorites. I think it’s the way you talk about books and you’re just so excited!
I did read Starsight and Scythe on your recommendation and LOVED THEM. I also really enjoyed Ninth House and The Invisible Life of Addie Larue so I would take any other recommendations you have based on those ones!
Excited to see people picking up Eye of the World in 2021. Bedtime Bookworm is doing a go-at-your-own-pace read along as well.
Important to remember it's a marathon not a sprint. 14 book series gives a lot of time to really delve into the characters.
Also don't Google anything. Not even how to spell names. Autocomplete will spoil things for you. If you do end up liking the series there's an app you can download that sorts information by book so you can look things up without being spoiled.
Hope you like it, but it's okay if you don't.!
Your approach to series is honestly genius
Omg the lies of Locke Lamora is so great, I hope you love it!!
Your 2021 TBR looks a lot like mine, so I signed up as a patron. Good luck to everyone trying to tackle these chunky books in the new year!
I loved the expression of your face while you were showing LCdM-C. I plan to read Dumas this year too, let's check that box this year!
Regarding Octavia Butler, I haven't read Kindred yet but I started out with Lilith's Brood and LOVED it. I couldn't put it down. It's so so good and I also usually like what you read so I think you would really enjoy it! But I bet Kindred is very good too, I really have to get to it in 2021.
I'm at 100 pages of A Deadly Education and I feel conflicted about it so far. There are things I like but also some things that I dislike. My main issue is that it tells rather than shows. But I hope you enjoy it more than I am atm. Also the one book I'm definitely reading in 2021 is The Midnight Library by Matt Haig.
The Wheel of Time is 14 books + a prequel. The Eye of the World is really the introduction, it's where you're gonna see similarities with LOTR, where the characters and the world are introduced. Just enjoy the journey and maybe you will pick up some of the foreshadowing :) the audiobook can be good if slow pace is an issue for you
I'm excited to hear your thoughts on A Deadly Education. I also did not like Uprooted but I think Novik VASTLY improved with A Deadly Education.
I am planning on rereading Eye of the World this year and I want to continue The Count of Monte Cristo, which are the only two books from your list that I own. I would love to read along with you, but I can't afford Patreon. You have made me add a lot of books to my holds list at my library, a few I had actually started reading, but many I had never heard of. This is a good list and I am excited to get started reading these books as well as catching up on my current library books.
I have so many of the same books/series on my TBR. Just bought the same first law edition last month and started the blade itself two days ago.
Oh hell yes! So many of these are on my TBR so I’m excited to read them along with you. I need to read Kindred. I actually just finished Parable of the Sower last night and it’s my favorite book of the year. I vote for The Eye of the World for January for selfish reasons! Lol there’s another booktuber doing a readalong in January so it would be sweet to knock out 2 for 1.
I'm trying to read more fantasy and scifi as well and I was so happy to see that I already have every "classic scifi" book you mentioned on my shelf!!! A few days ago I read To Be Taught, If Fortunate, and it totally got me back into the genre. One of the best books of my 2020 for sure. Thanks for getting me so inspired to read more!!! Happy holidays!
Joe Abercrombie’s First Law trilogy is one of my favorite fantasy series.
Me too!
@@Cynthia-vm3ee it doesn’t get the attention it deserves. It is excellent.
Reading super popular fantasy books is also my tbr plan for 2021! The Witcher, Realm of the Elderlings, and Wheel of Time to start.
We almost have the same reading tbr for this year! I'm excited to hear your thoughts!! Especially, Wheel of Time! Long distance reading buddies!! ✨✨
The Lies of Locke Lamora and The Rage of Dragons ARE AMAZING!! I hope u like them, they're in my best books of 2020 and of all time. I hope u read them soon to know ur opinions.
Glad to see the Rage of Dragons on your list! Easily one of my favorite books of the year. Its sequel- Fires of Vengeance- is also incredible.
Also, I'm a few pages into Lies of Locke Lamora and pretty nervous about whether it will live up to the hype.
I was recently suggested wheel of time series and since it’s featured on the video, I am encouraged more to continue! Love your suggestions 😄
I loved The Sparrow (I read it because you recommended it!) and I totally agree it works perfectly as a stand alone. I'm looking forward to hearing if you think the 2nd book is worth it haha
My husband and daughter, Love, love, loves Jim Butcher Dresden Files series. We have to go and get the new one on days it comes out.
Funny enough, almost all your TBR for 2021 is basically my TBR for 2021 :)) I even have them all in physical copies on my shelves!
I’m seriously jealous you get to experience Words of Radiance for the first time. Weird? Lol It’s amazing..probably the best fantasy books I’ve ever read.
I managed the wheel of time series by both reading/listening at the same time. The audiobooks are so well read and good. Love the narrators.
You have quite a few that's on my shelf as well that would be nice to read together! Especially that Wheel of Time one! I hope you pick it to read soon!
Jade City is one of my favourite books from this year !! i hope you like it 💕
What books is on your list for 2021?
The Fall of Babel, by Josiah Bancroft. It's the fourth and last book in the series that started with the excellent Senlin Ascends.
the invisible life of addie larue, cemetery boys, magical education, the burning god series, plain bad heroines, and the mistborn series
Emily, please push through wot book 1 isn't the best but it keeps getting better.
ruin of kings, jade city, harrow the ninth, thorn of emberlain, poppy war, dresden files collection, and maybe way of kings
I started reading Eye of the World as an audiobook while I was on a long car ride... it reads a lot faster and a lot easier than I was expecting, and the audiobook definitely helped with my fear of it, too!!
Yes, I too will jump on the "Lies of Lock Lamore" band wagon (its a very tight squeeze) I will read the second installment in 2021. I also want to read "Kings of the Wyld" and begin "The Poppy Wars". Whew! My list is beginning to look a little bit like Emily's!
Hi, I just wanted to warn you about 2 books you are planning on reading.
1/ Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie is a very VERY character driven book. There is not really a plot tbh. I personally love that stuff, but I also know you are more of a plot reader. So I just wanted to warn you in advance so you aren't too surprised and disappointed. I still recommend you the series and don't worry, Abercrombie focuses on plot of his books after the first one much more.
2/ Then there is the Eye of the World. Robert Jordan was very inspired by Tolkien. And I mean very inspired. The first half of the book is kinda like Fellowship of the Ring. But Jordan then made the series his own thing and he has some of the most interesting world building, his strong suit was the cultures. But just keep that in mind.
The Count of Monte Cristo is on my list. I'm slowly making my way through and it's going to be weird and surreal when I do finish it. I have so many, and this year I want to focus on finishing big books within a few months instead of a few years.
the left hand of darkness is my favorite book of all time!
I've been meaning to pick up Octavia E Butler too!
Absolutely loveeeeed The Ship of Magic! So so amazing!
I gasped when I saw the bent cover. I felt it so hard.
Sword of Kaigen is one of my top three for 2020. It's actually a spinoff of a discontinued series. It wasn't flawless, but certainly most enjoyable.
An Unkindness of Ghosts is such an amazing book. It was one of my favorites from this year!
So many of these books are on my tbr for this year too, I hope if you're reading them I'll be motivated to pick them up too 😹 I definitely want to carry on with, and hopefully finished, the Stormlight Archives this year!
I gasped out loud when that book came out of the packet damaged haha. I also laughed when you held up the Count of Monte Cristo. Girl, you need to read that book 😂😂
So many of these are on my list too. I'm excited to see what you think of the Liveship Traders trilogy, I think it's great. I've only read the first Farseer book so I might go back and finish the trilogy, and then continue on with the Rain Wilds series. I think you can start with Kindred for Octavia E. Butler, I did. I've only read that one and the short story Bloodchild (really weird), but I don't think it's too challenging or anything.
Good luck with all these books!
The Foundation trilogy is the one that opened the door for me and got me into the whole scifi genre. 😁 It blew my mind. It starts a bit dry but totally worth it.
This year I have read Dawn by Octavia E. Butler and again, mind=blown. It’s the first book of the Lilith’s Broos trilogy, there’s some first contact with aliens, but it is not the main topic of the books.
After finishing the trilogy, I have to say, that Dawn is my favorite of the three books, however I like the other two as well. Butler doesn’t see anything only in black&white. Whenever you read about a moral lesson or wisdom you kinda agree with, you can be sure that she fooled you and she will destroy it in front of your very eyes in the next book. Love her
I started the Wheel of Time series in 2020 and I enjoyed Eye of the World, but nervous to continue. He definitely likes to describe things, but the magic is pretty neat.
a ton of these are also on my tbr! I'm so excited! Joe Abercrombie is my fave, I'm up to date on all his books, great stuff!!
I always like watching your videos your upfront with the books you do like and ones you dont. I recognized a couple books you had been talking about for a while that you wanted to read. 2021 is the year to complete them lol.
I think you'll love A Deadly Education. I can tell you that it reads aloud very well (I was our main reader). Not sure whether that's a recommend for the audiobook, or for you to read it to Steve.
Start with Kindred. Children of God is really good. I was scared to read it because I loved The Sparrow so much. I really enjoyed the author’s commentary at the end if the books I read, they were insightful.
Kindred is not what you expect. At first I didn't like it, but once I understood the INTENTIONALITY of everything, I was blown away and enthralled.
I've read almost all the books on your 2021 TBR and I highly recommend everything
Left Hand of Darkness is one of my all time favorite books!! And I’m not even a big sci fi fan. I’ve tried reading other LeGuin books tho and didn’t like them but have re-read LHoD more than once! Hope you like it! :)
Have you tried The Lathe of Heaven? It's one of the two books I've read by her so far and liked it! Definitely excited for LHoD!
I'm reading both this year, LHOD with my coworkers first week of the year, actually!
@@BookswithEmilyFox Oh no I haven't! I will check it out as I really wanted to love another one of her works! Thanks! :)
I absolutely love Brave New World, looking forward to hearing your thoughts !😍
The Left Hand of Darkness is one of my favorite books of ALL TIME!! Since you like sci-fi I'm sure you'll like it. The concept is just AMAZING
I'm on book 9 of the Wheel of Time series (being doing audiobooks, the narrators are great) and as I was pulling in to work yesterday there was a moment that made me say "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!?!" alone in my car. I was amped all day to keep going. Love it. Also one of my dogs is named after a horse in the series (Pips)!
just finished Count of Monte Cristo this month 😉 really liked it
So basically, these are also all the books on my tbr. I love Robin Hobb, though have yet to read the Live Ship Traders. I plan to read all her books set in that universe. And I am so ready to take on Robert Jordan: magic, possible insanity...yes please. I have read The Lies of Lock Lamora though, and loved it. One of the few books that make "segue" flashbacks work. And PS, I love your channel so much Miss Fox :)
Our TBR for the year is nearly identical!!!
For Naomi Novik, I recommend you check out Spinning Silver over A Deadly Education.
I enjoy your energy in your videos
I really want to read The Furies of Calderon too! It's been on my list for forever and I finally got a kindle copy for 99p! It's definitely on my 2021 list! :)
Also, hyped for you to read the Brave New World. We studied it in school and I loved it (albeit upon first read, not so much xD)
Omg pleaseee read The Count of Montecristo part II . While the first part is good, it is nothing compared to the second one. The first part took me about a month to get through but the second part took me literally two days. The actual revenge is just soo brilliantly executed I could not stop reading. Go for it, I'm sure you will enjoy it as much as I did :b
I loved Unkindness of Ghosts! i read it last year. Its written very interestingly and yes, trigger warnings apply. Overall a very good read that will sit with you for a while. I do recommend it but its not a happy read.
Yeah, I've read it during lock down, like I wasn't depressed enough. I bought the other book she wrote about mermaids, if I remember correctly "The deep". It's on my liste for 2021.
The Red Riding series absolutely pops off in the next couple books, hopefully you'll enjoy it!
Oh wow!! I own about 90% of those books and need to read most of them in 2021 too 😁 I’m currently reading The Blade Itself since I got the box set for Christmas. The Sword of Kaigen is on my list as is Brave New World. I really enjoyed Senlin Ascends and hope you enjoy too!
I am debating picking up eye of the world too ...
All the fantasy series are also on my TBR 😊
The challenge was pokemon + lost Roman legion. I love the Codex Alera series!!
I recommend the audiobooks for The Wheel of Time.
What the what! I've got so many of the same books on my TBR for 2021! I'm breaking out of my classics and non-fiction hole and breaking out into fantasy and more classic sci-fi so this is amazing! My hubby and I are reading the full wheel of time series, I definitely want to read Jade City, Nam e of the Wind, First Law Trilogy, continue the Foundation trilogy i just finished the first book (it was dry so brace yourself but the second half i loved), i've got other books by ursula le guin on my list as well! so many similarities how fun! I'll have to join your patreon now just so we can chat about it 💖🔥💖
Advice for Wheel of Time - the first 2 or 3 books is classic fantasy and then the rest helped usher in modern fantasy. Just remember Eye of the World was published when only Tolkien style was getting published. The author starts there and then majorly diverges from those tropes.
so excited for you to finally finish monte cristo!! better late than never 😜
There is also a graphic novel of Kindred that’s not bad. If you want to just get an idea of the story, you could read that first in a short time
The little squeal when you looked at how big the book was. 😆 Bets of luck with these, and happy new year!
Wow! The first four books are literally my tbr! And yay, means I’ll get to hear your thoughts of the books I’m excited for
Hope you have a better time with Brave New World than I did. Like you I had read 1984 and Fahrenheit so I figured I would read this one and I had lots of issues. I really love the first book in the Foundation trilogy though!
Yes lets read eye of the world together I’ve been wanting to start it but I’m scared lol. Also the thing about Wise Man’s Fear is that one more book would not do the series any justice. There are SO MANY things left to be further expanded and one book is just simply not enough. I believe that’s why Patrick has been struggling with it.
I didnt super vibe with uprooted or deadly education but I thought spinning silver was amazing
i was like being serious and stuff for the whole video but when le comte de monte-cristo came up i laugh so loud. it's so funny tho. so so funny. rooting for you, this time it's real!!!!!
I'm eager to see how you like Children of God! I picked up The Sparrow this year mainly from your recommendation and while it was intense, it was SO well done and has stayed with me (and the Aricebo radio tower this month 😔)
The Sparrow was sooooo good!
Personally I'd recommend you start with Lilith's Brood series by Octavia E Butler it's a first contact with aliens and much more sci-fi than Kindred. Although Kindred is a great book! And I think her most popular one
Agreed!
The audio books for wheel of time are awesome
I dnf'd Uprooted as well but loved Naomi Novik's other book, Spinning Silver. Hard recommend.
Please go on with the red rising saga! It gets so much better after the first book, and Dark Age (the last that came out) is one of the most epic sci fi books ever written 😭😭
I'm not a huge adult fantasy reader, and for the book club for me personally I'd prefer standalones? At least a few so it doesn't feel like such a commitment
lots of books on this list that i want to read as well. A brave new world, its one of the few classics i truly love, its not without flaws but as i scientist in formation i tend to always think about that book whenever i read scientifict papers with experiments that can be ethically cuestionable, it also has one of my favourite quotes so i hope you like it. By the way, i want to thank you fo recomending "to be taught, if fortunate", i´ve been struggling a lot with the project that i have to do in order to get my masters degree, to the point where i was thinking of quitting, and reading that book reminded me of how much i love science and why i do it, gave me lots of motivation, so thank you.
Ohhh, The Left Hand of Darkness is one of my favorite books of all time! Over the years, I’ve probably read like 3 times already but it’s a bit different experience every time. It’s not an easy read but if you liked The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, I think you might like this one too.
Ooh that hurts my soul too. Glad I am not the only one
Eye of the World is a bit tropey so try not to judge the series by its first book. I very much enjoyed it, however a friend of mine who's a big Tolkien fan had some issues with it but loved the books that came after.
Probably commenting too late to get noticed, but have you ever considered starting the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett? I don't read much fantasy but I keep getting drawn to that since there are so many books and you will see people with TONS of Terry Pratchett books on their shelves...