The BEST Books of 2024!

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ธ.ค. 2024

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  • @MrYouDougTube
    @MrYouDougTube 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +19

    You probably heard this or seen a comment about this, but Erikson wrote Toll the Hounds after his father died, so the grief themes are no coincidence.

  • @Stephen-by7wv
    @Stephen-by7wv 6 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great list Murphy. I always look forward to and enjoy your videos and your enthusiasm. It was a great year of reading for me and my top six include three series.
    Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel
    Gideon/Harrow/Nona the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir
    Half a King/World/War - Joe Abercrombie
    Tell me everything - Elizabeth Strout
    Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell
    Autumn/Winter/Spring/Summer - Ali Smith

  • @PeruseProject
    @PeruseProject 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    as a lover of strange fiction.. I need to read Borne lol

  • @anthonyparkernearlifeexp
    @anthonyparkernearlifeexp 14 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +6

    Can you do (or have you done) a video on the best books NOT named Harry potter to read a child under 10 that the parent will enjoy as well?

    • @CarrotSkull
      @CarrotSkull 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Try the The Keys to the Kingdom seris by Garth Nix.

    • @KidRisky
      @KidRisky 6 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Authors Edward Eager, Roald Dahl, and E. Nesbit are good, and the Chronicles of Narnia, The Hobbit, Winnie the Pooh, the Wind in the Willows, A Wrinkle in Time, The Phantom Tollbooth, The Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander, and The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper are all good fantasy, which is what I know because that’s mostly what I read when I was that age.
      Outside of fantasy, I remember enjoying The Great Brain, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, and The House with a Clock in Its Walls.
      Now, I have to stop going back and adding more books to that list or I’ll never stop.

    • @prenticeclark1454
      @prenticeclark1454 28 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin was one of my absolute favorites as a kid. It’s a mystery story with some wonderfully clever twists. As someone who’s been reading the HP series to my nine-year-old daughter for the last year, I totally sympathize with your question… I think I’ll plan to dig out my old copy of Raskin’s classic once we finally get to the end of Hogwarts

    • @orisegel4055
      @orisegel4055 9 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      I think most of Diana Wynne Jones fits the bill

  • @delfordchaffin5617
    @delfordchaffin5617 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +4

    Ishiguro's "Never Let Me Go" is amazing but heartbreaking! The film adaptation (screenplay by Alex Garland who also did "Annihilation") is great as well.

  • @reaper721
    @reaper721 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +11

    1. 0:40 - A Letter From An Unknown Woman by Stefan Zweig
    2. 2:00 - Bourne by Jeff VanderMeer
    3. 4:54 - Klara And The Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
    4. 7:56 - Toll The Hounds by Steven Erikson
    5. 9:54 - Changes by Jim Butcher
    6. 11:15 - House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky

  • @piplupz1586
    @piplupz1586 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    I really loved a Wizards Guide to Defensive Baking. It was a treat. I also really loved Wind and Truth, I read it in like 4 days lol

  • @mattkean1128
    @mattkean1128 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    I definitely want you read more Zweig. I've heard great things about his World of Yesterday.
    A selection of my favorite reads of the year:
    Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion - Beth Brower
    The Unseen - Roy Jacobsen
    Thessaly trilogy- Jo Walton
    Saint Sebastian's Abyss - Mark Haber
    Doomsday Book - Connie Willis
    The Ambassadors - Henry James
    Look at Me - Anita Brookner
    The Trees - Percival Everett
    Stranger in Olondria - Sofia Samatar
    The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison
    Daughter of Time - Josephine Tey
    The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August - Catherine Webb

  • @crylorenzo
    @crylorenzo 4 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Merry Christmas!

  • @Mnfst011-e2o
    @Mnfst011-e2o 14 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +51

    Seriously, why is no one discussing 'Hidden Signs of the Universe by Olivia Cooper'? This forbidden book is a goldmine of knowledge that can sincerely change your life

  • @the_Nameless_One99
    @the_Nameless_One99 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +4

    Erikson always writes a WOTesque climax where all things come together, or in Malazan words, "converge" at the end of the book. But, the convergence in TTH was next level and the cast of the characters involved far surpassed any expectations!! Also, I believe the climax started at about the 75% mark, so a full quarter of the book was just frantic page turning after frantic page turning. Loved that you loved it! Cannot wait for your full spoiler review. Make it as long as you want. :)

    • @kylarstern42
      @kylarstern42 4 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      I keep seeing how amazing the series but I'll admit I'm a bit intimidated by it. But I think I'm going to give it a shot because I keep seeing comments like this for multiple books in the series.

  • @Arawn505
    @Arawn505 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    Merry Christmas, Merphy!! ✨

  • @PowerAvocado
    @PowerAvocado 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    My favorite novel of this year is The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen. My favorite nonfiction is The Twilight Warriors by Robert Gandt.

  • @Gusbusbus
    @Gusbusbus 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I've been eager for this to drop

  • @andrewberenson5717
    @andrewberenson5717 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Happy holidays Merphy

  • @notrixamoris3318
    @notrixamoris3318 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    Merry Christmas to you and your family Merphy!!! ❄️🎄✨️🎁

  • @rancidrylan5460
    @rancidrylan5460 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Great video Merphy, love you!!!

  • @HyDrOpYrO777
    @HyDrOpYrO777 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Merry Christmas Eve Merphy and family.Great list of books as usual.

  • @Chu9947
    @Chu9947 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    winds and truth review when ?

  • @ABookForest
    @ABookForest 8 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    If you like obsession, you might like Perfume by Patrick Suskind or Bruges-la-Morte by Rodenbach. I also think you would like Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky, it is ripe with overwhelming creepy nature.

  • @Montie-Adkins
    @Montie-Adkins 23 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    Borne was one of two of my favorite characters this year along with Minna from Doors of Sleep.
    Changes was a shocker in every way and i think is my favorite Dresden book. My favorite moment though comes in Small Favor:
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    When Michael is taken to the hospital and Dresden turns to leave but Charity stops him and says, "Family would stay." 😭
    I hope you have a great Christmas.

  • @Morfeusm
    @Morfeusm 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    I have read so many great books this year but if I needed to pick just let’s say 6:
    J L Borges: Library of Babel
    Joe Abercrombie: Best Served Cold
    China Mieville & Keanu Reeves: the Book of Elsewhere
    Haruki Murakami: Kafka on the Shore
    Virginia Woolf: Mrs. Dalloway
    James Islington: The Will of the Many

    • @lululala4658
      @lululala4658 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      I'm reading best served cold right now. It will definitely be in my top of the year!

  • @jamesduggan7200
    @jamesduggan7200 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    My sister gave me a B&N gift card that I used to order Timeline and Sphere. They're due here Friday so I expect to be prepared for the discussion next month. Maybe next week I'll finish Klara and the Sun, which I am enjoying. I do have some reservations about it but still it's very good.

  • @Astilbek
    @Astilbek 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I love when one of my favorite booktubers can give me more books to add to my raider/TBR. 🥰

  • @Dunybrook
    @Dunybrook 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Just finished The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin and it's kind of restoring my faith in high fantasy as it very much the opposite of the predominately Eurocentric and heteronormative genre, on top of just being a great story full of compelling characters. A must read for somebody looking for something fresh and new.

  • @OnlyTheBestFantasyNovels
    @OnlyTheBestFantasyNovels 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    Awesome picks! Won't lie, I expected half the list to be Vandermeer after how your year has gone 😂

  • @NowhereNarrative
    @NowhereNarrative 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Merry Christmas, Merphy. More Pratchett this year?

    • @merphynapierreviews
      @merphynapierreviews  17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

      hopefully! I think Johnanna and I are reading City Watch together at some point

  • @gbisch1010
    @gbisch1010 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    My favourite book of the year was the Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. It is a haunting story about family and colonialism in the 1950s Congo. I would really recommend it! The family dynamics are so fascinating and the discussion of colonialism is so eye opening. Very slow paced but still grabbing at the same time

  • @LightningRaven42
    @LightningRaven42 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Merphy, I remember you liked the game "Gris", do you know that the studio released the game "Nova" with the same vibe?
    Check it out, if you haven't already.

    • @merphynapierreviews
      @merphynapierreviews  17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      I do! I'm waiting for it to go on sale but I'm excited to try it!

  • @dianaayt
    @dianaayt 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Surprised to see klara and the sun here because i remember you talking about multiple things that didnt quite make it and that could be better. for me i can get 10 books where i have maybe 1 or 2 complains that i gave 5 starts to 😅

    • @merphynapierreviews
      @merphynapierreviews  17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      I was pretty surprised that it it was here too, but it's stuck with me with distance!

  • @Thecatladybooknook_PennyD
    @Thecatladybooknook_PennyD 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +8

    You need to read Ethan Fromme by Edith Wharton MOSTLY because of what you said about the obsession in your top book of the year. AND it's super short AND it's perfect for winter. Very snowy.

  • @jimsbooksreadingandstuff
    @jimsbooksreadingandstuff 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    Klara and the Sun is a great read 🤖🌞

  • @kyliaaanhopping
    @kyliaaanhopping 10 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I recommend reading Whispers of Astrology by Ethan Parker that book is a real eye opener about shocking stuff they hide there

  • @Alkemisti
    @Alkemisti 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Ishiguro's _Buried Giants_ is worth reading.

  • @Rogue_VI
    @Rogue_VI 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Toll the Hounds!!!! My favorite Malazan book.

  • @depressedtv
    @depressedtv 8 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Klara and the Sun is so good

  • @dianaayt
    @dianaayt 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    My library only has one of these books. None of the others exist there in english or have been translated (or will ever be). how fun 😮‍💨

  • @NicholasJohnson-p1g
    @NicholasJohnson-p1g 6 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for your delightful, fun and fantabulous content- it, as well as you, always put a smile to my face!!!!! 😃 May you, your family and all of your loved ones have a razzle dazzle, scrumptious food-filled, holly jolly, present 🎁 filled very Merry Christmas ⛄🎄🦌, with a delightful and ever super 2025 to come, spectacular Mrs. Merphy!!!!! ✨🌌🎆🌆🎉

  • @nazimelmardi
    @nazimelmardi 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    That’s a list. 👏👏

  • @tiffanymorningstar7008
    @tiffanymorningstar7008 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    What are the blue and pink books near bottom of Video next to the White Books with Lady on it (im assuming those white books are classics)?

  • @JayGTheAwkwardBookworm
    @JayGTheAwkwardBookworm 14 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I was just waiting for Jim butcher lol

  • @theoneandonlygod
    @theoneandonlygod 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    I think you Should watch the anime movie Tokyo Godfathers

  • @zap117
    @zap117 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    when we are done with dresden i vote for drizzt series

  • @sergeybudarin7071
    @sergeybudarin7071 10 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    My Favorite Book of 2024, "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas. But I didn't like "Clara and the Sun" at all, it seems to me that books about androids that have their own intelligence are not mine at all, I just don't believe in it! And in general, the book seemed very slow and boring!

  • @BigCat-z4k
    @BigCat-z4k 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +68

    This video is a game-changer! So much helpful information packed into one clip. I personally don't like promoting anything in comments, but I simply have to share with you a book called The Gilded Nexus of Prosperity, that book changed my approach to money, the methods in that book are impressive

    • @endrutatic
      @endrutatic 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      I definitely agree with you my friend...impressive book, my father recommended it to me

  • @just_a_character
    @just_a_character 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    If you could bless us with an OF account for Christmas, that would be great for you and us.

    • @dillonarm
      @dillonarm 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      get some help guy

    • @just_a_character
      @just_a_character 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @ did you assume my gender?