For real my mind is blown. As a french I have red the little prince when I was a kid and every french people will tell you "oh yeah, that's a classic. Everyone has read it" cause that's the first book we all read as children. So yeah. Thinking that an adult do not know this book feels reaaly wierd to me. And having the little prince described as "people will tell you it's a book for child but in fact it's not" is above strange 😂 glad you liked it. It's never too late to discover books
I was not expecting to have a cut out of my ugly mug placed on a hierarchy and measured up against the likes of Lord Grimdark and Papa George and my eternal nemesis: Richard Swan. But I'm delighted to see it! :D By recommending Red Rising I was recommending the entire first trilogy, and the whole series, but considering my position in the hierarchy, you'll get no complaints from me! Thanks for including me, mate. It was a super fun watch.
This was fun, and how cool that Janny Wurts responded and even appeared on the video!? ALso, kinda sounded like Robin Hobb's reply was some kind of auto-reply and not actually from her, so maybe there's still a chance!
No Little Prince slander will be tolerated, so glad you ended up enjoying it! If you want other short reads with similar vibes, I recommend the Phantom Tollbooth and Johnathan Livingston Seagull.
Hmmm, well, I must appreciate Jack Vance and his style because I also like to write. The random articles and quotes are a fantastic way to slowly add world/universe building context to each chapter, while keeping the story slim and agile. The characters in the Star King are flat, but GRRM recommends the entire series, not just the first 158 pages… as things progress, you find out so much more and the central characters inflate as expected. Would say give the series its full deserved read, then figure out where he lands on this list.
Janny Wurts is awesome! Not only does she reply to your email, but you get to chat with her about books on stream. I loved the concept of these videos asking writers for recommendations. I hope you get replies eventually from some of the others.
I started reading fantasy in the early 80s.. if that time period is of interest.. ..fantasy has always been my favorite.. ..so.. I keep watching these lists and nobody has even mentioned Anne McCaffery 🤯 ..Her world building on Pern involved SO many books and have stayed among my favorites 40years later.. ..considering how many dragon riding books came after her.. ..it’s just astounding to me, that she isn’t better represented.. One thing these lists have done is give me some new books to try out.. and send me to the internet looking for old paperbacks.. I’ve already ordered a handful of battered books from the 80s 😅 I can’t wait!
Johan, I think this might be my favorite video of yours yet! The editing, the concept, waiting with bated breath for those emails. Love that you actually followed up from your WorldCon video and took your favorite authors' recs seriously rather than just getting them for the video and calling it a day. Also excited to see if you make a sequel to this sequel video and read Shogun, the Carol Berg books, and (fingers crossed) Sanderson and Hobb's recs down the line! Would be a lovely series if you continued obtaining these recommendations and reading author's favorite books. There's just something wholesome about it and an excellent way to find hidden gems. P.S. How cool is Janny Wurts for jumping on a call with you? Definitely bumped her books up on my TBR, can't wait!
This was a fun video to watch, Johan! Thanks for doing the follow-up. I absolutely ADORE Robin Hobbs so I'm going to add Ms. Wurts' author recommendation to my TBR. :)
I had so much fun watching this one! Your channel has been a nice escape for me while I procrastinate my edits to my manuscript 😅 I read The Little Prince back when I was learning French, but my retention was almost nothing at that time. So this inspired me to pick it back up with a friend! Loved this video so much.
Fun video! So cool that Janny Wurts joined you for the recommendation - it's so remarkable having her part of the BookTube community. I hope you enjoy Fonda Lee's recommendation - Shogun is a top 10 book of all time for me!
This is a great follow up video! I added Mythago Wood to my TBR from the last video, but getting your perspective I'm also going to add the Little Prince! You also put Janny Wurtz on the map for me and her recommendation of Flesh and Spirit was exciting!
Love that you followed up on the WorldCon author recommendations video! It must have been a pleasant surprise to realise that you'd already read so many of these books so the work was cut down. 😂 It would be wonderful if this triggered an uptick in people checking out Carol Berg-I'll have to take a gander at her books myself!
The video of you asking for recommendations had me intrigued by Mythago Wood. So I went and got myself a copy as well and it has become one of my favourite books. Thanks for making these videos, I found a terrific author I’d never read before.
@@libraryofavikingaw, I’m glad. But seriously, this book hit me perfectly. I kept thinking, if I’d read this at 14 instead of 45 I’d have based half my life around this book!
Janny Wurts!!!!!!! So cool!!!! Love your videos so much Johan. You have really unique and fun ideas and not just pumping out the same old garbage as so many others. Imo, you are by far my favorite booktuber. You and Bookpilled fly above all the others. Have a great weekend sir!
@libraryofaviking very much! Watching this, and you asking for 80s and 90s books and that you like fantasy and non-fiction I was wondering if you read The Razor's Edge by Somerset Maugham. It's seriously great for non-fiction, and a classic for good reason.
I'm actually reading the Way of Kings right now and I'm almost finished. It's my first time reading the Stormlight Archive and the first Brando Sando book I've read
Super idea for a video. I enjoyed it a lot! I've added Jade City to my wishlist, and also The Lighthouse Duet by Carol Berg after hearing Janny Wurts so passionate about this author.
Adding Mythago Woods to my tbr, same with Carol Berg's books. Loved this video, especially seeing how excited you got about your unicorns and Jenny Wurts joining you for a talk
Wow, You really did it! This was such a fun video, how you dorked out over a spam notification after you gave Brandon Sanderson your address. 😆. The wall of lierary face-holes. Lol.
I don’t think I have ever read a fantasy novel, but now I’ve have a head start on some excellent authors and book recommendations. Thank you for your efforts. I was surprised to see a couple of my favorites on the list: Little Prince and Shogun are among my top favorites. The Foundation trilogy by Isaac Asimov and Sidhartha by Herman Hesse would be on that list too. But these are certainly not in the fantasy genre. I’ll have to try some. Thanks a million
I really enjoyed it and it has stayed with me. I would probably rank it higher than Red Rising if I did the ranking today. I might continue the series!
@@libraryofaviking please do! At the very least just the second one. It’s a big leap in how deep it goes into the forest but such incredible writing and imagery.
I agree-Mythaho Wood is amazing, and I really think Lavondyss is better, more lyrical, more atmospheric, and powerfully expands the themes of the storyworld. My first published academic article was on the series and I was so hyped when it got quoted a couple years ago in a book about Mythago Wood.
So this video came up in my recommendations despite not being an avid reader (may have had a tiny wee little reading slump for... 10 years or so...). Only just started getting back into reading with the A Song of Ice and Fire series, and I've saved this video for inspiration after I've finished them (or, what's been released so far of them anyway, I don't plan on another decade long reading slump)
If you want another 1980s rec, try Little, Big by John Crowley. It follows several generations of a family living in an unusual house made from several clashing styles, 4 floors, 7 chimneys, 52 doors and 365 stairs, and quite possibly is on the border of the land of faeries. At almost 600 pages, it takes its time, but I - and a lot of critics - think it's worth it. Like Mythago Wood, it won the World Fantasy Award and it was also nominated for Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and British Science Fiction Association awards. Also, like Mythago Wood, it's very atmospheric.
Carol Berg!!!! I’m so excited for her to get some appreciation! I’ve been trying to get people in my life to read Transformation, but man is it hard to look past that horrible cover. Berg deserves so much better and so much more love then she’s gotten. Granted, I love to read about tortured complex character and Berg does that so well.
Very cood idea for a video. Super nice recommendations from all authors. I know that all of them are a personal taste. But as always - a lot of ideas what to read next. I started to read Robin Hobb - Farseer 1 and love it. Iam so hyped to read more of her amazing work. Edit: Amazing recommandations from Janny. Love it.
I like both Robin Hobb & Carol Berg but hadn't thought about how they tie together before. But Janny Wurst is absolutely correct. They both write incredibly well & both like to torture their characters. I have to be in the right frame of mind to read them, but they are both amazing authors. I'll have to look into her books now that I know her recommendations! Great video.
You should read the "The Face in the Frost" (1969) amazing underrated fantasy that appear childish but is actually great for adults. It's the only book written for adults book by prolific children's fantasy author John Bellairs. At the very least I'm sure it would make a great video since people love a good hidden gem. The book is about the quest of two mages - "Prospero (and not the one you're thinking of, according to the book) and Roger Bacon" as they seek out the source of a great evil that's begun to spread across the land. It's a novella too so not much a commitment yet highly enjoyable and fulfilling, much like "The Little Prince"
I have been reading for many years, but mostly from 2020 to the present. True Grit is a fantastic book. “The Strange” by Nathan Ballingrud is a “Martian Chronicles” meets “True Grit”. So you may want to try it.
I also disliked True Grit the first time I read it, but I loved it the second time. I now agree that it's a classic for a reason. It might be worth revisiting it someday!
On October 11 2024, 20 people added Transformation by Carol Berg as "To read", 32 added "Flesh and Spirit" and 79 added "Song of the Beats" A lot more than on any other day before and people kept adding the books as "to read" in the days after. A practical effect of this video I think. Now, for the other authors the effect is not noticeable because the background is much bigger. But I do get to wonder who or what has a big enough audience that say "Red Rising" was added 6939 times on September 09 in lieu of the usual 800ish.
I have not read much the last decade or two but I can recommend several classics. The Well World series by Jack Chalker. A unique setting that is primarily a political/adventure story. The only series I ever read back to back as fast as I could and been upset there were no more. The Stainless Steel Rat series was Indiana Jones in space , light but fast paced with the hero being the only criminal left in existence. And of course the Foundation Trilogy a little dry but a good representation of events of a planets governments issues over a great length of time. Neuromancer for a very unique setting. And although not exactly deep but well paced and many unexpected plot twists Battlefield Earth. Depth of characters fall off drastically as you move further away from the hero, but a complex plot with several layers of intrigue. You made a very interesting video and I will be looking into some of the suggestions you were given.
That's so cool that Janny Wurts jumped on a call with you to give a recommendation. I've never heard the term Book Store Death Spiral before and I'm not really sure what it means. I'm assuming from the change in name that it means that the author thought that starting with a new name could help sales, but I'm just guessing.
I feel children’s books are only children’s books when children read them as an adult children’s books can offer a lot of you can pick up on characters archetypes life lessons ect
Hidden gem from 80s and 90s? Try the Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold. It’s sci fi, and so good! If you don’t jibe with the first one (Shards of Honor), skip to Barrayar!
Westerns aren't for most fantasy readers but you must try Cormac McCarthy. His style is super dark, but flexible. Just don't start with Blood Meridian. Read The Road and No Country for Old Men first.
I'm relieved that I wasn't the only one that couldn't get into The Blacktongue Thief. I'm actually going to try it again soon, maybe I just wasn't in the mood for it?
I expect that stopping to read Shogun and a book by Carol Berg would have made the development time for the video too long. Hopefully we'll see another follow-up where he gets around to these books! 😁
Fun video, looked on your YT could not find a video about what i consider a unique trilogy of fantasy/sci-fi with deep connection to our timeline. I strongly recommend "broken empire" by Mark Lawrence ❤
Jack Vance is my favorite author of all time, and the Demon Princes novels are among his best work. Character development is definitely not his strong suit so if you require that to enjoy a story Vance may not be for you. But his use of language, his sardonic wit, his world building, and his dialogue are all without peer
I loved the idea of this video but does anyone wish the originality of the recommendation played a part in the ranking? Pedantic I know but you’re recommending a book to a huge fantasy reader and you recommend immensely popular novels like Way of Kings or Green Bone Saga? That’s weak. Horror reader: Hey I’m looking for a good horror novel. Have any recommendations? Me: Yeah, I do. Have you ever heard of an author named…Stephen King? Though huge props to Janny Wurts’s recommendation. I know the other authors were busy, but as a librarian, that is how you recommend a book to someone!
Dude I wish you'd given a few more points to originality. Ranking some of these against Way of Kings or Red Rising or GreenBone isn't fair. Those are some of the most praised books of the last decade. Of course you were going to pick those.
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For real my mind is blown. As a french I have red the little prince when I was a kid and every french people will tell you "oh yeah, that's a classic. Everyone has read it" cause that's the first book we all read as children. So yeah. Thinking that an adult do not know this book feels reaaly wierd to me. And having the little prince described as "people will tell you it's a book for child but in fact it's not" is above strange 😂 glad you liked it. It's never too late to discover books
I was not expecting to have a cut out of my ugly mug placed on a hierarchy and measured up against the likes of Lord Grimdark and Papa George and my eternal nemesis: Richard Swan. But I'm delighted to see it! :D
By recommending Red Rising I was recommending the entire first trilogy, and the whole series, but considering my position in the hierarchy, you'll get no complaints from me! Thanks for including me, mate. It was a super fun watch.
@@Jeremy_Szal Haha! Glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for the recommendation!
@@libraryofaviking Anytime, my man!
This was fun, and how cool that Janny Wurts responded and even appeared on the video!? ALso, kinda sounded like Robin Hobb's reply was some kind of auto-reply and not actually from her, so maybe there's still a chance!
Janny Wurts
No Little Prince slander will be tolerated, so glad you ended up enjoying it! If you want other short reads with similar vibes, I recommend the Phantom Tollbooth and Johnathan Livingston Seagull.
Great suggestions.
Janny Wurts is such a wonderful person. I’ll be picking up a Carol Berg for sure.
Hmmm, well, I must appreciate Jack Vance and his style because I also like to write. The random articles and quotes are a fantastic way to slowly add world/universe building context to each chapter, while keeping the story slim and agile. The characters in the Star King are flat, but GRRM recommends the entire series, not just the first 158 pages… as things progress, you find out so much more and the central characters inflate as expected. Would say give the series its full deserved read, then figure out where he lands on this list.
Jack Vance’s the Dying Earth is one of my favourite books of all time I highly recommend it.
I loved loved loved this video. I am the biggest fan of The Little Prince and now I've added Mythago Wood to my TBR!
Thank you, Ana! Glad you enjoyed the video.
I hope you will love Mythago Wood!
This was so awesome, particularly the end with Janny Wurts! I'm excited to read Carol Berg!
Janny Wurts is awesome! Not only does she reply to your email, but you get to chat with her about books on stream. I loved the concept of these videos asking writers for recommendations. I hope you get replies eventually from some of the others.
I started reading fantasy in the early 80s.. if that time period is of interest..
..fantasy has always been my favorite..
..so.. I keep watching these lists and nobody has even mentioned Anne McCaffery 🤯
..Her world building on Pern involved SO many books and have stayed among my favorites 40years later..
..considering how many dragon riding books came after her..
..it’s just astounding to me, that she isn’t better represented..
One thing these lists have done is give me some new books to try out.. and send me to the internet looking for old paperbacks..
I’ve already ordered a handful of battered books from the 80s 😅
I can’t wait!
I think this is one of your most well made videos. Keep up the good work! Cheers from South America.
Johan, I think this might be my favorite video of yours yet! The editing, the concept, waiting with bated breath for those emails. Love that you actually followed up from your WorldCon video and took your favorite authors' recs seriously rather than just getting them for the video and calling it a day. Also excited to see if you make a sequel to this sequel video and read Shogun, the Carol Berg books, and (fingers crossed) Sanderson and Hobb's recs down the line!
Would be a lovely series if you continued obtaining these recommendations and reading author's favorite books. There's just something wholesome about it and an excellent way to find hidden gems.
P.S. How cool is Janny Wurts for jumping on a call with you? Definitely bumped her books up on my TBR, can't wait!
So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for the nice comment!
This was a fun video to watch, Johan! Thanks for doing the follow-up.
I absolutely ADORE Robin Hobbs so I'm going to add Ms. Wurts' author recommendation to my TBR. :)
Thank you, Ted! I am also intrigued by Carol Berg now!
I had so much fun watching this one! Your channel has been a nice escape for me while I procrastinate my edits to my manuscript 😅
I read The Little Prince back when I was learning French, but my retention was almost nothing at that time. So this inspired me to pick it back up with a friend! Loved this video so much.
This is such a nice comment. Thank you and best luck with the edits!
Fun video! So cool that Janny Wurts joined you for the recommendation - it's so remarkable having her part of the BookTube community. I hope you enjoy Fonda Lee's recommendation - Shogun is a top 10 book of all time for me!
Thank you! It is remarkable indeed!
I look forward to reading it!
This is a great follow up video! I added Mythago Wood to my TBR from the last video, but getting your perspective I'm also going to add the Little Prince!
You also put Janny Wurtz on the map for me and her recommendation of Flesh and Spirit was exciting!
Thank you, Jackson! I hope you will love Mythago Wood and Carol Berg!
Love that you followed up on the WorldCon author recommendations video! It must have been a pleasant surprise to realise that you'd already read so many of these books so the work was cut down. 😂 It would be wonderful if this triggered an uptick in people checking out Carol Berg-I'll have to take a gander at her books myself!
Jack Vance is my favorite author and I highly recommend Lyonesse and Dying Earth from him. :)
The video of you asking for recommendations had me intrigued by Mythago Wood. So I went and got myself a copy as well and it has become one of my favourite books.
Thanks for making these videos, I found a terrific author I’d never read before.
This makes me so happy!
@@libraryofavikingaw, I’m glad. But seriously, this book hit me perfectly. I kept thinking, if I’d read this at 14 instead of 45 I’d have based half my life around this book!
This is the highest quality booktube video I’ve ever watch! Wow!
Awesome video! This was fun to see the inspiration behind our favorite authors.
How cool Janny Wurtz came on. Adding Carol Berg to my list too. Also interested to hear your thoughts
Carol Berg's Transformation series is soo good. I'll have to read the others
So cool that you got an author to give you call on their recommendation
It was such a cool experience!!
W for Janny Wurts she is the real winner in this video. Because of that I will be checking out her books.
Janny Wurtz is SUCH a good sport. What a lovely person.
"I put his face on the book because .. he is now the little prince." 😂 such a redemption arc in the first 2:30 of this video 😅
The Little Prince is an S-Tier recommendation haha! I should have trusted Norbert.
I lost it completely when he did it!😄
Janny Wurts!!!!!!! So cool!!!!
Love your videos so much Johan. You have really unique and fun ideas and not just pumping out the same old garbage as so many others. Imo, you are by far my favorite booktuber. You and Bookpilled fly above all the others. Have a great weekend sir!
Thank you so much!
So where's your Video on Shogun?:D
This was a great watch!
Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
@libraryofaviking very much!
Watching this, and you asking for 80s and 90s books and that you like fantasy and non-fiction I was wondering if you read The Razor's Edge by Somerset Maugham.
It's seriously great for non-fiction, and a classic for good reason.
This is such an awesome idea, thanks for the video and would pay attention to some of those recommendations.
Thank you so much!
I'm actually reading the Way of Kings right now and I'm almost finished. It's my first time reading the Stormlight Archive and the first Brando Sando book I've read
Janny Wurts always have such great recommendations.
Great video Johan! Thoroughly enjoyable!
This was such a fantastic idea-loved experiencing it with you 😂
Love the content man!
Thank you so much!
Super idea for a video. I enjoyed it a lot! I've added Jade City to my wishlist, and also The Lighthouse Duet by Carol Berg after hearing Janny Wurts so passionate about this author.
Adding Mythago Woods to my tbr, same with Carol Berg's books.
Loved this video, especially seeing how excited you got about your unicorns and Jenny Wurts joining you for a talk
Man I'm glad you liked Mythago Wood. I really loved that book, the sequel just gets better.
I am definitely intrigued to continue!
Wow, You really did it!
This was such a fun video, how you dorked out over a spam notification after you gave Brandon Sanderson your address.
😆.
The wall of lierary face-holes. Lol.
Haha glad you enjoyed it! I am still awaiting a response from Sanderson 😂
crazy to say that a book you read in 3 days almost put you in a reading slump.
For real bro. I not only read books over months, I play games, watch series, pretty much everything over a long period of time
Well, I'm definitely going to check out Carol Berg and Fonda Lee's books now!
Great to see Janny!
When you buy the book before Janny even finishes describing it…
I dont know why but this video was such a refreshing video!
I don’t think I have ever read a fantasy novel, but now I’ve have a head start on some excellent authors and book recommendations. Thank you for your efforts. I was surprised to see a couple of my favorites on the list: Little Prince and Shogun are among my top favorites. The Foundation trilogy by Isaac Asimov and Sidhartha by Herman Hesse would be on that list too. But these are certainly not in the fantasy genre. I’ll have to try some. Thanks a million
So happy Joe rec'd Mythago Wood. It's incredible, and the sequel (Lavondyss) us even better! The best magical realism I've ever read.
I really enjoyed it and it has stayed with me. I would probably rank it higher than Red Rising if I did the ranking today. I might continue the series!
@@libraryofaviking please do! At the very least just the second one. It’s a big leap in how deep it goes into the forest but such incredible writing and imagery.
I found the atmosphere of the book quite amazing, but at the same time I cannot help but feel I am missing something behind all of its symbolism
I agree-Mythaho Wood is amazing, and I really think Lavondyss is better, more lyrical, more atmospheric, and powerfully expands the themes of the storyworld. My first published academic article was on the series and I was so hyped when it got quoted a couple years ago in a book about Mythago Wood.
So this video came up in my recommendations despite not being an avid reader (may have had a tiny wee little reading slump for... 10 years or so...). Only just started getting back into reading with the A Song of Ice and Fire series, and I've saved this video for inspiration after I've finished them (or, what's been released so far of them anyway, I don't plan on another decade long reading slump)
If you want another 1980s rec, try Little, Big by John Crowley. It follows several generations of a family living in an unusual house made from several clashing styles, 4 floors, 7 chimneys, 52 doors and 365 stairs, and quite possibly is on the border of the land of faeries.
At almost 600 pages, it takes its time, but I - and a lot of critics - think it's worth it. Like Mythago Wood, it won the World Fantasy Award and it was also nominated for Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and British Science Fiction Association awards. Also, like Mythago Wood, it's very atmospheric.
Love love love Fonda Lee’s Green Bone Saga!! I’ll read Shogun too! Thanks for the recommendation!
Carol Berg!!!! I’m so excited for her to get some appreciation! I’ve been trying to get people in my life to read Transformation, but man is it hard to look past that horrible cover. Berg deserves so much better and so much more love then she’s gotten. Granted, I love to read about tortured complex character and Berg does that so well.
Very cood idea for a video. Super nice recommendations from all authors. I know that all of them are a personal taste. But as always - a lot of ideas what to read next. I started to read Robin Hobb - Farseer 1 and love it. Iam so hyped to read more of her amazing work. Edit: Amazing recommandations from Janny. Love it.
This was such a fun video! 😊
I like both Robin Hobb & Carol Berg but hadn't thought about how they tie together before. But Janny Wurst is absolutely correct. They both write incredibly well & both like to torture their characters. I have to be in the right frame of mind to read them, but they are both amazing authors. I'll have to look into her books now that I know her recommendations! Great video.
The Empire Trilogy that Janny Wurtz co-authored was brilliant. I really need to read more of her stuff.
You should read the "The Face in the Frost" (1969) amazing underrated fantasy that appear childish but is actually great for adults. It's the only book written for adults book by prolific children's fantasy author John Bellairs. At the very least I'm sure it would make a great video since people love a good hidden gem. The book is about the quest of two mages - "Prospero (and not the one you're thinking of, according to the book) and Roger Bacon" as they seek out the source of a great evil that's begun to spread across the land.
It's a novella too so not much a commitment yet highly enjoyable and fulfilling, much like "The Little Prince"
Waw I'm so glad you liked the Little Prince. Such a special book ❤ wonderful memory from my childhood
@@SandKeats beautiful book!
Looking into Carol Berg as I am huge fan of Robin Hobb. Fun idea for a video.., props to you for a fresh take on booktube.
I have been reading for many years, but mostly from 2020 to the present. True Grit is a fantastic book. “The Strange” by Nathan Ballingrud is a “Martian Chronicles” meets “True Grit”. So you may want to try it.
Blacktongue Thief is the best book I've read this year. It's far, far better than A Way of Kings which is still very good.
I love Shogun (have read it twice), and Mythago Wood (one of my favourite books of all time) and The Little Prince (it is delightful).
❤❤❤ This is so original 😊😊😊
Great video dude, what camera/equipment do you use?
Cheers! Primarily a Sony Alpha 6400 with a 1.8 Sigma Lens and the Rode NTG Videomic microphone. I also used the DJI Osmo Pocket Camera in this video.
My man, Norbert made you a huge favor. Little book, big feelings.
I also disliked True Grit the first time I read it, but I loved it the second time. I now agree that it's a classic for a reason. It might be worth revisiting it someday!
I've heard of Carol Berg she is definitely underrated. Reading Son of Avonar.
On October 11 2024, 20 people added Transformation by Carol Berg as "To read", 32 added "Flesh and Spirit" and 79 added "Song of the Beats"
A lot more than on any other day before and people kept adding the books as "to read" in the days after.
A practical effect of this video I think.
Now, for the other authors the effect is not noticeable because the background is much bigger.
But I do get to wonder who or what has a big enough audience that say "Red Rising" was added 6939 times on September 09 in lieu of the usual 800ish.
I have not read much the last decade or two but I can recommend several classics. The Well World series by Jack Chalker. A unique setting that is primarily a political/adventure story. The only series I ever read back to back as fast as I could and been upset there were no more. The Stainless Steel Rat series was Indiana Jones in space , light but fast paced with the hero being the only criminal left in existence. And of course the Foundation Trilogy a little dry but a good representation of events of a planets governments issues over a great length of time. Neuromancer for a very unique setting. And although not exactly deep but well paced and many unexpected plot twists Battlefield Earth. Depth of characters fall off drastically as you move further away from the hero, but a complex plot with several layers of intrigue. You made a very interesting video and I will be looking into some of the suggestions you were given.
That's so cool that Janny Wurts jumped on a call with you to give a recommendation. I've never heard the term Book Store Death Spiral before and I'm not really sure what it means. I'm assuming from the change in name that it means that the author thought that starting with a new name could help sales, but I'm just guessing.
if you liked the little prince then you should read "my name is mina" & "skellig" by david almond
Wait, but where did the Carol Berg book fall in the hierarchy??
Jenny Wurts is so wholesome! 😊
Love Janny Wurts! She is awesome!
Loving your video! Fantastic episode, gonna go buy new books heheheheh
Keep up the good work !
Thank you!
Hey, saw "A Boy's Life" from suntup on your wall. Got that copy myself. Suntup is an amazing press. Did you snag "Swan Song" as well?
Brandon Sanderson teaches at the University that's only like 1hr 45m away from me here in Utah. So you could possibly contact him there somehow.
I feel children’s books are only children’s books when children read them as an adult children’s books can offer a lot of you can pick up on characters archetypes life lessons ect
one of my favorite genres
Carol Berg is one of my favorites!!!❤
Hidden gem from 80s and 90s? Try the Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold. It’s sci fi, and so good! If you don’t jibe with the first one (Shards of Honor), skip to Barrayar!
You should give the light novel A Certain Magical Index if you want fantasy and scientific psychic children.
Westerns aren't for most fantasy readers but you must try Cormac McCarthy. His style is super dark, but flexible. Just don't start with Blood Meridian. Read The Road and No Country for Old Men first.
Did you read Shogun? I read it back in the 80s I think. Years ago and its one of the few books that sticks in my head.
I'm relieved that I wasn't the only one that couldn't get into The Blacktongue Thief. I'm actually going to try it again soon, maybe I just wasn't in the mood for it?
Ok - just added Carol Berg to my TBR!
13:32 "Nicolas, I love you" took me OUT HAHAHA 10/10
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you didnt read shogun cause its long?
I expect that stopping to read Shogun and a book by Carol Berg would have made the development time for the video too long. Hopefully we'll see another follow-up where he gets around to these books! 😁
Fun video, looked on your YT could not find a video about what i consider a unique trilogy of fantasy/sci-fi with deep connection to our timeline. I strongly recommend "broken empire" by Mark Lawrence ❤
Jack Vance is my favorite author of all time, and the Demon Princes novels are among his best work. Character development is definitely not his strong suit so if you require that to enjoy a story Vance may not be for you. But his use of language, his sardonic wit, his world building, and his dialogue are all without peer
Agree…, read more 70s and 80s books. You will be amazed by the amazing books you’ve missed this far.
Carol Berg was one of my favorite authors 10 years ago.
I'm a bit disappointed that you didn't add her book and Shogun to the ranking. 😢
Fun video, you even spoke to George R R Martin, although I'm in two minds about his recommendation.
I've just seen the movie of True Grit (2010), it was really good.
Excellent video. Jenny Wurts was so nice!😊
I loved the idea of this video but does anyone wish the originality of the recommendation played a part in the ranking? Pedantic I know but you’re recommending a book to a huge fantasy reader and you recommend immensely popular novels like Way of Kings or Green Bone Saga? That’s weak.
Horror reader: Hey I’m looking for a good horror novel. Have any recommendations?
Me: Yeah, I do. Have you ever heard of an author named…Stephen King?
Though huge props to Janny Wurts’s recommendation. I know the other authors were busy, but as a librarian, that is how you recommend a book to someone!
This video is so cool!
Could've sworn GRRM was going to recommend Book of the New Sun.
What happened to Shogun? Did you get a chance to read it?
Interesting. Sanderson's prose always came off to me as pedestrian. Artless. Maybe I'll give him another go
people definitely dont like it for the prose. its more of a comfort read casual type thing, which is fine, but its not very think-y
The mara of the acoma series is one of my fav, i love janny wurst
Dude I wish you'd given a few more points to originality. Ranking some of these against Way of Kings or Red Rising or GreenBone isn't fair. Those are some of the most praised books of the last decade. Of course you were going to pick those.