Your Favorite Authors Favorite Books | Stephen King, Brandon Sanderson, George R.R. Martin

They say '… there are no writers who are not readers'. It should come as no surprise, then, that many of the most popular fantasy authors, some of YOUR favorite authors, have several novels that inspired them or were foundational in their reading and writing journey. Today I’m going to be going over some of your favorite authors' favorite books.

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0:00 - INTRO
2:42 - Stephen King
6:08 - George R.R. Martin
9:52 - Neil Gaiman
13:38 - Patrick Rothfuss
16:45 - Joe Abercrombie
18:30 - Brandon Sanderson

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[CapturedInWords]

What authors should I cover in the next episode?

[mikeprince]

Honest to god I had never read or even remotely been into westerns, but after reading the first couple pages of Lonesome Dove I was hooked. That book is incredible and I can’t wait to read it again

[smowka]

To be fair, I think it was John Wayne Gacy who kick started the fear of clowns.. he was literally a party clown who unalived young boys

[AgnosticTruth]

1958 Ply Mouth! 😂 Sorry, I understand your a youngling and Plymouth’s were discontinued in 2001, and it’s spelled that way, but I’ve never heard that mispronunciation before. Hate to be pedantic but it’s pronounced Pleh-myth. Like Plymouth Rock. Thanks for a good laugh to start my day! Like your channel.

[Darth_Pro_x]

Patrick Rothfuss also mentioned that he loved and took inspiration from the autobiography of Casanova and the play Cyrano de Bergerac.

[drummertp]

Really enjoyed this video. There are some titles you often here but there were several titles that I'm definitely putting on my list now!

[elisabethprice]

This is so awesome! I was going to do a video on reading books that are Authors favorites and this is so helpful!!! I would love to see you do Pierce Brown!

[spacemanspiff]

Maybe Adrian Tchaikovsky could make an appearance in your follow-up? Great author! Currently devouring his Children of Time trilogy and loving it!

[YahbiiCot]

Lonesome Dove is a masterpiece and probably my favorite book of all time. It has some of the most realistic characters I've ever read and the journey they take is brutal and unforgiving.

I'm in my mid-20s and not the target audience for Westerns. Almost all of the books I read are fantasy. I picked it up because so many fantasy authors praise it. Lonesome Dove is one of the few books I wish I could read again for the first time.

[RedFuryBooks]

Such a great video idea! If you continue this series, I'd love to see Robin Hobb and Guy Gavriel Kay on future installments. And yes, Lonesome Dove is incredible - a top 15 book of all time for me, and great for fantasy readers, because although it's a western, it has a fellowship and a quest!

[gregsquires]

This was a great topic and another great video!

[matthewgordonpettipas]

Shannara is my all time favorite fantasy series (particularly the prequel novels and the first three original books). Terry Brooks is, for me, as big of an inspiration as Tolkien is to other writers. I love Tolkien as well (and of course Brooks was heavily influenced by him too) but for me the Four Lands and the adventures of the Ohmsford family and their descendants is just (as my girlfriend loves to say) chef's kiss haha.

[birgertales]

A Neil Gaiman book that many have recommended to me is Neverwhere :) A dark fantasy version of sorts of Alice in Wonderland :)
"The book of the new sun" sounds very interesting to me as a dark fantasy author! 😃 One, because of its darker tones & Two, because it's inspiring your writing & you consider it as one of the most atmospheric books 😄💙📚

[ChemicalBooks]

I'm currently reading "The Last Unicorn" and am thoroughly enjoying it. I grabbed it because Rothfuss did an introduction for it

[JoriamRamos]

Gosh, Jay, this is such a cool idea for a video - and you mentioned some of my heroes here. Thanks for that!

Guess I'll have to read the Book of the New Sun now. There's no avoiding it!

As for other authors, I'd love to hear more about Terry Pratchett's and Erin Morgenstern's favourite books.

[TheBeardedBookBeast]

What a cool video! Great work as always, love your content. So fun to see some of my favorite authors' favorite reads! Added more to the ol' already never-ending TBR😂

[OnlyTheBestFantasyNovels]

I've been hyping Lud-In-The-Mist every chance I get since I started making videos in January, because it's the single best fantasy novel I've ever read, period. It's nice to see it appear on a big channel! That book NEEDS to be read.

[Paul_McSeol]

Would love to see you cover:
William Gibson
Travis Baldree
RA Salvatore
Robin Hobb
RF Kuang

Thanks!

[_Mike.]

“The Lone Walk” “Stephen Col-Bert” “Larry McMurty” … dude, are you okay?

[angelawilson-lama]

I really enjoyed hearing these! I too enjoy that series (2 trilogies=6 books) by Melanie Rawn. Nice to know someone like Sanderson enjoys it too!