My Top 10 Books of All Time

It's time. I've read lots of amazing books since starting the channel, and I'm finally ready to sit down and tell you about my top ten.

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0:00 Intro
0:18 Book Number 10
2:14 Book Number 9
3:58 Book Number 8
5:10 Book Number 7
7:00 Book Number 6
8:21 Book Number 5
11:08 Book Number 4
12:38 Book Number 3
14:25 Book Number 2
16:40 Book Number 1
19:51 Your Top 10

[ReadingIDEAS.-uzxk]

Food for thought. So many books and so little time. The ever expanding tbr! Happy reading to you!

[willieluncheonette]

" Just a single man, Fyodor Dostoevsky, is enough to defeat all the creative novelists of the world. If one has to decide on 10 great novels in all the languages of the world, one will have to choose at least 3 novels of Dostoevsky in those 10. Dostoevsky’s insight into human beings and their problems is greater than your so-called psychoanalysts, and there are moments where he reaches the heights of great mystics. His book BROTHERS KARAMAZOV is so great in its insights that no BIBLE or KORAN or GITA comes close.

In another masterpiece of Dostoevsky, THE IDIOT, the main character is called ‘idiot’ by the people because they can’t understand his simplicity, his humbleness, his purity, his trust, his love. You can cheat him, you can deceive him, and he will still trust you. He is really one of the most beautiful characters ever created by any novelist. The idiot is a sage. The novel could just as well have been called THE SAGE. Dostoevsky’s idiot is not an idiot; he is one of the sanest men amongst an insane humanity. If you can become the idiot of Fyodor Dostoevsky, it is perfectly beautiful. It is better than being cunning priest or politician. Humbleness has such a blessing. Simplicity has such benediction."

[thomasthompson]

If you haven't already read it, you might like Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast trilogy, consisting of Titus Groan, Gormenghast, and Titus Alone.

[pumpkin]

Amazing list, Love to see way of kings so high up!

[cj-cwwi]

I am halfway through Demon Copperhead. I have been halfway through it for a couple of months now - too afraid for Demon to go any further. I will finish it because the writing is incredible and Demon's story is a uniquely American tragedy. I am a transplant from the western US to southeastern Virginia so the setting of the story holds a lot of interest for me. Kingsolver's affection for her subject, and the people of Appalachia is evident and belies the stereotypical view that much of America has of the region.

[jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

Interesting selection, only Rebecca of those might make it to my top 10 if I ever put one together.... I hate the Internet man (18:56)

[jacobsivden]

Great list! GGK in particular is such an amazing author. Here is my list (keeping it to one per author):

10. The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson (This is one of the original grimdark fantasy novels, as it released the same year as Lord of the Rings)
9. Hunger of the Gods by John Gwynne (Gwynne can write action so well and it shows here. Can't wait for the last book coming out next month)
8. Sword of Kaigen by ML Wang (The highs are so amazing here. The climax and everything after it was so devasting)
7. Hawaii by James Michener (A very nice historical novel outlining the lives of various people in Hawaii over the centuries. One of my favorite historicial fiction novels)
6. Of War and Ruin by Ryan Cahill (Ryan Cahill knows how to write traditional epic fantasy. The plotting is simply amazing in this latest entry of The Bound and Broken series)
5. Shogun by James Clavell (Absolutely loved the story and characters. Clavell just knows how to flesh out a narrative)
4. River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay (My favorite GGK bar none. Daiyan is my favorite GGK character of all time)
3. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (Simply the best western novel. The journey is one of the best in fiction)
2. Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie (Say one thing for Joe Abercrombie, say that he can write an ending)
1. Jade Legacy By Fonda Lee (Jade Legacy emotionally destroyed me on all levels. Fonda Lee is such a master at writing emotions)

[thomasthompson]

My top ten books (but, if you ask me tomorrow, the list might be different):
1. Lord Jim, by Joseph Conrad
2. The Ipcress File, by Len Deighton
3. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens
4. Democracy, by Joan Didion
5. Arrowsmith, by Sinclair Lewis
6. Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane (this one accomplishes an astonishing feat I've seen nowhere else in literature) Don't see the movie!!
7. The Day of the Jackal, by Frederick Forsyth
8. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
9. The Alexandria Quartet, by Laurence Durrell
10. The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James

[FrankOdonnell-ejhd]

I paid close to thirty dollars for demon copperhead but after hearing what u said about it I’m going to try and make it the last book I read on earth if I even decide to read it at all⚛️

[Chance.Dillon]

I need to get to Bakker bad—but I feel reading it by side Malazan will screw me up 😂 just so much darkness.

GGK is on my priority list. Lions I think is where I’m going to start. It seems silly to not have read him yet

[RedViper]

Excellent. I like the diversity.
I love the Frankesteining you said about Bakker.

Bakker's books are my favorite. The last two, The Great Ordeal and The Unholy Consult occupy the first two places in my list.
Other favourites are:
A Storm of Swords by Martin
Silmarillion by Tolkien
Wizard and Glass by King
And Allamut by Bartohl

[jeaninehogshead]

Oh my goodness are you a professional narrator??? When you read Ibcould listen all day!!

[OnlyTheBestFantasyNovels]

Awesome list. Not surprised by some of these!

[THFLCNx]

"The true horror lies in the burdens of existence."
Well put. ;) Frankenstein is my fave ever, and Flowers for Algernon is on my list too. What a heartbreaker!

[leedsdevil]

Read Count of Monte Cristo eons ago; you make me want to reread it. Damn you!

[blacknbluecollarreader]

Awesome list there my man. I love seeing White Luck in your top 10 because it's definitely on mine. However, Way over Words?? I know Way of Kings gets some nostalgia points from you but come on!! lol. Excellent video brother.

[MoeWanders]

Damn this was such a well done and engaging video ^^ great stuff

[dmntxt]

Good reviews! Def putting some in my TBR 😍

[Elricsedric]

I haven't watched or read any of the count of monte cristo, I saw the trailer for the French movie a few months ago and it looked amazing, I want to watch it but it still hasn't dropped outside of France I think

[MalignantCactus]

The way you described Second Apocalypse makes me what to read it even more lmao. Once this year gets finished and I've read the final book for Osten Ard and Stormlight era 1, that's the first shit I'm hopping into.