My Top 10 Books of 2020

Fiction
1:47 Don Quixote
2:40 The Count of Monte Cristo
3:31 Dune
4:45 Foundation
5:28 Into the Wild

Non-Fiction
6:36 Just Mercy
7:36 Capital in the 21st Century
8:22 How to Change Your Mind
9:33 The Gulag Archipelago
10:57 A Study of History

[grand]

'Dont judge a man by the books he reads. Judge him by the books he re-reads.'

[AlexReyesInHD]

No order, here's the list:

1:47 Don Quixote
2:40 The Count of Monte Cristo
3:31 Dune
4:45 Foundation
5:28 Into the Wild
6:36 Just Mercy
7:36 Capital in the 21st Century
8:22 How to Change Your Mind
9:33 The Gulag Archipelago
10:57 A Study of History

[EthanDodd]

Me: I have so much on my reading list
YT: *John Fish's Top 10*
Also Me: These can fit

[scrivo]

You should post your Goodreads account.

[yannick]

I would recommend reading the Russian writers.
Dostoevsky and Tolstoy are great!
The reason I would recommend reading them is because they give such specific insight in the human psychology. These books also focus mainly on the suffering of human beings. Death and illness are common themes in their books. The books I read so far are Tolstoys 'Anna Karenina, 'War and Peace' and 'The death of Ivan Iljitj' which are all great. From Dostoevsky rich list of literature I read 'Crime and Punishment', 'The brothers karamazov' and 'The idiot'. I hope you will like them as much as I do!

[ElectroBleach]

Don Quixote is an absolute masterpiece

[kwabenakesseh]

This young man really inspires me to do better! I always look forward to your videos.

[maluokram]

You inspired me to read books John. I have read 12 books this years, without your videos I don't think I would start reading books

[samharper]

Hi John, have started using your growth book template for planning my days this past week, and have found it so helpful for planning my university work and other interests. Thank you so much!

[imergeo]

Hey John
I just want you to know that your support towards students is absolutely amazing. Its awesome to see someone successful who has empathy and understanding for student life. Thank you 🙏🏻

[Bookademy]

Great suggestions! Thank you, John, picked up a few for my list

[adilshamji]

Since no one is asking, I would recommend, Kafka On The Shore!

[zinniasegura]

You're the one that convinced me to read Don Quixote and now it's probably my favorite book of all time, you have amazing taste. I'll definitely be checking the rest of these out.

[eliyasara]

omg the Count is good. I love it so much. This is a really well put-together book list. Thanks for the great content.

[connorkennedy]

Your videos are always so high quality and a joy to watch!
I always look forward to them!

[padmo]

I really love the books you recommended before and am really excited to read the ones in this video. Thank you for sharing!

[Hrids]

Don Quixote is one of my favourites. The recommendation looks good. Would try and read in 2021.

[maddalenaesposito]

AH, The Count of Montecristo 💜 my favourite book ever, it's nice to see a person that I really admire appreciate it too!

[POZOLEDECARAMELITO]

I’m right now reading Mark Fisher Ghosts of my life.
It’s kinda an amazing piece of literature, a series of essays from him, talking about the idea of society being haunted by lost futures that failed to happen, a look at our culture in famous and obscure media ( really great recommendations of albums, series and movies) through the eyes of our current economic and political landscape.
This one hit very hard in 2020, since a lot of our plans and our lifestyle changed because of covid not only that but with climate change and an economic crisis in the horizon, it seems that our future and our lives won’t be as once we imagined.

[anna-tibo]

Just letting you know I struggle a lot with my mental health, and your videos are super inspiring. The way you talk about stuff motivates me a lot to read more and persevere with school which is difficult a lot of the time. Kind of reignites my love for books especially. Tysm :, )