the fact that he recommended 18 books and gave an intro to them in under 4 minutes. all the other booktubers can't relate this could have been 20 minutes

@forireadandfly4873

5 жыл бұрын

I tried to review every jhon green boook in one minute each.!! On my channel. Lol

@pinkimietz3243

4 жыл бұрын

More like an hour.

@tinar8828

3 жыл бұрын

I would have much preferred more time spent on each book though

@AllenFreemanMediaGuru

3 жыл бұрын

20min it should have been. Or I’m just not a speed listener.

I wish more people would adapt this pace when going through a list of books. It drives me nuts when people take five minutes per book. I usually start to forward to the next book mentioned.

@BaldingClamydia

5 жыл бұрын

Same! I just want the title and maybe a sentence about it. I can look the rest up on my own if I'm interested. 😊

@bobxyzp

4 жыл бұрын

And they take 5 minutes to start

@Tincan21ify

4 жыл бұрын

Adjust the playback speed.

@hydraelectricblue

4 жыл бұрын

Noted.

@rzawilski

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. If you want someone to read something, you should say one or two really interesting things about it to get them hooked. They don’t need an entire synopsis. :-)

I actually love it that he doesn't waste time on saying too much about books

It seems like I’m one of the few who DOESN’T think he’s speaking too fast.

@yasiraslam2765

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe this is it... But everybody doesn't speak English and doesn't have mother toung also that's why they can say he speaks fast ... And according to me he speaks just like normal... Because he is native speaker...

@davidcopson5800

4 жыл бұрын

Yup.

@blob7800

3 жыл бұрын

I actually play on 1.25 speed

@eoghan.5003

3 жыл бұрын

I watched this on double speed😂 I actually recommend watching/listening to information-y talky things sped up, you get used to it and once you do it's SO much more effecient.

@alainart

3 жыл бұрын

@@eoghan.5003 I do the exact same thing 😁

I have never read any of your books, nor have I seen any of your videos or social media or had/watched anything to do with you. I clicked on this because it was in my recommended and I wanted to see what all the fuss was about and why everyone seems to adore you. I understand now.

7 жыл бұрын

👌🤘

@sdfghjksdfgh673

6 жыл бұрын

You have no idea what you have just entered.

@akarshitachandra3971

6 жыл бұрын

(silently smiling with satisfaction)

@thetruth45678

5 жыл бұрын

I don't. Seems like a bad format for this type of content. Barely any time to pitch the numerous books, and only a superficial description of them is given, if any at all. This video would have benefited TREMENDOUSLY from another 20 minutes dedicated to actually making us want to read any of these. You know, by explaining in some detail why it is a good story? Not just say "I don't know why people don't read this!". Well, I can think of one reason....

@someguy1914

5 жыл бұрын

@@thetruth45678 well said mate

Can you talk a little bit faster please?

@beccac1004

9 жыл бұрын

hes talking way too fast uh

@moemoechainsawmaid5368

9 жыл бұрын

+Jan Martin Ulvåg Its soo much worse in crash course.

@moemoechainsawmaid5368

8 жыл бұрын

Emma Milliken potayto/ potarto, John/ Hank, what's the difference really? XP

@jessicavan4477

7 жыл бұрын

I was reading the second page of "The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green" and did not understand the part saying "ice-sculpted G." What is G? :

@Emailly-dl4ee

7 жыл бұрын

Jessica Van an ice sculpture of the letter g probably

May I get my TOEFL diploma right now because I've understood everything clearly

@daaniel_malik

3 жыл бұрын

x2

@frostyskeletons8950

3 жыл бұрын

As a TOEFL Test Administrator, I’d pass you. Although I also have no control over grading, only making sure you’re not wearing a hat 🎩

@michaelmonkey6541

3 жыл бұрын

You are awesome.....

7 years late and I realized I have not even heard of any of those books. 😅👏🏼

@georgiaho

3 жыл бұрын

I was about to comment the same thing because same and also how and then I saw your comment (also how does john look so young)

@lyndseymurray2066

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@ivanelizalde9997

2 жыл бұрын

Facts

@AgentChiliFri

2 жыл бұрын

@@georgiaho the vid is from 7 years ago...unless you already knew that. In which case, yes he does look very young

I am Vietnamese and I think my English is good But after watching what he said,I am shocked and I think I need to study more I understand nothing

@ananyagirish9982

7 жыл бұрын

Beauty style, your English is better than most people that of everyone I go to school with! John talks really fast and I couldn't keep up with many of the first videos I watched. All the best learning English (bilinguals/ polyglots are the coolest) 😊

@Unluckystikes

7 жыл бұрын

Beauty style. ill teach you

@Earbly

7 жыл бұрын

Play it back at half speed or so, he just speaks fast. My tip for listening to fast foreign speakers is to try to listen to chunks of words or a sentence or more at once. I find that when I'm trying to translate each word as it's said it's overwhelming.

@delaneysays

7 жыл бұрын

Angela Denika he does talk fast so I don't blame you as a non native English speaker

@JamieSmith-bj3hs

7 жыл бұрын

Please don't be discouraged. This man speaks very quickly and succinctly. As a teacher, I never suggest the crash courses unless you already understand the topic. Then it is a great LISTENTING exercise.

Congratulations on #1 and thanks for sharing these. Will have to get around to reading them

@steve8t2

10 жыл бұрын

Sure Nat, you just want to try on his glasses and read Hornblower

@Vicky-hc4su

6 жыл бұрын

says the girl who after all those years, still hasn't done a video on making lamingtons...

@samwells218

6 жыл бұрын

Woah you leave on people KZread videos cooooool 😎🤘🤯🤩

John, for years...YEARS..., up until just a year or two ago, I taught my English Composition courses with Susan Sontag's Regarding the Pain of Others! I did this ever since my second Masters from Bread Loaf School of English (Middlebury College, here in Vermont). As a result of feeling a sort of vindication by watching your post this, here, I may require it all over again! Thank you so much. I am just not sure how my military cadet students will take it at my University. It managed to upset a couple of my military students when teaching this at the local Community College (though that was not my personal intention, at all). I think it it allowed me to realize that their anger was meant to help them fight with and release ideas behind the people they labeled as "the other" in current media images. It think this book was the right choice, and I may just go back to using it again. Brilliant!!!! Thank you!!

Catch me here from 2020 while the world is burning and John now runs life’s libraries

@LadyProspekt

3 жыл бұрын

Yessss‼️‼️

@tinamildred

3 жыл бұрын

I just joined Life's Library...a perfect antidote to 2020 (and now 2021)

Wow, that's a lot of information in under 4 minutes...

@jamesredman604

7 жыл бұрын

He is very efficient indeed.

@pleasegetoffofmyaccounttho1356

7 жыл бұрын

miss Bibliophile I hate it it's so annoying how fast he talks

@doveoo5

7 жыл бұрын

This is why I keep pen and paper handy when watching...

@izzyg.1933

6 жыл бұрын

it’s all those crash course videos he’s done finally getting to him

@thetruth45678

5 жыл бұрын

Not really very informative, though. Just a machine gun of suggestions with little to warrant them being suggested. He should have had some respect for these works and gave them a proper review, or at least a pitch that's more than a 3 second sound byte that amounts to "I liked it.".

You've probably never heard of her, but Octavia E. Butler was the ONLY African-American woman author of Science Fiction and her novel The Parable Of The Sower is one of the finest things you've never read. It imagines a not too distant future where the problems of today have continued to their most extreme end. A great look at where we are headed if we don't address issues such as homelessness, gangs, drug abuse, eduction and even funding for space travel.

@rhiflux

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you. This sounds exactly like the kind of book I'd want to read. I'm going to get it at as soon as possible!

@TaliWalt

6 жыл бұрын

I agree with you 100% (and so does John, btw, he reviewed the book in another KZread upload)

@Dr_Will_Tarr

3 жыл бұрын

Great Book series, especially in 2020.

@frostyskeletons8950

3 жыл бұрын

Gosh, some parts of that book are absolutely gut wrenching. I remember reading it freshman year of high school and it definitely left a mark all these years later as I’ve already graduated college at this point. It’s story is incredibly relevant today and I only wish more Americans had read it back then. Maybe, just maybe, it would’ve helped quell the hateful seeds in some hearts that are flourishing today. Hopefully there is Hope.

@macrumpton

3 жыл бұрын

All of OB's books are outstanding.

The fact that you put this all into 3 minutes makes me want to subscribe.

1. Great Expectations, Dickens 2. The Stand, S. King Both authors really get you inside the characters - the way they feel, think, feminine personalities, masculine personalities, etc.

It's a bit ironic, in my opinion his least publicized books like Looking For Alaska was better than The Fault In Our Stars or Paper Towns.

@VMRVid

8 жыл бұрын

I liked paper towns better than looking for Alaska. Maybe because I read it first.

@allisonyoung2440

8 жыл бұрын

+Victoria Whitlock I am your opposite! I think Looking For Alaska is so much better than Paper Towns.

@maja8184

8 жыл бұрын

In Sweden Looking For Alaska is named After Alaska, I think it's great but I love the Katherine theori!

@maja8184

8 жыл бұрын

+Maja I just written the names in Swedish sorry

@agreenpar

8 жыл бұрын

Same

The Knife of Never Letting Go. Holy lord! Most beautifully, creatively written book I've ever read. Almost lyrical in its purposeful imperfection

@eos4672

5 жыл бұрын

YES

@zayed4675

5 жыл бұрын

Patrick ness?

@Mid4s

5 жыл бұрын

I LOVEE THIS BOOK!!!

@rosie__7179

4 жыл бұрын

YES.

@kimaya1994

4 жыл бұрын

YES YES YES YES YES... my favourite trilogy

"Death Comes for the Archbishop" was certainly a bestseller in its day. "The Enormous Room" might have been. Both were featured in the Modern Library and were widely read at least through the 1960s. In addition to these, I've also read "The Optimist's Daughter," which enjoyed a vogue of its own through the 1980s.

What did one librarian say to another librarian? *Read more*

@nurjahanblaskar6105

5 жыл бұрын

I got you !!!😂😂😂

@ashleysong9203

4 жыл бұрын

that was really good. I kept trying to click it and it didn't work

@nayia3998

4 жыл бұрын

ok I wash pushing the button blaming my computer thank you xd

@soumyadeepnaskar446

4 жыл бұрын

Damn I fell for it!

@josephr.imholte4666

4 жыл бұрын

May I bestow upon you the "most creative comment ever" award?

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is an amazing novel in the perspective of a boy who has autism trying to solve a mystery of his neighbor's dead dog, while also trying to deal with conflict in his own family. It's a wonderful book, and honestly one of my favorite. Everyone should definitely try it at one time or another.

@kittylitteral5417

Жыл бұрын

Hello 8 year ago person, I was going to say this one as well.

@verity3616

Жыл бұрын

That one became so much more popular in Europe than America, which was odd. They adapted it into a play in England and it won a ton of awards. Wish it would tour around more.

i would recommend Warm Bodies, most people i know didn't even know it was a book before it was a movie, the main focus of it is exploring grief and how humans react to it and how that sometimes when we go through so much pain we forget how feel and become almost like zombies (it uses that ironically as the story is set during a zombie apocalypse)

"This Coffin Had No Handles" - is the greatest novel about a strike ever written. By Thom MacGrath.

I am glad to see Willa Cather's "Death Comes for the Archbishop" on the recommended list! Each reading reveals a new immersion in a magical setting. Great writing is at once mysterious and accessible, a gift for the reader.

"They're gonna know about your lisp-" "No they already know about your lisp-" "No, no. Just... MOVING ON"

@davidcopson5800

4 жыл бұрын

The lisp is endless.

You are the definition of a cultured and intelligent man who is also incredibly humble. Good job.

2 books that should have been movies but aren't famous enough - Stolen by Lucy Christopher Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma BONUS : Please Look After Mom by Shin Kyungsook. THESE THREE BOOKS WILL MAKE Y'ALL CRY!!

God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, you'll love it

@pastaapastaa6169

3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love this book. Best book reading experience so far.

@lyankhaute7217

3 жыл бұрын

Love is not the word I would use but I appreciate the theme of the book challenging the indian cultural status quo like the caste system in a country that's plagued with dogmatic religious/cultural robots

@jhelummukherjee8655

3 жыл бұрын

@@lyankhaute7217 I mean is the book problematic in the sense that again it's a upper middle class savarna person's point of view of caste being shone and we hardly get to hear from the Dalit characters at all? Yes. Has Arundhati Roy become increasingly problematic in recent years? Also yes. Despite all of that though, the language of the book is one of the best I've seen in a long long time. It's beautiful storytelling, if not anything else

@kashishgidwani7121

3 жыл бұрын

I bawled like a sissy and developed eye infection after reading that book.

@lyankhaute7217

3 жыл бұрын

@@kashishgidwani7121 You would just be credible if you admit you already had a brain infection

Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight. It's the story of a mother who learns her daughter commits suicide but gets a text reading "she didn't jump" and the mother's journey trying to reconstruct her daughters past. It is by far the most amazing book I've ever read.

Buying one of these books on Amazon. Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought... the rest of the books from this video.

“Going After Cacciato” by Tim O’Brien of “The Things They Carried” fame, is an excellent Vietnam war odyssey that works in a sort of magical realism space. I had never heard of it, but it stands as one of my favorites.

Round Ireland with a Fridge is a hilarious book but I especially recommend the audiobook, as it's read by the author and even funnier.

@gregorybesson2341

Жыл бұрын

Your comment makes me think of Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt. It's hilarious as well as tragic & everything between but the author reads the audio version & lends something to the experience that I have enjoyed many times. It was the 1st audiobook I ever listened to & it completely disarmed me. I'm so glad my sister loaned it to me when she did !

The 100 year old man that climbed out of the window and disappeared - I beat your best title, written by a Swede (name unable to remember) about, you guessed it, a 100 year old that climbs out of a window and disappears. Funniest book I ever read, also great story and very historically informative concerning the 20th century.

@Ssookawai

5 жыл бұрын

Yup, one of the best novels I've read in my entire life!

East Of Eden from 1952 by John Steinbeck. It's an amazing piece of art

@Kegyetleneper

6 жыл бұрын

Isabelle Gustafsson that book seriously changed my life

@MALELUMALULA

5 жыл бұрын

Kegyetleneper mine too.

@locutusdborg126

5 жыл бұрын

@@MALELUMALULA Mine three. One of the best books ever.

Lol the first thing i thought when i saw the thumbnail was: "Holy sh*t it's james potter. YoU'Re AliVe!" Then i was like "oh..."

@javierafigueroamoraga8316

3 жыл бұрын

Ohhh!! So true! I can’t believe it took me like 6 years to realize 😂😂

@catrocastre8215

3 жыл бұрын

Lol, and his Brother is Sirius, seeing as they looked similar, but with black hair.

an abundance of katherine’s is probably my FAVORITE john green book and it feels like no one’s ever read it

Wait...that youtube history course guy is the guy that wrote fault in our stars.....mind=blown

@unixone7558

9 жыл бұрын

+Luke Hopton I would ask how you didn't figure that out, but that'd require me to have not been in the same situation several months ago.

@RingxWorld

8 жыл бұрын

+Luke Hopton this guy went to my high school back in 08. Read Looking For Alaska before meeting him, was pretty cool

@3pointZERO

8 жыл бұрын

+Luke Hopton had the exact same realization and reaction just days ago!!!

@lizdreams2462

8 жыл бұрын

Same, this was my reaction 0-0 wat

The Curious Case of the Dog in the Nighttime is a book about an autistic teenager trying to solve a mystery which turns into a lifelong change for him. It's very good.

Aristotle and Dante Discover the secrets of the universe is one of the most amazing books I've ever read. It is a Y/A self-discovery book. Totally recommended!!!!! Edit: The sequel is coming in Oct 2021 it is called Aristotle and Dante dive into the waters of the deep.

I'm Moldovan and hugely proud you mentioned the book Playing the Moldovans at tennis!!!! yey!!!

Wut about the falt in are stars I herd that's a good book

@UrASemipro

9 жыл бұрын

Shut the fuck up crockpot

@pufflerate123

9 жыл бұрын

Bruce Wayne Jeez.

@xoriyon321

9 жыл бұрын

Bruce Wayne dude he wrote that book

@tanweerize

9 жыл бұрын

***** ... Ha ha ha

I very strongly suggest Flowers For Algernon. It's very sad, but I think you would really enjoy it! Can any if you tell me if you have read it?

@mabsel9447

10 жыл бұрын

I read it in my lit class in highschool, is it bad that I just wanna own all the books i have ever read? Well, the ones that I liked?

@beautyandthebest3100

10 жыл бұрын

Mabel Lara I feel exactly the same it's like why can't all the crappy ones just not be in my book shelf but then I just want every book book that I've read and loved To be in there.

@mabsel9447

10 жыл бұрын

It like "book can i just look at you and hold you sometimes and read you every once in a while??"

@beautyandthebest3100

10 жыл бұрын

Mabel Lara EXACTLY! I'm sorry I'm excited because nobody else that I know is not a product of internet understands that.

@beautyandthebest3100

10 жыл бұрын

*that is not

Okay, here are three book recommendations, all written by me. "Who Framed Boris Karloff?" a murder mystery that takes place on the set of "Son of Frankenstein." Then there's the sequel, "Bela Lugosi and the House of Doom," a spy thriller that takes place during the making of "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein," and my third novel, "The Vampire's Tomb Mystery," a thriller that takes place during Lugosi's funeral and concerns the disappearance of Edward D. Wood, Jr. All are thoroughly researched, and the actors get together and solve the mysteries. "Vampire's Tomb" is also available on Audible.

The Scar by China Mieville is just wonderful. A huge, oceanic tale set in a world unlike ours but also like it. The imagination behind this story is utterly fantastic.

I recommend Room By Emma Donoghue, which is a novel told completely and accurately from the point of view of five year old Jack. Jack has only ever known Room, it's where he was born and where he eats, plays and learns with his Ma. Room really is about the unconditional and unconquerable love in completely horrific circumstances and the strength of the bond between a mother and her child. After reading this book for one of my university classes, Room moved me in a way that I didn't think that a book could. After reading Room, you'll never forget it!

@ohmygodgasm

10 жыл бұрын

That book blew my mind

@librarygirl89

10 жыл бұрын

Love Room! Although it is disturbing at times. Bonus: Emma Donoghue is Canadian!!

It isn't enough that you give me Crash Course homework, now you also give me Vlogbrothers homework. I know it's reading week, but I'm not in school anymore and there's only so much I can do.

Scythe by Neal Shusterman Thunderhead by Nesl Shusterman Unwind by Neal Shusterman and the trilogies after Gone trilogy by Micheal Grant The shining by Stephen King The dark towers by Stephen King Christine by Stephen King

Check "Permutation City" by Greg Egan. One of the best Sci-Fi books out there. The writer is clearly a philosopher as he uses his plot to explore the deepest question: Who am I?

@susanthefish8940

3 жыл бұрын

Wow I will check that out.

In which John shares 18 of his favorite books that aren't wildly popular bestsellers. 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read

@BubbaYoga

10 жыл бұрын

"The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth" "The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan"

@DaphneKnouse

10 жыл бұрын

Hate List by Jennifer Brown is amazing, it's about a fictional school shooting and the girl whose boyfriend was the shooter. I was really moved by it, and also very startled to find almost no reviews on the back.

@SimsMusicals

10 жыл бұрын

I'd recommend Ronia the robber's daughter by Astrid Lindgren. I've read it in Dutch several times and it has always stuck with me. It's an adventure in a wild world, but it has a lot more going on than that. It's the book that for me sparked my love of nature so I'd definitely recommend it!

@azhdrake

10 жыл бұрын

I am rather fond of Machine of Death and its sequel, This Is How You Die. They are collections of short stories from internet writers with the prompt of there being a machine that will, with a blood sample, tell you in a few words how you will die. It will not give specifics, and deaths are rarely straight forward, cancer could be a tumor, but could also be shot by someone of a specific zodiac. The stories are wonderfully creative over a huge verity of subjects, and are also amazing because of the collaboration that it took to make the books a reality - the prompt came from a webcomic, was written for by hundreds of people, no publisher would touch it so it had to self publish and through word of mouth became #1 on Amazon and can be downloaded as a free PDF. I would highly recommend it to anyone.

@LittleCookie1231

10 жыл бұрын

Please read Alamut by Vladimir Bartol. Its an amazing book about humans, human actions and perceptions of power. :)

you should review the book "Steel Heart" by Brandon Sanderson

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo! It’s super good and the sequel is really good, too!

@catrocastre8215

3 жыл бұрын

And to think we now have the show.

The Room on the Roof by Ruskin Bond, who is an Indian writer who wrote this book when he was 17. It was published in 1956 .He won the John Llewellyn Rhys memorial prize for it. Amazing Book!

@aditibisht22

4 жыл бұрын

Yay!

@saaargummm1868

4 жыл бұрын

+ replying to my own comment, just because I love that book

You guys want to know what my favorite fictional read is? The bible.

@pickleballtechdude

10 жыл бұрын

You know what my favorite fictional read is? SAHAJ'S LIFE

@sammymustacheman733

10 жыл бұрын

What life?

@bringbeththehorizon1

10 жыл бұрын

I just laughed so hard i woke my family up. XD

@chriscorbett1249

9 жыл бұрын

Are you a comedian?

@pickleballtechdude

9 жыл бұрын

Chris Corbett I really hope you are not referring to Sahaj when you ask that question. Because he is far from being a comedian

I would definitely recommend It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini, it is this incredible book about about a boy who is on a mental ward with depression but the story itself isn't at all depressing. I don't know any 'sophisticated' adult literature (I'm 13) but I would recommend also reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, if you haven't already. I'm currently reading Catcher In The Rye which is surprisingly amazing but I know you have already read that!

John, you need to do another edition of this!

Finally got to reading "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath. I can't believe I waited so long it's my new favourite.

@dirkjehovah4731

4 жыл бұрын

rachzen I’m glad you like it! I read it a couple years back, it’s a great book! I should probably reread it sometime soon

@anshizhi

4 жыл бұрын

It's soooo good! 🥰

@MsMalcolmC

4 жыл бұрын

Isn't it beautiful?

@davidcopson5800

4 жыл бұрын

It's electrifying!

These are some good books: 1.) Project 17 2.)Beautiful Creatures series 3.) A Mango Shaped Space 4.) Ready Player One 5.)Eye of minds 6.) The Immortals series 7.) Life as we knew it 8.)Maximum Ride series 9.) Out of the Dust 10.) that Rama series or book or whatever it is. 11.) Death Be Not Proud 12.) Artemis Fowl series 13.) A Wrinkle in Time 14.) City of Ember series 15.) Hate that Dog and Love that Cat (or maybe it's the other way around)

@hannahguanti3602

9 жыл бұрын

a mango shaped space. yass

@anj5253

9 жыл бұрын

oooh a mango shaped space is a really lovely book yes yes

@anj5253

9 жыл бұрын

maddlybezerk yes I know right! this is the first time i'm hearing others have read it as well c:

@katieplant3493

9 жыл бұрын

omg in 5th grade i read the city of ember series and was obbsessed with it

@OMGNAWNAWPLAYSMC

9 жыл бұрын

I read city of ember in grade 5 too

Absolutely love it when Hank and John recommend books. Can we make this a regular thing? haha :]

@LAGreer

10 жыл бұрын

If it was a monthly thing, I would totally be ok with that.... I love hearing what books authors love & recommend :)

i think you should read "a tree grows in brooklyn" it is an amazing and inspiring novel

- Yargo, by Jacqueline Susann - La Maison des Rossignols, by M. Delly - Princess, by Jean Sasson - The Last Question, by Isaac Asimov - The Lonely Songs of Laren Door, by George R. R. Martin

1984, most haven't actually read it.

@Blaqjaqshellaq

4 жыл бұрын

I prefer Orwell's THE ANIMAL FARM.

@The_Other_Ghost

4 жыл бұрын

@@Blaqjaqshellaq I prefer Crichton's Timeline.

@mangot589

4 жыл бұрын

They seriously need to Now.

@darkspearepsych

4 жыл бұрын

Y E S

@robbyddurham1624

4 жыл бұрын

I tried reading it and stopped. Like another person here, I really liked Animal Farm.

I recently read a book called The Fault of our Stars, and I think John would love it.

For youth: Abhorsen by Garth Nix International: Al filo del agua (At the Edge of the Storm) by Agustin Yañez Masterful writing: Richard trilogy by Paul Horgan

The Weight Of Silence. It's about a young girl who is suffering from selective mutism due to a trauma she experienced in her early childhood. It's just awesome and very insightful. Also, is it just me who's watching this video after 6 yeard of its release?

@shelveswithstories13

2 жыл бұрын

After 8 years ")

I would recommend thousand splendid suns by Khalid Husain , catcher in the rye by JD Salinger and if I stay by gayle forman

@geeksquad2.024

8 жыл бұрын

+Srujana Srinivasan I loved If I Stay and Where She Went

@Micnic111

8 жыл бұрын

+Srujana Srinivasan i LOVED a thousand splendid suns

@danam4296

8 жыл бұрын

I actually just read A Thousand Splendid Suns for my Easter Studies class. (It's like English class but with Eastern books instead of Shakespeare it's amazing!) and I had to make an effort not to cry in class several times...also I think about 5 people through their books across the room XD

@landraeavers8475

8 жыл бұрын

+Srujana Srinivasan I thought the Catcher in the Rye was awful

@manialtaf6502

8 жыл бұрын

Do read the kite runner if you loved Khalid Hussainis books :)

Started reading TFiOS today...so far my favorite book of yours!

"My top" asked nobody. 1. Enders Game ~Orson Scott Card 2. Speaker for the dead ~Orson Scott Card 3. The Outsiders ~S.E. Hinton 4. The Moon is a harsh mistress ~Robert Heinlein 5. The Indian in the cupboard. ~Lynne Reid Banks Even if they aren't in your top 20, they are still really good books.💙

I came here just to say that: The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle is a good book.

@susanthefish8940

3 жыл бұрын

I remember reading that one, but I think the Percy Jackson series is better :p

13 Reasons Why is an amazing book

@JamesGirl0016

10 жыл бұрын

One of the best I have ever read, and one of my personal favorites!!!!!!! Which is surprising because most of my favorite books are not realistic fiction, but fantasy...

@dalalq333

10 жыл бұрын

OMG YES

@RiyaSheik

10 жыл бұрын

Yes. Just yes.

@katherinemccallister787

10 жыл бұрын

***** It's a book about a girl who committed suicide and she made these tapes explaining 13 reasons why she did it and sent them to the people who are the reasons and this kid named Clay thought they were friends and so he listens to all the tapes to try to find out why he's a reason and it also tell you all the other reasons.

@kyliethomas8368

10 жыл бұрын

I met Jay Asher who wrote the book and he is a great guy and funny too.

I was hoping to know at least 1 book, but I knew none. I guess that's really a good thing though...

"The museum of innocence" - Orhan Pamuk "Meditations" - Marcus Aurelius "Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Selected works"

I love that if you search these books on Amazon, the recommendations you get are the other books mentioned here

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

@chloedoe6387

8 жыл бұрын

HELL YEAH!

@ibb2311

8 жыл бұрын

Yaasss

@vidhidev5900

8 жыл бұрын

YEs I love that book!!!

@gracemorrisseyanimation8454

8 жыл бұрын

Bro I love that book

@mirandaespinoza3852

8 жыл бұрын

OMG YES

This comment is way way way late. " A Child Called it." by Dave Pelzer. The story of a child being raised in an incredibly abusive environment ( home). It was recommended reading when my wife and I became foster parents in Indianapolis. It was partially responsible for inspiring my wife and I to foster 15 children over 5 years. We adopted one and when another aged out of the childcare system he came back from Georgia where he had ended up and lived with us for two and half years. Now our adopted son and he are brothers from other mothers.Living as young twenty somethings in Indy. Perhaps the best thing I've ever done as an adult all started with that book.

@musicalpanties

7 жыл бұрын

Timothy Bewley I read the series when I was 13 and have reread it several times. It is a life changing book in my opinion. Especially when you get to a man name dave.

I love that you talk fast cause I get super anxious some times with people talking slow

I'd recommend The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat. An underrated classic of modern Iranian literature exploring death in a hauntingly beautiful way. It's a hell of a book.

You should all read 'Between Shades of Gray' It's a first person novel about a teenage girl who is taken by the invading USSR to a forced labour camp... I nearly cried.

@cnhertzog

8 жыл бұрын

+Tobi Toes Cheers to a great recommendation! But a note to those who don't read closely: The above is NOT to be confused with "Fifty Shades of Gray", certainly!

@quixoticvalkyrie

8 жыл бұрын

+Tobi Toes You may like "The Bitter Side of Sweet" it changed my life

@tobitoes1052

7 жыл бұрын

Peabut21 P I won't spoil it for the others but honestly the ending of that book got me so emotional, such a great book

@tobitoes1052

7 жыл бұрын

Maria Likes Books Will add it to the list!

@libbyharris1749

7 жыл бұрын

Also 'A Dream Of Lights' is a similar story line set in the concentration camps of modern-day North Korea. It's unbelievable: read it!

"gossamer" by Lois Lowry is a beautiful little novel about three troubled people and the tiny fairies that give them their dreams at night. it's almost like an extended metaphor for healing and protection.

The Birthgrave (by Tanith Lee) Sung in Shadow (by Tanith Lee) The Silver Metal Lover (by Tanith Lee) The Electric Forest (by Tanith Lee) Diadem from the Stars (by Jo Clayton) Lamarchos (by Jo Clayton) Irsud (by Jo Clayton) Dragonsong (by Anne McCaffrey) Dragonsinger (by Anne McCaffrey) Restoree (by Anne McCaffrey) Dinosaur Planet (by Anne McCaffrey) Crystal Singer (by Anne McCaffrey) The Dragon and the George (by Gordon R. Dickson) The Spirit of Dorsai (by Gordon R. Dickson) Decision at Delphi (by Helen MacInnes) The Venetian Affair (by Helen MacInnes) Friends and Lovers (by Helen MacInnes) Assignment in Brittany (by Helen MacInnes)

I would recommend: “Ishmael” by Daniel Quinn, a brilliant examination of human culture from a human and non human perspective. “Vicious” by VE Schwab, probably the best science fiction anti-hero story I’ve read. It’s sequel “Vengeful” was also pretty good, though I preferred the original. “The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot, a nonfiction book which both examines the fascinating science behind HeLa cells and the systemic exploitation of people of color by the medical sciences. It’s a science story, but also a very human story. And so many more, but I’ll leave the list there for now.

I recommend the Mortal Engines series, its like Charles Dickens meets Star Wars. Great opening line: “It was a dark, blustery afternoon in spring, and the city of London was chasing a small mining town across the dried-out bed of the old North Sea." One of my favourite book series, ya might like it :)

WAIIIT!!! AREN'T YOU FROM THAT ONE CHANNEL ON KZread THAT TEACHES KIDS STUFF

@DragonLineVlog

8 жыл бұрын

if you mean react: NO

@RoseEvans01

8 жыл бұрын

but if you mean crash course then PROBABLY

@sannabenba9732

8 жыл бұрын

And if you mean Mental Floss then HELL YEAH

@quixoticvalkyrie

8 жыл бұрын

+ElectricMinecraft Crash Course? Yeah. This is his first channel

@marybach9925

8 жыл бұрын

YES HES THAT GUY

Books I love that aren't all that popular include --Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Weis --A List of Cages by Robin Roe Those are both emotionally tough reads but very good. On a lighter note I love --The Story of Owen --A Thousand Nights- both of these are by E.K. Johnston --Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo by Obert Skye On a side note I love Obert Skye everything he writes has kind of a whimsical feel without making the problems the characters face seem unimportant. His writing really makes you want to believe in magic. Back to the list! --The Bruno and Boots series by Gordon Korman- hysterical the first book is This Can't Be Happening at McDonald Hall --The Death Gate Cycle series by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis- the first book is Dragon Wing Most of these aren't unheard of but they're not talked about all that much either-except by me.

Tony Hawks is amazing! Those who enjoyed him may also like Dave Gorman, 'googlewack adventure' and 'are you Dave Gorman' are both excellent!

"Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch" written by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. It's a humorous take on an impending apocalypse with characters ranging from angels, The Four Horsemen, and a bunch of little kids.

Orson Scott Card, every book I read by him is amazing, and mind blowing. He writes science fiction books for those of you who were curious. He also wrote the Famous Ender's Game serious.

@2pasadena8finest1

10 жыл бұрын

Wythran Aldurald True, but whats the harm in mentioning him. Maybe someone will dive into a world of new experience because of what I posted.

The Anthropocene Reviewed will undoubtedly be an impressive and most of all, a perfect addition to this list.

Look at what this man does, he gets his book on the best sellers list and into a movie and he makes a video at ONE OF the heights of his popularity to promote OTHER PEOPLE’s books. I now love him more, how could you not

'Alanna: The First Adventure' By Tamora Pierce. She is one of my favorite authors, and dramatically under celebrated.

Have you read the Night Circus? It follows two magicians Celia and Marco who have been bound into a competition since they were infants. The battleground is Le Cirque des Reves (The Circus of Dreams) and the book is not only written from the perspectives of the magicians, but from their masters and members of the circus. The story spans from the oath binding the two in 1873, through the genesis of the circus planned at Midnight Dinners to a young boy dared to enter the circus during the day, but not necessarily in that order. The Night Circus is a masterpiece woven together with descriptions that have you on your knees and characters that bring you back to your feet. it's hard to understand but one thing is for sure you will not breath until you reach the final sentence. I'm not sure how popular it is but it's amazing and mind-boggling and how many books can you find that work a non-linear plotline that's actually good. I finished it in two days and I'm a slow reader. (Also realizing how long this is, sorry!)

Thank you for the list! As I live out of the country, I order books online. Better World Books is a wonderful way to get them. I order secondhand, but they have new, too, and all money is dedicated to promote literacy all over the world. Shipping is free, as they are nonprofit. I read a lot, but very few books twice. One I love, read twice and will read again is A.S. Byatt's ''The Childrens' Book'' (not a children's book at all!, but rather based loosely on the life of Edith Nesbit. Fascinating on many levels. Having read almost of Murakami's books, I find myself coming back again and again to ''Kafka on the Shore'' and find more things to enjoy and wonder at each time. During this lock down, I couldn't concentrate on reading as usual--and read it again with pleasure and am on to more green pastures--with your help, too.

I know I'm like... 7 years too late, but I highly recommend the Ender Series by Orson Scott Card, specifically Speaker for the Dead. It's an incredibly riveting sci-fi book, and it changed my life in the smallest but most important ways.

@io.nebulae

2 жыл бұрын

FINALLY SOMEONE WHO AS READ MORE THAN ONLY ENDER'S GAME *AND* LOVES IT.

@josie_99

2 жыл бұрын

@@io.nebulae Seriously, the books are so good. Card is a very good writer.

I love Stolen by Lucy Christopher. It's about a 16 year old girl, Gemma, who gets kidnapped by a slightly older guy called Ty. He takes her to the middle of nowhere so she's cut off from.. everything really. As a reader, you're kind of cut off too, cause you only know what's happening to Ty and Gemma, and you don't know anything about Gemma's life before she's kidnapped, except the things she tells Ty. The novel takes the form of a long letter from Gemma to Ty, and reading it is such a strange experience. It's one of my favourite books and I only know like one other person who's read it.

@Chouetterargentee

10 жыл бұрын

I remember reading that book around the same time I discovered John Green's books and I didn't at all expect to connect with it as much as I did.

Can we just stop for half a second and talk about how much John Green has done for literacy in America? This may be antidotal evidence, but I know three people who "hate to read" who have read The Fault in Our Stars. Every time John talks about books I am overwhelmed with the desire to read.

@Sarahisaherz

10 жыл бұрын

Same here! TFiOS is beautiful, and lots of people whom I know aren't avid readers, or unfortunately hate it all together, are reading it and appreciating it. I hope it will be taught in schools someday as a classic of our time.

How do you find the time to read so many books? I genuinely want to know.

I would be over the moon you read: The Strange And Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, a Will Grayson, Will Grayson like book

@caefthy

9 жыл бұрын

At first I thought you were recommending Will Grayson, Will Grayson and I was like "HE WROTE THAT YOU IDIOT"

@neveragain1374

9 жыл бұрын

I love Aristotle and Dante

@edgydad6664

9 жыл бұрын

It's one of those books that'll stay with me forever and I will never forget.

@Madgirlwithatumblr

9 жыл бұрын

ImmaJoeBob I've finished the book about three days ago and YES the book touched me a lot

Name of the wind by Patrick Rothfuss

@dewayner5388

8 жыл бұрын

Dude yes. Every yes I have

@snarlingcarl5096

7 жыл бұрын

I wish i could like this a million times

@gaymo69

7 жыл бұрын

that book is great if you love mary sues

@dewayner5388

7 жыл бұрын

aLOOF gOALS What do you mean?

@gaymo69

7 жыл бұрын

***** the main character is a mary sue. need i say more?

...Can you hear that? ...Well? Can you hear it? ...Please, tell me you can hear it. ...it’s the Hum! Do you know what that Hum is? ...It’s your courage to come. Know that there is no challenge that we cannot overcome. We shall win...and we shall do it with courage. every crum. The Hum - hums ahead of our hearts, shielding all precious to soul. The Hum of our hearts...that song, the hymn of courage, of strength, confidence, has come, and doubters of courage and discouragers are dumb, and if you doubt what you have, if you do doubt each starry crumb of your courage beating, singing, burning and humming within you, then you will remain glum. A courageless heart is a soul numb. Now let this world be our fearless drum, for courage and its rise; it’s time for us to remove our conformity-disguise. From courageous fire rising over our hearts - we - the matchless - shall beat the ordinary enemy, for fear is no competition to the Hum to drum the world. All threats, great...small, past, present and future - we have, we can...we will overcome; we will overcome all fear, every enemy, each obstacle, every and each challenge, and we will do it with courage. We are the hum... the only hum to drum this world. So everybody listen. listen to your hum...hear the hum of others. It’s there...always there, and it never goes, can never die...the hum is always passed on. I am a fiction writer - check out my KZread channel for a chapter of each of my books, and you can also find all of my books available on Amazon: Fable King - Children's/family story. The Rulers Above - Epic Fantasy Trilogy Take Me - Psychological Thriller The Silent Sheriff - Action Horror Also like my Facebook Page - Del Winterbottom Books - For all latest news and info! Have a great day readers!

One of my favorite books is _Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend_ . Not known by many, but I *highly* recommend it

@pragyaanand142

4 жыл бұрын

I really liked this book. Completed it today

@susanthefish8940

3 жыл бұрын

Wow I will check it out