"And Then There Were None" is also a mini-series, with 3 episodes that is brilliant as well. It is three hours in total and, if you loved the book, you will like it for sure.

@Frea_

4 жыл бұрын

I love the book but I don't like the mini series :(

@theredeft5319

4 жыл бұрын

Also there is a great story called “and then there were n-1” somewhat inspired by “and then there were none” in that there is a bunch of people isolated and a case of foul play, but it has a very interesting twist in that it happens at a convention for a bunch of alternative universe versions of the main character( one version of her figures out how to cross over into the multiverse). I listened to it on Escape Pod. It’s a good listen and it’s free to listen to.

I read the Yellow Wallpaper in high school and still vividly remember it. So awesome!

@Savepointgaminglounge

4 жыл бұрын

Rainey Day Reads the ending still gives me the creeps

I hope you finish the Percy Jackson and the Olympians books and see what you think of the series

@pratappurswani7212

4 жыл бұрын

We all hope

@pratappurswani7212

4 жыл бұрын

HHF Electronic It's amazing

@alb0zfinest

4 жыл бұрын

Cirque Du Freak. (i’m posting this on every video till she reads at least the first book) :D

@pratappurswani7212

4 жыл бұрын

HHF Electronic Pffft no one did

@pratappurswani7212

4 жыл бұрын

HHF Electronic I was talking about the books

Thinking about switching my upload time to 8:30 EST. Thoughts?

@samkathryn4825

4 жыл бұрын

Sure! 8:30 is a pretty good time! :)

@monsterhunterjack

4 жыл бұрын

Anytime is a good time

@jakescott431

4 жыл бұрын

I like the current time (as an Australia), but if "8:30" is better for you and the majority of your audience you should do it.

@doctergoogle

4 жыл бұрын

8.30 sounds like a good upload time

@georgia5049

4 жыл бұрын

I live in the UK so it doesn't matter to me

I really want to see about "Dear Authors , friendship ".I want to hear about what people thibk about a good and a bad friendship stories as I want to write more about it.

I started reading the wheel of time because of you and daniel and now I can’t stop. Definitely my top this year

Yellow Wallpaper sounds so fascinating! Definitely intend to read that. I’ve also got My Dark Venessa and The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and The Horse to read. Knowing that you enjoyed them had heightened my excitement to read them.

Excited for this video. I'm about to finish Viscious so I need some new books. Thanks for another great video, Merphy. I hope you're staying safe everyone.

My Dark Vanessa definitely made my tops for the beginning of 2020!

My Dark Vanessa was so good! It definitely made my list of favorite books, too! Thank you for the recommendation.

I've discovered this channel about a week ago and it really made me want to start reading again:) I will pick up the Mistborn series whenever I can :D

Hi Merphy, just wanted to let you know that 'the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse' isn't actually a children's book, nor is it a 'story'. It's a collection of Charlie Mackesy's favourite drawings. It's a wonderful book to leaf through and find comfort in, and so nice to give to friends too! I absolutely love it.

@merphynapier42

4 жыл бұрын

Oh thank you for telling me!

The yellow wallpaper is so haunting. I still think about it sometimes, and even the thought of it gives me chills.

I had been looking at the Rage of Dragons for a while but finally picked it up after one of your videos about it. So glad I did. Best book I've read this year so far. Totally didn't seem like my style but I was so wrong!

I picked up The Boy The Mole the Fox and the Horse the day before our library closed and have been saving it for Magical Readathon this month. So excited to pick it up. Also listening to Unkindness of Magicians right now via Scribd's free month. Thanks for the recommendations!

I remember reading The Yellow Wallpaper in high school lit class - it really struck me because of the main character's trauma and emotional unraveling. Glad you enjoyed it so much too! I also loved Shirley Jackson's The Lottery for the same reasons.

Thanks for sharing your favorites with us = I still need to pick up My Dark Vanessa - sounds like I will need to be in the right mood to read it

Love that music at the end of Merphy's videos!

My Dark Vanessa is my favourite book so far this year. Raises so many questions, somewhat relatable, love the references to Nabokov and Poe worked into the story. Just incredibly well written and real.

You should make a full review of the First Law

@merphynapier42

4 жыл бұрын

I've been planning to make a video on the trilogy of some sort!

Hi Merphy, I just finished "My Dark Vanessa", which is not usually the kind of book I reach for but you made it sound very interesting and i must say, it was GREAT. It was aggravating in all the right ways and one of the best books I've read in a while, so thanks for the great rec :)

I am currently reading rage of dragons, I'm about half way through, on your suggestion and it is so gripping I am loving it!

I bought The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse after hearing about it on your channel. It’s so wonderful.

I finished Rage of Dragons this week and it's so freaking good! I loved it. I'm so glad you recommended it because I had not heard of it before you mentioned it.

I'm halfway through Lies of Locke Lamora and...I'm also annotating and the experience is....GREAT!!!! Alot of people are saying that book 2 and 3 aren't as amazing but I hope they're wrong cause I ALREADY really want to love this series!!!!

@benalo13

4 жыл бұрын

Good series, I want to read the rest but the second and third just aren't as good. I believe book 4 is set up to be amazing. It's going to be a while though. I just finished the republic of thieves the night before last.

@vivekmehar

4 жыл бұрын

Book 2 and 3 aren't that bad, besides this is a 7 book series Lynch has got a lot of time to come back up

'The Yellow Newspaper' is one I read as part of my degree and loved it. So moving.

I absolutely love The Yellow Wallpaper! I read it for the first time during my senior year in high school and have continued to enjoy and appreciate even more about it in consecutive years of school. I highly recommend anyone read it. You will get something new out of it every single time.

I need to pick up Rage of Dragons! Every time I hear you talk about it, I’m intrigued 😊

I am reading Bear Town. I am in love with it!!! Thank you for recommending him. The way he describes something in such a simple way makes me go “Yes!!l”

Would you make a video on how you take notes on books you read? Also Top reads of 2020 so far are The Last Argument of Kings (book 3 of The First Law), The Eye of the World, and The Way of Kings.

“The yellow wallpaper” is a short story. I’ve taught it several times

Well now The Girl with Seven Names, And Then There Were None, The Yellow Wallpaper, and My Dark Vanessa are added to my list!!! Currently reading Rage of Dragons (you inspired me to read) and just finished a bunch of Edgar Allen Poe stories, so I'll get there hopefully.

Your videos are just the best!

@merphynapier42

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

The yellow wallpaper is my favourite short story of all time! Ahh, its great

@Justusrabbits

4 жыл бұрын

The characters are amazing!

I have just finished reading The Last Arguments of Kings and it was a perfect ending to such a Character based story just loved the trilogy.

@ItalianStallionBDM

4 жыл бұрын

Check out the first law sequels, they're awesome. Best served cold-->the heroes-->red country

@farazkhan0

4 жыл бұрын

@@ItalianStallionBDM yup, already thinking about starting them.

Wonderful summary post. Interesting that so many of your best reads were non-fiction books. I've read the Daughter of Seven Names too and it was a gripping story. My best read so far has been Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames (a D&D like fantasy where 50 year old Adventurers get back together to save one guy's daughter, has lots of snarky humor, old metal music references and adventurer bands are treated like rock bands in our world). I highly recommend this one, especially now when you're starting your own D&D game. Have fun with it! Contesting for first spot is Seanan McGuire's Urban fantasy InCryptid series' book 9. The MC is for the first time Sarah, the cousin of previous characters. Sarah belongs to a normally murderous supernatural species called Johrlac but tries to be good. We finally learn many secrets of the Johrlac/cuckoo culture. Yes! Adorable speaking Aeslin mice also feature. You could start reading from here but the previous books are awesome and worth reading too. And if you've read them, you understand the world and the stakes a lot better.

Great list! Things I’ve read this Q: Never Let Me Go, The Border, The Giver. Still reading The Book Theif. The Yellow Wallpaper to be read again! Currently reading: My Dark Vanessa, The Other Boleyn Girl and Letters to the Lost.

Rage of Dragons was incredible! I love that you named your computer Uduak

I read Letters to the Lost in February..... 5 stars, obviously!! It was because you praised it so much, so thank you sincerely. I don’t read contemporary, ever, it’s my least read/fav genre, so I was hesitant, but wow... it was good🥰🥰

I read And Then There Were None in school a while back, and normally having to read a book for school makes it less enjoyable for me, but I loved ATTWN anyways and kept reading ahead, and I finished the book when we were like halfway through because I couldn’t put it down

Loved Rage of Dragons. Im in the middle of The Starless Sea right now and totally enjoying it

I have read And Then There Were None and really enjoyed it! As for the rest, I recently ordered The Rages of Dragons so I should be able to read it soon, My Dark Vanessa is one of my next audiobooks and I need to read everything by Joe Abercrombie, his books sound so up my alley!

I just started The First Law Trilogy and I am enjoying it so far. I don't know if you have read his Half a King trilogy, but I had so much fun with that! Also, My Dark Venessa is on my TBR.

Thank you!

I need to give And Then There Were None another go. When I initially tried to read it years and years ago, I DNFd it cause I thought the characters were incredibly dumb. Thinking about it now, I think that may have been the point though lol. Haven't read too many 5 star reads so far this year (that were also not rereads), but so far my top books this year are all of the books in The Riyria Chronicles series, and Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 2 Vol 2. All of them are just so much fun!

I'm picking up My Dark Vanessa soon. I'm so interested in how it handles some themes from the #MeToo movement in such a nuanced and new way especially with the younger version of Vanessa.

Rage of Dragons was very good. Read it at random from one of your favorites lists. Fantastic. Can't wait for next one. The only bad thing I can say about it is that I had trouble putting it down to get some sleep.

I would like to read "And then there were none" sometime soon, I keep hearing great things about it :)

I picked up Jarassic Park because of you and I am loving it!

@merphynapier42

4 жыл бұрын

Yay!!

@alysonserenastone2917

4 жыл бұрын

@@merphynapier42 I really like how he takes a long time to build up the world. I read 75 pages last minute without even realizing it.

Abercrombie is superb, seems like more and more people are reading his books, which is awesome, Best Served Cold is one of my favourite books, can’t recommend it enough You just now sold me on Rage Of Dragons, I quite like a good revenge tale, people at their wits end mostly... The Yellow Wallpaper?... will track it down today!

@isaacbruner65

4 жыл бұрын

I just started reading Best Served Cold a few days ago. I read the original trilogy a long time ago, I forgot how absolutely brutal these books can be. I've already seen characters get beheaded, garotted, beaten to death with a hammer, poisoned, set on fire, stabbed in the back of the neck, get their eye burned out with a hot poker, have their skull crushed, get cleaved to death over a dice game, and I'm not even halfway through. More blood!

The yellow wallpaper was a short story in my English Literature class. That was 30+ years ago still think about it often.

I love when books open up a topic and actually affect the real world in a positive way like The Yellow Wallpaper. The Hunchback of Notre Dame was the same way, Victor Hugo wrote that as a love letter to the cathedral in a time when architecture wasn't being preserved, and the book actually made the government reevaluate how they were treating their historical monuments and they made a change.

The first video you recommend the boy the mole the fox and the horse, like a day or two after went to a book shop and i had never seen it before but it was on display, sadly I couldnt get it but read a few pages and I need to buy it at some point! From what I've read it seems very moving 💕

I have an arc of My Dark Vanessa that i'm exited to pick up, but i feel pretty buried in books right now! My favorites this quarter have been Anna Karenina, The Dearly Beloved (wall), & The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

I love good characters and grim dark worlds! Idk if that says something about me, how much I love gothic stories? Definitely checking out that series.

New subscriber! I love books!

Hi this is my first time watching you I will start reading again thank you . Anna

Hey Merphy the next time you're in a contemporary romance mood I think you should check out The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary - it has some solid friendships, a healthy romantic relationship where the couple actually communicates, it's a slow burn, and there's an exploration of an emotionally abusive (ex) relationship.

Abercrombie IMO is top tier with Tolkien and Martin. Can’t wait to hear what you think of the standalones, they’re even better!

Every time I watch your videos I want to start reading the Wheel of Time series, but I'm so nervous to start such a long and complex series.

I'm halfway through Rage of Dragons and I'm loving it so far.

ahh all of them sound incredible!!

BACKMAN!!! Much love, amy

I love your videos. You remind me SO MUCH of the actress that played Velma from the live action Scooby Doo. Super compliment. She and you are gorgeous.

My two are the yellow Wallpaper because I suffered similarly and things my son needs to know.

Believe it or not I’ve been more busy during this quarantine than I would’ve been if we were not... so I haven’t seen much videos lately. This is the first one I see in a while and omg I missed you merphy

@merphynapier42

4 жыл бұрын

I hope its been a happy busy ❤️

@ivingzuniga841

4 жыл бұрын

Merphy Napier yes, happy healthy busy thank God 💕 hope you and your family are well

Lies of Locke Lamora, of course A little hatred by Joe Abercrombie was a surprise. He came for a book sign at my favourite bookshop so I stayed in line without knowing anything about him. Needless to say, I read 50 pages while waiting.

Wheel of Time Book 12 is maybe my favorite in the series! The character work was absolutely top notch. Glad you loved it too. Review coming out soon?

I loved And Then There Were None! Murder in the Orient Express is another really good Christie book but I liked And Then There Were None better. And I’m working through #10 of Wheel if Time.

The Yellow Wallpaper seems relatable

I really want a copy of my dark Vanessa so badly!

Ooh we read The Yellow Wallpaper this year in my 11th grade English class

I know this is kind of unrelated, but I want to put this out for people who like middle grade novels. I recommend the Jinx Trilogy by Sage Blackwood and The Gryphon Chronicles by E.G. Foley. The Jinx Trilogy is shorter, though. I'm sorry for the lack of relation to the video. But actually I reread the Jinx trilogy this January, and loved it, so I guess this is validation.

@WhatsCookin420

4 жыл бұрын

ALL DA MES LUV LEO just finished the first jinx book. Would highly recommend.

@ahmadsalman2569

4 жыл бұрын

ALL DA MES LUV LEO is Artemis fowl good?

@aaronexists4308

4 жыл бұрын

Ahmad Salman I have not read it but I have heard mostly positive reviews.

picked up Gentleman bastards because of you, I loved it!

@merphynapier42

4 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you did!

three of these books I've also read in this quarter! my dark vanessa (literally finished an hour ago), rage of dragons, and and then there were none, and I loved them all! Other 5 star reads this quarter were - recollections of my non-existence, why be happy when you could be normal, wakenhyrst, age of dread trilogy, ig magic, starsight, men explain things to me, homo deus, once upon a river, dracula, a skinful of shadows, the less you know the souder you sleep, the true deceiver, the coffin path, breakfast at tiffany's, and frankenstein. It's been an excellent start to the year haha

@HeavenlyJasmines

4 жыл бұрын

also you dropping the books made me laugh so much haha

I have the same mug as you at 8:00!!!!stupid thing to be excited about:p

@talesandtails9

4 жыл бұрын

Lol, I do too and thought the same thing.

I'm obsessed with that sweater! Please tell me where you got it? 😍

I read "And then there were none" when I was 12 and I was really scared but I loved it

The Yellow Wallpaper was a story I read in high school. I read it around 1 or 2 am. To this day it is the only story I have EVER ready that has had me literally scared as I read.

I started Best Served Cold by Joe Abercromie and it is being my new favorite. I'm already trying to figure out to get my hands on the other two stand alone because his books just keep getting better and better. I read The Yellow Wallpaper in high school and I read it several times because I thought it was so amazing. I think several of the required readings in high school take on a whole new meaning after you start living real adult life. Awesome video as usual!

So I just read The Yellow Wallpaper now. As in just now. But I read it after researching a bit about the author. If you put that into account, then man. That little book is GOOD and even inspiring in a...weird way.

If you like classic Sherlock Holmes stories, the House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz is a fun read. I listened to the audio book which was narrated by Derek Jacobi ("Father Cadfael"). He did a great job!

Eagerly waiting on "my dark Vanessa" to release from the library

First law sequels are incredible. Best served cold and the heroes were my favorite

I love ur channel so much

@merphynapier42

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@bhavananarayanan4832

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for responding to me ur kinda like my idol ur so busy and u still read so much unlike me I found ur channel by accident a few months ago love from India

I just ordered My Dark Vanessa.

@merphynapier42

4 жыл бұрын

I hope you love it ❤️

I am currently reading lunar chronicles

lol that ending was hilarious.

And Then There Were None was one of the first "adult" novels I ever read (Though in skill level I think it's probably more like a YA novel) and it's still one of my favorites.

BBC made a mini series in 2015 of And Then There Were None, and it is so good. If you have time you should watch it.

Hi Murphy! Was wondering if you’ve ever read anything by Haruki Murakami? If not I really recommend that author

I already have the yellow wallpaper open in yt!

You must read murder on the orient express. It is as good if not better then and then there were none. Also there are so many amazing adaptations

Could you recommend books with princess and guard tropes, you mentioned it in the live stream

I have read a couple books this year so far. First was lord of the rings two towers, second was to kill a mocking bird for school, third was mistborn the final empire (dnf’d the series, did not enjoy the first book), I started reading the talisman by Steven king and stopped after the COVID-19 outbreak because the book is bit too depressing, and now I am starting wheel of time book 1 eye of the world. I am loving it so far and am 250 pages in.

@wwfix3224

4 жыл бұрын

Sam Fowler The Talisman is one of my favourites and has a really uplifting ending if you get past the depressing parts.

@samfowler9851

4 жыл бұрын

WWFix yeah I am definitely going to pick the talisman back up later in the future just because of the main character Jack. To put it simply, Jack is just me when I was twelve. Everything from his depression to even little things such as him being tall for his age and him having a love for yellow cheese that was said in one throw away line. However, what sold me on his character was his motivation of his mom having cancer. When i was twelve, my grandmother was diagnosed with cancer. It was terrible seeing her slowly loss the ability to even move and she experienced a great deal of pain. I can still remember the night my parents took the family to show her dead body. That was the worst night of my life. So when I saw jack have time to enjoy his mother, seeing his mother’s way of handling her current situation, and especially seeing the queen in her bed being unable to do many things, all hit close to home for me. It told me there is one side you can be on, and I think that is why the book feels so depressing for me.

I read the Yellow Wallpaper in highschool.

I loved your moment of realization about self-isolation mid-sentence when describing The Yellow Wallpaper. I added The Boy the Mole the Fox and the Horse to my Amazon wishlist. I'm a sucker for really well-written children's books that can be meaningful for adults, too. ALSO! After years and years of hesitation because of all I've heard about the slog, I've decided it's high time that I read The Wheel of Time. Eye of the World gets to my house today! I'm excited and ready for something new to consume my life for during isolation, but also nervous because this is the longest (completed) series I've ever committed to.

Have you read Escape From Camp 14? It's another book about North Korea. I will need to check out The Girl With Seven Names, I find it a fascinating subject to read about.

Rage of Dragons sequel, Fires of Vengeance is coming out November 10th this year 😍😍😀😀😀

thank you for the amazing list of books. "Musings diary of a teacher " is the best book I have ever read. Please have a look at it.