Hey! I am currently on vacation, but would love if you can help other readers out by sharing your top standalone? 👀

@garyguyton7373

2 ай бұрын

Glory Road. Never heard of it, right? Find it, read it. It's fantasy like you never read before.

@joshuayork8038

2 ай бұрын

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

I'm about to finish Sword of Kaigen and OMG... I've been crying since chapter 7. IT'S SOOO GOOD!!! I've never felt so many emotions while reading a book (or watching a movie or a TV show). It's already one of my favorite books of all time.

@RyeMiArt

2 ай бұрын

Right. Right!? It is so good. And there is Blood Over Bright Haven, I read both last year and I still can't decide which one is better :D So good!

@sarasgonzalezg

2 ай бұрын

@@RyeMiArt I know... blood over bright haven is the next on my TBR after The Familiar 😂

@RyeMiArt

2 ай бұрын

@@sarasgonzalezg preordered Familiar and can't wait for it to get here :D

It’s always great to hear praise of The Night Circus 😊. I’m planning to read The Sword of Kaigen this year. I hope I love it.

The house in the Cerulean sea by TJ Klune is NOT a standalone novel anymore. We are getting a sequel to this book this year.

@odessaodette7855

2 ай бұрын

And it’s hilarious 😂😂😂

@healla2000

2 ай бұрын

well technically speaking, it can be considered a stand alone because you don't have to buy the second book to get the full story.

I was watching the ranking, and as it was nearing the end, I was thinking: "How sword of Kaigen did not make the list ?!?! " 😅 It is one of the best stories out there, and I am still carrying it within me.

TJ Klune impressed me. I've read 2 or 3 of his books now, and you nailed it. His stories and style are refreshing and unique. You want to block out the world and enjoy it.

Sword of Kaigen, Yumi and Project Hail Mary are probably my top three stand alones. So good! All of them.

I have to agree, I've read the majority of these and they're very solid picks! I love that you highlight Yumi, I feel like that's the best of the Secret Projects but just not getting the recognition it deserves.

I loved Piranesi, and I'm halfway through Sword of Kaigen and loving it. I also liked Warbreaker and Tress of the Emerald Sea more than I did Elantris.

Absolutely loved Addie LaRue and House in the Cerulean Sea! Hoping to read Piranesi and lots of other ones from this list soon!!

I love The Ocean at the End of the Lane. Neil narrating his own audiobook for that one was genius, and he did such an incredible job. He's still my favourite author (I really love American Gods and Neverwhere).

Amazing! Always on the hunt for standalones to read between long series. Thank you ❤

Similar recommendation to Addie - Peaches and Honey!

Thanks for this, a number of books here that I've read and loved and so many that I have on my virtual TBR!

❤📚❤️ Your excitement is so contagious! I've read most of these, and the ones I haven't are on my tbr. I agree with you 100%!

I love the way you described these books, thank you for the recommendations!

Thank you my wonderful friend for this great video, I am excited to check out these books. You are a blessing ❤

Yes. Yes. YES! I've read few from your list and YES! Guns of the Dawn is on my 2024 tbr!

Thank you so much for the recommendations 😊 I’ve added a few to my TBR list. I’m most excited about Hail Mary ❤❤❤

I like your summaries, thanks for the reco's!

I’ve read 62/76 which is listed in the info!!

Here are a few standalones I love. -The Mermaid the Witch and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall -A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee -The Wehrwolf by Alma Katsu -The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E Harrow -Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan -The Witche's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec -Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss

@Kristie-su9ve

2 ай бұрын

Ghost Wall just went on my TBR. Thanks!

Your recommendations are amazing. I will definitely read at least 4 - 5 books in 2024 from your picks. Thank you for this amazing video .

Sword of Kaigen my fav book of all time

Every time i see your background i feel so relaxed and comfy

Me, I am the person who didn't like the Sword of Kaigen. I read it 2 years ago and the story wasn't finish. The ending introduces a character arc with more things to come. I do not enjoy unfinished business. If this was to be a standalone it could had done without the final chapter

Ooh, I've read two from your list! I loved the standalone fantasy novels Thornhedge (I recommend going into it knowing nothing about it) - it's short, and a bit dark, but fantastic - and A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking, both by T. Kingfisher (a penname of Ursula Vernon). I also loved her ***unsettling*** gothic novel What Moves the Dead. Ursula Vernon also writes kids' illustrated novels, and I love the first in her Princess Hamster series, Princess Hamster: Harriet the Invincible. The other 5 in the series are good, but the first is my favorite, and I recommend starting from the beginning. New viewer! I just found this video in my recommendations.

I had no trouble guessing your first two 😁 My most unpopular opinion is probably that I'd switch them if I had to rank them! You may actually have convinced me to pick up Addie LaRue. I have been wavering for years, but I loved all the others in your top spots, so why not this one as well?

I just finished this phenomenal new book of fairy tales entitled Sillies, Fancies, and Trifles - it was phenomenal and I think you'd love it. It would go with the lovely recommendations here. Keep up the beautiful videos :)

I know it is quite popular but lotr is one of favourite standalone novels.

Excellent list! So many of my favourites included. I’d recommend Christina Henry’s The Mermaid as an amazing standalone. It doesn’t have the horror vibes of her other novels, which probably makes it more accessible.

I love your accent and your voice! You should do audiobooks!!

Well done; good list! I'd like to strongly recommend just a few of my favorite stand alones that may have escaped your notice. 1 - To Ride Hell's Chasm - by Janny Wurts. A ludicrously insane ride and easily one of my favorite stand alones. 2 - The Library at Mount Char - by Scott Hawkins. The word "unique" gets tossed around a lot these days. This book is unique - not rare, not very rare, unique. A wild ride, unlike anything else I've ever read. 3 - Lord of Light - by possibly my favorite author ever, Roger Zelazny. A Hindu-Buddhist SciFi/Fantasy furturistic western Hugo Award winner from 1967. Yeah. Read it ;-)~

Hope you are feeling better ❤

I loooove circe so much. I read the odyssey right afterwards and then reread Circe back to back because I loved it so much. The cerulean sea made me cry to and it’s a book I always recommend. It will always have such a special place in my heart and in my bookshelf

I also love the Sword of Kaigen, and like you, I also cried.

I absolutely loved Dark Matter and Project Hail Mary….. highly recommend!!

Guards! Guards! is the first of eight in the City Watch mini-series set within Discworld which is a series of a total of 41 books of many intertwined mini-series, there are only 3 books considered to be "standalone" within the Discworld lore, they are Pyramids, Small Gods and The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents.

Oh! Your puppy! So cute!❤ new sub here! Hi!!!

@FunFantasyBooks

Ай бұрын

Hahaha thank you and welcome!!

Recommend space between worlds too!!!

I absolutely loved Addie LaRue as well. And The house in the Cerulean sea as well. They are both so great !! :D Ok... i now have more books on my wishlist after watching this haha XD

Hey lovely, I have 1 absolutely brilliant book, unlike anything I have every read! It called the blacktongue thief by Christopher BUEHLMAN and it is just fantastic! Also a 2 book series called monster blood tatoo by D. M. Cornish this book is so original, story is just captivating and your always left wanting to know what’s next! 😊

Check out the book called Steven Demogorgon. Fallen angel book.

The Magician’s Daughter by H.G. Parry

Anyone read Ink Blood Sister Scribe? Really fun standalone!

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I read The Sword of Kaigen and I liked it, but it's not even in my top 10. I think the hype leading up when I read it led me to feel a little disappointed.

Plenty in your library to keep you busy.

uhm. I think the real question here is. is that a new puppy?

I agree, The Martian was great, but Project Hail Mary was much better!

FIST MY BUMP! 😂❤

I use to want Night Circus made into a movie…but I think Hollywood destroy it

@Rash23215

2 ай бұрын

If the book is so good then NOTHING can destroy it..... so ur comment is super cringe

I hated Circe. I like my fantasy not so pretty.

Babel was SO political. I'm reading to escape, not watch the news

@mariareadsssf

2 ай бұрын

I think it is quite obvious from the full title that the book is not meant to entertain, but to disscus things that are real and still have an impact for the author and many other readers that are not fond of colonialsm, racism and white supremacy. No one is forcing priviledged people to read it.

@Dohrann

2 ай бұрын

@@mariareadsssf Without going into spoilers here obviously, some of the twists and turns just seemed unnecessary for the sake of race baiting imo. The magic system was fine though, reminded me of Mistborn a bit. Coming from someone "un-priviledged", I still didn't really find it a fun read. To each their own though, obviously some people enjoy it.

@chiroptophilia

2 ай бұрын

​@@Dohrann The alternative title is literally "the necessity of violence"........of course it's political... it was never going to be a feel-good escapist fantasy

@Rash23215

2 ай бұрын

Lol..... white guy offended by poc existing even in fantasy..... not surprised at all....

@strawberryorange3755

12 күн бұрын

​@Dohrann there's nothing wrong with books being political but my problem with babel was that it felt like an academic text disguised as a novel.