You can tell who the readers are because they have to read the sign first 🤣

@iangubeli

2 ай бұрын

Facts😂

@patr1ckbatemansraincoat

2 ай бұрын

where the reader pops at? 😭

@Judah_BlackfordVlogs

2 ай бұрын

Haley and Ian = my fav booktubers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep making great vids guys! 😄

@Maddie-lf5tt

2 ай бұрын

Hi Haley:)

@The_flowerpot

2 ай бұрын

Haley❤❤

I love the guy that pulled out a pen and paper and wrote down your suggestion!

@rebeccaa2433

2 ай бұрын

That was so cute!

@ericapedroza7067

2 ай бұрын

Yyyyeeeesss!

@austinquick6285

2 ай бұрын

He just got out of jail, or rehab.

@jessicastevens5782

2 ай бұрын

I have a list of book recommendations in my phone notes - only way I'll remember them

@dianechristensen1391

2 ай бұрын

101 Grimms fairytales Everett of been reading it over and over again I love it I think that’s not the kids versions the real true versions of the books the scary ones it has a little bit a horn there so you’ll probably like them

His experience of so many people saying they don’t read books will make Fahrenheit 451 hit even harder cuz it’s about a world where people just decide they would rather be entertained with TV and amusement parks rather than read. We aren’t far away from that world being real.

@dererlkonig7428

2 ай бұрын

It always has been the case, reading is not for everyone.

@music.is.art.

2 ай бұрын

This is already true 😢

@Billiethekid8

2 ай бұрын

​@@dererlkonig7428 dont try to give illusion yourself everything is Allright No its not according to statistics reading books is all time low And young people read less then they used to

@thellama3239

2 ай бұрын

@@Billiethekid8*than. And it’s “alright” not “allright”. Maybe you should read more

@WILFRED69X

2 ай бұрын

So true. People hate reading books. They think something is wrong with me because I carry a book with me wherever ever I go!. So yeah, not far from the book Fahrenheit 451.

The guy writing the recommendation in his notepad was so unexpected! Most people would open Goodreads or the notes app...he was a breath of fresh air wow

@grandmarquee

Ай бұрын

Who carries a pen!?

"sorry I don't have any cash" lmaoooooooo stop it RN

@yarection

2 ай бұрын

and then he tripped lol

@DeLivresEtDeCrochets

2 ай бұрын

Karma

@michaelstephaniemarrero1097

2 ай бұрын

He thought Ian was homeless, lul.

@jfree2737

2 ай бұрын

Some people just believe that if a stranger is talking to them, that person wants something from them. I once said good morning to a lady and she automatically said "no thank you." 😂

@johannesangeeth

2 ай бұрын

then he tripped, lowkey karma lolll

Literally my dream come true, someone ASKING me to tell them about my favorite books. Literally have to force people to listen to why they should read my faves 😆

@zatchbell5678

2 ай бұрын

Well? Tell us your faves girl

@Heather-Luper

2 ай бұрын

Now we need to know your fave!

@sawsansalem4400

2 ай бұрын

We’d love to hear your favorite books!

@chelseaisntkool101

2 ай бұрын

TELL US YOUR FAVESSS

@ametistazz

2 ай бұрын

@@chelseaisntkool101I'm not her but i'll take the opportunity 🗣️ read demian by herman hesse, it's so good it made me lose my mind

The Picture of Dorian Grey is my all time favorite. It makes you think and ponder about morals and things that youre doing in your life that you could do better. Its also mildly horrifying, but its so beautiful.

@sarahm725

2 ай бұрын

It’s “gothic horror” genre which I did not know was a thing but recently found out that many of my faves are in that genre, including Dorian Grey

@donutlover9222

2 ай бұрын

I am planning on reading this this year. It was an old friends favorite book.

@anniedavidson

Ай бұрын

This book has been on my physical TBR for sooo long. This comment finally inspired me to start reading it !

@rafeeqwarfield9690

Ай бұрын

@@anniedavidsonit’s SO good!

@meganega123

27 күн бұрын

Also, it's beautifully written

My whole life I was convinced that nothing would ever be as good as the LOTR... and then I read The Stormlight Archive, which is now my all time favorite. Highly recommend!

@bambuu_

Ай бұрын

I came here to recommend SA as well! I'm still on book 3 but it's already my favorite fantasy series ever, it's simply mindblowing and the characters are SO charming

@GladiatorDude17

Ай бұрын

@@bambuu_ Bridge Four!

@jsar5409

Ай бұрын

Reading it now, my first fantasy series. It's so damn great.

@sophiaterry1215

Ай бұрын

I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT! I love LOTR and stormlight archive!

@witherwitch77

6 күн бұрын

So good!!! For me the best part is the incredible worldbuilding and character development arcs without the unavoidable racism and misogyny of older books lol...

I still think about this book everyday. It’s called Flowers for Algernon. It’s about a man with a very low IQ that gets chosen to test a new surgery that will make people smarter. You follow him throughout the entire process of becoming smarter. It touches on things like friendship and relationships with coworkers and for me it showed me how people have feelings even if they can’t express it very well.

@missjourneyfinn5579

2 ай бұрын

Whoa! I just got this book the other day. I’m definitely gonna read it now!

@bookswithbecx

2 ай бұрын

I read that in Junior High and loved it!

@Mo11yCurry

2 ай бұрын

This book altered my brain chemistry I think, it’s one of those that I always think about it’s sooo good 10/10 agree with your recommendation

@451kino2

2 ай бұрын

That book destroyed me and I loved it

@brokenremedy7821

2 ай бұрын

MY FAVOURITE!!! SO underrated. I often think about it too. It made me deeply appreciative of my sound mind.

This is such a fun idea! Maybe camp out in front of a Indie bookshop next time and give the best pitches a bookshop gift card!

@funfings842

2 ай бұрын

that's a good idea!

@BookDevs

2 ай бұрын

Brilliant idea! I will add this to my video ideas, I'll let you know how it goes!

@torigriggs1694

Ай бұрын

Ooooo I love this idea!!

The Count Of Monte Cristo. I have never been so wrapped up in how revenge would be had without causing harm to those who dont deserve it. It’s so well written without giving away how it’s going to end. (Also with discussion on what is okay to take into your own hands and what is considered going too far)

@ericapedroza7067

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, my top book of all time ❤

@deadcivciv

2 ай бұрын

Agreed, while I was reading i'm constantly thinking i would never able to read a book like this again 🥹

@littlelemoncurd6191

2 ай бұрын

@@deadcivciv YEP

@BloodthirstyAcademic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, this is the best book ever written

@Dan02931

2 ай бұрын

I’m currently 1/4 of the way through The Count of Monte Cristo and it’s already becoming one of my favorite books. I’m so excited to finish it

Beartown by Fredrik Backman! It’s about a small town in Sweden that is reliant on the success of their high school hockey team for economic reasons and also overall morale of the town. Something terrible happens which alters the course of the story and divides the whole community of characters. What sets it apart is that the whole book goes between several different perspectives of people in this town and you could spend as little as one page in someone’s pov and feel so much love and care for that person. These characters are so complicated and one minute you’ll be so furious and the next you’re crying hopeful tears. It’s truly a book that breaks your heart and mends it back together.

@jessicalutz5158

2 ай бұрын

wow I was scrolling and hoping (but still not expecting) to see someone recommend Beartown because I love it but find it difficult to describe well. I never thought that I could care so much about characters in a book until reading this book. And I genuinely think that I became a better, more empathetic person after reading it. so I second this recommendation and anything by Fredrik Backman!

@sandraschmidt2490

2 ай бұрын

Came here to recommend Beartown as well.

@maryduneau4132

2 ай бұрын

By the same author, a man called Ove is also really good.

@mae9940

2 ай бұрын

@@maryduneau4132 definitely on my list!

@mae9940

2 ай бұрын

@@jessicalutz5158 I felt more empathetic after reading it too. There’s so much heart and love in his writing

when that person said "Colourless Tskuru Tazaki and his years of pilgrimage" I audibly gasped cause when people rec Murakami it is VERY RARELY that one and I personally find myself always recommending that specific one haha

@vivien681

2 ай бұрын

I loved the way the lady sold the story! I had to add it to my tbr

@sineadboehme2273

2 ай бұрын

@@vivien681 omg yes you NEED I'd highly recommend it myself too personally

@Flower_Sun13

2 ай бұрын

this is so real, it is one of his most unspoken works. i personally would always recommend After Dark doe haha, my first murakami book and one of my favourites of all time

@TheClutterLady

2 ай бұрын

So interesting! I knew I knew that name, but the book I read was a memoir, What I Talk about When I Talk about Running. It was really good, but now I want to read his fiction!

@eligeddes1808

2 ай бұрын

Holy crap, I'm literally reading it right now! I loved killing commendatore and have been binging his books. So far I'm digging Tsukuru!

Aww, the number of people who said they dont read or havent read on a long time made me sad 😢

@dabreadmaker7109

2 ай бұрын

Tbh they probably think he's homeless and are just trying to walk away

@runrgrl35

2 ай бұрын

Exactly! Especially as a reading teacher 😢

@shaunatramutolo2983

2 ай бұрын

Isn’t it mind boggling how many people don’t read books?? It makes me so sad that they don’t know what they’re missing!

@Booksonwheels

2 ай бұрын

11:30 I’m sold! Sounds amazing, especially where I am myself in life!

@bluecannibaleyes

2 ай бұрын

To be fair, I stopped reading for a long time but I’ve recently gotten back into it.

Two of my favorite books are Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, and Wuthering Heights by Emily Brönte. Intense, crazy people and monster, feeling all the feelings, but mostly the difficult ones, cursing the world and everybody around them. You'll remember these books forever.

@thatonepossum5766

2 ай бұрын

I just bought a copy of Wuthering Heights a week ago! Haven’t started it yet, but I’m excited to read it soonish (kinda have the entire Stormlight Archives to get through first… 😅).

@ttamaraaax

2 ай бұрын

Yes, yes, yes and yes!!! Love both of these, but Wuthering Heights just has my heart it’s just so so good

@ttamaraaax

2 ай бұрын

@@thatonepossum5766it’s honestly my favourite classic! Prepare yourself for an emotional rollercoaster tho lol

@aspeno5613

2 ай бұрын

Frankenstein is my favorite book, I'll have to give Wuthering Heights a shot!

@fredarich8068

Ай бұрын

Two of my favourites as well.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. It's a classic for a reason. First of all, it's one of the greatest love stories ever written and started the enemies to lovers trope. But more than that it's a study of human character, our motivations and conflicting desires, how we fit into society and what society even is. It's a challenge but worth it.

@peytonfamily1198

2 ай бұрын

Yes! Great explanation! Jane Austen's humor is also so entertaining!

@peytonfamily1198

2 ай бұрын

@@dianaayt Yeah, some parts can be found a bit boring. I always found the parts with the balls most enjoyable because more goes on between characters. Maybe Jane Austen has more of a subtle humor (that English-type wit), but I find it delightfully colors various situations in her novels nonetheless!

@elizawbu5722

2 ай бұрын

is it better than the movie cause 💀💀

@peytonfamily1198

2 ай бұрын

@@elizawbu5722 In my opinion, the book is definitely better than the 2005 movie. However, I think the 1995 BBC mini series was a really great adaptation of the book. In any case, the book is great because you get more time with the characters and you get to better experience and appreciate Jane Austen's humor.

The Book Thief is beautifully written historical fiction set in WWII Germany. It follows the life story of a young girl while also portraying the sheer scope of human tragedy that WWII was. I have yet to find one that I like more. I don't want to spoil anything, but figuring out who the omniscient narrator is brings a whole new level of intrigue.

@binkebianks4053

2 ай бұрын

I am currently rereading it for my husband. The juxtaposition of the human condition is described with a lot of unnerving detail. Emotional ride.

@stephaniecardenas3126

2 ай бұрын

This is one of my favorites too!!!

@sarahdenton7559

2 ай бұрын

Yes I absolutely love that book

@TeresaNC1

2 ай бұрын

I absolutely love The Book Thief!

@hope_fisher

2 ай бұрын

please read The Boy In The Striped Pajamas by John Boyne. For me I like it more than The Book Thief, but it's also a great book.

Love this idea. You’re brave talking to strangers about books 😆 would love a follow up like a reading vlog reading some of these books 😊

@sardonisms

2 ай бұрын

I was just thinking I'd love a follow up reading some of the books!

Hey Ian! As someone who struggles finding new book recs at times, if you were to put this question on a t shirt I would totally buy it! I really like the idea of a stranger recommending me something they love.

I love this idea of asking random people to talk about their favorite book. As a reader, I’m always interested in hearing people talk about their favorite. Mine is Jane Eyre which I first read in high school. I’ve reread it numerous times since and the ending still gets me.

@sawsansalem4400

2 ай бұрын

I love Jane Eyre as well!! Its is one of my top favorite of all time, I have just fallen in love with it! What other books do you recommend? I’d be happy to share mine and I’ve got plenty! I’m sure you do too! Tell me everything!

@dawnng5962

2 ай бұрын

@@sawsansalem4400 I would highly recommend Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier in a similar vein as Jane Eyre.

@klatskyn

Ай бұрын

Also one of my faves and it was the first classic I ever read when I was about 13

@sawsansalem4400

12 күн бұрын

@@dawnng5962 That’s in my TBR, hopefully I’ll get to it and report back :) thanks for the rec!

Project Hail Mary-Andy Weir. Finished the kindle version last week, bought the audio book (I NEVER listen to audio books-but would HIGHLY recommend this one), and bought a physical copy. I can’t describe how much I loved this book. Definitely my favorite book so far this year!

@junegrainger8481

2 ай бұрын

100% agree with you. I couldn’t put this book down and when I had to I switched to the audio version and it’s one of the few books I wanted to reread straight away.

@TeresaNC1

2 ай бұрын

Project Hail Mary was so Good and such a surprise to me! I needed to read it for a group I was involved with and dreaded a science fiction. It was great! Such a beautiful and interesting story about space and friendship.

@TamTam9-15

2 ай бұрын

Yes! I work in a library and whenever anyone checks out the book I tell them to get the audiobook as well.

@interrospire

2 ай бұрын

YES 👏👏👏

@Malhablada

2 ай бұрын

The best audiobook that I've heard. I didn't think I liked Sci-Fi, then that audiobook came along. *Jazz hands*

I don't know why this video made me tear up. I love having conversations with people about books. 2 of my favorites were recommended, Scythe and Fahrenheit 451

@nenyeo6090

2 ай бұрын

Scythe is so so so good

@Candy-8448

2 ай бұрын

​@@nenyeo6090what is scythe about?

@nenyeo6090

2 ай бұрын

@@Candy-8448 it’s set in the distant future where humanity has conquered death. So, we have these group of people called Scythes that take care of overpopulation (I’m sure you can infer what I mean from there) and we follow two leads: Citra and Rowan who have been picked to join the order of Scythes. It’s such a good read. It touches on mortality, identity, morality of the nature of this kind of job and so much more. And it has a structure I think worked well for the story being told. I highly recommend.

@Candy-8448

2 ай бұрын

@@nenyeo6090 ooh i might check that out

My favorite is The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. It’s like a Russian nesting doll in a book where the story layers and echoes itself. Impeccable and made for book lovers.

@daffodilssnapdragons6388

Ай бұрын

I've got this one ony TBR shelf. ❤

Not my all time favorite book, but The Midnight Library by Matt Haig is a book I think about often. It’s about a woman named Nora who is dissatisfied by life and decides to attempt unaliving herself and gets sent to her own personal library between life and death. She gets the opportunity to live out alternate lives she could’ve lived depending on the choices she made and if she truly loves the life she tries out, she gets to stay. If not, she gets sent back to the library. It’s such a heartwarming, thought provoking read.

@user-elegantsam

2 ай бұрын

My current read ❤❤

@debmccudden242

2 ай бұрын

That sounds like a great read I'm going to read it thanks 😊

@bubbii

2 ай бұрын

ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS BOOK. I can’t recommend it enough. I loved Nora and the french guy (I forgot his name) I read it in 2022 January so it’s been a while. I might re-read it I loved it

@user-wx4ns3rw7e

2 ай бұрын

Saaaaaaaaaaaame

@jwi1085

29 күн бұрын

Several of his books!!!!

I totally agree with that guy that suggested to read Jurassic Park. It's very different from the movies. I'm currently reading the Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz. I'm only on book two,but I'm liking it so far. He sees ghosts and the ghosts help him to solve crimes.

@maypasifiki9360

2 ай бұрын

I have only read Odd Hours out of the Odd Thomas series... even though its not the first book in the series, it convinced me to start collecting the others to read

@nathaneichenberger9332

2 ай бұрын

@@maypasifiki9360 They're so good!

@jonasandersen8204

2 ай бұрын

That sounds so cool! Put it on My list

@nathaneichenberger9332

2 ай бұрын

@@jonasandersen8204 Awesome! You won't regret it.

@cassandraknight8804

2 ай бұрын

Life of pi , is way better read also.

I love this idea! Takes a lot to stand out in public and be vulnerable! Go Ian!

@alivialodi

2 ай бұрын

Also props for being open about your faith and helping others be confident in their own faith! It’s surprising how many people are scared to mention anything having to do with religion these days!

As a lifelong reader and book lover, I love what you're doing. My favourite book is a classic, but please don't let that put you off. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexander Dumas. Set in the time when Napoleon was a prisoner on the island of Elba,. Edmond Dantes is a young guy with everything ahead of him, a sailor about to take command of a ship for the first time, gorgeous fiancee whom he loves to bits, he's got it all going on . Jealousy and envy on the part of people he thought he had reason to trust, leads to him being imprisoned in a dungeon on a remote island in the the bleak Chateau D'if. After a long time he meets a fellow prisoner, stages a break out which nearly costs him his life, finds a treasure on the remote isle of Monte Cristo, the fellow prisoner talked of, sets himself up in fine style, calling himself the Count of Monte Cristo - and sets out for revenge on those whose lies landed him in prison,

KZread just suggested this video and it made me an instant subscriber of your channel. My recommendation is Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. Words escape me at the moment to describe how much of a sweeping story it is! It is a long one but considering The Stand is your favorite , long books probably don't intimidate you. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is another suggestion. I love how the story unfolds.

Loved this video! My fav book is Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. I also love The Blue Castle by the same author. Both are classics with beautiful nature writing, but one is about a young girl, the other is about a young woman. Anne is a book about an orphaned girl who gets the chance to live in Prince Edward Island in Canada, but when she gets there, she finds out that her foster family was supposed to receive a boy, not a girl. What takes place in the rest of the book is a telling of relationships. It is of found family, best friends, boyfriend/girlfriends and how these relationships change a young girl for the better. It has a lot of nature writing, and humour as well. The Blue Castle, by the same author, is an adult book that has laugh out loud humour and a love story that will make even you swoon, Ian! In it, we follow Valancy and she has a family that have all told her she is nothing but a spinster and will never marry. She is lonely but doesn't see a way out of her stagnant life. Then, she finds out she doesn't have much time to live and decides to live out her life as she wants, to heck with her family! What ensues is a funny love story that I absolutely love. I hope you read one of these books! Anne is book one of a series, but can be read as a standalone, and The Blue Castle is a standalone.

@lindseyberrum

2 ай бұрын

I love the "Emily" series! ❤

@readknitwithcheryl

2 ай бұрын

@@lindseyberrum They are next on my Montgomery tbr!

@nenyeo6090

2 ай бұрын

Anne🖤 my adventurous fictional friend 💜💜

Piranesi is something you have to know nothing about going into it. All I know is that it was about a character who lived inside this gigantic house that also had multiple oceans inside of it. It's short but every single word matters, every moment of it is deliberate, and you might even feel frustrated half way through it, but just keep with it. It's not that big of a committment but it pays off enormously. It's incredble and layered the way Inception is. It has layers of meaning and symbols.

@michelleizoco

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for reminding me about this book. I have it on a shelf and have been needing to read it.

@BhanuChandrasekaran

2 ай бұрын

I am halfway through this book right now… and I am frustrated with it… I am taking your comment as a sign to keep reading it… 😊

@lyramidsummer5508

2 ай бұрын

Read it is great!

@kristen7623

2 ай бұрын

💯

@geemeyers2559

2 ай бұрын

Just added it to my TBR

The Kite Runner… it’s about 2 boys in the Middle East one comes from a wealthy family and the other is a servant for that other boy and they are “friends” but they both go through a lot and it’s a very sad story

@rouma910

2 ай бұрын

Is it an Arabic book

@chioreadsbooks

2 ай бұрын

@@rouma910I didn’t read it in Arabic but it does have some Arabic words, I’m pretty sure it can be found in Arabic

@jihyosspicytoenail9921

2 ай бұрын

That book has been on my tbr for a couple of months 😭 I'm in a reading slump rn though, hopefully I get through it

@RyanHaile

2 ай бұрын

@@rouma910no, the author is Afghani-American and wrote it in English.

@RyanHaile

2 ай бұрын

@@chioreadsbooksthey say things in Dari in the book, not Arabic.

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. Even if you've already seen the musical, even if you kind of didn't like the musical (like me!), Les Mis is literally just such an amazing book. It gets a lot of comments for all its long random bunny trails, but the way it is written is so beautifully poetic. Yes, it's long. Yes, it took me like... a year to read, and I certainly wouldn't recommend reading it without simultaneously reading lighter books. But I find myself frequently going back to my copies and rereading all kinds of parts because the poetry is unimaginable. It's a book about everything and nothing. It's a book about faith and hopelessness, kindness and disrespect, children and old men. It is a book about humanity. It is a 19th century book that feels more compassionate toward the everyman than the average 21st century self help book. It's a classic for a reason.

THE GOLDFINCH - DONNA TARTT Coming of age story. So incredibly immersive. Amazing writing.

@rebeccaa2433

2 ай бұрын

A friend just leant me this and it's my next read. She insists I read it this summer.

@emilyrootes4280

2 ай бұрын

Genuinely my favourite book of all time. So many people have never even heard of it despite how well known The Secret History is.

@rubywinkel9821

2 ай бұрын

Yes! I would have definitely recommended this one too. One of my favorite books of all time. The characters are real people to me and I can just tear up thinking about some of the passages.

@scott_barker_art

2 ай бұрын

@@rebeccaa2433 yes! A great summer read! I couldn't put it down. I remember walking on the sidewalk reading haha.

@scott_barker_art

2 ай бұрын

@@emilyrootes4280 Yeah, it's such a gem! I would like to read The Little Friend by her. It's got mixed reviews but it sounds good to me.

My favorite book is Watership Down by Richard Adams. It's a tale of survival, loyalty, family, heartache, adventure, politics, etc. It's told through rabbits. One of them has visions of death and convinces a small band of rabbits to find a new home. They run into other warrens of rabbits on their journey, each with their own way of dealing with life. One of them eats the good food left out by humans but one must never mention the rabbits that disappear. One is run by a totaltarian dictator and is cery reminiscent of Hitler's Germany. One are domestics buns that live in a hutch outside. Adams created a rabbit mythology and some of those tales are also interspersed throughout. It's so good! It's the only book I've read more than twice (too many books to read out there).

@lizziedoesthings1450

2 ай бұрын

I was just about to recommend this one, especially since it's very quest-like and I could see people like Ian who enjoyed lord of the rings also liking this one.

@joscribner

2 ай бұрын

My mother read this to me as a kid. I loved it!

@maxrinehart4177

Ай бұрын

the animated movie of Watership Down terrified me when I was kid.

@JessRansdellSmith

Ай бұрын

@@maxrinehart4177 I hear that a lot. I loved it though!

i second fahrenheit, Ray Bradbury really wrote one of the most amazing, thought provoking books ever made. I think about it often (genuinely a no. 1 rec!!)

Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible. A story about a missionary family’s good intentions and how it all falls apart. Told through the POV of four daughters; with one sentence you immediately know which is narrating. A masterpiece of writing, truly.

@sueblack5794

Ай бұрын

Excellent book and the awfulness missionaries have done to continents like Africa. Her newest book Demon Coperhead is right up there as well.

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel is my favorite book. At the surface, it follows a caravan that travels around the northern US and southern Canada and put on Shakespeare plays after the apocalypse, but at its core, it's a story of found family, survival, art, and memory. It beautifully weaves together the story of many different people across time and place. One of my favorite quotes from it is "survival is insufficient." If you haven't read it before, I strongly recommend it!

@valeriaspirko656

2 ай бұрын

Same!!! Love that book so much ❤

@camillereadss

2 ай бұрын

had to read it in 5th grade and didn’t like it, but i think i will approach it very differently being older

@michelleizoco

2 ай бұрын

I just finished this audiobook and it was so, so enjoyable.

@softlyhollyASMR

2 ай бұрын

I second this!! This book felt like so much more than your typical apocalypse story, it's amazing

@bertfechner417

2 ай бұрын

Just reread this for the 2nd time, agree. Gotta rewatch the show again soon too.

Flowers for Algernon is my favorite! I just think the themes and overall format is really cool

@drgarzachiro

2 ай бұрын

I love that book too!!!!

@jwi1085

29 күн бұрын

We read the original short story in school when I was 12, but still haven't got round to reading the novel 38 years later, and I know I've bought it once and lost it!

A book that I can't get out of my head is Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore. I don't cry easily but I cried for these women and their families. It is about the women who worked for a company painting radium dust onto the numbers on watch faces so that the numbers would glow in the dark and allow soldiers to tell the time in the dark during WWI and how the chemical effected their bodies (it goes into vivid physical descriptions). I like to read books like this because there are lots of things that have happened throughout history that we have not heard about and I feel like these women should not be forgotten.

@lbrown8201

Ай бұрын

This book was so well written but extremely heartbreaking.

I just finished Whatever Happened to Baby Peggy? It’s the autobiography of Hollywood’s first big child star. She started acting at age 19 months and within 3 years had made 27 million dollars! In 1920s money! Her parents squandered her entire fortune, twice. She was incredibly intelligent and self aware even as a toddler. There were at that time virtually no rules or oversight protection children or anyone really in show biz. Baby Peggy worked long days and did all her own very dangerous stunts. The book is a fascinating peek into the early Hollywood scene. Peggy grows up and overcomes a ton of trauma, but looks back with fondness on many of the characters of her life. A story both tragic and delightful. I couldn’t put it down!

@joscribner

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! This one’s going on my to read list

This such a fun way to encourage talking about books in the real world and not just online! Loved this video!!

One of my favorite books is Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. It’s a period piece and you follow like 3 different storylines that all converge at the end.

@starlasell5698

2 ай бұрын

One of my favorites as well! 😊

@84tand

2 ай бұрын

My favorite book as well. I've never ripped through a 1000 page book so quickly ever.

@kitkat10is05

2 ай бұрын

YES!

@kristen7623

2 ай бұрын

💯

The house in the cerulean sea. A lovely story about found family with some fantasy elements in it and a lot of wholesomeness

@angelicab9016

2 ай бұрын

I love this book sm

@hyunjunsguitarsebastian4697

2 ай бұрын

@@angelicab9016 Same! I can't wait for the sequel to come out later this year (I think in September)

@angelicab9016

2 ай бұрын

​@@hyunjunsguitarsebastian4697 Google says September 10th, and I am so ready to get it instantly

@ems5454

2 ай бұрын

I finally picked this one up after I bought many months ago but was never sure if I was in the mood to read it and I couldn’t believe I waited this long! I loved it so much, finished in one day ❤

@nenyeo6090

2 ай бұрын

Love this book. It’s all cozy, heartwarming vibes 🖤

Brothers Karamazov!! It doesn't even need my rec. And you don't even need to read it all to be amazed: every chapter is extraordinary

@alexisgarcia5352

2 ай бұрын

Yo YES it's my favorite book too! Everything by Fyodor Dostoevsky is amazing

@micahthiele1360

2 ай бұрын

I want to read that one next after I finish Crime and Punishment!

@mishababernathy7165

Ай бұрын

Yessss! Also The Master & Margarita by Bulgakov!!!!

@TheUltimateLegend7

Ай бұрын

@@mishababernathy7165 Oh, I've heard so often of it. I should really get to reading it

I love this video! The man who took out a pen and paper to write down the name of The Stand - I love it! My favorites are Jane Eyre, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and Frankenstein - just to name a few.

First things first, this video is so wholesome. The gentleman asking for your red and writing it down made me so happy! As for recs I’ll leave some and you decide 😅 (defeats the purpose I know). 1. The Picture of Dorian Gray: I love that we get to see how society and expectations can make or break someone and how these things can affect how you view the world. 2. The Book Thief: is just so sad but at the same time gave me hope how the MC and for those who are in need/want a better life and a family. 3. Don Quijote (yes, I know): I just loved how brave he was (as well as kinda crazy) and how I could picture everything in my mind. 4. The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende and One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Márquez: love the family drama, how sad, silly and dark it could be, and how they criticized the government/society with magical realism (if you don’t want to read One Hundred Years of Solitude, maybe try Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Marquez) hope you and/or Ashlynn pick at least one of these (even more if it is one of the Hispanic Classics) 😊

Scythe is one of my Favourite Series of ALL TIME. I think it's a very well done series on very important and interesting conversations we don't always know how to have. And as the guy at the beginning said, it's a love story

@melodylake18

Ай бұрын

I didn’t expect the video to start off with this utopian trilogy, but it’s the most interesting concept and I love the series and author.

I love how you just put yourself out there like that. I could never!

House of Leaves. It's considered ergodic literature. It's about a guy that finds a manuscript written by a deceased man, and the manuscript is about a "found footage" video of a house that's larger on the inside than it is on the outside. It's extremely difficult to read and has footnotes, appendices, an index, citations, etc. It can be classified as horror with a bit of romance.

@stumbleannie5830

2 ай бұрын

I have it, but have not tackled it yet. I guess I'm waiting for the right mindset. Looks so intimidating flipping through the pages

@FreezyBreeze14

2 ай бұрын

@stumbleannie5830 Read it in small doses -- a chapter or two per day. The footnotes seem daunting, but you really don't need to read through any of the annotations (you won't miss anything).

@Momo_0_o

2 ай бұрын

@@FreezyBreeze14 that's how I read it some 15+ years ago. I read it a little bit at a time over the course of almost a year. I still think about that book from time to time.

@stumbleannie5830

2 ай бұрын

I'll do that, and thanks for tips too!

@bluecannibaleyes

2 ай бұрын

It’s on my TBR. Not sure I’ve ever read anything before that could be considered ‘ergodic’

Can't stop laughing at your reaction to the dude that said he has no cash 😂 My favorite books Project Hail Mary, LOTRs, The Vampire Chronicles by: Anne Rice the first 3 books, Norse Mythology and Graveyard Book by: Neil Gaiman, Dune 1, 2, 3, 4. Havent read 5 and 6 of Dune, Piranesi and Legends and Lattes.

Your body language is so endearing, I loved even the parts of the video where nobody was answering. My favourite book is the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. It’s a super easy read filled with dry English humour and has an extremely intriguing and unique premise that’s quite hard to find, for me at least.

This is so wholesome! Beloved - Toni Morrison One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

My favorite book is Perfume - The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind. It is hard to describe it, but it's kinda eerie and fascinating in a way and the writing really draws you in. It's unsettling, haunting, horrifying and strangely beautiful and is somewhere between fantasy, mystery, horror and historical fiction, without really being any of that.

@elpa6206

2 ай бұрын

It is one of those books, once you read it, you can't get it out of your head. Very good.

@scrayfishray8182

2 ай бұрын

You convinced me. 😃

@BlessBoogie133

2 ай бұрын

@@scrayfishray8182 Oh, I’m glad to hear it! Hope you will like it then😊

@BlessBoogie133

2 ай бұрын

@@elpa6206 totally agree, it just kinda lurks in the back of your mind and then settles in there.

@bluecannibaleyes

2 ай бұрын

I loved that book! Planning on retreading it again soon.

Ian, I would love to see you read Beartown / Us Against You by Fredrik Backman if you haven't already. It tells this story of a little town, hockey is their way of life. And when tragedy hits their city we delve into each character and how they go about coping with and rectifying the situation. You follow a lot of povs but as the books goes along you get a really insightful view into each character. It also touches on some really heavy topics in a way that is almost lyrical and palatable. This book made me really think about and question how I approach people and how I can be a better person in my daily life. I started this book off not really liking any of these people, but by the end, I was fully convinced that this was my town and these were my people and I am rooting for them.

@yehwellwhatever

2 ай бұрын

Seconding this recommendation. Such a good trilogy!

@lisasstitchingandsuch

2 ай бұрын

Yes!!! or A Man Called Ove

@serenitymartinez1043

2 күн бұрын

ahh i LOVE frederick backman. a man called ove by him is my favorite book. :)

The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas is my favourite book. It's for kids, but the world building is great, it has a fun form with letters included, and a secret language you can decode. It has even recipes at the end! It's a trilogy, and something I read over and over for comfort. The magic system in it is just so charming. I really recommend the books!

One of the books that i also loved as a movie is Life of Pi. It’s a book about a boy who is on a ship with his family and a storm capsizes the boat, leading to him then being stranded on a small boat with a tiger on board.

@janiceholt8146

Ай бұрын

My favorite book of all time.

@jwi1085

29 күн бұрын

Awful book of empty allegory, worse than the alchemist. The author-reader relationship is a bit like a patronising teacher who thinks they have a wonderful new allegory. Wishy-washy nonsense

@breezon

28 күн бұрын

@@jwi1085 the books just not for your liking ig 😂

The Sword of Kaigen by ML Wang! It was one of the first books I read this year, and I legitimately don’t go a day without thinking about it ❤

@loralubimaia2783

2 ай бұрын

I bought the book for my husband and he still hasn't read it.... 😢

@DanielSClouser

2 ай бұрын

Blood Over Bright Haven is awesome too. I don't think you can get it right now because it got picked up by Del Rey, so you have to wait for their edition to be released--but I read the edition she self-published last year.

@shelbycarico9255

2 ай бұрын

@@DanielSClouser Blood Over Bright Haven was such a good read, too!

100 Years of Solitude. Because the book still haunts me 15 years later.

@l3hxy

2 ай бұрын

100 years of cynical incest will do your head in

omg he convinced me to read Fahrenheit 451

@tirvine9102

2 ай бұрын

I had a teacher who said that book changed his life... or maybe it was Catch-22. Whatever it was I'm ashamed I haven't read either yet.

@maaizelaa

2 ай бұрын

You totally should, every Ray Bradbury's dystopian book are pretty unique and life moving 🥺🙌🏻

@jennadrenth9080

2 ай бұрын

It's really good, and like he said it really relates to the real world.

The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky Murder mystery in an insanely well crafted world and intricately built characters. Though it starts a bit slow, you come to know the characters like friends

@notgaybear5544

2 ай бұрын

Everyone should spend a year reading as much 19th century Russian literature as they can

@MC4IOSgamer

2 ай бұрын

@@notgaybear5544 I've been going back through Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov recently and it is all incredible!

@MC4IOSgamer

Ай бұрын

@@notgaybear5544 I've been reading through Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov recently. All incredible.

@miguelbranquinho7235

Ай бұрын

@@notgaybear5544 They really are the best at it. French and Chinese literature not far behind.

@IAteFire

Ай бұрын

@@notgaybear5544 oh man, after slogging through Crime and Punishment and Anna Karenina, I can’t say that I agree

I love that you are outgoing enough to do this video. It was fun to watch. The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold fry is one of my favorites. It is about a guy who is retired and kind of in a rut with life and ends up going on a long walk to see an old friend.

Dude yes, I second the Ted Dekker recommendation for you - thriller and horror and a little bit of sci-fi with allegory.

@jennathrift9533

2 ай бұрын

Never heard of him until this video. Which book by Ted Dekker would you recommend?

@covergirlbooks

2 ай бұрын

@@jennathrift9533 Great question! My favorite of his would be the Circle quartet. It has fantasy elements, and probably the strongest on the allegory in my opinion. The books are called Black, Red, White, and Green. As far as his standalone books go (and the man clearly prefers a series) I liked Blink because of the main character’s supernatural ability.

@jennathrift9533

2 ай бұрын

@@covergirlbooks okay! Thanks so much for the recommendations!

@velociraptorhijinks7279

2 ай бұрын

Have you read Chosen by him? I’ve heard a lot of positive things about Ted Dekker but that book was literally the most irritating thing I’ve ever read so I’m curious he just isn’t my style or if I should give him a second chance.

@covergirlbooks

2 ай бұрын

@@velociraptorhijinks7279 (time travels back to 2014 on Goodreads): Chosen is the first book in his YA series, and it’s a spinoff of the Circle series. I rated it 3 which = mid for me. The YA aspect and trying to figure out what’s going on without the main storyline would be frustrating. Probably not the best entry point. If it helps any, I read Dune last year, and the Circle series has desert faction and magical realism elements in common. But the author has plenty more in the thriller category if you lean more toward Stephen King vibes.

that's so cool man , I would never have the courage to go out and just talk to people like that, really inspiring.

The Dollmaker of Krakow! It's a middle grade book about a doll who helps save a little Jewish girl during the Holocaust. I think about this book all the time. It's such a beautiful reminder that you can choose to be more than what you think you can be.

I second the Jurassic park recommendation! I love both the book and the movie. The book was such a fun time! Plus I love the amped up horror in it as well!

@jocelyntrishell

2 ай бұрын

Yes! And I really liked the sequel (once they actually get to the island)

@AshlynnHolmes13

2 ай бұрын

@@jocelyntrishell I agree! I felt like that one had some of the more horrific scenes! Especially when the guy gets attacked by the raptors in the tall grass and he describes the characters listening to him scream until it stops! 😬

I know you already have Mistborn planned but its the only fantasy series ive finished so far and I’m still thinking about it 3 months later. The first book and 3 book are both so satisfying and heart wrenching at the same time. Book 2 has some great mind games and politics. And the growth you see out of characters is immense. Its the reason I am continuing into fantasy series such as LOTR, Wheel of Time and Stormlight Archive. Also I wanted to try to leave out the magic system because its what everyone talks about but I couldnt. It really is one of the very best and built up hard magic systems. Once you finish book 1 you will know what every power is.

@BobSmith-ci9mv

2 ай бұрын

You'll love the Stormlight Archive. My favorite series ever!

@GladiatorDude17

2 ай бұрын

​@@BobSmith-ci9mv Stormlight is the best. Bridge Four!

@BobSmith-ci9mv

Ай бұрын

Only airsick lowlanders would think otherwise!

Scythe being the first book mentioned makes me so happy, 5 stars !!

I don’t really have a single favorite book, but I recently read The Tale of Despereaux, and absolutely _loved_ it. The characters are endearing, the story is engaging, and the author’s voice is unique (at least among books I’ve read) and matches the whimsy and charm of the whole thing. I was hesitant to pick it up, because both the premise and font size suggested it was written for somewhere around 8-12, but I honestly think any age group could enjoy it. (My copy was illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering, and his artwork elevated the book to a whole new level, it fits perfectly and I can’t imagine the characters any other way now)

The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher - first one is called Storm Front, the books get even better as the series goes on. Hes a wizard living in Chicago who works periodically with Chicago PD to solve “the weird ones.” One of my favorite first lines of a book comes from that series: “The building was on fire, and it wasnt my fault.”

@OkamiRose

2 ай бұрын

As yes, the misogynist series

@kimschmehl4424

2 ай бұрын

My favourite series of all time.

@tiaw3423

2 ай бұрын

@@OkamiRoseyeahhh i really tried to get into it but couldn’t get past the way he wrote about women

@Farmynator

2 ай бұрын

If you give up reading a great book just because of the way people are treated then you've got other problems. You don't put down a good WWII book just because of the way certain races were slaughtered either, right? Look at Madame Bovary, same deal, governments tried to ban it and put Flaubert in jail because of the way he portrayed a woman, where now it's seen as a classic.

The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini A historic fiction about an Afghan boy who had to leave his country behind after the Soviet invasion. A beautiful story about Family, Friends, Betrayal, & Redemption

@leahdillon3759

2 ай бұрын

another great book by the same author is A Thousand Splendid Suns. highly recommend

@B.U_

Ай бұрын

Red both before, just decided to re-read to get sad again :,)

Wind in the Willows. Incredible characters and incredible prose.

@joscribner

2 ай бұрын

I read this to my kid out loud and I wouldn’t just sit and think about how the author put the words together and be in awe. I even cried at the baby otter part because the story seemed to be talking about something figuratively deeper than just a lost baby otter.

@EricCastleman

2 ай бұрын

@joscribner absolutely! That chapter is one of the greatest chapters in all of Western literature. I can read it a million times and still have no clue exactly what the author did that made it work so well.

My favorite book of ALL TIME is an old classic that was banned for a while (which is why not many people our age have read it). It's called A Separate Peace by John Knowles. It's a coming of age, historical fiction set in New England in 1942 (right after the US joined WWII). It follows Gene, a teenager at an all boys boarding school and his roommate Phineas. It's an incredible story about friendship, jealousy, good vs evil, and war. And it's fairly short and will make you bawl your eyes out!!!!

Dang. I miss downtown SLC. I love the man taking notes about the book you recommend! Read "The Bar Code Tattoo" series. Set in the "future" (current times for us) where everyone over a certain age are tattooed a barcode with all their personal info. But of course, people start dying and it turns out the tattoo isnt as innocent as it seems. Not a perfect story, but one that sticks with you.

My favorite book for at least 20 years (I'm going to do a re-read of it soon) is Mists of Avalon. It's written by Marion Zimmer Bradley and is (for me) the OG Arthurian retell. It's Camelot told through the perspective of the women of the story and it's beautiful. It's emotionally evocative in a way that makes all these people feel VERY real and not legendary and has stuck with me since I read it for the first time when I was 16 (that's over 30 years ago now). It's a long book but reads quickly (especially if you're familiar with Arthurian legend) and I'm about to re-read it again for the first time in over a decade. Love this video, btw, got some good recs!

@lorifrederick2367

2 ай бұрын

Oooh, I have that book in my TBR grouping. Thank you for your input!

Fav part was you mentioning the Solas. Sister in Christ here. This video made me cackle with joy! Thank you. Finally read the Wheel of Time at middle age and have to say it was mind blowing. Loved it.

The Razor’s Edge by Somerset Maugham. It is such an exhilarating, heartbreaking novel. Maugham as the narrator shows such a keen intellect, sensitivity and power of observation. He is so sympathetic to each character and creates them on the page with such love and care. The central figure Larry Darell is my favorite in any book I’ve read to date.

@claudiaah6603

10 күн бұрын

I'm so happy to see Somerset Maugham mentioned. One of my all time favorite authors. Of Human Bondage and the Painted Veil have aged extremely well due to his sensitive character descriptions and intellect

I absolutely agree with Jurrasic Park and Station Eleven votes! Top tier ✨️ However, a book I do not hear much about is a new favorite called The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison. Imagine being an outcast half Goblin son of the Emperor. All of a sudden the your father, the Emperor, is killed along with several other members of the family. You're automatically crowned heir despite banishment and thrown into court without any formal training in royal life. Learning the ways of court, being fair and just is a tricky game. I read this as slow as possible to soak it in. The audio is superb as well. There is a second book that I look forward to reading as well. I hope one day you'll enjoy it too!

It’s hard for me to pick a favorite, but I recommend this series a lot because I never see it mentioned anywhere but I don’t know why, because it’s funny, captivating, fantastical without being “fantasy”- the series is called The Books of Babel, and the first book is Senlin Ascends. If you like fantasy and sci-fi you will like this even though it isn’t truly either one, but it still has that sense of crazy adventure, battles, established worldbuilding, etc. It’s about a guy named Thomas Senlin, a school teacher who goes on a honeymoon with his new wife to the famous “Tower of Babel”, a tower so tall you can’t even see the top of it from the ground. It has hundreds of floors and it’s so wide that each one is its own city. Senlin loses his wife at the base of the tower and goes inside to find her. Right off the bat he is a fun character because he is very clever and he is smart about getting himself out of bad situations. I first saw it recommended on Ellias’s channel (actually this is the one time I’ve seen anyone mention it) and it is literally one of the only series I have continued on in, and I leave a lot of series unfinished after book 1.

@francesca.m.

2 ай бұрын

Ooooh I love a little known recommendation! That sounds super interesting, adding to TBR - which is getting out of hand after reading this comment section 😅

@laurensvideos1402

2 ай бұрын

Yes this book was so much fun!! I really enjoyed it great rec!

@chaundralachaundra

Ай бұрын

I’m so shocked that someone else said the same thing as me!!! I own all of them signed by the author. And I’m reading them to my husband now. I love this series so much!!! ❤

Hey man! Just stumbled on your channel. Love this type of content. I (23M) am also a massive Stephen King fan! I have currently read 49 of his books! My top 5 are: 1) IT 2) 11/22/63 3) Desperation 4) The Shining 5) The Stand I consider them all to be 5/5 star reads. Currently reading "Under the Dome" for the big 50! Cheers!

Lonesome Dove!!!! I’m not into westerns but this is my all time favorite book. You will feel like you are right beside them walking the trail. I would run through a brick wall for Gus!!!

Ready Player One - a fast paced dystopian novel with fantasy elements, puzzles and so many pop culture references. The Eyes of the Dragon - it's Stephen King, it's fantasy, It's dragons!!! Ninth House and Hell Bent - a duology with lots of magical and horror elements, but also a mystery with a small romance subplot. Thanks for you great content. I recently subscribed and I really enjoy your thoughts on what you are reading. I think this video was a brilliant idea. As soon as I finish the ACOTAR series, I'm going to read Red Rising.

@sherrymoentmann9818

2 ай бұрын

Yes, loved Ready Player One.

This was a super dope idea & a really great, funny video 🙌🏾 definitely need to get more people reading tho 😅

@iangubeli

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

LOL!!! That was the funniest part! That poor man couldn't get away fast enough!!

Love this idea. So sad I live where people apparently don't care about books. One of my fav books is called "Almond" by Wonpyung Sohn. Is about this kid that was born with his amygnada underdeveloped and doesn't know how to process emotions or doesn't understands them. It made me choke up a few times throughout my reading. Tons of love from Dominican Republic!💜

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller! A great fantasy fiction following Achilles' story with Patroclus. I highly recommend it if you like Greek tales or are meaning to get into them. Madeline Miller's writing is fantastic. Very simple and yet manages to heavily impact you. I still think about quotes from the book to this day, and I read it back in 2022.

Okay so, my favourite book is Bridge to Tearbithia. This is a sad story, I must warn you but it's actually amazing. It talks about hope and joy blooming where there was none and finding a place in the world. No clue if it's classified as a children's book. If you want something lighter I'd say Good Omen by Neil Gaiman. Heaven and hell are two celestial offices that are preparing the Earth for total destruction. An angel and a demon are sent to keep an eye on things and of course everything goes sideways from there. It's seriously hilarious

@joshp1128

2 ай бұрын

And the movie does terabethia no justice.

@LyndsayMyers

2 ай бұрын

This is the first book that made me cry and I definitely need to revisit it again now that it’s been at least 30 years!!❤

My top series for anyone looking for their next reads: 1. White trash zombie- MC is a druggie who is turned into a zombie and uses her second chance to turn her life around while solving mysteries and fighting bad guys (action, fantasy, amazing character arcs, good romantic subplot, 6 books) 2. Outliers- Malcom gladwell, how to be be successful in life/ 10,000 hours to mastery (nonfiction study/ hypothesis’ standalone book) 3. Undying mercenary series- MC joins earths mercenaries to fight on alien planets, every time you die you get regrown with the information from your last saved data (action, sci-fi, super long series) 4. Dungeon crawler Carl- aliens take over earth and MC fights in a live game show, if you win you can reclaim earth (sci-fi, action, TALKING CAT WITH ATTITUDE, LASER EYES, AND A CHARACTER ARC *nuff said*) 5. Anne of Green Gables- adopted orphan with a big personality and bigger temper meets uptight mother figure. She’s ultra smart and has ambitions (coming of age, romance, slice of life, slightly older writing style 😍 decent length series) 6. Percy Jackson- Teenager is the son of posidean and has goofy friends who he goes on adventures with (if you haven’t read this or don’t know this series crawl out from under your rock and read it. Shouldn’t even have to explain this series to you smh. Action, adventure, comedy?, small romance subplot. Tons of books to devour) #’s 1-5 are adult #6 is definitely YA/ Teenagers. I believe only #1 might have hints of spice? But very mild. All of these recommendations are pretty clean save for violence and language in a few. Hope you enjoy the recommendations! Lmk if you have any books that you want to share!

The Stand is one of my favorite books too!

I'm a new subscriber so I'm not sure what you've read but my favorite book of all time is Sisters of Sword and Song by Rebecca Ross (I think your wife owns it?). It has the most poetic and beautiful writing and is a story that deals with all kinds of love, love between family members and lovers and sisters, and seeing the humanity and goodness in everyone. Every time I read it I cry. Otherwise, I loved Six of crows, the best-found family ever. Also, it was so cool to see you meet so many Christians! :)

@heidib.4515

2 ай бұрын

I love Rebecca Ross' writing. Its so beautiful.

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna. I borrowed it from the library and loved it, was very reluctant when I had to return it. I think Ashlynn would love it too! Also, Eva Evergreen Semi-Magical Witch by Julie Abe. Has adventure, fun, whimsy... so good!

Dude the confidence you have displayed... amazed!!! Very inspiring from someone who has social anxiety!

Cool idea and I would've totally approached you on the street (and convinced you to read Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)!

This video was amazing. I can watch you and your wife’s videos all day long. Thank you so much for your content 😊

I am Legend by Richard Matheson. Read it in one sitting in the middle of the night and i had chills! The book is similar to the Will Smith movie but the differences are definitely significant!

@nottalot4159

2 ай бұрын

The book is so.much better than the movie! Definitely a good read.

@loralubimaia2783

2 ай бұрын

Yes. Richard Matheson was too quickly forgotten

Ian, I am going to list my top 10 favorite books (ok...much more than 10) that I want you to try out because...every book dragon should have choices! As a fellow book dragon, I think your lair should be loaded with plenty of books and snacks. Also, your videos and reviews are so awesome that I could almost swear that you and my pocketbook are conspiring against me! I would also really enjoy watching you read and review some of my favorite reads (I included a few trilogies...I know...I know, but they're awesome). My top 10 Favorite books are: 1.The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty (I have never seen the movie) 2. Kindred by Octavia Butler (Please read the book first) 3. The Omen by David Seltzer (The book is actually scarier than the movie) 4. The Border Trilogy by Don Winslow: The Power of the Dog, The Cartel, The Border (He used actual facts and events about/from the war on drugs from its beginning and created an awesome trilogy) 5. Christine by Stephen King 6. The Howling Trilogy by Gary Bradner (This trilogy is so awesome) 7. The Sentinel and The Guardian by Jeffrey Konvitz (read in this order...you'll never look at apartment hunting the same!) 8. Boy's life and Swan Song by Robert McCammon (A scary good time!) 9. Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff (Completely different from the HBO series) 10. Tender is the Flesh by Augustina Bazterrica (I heard about someone taking a few shots of Jack Daniels to get through this book). I apologize that this comment is so long...but I was so excited to share. Have a good week Ian ☺

Please do more of these. It's so fascinating seeing people talk about books.

What a great video idea! It was so interesting to see who chose to come talk to you vs ignore you. I about choked when you "almost killed a man" 😂And here are a few recs I have to toss in the mix. If you haven't read Where the Crawdads Sing it is one of my favorites, I have never related to a character more than Kya - her life is tragic in many ways yet she finds solace in the beauty of nature, which is described in a way that only someone who has taken the time to truly drink in the splendor of that natural world could. I have to recommend Inkheart too, specifically the audiobook narrated by Lynn Redgrave - this is YA, a childhood favorite, and is a true book for book lovers - I don't want to give anything away, but this is a fantastical look at our world colliding with one born from the mind of an author. And I have to second the people who said Where the Red Fern Grows - my mom read this to me multiple times as a child and her and I cried together each time. 🥲 Happy reading, looks like your TBR is probably growing! I hope Ashlynn does a version of this too (and have to give credit where its due, great job being camera woman Ashlynn!)🥰

You are a brave soul! My favorite book is The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. I’ve read it 6 times and it’s a chunker….fantasy, historical fiction, a love story, Dracula 🧛 all rolled into one! So good.

@sydneyjackson6530

2 ай бұрын

How do you keep the focus to read this one? It’s currently sitting on my bookshelf but I haven’t read it yet because I’m intimidated by the size😅 Tbh I’d be interested in knowing more about it, I got it as a free be because my school was going to throw away old/damaged books a few years ago.

@reading_by_myshelf

2 ай бұрын

@@sydneyjackson6530 Well, I prefer chunky books to start with but also this one just had all the pieces I adore. Great characters, historical aspects, fantastical intrigue, a bit of a mystery. Kostova's attention to detail in the setting and prose in this story is lovely and so on point. I highly recommend it. Reading is a very personal experience though so what works for some...may annoy others.

I was just thinking about this book recently, Life of Pi. A young boy tries to survive alone at sea after a shipwreck. Well he's not quite alone, he's accompanied by a full grown Bengal Tiger. Pi is a vegetarian but he has to eat raw fish and drink turtle blood. It's just a pretty awesome survival story, totally fictional too. I feel very nostalgic for the first time I read it, because it's one of the first books I really enjoyed.

@janiceholt8146

Ай бұрын

Yes!! My favorite book ❤

My favorite book of all time is Redeeming Love- such an amazing story- no other story has given me all the feels