Peter, what a gift your 100 favorite book list is. Now I know there are a tons of top 10, 25, 50, 100 lists out there and some of these even dial it down to specific genres. However, I think one would be hard-pressed to find a list as eclectic and unique as your list is. I'm impressed. And you listed some books I wouldn't have thought of in a million years, but now I'm interested in some of those books. Keep up the great work. Much respect to you from Larry.
@@dab505279 That is wonderful that you enjoyed my list Larry! I truly enjoyed putting it together. I love the books on this list. I really enjoyed reading your comments as well. I hope if you read a book on this list that you haven't read that you enjoy it as much as I did. It was great hearing from you. Thank you for watching and your comments. I love to have you here!
@@robertlynn7746 Dune is great isn't it. I have read it two times and I plan on reading it again. It is a fantastic story. The Barron is a fantastic villain and those worms are a great touch. Lonesome Dove is so epic. It is a great story. I love the mini series as well. The part when Deets dies broke my heart. The ending is great as well. I read the sequel The Streets of Laredo and that is a great book as well not as good as Lonesome Dove but a very good story. There is also a prequel that I hope I get a chance to read. Moby Dick is such a rich story. It really has a lot to give. The details you learn are fantastic. Also it is a great story. It also has a lot of biblical references and I when I read the Bible it comes to mind. Especially when you read the books of Kings and you hear about King Ahab. I read the Bible every day and I love it more and more the further get. It is a great book. It is a great way to start my day. Thank you for watching and your comments. It is great to have you here! God Bless You!
@@peterthebooklover9375 I read the two prequels to lonesome dove. The first one is dead Man's walk and the second one is Comanche Moon and I really enjoyed them as well. I have all six dune books and I want to carry on reading that series as well. The first one is dune Messiah and it's not a very long book compared to dune. Have a great day Peter!
@robertlynn7746 It is nice to know that there are two prequels to Lonesome Dove and that you enjoyed them. I hope I get a chance to read them one day. That is something to look forward to. I have two sequels to Dune Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse:Dune. I know I am going out of order but I plan on reading them soon. Thank you for letting me know that. It is great to have you here!
The Devil in the White City has been one of those books I see around in almost every bookstore but I don't know too many people who have read it. I think it has been in development hell for Hollywood for years. It seems like it would be a pretty ambitious film to make, but I love the story and time period. I was just looking up the Iliad today after Justin Neely's video. I haven't read a lot of Greek and Roman literature but this is one that is on my list because the Odyssey was a good read for me. I think I may have put off Dune long enough. I was always just so unsure about it because the desert environment seemed so boring but everyone says it's one of the greatest novels of all time. I don't doubt that know. You're assessment of Scarlet in Gone With the Wind seems spot on. Everyone says she is a tough pill to swallow but worth it. Very stubborn probably like she is in the movie. I think I like her already. My kinda lady which leads me into Lonesome Dove. I love Lorena in the book and T.V. series. I'm only 250 pages into the book now as part of a buddy read. We are going live tomorrow on RowdyPlayer1's channel to discuss the first part. The book is going to be in my top 10 for sure. Within the first 15 pages, I knew it was going to be great with Gus and Call. Gus may end up as one of my all time favorite literary characters just like in the series with Robert Duvall. I can picture both Tommy Lee Jones and Duval in my head as I read the book now. So good. I've never made it all the way through the Bible but I think I've read most of the New Testament. Use to do daily Devotions on an app and thought about starting it again. Well, this was a great list for your top 10. I enjoyed your series and know it probably took you a long time to get these 10 videos recorded. But now you have a starting point when you revise your list for next year. Great job!
@@someothercharacter The Devil in the White City is amazing. I love the Daniel Burnham story as much as the HH Holmes story. It is a gripping book and It has a lot fantastic facts. I hope that one day someone makes that movie. I am sure it will be great. The Iliad is a great book as well. It has great descriptions of the battle. It is surprisingly violent. The Odyssey is great as well. I have read one translation of it but I plan on reading more. I already have other translations of The Odyssey and The Iliad and I plan on reading them. Because they are such great stories. I hope I get a chance to see the Return. That looks like a cool version of the Odyssey. If you think that the dessert in Dune is boring you will change your mind when you learn about the worms. They can eat you and your ship. They are huge and if you walk on the sand they will come for you. The villain of the story is great. He is the Barron and he is disgusting. I am sure that is where George Lucas got the idea for Tatooine. I would bet George Lucas loves that book and he got a lot of ideas from that book. Gone With the Wind is epic I love the part about the civil war and the characters are great. Watching the movie after reading the book is a great experience. You are going to LOVE Lonesome Dove when you get to the end. It is a great story from beginning to the end. I love that book. It is fantastic. The bible is like a friend to me. It is a great idea to have it in my life. It is incredible on how it is written by people who lived centuries apart and it really comes together. The ending of it (The New Testament which is the story of Jesus Christ) is truly a great story that you can learn a lot from. Remember you are not going to be perfect like Jesus Christ but if you make an effort it will do wonders for you. Although I really have a hard time with the turning of the other cheek. It is great having that book in my life. Thank you for watching and your wonderful comments. It is great to have you here!
Read - 1 TBR - 5 Dune was on my TBR last year and I was so glad that I got to it, I thought it’d be a lot harder to get into than it actually was, still think Duncan and Gurney are my favourite characters, but that could be due to the most recent movies. The Iliad and The Odyssey are 2 I’ve wanted to get to for ages as I grew up loving Greek Myths but they do kind of intimidate me too. Jane Eyre is liked by a couple of my friends so that’s how it ended up on my TBR, not sure how I’m going to enjoy it as I’ve seen a couple adaptations and can honestly say that I’m not a huge fan of Rochester. Moby Dick is on this month’s TBR and I’m surprisingly excited to finally be getting around to it, it just seems like the kind of book that everyone seems to have read but me. I have the King James Bible to get through, I myself am a staunch atheist but my mum’s side of the family are all Protestant so I’ve always wanted to read it all the way through especially since she passed and I know it meant a lot to her even though she herself was probably more spiritual than devout. Crime & Punishment and Lonesome Dove seem to be Booktube darlings and both intimidate the crap out of me, which seems sad as I love big books but I’m more of a fantasy or sci-fi fan and I’m not sure if reading them would be fun. Do you think there’s a way to trick my brain into thinking that they’re fantasy? 🤔 Might help
@@jenniparks8539 Dune really is a great book. I am glad that you have read it. So you know what I am talking about. I really enjoyed it myself and plan on reading more books in series. The Odyssey and The Iliad are great but pronouncing the names correctly can be challenging. However these stories are fantastic. The are filled with adventure and excitement. If you like Greek mythology you will really enjoy the Odyssey. It has witches, sea monsters and even a cyclops. The Iliad is about the Trojan war and it does a great job describing the violence. Both of these books are great. Crime and Punishment is another one where pronouncing the names is a challenge. Russian names are hard to pronounce that is for sure but this story is great and it keeps you guessing until the end. I really enjoyed that one. Jane Eyre is surprising easy to understand and you will love her character.i was surprised on how much I loved reading it. The ending is great in that story. Moby Dick is kinda challenging but really worth it. It is a great adventure but a lot of it is filled with a lot of information. You will know everything about whales when you finish this book. It is a very interesting book. Lonesome Dove is a very easy read but it is an incredible adventure. You really feel like you are on this cattle drive yourself. Everyone who has read Lonesome Dove really loves it and after reading it you will see why. It is truly an epic western. The Bible is not a book that can be read in a short time period. It is a book that should be read a little at a time every day. One or two chapters a day and after awhile you will love doing it. It starts to feel like a friend after a while. Some parts are really boring but it is filled with miracles and interesting things to think about. I love to read it everyday! Thank you for watching my list. I am glad I put it together. It was a lot of fun reading the books so I could put this list together. Thank you for your wonderful comments. It was good to hear from you. I liked hearing your opinions. It is great to have you here!
I've read all ten of these. If you haven't read Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson you should check it out. I'm not a big bible fan but The Oxford Annotated Bible is pretty cool. If you ever see a copy you may want to pick it up. It's NRSV with a whole bunch of scholarly stuff and cool maps.
@@shmizzleshmazzle9830I will keep an eye out for Dead Wake. I have two books by Eric Larson In the Garden of Beasts and Isaac's Storm that I am looking forward to reading because I really enjoyed The Devil in the White City. I am sure his other books are great because he did a great job with the one I did read. I love a bible that has pictures and maps in it. It helps me understand it better with the pictures. I use audiobooks of the Bible that helps me pronounce the names. That is the most difficult part in my opinion. Thank you for your suggestion. It is nice to know that you have read all of these books. You can see why I have them listed at the top. They are great. Thank you for watching and your comments. It is great to have you here!
Peter, what a gift your 100 favorite book list is. Now I know there are a tons of top 10, 25, 50, 100 lists out there and some of these even dial it down to specific genres. However, I think one would be hard-pressed to find a list as eclectic and unique as your list is. I'm impressed. And you listed some books I wouldn't have thought of in a million years, but now I'm interested in some of those books. Keep up the great work. Much respect to you from Larry.
@@dab505279 That is wonderful that you enjoyed my list Larry! I truly enjoyed putting it together. I love the books on this list. I really enjoyed reading your comments as well. I hope if you read a book on this list that you haven't read that you enjoy it as much as I did. It was great hearing from you. Thank you for watching and your comments. I love to have you here!
This has been a great list Peter! Good job man!😊
For this video I've read dune, lonesome Dove, Moby Dick and the Bible actually❤
@@robertlynn7746 Dune is great isn't it. I have read it two times and I plan on reading it again. It is a fantastic story. The Barron is a fantastic villain and those worms are a great touch. Lonesome Dove is so epic. It is a great story. I love the mini series as well. The part when Deets dies broke my heart. The ending is great as well. I read the sequel The Streets of Laredo and that is a great book as well not as good as Lonesome Dove but a very good story. There is also a prequel that I hope I get a chance to read. Moby Dick is such a rich story. It really has a lot to give. The details you learn are fantastic. Also it is a great story. It also has a lot of biblical references and I when I read the Bible it comes to mind. Especially when you read the books of Kings and you hear about King Ahab. I read the Bible every day and I love it more and more the further get. It is a great book. It is a great way to start my day. Thank you for watching and your comments. It is great to have you here! God Bless You!
@@peterthebooklover9375 I read the two prequels to lonesome dove. The first one is dead Man's walk and the second one is Comanche Moon and I really enjoyed them as well.
I have all six dune books and I want to carry on reading that series as well. The first one is dune Messiah and it's not a very long book compared to dune.
Have a great day Peter!
@robertlynn7746 It is nice to know that there are two prequels to Lonesome Dove and that you enjoyed them. I hope I get a chance to read them one day. That is something to look forward to.
I have two sequels to Dune Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse:Dune. I know I am going out of order but I plan on reading them soon. Thank you for letting me know that. It is great to have you here!
The Devil in the White City has been one of those books I see around in almost every bookstore but I don't know too many people who have read it. I think it has been in development hell for Hollywood for years. It seems like it would be a pretty ambitious film to make, but I love the story and time period. I was just looking up the Iliad today after Justin Neely's video. I haven't read a lot of Greek and Roman literature but this is one that is on my list because the Odyssey was a good read for me. I think I may have put off Dune long enough. I was always just so unsure about it because the desert environment seemed so boring but everyone says it's one of the greatest novels of all time. I don't doubt that know. You're assessment of Scarlet in Gone With the Wind seems spot on. Everyone says she is a tough pill to swallow but worth it. Very stubborn probably like she is in the movie. I think I like her already. My kinda lady which leads me into Lonesome Dove. I love Lorena in the book and T.V. series. I'm only 250 pages into the book now as part of a buddy read. We are going live tomorrow on RowdyPlayer1's channel to discuss the first part. The book is going to be in my top 10 for sure. Within the first 15 pages, I knew it was going to be great with Gus and Call. Gus may end up as one of my all time favorite literary characters just like in the series with Robert Duvall. I can picture both Tommy Lee Jones and Duval in my head as I read the book now. So good. I've never made it all the way through the Bible but I think I've read most of the New Testament. Use to do daily Devotions on an app and thought about starting it again. Well, this was a great list for your top 10. I enjoyed your series and know it probably took you a long time to get these 10 videos recorded. But now you have a starting point when you revise your list for next year. Great job!
@@someothercharacter The Devil in the White City is amazing. I love the Daniel Burnham story as much as the HH Holmes story. It is a gripping book and It has a lot fantastic facts. I hope that one day someone makes that movie. I am sure it will be great. The Iliad is a great book as well. It has great descriptions of the battle. It is surprisingly violent. The Odyssey is great as well. I have read one translation of it but I plan on reading more. I already have other translations of The Odyssey and The Iliad and I plan on reading them. Because they are such great stories. I hope I get a chance to see the Return. That looks like a cool version of the Odyssey. If you think that the dessert in Dune is boring you will change your mind when you learn about the worms. They can eat you and your ship. They are huge and if you walk on the sand they will come for you. The villain of the story is great. He is the Barron and he is disgusting. I am sure that is where George Lucas got the idea for Tatooine. I would bet George Lucas loves that book and he got a lot of ideas from that book. Gone With the Wind is epic I love the part about the civil war and the characters are great. Watching the movie after reading the book is a great experience. You are going to LOVE Lonesome Dove when you get to the end. It is a great story from beginning to the end. I love that book. It is fantastic. The bible is like a friend to me. It is a great idea to have it in my life. It is incredible on how it is written by people who lived centuries apart and it really comes together. The ending of it (The New Testament which is the story of Jesus Christ) is truly a great story that you can learn a lot from. Remember you are not going to be perfect like Jesus Christ but if you make an effort it will do wonders for you. Although I really have a hard time with the turning of the other cheek. It is great having that book in my life. Thank you for watching and your wonderful comments. It is great to have you here!
I liked Dune and Moby Dick but the Bible will always be my number one book
@@aronkorol2985 The Bible is great! I agree with you 100%. God bless you! Thank you for watching and your comments. It is great to have you here!
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Dune was on my TBR last year and I was so glad that I got to it, I thought it’d be a lot harder to get into than it actually was, still think Duncan and Gurney are my favourite characters, but that could be due to the most recent movies.
The Iliad and The Odyssey are 2 I’ve wanted to get to for ages as I grew up loving Greek Myths but they do kind of intimidate me too. Jane Eyre is liked by a couple of my friends so that’s how it ended up on my TBR, not sure how I’m going to enjoy it as I’ve seen a couple adaptations and can honestly say that I’m not a huge fan of Rochester. Moby Dick is on this month’s TBR and I’m surprisingly excited to finally be getting around to it, it just seems like the kind of book that everyone seems to have read but me. I have the King James Bible to get through, I myself am a staunch atheist but my mum’s side of the family are all Protestant so I’ve always wanted to read it all the way through especially since she passed and I know it meant a lot to her even though she herself was probably more spiritual than devout.
Crime & Punishment and Lonesome Dove seem to be Booktube darlings and both intimidate the crap out of me, which seems sad as I love big books but I’m more of a fantasy or sci-fi fan and I’m not sure if reading them would be fun. Do you think there’s a way to trick my brain into thinking that they’re fantasy? 🤔 Might help
@@jenniparks8539 Dune really is a great book. I am glad that you have read it. So you know what I am talking about. I really enjoyed it myself and plan on reading more books in series.
The Odyssey and The Iliad are great but pronouncing the names correctly can be challenging. However these stories are fantastic. The are filled with adventure and excitement. If you like Greek mythology you will really enjoy the Odyssey. It has witches, sea monsters and even a cyclops. The Iliad is about the Trojan war and it does a great job describing the violence. Both of these books are great. Crime and Punishment is another one where pronouncing the names is a challenge. Russian names are hard to pronounce that is for sure but this story is great and it keeps you guessing until the end. I really enjoyed that one. Jane Eyre is surprising easy to understand and you will love her character.i was surprised on how much I loved reading it. The ending is great in that story. Moby Dick is kinda challenging but really worth it. It is a great adventure but a lot of it is filled with a lot of information. You will know everything about whales when you finish this book. It is a very interesting book. Lonesome Dove is a very easy read but it is an incredible adventure. You really feel like you are on this cattle drive yourself. Everyone who has read Lonesome Dove really loves it and after reading it you will see why. It is truly an epic western. The Bible is not a book that can be read in a short time period. It is a book that should be read a little at a time every day. One or two chapters a day and after awhile you will love doing it. It starts to feel like a friend after a while. Some parts are really boring but it is filled with miracles and interesting things to think about. I love to read it everyday!
Thank you for watching my list. I am glad I put it together. It was a lot of fun reading the books so I could put this list together. Thank you for your wonderful comments. It was good to hear from you. I liked hearing your opinions. It is great to have you here!
I've read all ten of these. If you haven't read Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson you should check it out. I'm not a big bible fan but The Oxford Annotated Bible is pretty cool. If you ever see a copy you may want to pick it up. It's NRSV with a whole bunch of scholarly stuff and cool maps.
@@shmizzleshmazzle9830I will keep an eye out for Dead Wake. I have two books by Eric Larson In the Garden of Beasts and Isaac's Storm that I am looking forward to reading because I really enjoyed The Devil in the White City. I am sure his other books are great because he did a great job with the one I did read. I love a bible that has pictures and maps in it. It helps me understand it better with the pictures. I use audiobooks of the Bible that helps me pronounce the names. That is the most difficult part in my opinion. Thank you for your suggestion. It is nice to know that you have read all of these books. You can see why I have them listed at the top. They are great. Thank you for watching and your comments. It is great to have you here!