All Genre Book Recommendations! Part 1
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- One of my secrets of reading 100+ books is moving in and out of genres frequently, to keep my reading fresh. This video is a part 1 of 2 videos giving recommendations in 10 different genres of which I feel confident I can recommend good choices. But let me know if you have any to add to this list and put those in the comments below!
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Love book recommendations videos and I’m looking forward to Part II. I’ve also heard that “beginners” to fantasy should try Robin Hobb (I know you’re a fan lol) and Michael Sullivan. Several years ago, I read What the Night Knows by Dean Koontz, and although
WOW great video, I'm excited for Part 2. Hex is now on the TBR, as is life after life, I think that sounded quite interesting. I'll be adding more thrillers soon too so I'm always looking to you for good ones!
As always, thanks for continuing to watch! Life After Life is so fantastic - I hope you enjoy it. And look for some thrillers on Part 2 of this video next week!
Fantastic recommendations! I need to read the Foundation Trilogy someday, and I think I’m going to have to reread Ender’s Game. I really enjoyed it the first time though it sounds like there’s much more to it than I realized. Fantasy is my favorite genre but I also find genre diversity cleanses my reading palate for fantasy and enriches my reading life. Looking forward to more recommendation videos from you!
Thanks for watching! Yes, Ender's Game was better for me the second time around when I was more aware of the themes and questions that Card presented.
The way I get through at least 100 books a year is by using every way to consume books possible. I use audiobooks, Kindle/Epubs., and of course good old-fashioned physical books. I really enjoy the Horror and spy/crime thriller's for my "palette cleanser" genres. I'd have a hard time recommend a singular book which is why I've given genre choices.
I probably do 2-3 audiobooks a year as well. I tend to load one up if I have a road trip coming up but don't really read them at home very often. I'll be making some crime thriller recommendations in Part 2!
Here are my recommendations for this part one video:
Fantasy:
1) The Little Country by Charles de Lint
2) Children of Earth & Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay
Fantasy is my favorite genre to read. However, I tend to read contemporary fantasy more than high or epic fantasy. Charles de Lint is one of my favorite authors and The Little Country is a top 5 book of all time for me. A must for fantasy readers!
Guy Gavriel Kay is becoming one of my favorites as well and Children of Earth & Sky is my favorite of the six novels I have read of his work.
Science Fiction:
1) Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
2) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
3) The Man in the Maze by Robert Silverberg
I’m more into psychological and social science fiction than hard Science Fiction. And these 3 are my favorites of the genre with Parable of the Sower being a top 5 book for me. Most SF reads know about Fahrenheit 451 but less about The Man In The Maze by Silverberg. It is a thought-provoking novel about man’s relation to society and does isolation from it truly work. Worth reading.
Horror:
1) Bag of Bones by Stephen King
2) Intensity by Dean Koontz
Horror is one of my least read genres and I hope to read more of it in the future. Bag of Bones is an excellent literary ghost novel and Intensity is the scariest book I have ever read.
Classics:
1) David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Dickens publicly stated that David Copperfield was his favorite novel he had written. I can see why and it is accessible to modern readers.
Literary Fiction:
1) The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
2) Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
I read Literary Fiction just as much as fantasy and this was the hardest to give recommendations for. But, both of these novels are in my top Five novels of all time. The Faber novel deals Evangelical Christianity in a Post Apocalyptic setting in an honest and original way that I have not seen in Literary Fiction. I think about this novel often and I have read it twice.
Invisible Man is my favorite novel about the African American experience in America. This is not an easy read but rewarding and Ellison’s prose is magnificent. A must for all readers.
Those are my recommendations from this video. Thanks again Josh for posting the diversity of your reading tastes. Much needed in this space.
Thanks for the list and glad you enjoy the diversity of my reading selections. For me, it always keeps things fresh by reading a multitude of genres, and helps me not have those reading slumps. A few comments on your selections:
I look forward to getting through more of GGK's works! I'm reading Tigana next month and will definitely be reading more this year.
Parable of the Sower is of great interest to me after reading Kindred. I'm also likely to read her short story collection this year.
Yes to Bag of Bones! That made my top 10 Stephen King list, and is one that a lot of people don't discuss that often. But I really loved it.
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison I read my senior year in high school in English class, and it's really stuck with me. It was the first time I really thought about race, despite growing up in a highly diverse community.
I always enjoy when book tubers mention their favorite books of all time. I'd love to hear your top 10
Stay tuned! I’m doing a series of top 10 lists this year, and that will be one of them. My top 10 authors will be first and will be posted in about a week.
Great recommendations!!! When people ask me about book recommendations I always think about my kids (they are my barometer sort of speaking) . For fantasy and sc-fi i lke recomment short stories as the witcher (last wish) & the martian chronicles or Brandon Sanderson Warbreaker and The Legion (my kids started those genres with Sanderson). Salem's lot and hex sound great.
Sanderson is always a great recommendation for people because his writing style is so accessible. I almost chose The Emperor's Soul as my Sanderson recommendation but ultimately chose Mistborn as I had talked about the other one more on the channel I think. Thank you for being a constant watcher and commenter of my videos! :)
@@RedFuryBooks watching your videos is a blast for me, it´s like earing a friend talking about books, not rush, not pretend just love of reading....Looking forward part 2!.
@@veronicagarcia2025 Thanks so much! This makes me happy! Part 2 next week!
Maybe too late but... Here are some of my recs:
1. Science fiction:
The martian(hard science fiction) , Dune(space opera)
2. Fantasy:
Emperor's soul.
3. Horror:
Jurassic park
Frankenstein
4. Classics:
Shogun(this is phenomenal)
The great Gatsby
To kill a mockingbird
Thanks for chiming in! :)
Fantasy: Terry Brook's Magic Kingdom for Sale (pleasant mix of traditional and modern); Science fiction: Clifford Simak's Waystation; Classic: Last of the Mohicans; Horror: yes. King. But I always recommend Christine as a 'first foot in book'; Modern: Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance.
Love your video and all your recommendations.
I read that one by Terry Brooks a long time ago, but honestly don't remember much of it. Clifford Simak has been on the TBR for quite some time for me as well. I loved Last of the Mohicans - I reread that about 10-15 years ago and enjoyed it thoroughly! Thanks for the recommendations - Waystation is moving up the TBR!
@@RedFuryBooks Waystation is among my favorite books of all time and a re-read for me every couple years
Literacy Fiction:
Heats In Atlantis(Stephen King)
A Thousand Splendid Suns(Khaled Hosseini)
Hosseini's book has been on my TBR for a long time - I really need to get to it.
I recommend it more than anything
Sorry - I hit the wrong button lol. Although Koontz’ book scared the heck out of my daughter, I liked it. I like scary if it’s not gory. Bag of Bones is another King favorite of mine. What are your thoughts on Andy Weir for Sci Fi?
I don't know if I'd consider Hobb entry level because the pacing is very slow, but I would never NOT recommend Hobb! :) I enjoy Andy Weir quite a bit and considered The Martian for my modern recommendation but couldn't resist talking about Ender's Game again!