@@kadelin3318 no, his usual content began because he started making skits about stormlight archive and wheel of time, after this he started making skits about different topics
I remember the first time I saw one of these videos; I didn't look at the timecode at first, and was waiting for some indication of a punchline until I checked and saw that it was actually over ten minutes long.
your love for literature just bleeds through the screen !!! i love your skits but as a fellow book lover its always nice when you go back to books. the vibe always feels like youre talking to your cool english teacher and im always a fan of it.
Great list! Here's mine, in no order: 1. Passing by Nella Larsen 2. Madame Bovary by Flaubert 3. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino 4. Moby-Dick by Melville 5. Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield 6. The Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare 7. Dubliners by James Joyce 8. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison 9. The Silent Cry by Kenzaburo Oe 10. Green Eggs and Ham
Saying "And my favourite book of all time is......" while reaching for It Ends With Us on the bottom shelf before cutting to black was a strange artistic choice that I can't help but appreciate.
i remember asking one of my english teachers years ago if she would've given any book 5 stars, and the only answer she gave was "probably east of eden" so it's awesome to hear about it again
No, some people just have very high standards for 5 stars. It's like how some reviewers will never give a game a 10/10 because that means it's perfect, and almost nothing is perfect.
This might be too personal to put as a youtube comment but your book videos have really helped my life. About a year ago my grandma died and around then I was reading As I Lay Dying but had to drop it because of the circumstance. A year later I returned to the novel and it has really helped me heal from that event and move on with my life, and I would have not been aware of it if not for your videos about Faulkner. So thank you Mr. Thing.
The fact that Blood Meridian is so challenging makes it so rewarding. For example, there are many times I'd come across a complex metaphor or wording of a certain action or scenario and it would take me to unpack the sentence before I really understood what McCarthy was trying to say, and upon that realisation and the unpacking of the text it was the most gratifying literary experience I've had to date.
Oh yeah I also already told you this but I read five decembers on the beach the day I got engaged in bali and so thats one of my favorites too now thanks
I love the horizontal short form video skits, don’t get me wrong; every video makes me laugh, but your book reviews are my favorite. You have a brilliant balance of humor and wit
I like that the cover references old pulp novels, but since it represents a real scene from the book, in that regard I felt it did so poorly. Maybe if she was facing the other way.
I'm glad you still occasionally make book content and are faithful to your channel's roots while also still thriving in your more popular skit-based relatable humor. I know your earliest fans are appreciative of videos like this. As am I.
i haven't been reading much recently and what i do read is almost exclusively fantasy epics but your book videos really make me want to open my horizons and read new stuff. I love your skits but you should do this more often.
Have to join in the fun: 1. Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco 2. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon 3. The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin 4. The Vegetarian by Han Kang 5. Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler 6. Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson 7. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 8. The Plague by Albert Camus 9. Ubik by Philip K Dick 10. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
I love these videos. They always leave me feeling inspired to learn more about literature and they highlight such a personal element to literature that I hardly ever see so well represented. Thank you MCT and happy reading!
When I first read Wuthering Heights, I thought it was miserable and I struggled through it. And then those final chapters happened. It's been almost two years now and not a day goes by where I don't think about that book. It is genuinely haunting. It is an incredible and brave alternative perspective on love and desire and I'm in awe of such a book being published during that time. Utterly masterful.
You got me to read East of Eden and it’s easily one of the best books I’ve ever read. Immediately read The Grapes of Wrath after. But seeing Red Rising and the Blade itself on your shelf makes me so happy, can’t wait for you check those out.
Your meme videos are hilarious, but your book videos are the best. I cannot thank you enough for introducing me to Richard Stark and Five Decembers. I look forward to reading Wuthering Heights and East of Eden
Picked up Five Decembers because of you mentioning it in an older video - funnily enough I finished it shortly before seeing this video on my youtube notification. It was a wild ride and I have to thank you for getting this book out there!
really love these book vids. i was trying to get back into reading for pleasure after years of reading for uni, and picked up a used copy of wurthering heights after seeing you discuss it - i absolutely loved it! i just finished dune, motivated by your earlier vids and now i've picked up a william faulkner and a lawrence block book, too. please keep these vids coming!
Gonna use this video's existence as an excuse to post my favorite 10. Join me, everyone! 1. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny 2. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien 3. Small Gods, Terry Pratchett 4. The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas (read the Robin Buss translation) 5. The Arabian Nights, compiled by Richard Burton 6. Dune, Frank Herbert 7. The Ultimate Hitchiker's Guide, Douglas Adams (Yes, you must read the entire five book + one short story inaccurately-named 'trilogy) 8. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson 9. Neuromancer, William Gibson 10. Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett Honorable mention to Tales of the Dying Earth, Jack Vance; every other Discworld book
yo the Robin Buss translation of the Count is my #1! 1. The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexander Dumas (Robin Buss translation); 2. The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood; 3. The Silo Series, Hugh Howey; 4. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver; 5. The Odyssey, Homer the OG Blind Bard; 6. A Storm of Swords, GRRM; 7. Planet of the Apes, Pierre Boulle; 8. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley; 9. The Giver, Lois Lowry; 10. Matilda, Roald Dahl (Also Danny the Champion of the World, The Witches, The BFG, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, The Twits); This list goes up to 11. Honorable mentions: 1984 by George Orwell (yes, Animal Farm too), The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis, The Lord of the Rings "trilogy" by J.R.R. Tolkein, My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George (also Julie of the Wolves), The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. lol no surpsises half of them are dystopian, guess it's finally time to read The Road
In no particularly order my top 10 favorite novels: The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett The Mermaid Murders - Josh Lanyon Heated Rivalry - Rachel Reid Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones Going Postal - Terry Pratchett (that or one of the Watch books, but I wouldn't know which one) The Seer and The Sword - Victoria Hanley Anne of The Island - L. M. Montgomery Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch Lost and Bound - Eliot Grayson Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall Notes: My favourites are all about emotional comfort: romance, fantasy, children's literature. They are books that have brought me joy and peace at different times in my life. My Mom has made me feel bad about my relationship with reading my whole life, so I feel automatically defensive of my list (should I have put classics in there??? I do love Pride and Prejudice, and Les Miserables and Jane Eyre are definitely better quality than some picks on my list), but in the end I connect with books with my heart. I don't have those "this book will change you" experiences with "serious literature" The list would probably be slightly different even just a week from now. Multiple authors could hold multiple spots on my top 10 list, but I feel obligated to pick just one Pratchett / Lanyon / Montgomery etc. I have beautiful art books etc, some of which might make the list if I made a "10 books in my shelf that I love the most"
Fuck it i'll have a go too: -Blood Merirdian -LOTR -East of Eden -The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by Jose Saramago. -The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen. -War and Peace -The Thomas Cromwell trilogy: the 2nd, if I had to pick one. (Hillary Mantel) -My Struggle by Knausgaard. The first few are incredible and the last one is not great. As a whole it is brilliant though. -Middlemarch -A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell (all 12 volumes). (Basically a somewhat fictionalised memoir by a man familiar with British high society. Features some incredible characters, beautfully observed, you get to see their lives develop in surprising ways through the decades, centered around the war). Loads I'm forgetting and loads that I could put in on another day. I mean I don't even have any Dostoevsky or Hardy or Dickens here. If I extended this beyond just novels I would have some DFW and Exhalation by Ted Chiang. Non-fiction would absolutely include The Years of Lyndon Johnson and Svetlana Alexievich.
I originally found your channel via the Booktube grapevine, so as much as I love your skits, it's always nice to get one of these big chunky book videos again. And I love that your taste is so different than mine (the only significant overlap that comes to mind is Sanderson) bc I wouldn't know about most of these books without your videos
Jokes aside this is what made me love this channel. You got me onto a few incredible books and pushed my reading further than ever. Love this content. Keep making it, for me only, just me. This is my channel now
It was funny to hear him say he likes to pace himself reading new and challenging things by reading in 15 minute increments. I've been back to reading for about half a year now and I still can't push myself to read much longer than that anyway.
Carrying Thing Man Book TIme, FUCK, YES. Also last year yo recommended five decembers and ever since it has been in my top 10 too. The way it sets you up in the beginning and then dances through the plot is so fucking well done.
I read 100 hundred years of solitude quite recently and wow! - what a stunning; magical; enticing read! A carousel of different mythical images; mirages waltzing through the narrative! A delicious collision of dreams and reality! Upon finishing the novel; it was like emerging out of a deep sleep; a journey into an ethereal realm of another dimension. So good, it’s unbelievable! I also read Pedro Páramo after, when I found it had been such an inspiration for Márquez, and that was such a unique experience as well! A man searching for his father in the midst of a town composed solely of echoes of the past; memories. Highly recommend
I'm about halfway through Moby-Dick and I can confirm that it remains extremely readable despite being published in the mid-1800s. It's become one of my favorite books, so thanks for the recommendation!
Hey! I’ve been reading through East of Eden for the first time lately. Absolutely love it, and it’s cool to see you put it here. Speaking of the Parker series, I adore Darwyn Cooke’s comic book adaptations. Cool to see Richard Stark’s stories here, too! 😊
This is perfect timing! I struggle with a reading disorder so Ive missed out on so many amazing books until recently now that ive been using audio books. I just went through 1984 for the first time and have only 300 pages left in Atlus Shrugged. Getting to experience these works of art has has been like playing video games or seeing a movie for the first time and I want to find more. Ive been making a list of books for myself and needed more. My next book on my list is called Brave New World but i will get to your suggestion after.
Always glad to see longer videos now and again (this does NOT mean "Stop the Skits"). Steinbeck is probably my favourite author and I HAD to read him in school such is his power. No-one has been able to take the depression-era dustbowl and show the hardships, inequality and ruthlessness of society on the common man and have some guy like Slim walk into the scene and have me go "damn I was born too late in the wrong country, I would TOTALLY have been the Prince of the Ranch."
I think I discovered man within the last year or so. Anytime one of these videos comes out I spend the first few moments waiting for the unexpected hilarious skit to kick in. Im like a dog watching someone unpack bacon. Then i stay for the top 10 :)
I read Moby Dick some years ago, off some poor B&N paperback that made the book even more challenging. My late grandmother saw me reading it and gave me her Reader’s Digest illustrated copy, which is a lot nicer than it sounds. After seeing the illustrations done by Joseph Ciardiello, I dropped my edition and quickly ravaged this one. It’s since become one of my most cherished books. I must admit, I didn’t know of Kent’s illustrations until this video, and I don’t think Ciardiello’s quite shape up. Though I distinctly remember the last one in the book, for The Chase, and thinking it would make an excellent album cover. I wanted to mention this in case anyone else wanted another decent (albeit not quite as good) illustrated edition. Excellent video!
Lemme add my voice to the chorus. Never heard of FIVE DECEMBERS before MAN CARRYING THING. Read it, was blown away- have recommended it to a half dozen people with at least 2 people actually successfully reading it, both of whom have loved it. What an amazing gem of a book!
I have The Hamlet and another one of your recommendations 100 Years of Solitude sitting on my shelf and I've been meaning to read them but the content and the way they're presented are very intimidating. I plan on reading The Hamlet when I finish the book I'm on. Excited to start on Faulkner
My top ten would be: 1. Twilight 2. Go Dog Go 3. 50 Shades of Gray 4. Captain Underpants 5. Harry Potter 6. Hunger Games 7. Cujo 8. Green Eggs and Ham 9. The Dark Knight Returns 10. To Kill a Mockingbird
I would even recommend The Hamlet as someone's first Faulkner to read. It's accessible, it has all the best parts of Faulkner, it has flourishes of poetic prose, it has funny moments, drama, and absurd scenes, and intriguing plot and characters. I feel it's more entertaining than Light in August
Two things 1st: Great video, you do a great job at selling how good the novel you talk about is. 2nd: I love that even though the skits are the stuff with the most views, you still do book videos. It's sad sometimes when a RUclipsr has a type of video do way better than what they made before and purely do that, while you manage to put passion into both the book videos and the skits without worry about how well the video may do. Long way of saying this, but love the channel and the authenticity of what you do. Still gutted Beano Annual 1971 wasn't #1, but there can only be 10.
Forgot how nice it can be to just listen to you talk about books, even if I'm not much of an avid reader myself. It's cool hearing some familiar titles that I remember from your previous book content. Maybe I'll actually get around to those at some point 😅😅😅
This is a critical piece of Man Carrying Thing lore. His description on his channel says "books". We will finally know what he meant. SOMEBODY PLEASE GET MAT CARRYING PAT
You really got me out here wanting to read Balzac? I literally just added that book to my wishlist like a week ago. I also read Wuthering Heights as a tragicomedy and boy, oh boy, did it work that way. It's horrid and yet so wonderful!
i first read the title as "my 10 favorite cigarette brands for workday mornings of all time". i didn't know this was also a book channel,. i only know you from your cigarette endorsements.
When are we getting a new 'what i've been reading lately' video, man? I'm currently reading Lonesome Dove because you did mention McMurtry in one of your older videos and I'm absolutely in love with it, it's brilliant! So I am looking forward to finding out about even more books from you!
Blood Meridian is one of my top favorites too. Even on my initial attempts to read it, where I got discouraged years ago, I knew I would come back to it. McCarthy nails words to the page and lets them bleed. His prose and the horrorscape he creates are all time incredible. I have a huge fondness for the Kid and reading about 275 pages of that book over a 6 day period is hands down the greatest reading experience I've ever had.
The Parker novels are amazing. I've only read about half of them but I have such a soft spot for The Hunter, and I can't wait to read The Seventh especially since I've been wanting to watch its adaptation with Jim Brown. I hope more people look at his work after this video.
Every time he remembers it's a book channel I find the fact that most people only know him from skits so hilarious
You mean he isn't doing this as some sort of joke?
honestly, it was a surprise to know that he also review books, a nice one! Now I have a ton of books to recomend in my book club
@@kadelin3318 yea lmao
@@kadelin3318 no, his usual content began because he started making skits about stormlight archive and wheel of time, after this he started making skits about different topics
I remember the first time I saw one of these videos; I didn't look at the timecode at first, and was waiting for some indication of a punchline until I checked and saw that it was actually over ten minutes long.
Yoooo it’s that one guy from Woman Carrying Man
Been subscribed for quite a while and had no idea there was another channel.
He is indeed the woman carrying man. But not the woman carrying man. Also man carrying artistic license.
It's the man that the woman carried
I can't believe The Complete Calvin and Hobbes is no longer your favorite book of all time
it transcends "favorite"
@@ManCarryingThing It reaches "godhood"
"Favorite" implies a degree of subjectivity. The Complete Calvin and Hobbes is objectively the best book ever written, "favorite" would be redundant.
I have that book!
Technically it’s 3 books
I wasn't expecting you to put Diary of a Minecraft Creeper in all spots but I can totally see that, you have good taste!
Diary of a Farting Creeper was a much better book.
fantano comment section ass comment
4:13 Man Carrying Balzac
And he Balzacced all over the place.
😂😂
Man carrying Ballsack
It took me to book 7 to realize this wasn’t just some long winded satire. Good books though
I fr thought this was satire when I saw the cover of five decembers lmao. whoever made that cover did it dirty man
@@MercurialMoonNo, no. It’s cool.
People forget that he started as a booktuber
My favourite book is Plankon farts and then dies, written by Senator Thing
your love for literature just bleeds through the screen !!! i love your skits but as a fellow book lover its always nice when you go back to books. the vibe always feels like youre talking to your cool english teacher and im always a fan of it.
Here here. I Feel the exact same 🖤
He sure reminds people why his channel description section is the way it is
man carrying channel description
@@talentlesscommenter1329eat your cantaloupes
Alright now stop this. Either do books or be funny! Stay in your lane, I tried to be funny and it went terribly.
he should have created two different channels like zach star
Man carrying multiple personality disorder
well, I tried to read books and it went terribly. i cant read
hey stop being mean to man carrying thing :(
he's him unfortunately
Man carrying book community
Great list! Here's mine, in no order:
1. Passing by Nella Larsen
2. Madame Bovary by Flaubert
3. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
4. Moby-Dick by Melville
5. Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
6. The Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare
7. Dubliners by James Joyce
8. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
9. The Silent Cry by Kenzaburo Oe
10. Green Eggs and Ham
CALVINOOOOOO
@@oscarwildin8143 YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS
personally I think the Lorax is better than green eggs and ham but I can see why you picked it
If on a winter’s night was good!
@@doughboywhine Green Eggs was the first book I ever read. It holds a special place in my heart.
THE RETURN OF MAN CARRYING BOOKS 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥📚
we love the return
Saying "And my favourite book of all time is......" while reaching for It Ends With Us on the bottom shelf before cutting to black was a strange artistic choice that I can't help but appreciate.
Seriously tho I really like your book videos, keep on doing them. I don't know why they feel unique compared to other booktube video.
Man Carrying Literature
i remember asking one of my english teachers years ago if she would've given any book 5 stars, and the only answer she gave was "probably east of eden" so it's awesome to hear about it again
Crazy that an English teacher wouldn’t know of more books that they think are 5 stars
No, some people just have very high standards for 5 stars. It's like how some reviewers will never give a game a 10/10 because that means it's perfect, and almost nothing is perfect.
This might be too personal to put as a youtube comment but your book videos have really helped my life. About a year ago my grandma died and around then I was reading As I Lay Dying but had to drop it because of the circumstance. A year later I returned to the novel and it has really helped me heal from that event and move on with my life, and I would have not been aware of it if not for your videos about Faulkner. So thank you Mr. Thing.
Sorry for your loss - thanks for the comment
The fact that Blood Meridian is so challenging makes it so rewarding. For example, there are many times I'd come across a complex metaphor or wording of a certain action or scenario and it would take me to unpack the sentence before I really understood what McCarthy was trying to say, and upon that realisation and the unpacking of the text it was the most gratifying literary experience I've had to date.
Bold of you to think RUclips reads.
But seriously, great content, I found your channel via the book content originally.
Man discovering the Parker series from your videos changed my life, I love your book content. Man carry more book please
Oh yeah I also already told you this but I read five decembers on the beach the day I got engaged in bali and so thats one of my favorites too now thanks
I love the horizontal short form video skits, don’t get me wrong; every video makes me laugh, but your book reviews are my favorite. You have a brilliant balance of humor and wit
it's kinda crazy how nobody's talking about the forbidden ebook on Morlest called Guide to Financial Bombs
I find this magic
I love your list, Man Carrying Book! The only ones I've read are Moby Dick and Wuthering Heights.
Man Carrying audience mostly subscribed for skits but is elated to see book content
Thank you for your videos on Faulkner. It pushed me to finally pick up 'Light in August'. Absolutely incredible.
Forreal Five Decembers was a shock. I picked it up based on your recommendation and loved it. My gf did make fun of me because of the cover though.
haha thats awesome
I also picked it up a while back from his recommendation. It was a beautiful novel. Top 5 for me forsure!
I like that the cover references old pulp novels, but since it represents a real scene from the book, in that regard I felt it did so poorly. Maybe if she was facing the other way.
lol my mom did as well
I like how liberally Emily uses the word bitch to refer to the female dogs in Wuthering Heights
I'm glad you still occasionally make book content and are faithful to your channel's roots while also still thriving in your more popular skit-based relatable humor. I know your earliest fans are appreciative of videos like this. As am I.
I love when you post book list, it's a nice break from the usual skits.
I recently picked up Five Decembers based on your recommendation; really enjoying it so far!
i haven't been reading much recently and what i do read is almost exclusively fantasy epics but your book videos really make me want to open my horizons and read new stuff. I love your skits but you should do this more often.
Have to join in the fun:
1. Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
2. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
3. The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin
4. The Vegetarian by Han Kang
5. Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
6. Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
7. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
8. The Plague by Albert Camus
9. Ubik by Philip K Dick
10. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Yeah, anyone who likes sci-fi/fantasy should read The Dispossessed. Essential!
I love these videos. They always leave me feeling inspired to learn more about literature and they highlight such a personal element to literature that I hardly ever see so well represented.
Thank you MCT and happy reading!
When I first read Wuthering Heights, I thought it was miserable and I struggled through it. And then those final chapters happened. It's been almost two years now and not a day goes by where I don't think about that book. It is genuinely haunting. It is an incredible and brave alternative perspective on love and desire and I'm in awe of such a book being published during that time. Utterly masterful.
You got me to read East of Eden and it’s easily one of the best books I’ve ever read. Immediately read The Grapes of Wrath after. But seeing Red Rising and the Blade itself on your shelf makes me so happy, can’t wait for you check those out.
Your meme videos are hilarious, but your book videos are the best. I cannot thank you enough for introducing me to Richard Stark and Five Decembers. I look forward to reading Wuthering Heights and East of Eden
Picked up Five Decembers because of you mentioning it in an older video - funnily enough I finished it shortly before seeing this video on my youtube notification. It was a wild ride and I have to thank you for getting this book out there!
Man I read Wuthering Heights after you talked about it in a previous video and I LOVED it.
really love these book vids. i was trying to get back into reading for pleasure after years of reading for uni, and picked up a used copy of wurthering heights after seeing you discuss it - i absolutely loved it! i just finished dune, motivated by your earlier vids and now i've picked up a william faulkner and a lawrence block book, too. please keep these vids coming!
Alternate title: 10 books I read today
Gonna use this video's existence as an excuse to post my favorite 10.
Join me, everyone!
1. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
2. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
3. Small Gods, Terry Pratchett
4. The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas (read the Robin Buss translation)
5. The Arabian Nights, compiled by Richard Burton
6. Dune, Frank Herbert
7. The Ultimate Hitchiker's Guide, Douglas Adams (Yes, you must read the entire five book + one short story inaccurately-named 'trilogy)
8. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
9. Neuromancer, William Gibson
10. Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett
Honorable mention to Tales of the Dying Earth, Jack Vance; every other Discworld book
I'm ashamed to admit that my top 10 consists of just warrior cats books.
😔
Please don't bully me🫸🫷
@@C0rner_DwellerReading is reading, be not ashamed.
yo the Robin Buss translation of the Count is my #1!
1. The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexander Dumas (Robin Buss translation);
2. The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood;
3. The Silo Series, Hugh Howey;
4. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver;
5. The Odyssey, Homer the OG Blind Bard;
6. A Storm of Swords, GRRM;
7. Planet of the Apes, Pierre Boulle;
8. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley;
9. The Giver, Lois Lowry;
10. Matilda, Roald Dahl (Also Danny the Champion of the World, The Witches, The BFG, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, The Twits);
This list goes up to 11. Honorable mentions: 1984 by George Orwell (yes, Animal Farm too), The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis, The Lord of the Rings "trilogy" by J.R.R. Tolkein, My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George (also Julie of the Wolves), The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
lol no surpsises half of them are dystopian, guess it's finally time to read The Road
In no particularly order my top 10 favorite novels:
The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Mermaid Murders - Josh Lanyon
Heated Rivalry - Rachel Reid
Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones
Going Postal - Terry Pratchett (that or one of the Watch books, but I wouldn't know which one)
The Seer and The Sword - Victoria Hanley
Anne of The Island - L. M. Montgomery
Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch
Lost and Bound - Eliot Grayson
Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall
Notes:
My favourites are all about emotional comfort: romance, fantasy, children's literature. They are books that have brought me joy and peace at different times in my life. My Mom has made me feel bad about my relationship with reading my whole life, so I feel automatically defensive of my list (should I have put classics in there??? I do love Pride and Prejudice, and Les Miserables and Jane Eyre are definitely better quality than some picks on my list), but in the end I connect with books with my heart. I don't have those "this book will change you" experiences with "serious literature"
The list would probably be slightly different even just a week from now.
Multiple authors could hold multiple spots on my top 10 list, but I feel obligated to pick just one Pratchett / Lanyon / Montgomery etc.
I have beautiful art books etc, some of which might make the list if I made a "10 books in my shelf that I love the most"
Fuck it i'll have a go too:
-Blood Merirdian
-LOTR
-East of Eden
-The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by Jose Saramago.
-The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen.
-War and Peace
-The Thomas Cromwell trilogy: the 2nd, if I had to pick one. (Hillary Mantel)
-My Struggle by Knausgaard. The first few are incredible and the last one is not great. As a whole it is brilliant though.
-Middlemarch
-A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell (all 12 volumes). (Basically a somewhat fictionalised memoir by a man familiar with British high society. Features some incredible characters, beautfully observed, you get to see their lives develop in surprising ways through the decades, centered around the war).
Loads I'm forgetting and loads that I could put in on another day. I mean I don't even have any Dostoevsky or Hardy or Dickens here. If I extended this beyond just novels I would have some DFW and Exhalation by Ted Chiang. Non-fiction would absolutely include The Years of Lyndon Johnson and Svetlana Alexievich.
I originally found your channel via the Booktube grapevine, so as much as I love your skits, it's always nice to get one of these big chunky book videos again. And I love that your taste is so different than mine (the only significant overlap that comes to mind is Sanderson) bc I wouldn't know about most of these books without your videos
Jokes aside this is what made me love this channel. You got me onto a few incredible books and pushed my reading further than ever. Love this content. Keep making it, for me only, just me. This is my channel now
It was funny to hear him say he likes to pace himself reading new and challenging things by reading in 15 minute increments. I've been back to reading for about half a year now and I still can't push myself to read much longer than that anyway.
what a stunner to see Wallace Stevens on your list. That book is everything to me. Thank you,
So glad to see the Parker series on your list, those books had a really huge impact on me. The Score is probably my favorite.
Carrying Thing Man Book TIme, FUCK, YES. Also last year yo recommended five decembers and ever since it has been in my top 10 too. The way it sets you up in the beginning and then dances through the plot is so fucking well done.
thats so nice to hear
I read 100 hundred years of solitude quite recently and wow! - what a stunning; magical; enticing read! A carousel of different mythical images; mirages waltzing through the narrative! A delicious collision of dreams and reality! Upon finishing the novel; it was like emerging out of a deep sleep; a journey into an ethereal realm of another dimension. So good, it’s unbelievable! I also read Pedro Páramo after, when I found it had been such an inspiration for Márquez, and that was such a unique experience as well! A man searching for his father in the midst of a town composed solely of echoes of the past; memories. Highly recommend
So glad to see Moby Dick included here. So many people say it's too dense, too long, too rambling, but I loved every word of it.
I'm about halfway through Moby-Dick and I can confirm that it remains extremely readable despite being published in the mid-1800s. It's become one of my favorite books, so thanks for the recommendation!
Hey! I’ve been reading through East of Eden for the first time lately. Absolutely love it, and it’s cool to see you put it here.
Speaking of the Parker series, I adore Darwyn Cooke’s comic book adaptations. Cool to see Richard Stark’s stories here, too! 😊
Yeah time for the annual-long video-sacrifice-to-the gods by Man
Perfect timing! I just got back into reading and bought East of Eden per your last book video
I read Five Decembers off your recommendation and I love it.
Thank you, Man
You've got me super hype for a faulkner reading arc soon. Loved the lesser known recommandation :)
I've read Wallace Stevens' poem 'A Rabbit as the King of Ghosts'. Maybe a few others as well. He certainly has a way with vibrant imagery.
This is perfect timing! I struggle with a reading disorder so Ive missed out on so many amazing books until recently now that ive been using audio books.
I just went through 1984 for the first time and have only 300 pages left in Atlus Shrugged.
Getting to experience these works of art has has been like playing video games or seeing a movie for the first time and I want to find more.
Ive been making a list of books for myself and needed more. My next book on my list is called Brave New World but i will get to your suggestion after.
Atlas Shrugged isn't exactly renowned for the quality of its writing.
drop everything you're doing and find an ebook called Guide to Financial Bombs, trust me on this
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This book changed my life
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Read Five Decembers when you first recommended it. Such a great book! Thanks for the rec.
I just discovered you recently and I have to say, please never stop doing book videos. You’re my new favorite book youtube person by far. Thank you!!
Always glad to see longer videos now and again (this does NOT mean "Stop the Skits").
Steinbeck is probably my favourite author and I HAD to read him in school such is his power.
No-one has been able to take the depression-era dustbowl and show the hardships, inequality and ruthlessness of society on the common man and have some guy like Slim walk into the scene and have me go "damn I was born too late in the wrong country, I would TOTALLY have been the Prince of the Ranch."
I love when Man Carries My Goodreads Want-To-Read List
I think I discovered man within the last year or so. Anytime one of these videos comes out I spend the first few moments waiting for the unexpected hilarious skit to kick in. Im like a dog watching someone unpack bacon. Then i stay for the top 10 :)
"I'm not crazy about mysteries, thrillers."
-Man Carrying Thing, 2020
Yeah I remember being so confused hearing this as I didn’t watch his videos consecutively haha
I read Moby Dick some years ago, off some poor B&N paperback that made the book even more challenging. My late grandmother saw me reading it and gave me her Reader’s Digest illustrated copy, which is a lot nicer than it sounds. After seeing the illustrations done by Joseph Ciardiello, I dropped my edition and quickly ravaged this one. It’s since become one of my most cherished books.
I must admit, I didn’t know of Kent’s illustrations until this video, and I don’t think Ciardiello’s quite shape up. Though I distinctly remember the last one in the book, for The Chase, and thinking it would make an excellent album cover.
I wanted to mention this in case anyone else wanted another decent (albeit not quite as good) illustrated edition.
Excellent video!
Man carrying our parasocial relationship with his adorably flushed cheeks belying a wholesome passion for book talk 🥰
Lemme add my voice to the chorus. Never heard of FIVE DECEMBERS before MAN CARRYING THING. Read it, was blown away- have recommended it to a half dozen people with at least 2 people actually successfully reading it, both of whom have loved it.
What an amazing gem of a book!
Man Carrying Book
I'm always happy when I see a Man Carrying Thing book video. It's the side of the channel I started with
Love your unique style, never change!
I have The Hamlet and another one of your recommendations 100 Years of Solitude sitting on my shelf and I've been meaning to read them but the content and the way they're presented are very intimidating. I plan on reading The Hamlet when I finish the book I'm on. Excited to start on Faulkner
My top ten would be:
1. Twilight
2. Go Dog Go
3. 50 Shades of Gray
4. Captain Underpants
5. Harry Potter
6. Hunger Games
7. Cujo
8. Green Eggs and Ham
9. The Dark Knight Returns
10. To Kill a Mockingbird
I'm newer to your channel but I've been waiting for some more longer book focused videos that you used to make more often. Excited to see a new one!
I would even recommend The Hamlet as someone's first Faulkner to read.
It's accessible, it has all the best parts of Faulkner, it has flourishes of poetic prose, it has funny moments, drama, and absurd scenes, and intriguing plot and characters.
I feel it's more entertaining than Light in August
gosh i adore this channel, never stop dong what your doing!
I just started Absalom Absalom because of your first top ten video, and it’s definitely a tough read. 😂
Two things
1st: Great video, you do a great job at selling how good the novel you talk about is.
2nd: I love that even though the skits are the stuff with the most views, you still do book videos. It's sad sometimes when a RUclipsr has a type of video do way better than what they made before and purely do that, while you manage to put passion into both the book videos and the skits without worry about how well the video may do.
Long way of saying this, but love the channel and the authenticity of what you do.
Still gutted Beano Annual 1971 wasn't #1, but there can only be 10.
Id love to see you do this for film because youre cleary just as passionate about film
Always interesting to see top ten videos that are different from the usual lists on booktube. 😃
18 minutes and 24 fucking seconds?!?! We’re eating goooooood today people!!
Forgot how nice it can be to just listen to you talk about books, even if I'm not much of an avid reader myself. It's cool hearing some familiar titles that I remember from your previous book content. Maybe I'll actually get around to those at some point 😅😅😅
This is a critical piece of Man Carrying Thing lore. His description on his channel says "books". We will finally know what he meant. SOMEBODY PLEASE GET MAT CARRYING PAT
Love your skits but I followed you because I love your taste in books keep this coming too brother
Reading Blood Meridian or Watching Wendigoon’s video about Blood Meridian because it’s always checked out at your local library
Picked up 100 years of Solitude on your endorsement and am really enjoying it - thank you for the rec!
Seeing it ends with us on your shelf gave me psychic damage.
I'm so happy that you listed Wuthering Heights! One of my favourites too! I'll check out East of Eden, since now I can trust your tastes :).
You really got me out here wanting to read Balzac? I literally just added that book to my wishlist like a week ago.
I also read Wuthering Heights as a tragicomedy and boy, oh boy, did it work that way. It's horrid and yet so wonderful!
hell yeah!
I've read 6 out of the 10 books; they are truly great books. Thank you
Mason&Dixon: "I'M RIGHT HERE"
I just finished reading Moby Dick last month. It's one of my favorite books. The prose is astonishing and the characters feel real. Such a great epic.
i first read the title as "my 10 favorite cigarette brands for workday mornings of all time". i didn't know this was also a book channel,. i only know you from your cigarette endorsements.
thing man I can't thank you enough for clueing me into parker, I've been binging them in order for like a year now. halfway through backflash rn
Hello Man Carrying Thing, what is your opinion on Hobbit Carrying Ring series?
When are we getting a new 'what i've been reading lately' video, man? I'm currently reading Lonesome Dove because you did mention McMurtry in one of your older videos and I'm absolutely in love with it, it's brilliant! So I am looking forward to finding out about even more books from you!
probably in a couple months!
@@ManCarryingThing fair enough, looking forward to it regardless!
okay now we need Man Carrying Booktok Opinions
Blood Meridian is one of my top favorites too. Even on my initial attempts to read it, where I got discouraged years ago, I knew I would come back to it. McCarthy nails words to the page and lets them bleed. His prose and the horrorscape he creates are all time incredible. I have a huge fondness for the Kid and reading about 275 pages of that book over a 6 day period is hands down the greatest reading experience I've ever had.
These are the videos that remind me your sane
The Parker novels are amazing. I've only read about half of them but I have such a soft spot for The Hunter, and I can't wait to read The Seventh especially since I've been wanting to watch its adaptation with Jim Brown. I hope more people look at his work after this video.
Gonna pick some of these up, get back to you.