How Many of the Best 100 Books of the 21st Century Have I Read (New York Times)
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- I go through the New York Times list of the top 100 books of the century so far to see how many I've read and which ones are on my TBR list. I also name drop @saintdonoghue toward the end of the video, but it's just a mention without too much fanboy stuff dropped in.
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Wow, I've read so few of these. The blockbusters: Potter, King, Hunger Games. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a great one, sort of a detective story, a family history, just a fascinating true story. Lincoln in the Bardo was a tremendous depiction of grief, and amazing in all other ways as well.
@WordsWordsWords_WmBolz I was surprised and pleased that I'd read as many of these as I have, but 17 of of 100 is actually a pretty low percentage. I'm looking forward to learning more about and reading some of the books that I've neglected. Thanks for the thoughtful comment!
I've read a few of these. Liked some, didn't like some, got bored by one. I enjoyed your thoughts on these books.
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Of the books on this list I have read, Wolf Hall is without a doubt the best. Just finished it last week, and planning to read the sequel as soon as I can. A little hard to get into, but fantastic once I did.
Thanks!
@@samfann1768 Thanks so much for the kind feedback on this video. I want as happy with this one as with some of my other videos, but I'm glad it sounds to you. Most of the fun of this is in being brutally honest and sometimes funny with these videos!
@@samfann1768 I'm really excited about Wolf Hall!
Great rundown Randy. Have only read a few from the critics list, but plenty from the readers list 😅
@ExtraT82 Thanks. It was fun to get an idea of how close (or how far) my finger is from "the pulse", although I think judging by this rundown fun the New York Times list is probably pretty inexact anyway.
Nice thing about this list is that these books are free to read from the library. The Tomorrow Tomorrow one was gifted to me a while back but I haven't read it yet.
@@laurels7892 The public library is one of humanity's grandest achievements, isn't it?
@LiterateTexan Agreed! I could write 27 screens of wonderful library memories, but you pretty much summed it up in one sentence. 😃
Hope you are doing well today! Thank you for this interesting video.
100 books! Oh my. 😳
@@MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn That's a lot, huh?
That is a lot of books! I don't read much current fiction. I'm just a pulp reader, and most of my favorite authors are dead, but I have read three books on the list. "11/22/63," which is one of my favorite reads from last year, "Gone Girl," and "The Road" by McCarthy. I enjoyed "The Road" but really disliked "Blood Meridian." I think he's just a little over-rated.
@@MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn I've never been able to finish Blood Meridien. 11/22/63 is a favorite of mine, though.
Yeah, 11/22/63 was a great book!
I've only read three of these, The Road, The Passage of Power, and Life of Pi. When I first read the list, I think I only recognized something like 15 of the books. It made me feel incredibly out of touch, and I'm still not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
I've been meaning to get to The Looming Tower, and I'd like to give Atonement a try one of these days. I do have Bolano's books on my shelves, but I've been too afraid to read them because I once read a review by someone who said he felt like Bolano was the only author he'd ever read who actively hated his readers.
@@MustReadMore Oh, that's the most negative review I can imagine... an author who hates his readers...
@@LiterateTexan I am a little intrigued by that because I'd never thought about a writer hating their readers before and I kind of want to find out if his review was right
I've only read 9 from this list and I'm OK with that. 😆
@Lu.G. Did you like those 9? I've started Tom Lake, and I'm really enjoying it. I liked most of the ones from this list that I've read.
@@LiterateTexan I loved: The Devil in the White City, Wolf Hall and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. I thought Where the Crawdads Sing, Underground Railroad, The Killers of the Flower Moon and Pachinko were OK. Didn't care for: The Book Thief and Gone Girl. 🤷🏼♀ Glad you're enjoying Tom Lake! 📚
You’re getting way more of these than I am 😂
@@bigaldoesbooktube1097 I was really surprised
I’ve read 24 and DNFd one. Kinda surprised I’ve read as many as I have.
Which one did you DNF?
@@222333aaaaaa My Year of Rest and Relaxation…just couldn’t make it through that one 😆
I've not read one. Don't know what that says. Best wishes.
@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk I think it says you're reading what you want -- I hope so, anyway.