I used to read more historical fiction and would like to get back to reading it. Shogun will be near or at the top of my list when that happens. Thanks for all the suggestions, Mike -- much appreciated!
I just flew through The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance and this video couldn't of come at a better time before I start Oathbringer. I started Blindsight by Peter Watts as a palate cleanser.
Shogun and Pillars were the two books that got me into the big epic historical reads. I can't imagine a world in which you don't like it I had my first experience with a podcast story that released a "chapter" for every podcast episode. It's called Borrasca and its a coming of of age horror. Great quick cleanser between big reads. I listened to it in the car. It reminded me a lot of those old radio dramas before TV existed
Blindsided by Peter Watts is an incredible blend of horror and sci-fi and a great palate cleanser! To me, it's like Phillip K. Dick meets Lovecraft. A bit of a slow burn but the atmosphere and the way it ends is incredible! Pretty similar to Solaris in tone and feel.
For more standalone horror/urban fantasy, you should definitely check out Clive Barker. For some reason people seem to have forgotten about him, which is such a shame. 'Weaveworld', 'Imajica', and the 'Books of the Art' are amazing.
Thank you for originally introducing me to Lonesome Dove. I'm reading it right now and agree with everything you said here. I appreciate you making content about a variety of genres.
I am with you on the need for palate cleansers. Just wrapped up Empire of Silence last night and I am picking up comics today while I process that book.
It's really good. There actually is a sequel that another author (Terry Bisson) finished after Miller's death, but I personally DNF'd it. I didn't think it was nearly as good as Canticle
I read lonesome dove due to your review and it is one of my favorite books of all time now. I've read dead man's walk but haven't read any more because I wanted to save one book that has Gus in it. That's how much I enjoyed those characters!
I can't wait to read Streets of Laredo, I'm hoping to get to it sooner than later. I think you'll enjoy Come With Me. Such a compelling mystery, and at times, brutal. Plus, you'll get to see what it's like in my neck of the woods bc the setting is northeast US, and a few scenes take place literally 20 min from my house. I even kayak in one of the areas mentioned
I've read The Rats, The Forever War & Shogun (twice now with another re-read coming soon). All three books I can recommend, but especially Shogun which is a top 10 book of all time for me. As palate cleansers I could wholeheartedly recommend any books by Guy Gavriel Kay. You really need to get started with his books as I know you'll enjoy them.
I’m currently using Stephen King as a palate cleanser. I just got into his books within the last year, and I’m hooked. The only problem with his books as palate cleansers is they’re so good that I often find myself just wanting to read another King book instead of the next book in the series I’m currently in the middle of.
Ive kinda been neglecting the classics and Stephen King the laat few years, so i think thats going to be my pallat cleansers for next year. I might try to sprinkle in some Michael Crichton as well. Ive been kicking State of Fear down the road for too long
Bro, watching Fallout on Amazon at the moment. Never played any of the games. Getting serious A Canticle for Liebowitz vibes. I read the book last year. Can't say i loved it, but i respect the heck out of it. It was written at a time before the sci-fi genre tropes were established. I love the creativity and originality of this book. Well worth a read.
As for myself, for 2024 I plan to read «The Last Light of the Sun» & «A Brightness Long Ago» by Guy Gavriel Kay, «Stonehenge» by Bernard Cornwell, «The Dragon Lord» by David Drake and continue of my current palate cleansing series: The «Bernicia Chronicle» by Matthew Harffy!
A Canticle for Leibowitz covers a lot of ground for such a short book. Miller has another book in the same setting, Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman. Keep that one in mind if you end up liking this. If you want good historical fiction, you could sitck with more Neal Stephenson. Quicksilver, Confusion and System of the World are a lovely trilogy of thick as a brick historical novels. A warning from a Cormac McCarthy fan: the Border trilogy has a lot of untranslated Spanish dialogue in it.
If you enjoy Shogun, I cannot recommend enough Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa. I’m currently reading it, and I haven’t had a book draw me in like this one in a very long time. It’s another epic samurai novel about the real-life samurai Miyamoto Musashi and his early adventures in life (and is also the inspiration for the manga Vagabond). It was serialized back in the 1930s and is considered the Gone With the Wind of Japan, so I think with a title like that it would be right up your alley.
Streets of Laredo was my 2nd fav of the LD series.... didn't care for the other 2. Yesssss All the Pretty Horses!! You'll love all 3! One of my fav trilogies.
I primarily read Fantasy and Science Fiction, but I absolutely loved Red Dragon by Thomas Harris. If you are going to check out Thomas Harris, I recommend starting with Red Dragon. Well written and absolutely worth a read.
Have you read anything by Joe Lansdale? Amazing writer, really popular here in Italy but for some reason less famous anywhere else. A really great palate cleanser between chunky books :) I recommend his Drive-In short series or the Hap and Leonard novels. Another recommendation: if you like slice of life writing style combined with a historical and family epic vibe spanning 3 generations, Pachinko is a great book with an equally great tv show.
Definitely need a palate cleanser every now and then! I might tag along on that Shogun read since I also have that handsome edition and want to read it before the show; which does indeed look incredible!
You should check out A Congregation Of Jackals by S Craig Zahler. He was the director and screenwriter of Bone Tomahawk .It's a violent grimdark western with some horrific horror scenes.
I'm hoping to get to Shogun next year too as well as Lonesome Dove. Would you recommend The Troop or Little Heaven as a good starting point for Cutter?
I recently took a break from a 13 book series to read True Grit and The Revenant. They were both great! Definitely outside of my usual fantasy comfort zone, but 10/10 recommend.
Love the Deep. Just awesome. I think it’s my favorite of his so far. I’m reading Sphere after I’m done with Riding the Rap. It will be my first Michael Crichton book in about 7 years. Lol.
My 2024 is shaping up to be HEFTY. Right now I have Stormlight and the whatever books I don’t get to of the dark tower this year. Plus, possibly the 2nd part of Mistborn.
I have a good recommendation for a standalone sci-fi book. It's Beacon 23 by Hugh Howey, who wrote the Silo Series. Beacon 23 has been adapted to a TV Series that will be on MGM +. It's really great.
I can’t wait to hear what you have to say about streets of Laredo. I read lonesome dove because of your review… and it’s a book a still think about a couple times a week.
McMurtry is brilliant! After reading Lonesome Dove, I decided to read the prequels prior to Streets of Laredo. Dead Man's Walk and Comanche Moon were so much fun. I'm about a third into Streets of Laredo and find it a bit slow so far. With the series almost completed, I've invested too much time to quit. I refuse to believe McMurtry will let us down.
Read lots of James Herbert when I was in school back in the early 90s. I loved the Rats novels, and many of his other books. I'd say that you should keep in mind the time period in which they were written. The whole "Killer Bees" and "Monsters from the sewers" thing was big at the time. And his other big horror hits were 80's vintage too. I really enjoyed them, but they're likely to be much simpler fare than you're probably used to.
I'm re-reading ASOIAF. I'm on A Feast for Crows. Might be a weird palate cleanser, but it feels like my brain can chill while still being engaged since I'm familiar with the world and the story. I'll just read a few pages or a chapter per day.
I think you will enjoy The Forever War and Snow Crash. I’m not sure about A Canticle For Leibowitz. It’s mostly religious and philosophical discussions that some people connect with more than others.
Dresden files totally qualifies as palate cleanser for me, probably why i've read it 8 times by now. Discworld is also probably more excellent for that! David Gemmell has some great stand alone books! Can't wait till you finally get to him :)
Canticle for Leibowitz is amazing but the best post-apocalypse book I’ve ever read is Earth Abides. One of my favourite books of all time. Snow crash is probably the worst book I’ve ever dnf‘d. Curious what you’ll think.
I thought Shogun was a fantastic book, I hope you’ll love it. I think you’ll like All the Pretty Horses if you read it. I finished it but maybe Cormac McCarthy’s writing style isn’t for me. The lack of punctuation drove me nuts. Sci fi and historical fiction are my favorite genres and I read all genres except romance. I think it’s good how many books you’re now reading outside of your usual genres.
If you want a Fantasy-ish standalone that is really good you should read Windhaven by GRRM and Lisa Tuttle. That being said I’m also trying to broaden my horizons and read a bigger variety of books rather than just Fantasy, so I look forward to your thoughts on these.
Noble House series - Shogun is just fantastic. And it’s not ending there, Tai Pan for China is fantastic too for the time of for starting Hong Kong as colony. Forever War is the one that others use. That’s the base work. It’s like Dune. Still think the best adaptation was Lee Child’s Reacher on Amazon. 👀
I wasn't going to give my standalone horror recommendation because it was so long...but then you brought out Shotgun and I decided all bets are off. I think you would like Our Share of night by Mariana Enriquez. Its a slow character study, but also has some creepy horror elements both supernatural and human. Just came out this year.
I need to give Snow Crash another try. Same with Canticle. I'm going to join you for The Rats. btw, it's not a standalone. Scribd (excuse me, Everand) has a ton of his stuff available. Going to keep working on Robert Mccammon's backlog.
This is a pretty good selection of books. Also, I understand how reading horror back to back can affect your mood. If you remember the list of horror books I left in the comments, I've tried to include fairly well-known horror books of different flavours. 🙂 Great video
My first ever (and currently only) horror book was The Dark by James Herbert. I am unsure if horror is just not a genre for me or if that book is very average. I am going to see if Pet Semetary can change my mind on the genre. Hoping The Rats works for you!
I’m scared of the Deep bec of how gruesome I’ve hears the other books are. I also have the same phobia as you, but I might give it a try. Okay okay I’ll try Lonesome Dove too. For standalone novels have you read the new ML Wang book? I’m putting that on my list, and check out Library at Mount Char if you haven’t!
I think I'm going to start Lonesome Dove and bring it with me on our Thanksgiving vacation. Have you read Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel by Susannah Clarke? It's about two Magicians during the Regency era England with different ideas on how to use magic. It's an alternate where magic has returned to world.
Do you looking for more standalone, thrillers/horror books, try the Bottoms by Joe R landsdale it’s got a similar feel to Robert McCammon’s boys life but I would say it’s more in line with to kill a Mockingbird but it’s really good. I just finished it. Also landsdale has several westerns. You might want to check out to. Haven’t read them yet, but I plan to one of them is called the thicket and another one’s called Paradise sky.
Have you read Between Two Fires, Mike? It's historical fiction/horror, and it's really, really great. You should 100% give it a go if you haven't already.
Sorry to say but James Herbert si no Steven King ( british or otherwise). Do yourself a favor and skip The Rats, from one King fan to another. Cheers and like always nice video.
Shogun? Cleansing your pallet with a 7 course banquet!
Was about to write the same 😂
I always say go big or go home.
@@mikesbookreviews Yeah baby 💪😎
Delicious
Ive wanted to read Shogun but never got up the courage to tackle the beast!
I used to read more historical fiction and would like to get back to reading it. Shogun will be near or at the top of my list when that happens. Thanks for all the suggestions, Mike -- much appreciated!
I just flew through The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance and this video couldn't of come at a better time before I start Oathbringer. I started Blindsight by Peter Watts as a palate cleanser.
You channel has become my favorite book related channel.
I just started Shogun (audiobook) due to the show coming out in February. I'm only an hour in and I'm hooked.
Shogun and Pillars were the two books that got me into the big epic historical reads. I can't imagine a world in which you don't like it
I had my first experience with a podcast story that released a "chapter" for every podcast episode. It's called Borrasca and its a coming of of age horror. Great quick cleanser between big reads. I listened to it in the car. It reminded me a lot of those old radio dramas before TV existed
Gave both to my father and they are two of his favorite books.
Blindsided by Peter Watts is an incredible blend of horror and sci-fi and a great palate cleanser! To me, it's like Phillip K. Dick meets Lovecraft. A bit of a slow burn but the atmosphere and the way it ends is incredible! Pretty similar to Solaris in tone and feel.
You said it best! I’ve been using the Dresden Files as my palette cleanser series and I’m only through Summer Knight so far
I do the same. It is a perfect break from everything. I just finished Proven Guilty .And it just gets better and better.
For more standalone horror/urban fantasy, you should definitely check out Clive Barker. For some reason people seem to have forgotten about him, which is such a shame. 'Weaveworld', 'Imajica', and the 'Books of the Art' are amazing.
I read and reviewed Weaveworld. Loved Hellbound Heart. Still plan to read Damnation Game soon.
Thank you for originally introducing me to Lonesome Dove. I'm reading it right now and agree with everything you said here. I appreciate you making content about a variety of genres.
I am with you on the need for palate cleansers. Just wrapped up Empire of Silence last night and I am picking up comics today while I process that book.
Im so excited for you to read shogun its my 2nd favorite book right behind dune
For 2024, I am looking to read more sci-fi. A Canticle for Leibowitz sounds incredible!
It's really good. There actually is a sequel that another author (Terry Bisson) finished after Miller's death, but I personally DNF'd it. I didn't think it was nearly as good as Canticle
I do have some books planned for next year
Gone with the wind
Shogun
Emma by jane Austen
Little women
Anna karenina
Emma is good and is packed with some great dry humor
I read lonesome dove due to your review and it is one of my favorite books of all time now. I've read dead man's walk but haven't read any more because I wanted to save one book that has Gus in it. That's how much I enjoyed those characters!
It’s so good
Actually reading Shogun, since 25 Oct, 900 and some pages, really loving it.. Think you will love it too.. the ambience is fantastic!
I can't wait to read Streets of Laredo, I'm hoping to get to it sooner than later.
I think you'll enjoy Come With Me. Such a compelling mystery, and at times, brutal. Plus, you'll get to see what it's like in my neck of the woods bc the setting is northeast US, and a few scenes take place literally 20 min from my house. I even kayak in one of the areas mentioned
I've read The Rats, The Forever War & Shogun (twice now with another re-read coming soon). All three books I can recommend, but especially Shogun which is a top 10 book of all time for me.
As palate cleansers I could wholeheartedly recommend any books by Guy Gavriel Kay. You really need to get started with his books as I know you'll enjoy them.
I'd like to read Nick Cutter's The Troop.
It’s really good. Reads just like Carrie only way more gore. Lol
I’m currently using Stephen King as a palate cleanser. I just got into his books within the last year, and I’m hooked. The only problem with his books as palate cleansers is they’re so good that I often find myself just wanting to read another King book instead of the next book in the series I’m currently in the middle of.
Ive kinda been neglecting the classics and Stephen King the laat few years, so i think thats going to be my pallat cleansers for next year. I might try to sprinkle in some Michael Crichton as well. Ive been kicking State of Fear down the road for too long
Bro, watching Fallout on Amazon at the moment. Never played any of the games. Getting serious A Canticle for Liebowitz vibes. I read the book last year. Can't say i loved it, but i respect the heck out of it. It was written at a time before the sci-fi genre tropes were established. I love the creativity and originality of this book. Well worth a read.
I’m reading Gone With the Wind because of your recommendation. I’m only in chapter 10(I think) but it’s so good!
So happy to hear it!
Been scouring my local used book stores for Lonesome Dove and finally got a copy of it! Excited to get to it after hearing everyones praise.
Manga is the one palate cleanser that always does the job for me. But solid list!
The Forever War is really good and thought-provoking with a great ending. That's a good choice.
As for myself, for 2024 I plan to read «The Last Light of the Sun» & «A Brightness Long Ago» by Guy Gavriel Kay, «Stonehenge» by Bernard Cornwell, «The Dragon Lord» by David Drake and continue of my current palate cleansing series: The «Bernicia Chronicle» by Matthew Harffy!
Forever War is fantastic. One of my favs. Reading Forever Free the sequel now. You'll love the main character.
Can’t wait
A Canticle for Leibowitz covers a lot of ground for such a short book. Miller has another book in the same setting, Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman. Keep that one in mind if you end up liking this. If you want good historical fiction, you could sitck with more Neal Stephenson. Quicksilver, Confusion and System of the World are a lovely trilogy of thick as a brick historical novels.
A warning from a Cormac McCarthy fan: the Border trilogy has a lot of untranslated Spanish dialogue in it.
If you enjoy Shogun, I cannot recommend enough Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa. I’m currently reading it, and I haven’t had a book draw me in like this one in a very long time. It’s another epic samurai novel about the real-life samurai Miyamoto Musashi and his early adventures in life (and is also the inspiration for the manga Vagabond). It was serialized back in the 1930s and is considered the Gone With the Wind of Japan, so I think with a title like that it would be right up your alley.
I just started reading Shogun today.
Streets of Laredo was my 2nd fav of the LD series.... didn't care for the other 2.
Yesssss All the Pretty Horses!! You'll love all 3! One of my fav trilogies.
I primarily read Fantasy and Science Fiction, but I absolutely loved Red Dragon by Thomas Harris.
If you are going to check out Thomas Harris, I recommend starting with Red Dragon. Well written and absolutely worth a read.
Read Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs in the past 2 months. Great and riveting page turners.
Best Western is True Grit, it's a short fast read and non-stop brilliance
Have you read anything by Joe Lansdale? Amazing writer, really popular here in Italy but for some reason less famous anywhere else. A really great palate cleanser between chunky books :) I recommend his Drive-In short series or the Hap and Leonard novels.
Another recommendation: if you like slice of life writing style combined with a historical and family epic vibe spanning 3 generations, Pachinko is a great book with an equally great tv show.
Definitely need a palate cleanser every now and then! I might tag along on that Shogun read since I also have that handsome edition and want to read it before the show; which does indeed look incredible!
Shogun is so good. It will fly by. I read it in high school and I can still remember sneaking to read it in AP Biology. Just wonderful.
You should check out A Congregation Of Jackals by S Craig Zahler. He was the director and screenwriter of Bone Tomahawk .It's a violent grimdark western with some horrific horror scenes.
Great video and 🔥🔥🔥 shirt GO ROCKETS 🚀
Just finished The Forever War...fantastic book from beginning to end!!!
Great!
Great list, Mike! I have both 'The Forever War' and 'All The Pretty Horses' on my list of planned reads in 2024.
You are going to love streets of Laredo. I think it’s almost as good as Lonesome Dove. I’m also going to read Shogun before watching the series.
I'm fully expecting to!
I'm hoping to get to Shogun next year too as well as Lonesome Dove. Would you recommend The Troop or Little Heaven as a good starting point for Cutter?
I recently took a break from a 13 book series to read True Grit and The Revenant. They were both great! Definitely outside of my usual fantasy comfort zone, but 10/10 recommend.
Love the Deep. Just awesome. I think it’s my favorite of his so far. I’m reading Sphere after I’m done with Riding the Rap. It will be my first Michael Crichton book in about 7 years. Lol.
Mike. Shogun will not let you go once you start. I’ve blasted through the first 700 pages and I’m still excited to pick it up daily. Love the channel!
Awesome!
My 2024 is shaping up to be HEFTY. Right now I have Stormlight and the whatever books I don’t get to of the dark tower this year. Plus, possibly the 2nd part of Mistborn.
I think I'll join you for "Streets of Laredo" since I took the Lonesome Dove journey back in May. Saddling up!
I have a good recommendation for a standalone sci-fi book. It's Beacon 23 by Hugh Howey, who wrote the Silo Series. Beacon 23 has been adapted to a TV Series that will be on MGM +. It's really great.
I can’t wait to hear what you have to say about streets of Laredo. I read lonesome dove because of your review… and it’s a book a still think about a couple times a week.
I love the Dresden Files. Just finished book 2 and ready for the next 15.
Enjoy the ride
McMurtry is brilliant! After reading Lonesome Dove, I decided to read the prequels prior to Streets of Laredo. Dead Man's Walk and Comanche Moon were so much fun. I'm about a third into Streets of Laredo and find it a bit slow so far. With the series almost completed, I've invested too much time to quit. I refuse to believe McMurtry will let us down.
Read lots of James Herbert when I was in school back in the early 90s. I loved the Rats novels, and many of his other books. I'd say that you should keep in mind the time period in which they were written. The whole "Killer Bees" and "Monsters from the sewers" thing was big at the time. And his other big horror hits were 80's vintage too. I really enjoyed them, but they're likely to be much simpler fare than you're probably used to.
I always take that into consideration. Looking forward to it.
I really enjoyed silence of the lambs and can't wait to see your review of it
I'm re-reading ASOIAF. I'm on A Feast for Crows. Might be a weird palate cleanser, but it feels like my brain can chill while still being engaged since I'm familiar with the world and the story. I'll just read a few pages or a chapter per day.
Another fantastic video!!! Thank you Mike! I think I'm most excited for Shogun!!!
I think you will enjoy The Forever War and Snow Crash. I’m not sure about A Canticle For Leibowitz. It’s mostly religious and philosophical discussions that some people connect with more than others.
I guess we will find out
Dresden files totally qualifies as palate cleanser for me, probably why i've read it 8 times by now.
Discworld is also probably more excellent for that!
David Gemmell has some great stand alone books! Can't wait till you finally get to him :)
Mike, I am so convinced you will love All the Pretty Horses!!! I think you might prefer it over Shogun.
Great great list Mike, really impressed, nearly all of these I will read, thank you🤠🥳😎
Great video Mike. Just wanted to mention on slice of life discussion. Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck is amazing and very much worth the time investment.
Love the palate cleansing videos!
I think you'll like the forever war- it has some emotional stuff that I think you might resonate with. Enjoy! I didn't like book 2 though.
Canticle for Leibowitz is amazing but the best post-apocalypse book I’ve ever read is Earth Abides. One of my favourite books of all time.
Snow crash is probably the worst book I’ve ever dnf‘d. Curious what you’ll think.
I thought Shogun was a fantastic book, I hope you’ll love it. I think you’ll like All the Pretty Horses if you read it. I finished it but maybe Cormac McCarthy’s writing style isn’t for me. The lack of punctuation drove me nuts. Sci fi and historical fiction are my favorite genres and I read all genres except romance. I think it’s good how many books you’re now reading outside of your usual genres.
Streets of Laredo holds up to the same level as Lonesome Dove for sure!
Wow!
Rats is a great choice! Herbert books are excellent. If you enjoy him you should give Shaun Hutson a try.
I’ve got a great pallet cleanser for you. Geddy Lee’s autobiography My Effin’ Life!!
Sounds cool
If you like Shogun, look into Musashi!
If you want a Fantasy-ish standalone that is really good you should read Windhaven by GRRM and Lisa Tuttle.
That being said I’m also trying to broaden my horizons and read a bigger variety of books rather than just Fantasy, so I look forward to your thoughts on these.
Noble House series - Shogun is just fantastic. And it’s not ending there, Tai Pan for China is fantastic too for the time of for starting Hong Kong as colony. Forever War is the one that others use. That’s the base work. It’s like Dune. Still think the best adaptation was Lee Child’s Reacher on Amazon. 👀
snow crash i do plan on reading in 2024 and if i can find a decent copy of shogun i might try that to.
I wasn't going to give my standalone horror recommendation because it was so long...but then you brought out Shotgun and I decided all bets are off. I think you would like Our Share of night by Mariana Enriquez. Its a slow character study, but also has some creepy horror elements both supernatural and human. Just came out this year.
I need to give Snow Crash another try. Same with Canticle. I'm going to join you for The Rats. btw, it's not a standalone. Scribd (excuse me, Everand) has a ton of his stuff available. Going to keep working on Robert Mccammon's backlog.
Yeah most of these are in a series or have a sequel, tbh.
You the man Mike 🎉
This is a pretty good selection of books. Also, I understand how reading horror back to back can affect your mood. If you remember the list of horror books I left in the comments, I've tried to include fairly well-known horror books of different flavours. 🙂 Great video
My first ever (and currently only) horror book was The Dark by James Herbert. I am unsure if horror is just not a genre for me or if that book is very average. I am going to see if Pet Semetary can change my mind on the genre. Hoping The Rats works for you!
As Palate Cleansers go, i love Raymond Chandler and Lee Child's books. Will Philip Marlowe books ever appear on your channel?
Time will tell
I’m in the middle of Dune. Waiting patiently for the next movie
Loved it but I needed three palate cleansers after that. Haha
I just read The Rats as part of Spooky Season. It was definitely written in the seventies 😳
Have you read any Jack Whyte? A dream of eagles series is spectacular
I’m scared of the Deep bec of how gruesome I’ve hears the other books are. I also have the same phobia as you, but I might give it a try. Okay okay I’ll try Lonesome Dove too. For standalone novels have you read the new ML Wang book? I’m putting that on my list, and check out Library at Mount Char if you haven’t!
Only Sword of Kaigen
I think I'm going to start Lonesome Dove and bring it with me on our Thanksgiving vacation. Have you read Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel by Susannah Clarke? It's about two Magicians during the Regency era England with different ideas on how to use magic. It's an alternate where magic has returned to world.
if you read shogun youll love Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa
Damn, I really don’t want to start a monster sized series but I might have to bite the bullets and read shogun before the show
Please please please check out invincible. The show or the comic.
Do you looking for more standalone, thrillers/horror books, try the Bottoms by Joe R landsdale it’s got a similar feel to Robert McCammon’s boys life but I would say it’s more in line with to kill a Mockingbird but it’s really good. I just finished it. Also landsdale has several westerns. You might want to check out to. Haven’t read them yet, but I plan to one of them is called the thicket and another one’s called Paradise sky.
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Have you read Between Two Fires, Mike? It's historical fiction/horror, and it's really, really great. You should 100% give it a go if you haven't already.
I did. I was lukewarm on it.
I want Kingsbridge Folio edition
I bet those are pretty
@@mikesbookreviews They don’t exist sadly but I’d want them for sure !
Horror needs more love. I feel like most of the booktubers I see are sci fi / fantasy
Sorry to say but James Herbert si no Steven King ( british or otherwise). Do yourself a favor and skip The Rats, from one King fan to another. Cheers and like always nice video.
Last year I've finished Asian Saga
Shogun is going to be a quicker read than you expect. It’s an awesome story
I’m betting so.
Canticle!
The rats trilogy by James Herbert is really good 🤘
But how about when you read a standalone and then a few years later Boom surprise sequel?? It's now a series! TT
Hello.
Did you ever consider reading Metro 2033 (followed up 2034 and 2035)?
Asian saga: shogun, Tai pan,king rat,noble house,what a great trip
That's what I've heard.
I’ve been reading so many fantasy books that anything less than 600 pages is short😭🤣
Samurai ninja the delivers pizzas 😂