WHAT MAKES A FAVORITE AUTHOR?
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Books and authors mentioned are listed according to the last name of the author.
Lady Susan by Jane Austen
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers
The Marriage Plot by Jefferey Eugenides
Middlesex by Jefferey Eugenides
The Virgin Suicides by Jefferey Eugenides
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante
Troubling Love by Elena Ferrante
A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George
Payment in Blood by Elizabeth George
Seabiscuit by Lauren Hillenbrand
Unbroken by Lauren Hillenbrand
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
Rogues by Patrick Radden Keefe
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The Living and the Dead by Sharon Olds
Satan Says by Sharon Olds
Stag's Leap by Sharon Olds
American Primitive by Mary Oliver
Felicity by Mary Oliver
Thirst by Mary Oliver
Antigone by Sophocles
Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles
Oedipus the King by Sophocles
Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout
Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
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Yes!! Donna Tartt! ❤ 😍
She's so great!
@@Shellyish She's a living genius!
Unbroken is one of my favorite books! Haven’t read Seabiscuit yet though. I’m sure I’ll love it too.
Both books are excellent! :)
The last two books in Ferrante’s Neapolitan trilogy will slay you. She’s a favorite of mine, too. And I thought Say Nothing was brilliant.
I've heard those last two books are excellent!
No rules! When you know, you just know. Ted Chiang has only written 2 short story collections but he is a fave and that means I will read anything else he publishes, until I don't like something. If an author has more than 3 books, they all havw to contribute to whether that author is still a favorite and that might shift over time as you read more of their stuff. I would say if an author has a dozen books but you've only read three, maybe they're not a favorite. Maybe you have to read more than 50% of their writings to make that call... Def an interesting topic!
I hadn't thought of it this way but I agree if I've read 3 novels by an author they must be a favorite or on my radar. W contemporaries i like ferrante, ishiguro, ernaux, w mysteries these 2 authors popped to mind: cleeves and leon.
Ferrante is great and Ernaux has been on my mind since she won The Nobel Prize.
i was gettin ready to ask where donna tartt is ahaha this was a great vid n i think your rules are really well thought out
Ha! Am I that predictable?
I’m staring at the marriage plot with apprehension
Give it the evil eye!
Love this discussion and what makes a favourite author for you. I know what you mean about authors that you have read a lot of but wouldn’t be bothered if you didn’t read any more of their work or that the author isn’t necessarily a favourite for whatever reason. Whether or not an author is a favourite is something I’ve only recently been considering since joining booktube. Will be pondering this one!
I really think I was originally inspired by you, Jack! Because you mentioned loving Terri Pratchett being your favorite author. Would love to see your version of this. :)
@@Shellyish I will definitely get to it! 😁
This might sound really woo-woo, particularly coming from someone so pro-science, but most of my favorite writers became favorites because I just had a special feeling about them from the very first book, poem, or short story collection. I felt a deep connection to them, and some of my favorite writers have always felt like friends and kindred spirits. The more I read, the more that connection grew. Though there are exceptions. I don't necessarily think I felt that kind of instant soul connection to writers like Leon Uris and Sholem Aleichem, but I really enjoyed them, and kept reading more and more. By the time I'd read enough of their work, and liked everything, it seemed obvious to put them on my favorites list.
I know it shows that you know yourself so well. "A special feeling" is a lovely description! I've felt that way about poetry in particular.
I loved Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. Cheryl Strayed, yes! I've only read Tiny beautiful things and Wild.
You've made me want to read the Elena Ferrante book that I've had for ages.
Abraham Verghese has only just released his second book, but I already know he's a favourite because cutting for stone was so incredible.
Khaled Housseini I've read 2, and am saving the third because the first two are such favourites!
I like your 3 book rule though 😊
I'm currently reading Covenant of Water by Verghese which has been really lovely! Ferrante is brilliant! I love her so much!
@@Shellyish I really want to read the Verghese!!
I've been reading many decades and my list of favorite authors constantly evolves. Top three of the last 3 or 4 years (I now read primarily for entertainment, not enlightenment) are Lee Child, Dick Francis and JD Robb. You read a really wide variety! Fun video!!
Thanks, BJ!
Have you done a video devoted to your thoughts on Virginia Woolf's a room of one's own? It seems like it should have a video of its own. Really enjoyed this one.
I really ought to make a dedicated video about A Room of One's Own. Thank you! :)
Eugenides "The Marriage Plot" is an awful book. A waste of time. This was a great video Shelly.
Your the 10th person who has told me this. Thanks, Jorge.
Uh oh, I can see that book spine from where I sit right now lol I won’t expect much, then
For me I think favorite authors was much more a 20th century, younger thing. In high school and college it was most definitely Steinbeck and then as a young adult Kundera, Marquez, Winterson, Woolf, Chabon and Erdrich. 21st century when I became a children’s librarian I focused on children’s and YA books, though I still read adult books and had standouts like Atwood and Didion, but was more focused on Pullman, Collins and DiCamillo as beloved authors.
I did read Marriage Plot, which I really liked, especially being an academic setting and a heartbreaking emotional storyline, but despite considering historical fiction one of my top genres I’ve never gotten excited or motivated to read his other books.
Oh my goodness, I really need to read Pullman. Truly. DiCamillo is a favorite author of mine, but I didn't mention her in the video.
I'm really motived to read Hamnet! Maybe later this year. :)
Rogues is excellent. It is well worth your time. I am on book 14 of the Elizabeth George series. So good…..
I'm going to see if my library has Rogues. Elizabeth George is excellent! :)
In order for me to say they are a favorite author I have to have read 3 books that I found A or A+ reads *&* they can’t be a series. So a series is 3-books, at least, but I want to know I enjoy their writing of other worlds and characters and ordeals.
I.e. - SA Chakraborty I enjoyed, but the 4 books I’ve read are all Daevabad. I only know her writing of one world and these characters. I can’t say she is a favorite.
Favorites: Austen, Anne Bronte, Dickens, Sanderson, Alcott, Montgomery, Lowry, FH Burnett… nonfiction authors I have more of! And potentials? Wow! is there a list of 2 book authors I just need to read 1 more by to vault them up there!
I love your A and A+ scaled rating. It makes totally sense to me.
Yes to Austen and Alcott and Burnett! So many authors are just so great! :)
You need to read Edith Wharton’s New Year’s Day. It is short and I hope, like a Christmas Carol, to read it yearly.
Thank you so much for sharing your favorite authors. I usually only “favoritize” books alone.
Hm. Hm. Hm.
l'll have to check out New Year's Day.
This is a wonderful discussion! I have been thinking about making a video like this for months, but for some reason have not. Maybe I’ll do it this weekend… Oedipus at Colonnus did not work for me either. I read it in one afternoon, but it lacks the drama of Oedipus the King and Antigony. I think the public at the time had a better understanding of the religious undertones. I prefered Say Nothing to Empire of Pain too. Where we disagree is on Elizabeth George. I read one (chosen more or less at random in the middle of the series), and I thought it was terrible 🙄.
I'd love to see a video like this from you, Elisabeth. Oedipus at Colonus was a bit boring at least to me. Glad we can agree on Say Nothing. Poor Elizabeth George. Maybe she stumbles throughout her career. 🤷♀️
I was waiting for Elizabeth George to appear on the list.
Ha! Am I that predictable?
@@Shellyish 😄😄
Hi Shelly, my rule is generally two books I like to be a favorite author of mine. Some of mine include - Wharton, Hemingway, Rand, Twain, Harlan Coben, Teddy Wayne, Dennis Lehane, Pearl S. Buck, Betty T. Smith, Harper Lee, Min Jin Lee, Bourdain. . .
Dennis Lehane's latest book Small Mercies is fantastic. It is simply amazing.
@@jobuckley2999 Agreed, read it a few weeks ago - wow!
You are the 3rd person this week to love on Small Mercies.
Betty Smith wrote one of my favorite books of all time - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. :)
You've got me thinking...I've taken to reading different authors with each book.... Like you I've read Jamaica Inn and Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier, but no more yet. I am reading one of your favorite authors at the moment Virginia Woolf's Orlando, which for me covers two readathons...transgirlApril and May of the Moderns.... I've read more books by Dick Francis than any other author but I wouldn't count him as a favorite, my first wife had his books because she loved horses and so they were around and easy to pick up if I wanted something to read.
Woolf! What a treat! I adore everything she has ever written. ☺️
I think I am the only person on the planet who did not enjoy the Lucy Barton series. I loved Olive Kittredge and want to read Olive Again. Faves for me are Barbara Kingsolver, Mark Zusak, William Kent Krueger and Fredrik Backman. I also enjoy Mary Oliver.
You are not alone in your feelings about the Lucy Barton series. Haters are out there. ;)
Can you define the term “literary” when it’s used to describe novels, please? I honestly am not sure what is meant by it.
Yes! Oops! I think of “literary” as high stylized in form or function. Considered art.
@@Shellyish maybe I’ll voxer you? I still don’t quite understand. Can a classic be literary or does it have to be a contemporary novel? Is it the writing that has to be stylized or is it the subject?
What defines a favourite author to me, is if I thoroughly loved at minimum the first three books that I've read from them. After that, I pretty much put them on my auto-buy list.
There are also authors that I've read either one or two books from them that I loved, but I try not to go crazy purchasing anything from them ( I usually get their previous works from the library to read ) until I'm sure that they have become one my favourites 😊
Some auto-buy authors for me are Brandon Sanderson, Haruki Murakami, Khaled Hosseini and Carlos Ruiz Zafon just to name a few.
The Thomas Cromwell Trilogy is well-loved by so many people I trust, I can't wait to get to it as it's just sitting on my bookshelf 🤭🫣
The Cromwell trilogy seems to be VERY polarizing. So be warned. ;)
I've been meaning to try Sanderson but I don't know where to start. Ferrante is basically an auto-buy author and so is Mantel. They are both awesome! :)