@@bigork2099 Nathaniel Philbrick’s In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex was the true story of Moby Dick! It was excellent and an easy read. I think they made a movie of this book with one of the Hemsworth brothers.
@@bigork2099 I'd say the Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun books are tough. They are readable in a way but only when I got the companion book by Michael Andre-Driussi it made me realize I hadn't really understood anything.
@@ibrahimchaiben8127Its missing Blood Meridian and he had McCarthy on his list. I did not see anything from Dostoevsky either and he is the greatest fiction writer ever according to many. But its his list and he did homage to his favorites and never said it was the greatest 100, just HIS greatest 100.
Very interesting. Some of my all time Favorites (that you did not mention) : In Cold Blood-Truman Capote, The Lords of Discipline-Pat Conroy, The Night House-Jo Nesbo, Red Rabbit-Alex Grecian, Furness-Muriel Gray, The Tomorrow File-Lawrence Sanders, The Old Man’s War-John Scalzi, Primal Fear-William Diehl, On Writing-Stephen King, Nick Cutter-The Troop, No Exit-Taylor Adams, Silence of the Lambs-Thomas Harris, Deliverance-James Dickey, American Psycho-Bret Easton Ellis, Mighnight Cowboy-James Leo Herlihy, All Quiet on the Western Front-Erich Remarque, Flowers for Algernon-Daniel Keyes
THREE times actually 😀, as "Carrion Comfort" is in the list somewhere as Brian's favorite vampire novel, I think. I'd probably go with Anno Dracula by Kim Newman as my own personal favorite vampire novel.
I'm blown away from all the different genres! No hate from me on The DaVinci Code! That book is dope! It's a funny story that when that came out, and I bought it for my friends mom as a gift, not knowing what it was about. She loved to read, and I'd heard all the buzz about it, and she was legit mad. I read just fantasy books at the time, but she refused to take it so I read it and fell in love with it!
Boy's Life is a phenomenal and moving experience. Such a gem of a book. Makes "It" seem like chewing glass by comparison. Anyone who likes those types of stories and hasn't read Boy's Life, do yourself a favor and go get a copy. You won't regret it
"Just a single man, Fyodor Dostoevsky, is enough to defeat all the creative novelists of the world. If one has to decide on 10 great novels in all the languages of the world, one will have to choose at least 3 novels of Dostoevsky in those 10. Dostoevsky’s insight into human beings and their problems is greater than your so-called psychoanalysts, and there are moments where he reaches the heights of great mystics. His book BROTHERS KARAMAZOV is so great in its insights that no BIBLE or KORAN or GITA comes close. In another masterpiece of Dostoevsky, THE IDIOT, the main character is called ‘idiot’ by the people because they can’t understand his simplicity, his humbleness, his purity, his trust, his love. You can cheat him, you can deceive him, and he will still trust you. He is really one of the most beautiful characters ever created by any novelist. The idiot is a sage. The novel could just as well have been called THE SAGE. Dostoevsky’s idiot is not an idiot; he is one of the sanest men amongst an insane humanity. If you can become the idiot of Fyodor Dostoevsky, it is perfectly beautiful. It is better than being cunning priest or politician. Humbleness has such a blessing. Simplicity has such benediction."
Yes I read Crime and Punshment after I had read a fair bit of Freud and i was simply gobsmacked by Dostoevsky's understanding of the human condition in the context of when he wrote the book..
Like you I am a voracious reader since a young age. This bought back so many memories. For your consideration I will throw these to the wind that really stayed with me my 68 years. Andersonville- Civil war prison camp, True Grit Western, the Vampires of Brian Lumley just love the original treatment they get, Johnny got his gun.
Thanks for this list, a lot of books/writers I never heard of. The books I did read from your list are some of my favorites too so now my goal is to fully read your top100. Well except Da Vince Code ofcourse :)
Great to see Terry Brooks getting his proper due. He's all too often left completely off lists. The fact that he was influenced by Tolkien should be a check in his favor not against him as though he's some kind of thief which is ridiculous.
Just saw this pop up at midnight. Can’t wait to watch tomorrow. Ok maybe I watched the first 100-90 😂 this is the best television show in the universe.
Well i have to say I share a lot of the top books that you mentioned. Lonesome Dove is my favorite book of all time. You mentioned several that I never heard of and quite a few on my to read list. Now I need to go find them and check them out. Thanks for sharing.
Bro, Thank you. Because of you, I read more! And more good stuff since I pick titles right from your shelves. Including Donaldson's Gap Series. A great author at his peak, and some of the best reading I've enjoyed.
Check out the Godslayer Chronicles by James Clemons who is actually James Rollins! Swan Song by Robert McCammon is excellent but I enjoyed his Wolf’s Hour a lot more!
I'm almost 40, and I'm ashamed to say I've only recently got into reading for pleasure. I bought To Kill a Mocking Bird, and I'm currently around halfway through. It didn't speak to me the same as it did you and I was beginning to wonder why people love reading so much and if it's for me. Whilst reading Mocking Bird, I bought several other books, which included American Gods, The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Part 1 & 2, and Lonesome Dove. I chose to read Lonesome Dove, and within 5 pages, I truly understood why people love reading. The way he describes the American West. The landscape and the characters in it. The sunsets and rises had me feeling like I was there watching. The hatred I have for Jake and Ellie. I'm not finished it yet, I'm on page 520, which I've managed to do in a little over a week. Unfortunately, I had a major character death spoiled while googling what a word meant, but I've loved it regardless. Just hope my next adventure into whatever book I dive into next can live up to it.
Tolstoy speaks to me too. He’s incredible. War and Peace and Anna Karenina are A+ books but his novellas are also great! The Death of Ivan Ilyich and The Cossacks are as good as anything else he ever wrote.
Great list ! Really enjoyed hearing your thoughts on these favorites, our taste is very similar but I have only dipped a toe into the waters of my reading journey compared to you. Many added to my Want to Read list! The Book Thief made me cry as well, a rare feat. Loved A Gentleman in Moscow, All the Light, The Road, so many more on here, and am currently reading Lonesome Dove and blown away by McMurtry's epic. Cheers
One minor quibble re: Terry Brooks. Although Sword of Shannara is indeed a very good book, I think Elfstones of Shannara is much, much better. It has one of the single best endings of fantasy I've ever read. It's also the novel that began Brooks' divergence from Tolkien into his own massive world-building project. Sword of Shannara is often seen as a pure "Tolkien knockoff" and Brooks even admits as much in his Annotated Sword of Shannara. Elfstones, by contrast, has a much different story, vastly different characters, and goes in completely different directions than Sword of Shannara culminating in one of the most epic last stands in all of fantasy literature. Makes me tear up every time I read it. In fact, I might just go read it right now...
I like Elfstones more as well, but this is Brian's list of favorite books, not ours. He explains why Sword is specifically important to him in detail in other videos.
That's certainly a fair point. I read Elfstones before I read Sword, so that's one reason why I hold Elfstones in higher regard. If I had read Sword first, I'd probably share Brian's sentiments.@@obijuan-kenobi5117
I just found your channel via my revived love for King. The Stand has been my favorite since I read it. I am looking for others to read both King and not. There are several here that sound interesting. Thanks for this.
I agree with everything you said, however, you have read way more books than me. No one added any books they would have on a list that you didn't mention. I would have "Peace", Gene Wolfe, "Soldier of the Great War", Mark Helprin, "The Passage", Justin Cronin, "The Stars My Destination", Bester, "Blood Meridian", McCarthy, "Cloud Atlas", David Mitchell, "At the Mountains of Madness", Lovecraft. And for a nostalgia pick, "The Earthsea Trilogy", LeGuin. When I read that I get the actual, literal, physical feeling of my brain chewing the words. And they taste delicious.
Love your reviews, though slightly disappointed that you actually did exactly 100 instead of like 103 or whatever. I never read the last books in the Dark Tower series because 3-5 were so bad, but the Gunslinger is one of my top 10 fiction books of all time. Lord of Chaos is my favorite WoT novel, the high point of the whole series, imho. I loved MST but Otherland was too weird. That was like 20 years ago, tho, so I think I'll give it another go. MST too, so I can read the sequels. I was worried you weren't going to include Guy Gavriel Kay. Phew. Song for Arbonne is the best of his that I've read. Hated IT. Gives me the creeps even thinking about it. Sick. So many books on here that I wish I had time to read. Le sigh.
the fact that you have two donna tartts in your top 50 means a lot to me, not sure why. I will read at least 2 of these 100 you recommend. My favourite of all time is your #13.
Currently reading through Malazan for the first time myself and am at Bonehunters book 6. I also feel Deadhouse Gates is my favourite in the series thus far. Not many others seem to rate it so highly in the series. Blew me away!
Once I finish IT I will have read 20 of your picks. Question !!!!! I loved Memory, Sorrow and Thorn. Finally finished the mammoth "to green angel tower". Should I continue Tad's publication order and read and start the Otherland series OR should I keep going with the Osten Ard series??? Thanks for the video.
I recommend continuing with the Osten Ard series, it would resonate a lot more after MS&T. Shadowmarch is very good too. A great writer. Happy reading!
I'd have Crime and Punishment, Paradise Lost, The Dispossessed and The Left Hand of Darkness in there and maybe Interview with the Vampire as well. Others worth a mention, The War of the Worlds and The Day of the Triffids. The only Colleen McCulough I've read is the Thorn Birds and that is another epic page turner/soap opera for sure.
Love your choices but somehow my own favorites are so different :) The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov The Canvas by Benjamin Stein Cryptos by Ursula Poznanski Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke (great for children) Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq The Dark Side of the Moon by Martin Suter The Robber Bride & Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann Lud in the mist by Hope Mirrless Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides Love Virtually (Good against North wind) by Daniel Glattauer American Gods & Coraline by Neil Gaiman The last unicorn by Peter S. Beagle Joshua Croft series by Walter Satterthwait Fabian by Erich Kaestner No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay The Dolphin: Story of a Dreamer by Sergio Bambaren (the german edition looks lovely) His dark materials by Philip Pullman Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw It & The Girl who loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King Quiet by Susan Cain The lovely bones by Alice Sebold The book thief by Markus Zusak Desert flower by Waris Dirie The girl with the dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson The empty chair & Stone monkey by Jeffery Deaver Watership down by Richard Adams Silence of the lambs by Thomas Harris The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde The first 5 Harry Potters no english translation available: Das Buch (the book) by Wolfgang and Heike Hohlbein Vier Tage währt die Nacht (four days lasts the night) by Dorothea S. Baltenstein I would love to see more lists from different countries 💕
@1:42 yes i am out harpooning whales as we speak!!!!
I read 300 pages of Moby Dick this year and it was tough...Steven Erikson is easy compared to Moby Dick.
@@bigork2099 Nathaniel Philbrick’s
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex was the true story of Moby Dick! It was excellent and an easy read. I think they made a movie of this book with one of the Hemsworth brothers.
@@bigork2099 I'd say the Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun books are tough. They are readable in a way but only when I got the companion book by Michael Andre-Driussi it made me realize I hadn't really understood anything.
I love how Brian has a video about treating your books right and then always tosses them into a pile when he does a list video
Yeah this guy is hilarious in a good way...
Haha good point. That sound when they hit the stack!!
It is just the funniest thing to me because I know exactly which video you mean. Ha ha ha
I’m surprised it wasn’t actually top 117 or something 😂 we all love and support you Brian. Thank you for the list 🙏🏻
This is the definitive top 100 list. All other top 100 lists should go ahead and delete their accounts.
Haaaa! Tell it.
wonderful list! but it's missing some more classics and masterpieces from other languages and times to be the "Greatest" of all time.
@@ibrahimchaiben8127Its missing Blood Meridian and he had McCarthy on his list. I did not see anything from Dostoevsky either and he is the greatest fiction writer ever according to many. But its his list and he did homage to his favorites and never said it was the greatest 100, just HIS greatest 100.
There's no one that would put out a list with the diversity of genre like Brian can. Great stuff.
Amazing library, would love to see the shelf tour 😊
Brian had a few videos already of book shelves, he takes you to his living room too and a closet as well!😀
@heidi6281 I'll have a look, thank you ❤️
Same
It's probably just me, but I wonder if anyone else feels a little twinge of pain each time you hear one of the books hit the floor.
I had to take Ibuprofen for this.
Wow, Dan Simmons didn’t get left out for once.
Another excellent list Brian! You keep wrecking havoc on my TBR… and I’m loving it!
Bro read 7,000 ?!?
Good God, I can barely make a top ten list with a couple of lehanes, Steinbecks, and some others. But a hundred?????? I'm just not that talented.
11:10 love how you wrote 666 for Needful Things
Nice list! I think I’d drive myself crazy trying to put a top 10 together let alone 100!
Just when i got my TBR list manageable, you drop the banger off an episode. Congrats Brian. Great job as always
I agree with about 80% of your picks. I still need to read the other 20%.
Excellent list! I am rather surprised Michael Crichton didn't make an appearance.
The Stand 🔥🔥🔥
“Alright everybody! Welcome back to the number one television program in the history of the entire universe!”
Gets me every time.
Very interesting. Some of my all time Favorites (that you did not mention) : In Cold Blood-Truman Capote, The Lords of Discipline-Pat Conroy, The Night House-Jo Nesbo, Red Rabbit-Alex Grecian, Furness-Muriel Gray, The Tomorrow File-Lawrence Sanders, The Old Man’s War-John Scalzi, Primal Fear-William Diehl, On Writing-Stephen King, Nick Cutter-The Troop, No Exit-Taylor Adams, Silence of the Lambs-Thomas Harris, Deliverance-James Dickey, American Psycho-Bret Easton Ellis, Mighnight Cowboy-James Leo Herlihy, All Quiet on the Western Front-Erich Remarque, Flowers for Algernon-Daniel Keyes
Did he remember Dan Simmons this time?
Oh! #96, Fall of Hyperion. Way to go!
Twice, actually. Hyperion and Terror.
THREE times actually 😀, as "Carrion Comfort" is in the list somewhere as Brian's favorite vampire novel, I think. I'd probably go with Anno Dracula by Kim Newman as my own personal favorite vampire novel.
I read Carrion Comfort on your recommendation. I did like it, but I can’t say it’s a vampire novel. I just like the classic blood suckers.
Moby Dick is an incredible read! Surprisingly funny in parts, but to me the prose is just incredible. An amazing work of American literature!
It was good but too much whaling. Also who is Ishmael.
What a great idea and list. Taking notes. I don't think I can do a top 100 but maybe top 50.
Inspiring.
Thank you Sir! 🙏🏽
I'm blown away from all the different genres! No hate from me on The DaVinci Code! That book is dope! It's a funny story that when that came out, and I bought it for my friends mom as a gift, not knowing what it was about. She loved to read, and I'd heard all the buzz about it, and she was legit mad. I read just fantasy books at the time, but she refused to take it so I read it and fell in love with it!
My favourite novel is 'Black Beauty' by Anna Sewell.
Was expecting 567 honourable mentions 😂
Boy's Life is a phenomenal and moving experience. Such a gem of a book. Makes "It" seem like chewing glass by comparison. Anyone who likes those types of stories and hasn't read Boy's Life, do yourself a favor and go get a copy. You won't regret it
Because 316 books on a lifetime TBR list isn't enough for me 😅
Great list of books. You are a very diverse reader. Enjoyed your splash of humor thrown it. Those poor books all ending up on the floor.
"Just a single man, Fyodor Dostoevsky, is enough to defeat all the creative novelists of the world. If one has to decide on 10 great novels in all the languages of the world, one will have to choose at least 3 novels of Dostoevsky in those 10. Dostoevsky’s insight into human beings and their problems is greater than your so-called psychoanalysts, and there are moments where he reaches the heights of great mystics. His book BROTHERS KARAMAZOV is so great in its insights that no BIBLE or KORAN or GITA comes close.
In another masterpiece of Dostoevsky, THE IDIOT, the main character is called ‘idiot’ by the people because they can’t understand his simplicity, his humbleness, his purity, his trust, his love. You can cheat him, you can deceive him, and he will still trust you. He is really one of the most beautiful characters ever created by any novelist. The idiot is a sage. The novel could just as well have been called THE SAGE. Dostoevsky’s idiot is not an idiot; he is one of the sanest men amongst an insane humanity. If you can become the idiot of Fyodor Dostoevsky, it is perfectly beautiful. It is better than being cunning priest or politician. Humbleness has such a blessing. Simplicity has such benediction."
Yes I read Crime and Punshment after I had read a fair bit of Freud and i was simply gobsmacked by Dostoevsky's understanding of the human condition in the context of when he wrote the book..
TERRY BROOKS MY #1 FANTASY AUTHOR. He got me into Fantasy!😊
Great list - I enjoyed watching this. Thanks for the video!
Moby Dick, Anna Karenina and The Name of the Rose should've been top 10 easily.
Nice list! 100 isn't long enough, so many banger books couldn't fit
Like you I am a voracious reader since a young age. This bought back so many memories. For your consideration I will throw these to the wind that really stayed with me my 68 years. Andersonville- Civil war prison camp, True Grit Western, the Vampires of Brian Lumley just love the original treatment they get, Johnny got his gun.
Thanks for this list, a lot of books/writers I never heard of. The books I did read from your list are some of my favorites too so now my goal is to fully read your top100. Well except Da Vince Code ofcourse :)
Great to see Terry Brooks getting his proper due. He's all too often left completely off lists. The fact that he was influenced by Tolkien should be a check in his favor not against him as though he's some kind of thief which is ridiculous.
Just saw this pop up at midnight. Can’t wait to watch tomorrow. Ok maybe I watched the first 100-90 😂 this is the best television show in the universe.
Had to pause and start over. Needed to make my own TBR from your cool choices! Rock n roll BLD!🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Well i have to say I share a lot of the top books that you mentioned. Lonesome Dove is my favorite book of all time. You mentioned several that I never heard of and quite a few on my to read list. Now I need to go find them and check them out. Thanks for sharing.
Bro, Thank you. Because of you, I read more! And more good stuff since I pick titles right from your shelves. Including Donaldson's Gap Series. A great author at his peak, and some of the best reading I've enjoyed.
Check out the Godslayer Chronicles by James Clemons who is actually James Rollins! Swan Song by Robert McCammon is excellent but I enjoyed his Wolf’s Hour a lot more!
Don't worry, Brian, when people call a book "pretentious", it usually just means "I'm too dumb to understand it."
These are the videos I live for
Check out 'Blue Ring Assassins' by Stephen Cohen, historical fiction.
"My OCD is spiking at about 10 right now!" OK. I'm going to make my TBR out of this list.
The number 1 top 100 in the history of the universe 💪
If you liked The Da Vinci code,, you would love Foucault’s pendulum by Umberto Eco!
It hurts my soul a little that you couldn’t find a spot *somewhere* for The Illearth War or The Power That Preserves.
Did you really rate Needful Things higher than Pet Sematary and Salem's lot? I cannot agree!
My two daughters told me this morning that "nobody says dope anymore dad" 🤔. Loved Carrion Comfort, have you read Fevre Dream?
If they try that again, just say: "nobody cept your Daddy!" as you put on sunglasses.
Lol. Wish that I had of thought of that! I have to say that they were more enjoyable to be around when they were not teenagers... 🤔@@MagusMarquillin
Have you ever read Anne Rice or Michael Crichton? I never seen you mention either one of these great writers.
I'm surprised I've read a lot of those. You're awesome, Mr. Durfee. Thank you.
Excited! Durfee KNOWS what people want and GIVES us this! Hello from Ukraine by the way:)
Spoiler alert: he didn’t forget Simmons this time.
How on earth is Anna Karenina ranked in the 80’s?! Nevermind, just saw the Raiders helmet in the back.
dragonlance was my favorite
thank you for getting right to the point..........actually to a 100 points!
Thanks. You did a great job. Most of the novels are new ones. Again, many thanks ❤
No Godfather ? No key to Rebecca, no Last of the Mohicans, no The Idiot, no Brothers Karamozov ?
I know!! There were a hundred other books I could have included!!
I'm almost 40, and I'm ashamed to say I've only recently got into reading for pleasure. I bought To Kill a Mocking Bird, and I'm currently around halfway through. It didn't speak to me the same as it did you and I was beginning to wonder why people love reading so much and if it's for me.
Whilst reading Mocking Bird, I bought several other books, which included American Gods, The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Part 1 & 2, and Lonesome Dove. I chose to read Lonesome Dove, and within 5 pages, I truly understood why people love reading. The way he describes the American West. The landscape and the characters in it. The sunsets and rises had me feeling like I was there watching. The hatred I have for Jake and Ellie. I'm not finished it yet, I'm on page 520, which I've managed to do in a little over a week. Unfortunately, I had a major character death spoiled while googling what a word meant, but I've loved it regardless. Just hope my next adventure into whatever book I dive into next can live up to it.
Has anyone read this guy's books? I love his videos snd we have similar tastes in books.... Just wondering how his novels are.
So... do you like Steven King?
Great list! I'm curious... no Harry Potter?!
No Dumas,Dostoievski or Victor Hugo?a good list but very a la americana
Tolstoy speaks to me too. He’s incredible. War and Peace and Anna Karenina are A+ books but his novellas are also great! The Death of Ivan Ilyich and The Cossacks are as good as anything else he ever wrote.
Pity I didn't run into this on april 1. It would have been... appropriate.
Really enjoyed your list. I've read many of these choices and enjoyed them. TY for the post.
Great list ! Really enjoyed hearing your thoughts on these favorites, our taste is very similar but I have only dipped a toe into the waters of my reading journey compared to you. Many added to my Want to Read list! The Book Thief made me cry as well, a rare feat. Loved A Gentleman in Moscow, All the Light, The Road, so many more on here, and am currently reading Lonesome Dove and blown away by McMurtry's epic. Cheers
Great list. Any reason for 666 on Needful Things?
Cool list!!!! There are some WINNERS in that group for sure!!!
One minor quibble re: Terry Brooks. Although Sword of Shannara is indeed a very good book, I think Elfstones of Shannara is much, much better. It has one of the single best endings of fantasy I've ever read. It's also the novel that began Brooks' divergence from Tolkien into his own massive world-building project. Sword of Shannara is often seen as a pure "Tolkien knockoff" and Brooks even admits as much in his Annotated Sword of Shannara.
Elfstones, by contrast, has a much different story, vastly different characters, and goes in completely different directions than Sword of Shannara culminating in one of the most epic last stands in all of fantasy literature. Makes me tear up every time I read it. In fact, I might just go read it right now...
I like Elfstones more as well, but this is Brian's list of favorite books, not ours. He explains why Sword is specifically important to him in detail in other videos.
That's certainly a fair point. I read Elfstones before I read Sword, so that's one reason why I hold Elfstones in higher regard. If I had read Sword first, I'd probably share Brian's sentiments.@@obijuan-kenobi5117
I just found your channel via my revived love for King. The Stand has been my favorite since I read it. I am looking for others to read both King and not. There are several here that sound interesting. Thanks for this.
Brian I think Voyager, book 3 of Outlander was the best of the series! I read it in one sitting.
Can't agree with any of the Stephen King novels . That author cannot write plot.
I can't believe you didn't include the alchemist and Dracula on this list
I agree with everything you said, however, you have read way more books than me. No one added any books they would have on a list that you didn't mention. I would have "Peace", Gene Wolfe, "Soldier of the Great War", Mark Helprin, "The Passage", Justin Cronin, "The Stars My Destination", Bester, "Blood Meridian", McCarthy, "Cloud Atlas", David Mitchell, "At the Mountains of Madness", Lovecraft. And for a nostalgia pick, "The Earthsea Trilogy", LeGuin. When I read that I get the actual, literal, physical feeling of my brain chewing the words. And they taste delicious.
Cool.
Love your reviews, though slightly disappointed that you actually did exactly 100 instead of like 103 or whatever.
I never read the last books in the Dark Tower series because 3-5 were so bad, but the Gunslinger is one of my top 10 fiction books of all time.
Lord of Chaos is my favorite WoT novel, the high point of the whole series, imho.
I loved MST but Otherland was too weird. That was like 20 years ago, tho, so I think I'll give it another go. MST too, so I can read the sequels.
I was worried you weren't going to include Guy Gavriel Kay. Phew. Song for Arbonne is the best of his that I've read.
Hated IT. Gives me the creeps even thinking about it. Sick.
So many books on here that I wish I had time to read. Le sigh.
Great comment
Wow just WOW GGs
Wow! Thanks for a fabulous new TBR list! Love this!
the fact that you have two donna tartts in your top 50 means a lot to me, not sure why. I will read at least 2 of these 100 you recommend. My favourite of all time is your #13.
Only the best television show can do this!
How long does it take to pick up the pile and put them back in their spots on your shelves? 😂😂
half hour??? not sure. my cat takes care of that
@@B.LEE.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS you're definitely correct about the OCD factor being on 10
Great list … reminds me of how much books I still have to read …
I was hoping you didn't forget Simmons again😁
Great List! You have so many books i need to check out. Now i am extremely curious about Lonesome Dove & anything by John Irving.
Wow Dragonlance I loved those books as a young teenager.
Boy's Life is indeed top 5 worthy.
I need a novel for someone who is a beginner in reading and wants to read
Seriously are you off your head . Tbis is do low brow laughable
Durfee delivers again!
Would be super curious what you think about Shantaram. If you haven’t read it, strongly recommended. And it’s a pretty thick book.
Not read it
Currently reading through Malazan for the first time myself and am at Bonehunters book 6. I also feel Deadhouse Gates is my favourite in the series thus far. Not many others seem to rate it so highly in the series. Blew me away!
Once I finish IT I will have read 20 of your picks. Question !!!!! I loved Memory, Sorrow and Thorn. Finally finished the mammoth "to green angel tower". Should I continue Tad's publication order and read and start the Otherland series OR should I keep going with the Osten Ard series??? Thanks for the video.
Yes read everything by Tad
I recommend continuing with the Osten Ard series, it would resonate a lot more after MS&T.
Shadowmarch is very good too. A great writer.
Happy reading!
I just added about 20 of those to my TO BE READ list! Thanks for sharing!!!
I am in awe that u were able to both pick and order these, it would take me a year😇🤗😎
I’m here cause I saw Da Vinci Code.
That would have been funny if he said, “ I know it’s the top 100 but I have 132 books here, I just couldn’t keep any of these off the list..”
I'd have Crime and Punishment, Paradise Lost, The Dispossessed and The Left Hand of Darkness in there and maybe Interview with the Vampire as well. Others worth a mention, The War of the Worlds and The Day of the Triffids. The only Colleen McCulough I've read is the Thorn Birds and that is another epic page turner/soap opera for sure.
Love your choices but somehow my own favorites are so different :)
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Canvas by Benjamin Stein
Cryptos by Ursula Poznanski
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke (great for children)
Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker
The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq
The Dark Side of the Moon by Martin Suter
The Robber Bride & Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann
Lud in the mist by Hope Mirrless
Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers
City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Love Virtually (Good against North wind) by Daniel Glattauer
American Gods & Coraline by Neil Gaiman
The last unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Joshua Croft series by Walter Satterthwait
Fabian by Erich Kaestner
No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
The Dolphin: Story of a Dreamer by Sergio Bambaren (the german edition looks lovely)
His dark materials by Philip Pullman
Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
It & The Girl who loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
Quiet by Susan Cain
The lovely bones by Alice Sebold
The book thief by Markus Zusak
Desert flower by Waris Dirie
The girl with the dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson
The empty chair & Stone monkey by Jeffery Deaver
Watership down by Richard Adams
Silence of the lambs by Thomas Harris
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The first 5 Harry Potters
no english translation available:
Das Buch (the book) by Wolfgang and Heike Hohlbein
Vier Tage währt die Nacht (four days lasts the night) by Dorothea S. Baltenstein
I would love to see more lists from different countries 💕
Try Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd--another cathedral builder--all his books are fabulous.