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Nice work! My top ten: 10. More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon; 9. Gateway by Fredrik Pohl; 8. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card; 7. Hyperion by Dan Simmons; 6. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury; 5. A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller; 4. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin; 3. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley; 2. 1984 by George Orwell; 1, Dune by Frank Herbert.

I love your #1 and will say two things about it: 1) The hardest cry I've ever had reading came with Flowers for Algernon (and I'm unashamed to admit it), and 2) there's no doubt in my mind it belongs in the SF category. People who think a book isn't science fiction unless spaceships, other planets, and aliens are involved need to expand their definition of the genre. Again, bravo! "Brilliant" is an overused word, but not in the case of your top selection.

Great list. So glad to see The Humans and Flowers for Algernon made the list. A few favorites of mine not on the list: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch, 1984 by George Orwell, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and War of the Worlds by HG Wells.

Spoilers: What I like is that Bob 1 isn't the main character. I would argue there is none, but Bill, Will, or Howard would be the closest if I had to pick, as they are involved with most of the larger plots, whereas Bob 1 is more a man on his own journey of self-discovery. My favourite part of the series is the war with the Others and rescuing the population of Earth. Bill is my favourite character, followed by Will and then Howard.

1984 as a year was picked for the title because it's a flip of 1948

The humans is what got me into Matt haig and it’s still my favorite for sure! It’s so amazing, the writing just sucks you right in. He’s one of my favorite authors.

I just did the same damn thing to the same damn serious… I hope we aren’t fools

Your voice is very deep or is it the microphone?

i just finished reading it...entertaining and somewhat inspirational. I am enthused to read Emily Dickinson poetry.

Project Hail Mary, Yes!!! What a fun book.

I really liked Piranesi. It did remind me a lot of Iain M Banks Feersum Endjin. Which I loved. A house that contains many worlds and protagonist exploring it and trying to understand it. Rather than writing journal entries the protagonist writes only in phonetics.

Completely agree with the Taylor choice. I just finished the first book and started the second (the series for the third time) waiting for my preorder of the fifth book to drop with Audible! I think Ray sounds like Tom Hanks. I recommend the Expeditionary Force series to you for humor….an AI shaped like a “beer can” and nicknamed “Skippy” by the human companion is snarky and funny throughout the 16 book series (a 17th is coming out soon). Craig Alanson is the author and the excellent reading is done by R.C. Bray.

My favorite book of all time! I like the science-y part a lot. i also really enjoy the sentimental part of the story.

It's definitely worth reading

FWIW, Andy Weir wrote another book between The Martian and Project Hail Mary. It's called Artemis, and like many second novels, it doesn't get much love. It's kind of the red haired stepchild of Weir's bibliography.

I don't remember anything humorous in Hail Mary except for the irony from the abject lack of profanity after the extreme opposite in The Martian. I don't know how you can call The Humans amusing or funny. I found it to be terribly depressing and I rather detested it. I haven't read Kaiju but another brilliant book by Scalzi that should make you laugh, groan, smile, frown, even possibly cry is Redshirts.

Omg Lyla is so precious!! Although I can’t say the same for the jokes :). Misery is SO GOOD! I honestly couldn’t put it down once I started. I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed it. I agree that King’s character work is so strong. It’s one of the reasons I enjoy his books so much. Looking forward to seeing your thoughts on Primitives.

Thanks for subscribing to my channel! I am enjoying your channel as well and, in particular, this video. I love that you've partnered with other content creators and you've read one of my favorites by Stephen King! I love your dog - we are dog lovers in my house too. I had never heard of Primatives - I am looking forward to seeing what you think!

Awesome review of Misery! I’ve never seen the movie nor have I read the book, but as I move down my Stephen King list I’ll get to it eventually! I can only imagine how people must’ve felt reading this for the first time without knowing not a single thing about the story.

Misery the movie was terrifying. After you rewatch it, let me know if the book compares. Glad you enjoyed it! What a fun way to discover their favorites. Your next recommendation sounds like an anti-vax fantasy...will you vlog it?

Wow this is a great mix of books 👌

Lyla was so not into the jokes! 😂 Very much into the walks, though. And yay that Misery was such a good pick for you!

An excellent vlog Matt. Love the doggy interludes! I remember Misery being absolutely terrifying! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Primitives sounds like another potentially excellent read.

I’m looking forward to diving into Misery! Glad you enjoyed it 🤘🏽

One of my favorite Stephen Kings! I’m so glad you enjoyed it 😊

Yes!!! I’m so happy you enjoyed this man. Sorry I put you through this 😂. But this was so much fun to watch, I can’t watch to watch all the vlogs for your other picks! Primitives sounds very interesting!

Yay for the reccos!

Yessssssss! No one does tags anymore and it's tragic! I'm doing it. Thanks for the tag!

I haven't gotten around to this series yet, but I am really excited for it! Even still, all the things you mentioned as "issues" used to challenge this book is just laughable.

One of my all-time favorite books!! The Netflix adaptation is good but with many differences, as expected. Highly recommend both! 😊😊

Thank you for the tag Matt and sorry for the late response lol. I'll definitely do it at some point in the near future!

Fun tag, Matt! I am a Rome newbie and right now, I’m reading Cleopatra -A Life by Stacy Schiff. I love learning about this time in history! That’s awesome you’ve been able to visit Rome. I really hope I can get there someday. :-)

This was fantastic! I thought I was pretty up on sff awards but you hit a couple I didn't know of.

So interesting. Subscribed 🩷

I'll be honest, I don't really follow book awards. But this was an interesting video looking at some of the different awards. I actually haven't heard of a lot of the books you mentioned here, so I started making a list of ones to look for, so thanks for that. :P Interesting video! :)

Fun to see what books have won each award - gives an idea of the style of award. The Ursula K Le Guin Prize has quickly become one I am interested in. I read three books off the shortlist last year and they were all fantastic. Arboreality was one of my favorite reads of the entire year.

Thank you!!

Thank you! I just finished Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and looking for more sci-fi. So many options and beautiful book covers. Thanks for sharing.

The 3rd season just finished filming actually. Yay! But the show probably won't come out until 2025 and that's when they release the audiobook.

Read it in a mirror? Humanity is of course worth helping and supporting. Think about it. All that says we are and aren’t worth the help is contained within us. Without us there is nothing. Since a world without rational minds is a worse one the question is self answering.

Really enjoyed this, thank you. I read SPQR as part of #historathon2024 last month and have been using my collection of Penguin Little Black Classics to read some Roman authors. Am now looking forward to some historical fiction 😊

Great conversation. I loved all the little horror elements. Some of the best parts.

Before Rand gets sent to the other world a mysterious woman is spotted a couple of times by scouts.

Thanks for the help.

So glad you guys both liked this one better, as Matt seemed a bit down on the first one. Definitely liked the training/testing and the intrigue at the White Tower stuff here as well, though Rand's journey was also interesting. Also, glad you liked that prologue, which we used to refer to as "the darkfriend round table" back in the theory days when things were still being written, is very important and something you may find yourself referring back to, as there are a ton of hints at future characters there - more than just Ingtar and Liandrin that is. Something you guys brought up on multiple occasions is how Jordan kept telling you how beautiful Selene was or kept using fishing metaphors with Siune Sanche. That kind of thing is just RJ's writing style and something you'll have to get used to. Some readers complain about how overly descriptive and almost repetitive he can be when writing certain characters. I personally find this as a bit of a plus, especially for minor characters that show up multiple thousand-page books apart; it sort of helps you differentiate between all those "L" names you mentioned for example, and in a series with literally thousands of named characters it's useful. Overall, can't wait to hear the full-spoiler discussion for The Dragon Reborn, so Matt... keep up!

The borderlanders didn't have the horn (that a TV showism 🤦🏿‍♂️) the horn was at the bottom of the Eye of the World

The Cicero trilogy by Robert Harris is tremendous. I am sure you will enjoy it. I have to pick out something for the readathon.

I enjoyed this. It seemed to start out a bit fast an accepting to his situation, but the author cleverly reveals that his mind was tampered with to handle it better,