WHY YOU SHOULD DITCH THE BESTSELLERS FOR THESE UNKNOWN GEMS

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  • Опубліковано 21 лис 2024

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  • @BookishDadReads
    @BookishDadReads  15 днів тому +4

    WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE UNPOPULAR BOOKS?

    • @passmethatbook
      @passmethatbook 15 днів тому +3

      If you like fantasy, Tad Williams is a horribly underrated fantasy author, so is Carol Berg. I highly recommend both their stuff! ❤

    • @BookishDadReads
      @BookishDadReads  15 днів тому +2

      @@passmethatbook ohhhh I will check him out, thankyou

    • @Karaya715
      @Karaya715 3 дні тому +2

      @@passmethatbook I just found Dragonbone Chair at the used book store- an excellent DAW edition for $8!!! I’ve been wanting the series for so long but the paperbacks are still $16-18 for the DAW pbk editions I’ve wanted. I’m SOOO EXCITED to read them all!
      I just back from the book store so I’m a bit gushy. 😂
      Can’t wait to find the other two (or 3) titles!! 🙌🏼

  • @ZoZo1512
    @ZoZo1512 15 днів тому +6

    The Shadow of the Wind was such a beautiful book. I read it years ago, but I still think of it every now and again ❤

    • @BookishDadReads
      @BookishDadReads  15 днів тому +2

      @@ZoZo1512 I love that so many people adore it ❤️

    • @jespernielsen8549
      @jespernielsen8549 2 дні тому +1

      If you liked "The Shadow of the Wind", you'll like the rest of his books as well.
      Try them. They are magnificent.

  • @StephTucker-hc8px
    @StephTucker-hc8px 14 днів тому +4

    As a self-published author who has a really hard time promoting, thank you

    • @BookishDadReads
      @BookishDadReads  14 днів тому +2

      @@StephTucker-hc8px you are very welcome 🤗

  • @curtjarrell9710
    @curtjarrell9710 14 днів тому +3

    I LOVED American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. It's worth reading.

  • @chrisreadingcorner3816
    @chrisreadingcorner3816 11 днів тому +2

    Hello Tyrone I hope you're well. I am also a bookish Dad as well and have a youtube channel, also talking about books and mental health it's refreshing I am not the only one.

  • @cadiejohnson4211
    @cadiejohnson4211 15 днів тому +2

    I’m going on vacation to London soon and I’m sooo excited to see all the book shops I’m going to find… if anyone has any recommendations please do not hesitate!☺️

    • @BookishDadReads
      @BookishDadReads  15 днів тому +1

      @@cadiejohnson4211 Waterstones in Piccadilly!! I'm so desperate to visit there

  • @maggyfrog
    @maggyfrog 15 днів тому +3

    one of my earliest reads way back in my teens is a novella called "the snow goose" by paul gallico. although i did not fully understand the war setting of the story (i'm asian and didn't know much about the more specific details of ww2 at the time), this is one of the first books that really hooked me into reading.
    i can't even remember where i got the book. this is also my first experience as a reader to heartily recommend it right away to a friend only to be met with their utter lack of interest 😹

  • @AmadeusProfeten
    @AmadeusProfeten 16 днів тому +2

    I’m so very glad I found out you also had a UA-cam channel! I adore your content and your personality, keep being you!

    • @BookishDadReads
      @BookishDadReads  16 днів тому

      @@AmadeusProfeten thankyou so much. I truly appreciate that so much 💕

  • @thaliad6759
    @thaliad6759 14 днів тому +4

    I personally loved American Dirt. It was , in my opinion, the victim of an unfair cancel culture attack that got out of control. I am a social progressive, but thought the backlash against this book was unfair when I looked into the controversy. Decide for yourself:)

  • @markushelberg9579
    @markushelberg9579 15 днів тому +4

    My TBR just got two books longer... M.L. Wang and the Prison Healer.
    And I am also a serial series starter... 😅

    • @BookishDadReads
      @BookishDadReads  15 днів тому

      M. L. Wang has become a must buy author for me now. I hope you enjoy

  • @GerryThePigeon
    @GerryThePigeon 14 днів тому +1

    I love the shadow of the wind! My top book of all time

    • @BookishDadReads
      @BookishDadReads  14 днів тому

      @@GerryThePigeon I so desperately wanted to love it. I think it was just a level above what I'm used to reading

  • @StardustandMadness
    @StardustandMadness 15 днів тому +2

    Omg omg omg I’m one who recommended The Prison Healer to you!! Yes!! This is one of my favourite modern trilogies. I hope you love it. The first book is so good, the second was a bit slower paced for me and picked up midway, but the third is absolutely brilliant again from start to finish!! I never wanted it to end.
    Edit: if you’re interested in James Patterson, his Alex Cross series is great. Patterson is famous for short chapters, so if you have the ‘just one more chapter’ thing like I do, it works a treat when reading his books because you don’t feel guilty for reading just-one-more-three-page-chapter 😂

    • @BookishDadReads
      @BookishDadReads  15 днів тому +1

      @@StardustandMadness I'm really looking forward to getting stuck into it ❤️
      I definitely want to try the Alex cross series at some point

    • @Karaya715
      @Karaya715 3 дні тому +1

      @@StardustandMadness I loved every Alex Cross book. Sooo good!!! ‼️

    • @StardustandMadness
      @StardustandMadness 3 дні тому +1

      @ I love what I’ve read of the series. I’m slowly collecting them all, but there’s so many! Between my mum and I we will have them all.

  • @meledwards7577
    @meledwards7577 16 днів тому

    I love the concept of this video!! They all sound really interesting. I might go and download the Couple at no 9 myself.

    • @BookishDadReads
      @BookishDadReads  16 днів тому

      @@meledwards7577 awww thanks so much ❤️ I just want to find amazing books and share them with the world

  • @chill4059
    @chill4059 15 днів тому +1

    More books to add to my list!, first video I saw from you, and you seem entertaining, my recommendation is "I know this much is true"

    • @BookishDadReads
      @BookishDadReads  15 днів тому +1

      Awww thanks so much for the kind words, I truly appreciate that

  • @coffee_cookies_books
    @coffee_cookies_books 15 днів тому +2

    I tend to start series as well, but I need to get them finished. I’m trying to change that. i’m reading the first book in a large sci-fi series and i love it, so you know I am determined to read the whole thing LOL Sword of Kaigen still is on KU, by the way :) I say you start the new one that you spent all that money on 😊

    • @BookishDadReads
      @BookishDadReads  15 днів тому +1

      I just wish I could start a series and finish it 😅 I just have such a fear of missing out on other books

    • @coffee_cookies_books
      @coffee_cookies_books 15 днів тому

      @ Okay but how about what you’re missing when you don’t finish. I’ll bet that was a big help 🤪 But I’m kind of not kidding and that’s the thing for me. A bit of the opposite. I worry that I’m missing the end of the story.

    • @BookishDadReads
      @BookishDadReads  15 днів тому +1

      @coffee_cookies_books haha I totally get this. I'm always in two minds

  • @HiddenNuggetttv
    @HiddenNuggetttv 16 днів тому

    All of these added to my tbr!! Thanks for the recs :D I think you should read Couple at Number 9 first.. thrillers are always so speedy to get through

    • @BookishDadReads
      @BookishDadReads  16 днів тому

      @@HiddenNuggetttv ❤️❤️ thrillers have always been my go to

  • @EllesLittlestLibrary
    @EllesLittlestLibrary 15 днів тому

    Love this! I love that you’re bringing the lesser known books to the forefront!
    I am also terrible for starting a series and not finishing it 😂 I just feel like I’m too scared for it to end so I just don’t bother 😂 it’s a bad habit I know! You camera was worrying me at points, I thought it was gonna fall then realised it’s a fancy one 😂

    • @BookishDadReads
      @BookishDadReads  15 днів тому

      @@EllesLittlestLibrary haha I only got it recently and have no idea how to fix it in place so it doesn't follow me 😂

    • @EllesLittlestLibrary
      @EllesLittlestLibrary 15 днів тому

      @ 😂😂

  • @charlieuliginosa2494
    @charlieuliginosa2494 16 днів тому +5

    In fact American Dirt did cause a general media & social media controversy when it was released. Despite a huge budget spent marketing it the general consensus on booktube was it was dirt!

    • @BookishDadReads
      @BookishDadReads  16 днів тому

      @@charlieuliginosa2494 awww that's a shame. I have actually started reading that first haha

    • @TheUnabridgedMe
      @TheUnabridgedMe 15 днів тому +6

      ⁠@@BookishDadReads please read this book with an open mind. It got bad press because people questioned whether the author had the right to talk about something she had no experience in. She wasn’t an immigrant nor Mexican. However, I think they are missing the point, for me, I never read a novel because its going to be accurate, its not historical fiction, its a good book about family and gang life. It was entertaining and draw my attention and empathy towards the plight of immigrants that made me want to look further into it and read more first hand accounts. Inspiring curiosity and opening up dialogues about areas that are unfamiliar to us is what literature is all about.

    • @BookishDadReads
      @BookishDadReads  15 днів тому +3

      @TheUnabridgedMe within the first two chapters I knew I would love the book. I don't care about the authors knowledge. You can't win with some people. She's raising awareness on a serious issue. If she hasn't done this people would only moan that she wasn't using her platform for good. Damned if she does, damned if she doesn't

    • @charlieuliginosa2494
      @charlieuliginosa2494 15 днів тому

      @@BookishDadReads Of course, there's always a book for someone. I guess I was just pointing out that this novel had drawn widespread criticism both here and the US. Naturally that didn't stop it being popular. Enjoy it!

    • @the_broken_spine
      @the_broken_spine 15 днів тому +7

      @@BookishDadReads Unfortunately the controversy was a lot more nuanced than this White woman who didn’t make the journey. It was that she got a huge advance, she supposedly plagiarized some bits from another Spanish author, and that the Spanish she used in the book is very wrong, she doesn’t have that lived experience, and that people that have that lived experience have been trying to tell that story but publishers weren’t buying them or if they were the publisher was buying for a lot less and there was no marketing budget or campaign.
      Glad that you’re enjoying though.

  • @Tom_reads01
    @Tom_reads01 16 днів тому

    What’s better than Ty’s content??? 17mins of it! Keep up with the channel mate love it, literally got sword of kaigen delivered today!
    Planning on reading that chonky boii before the end of the year the cover and your description was too good not too! 😅

    • @BookishDadReads
      @BookishDadReads  16 днів тому

      @@Tom_reads01 haha legend. Truly appreciate you mate. X

  • @yamilletrivas8041
    @yamilletrivas8041 16 днів тому

    loved this!!!! The Prison Healer By Lynette Noni will be my recommendation

  • @WDTRH
    @WDTRH 12 днів тому

    A book i never see anyone review is Bitten (book 1 of the women of the otherworld series) probably because its about 20 years old to be fair, but i devoured this series and then stupidly gave it away so I'm rebuying them!

  • @diamondslashranch
    @diamondslashranch 15 днів тому

    Sounds like great books all. Added to the list thanks!

  • @BernieSymes
    @BernieSymes 15 днів тому

    Just seen your video (channel?) Have read all the M W Craven books, reallygood. Also read all Karin Slaughter's books, short stories etc. Brilliant writer. Keep up telling us all about underrated or unknown books. Always subscribe to Kindle Unlimited when on offer. Have found many new authors to read doing this. Sorry for long comment.

    • @BookishDadReads
      @BookishDadReads  15 днів тому

      @@BernieSymes thanks so much for the positive engagement, I truly appreciate it

  • @christinebarone7496
    @christinebarone7496 10 днів тому

    I love Charity Shop books. We who read ALOT, simply cannot afford to be buying new books all the time, who has such money right? I am currently trying to collect a few series to read in order after reading like book 12 in a series and then hunting for the others, LOL.

  • @Mnory0530
    @Mnory0530 14 днів тому

    American Dirt was I think included in Oprahs book club. I recall there was even some uproar about the author??
    But it's always interesting how the Goodreads crowds don't always overlap with people who read these books

    • @BookishDadReads
      @BookishDadReads  14 днів тому +1

      @@Mnory0530 I try my best to separate the art from the artist, unless they are a totally trash human being lol

  • @lindastormonth4764
    @lindastormonth4764 15 днів тому +2

    I read American Dirt when it came out and really loved it. The furore was because she wasn’t a Latino and how could she, how dare she, write about a situation she didn’t come from, didn’t understand, used stereotypes, yada yada. Profiting from the suffering of others …Cancel culture. Storm in a very self-righteous teacup. I mean….imagine a white Mark Twain having the cheek to write about blacks and racism! Shocking, eh? Imagine writers relying on imagination….😱
    I love your enthusiasm and sense of humour.
    Sad to hear your kids didn’t get fed this week but I am sure they understand literature is important.

    • @BookishDadReads
      @BookishDadReads  15 днів тому

      @@lindastormonth4764 Awww thanks so much for you kind words ❤️ loving the book so far. I'm about a third of the way through. My children understand the books make Daddy happy 😂

  • @jessicaabreu5609
    @jessicaabreu5609 15 днів тому

    Hello! I am not sure if you know about these shops that are called The Works. Don't know if you have one near you, but they sell brand new books for £2.50 and 3 for £6. You should have a look if you have the chance 🙂

  • @janettebmUK
    @janettebmUK 8 днів тому

    American Dirt is incredible. I don't believe that 'popular' books are an indicator of it's quality

  • @dlasis
    @dlasis 12 днів тому

    Do Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson. It's a life-altering experience.

  • @traceynicholson9611
    @traceynicholson9611 14 днів тому

    It’s brilliant

  • @AkiraGonzo
    @AkiraGonzo 15 днів тому

    With American Dirt what I remember is that Latinos(Mexicans) felt like the author missed the mark about immigration. She said apparently she didn’t write the book for Latino audiences but…. I dunno 🤷🏻‍♀️.

    • @BookishDadReads
      @BookishDadReads  15 днів тому

      Ahhh that's interesting. I actually started it last night and I'm really enjoying it so far

  • @jwi1085
    @jwi1085 15 днів тому

    Blood over bright haven is 5*

  • @ced311
    @ced311 14 днів тому

    I dig your vibe m8.
    The first book in the red rising series is by far the worst. That series is hype though.
    Have a good one.

  • @Jaquessauinere
    @Jaquessauinere 12 днів тому

    I don’t understand why people buy books why don’t you just borrow from library?

  • @EmilyJohnston-e2r
    @EmilyJohnston-e2r 16 днів тому

    The best content creator is back at it again! 😂 I think you should read ml wangs fit sprayed edged book first 😁 p.s you don't need more mates you've got loads already! 😅 sinnabit dog shit 😏🫶

    • @BookishDadReads
      @BookishDadReads  16 днів тому +1

      @@EmilyJohnston-e2r 😂😂😂 and she's back with another cracking comment!! Book is rate fit innit!! ❤️

    • @EmilyJohnston-e2r
      @EmilyJohnston-e2r 15 днів тому

      @BookishDadReads I'm gunna make sure I comment on every single one of your videos! 🤣 yeah it's proper fit mate!😍 As soon as I seen you talk bout it last week I was straight on amazon! 😋 if you've read till this point I love you the most 😬🤣 sinnnnnaaaabbbiittttt! 🫶