Love it when we got a serious book video from the boy, feels like a rare treat. He does such a great job talking through each novel without just giving a plot synopsis.
I LOVE when you post longer videos about books! I'm an aspiring author so I try to read a lot. In 2023 I read 59 books, and I so look forward to adding some of your favorites to my reading list this year. I wonder if our tastes will align at all. Happy New Year Mr. Carrying Thing!
@@DOG_EATER_1887 I read around 1 hour every day. In 2023 I was able to read 62 books. So even if you don't have time and can only spare 30 minutes a day / 1hr on the weekends, you can also read around 30. It's not so much about having a lot of free time but being smart with it
@@DOG_EATER_1887If you find books you like to read it's easy to read one every week. ( also granted you don't read door stoper after door stoper, THAT would take a lot of time) I probably read fourty books last year and I've already gotten through two starting fresh this year
@@DOG_EATER_1887 I read very fast in general (think 800-1k words per minute) which helps, but the main thing is that I love reading. I have time to play video games, make music, do art, and most important WRITE, but reading is a hobby I prioritize over most since I want to be an author.
@@DOG_EATER_1887 It really depends on the books you read and the size of them. Also .. how you count them lol.. E.g. Let's say you want to read some Moorcock and decide to buy the Elric Saga vol 1. There are 4 books in that one book. But each of those books is comprised of 3 smaller books or so. So did you read one large Elric book? Vol 1 of the Elric saga? Or did you read 4 Elric books? Or ... did you read 12 elric books? It can take you a month to read a very large complex book or series. It might take you a few days to finish a 200 page novella that reads a lot easier or isn't as complex. Or maybe you just don't care enough to read it very analytically and are more reading mindlessly for leisure. If you're reading mistborn or something more accessible like that you might fly through the text. If you're reading the book of the new sun you might take 3 times as long with each page.
gotta love how after man carrying things success making silly funny videos about the plankton farts and dies cinematic universe, he still goes back to his roots of books. truly legendary.
Hi. I just wanted to thank you for continuing to release videos like this, which are as much fun as your sketches. I am from Russia and thanks to your videos I can learn spoken English in practice. So, thank you and have a nice day.
I reread Watership Down and it's still my favorite book. Sometimes, I just open up a chapter I like and read and I think I enjoyed that even more than reading all the way through again.
Thanks for making this books videos. I have a hard time reading books, but every time i see one video from you i get an urge to read, you are really good at saying what you like. Keep up the good work
I honestly wish you'd upload this stuff a biiit more often, but I do enjoy the skits. You've got some good, interesting picks here. I've been wanting to read McMurtry for a while now. Might get to that this year. My favourite thing I read this year is Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe, and I think it's something you'd really like. Four books, all pretty small considering they're sci-fi/fantasy books, densely packed with themes, with the absolute best prose I've ever read in genre fiction. I had no idea writing could be this atmospheric.
I find your book content to be some of the most refreshing on UA-cam, at least among the pages I’ve experienced. A mixture of your taste in literature and your way of articulating your thoughts and feelings on the books. Love it.
EVERYONE SHOULD READ MORE BALZAC! If you don't already know much about the author or his interconnected "Human Comedy" (a late 19th century Cinematic Universe, but literary... and good...), I recommend you look into him/it. Unfortunately, finding *complete* editions these days is difficult (not to mention pricey), but even if you only manage to hit the major novels of the set, the experience is rewarding.
the feeling i get when man carrying thing uploads a book review is kinda like the one you get when you're watching your favourite cartoon character in his brand new full length movie
I also read Père Goriot for the first time in 2023 and it ranked high on my year-end list. Your commentary is a perfect summary of what makes Balzac’s writing timeless.
I recently started Dracula by Stoker & although it's wordy, it also has this unique atmosphere & a strange kind of humor. My favorite book from last year was probably A Separate Peace by John Knowles, which was such a bittersweet & thoughtful novel that really makes you question morality, intent, & the impermanence of friendships. I haven't been able to read as much as I wanted due to college work, but in my upcoming spring semester alone, I'm required to read 4 books, including The Iliad & The Epic of Gilgamesh, 2 classics I'm excited to dive into. Hopefully this will get me back into the groove bc I have a whole shelf waiting to be read.
finally got to killers of the flower moon and man, couldn’t put that one down. i think the cover has a nyt review that’s like “historical writing with the urgency of a crime novel” and that sums it up really well, i saw it before watching scorsese’s version and thought the film did it justice, but man that book is good
Hey! I bought Le Père Goriot (in French as I speak it) after hearing your review. I work in a small library and we have used books and I found it there with a little pamphlet that analyses the writing, there’s even pictures and drawings and news articles relating to the book in it! So thanks for a recommandation!
Used to read a lot and barely read anything during the pandemic. Last year i finally got a good year in again. I also read Detransition, Baby. I think it's my favourite book that i read last year, but my opinion isnt yet fully formed, the book is still lingering in my brain in the background, still processing it.
Glad to see you still making book-related videos. The meme videos are great, but these and the conversation videos about movies on the Woman carrying man channel are my favorites of this "carrying" universe. :D My favorite books I read last year were Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (sci-fi) and Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (fantasy). Huge recommendations for both of them!
I just discovered this side of your channel and wow!! I like the way you describe the books , i put father gorio on my list it seems like a very interesting book
Finally read the Stormlight Archive this year after so many friends had recommended Sanderson, really loved it (and desperately waiting for Stormlight 5). Your Stormlight sitcom series was awesome by the way, would love to see it return in some form!
Thanks for the recommendations! My suggestion is always Machado de Assis, in case you are not already familiar. Amazing Brazilian author, specially "The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas", love that book. And the authors history is pretty interesting well as a mixed race man in times of slavery in Brazil.
I know your videos for the short quips they tell, but I enjoy your long form remarks to show the depth of what goes into your quip length vids. Thanks for sharing them. Balzac might be famous one day because of this review. You have me intrigued by Linda, and I think it might just get shoved to the head of the long cue.
I keep telling myself I need to read Father Goriot. I read Crime and Punishment for the first time this year, and started a spiral into all of Dostoevsky's works that I have yet to crawl out of. I think Goriot has been mentioned in every, single, preface to a Dostoevsky book I've read so far. Glad to hear you enjoyed it so much. I guess I have to add it to the list for 2024 properly. Also read Les Miserables for the first time this year and I think I'm just never emotionally recovering. 11/10.
I discovered your channel while looking for reviews for Butcher's crossing (probably one of my best books of the year). Its just so great to hear you talk about books. Please keep it on!
My favorite book I read this year was Americanah (might be one of my favorite books ever). Also reread Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy which is always a treat 😄 Thanks for posting these longer-form videos, I really enjoy them!
I've started to read more this year, and I really enjoyed Catch 22! I loved the absurdity and the sudden changes in atmosphere that would happen throughout the book, definitely recommend!
I originally subscribed for the books and I’m still here for the books. Glad you still upload these, I love them. The skits are also great. I didn’t expect them to get as popular as they did.
love the book video. in 2023 i got back into reading, mostly via audiobook since i drive a lot so it’s accessible for me. by far my favorite book i read last year was song of achilles. such beautiful prose and such a compelling narrative i couldn’t stop with it once i started. friday black was also excellent at showing what anthologies are capable of, there were so many distinct narratives unified by common themes
I actually first came to your channel for the book content, and stayed for the skits. Although mainly I liked the fantasy book coverage and the like and not these more "serious" books, for lack of a better word. Still, I appreciate you keeping to your guns and not submitting to the algorithm, even though I kinda feel bad for not being into these videos lol, however irrational that may be.
This was great because I don’t follow any readers/book tubers who read the same kind of novels and detective/mystery books you do. It’s always great to hear from someone discussing a genre you aren’t as familiar with, and hearing someone with that taste/perspective talk about other genres too.
The Al Gore Rhythm hit me with this and I couldn't be happier. I've been subbed for over a year now, and only just now am getting into all your book stuff. Thanks for all the great content, reviews, recommendations, etc. huge fan here :)
Finished Neuromancer by William Gibson some weeks ago, would recommend. Got confused with a bunch of the in-world terminology but for me that drew me in even further
I loved Neuromancer! Before that, I hadn't read much sci fi even though I loved a lot of sci fi movies. Neuromancer got me to give sci fi books a shot again, though I don't think much of the ones I've read since have really lived up to it: Snow Crash is on my shelf waiting for me to finish my current book I'm reading, though, and I have high hopes for it.
Also would recommend Neuromancer. However, don’t stop there, I recommend cont zero and Mona Lisa overdrive even more. They have brilliant prose, interesting, real feeling, gritty characters, and very human stories.
You're the reason My amazon "save for later" list is clogged with books from the parker series (waiting for that "when I can afford it" time of my life like a carrot on a stick) cuz the video you made talking about its strengths and why you like it REALLY sold me on it. Thank you for talking about books!
Never stop posting about books. I read 'Five Decembers' this year because of one of your earlier videos, loved it. My favorite read in 2023 was definitely 'East of Eden'
I wasn’t sure if you were going to make a joke about Balzac and I apologize for momentarily doubting you. Having just finished Jim Thompson’s Pop. 1280, and loving it, i’m excited for a bunch of these recs. Thanks man
I love your viral bite sized content but really miss the book review content. I really value your insight and you're earlier video's re-inspired my love for reading. Thank you for the video!
I’m a big fan of your book recommendation videos. I found you through the silly ha ha videos but honestly now I’m staying for the book content. You have so many recommendations that my friends and I are starting a book club. ✨
I can't thank you enough for your book videos. They've really helped me get into reading again when I was in a terrible slump of wanting to read but simply not knowing where to start. I especially liked 5 Decembers and Wuthering heights ❤️
0:22 had me gagging. i've seen your short videos before and love those, but i didnt know you made reading videos! subscribing for sure, you're real fun :))
As someone who had to read Pere Goriot for my History class, I do have to say it’s probably my third favorite novel I’ve read for school. I was pleasantly surprised to see you loving it in this year of 2023.
I'm writing a crime novel set in the 60s. So, I've been reading lots and lots of crime novels written back then. You probably already read these, but I wanted to mention a couple: Roseanna by Sjöwall and Wahlöö, End of the Night by John MacDonald. BTW, unrelated, but if you haven't read Evenson's Last Days, I think you'd dig it.
After finding out about brandon sanderson thanks to your content and a guy mentioning it on stream i started binging through his works. Finished mistborn era 1 stormlight 1 2 2.5 3 and today i finished dawnshard now waiting for sa4 to arrive Thank you for introducing me to such a great author
This year I really loved John Darnielle's books, Devil House, Wolf in White Van, and Universal Harvester. I also really enjoyed learning about cells from Song Of The Cell, but I don't think I can name a fact that I retained. Gave up on a lot of stuff before finishing this year, and I ended up reading way less than normal. Thank you for book talk
Good picks. I hit 103 books last year. Don’t ask me how, but I can recommend a few: The Power Broker (Caro) Abbadon’s Gate (Corey) American Taboid & Perfidia (Ellroy) Out of Sight (Leonard) Fer-De-Lance (Stout) Slow Horses (Herron) Elantris (Sanderson)
@@ManCarryingThingYeah the characters in Ellroy’s books require a lot of patience. They’re almost all complete shitbags, but that’s kind of the point. I recommend starting with the LA Quartet, especially the Big Nowhere.
Honestly love that every once in awhile you just talk about books - much as I enjoy the meme content, it means a lot that you have something you're passionate about outside the algorithm. Just a shot in the dark here, but since you made that Ghibli video, I imagine you saw the Boy and the Heron? Have you considered reading the book that inspired it, How Do You Live? It has nothing to do with the film but it's a great quick read, the kind of book I wish I'd read as a kid. Many thanks for being a legend, and for never missing~
My favourite book I read last year is North American Lake Monsters. I had forgotten how great short stories could be. Although the book is labelled as horror and some parts are spooky, they are more about humans and how we are motivated by love and fear. Really recommend!
I really appreciate you doing the book reviews! I know your short videos perform better, but you've proven to be the most enjoyable critic I've encountered. My favorite book in 2023 (which I still haven't finished) is Peter H. Wilson's "The 30 Years War". Although it's a large history book, its proven to be approachable, allowing the reader to enjoy learning about the characters and foibles of a destructive period, highlighting the efforts towards peace and the disastrous personal squabbles that lead to war. 851 pages of text but well worth the time. (Helps to have some geography skills though)
Man Carrying Books. From the library. to read. just some books that looked cool. I read almost every Cosmere novel by Brandon Sanderson (including Stormlight Archive) after I was introduced to him by your videos. I then started Wheel of Time by immediately buying the first three books of the series. I'm still on the first book, but I'm enjoying it so much! Reading so much fantasy inspired me to write my own novel, and I'm now halfway through the first draft. Keep carrying books!
Love that you’re such a champion for the Parker novels. Would love to hear if you’ve ever seen any of the movies. Tarantino said that “Heat” is the best non-official Parker movie, with De Niro being Parker obviously.
Thanks a lot for your books videos, it's always so great to see them, to find some new things to read! McMurtry is going to be translated into my language this year, so hope I'll read it (and the best one in 2023 was Ghosts of my life by Mark) Fisher)
It was a good year for reading, I would say top four would be Valis by Philip K. Dick, Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers and Three Tales by Gustave Flaubert, although "A Simple Heart" was definitely my favorite of those.
I love these book reviews they have helped me reignite my passion involving books. I am also and still will be waiting for that dragon ball video you mentioned the last long form book episode.
My favorite novels I read in 2023 were Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon and Steinbeck's East of Eden. My favorite non-fiction were CLR James' The Black Jacobins and Vincent Bevins' If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution. I've been very interested in McMurtry since seeing the film adaptation of Last Picture Show, would love to give his novels a shot this year. Your list appears to be mostly fiction, I'm curious if you have an interest in any nonfiction/what kind?
Nice review! Definitely would love to read Old Goriot and Moving On. Richard Parker series sounds good too! My favorites lasy year were The Importance of Being Ernest, Convenience Store Woman, The God of Small Things, Indelicacy, Anne of Green Gables and Pride and Prejudice.
Tbh I stopped watching your book reviews once you stopped WOT, because that’s one of the few book series I’ve read. However I stayed for the funnies and memes and while I don’t watch your new book reviews, it makes me happy to see you go back to where it all started with the books
Coming back to this video a few months later to gush about how much I loved Matthew Scudder-which I began after the recommendations in this video. I blitzed through the first five books on audio-going through a range of different narrators. Ultimately, eight million ways to die was read by Lawrence Block himself. I was unsure of it at first, but I grew to love the performance he gave. Anyway, Scudder is really excellent-add that one to the Parker novels as another excellent recommendation of extremely dated crime fiction endorsed by this channel ;P Something about tales of sobriety always hit real close to home. Infinite Jest did a gorgeous job with the topic (haven’t read the second half yet), but I think that Eight Million Ways to Die was even better. The ending wrecked me-and I did not expect to love Jan King as much as I did. Thank you for sharing your recommendations! I always love seeing these videos because I know I’m about to learn about interesting books!
Very grateful that you got me to tackle the stormlight archive. What a journey! Have you heard of/ read Cloud Atlas? A very cool structure that doesn't overextended unto a gimic, and 6 totally different intertwined stories that I haven't been able to stop thinking about since. And if you want a smaller character focused read Cannery Row by Steinbeck is a new favorite of mine this year Happy new year!
not mancarryingthing but cloud atlas is on my shelf and I've never touched it. I'll give it a read after my current book on your recommendation! thanks boss.
Oh I’ve only ever seen your fun, short sketches. I had no idea you did so many book reviews! Loved this video! I think my favorite book from this year has to be Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet. Just a great historical fiction!
I appreciate the literary content a lot. I know you're mostly doing commentary, but I really do like it. I hope this video does well and your channel keeps growing!
I read Children of Time this year and it was an amazing sci fi novel, great concepts and an amazing way of creating a story that stretches over generations. Not only that, I got to meet Adrian Tchaikovsky and he was super cool and very insightful on his writing process
My favorite I read this year was The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni translated by Michael F. Moore. A classic of Italian literature that never really saw any success outside of Italy, it stands up there with Les Miserable as one of the most human stories I have ever read
I read Infomocracy and A Psalm for the Wild-Built this year and they’re now my two favorite series. The library at my university only has science fiction books so I am forced to only read scifi. It’s a good thing I love scifi but I do feel like I’m failing to explore literature properly.
@@ManCarryingThing It’s because they took out all the books like 7 years ago or so when they re-did the library cus they were like “kids these days don’t read.” They made it all study space. But then some people complained so they were like “oh you’re a bunch of geeks (mostly a stem school) so you’ll like this” and they brought back all the science fiction books from the warehouse. There’s a ton of classic scifi there I’ve found like old fashioned check out slips with stamps from the 50s. I mean they’re falling apart but it’s fun to see.
Always love the book videos, Mr Thing. My favorites I read in 2023 were the Melancholy of Resistance, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Anna Karenina (hot take), and I reread a lot of my favorite fantasy like the Buried Giant, Piranesi, and the Earthsea books.
you know i wihs youd make more book videos again even tho i know they probably take longer to make and stuff. Im always here for them. Best books ive red this year are probably the Malazan books but also the Murderbot diaries, suprisingly good. Wanna dip into older Fantasy this year (Elric of Melnibone, Black company, etc) this year but i think im gonna throw Old Goriot and Moving on in to the mix cause they sound fun.
I can imagine these videos perform poorer than the others, but I still appreciate that you make them. Please never stop making them.
he started with these, and i actually subscribed for this and for the others without knowing they're one channel lol
I found his channel because of the comedy but got fully captivated by the book talk! Hope he does more :)
What this guy said.
Thirded!
I'll prob enjoy them more when I learn to read :)
Love it when we got a serious book video from the boy, feels like a rare treat. He does such a great job talking through each novel without just giving a plot synopsis.
thanks!
He's not a boy, he's a man! And not just any other man, he's one who carries thing.
@@ManCarryingThing Is there going to be a song of Susannah review soon?
A book rewiew on the book rewiew channel? He never misses, the Absolute Legend.
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I LOVE when you post longer videos about books! I'm an aspiring author so I try to read a lot. In 2023 I read 59 books, and I so look forward to adding some of your favorites to my reading list this year. I wonder if our tastes will align at all. Happy New Year Mr. Carrying Thing!
How do you read that much dude
Don't you do anything else
@@DOG_EATER_1887 I read around 1 hour every day. In 2023 I was able to read 62 books. So even if you don't have time and can only spare 30 minutes a day / 1hr on the weekends, you can also read around 30. It's not so much about having a lot of free time but being smart with it
@@DOG_EATER_1887If you find books you like to read it's easy to read one every week. ( also granted you don't read door stoper after door stoper, THAT would take a lot of time) I probably read fourty books last year and I've already gotten through two starting fresh this year
@@DOG_EATER_1887 I read very fast in general (think 800-1k words per minute) which helps, but the main thing is that I love reading. I have time to play video games, make music, do art, and most important WRITE, but reading is a hobby I prioritize over most since I want to be an author.
@@DOG_EATER_1887 It really depends on the books you read and the size of them. Also .. how you count them lol.. E.g. Let's say you want to read some Moorcock and decide to buy the Elric Saga vol 1. There are 4 books in that one book. But each of those books is comprised of 3 smaller books or so. So did you read one large Elric book? Vol 1 of the Elric saga? Or did you read 4 Elric books? Or ... did you read 12 elric books?
It can take you a month to read a very large complex book or series. It might take you a few days to finish a 200 page novella that reads a lot easier or isn't as complex. Or maybe you just don't care enough to read it very analytically and are more reading mindlessly for leisure. If you're reading mistborn or something more accessible like that you might fly through the text. If you're reading the book of the new sun you might take 3 times as long with each page.
gotta love how after man carrying things success making silly funny videos about the plankton farts and dies cinematic universe, he still goes back to his roots of books. truly legendary.
Always love your book videos. You've got a unique perspective and style and these really encourage me to read as much as I used to
thanks!
I read less than 50 books this year as well! My Goodreads goal for 2023 is sobbing
how in any way do you think thats a low number? Thats amazing, i barely got 27 and im amazed with myself
Hi. I just wanted to thank you for continuing to release videos like this, which are as much fun as your sketches. I am from Russia and thanks to your videos I can learn spoken English in practice. So, thank you and have a nice day.
that's awesome, thanks!
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Honestly missed these kinds of videos from you! Great stuff.
I reread Watership Down and it's still my favorite book. Sometimes, I just open up a chapter I like and read and I think I enjoyed that even more than reading all the way through again.
im too scared to read it lol
The license plates on my car say HRUDUDU. Only one person so far has known what it means.
@@ManCarryingThingIt's an incredible book. I was worried it would be really sad but what I got was something akin to Lord of the Rings with rabbits.
@@YoobikI'm assuming it's about a Watership going down? Would that be an all-encompassing, accurate, synopsis?
Please *never* stop doing these videos! Your book reviews are so insightful and I have actually used them when I'm seeking new recommendations!
Thanks for making this books videos. I have a hard time reading books, but every time i see one video from you i get an urge to read, you are really good at saying what you like. Keep up the good work
I honestly wish you'd upload this stuff a biiit more often, but I do enjoy the skits. You've got some good, interesting picks here. I've been wanting to read McMurtry for a while now. Might get to that this year.
My favourite thing I read this year is Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe, and I think it's something you'd really like. Four books, all pretty small considering they're sci-fi/fantasy books, densely packed with themes, with the absolute best prose I've ever read in genre fiction. I had no idea writing could be this atmospheric.
I find your book content to be some of the most refreshing on UA-cam, at least among the pages I’ve experienced. A mixture of your taste in literature and your way of articulating your thoughts and feelings on the books. Love it.
I don't read a ton (damn college), but my favorite from this year would be the Scholomance trilogy by Naomi Novik
yeah turns out graduating was the best thing for my reading life
I love your picks! It's so much more different from the usual books you see recommended on Booktube.
I really appreciate that these aren't all books that came out in 2023, just books you read in 2023.
EVERYONE SHOULD READ MORE BALZAC!
If you don't already know much about the author or his interconnected "Human Comedy" (a late 19th century Cinematic Universe, but literary... and good...), I recommend you look into him/it. Unfortunately, finding *complete* editions these days is difficult (not to mention pricey), but even if you only manage to hit the major novels of the set, the experience is rewarding.
No kidding I was just going through your book playlist yesterday, itching for a new one!
Finally a real Man Carrying Things video. I can add even more books to the ever growing list I'll never read.
My personal favorite was The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Perfectly matches my humor
I read that this year too! I recommend Terry Pratchett's books for similar humor if you haven't heard of him.
One of my favourites as well. If you haven't you should definitely read the whole trilogy (αll 5 books)
the feeling i get when man carrying thing uploads a book review is kinda like the one you get when you're watching your favourite cartoon character in his brand new full length movie
I also read Père Goriot for the first time in 2023 and it ranked high on my year-end list. Your commentary is a perfect summary of what makes Balzac’s writing timeless.
Great list! I'm a big fan of Honoré De Ballsack btw
I recently started Dracula by Stoker & although it's wordy, it also has this unique atmosphere & a strange kind of humor. My favorite book from last year was probably A Separate Peace by John Knowles, which was such a bittersweet & thoughtful novel that really makes you question morality, intent, & the impermanence of friendships.
I haven't been able to read as much as I wanted due to college work, but in my upcoming spring semester alone, I'm required to read 4 books, including The Iliad & The Epic of Gilgamesh, 2 classics I'm excited to dive into. Hopefully this will get me back into the groove bc I have a whole shelf waiting to be read.
finally got to killers of the flower moon and man, couldn’t put that one down. i think the cover has a nyt review that’s like “historical writing with the urgency of a crime novel” and that sums it up really well, i saw it before watching scorsese’s version and thought the film did it justice, but man that book is good
I need to read this. One of many on my 'to read' pile.
Hey! I bought Le Père Goriot (in French as I speak it) after hearing your review. I work in a small library and we have used books and I found it there with a little pamphlet that analyses the writing, there’s even pictures and drawings and news articles relating to the book in it! So thanks for a recommandation!
You rock man, thank you for the recommendations!
Any time!
I subscribed for the comedy skits but this video was a pleasant surprise for someone aiming to read more books this year!
Used to read a lot and barely read anything during the pandemic. Last year i finally got a good year in again. I also read Detransition, Baby. I think it's my favourite book that i read last year, but my opinion isnt yet fully formed, the book is still lingering in my brain in the background, still processing it.
loved that book!
I honesty love your content about books
I always forget you’re a booktuber and get surprised each time you post one of these video
Glad to see you still making book-related videos. The meme videos are great, but these and the conversation videos about movies on the Woman carrying man channel are my favorites of this "carrying" universe. :D My favorite books I read last year were Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (sci-fi) and Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (fantasy). Huge recommendations for both of them!
I just discovered this side of your channel and wow!! I like the way you describe the books , i put father gorio on my list it seems like a very interesting book
Finally read the Stormlight Archive this year after so many friends had recommended Sanderson, really loved it (and desperately waiting for Stormlight 5). Your Stormlight sitcom series was awesome by the way, would love to see it return in some form!
thanks!
Thanks for the recommendations! My suggestion is always Machado de Assis, in case you are not already familiar. Amazing Brazilian author, specially "The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas", love that book.
And the authors history is pretty interesting well as a mixed race man in times of slavery in Brazil.
I know your videos for the short quips they tell, but I enjoy your long form remarks to show the depth of what goes into your quip length vids.
Thanks for sharing them. Balzac might be famous one day because of this review. You have me intrigued by Linda, and I think it might just get shoved to the head of the long cue.
Love ❤ this! Thank you!
Hey man. Thanks for these book recommendations. I love hearing people talk about things that they read an enjoyed.
I keep telling myself I need to read Father Goriot. I read Crime and Punishment for the first time this year, and started a spiral into all of Dostoevsky's works that I have yet to crawl out of. I think Goriot has been mentioned in every, single, preface to a Dostoevsky book I've read so far. Glad to hear you enjoyed it so much. I guess I have to add it to the list for 2024 properly.
Also read Les Miserables for the first time this year and I think I'm just never emotionally recovering. 11/10.
I discovered your channel while looking for reviews for Butcher's crossing (probably one of my best books of the year). Its just so great to hear you talk about books. Please keep it on!
My favorite book I read this year was Americanah (might be one of my favorite books ever). Also reread Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy which is always a treat 😄 Thanks for posting these longer-form videos, I really enjoy them!
I've started to read more this year, and I really enjoyed Catch 22! I loved the absurdity and the sudden changes in atmosphere that would happen throughout the book, definitely recommend!
I originally subscribed for the books and I’m still here for the books. Glad you still upload these, I love them. The skits are also great. I didn’t expect them to get as popular as they did.
love the book video. in 2023 i got back into reading, mostly via audiobook since i drive a lot so it’s accessible for me. by far my favorite book i read last year was song of achilles. such beautiful prose and such a compelling narrative i couldn’t stop with it once i started. friday black was also excellent at showing what anthologies are capable of, there were so many distinct narratives unified by common themes
I actually first came to your channel for the book content, and stayed for the skits. Although mainly I liked the fantasy book coverage and the like and not these more "serious" books, for lack of a better word. Still, I appreciate you keeping to your guns and not submitting to the algorithm, even though I kinda feel bad for not being into these videos lol, however irrational that may be.
This was great because I don’t follow any readers/book tubers who read the same kind of novels and detective/mystery books you do. It’s always great to hear from someone discussing a genre you aren’t as familiar with, and hearing someone with that taste/perspective talk about other genres too.
The Al Gore Rhythm hit me with this and I couldn't be happier. I've been subbed for over a year now, and only just now am getting into all your book stuff. Thanks for all the great content, reviews, recommendations, etc. huge fan here :)
Finished Neuromancer by William Gibson some weeks ago, would recommend. Got confused with a bunch of the in-world terminology but for me that drew me in even further
too scared to read that, maybe one day
I loved Neuromancer! Before that, I hadn't read much sci fi even though I loved a lot of sci fi movies. Neuromancer got me to give sci fi books a shot again, though I don't think much of the ones I've read since have really lived up to it: Snow Crash is on my shelf waiting for me to finish my current book I'm reading, though, and I have high hopes for it.
@@SIDEKICKDUSTY god you've reminded me I MUST read Neal Stephenson's Eves again AND Snowcrash... Time to start procrastinating my new books
Also would recommend Neuromancer. However, don’t stop there, I recommend cont zero and Mona Lisa overdrive even more. They have brilliant prose, interesting, real feeling, gritty characters, and very human stories.
You're the reason My amazon "save for later" list is clogged with books from the parker series (waiting for that "when I can afford it" time of my life like a carrot on a stick) cuz the video you made talking about its strengths and why you like it REALLY sold me on it. Thank you for talking about books!
Never stop posting about books. I read 'Five Decembers' this year because of one of your earlier videos, loved it. My favorite read in 2023 was definitely 'East of Eden'
enjoy the lack of music in this one, feels just like a fun hang
I wasn’t sure if you were going to make a joke about Balzac and I apologize for momentarily doubting you. Having just finished Jim Thompson’s Pop. 1280, and loving it, i’m excited for a bunch of these recs. Thanks man
I unironically suggest the Paul Street Boys by Ferenc Molnár. It is an english version of the hungarian version, and it's really great.
I don't even read that much but I follow this channel for your passionate reviews like this. And the skits are funny too!
I love that you do these please keep it up! This is my favorite part of your content.
I love your viral bite sized content but really miss the book review content. I really value your insight and you're earlier video's re-inspired my love for reading. Thank you for the video!
I’m a big fan of your book recommendation videos. I found you through the silly ha ha videos but honestly now I’m staying for the book content. You have so many recommendations that my friends and I are starting a book club. ✨
I can't thank you enough for your book videos. They've really helped me get into reading again when I was in a terrible slump of wanting to read but simply not knowing where to start. I especially liked 5 Decembers and Wuthering heights ❤️
0:22 had me gagging. i've seen your short videos before and love those, but i didnt know you made reading videos! subscribing for sure, you're real fun :))
As someone who had to read Pere Goriot for my History class, I do have to say it’s probably my third favorite novel I’ve read for school. I was pleasantly surprised to see you loving it in this year of 2023.
Really enjoy your book videos, Carrying Thing Man™️. Hope you can sprinkle some more of them this year between your lovely skits !
I'm writing a crime novel set in the 60s. So, I've been reading lots and lots of crime novels written back then. You probably already read these, but I wanted to mention a couple: Roseanna by Sjöwall and Wahlöö, End of the Night by John MacDonald. BTW, unrelated, but if you haven't read Evenson's Last Days, I think you'd dig it.
After finding out about brandon sanderson thanks to your content and a guy mentioning it on stream i started binging through his works. Finished mistborn era 1 stormlight 1 2 2.5 3 and today i finished dawnshard now waiting for sa4 to arrive Thank you for introducing me to such a great author
Thank you for still being a book channel while also being the most important channel about SOCIETY
This year I really loved John Darnielle's books, Devil House, Wolf in White Van, and Universal Harvester. I also really enjoyed learning about cells from Song Of The Cell, but I don't think I can name a fact that I retained. Gave up on a lot of stuff before finishing this year, and I ended up reading way less than normal.
Thank you for book talk
I read Five Decembers last year on your recommendation... and really enjoyed it! Thank you)
Far better than I thought it could be
Videos like this are why I’m subbed. Never stop 🙌🏻
Good picks. I hit 103 books last year. Don’t ask me how, but I can recommend a few:
The Power Broker (Caro)
Abbadon’s Gate (Corey)
American Taboid & Perfidia (Ellroy)
Out of Sight (Leonard)
Fer-De-Lance (Stout)
Slow Horses (Herron)
Elantris (Sanderson)
great picks - tried getting into American Tabloid recently, but was put off by the style and characters - might have to try a different ellroy
@@ManCarryingThingYeah the characters in Ellroy’s books require a lot of patience. They’re almost all complete shitbags, but that’s kind of the point. I recommend starting with the LA Quartet, especially the Big Nowhere.
his book reviews always get me so excited even though that's literally what his channel was originally for jkdahkshd
Honestly love that every once in awhile you just talk about books - much as I enjoy the meme content, it means a lot that you have something you're passionate about outside the algorithm.
Just a shot in the dark here, but since you made that Ghibli video, I imagine you saw the Boy and the Heron? Have you considered reading the book that inspired it, How Do You Live? It has nothing to do with the film but it's a great quick read, the kind of book I wish I'd read as a kid.
Many thanks for being a legend, and for never missing~
My favourite book I read last year is North American Lake Monsters. I had forgotten how great short stories could be. Although the book is labelled as horror and some parts are spooky, they are more about humans and how we are motivated by love and fear. Really recommend!
I LOVE your books videos! (From Italy with love)
I really appreciate you doing the book reviews! I know your short videos perform better, but you've proven to be the most enjoyable critic I've encountered.
My favorite book in 2023 (which I still haven't finished) is Peter H. Wilson's "The 30 Years War". Although it's a large history book, its proven to be approachable, allowing the reader to enjoy learning about the characters and foibles of a destructive period, highlighting the efforts towards peace and the disastrous personal squabbles that lead to war. 851 pages of text but well worth the time. (Helps to have some geography skills though)
Man Carrying Books. From the library. to read. just some books that looked cool.
I read almost every Cosmere novel by Brandon Sanderson (including Stormlight Archive) after I was introduced to him by your videos. I then started Wheel of Time by immediately buying the first three books of the series. I'm still on the first book, but I'm enjoying it so much! Reading so much fantasy inspired me to write my own novel, and I'm now halfway through the first draft. Keep carrying books!
Thank you for the insightful reviews! I'm trying to get back into reading books. Hadn't heard of the Parker series. Excited to start!
watched for the shorts. Subscribed for the book content.
this information is truly life changing
Love that you’re such a champion for the Parker novels. Would love to hear if you’ve ever seen any of the movies. Tarantino said that “Heat” is the best non-official Parker movie, with De Niro being Parker obviously.
Bro returned with book videos and thought we wouldn't notice
Thanks a lot for your books videos, it's always so great to see them, to find some new things to read!
McMurtry is going to be translated into my language this year, so hope I'll read it
(and the best one in 2023 was Ghosts of my life by Mark) Fisher)
Finally got around to reading Butcher's Crossing based on your recommendation... great book!
It was a good year for reading, I would say top four would be Valis by Philip K. Dick, Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers and Three Tales by Gustave Flaubert, although "A Simple Heart" was definitely my favorite of those.
I love these book reviews they have helped me reignite my passion involving books. I am also and still will be waiting for that dragon ball video you mentioned the last long form book episode.
My favorite novels I read in 2023 were Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon and Steinbeck's East of Eden. My favorite non-fiction were CLR James' The Black Jacobins and Vincent Bevins' If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution. I've been very interested in McMurtry since seeing the film adaptation of Last Picture Show, would love to give his novels a shot this year. Your list appears to be mostly fiction, I'm curious if you have an interest in any nonfiction/what kind?
Nice review! Definitely would love to read Old Goriot and Moving On. Richard Parker series sounds good too! My favorites lasy year were The Importance of Being Ernest, Convenience Store Woman, The God of Small Things, Indelicacy, Anne of Green Gables and Pride and Prejudice.
Never stop making book content! We love your other more popular content but this is where you shine. This is the true you, not the "internet you"
Tbh I stopped watching your book reviews once you stopped WOT, because that’s one of the few book series I’ve read. However I stayed for the funnies and memes and while I don’t watch your new book reviews, it makes me happy to see you go back to where it all started with the books
Coming back to this video a few months later to gush about how much I loved Matthew Scudder-which I began after the recommendations in this video. I blitzed through the first five books on audio-going through a range of different narrators. Ultimately, eight million ways to die was read by Lawrence Block himself. I was unsure of it at first, but I grew to love the performance he gave.
Anyway, Scudder is really excellent-add that one to the Parker novels as another excellent recommendation of extremely dated crime fiction endorsed by this channel ;P
Something about tales of sobriety always hit real close to home. Infinite Jest did a gorgeous job with the topic (haven’t read the second half yet), but I think that Eight Million Ways to Die was even better. The ending wrecked me-and I did not expect to love Jan King as much as I did.
Thank you for sharing your recommendations! I always love seeing these videos because I know I’m about to learn about interesting books!
Very grateful that you got me to tackle the stormlight archive. What a journey!
Have you heard of/ read Cloud Atlas? A very cool structure that doesn't overextended unto a gimic, and 6 totally different intertwined stories that I haven't been able to stop thinking about since.
And if you want a smaller character focused read Cannery Row by Steinbeck is a new favorite of mine this year
Happy new year!
Cloud Atlas is one of my all time favorites too!
not mancarryingthing but cloud atlas is on my shelf and I've never touched it. I'll give it a read after my current book on your recommendation! thanks boss.
Oh I’ve only ever seen your fun, short sketches. I had no idea you did so many book reviews! Loved this video! I think my favorite book from this year has to be Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet. Just a great historical fiction!
I appreciate the literary content a lot. I know you're mostly doing commentary, but I really do like it. I hope this video does well and your channel keeps growing!
I read Children of Time this year and it was an amazing sci fi novel, great concepts and an amazing way of creating a story that stretches over generations. Not only that, I got to meet Adrian Tchaikovsky and he was super cool and very insightful on his writing process
My favorite I read this year was The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni translated by Michael F. Moore. A classic of Italian literature that never really saw any success outside of Italy, it stands up there with Les Miserable as one of the most human stories I have ever read
I love love love these videos never stop making book videos I literally only care about them still because i watch your videos on them.
I read Infomocracy and A Psalm for the Wild-Built this year and they’re now my two favorite series. The library at my university only has science fiction books so I am forced to only read scifi. It’s a good thing I love scifi but I do feel like I’m failing to explore literature properly.
at your university? that's funny, usually the sci-fi situation is dismal
@@ManCarryingThing It’s because they took out all the books like 7 years ago or so when they re-did the library cus they were like “kids these days don’t read.” They made it all study space. But then some people complained so they were like “oh you’re a bunch of geeks (mostly a stem school) so you’ll like this” and they brought back all the science fiction books from the warehouse. There’s a ton of classic scifi there I’ve found like old fashioned check out slips with stamps from the 50s. I mean they’re falling apart but it’s fun to see.
Always love the book videos, Mr Thing. My favorites I read in 2023 were the Melancholy of Resistance, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Anna Karenina (hot take), and I reread a lot of my favorite fantasy like the Buried Giant, Piranesi, and the Earthsea books.
you know i wihs youd make more book videos again even tho i know they probably take longer to make and stuff. Im always here for them.
Best books ive red this year are probably the Malazan books but also the Murderbot diaries, suprisingly good. Wanna dip into older Fantasy this year (Elric of Melnibone, Black company, etc) this year but i think im gonna throw Old Goriot and Moving on in to the mix cause they sound fun.
These always help me pick out new books for me to read so thanks for that :) these videos are great