I love the diversity in your reading habits. I cherish the fact that you mix Stephen King, classics, and a multitude of other genres. Keep being you brother!
Some great recommends for 2025! My top 10 favorites of this year not ranked: 1. A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles 2. Martyr - Kaveh Akbar 3. Trust - Hernan Diaz 4. The Heart’s Invisible Furies - John Boyne (this could be my favorite) 5. James - Percival Everett 6. Prince of Tides - Pat Conroy (reread) 7. Atonement - Ian McEwan 8. Rules of Civility - Amor Towles 9. A History of Loneliness - John Boyne 10. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou It was a great year of reading for me. Among other things, I discovered my new favorite author, John Boyne. He’s written enough books to keep me very busy next year. Happy New Year!
I taught F451 for years. A few fun facts. One- Bradbury wrote it in 9 days. Two- He wrote it in the basement of the basement of the UCLA library. Three- In the library basement he rented a typewriter, and total cost was $9.80 to write the book. I just remember teaching my 14-15 year old students those facts helped make an impact on the impressiveness of the story. Plus, they loved taking his tech descriptions and finding what they have that was similar in idea.
Very happy to have found your channel a few weeks ago. Not much of a booktube watcher, but I am a huge reader and your channel is very positive and entertaining. Happy reading.
I read Recursion because you and your wife spoke so highly of it! Most gripping book I've read all year, started it on a plane and nearly finished it by the time I landed 😂
Great list Ian! I have every interest in reading the majority of the books you had here. I didn't read much this year, but most of what I did get in were, fortunately, wonderful reads for me. Like you, I also read both 11/22/63 (this being my 1st King book, loved it!) and Fahrenheit 451 (great!!!). The best of the others were: 1. Billy Summers (after seeing your review, I decided to read it, also loved it) 2. I Am Legend by Richard Matheson 3. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (story told through the eyes of the family dog, Enzo) 4. IQ by Joe Ide 5. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Thank you for inspiring me to continue reading Crime and Punishment; after I read that I'm moving on to the Brothers! Have a great new year, Ian! I look forward to continue watching and reading along in 2025!
My Top 10 for 2024 has to be Fyodor dostoevsky: notes from underground Philip fracassi: boys in the valley Fredric Brown: Martian's go home Victor lavalle: the devil in silver Robert Harris: Munich Alan Dean Foster: outland Brian McClellan: promise of blood Leopoldo Gout: Piñata David Wellington: Paradise-1 Pat Frank: Alas Babylon.❤
Great video, Ian! This year I discovered Claire Keegan, an Irish author. I've read two of her books (novellas, I guess): Small Things Like These and Foster. Both are very short and you can read them quickly. But they made me head immediately to the bookshop and biuy more of her works. Beautiful writing and the stories are touching and stay with you.
My favourite books of 2024 East of Eden - John Steinbeck Family Lexicon - Natalia Ginzburg Pereira Maintains - Antonio Tabucchi The Razor's Edge - W Somerset Maugham The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford A Canticle for Leibowitz - Walter M Miller Jr. Macbeth - William Shakespeare Say Nothing - Patrick Radden Keefe Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte The Right Stuff - Tom Wolfe
As a fan of horror, I can say my best read this year was: - Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. The eeriness just increases until the explosive unforgettable end. - Years ago I read a different Ayn Rand book that still lives rent free in my mind: The Fountainhead. A student of architecture is expelled from school for clinging to his beliefs regarding innovative architecture. It's the independent thinker versus the comformist. There are no guns used here, but it is a war of idealists. So good.
What a sophisticated and cool list! I got my eyes set on Fahrenheit 451 as much as i dont like classics, this one is intriguing🧐 “Surely nothing could top Dark Matter right?” I thought and then came Recursion😂❤
I’ve had The Karamaxov Brothers sitting on my self for a while. I bought it at a local book store not really know much about it but this video has definitely lit a fire underneath me to read it.
The Volkonsky/Pevear translation was brilliant. A crappy translation can really put people off. And since some of the older translations are out of copyright they get reprinted in nice editions which is a real con.
Let me just be clear that this has been my first of being a reader. I haven’t read anything willingly in years. So out of the 21 books I’ve read here is my top 10. 1. The Green Mile 2. The Lies of Locke Lamora 3. Golden Son 4. The Shadow of the Gods 5. Before They Are Hanged 6. The Shining 7. Mistborn 8. The Hobbit 9. The Blade Itself 10. Last Argument of Kings
10 - read that this past year. 9 - definitely on my list 8 - not sure if I’ll get into this one this coming year; maybe someday 7 - read that when I was 13; my favorite Crichton book is Sphere. 6 - a sci fi writer who’s new to me? Sign me up. 5 - I haven’t read anything from Pat Conroy and would like to see what he’s about. 4 - Will probably pass on this one, at least for a while. 3 - LOVE this book; I read it several years ago. 2 - Yes, excellent book. Also read this one several years ago. 1 - Only ever heard of it from your other video, but I love the enthusiasm for it, so it’s going on the short list for 2025.
My top 10 books of 2024: 1. Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman (now my favorite book of all time). 2. The Gentleman From Peru by André Aciman 3. Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto 4. After Dark by Haruki Murakami 5. Recursion by Blake Crouch (I thank you and your wife for this recommendation 🙏). 6. The Will of the Many by James Islington 7. The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley 8. The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennet (audiobook) 9. Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio 10. A Master of Djinn by P. Djélí Clark
What a great reading year, love that you have so many classics on this list!! I can’t wait to read Recursion and The Count of Monte Cristo in 2025 and would love to read The Brothers Karamazov at some point as well. My top 10 of 2024 (in no particular order): Tress of the Emerald Sea, Six of Crows, Words of Radiance, Seven Days in June, Piranesi, Just For the Summer, The Things We Cannot Say, Remarkably Bright Creatures, The God of the Woods, and Beartown (really that whole series though)!
I'm halfway through Recursion and feel like its too similar to Dark Matter but with less humour, I would dnf if i weren't so far in 😭 My top 5 this year: 5. Lovely War, Julie Berry 4. You Let me In, Camilla Bruce 3. The Phantom of the Opera, Leroux 2. Held, Anne Michaels (I think you and your wife would love this!) 1. The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wilde Thank you for all your recs, much love to you and your family for the new year 💖
I enjoyed Farenheit 451, but I must having read Orwell's 1984, they are incredibly similar, not identical, but they portrary very similar themes and messages. Both great books. Loved them both.
I did a video on my top ten… but here it is. 10: Murder on the Orient Express 9: Three Musketeers 8: Enders Game 7: Poetry of Lucy Maud Montgomery 6: Yumi and the Nightmare Painter 5: The Blythes are Quoted 4: Mistborn 3: Seabiscuit 2: Lightbringer 1: Rhythm of War
Hands down, my number one facorite book EVER is „Julia“ by Sandra Newman. It´s the feminist retwlling of Orwell’s 1984 and dare I say, Newman outshines Orwell. The story and execution is GENIUS! I legit started giggling and kicking my feet whenever she drew parallels between her book and Orwell‘s cause of how genius and epic it felt. Parallels both in the story and in the writing itself. Plus I feel like Julia was able to capture the essence of this dystopian world way better than 1984 (i think this is because she offers way more different perspectives on this world). I dont wanna give away much, but the ending fully satisfied me
My top 10 📚 10. The Gathering by C J Tudor 9. The Lost Future of Pepperharrow by Natasha Pulley 8. The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turnton 7. This is how you lose the time war 6. 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie 5. Jurassic Park by Michael Critchton 4. Recursion by Blake Crouch 3. The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley 2. 11/22/63 by Stephen King 1. All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
Just added a ton of classics to my TBR been doing a ton of fantasy and sci fi past 2 years and needed to get some classics read! Thank you for the recommendations
As a classics reader i love how this list shows reading classics isnt scary, there is a reason why they are classics and you can find the classic for you no matter what genre you like to read. Im not a fast reader so here a rating of most of my 2024 reads 1.the count of monte cristo (my new comfort book) 2.the master and margarita (probably better than the count tbh) 3.project hail mary 4.a streetcar named desire 5.the stranger 6.jamila 7.a dolls house 8.good omens (not a classic but im the hitchhickers guide fan so) 9.scapegoat 10.the seagull And what didnt make the cut? 1984, the way of kings part 1, sunrise over hell (extremly recommanded if you want to learn about the holocaust but i couldnt rate it, also trigger warning for everyrhing it really goes into details..) and some other small books.
my top 10 of 2024 10.schoolgirl by osamu dazai 9.mary an awakening of terror by nat cassidy 8.the phantom of the opera by gaston leroux 7.the four winds by hannah kristen 6.intermezzo by sally rooney 5.almond by wonpyung sohn 4.tuesdays with morrie by mitch albom 3.the count of monte cristo by alexandre dumas 2. giovanni's room by james baldwin 1.the sword of kaigen by m.l. wang i read a mixture of genres so mine is all over the place LOL. honorable mentions would be just for the summer by abby jimenez & diavola by jennifer marie thorne
Lovely list Ian, I need to read The Count of Monte Christo and I read 11.22.63 because of you and it was SO GOOD. Also watched the show shortly after with James Franco. Excellent stuff. Please keep this length of your beard, it's very charming xD
Gosh…gotta make “read more classics” for my fourth goal of 2025. I own quite a collection but I rarely pick them up. I guess I got my fill in post secondary minoring Lit.
I've got a recommendation for you, "The Memoirs of Cleopatra", by Margaret George. There are many books about her both fiction and non-fiction. This is the best one I've found. It's long but worth the time. There was even a mini series based on this in 1999. Her rise to power and family drama is a informerative background for her famous romances with Caesar and Marc Anthony. Her relationship with Marc Anthony was beautifully written and so tragic. I think you'll enjoy this. Love your channel 😊
My top books are not many… A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (please please make a vlog about this one, ist’s lifechanging) The bookthief by Markus Zusak The End of loneliness by Benedict Wells Talking at night by Claire Daverley Edit: Oh and Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
One of my favorite reads this year was the scythe trilogy. I haven’t heard many people talk about it but I love the storyline and the characters. It’s YA but in my opinion it’s so good and more people should read it lol
F451! I've taught this book so many times over the last 15 years. More and more relevancy as time moves by. I'm about 25% into Gone With the Wind (film is one of my faves), and I will say, Scarlett is not my favorite, but her portrayal in the book is much richer than the film even though Vivien Lee did a phenomenal job. Sadly, 11/22/63 is the 2nd Stephen King book I DNFd this year; maybe it's just the wrong time for me.
Im just now getting back into reading so I more have a top 3. Count of Monte Cristo The Father’s Tale- Michel D O’Brien Island of the World- Michael D O’Brien It makes me sad that I can only find one video on here reviewing Michael D O’Brien. He is superb. More people need to look him up and read some of his books.
There is only one book that i can recall that really infuriated me after reading and that book was Moby D. I liked atlas shrugged even if i think it could have bin 500 pages shorter. If you liked that book i would recomend Robert Kroese - Titan, it's easyer to read and a way faster phase. Farenheit 451 would have bin a bit higher on the list if i made it but i'm glad it made it at all. I have tried reading the brothers Karamazov in the past but i think i stopped somewhere around the first 50 pages, maybe I will give it another try soon.
I'm a big fan of your channel as well as your sweet little wife's channel too. You've almost persuaded me to read several of these books (Count of Monte Cristo, Gone with the Wind, The Karamazov Brothers). I've had them downloaded to my Kindle for over a year now. I'd be interested to know, should you watch the movie, Gone With the Wind how it compares to the book. In most cases the book is always better. I confess, I've only watched parts of the movie back when I was younger. Having watched your video about the book I'm thinking of getting it on my Kindle. Wishing you and yours a very happy bookish New Year!
I’m surprised you didn’t mention The Stand. I was sure it would be in your top ten somewhere. You could do a video of honorable mentions. That would be fun!
Happy New Year. I guessed number 1 & 2 easy. I have Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy as my starting point. Guess my favourite books from last year would be The World According to Garp by John Irving, Night Road by Kristin Hannah and Any Human Heart by William Boyd
My recommendation will always be... House of Leaves!!! But Guards! Guards! is also a FANTASTIC book. I think you'd like Terry Pratchett and his Discworld series. Guards! Guards! is perfect for when you just need a fun break from everything. Much love to you and Ashlynn, Ian! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and I'm looking forward to watching in the new year!
Yo Ian! I’m 16 (love your work) and want to read a Steven King book. Problem is he is a adult writer…sooooooo I was wondering if there was one of his books that you think I might be able to read!
I read my first ever Dostoevsky this week and didn't love it. Notes from Underground... perhaps I started with the wrong book? Any recommendation for what I should try next... if I dare to continue?
I would say Crime and Punishment is a must for Dostoevsky. I know with the Russian authors translation matters. I have found I enjoy Constance Garnett’s translations. So, maybe give her a shot if you haven’t already??
Hi mann I'm not sure if u remember me but I read pet sematary, green mile and night shift it was amazing so I would like to ask u what I should read next .....I also kinda wanted to start the castle rock stuff and I really want to read needful things aswell so pls give me a few recommendations
Thanks for the breakdown! Could you help me with something unrelated: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?
I have a top 5 so far: The Devil In Pew Number Seven All The Dangerous Things Consistently Inconsistent The Collected Regrets of Clover These Silent Woods
A few of my favorites from this year were Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident by Donnie Eichar, Every Word You Never Said by Jordon Greene, and Listen by Rene Gutteridge.
You seem to be one of the few UA-camrs who will read the classics. Thank you.
Just in case you don't know them already, you should give Benjamin McEvoy, Tristan and the Classics, Emmie, and CarolynMarieReads a try. 🙂
I love the diversity in your reading habits. I cherish the fact that you mix Stephen King, classics, and a multitude of other genres. Keep being you brother!
@@AnSe902 yessss!!!
Some great recommends for 2025! My top 10 favorites of this year not ranked:
1. A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
2. Martyr - Kaveh Akbar
3. Trust - Hernan Diaz
4. The Heart’s Invisible Furies - John Boyne (this could be my favorite)
5. James - Percival Everett
6. Prince of Tides - Pat Conroy (reread)
7. Atonement - Ian McEwan
8. Rules of Civility - Amor Towles
9. A History of Loneliness - John Boyne
10. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou
It was a great year of reading for me. Among other things, I discovered my new favorite author, John Boyne. He’s written enough books to keep me very busy next year. Happy New Year!
A gentleman in Moscow is my fav of the year
I loved the hearts invisible furies. Such an amazing book. Read it a couple years ago and Still think about it ❤
I just absolutely love that you read classics and the big ones at that! I just love that you read stuff that I don’t see anywhere else!
I love that you're not consumed by the fresh releases like so many other booktubers. Thank you for the recs!
I am spending my holidays reading “gone with the wind “❤ Loving It❤
I taught F451 for years. A few fun facts.
One- Bradbury wrote it in 9 days.
Two- He wrote it in the basement of the basement of the UCLA library.
Three- In the library basement he rented a typewriter, and total cost was $9.80 to write the book.
I just remember teaching my 14-15 year old students those facts helped make an impact on the impressiveness of the story.
Plus, they loved taking his tech descriptions and finding what they have that was similar in idea.
You single handedly set my TBR for 2025.
I wish you could see the smile on my face as you said “it wouldn’t be an Ian Gubeli video if…” 😁
Very happy to have found your channel a few weeks ago. Not much of a booktube watcher, but I am a huge reader and your channel is very positive and entertaining. Happy reading.
I read Recursion because you and your wife spoke so highly of it! Most gripping book I've read all year, started it on a plane and nearly finished it by the time I landed 😂
Great list Ian! I have every interest in reading the majority of the books you had here. I didn't read much this year, but most of what I did get in were, fortunately, wonderful reads for me. Like you, I also read both 11/22/63 (this being my 1st King book, loved it!) and Fahrenheit 451 (great!!!). The best of the others were:
1. Billy Summers (after seeing your review, I decided to read it, also loved it)
2. I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
3. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (story told through the eyes of the family dog, Enzo)
4. IQ by Joe Ide
5. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
I literally just bought Fahrenheit 451 today, and it's the first book recommended by Ian. I think it was ment to be
Thank you for inspiring me to continue reading Crime and Punishment; after I read that I'm moving on to the Brothers!
Have a great new year, Ian! I look forward to continue watching and reading along in 2025!
My Top 10 for 2024 has to be
Fyodor dostoevsky: notes from underground
Philip fracassi: boys in the valley
Fredric Brown: Martian's go home
Victor lavalle: the devil in silver
Robert Harris: Munich
Alan Dean Foster: outland
Brian McClellan: promise of blood
Leopoldo Gout: Piñata
David Wellington: Paradise-1
Pat Frank: Alas Babylon.❤
Video idea! Tier rank all the Stephen king books you’ve read!! I’d LOVE to see that video!
Great video, Ian! This year I discovered Claire Keegan, an Irish author. I've read two of her books (novellas, I guess): Small Things Like These and Foster. Both are very short and you can read them quickly. But they made me head immediately to the bookshop and biuy more of her works. Beautiful writing and the stories are touching and stay with you.
My favourite books of 2024
East of Eden - John Steinbeck
Family Lexicon - Natalia Ginzburg
Pereira Maintains - Antonio Tabucchi
The Razor's Edge - W Somerset Maugham
The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford
A Canticle for Leibowitz - Walter M Miller Jr.
Macbeth - William Shakespeare
Say Nothing - Patrick Radden Keefe
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
The Right Stuff - Tom Wolfe
Pereira Maintains was fantastic.
As a fan of horror, I can say my best read this year was:
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. The eeriness just increases until the explosive unforgettable end.
- Years ago I read a different Ayn Rand book that still lives rent free in my mind: The Fountainhead. A student of architecture is expelled from school for clinging to his beliefs regarding innovative architecture. It's the independent thinker versus the comformist. There are no guns used here, but it is a war of idealists. So good.
What a sophisticated and cool list! I got my eyes set on Fahrenheit 451 as much as i dont like classics, this one is intriguing🧐
“Surely nothing could top Dark Matter right?” I thought and then came Recursion😂❤
The best classic of all time the Count of Monte Cristo!!!
I’ve had The Karamaxov Brothers sitting on my self for a while. I bought it at a local book store not really know much about it but this video has definitely lit a fire underneath me to read it.
It’s an absolute marvel of a book!
The Volkonsky/Pevear translation was brilliant. A crappy translation can really put people off. And since some of the older translations are out of copyright they get reprinted in nice editions which is a real con.
Let me just be clear that this has been my first of being a reader. I haven’t read anything willingly in years. So out of the 21 books I’ve read here is my top 10.
1. The Green Mile
2. The Lies of Locke Lamora
3. Golden Son
4. The Shadow of the Gods
5. Before They Are Hanged
6. The Shining
7. Mistborn
8. The Hobbit
9. The Blade Itself
10. Last Argument of Kings
10 - read that this past year.
9 - definitely on my list
8 - not sure if I’ll get into this one this coming year; maybe someday
7 - read that when I was 13; my favorite Crichton book is Sphere.
6 - a sci fi writer who’s new to me? Sign me up.
5 - I haven’t read anything from Pat Conroy and would like to see what he’s about.
4 - Will probably pass on this one, at least for a while.
3 - LOVE this book; I read it several years ago.
2 - Yes, excellent book. Also read this one several years ago.
1 - Only ever heard of it from your other video, but I love the enthusiasm for it, so it’s going on the short list for 2025.
My top 10 books of 2024:
1. Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman (now my favorite book of all time).
2. The Gentleman From Peru by André Aciman
3. Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
4. After Dark by Haruki Murakami
5. Recursion by Blake Crouch (I thank you and your wife for this recommendation 🙏).
6. The Will of the Many by James Islington
7. The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley
8. The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennet (audiobook)
9. Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio
10. A Master of Djinn by P. Djélí Clark
What a great reading year, love that you have so many classics on this list!! I can’t wait to read Recursion and The Count of Monte Cristo in 2025 and would love to read The Brothers Karamazov at some point as well.
My top 10 of 2024 (in no particular order): Tress of the Emerald Sea, Six of Crows, Words of Radiance, Seven Days in June, Piranesi, Just For the Summer, The Things We Cannot Say, Remarkably Bright Creatures, The God of the Woods, and Beartown (really that whole series though)!
The way I have been so patiently waiting for this list 🤗🤩
I'm halfway through Recursion and feel like its too similar to Dark Matter but with less humour, I would dnf if i weren't so far in 😭 My top 5 this year:
5. Lovely War, Julie Berry
4. You Let me In, Camilla Bruce
3. The Phantom of the Opera, Leroux
2. Held, Anne Michaels (I think you and your wife would love this!)
1. The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wilde
Thank you for all your recs, much love to you and your family for the new year 💖
I enjoyed Farenheit 451, but I must having read Orwell's 1984, they are incredibly similar, not identical, but they portrary very similar themes and messages. Both great books. Loved them both.
I did a video on my top ten… but here it is.
10: Murder on the Orient Express
9: Three Musketeers
8: Enders Game
7: Poetry of Lucy Maud Montgomery
6: Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
5: The Blythes are Quoted
4: Mistborn
3: Seabiscuit
2: Lightbringer
1: Rhythm of War
Solid! Is #2 Lightbringer from the Red Rising saga??
@ yup
I love your channel! You have given me some great recommendations to take me into 2025.
Hands down, my number one facorite book EVER is „Julia“ by Sandra Newman. It´s the feminist retwlling of Orwell’s 1984 and dare I say, Newman outshines Orwell. The story and execution is GENIUS! I legit started giggling and kicking my feet whenever she drew parallels between her book and Orwell‘s cause of how genius and epic it felt. Parallels both in the story and in the writing itself. Plus I feel like Julia was able to capture the essence of this dystopian world way better than 1984 (i think this is because she offers way more different perspectives on this world). I dont wanna give away much, but the ending fully satisfied me
Happy early new year . New year of books
My top 10 📚
10. The Gathering by C J Tudor
9. The Lost Future of Pepperharrow by Natasha Pulley
8. The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turnton
7. This is how you lose the time war
6. 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
5. Jurassic Park by Michael Critchton
4. Recursion by Blake Crouch
3. The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley
2. 11/22/63 by Stephen King
1. All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
11/22/63 is one i want to get to. I loved The Measure this year.
Just added a ton of classics to my TBR been doing a ton of fantasy and sci fi past 2 years and needed to get some classics read! Thank you for the recommendations
As a classics reader i love how this list shows reading classics isnt scary, there is a reason why they are classics and you can find the classic for you no matter what genre you like to read.
Im not a fast reader so here a rating of most of my 2024 reads
1.the count of monte cristo (my new comfort book)
2.the master and margarita (probably better than the count tbh)
3.project hail mary
4.a streetcar named desire
5.the stranger
6.jamila
7.a dolls house
8.good omens (not a classic but im the hitchhickers guide fan so)
9.scapegoat
10.the seagull
And what didnt make the cut? 1984, the way of kings part 1, sunrise over hell (extremly recommanded if you want to learn about the holocaust but i couldnt rate it, also trigger warning for everyrhing it really goes into details..) and some other small books.
my top 10 of 2024
10.schoolgirl by osamu dazai
9.mary an awakening of terror by nat cassidy
8.the phantom of the opera by gaston leroux
7.the four winds by hannah kristen
6.intermezzo by sally rooney
5.almond by wonpyung sohn
4.tuesdays with morrie by mitch albom
3.the count of monte cristo by alexandre dumas
2. giovanni's room by james baldwin
1.the sword of kaigen by m.l. wang
i read a mixture of genres so mine is all over the place LOL. honorable mentions would be just for the summer by abby jimenez & diavola by jennifer marie thorne
Thanks for convincing me this year to read a Stephen King book. I loved it so much, and will be reading more of him in 2025!
112263 was the first Stephen King I read. Awesome, I have the Brothers Karazamov in my TBR. THANK YOU for wonderful videos.
This is my TBR for next year. I was the 300th like!!!
My favorite reaction to Atlas Shrugged was when Angela Collier gave it a 4 out of 5 because she thought it was satire.
That is the funniest thing I have ver heard a gone say about that book!😂 it really feels satirical at times!
Lovely list Ian, I need to read The Count of Monte Christo and I read 11.22.63 because of you and it was SO GOOD. Also watched the show shortly after with James Franco. Excellent stuff. Please keep this length of your beard, it's very charming xD
We dont read the same genre but im having fun watching your videos, i bought stephen king's books just to try it out
❤📚📚❤️
Great top 10!
Jurassic Park is the book that got me back into reading as an adult. 👍
Gosh…gotta make “read more classics” for my fourth goal of 2025. I own quite a collection but I rarely pick them up. I guess I got my fill in post secondary minoring Lit.
I've got a recommendation for you, "The Memoirs of Cleopatra", by Margaret George. There are many books about her both fiction and non-fiction. This is the best one I've found. It's long but worth the time. There was even a mini series based on this in 1999. Her rise to power and family drama is a informerative background for her famous romances with Caesar and Marc Anthony. Her relationship with Marc Anthony was beautifully written and so tragic.
I think you'll enjoy this.
Love your channel 😊
My top books are not many…
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (please please make a vlog about this one, ist’s lifechanging)
The bookthief by Markus Zusak
The End of loneliness by Benedict Wells
Talking at night by Claire Daverley
Edit:
Oh and
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Thanks I never see anyone on UA-cam read the classics.
the count of monte cristo was so great
Jurassic park is on my 2025 TBR. I MUST get to it after being obsessed with the movies for so long😂
just ordered the brothers Karamazov because of your review! Would love to see you read 100 years of solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez!
One of my favorite reads this year was the scythe trilogy. I haven’t heard many people talk about it but I love the storyline and the characters. It’s YA but in my opinion it’s so good and more people should read it lol
F451! I've taught this book so many times over the last 15 years. More and more relevancy as time moves by. I'm about 25% into Gone With the Wind (film is one of my faves), and I will say, Scarlett is not my favorite, but her portrayal in the book is much richer than the film even though Vivien Lee did a phenomenal job. Sadly, 11/22/63 is the 2nd Stephen King book I DNFd this year; maybe it's just the wrong time for me.
Im just now getting back into reading so I more have a top 3.
Count of Monte Cristo
The Father’s Tale- Michel D O’Brien
Island of the World- Michael D O’Brien
It makes me sad that I can only find one video on here reviewing Michael D O’Brien. He is superb. More people need to look him up and read some of his books.
11/22/63 my favorite book of all time! Fantastic list!
I’m about a hundred pages in with Brothers and I’m having trouble! I’ll try to keep going.
There is only one book that i can recall that really infuriated me after reading and that book was Moby D. I liked atlas shrugged even if i think it could have bin 500 pages shorter. If you liked that book i would recomend Robert Kroese - Titan, it's easyer to read and a way faster phase.
Farenheit 451 would have bin a bit higher on the list if i made it but i'm glad it made it at all.
I have tried reading the brothers Karamazov in the past but i think i stopped somewhere around the first 50 pages, maybe I will give it another try soon.
If you liked Jurassic Park you HAVE to read The Lost World! Somehow it manages to be even better
I'm a big fan of your channel as well as your sweet little wife's channel too. You've almost persuaded me to read several of these books (Count of Monte Cristo, Gone with the Wind, The Karamazov Brothers). I've had them downloaded to my Kindle for over a year now. I'd be interested to know, should you watch the movie, Gone With the Wind how it compares to the book. In most cases the book is always better. I confess, I've only watched parts of the movie back when I was younger. Having watched your video about the book I'm thinking of getting it on my Kindle. Wishing you and yours a very happy bookish New Year!
I’m surprised you didn’t mention The Stand. I was sure it would be in your top ten somewhere. You could do a video of honorable mentions. That would be fun!
Okay despite the terrifying size, I’m convinced to read the count of Monte Cristo, my dad read it when he was a teenager so there’s that lol
You should do a video reading of as many of the books from the book ban.
Thank you for recognizing truly great fiction. I am baffled by reviewers whose favorite books are things I would classify as beach reads.
Happy New Year. I guessed number 1 & 2 easy. I have Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy as my starting point. Guess my favourite books from last year would be The World According to Garp by John Irving, Night Road by Kristin Hannah and Any Human Heart by William Boyd
Going to have to read a few of those.
Check out some other Crichton books, it's worth it!
Very interesting list by the way.......
Finally the bland isn't your favorite!!!😅
Been waiting for this.
Gotta read east of eden
Oh he WAS NOT humming Gracie Abram’s 😂😂😂
Reading Gone with the Wind now 720 pages into it and Scarlett is still sooo awful lol but I love this story so much
My recommendation will always be...
House of Leaves!!!
But Guards! Guards! is also a FANTASTIC book. I think you'd like Terry Pratchett and his Discworld series. Guards! Guards! is perfect for when you just need a fun break from everything.
Much love to you and Ashlynn, Ian! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and I'm looking forward to watching in the new year!
merry Post Christmas Ian. Hope you two had a great time with family. Thank you for the video, I NEED A BOOB idea. Ty.
11/22/63 amazing I’m rereading it in 2025
Great books 📖
Recommendations on translation for Monte Cristo?
Robin Buss is the all time great translation!
Yo Ian! I’m 16 (love your work) and want to read a Steven King book. Problem is he is a adult writer…sooooooo I was wondering if there was one of his books that you think I might be able to read!
I read my first ever Dostoevsky this week and didn't love it. Notes from Underground... perhaps I started with the wrong book? Any recommendation for what I should try next... if I dare to continue?
I would say Crime and Punishment is a must for Dostoevsky. I know with the Russian authors translation matters. I have found I enjoy Constance Garnett’s translations. So, maybe give her a shot if you haven’t already??
@iangubeli good to know, thank you for the reply and for the recs! Have a happy new year
Plssssss read East of Eden by John Steinbeck!
Literally finished crime and punishment today
Hi mann I'm not sure if u remember me but I read pet sematary, green mile and night shift it was amazing so I would like to ask u what I should read next .....I also kinda wanted to start the castle rock stuff and I really want to read needful things aswell so pls give me a few recommendations
Yess 3 min gang!
Thanks for the breakdown! Could you help me with something unrelated: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?
I’ve watched Jurassic park films… is it still worth reading the book even though I’ve seen the films ??
Yay! Jurassic Park rocks. The movie is good but the book is always better. I can't think of a movie that's better than the book
But ok now I want to read Atlas Shrugged!
It’s worth the struggle😂
Ok but no. 1 and 2 are Brothers Karamazov and Count of Monte Cristo
I have a top 5 so far:
The Devil In Pew Number Seven
All The Dangerous Things
Consistently Inconsistent
The Collected Regrets of Clover
These Silent Woods
I'm curious as to what your top 10 of all time would be and how many Stephen King s would be on it😂
Wait have you not watched Jurassic park the movie?!
Too bad #10 is literally banned in some schools lol
first 4 mins
A few of my favorites from this year were Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident by Donnie Eichar, Every Word You Never Said by Jordon Greene, and Listen by Rene Gutteridge.