25 Books to add to my 77 best book list

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  • @Salazar28
    @Salazar28 День тому +38

    You've been blessed by the UA-cam algorithm! It's heartwarming to see that you've been motivated to keep going.

  • @truedream8331
    @truedream8331 14 годин тому +4

    2:58 Tim O’Brien - The Things They Carried
    3:46 Vasily Grossman - Everything Flows
    4:21 John Hersey - Hiroshima
    4:57 Ernest J. Gaines - A Lesson Before Dying
    6:08 Frederick Manfred - Lord Grizzly
    7:00 Joshua Cohen - The Netanyahus
    7:46 Kazuo Ishiguro - The Remains of the Day
    8:38 Naguib Mahfouz - The Thief and the Dogs
    9:20 Louise Erdrich - The Night Watchman
    10:17 José Donoso - The Obscene Bird of Night
    11:15 Abdulrazak Gurnah - Paradise
    11:51 Maxine Hong Kingston - China Men
    12:31 Giuseppe Ungaretti - Allegria
    12:51 Jhumpa Lahiri - Interpreter of Maladies
    13:22 Barry Cunliffe - Europe Between the Oceans
    13:57 Sergei Lebedev - Oblivion
    14:38 Ernest Hemingway - The Old Man and the Sea
    15:17 Carlo Rovelli - What Is Time? What Is Space?
    16:30 João Cabral de Melo Neto - Education by Stone
    17:02 Boubacar Boris Diop - Murambi: The Book of Bones
    17:26 John Irving - A Prayer for Owen Meany
    18:18 Yan Lianke - The Years, Months, Days
    19:04 Brian Fagan - The Little Ice Age
    19:31 Brian Doyle - Mink River
    20:15 Italo Calvino - Cosmicomics

  • @Chiewkovsky
    @Chiewkovsky 10 годин тому +3

    Sir, what makes your videos so charming is first and foremost your diverse and exquisite taste on books you've read, secondly it's undoubtedly your warm personality. With my humble opinion, I'd very much like to hear about a little piece of history of you reading any particular book, like how you came about certain books, how did it make you feel after you read them and have you ever change your opinions on certain books? Anything. It'll make the videos even more lively and interesting! Thank you so much for sharing nonetheless. Cheers!

  • @pink3408
    @pink3408 День тому +28

    your vids are so comforting and as a 17 yr old its so great to finally see a diverse set of book rec🩶.I was so sick of the same books being recommended.

    • @oldmanandtheread
      @oldmanandtheread  День тому +19

      Thank you for your very kind words. I agree with you and that is the reason I started my channel. I wanted to bring attention to all of the incredible books that the vast majority of readers never read.

    • @pink3408
      @pink3408 День тому +2

      @@oldmanandthereadand I appreciate that, thankyou ☺️

  • @pmcv1874
    @pmcv1874 День тому +11

    Do a video going through of your shelves! I want to see the collection

  • @muhlenstedt
    @muhlenstedt День тому +12

    I am so glad about a new video! Thank you!🎉❤

  • @SsıradanOokur
    @SsıradanOokur 23 години тому +6

    You give me faith that if we don’t give up it will eventually be okay. Keep sharing your experiences for the young folks cause it’s so valuable

  • @mariaquintino1670
    @mariaquintino1670 20 годин тому +3

    I absolutely love your video. Love that they’re books that i haven’t heard of. My list of books to get is forever growing. Yours channel is a gem. Hard to find booktubers that shows different books. Their channel is no different from the next. Same books over and over. Please continue this great content. Thank you 😊

  • @madhumitasingh7220
    @madhumitasingh7220 13 годин тому

    I love how diverse your book selection are … I am from India and loved to see Salman Rushdie and Jhumpa Lahiri on the list ❣️

  • @Haneko20
    @Haneko20 День тому +3

    Already read three of you suggestions 🥰 after seeing "The Shadow Of the Wind" in your list just won me over! It's been a joy reeding your favs! Thank you so much for sharing :)

  • @leonardbonea9944
    @leonardbonea9944 11 годин тому

    Whoa, another video, another great book recommendations!!!
    Thank you!!! ❤️

  • @trainorsue
    @trainorsue 6 годин тому

    Thank you!!! It's so nice to have so many recommendations and I'm glad you're continuing with your videos

  • @lisaplummer8144
    @lisaplummer8144 17 годин тому

    Diverse collection. Concise and descriptive reviews. Heaven! Glad you didn't throw in the towel!!

  • @tekstar78
    @tekstar78 День тому +4

    Thank you so much for the good reading ideas. I’m really glad I found your channel !

  • @madhumitasingh7220
    @madhumitasingh7220 13 годин тому

    So many great recommendations, please make as many videos you can. 🙌🏻

  • @2morepages
    @2morepages День тому +3

    Keep them coming, I wrote some of your recommendations in my TBR list ❤

  • @Knuuut
    @Knuuut День тому +4

    Thanks for the recommendations, ive found a few next reads in your video already. Would be super interested in your top 25 sci fi novels!

  • @sillysalmon933
    @sillysalmon933 День тому +2

    I’m so happy to see more, I absolutely love this content and i’d love to see more!! Maybe it’d be nice to see you share some wisdom or stories from your life. Your soul is just so venerate and intoxicating!

  • @adonisba
    @adonisba День тому +1

    I've never clicked on a video faster than I did on this one.
    whenever you decide to stop recording i just want to say i'm so glad i found your channel and have the pleasure of listening to you.
    until then I'm looking forward to new lists, books and your opinions
    one question: how many books you have in your home library? i bet it's thousands

    • @oldmanandtheread
      @oldmanandtheread  День тому +4

      Thank you, I plan on continuing for a while longer. I really don't know how many books I have. I have them scattered throughout the house but I'm sure it's in the thousands.

    • @adonisba
      @adonisba 12 годин тому

      @@oldmanandtheread man that sounds so great, you're living the dream... wish you all well, and see ya on the next video

  • @fadedflora
    @fadedflora День тому +1

    Clicked on this so fast! I've written down the names of so many of the books you mentioned in the other videos to check out. Thanks, Jerry! Keep em coming 😊

  • @lisaanneobeirne-vy7do
    @lisaanneobeirne-vy7do День тому +1

    Your lists give me fantastic ideas! Thanks for keeping going and not abandoning your channel. ❤

  • @josephinecarlson7198
    @josephinecarlson7198 День тому +2

    Glad to see another video from you! The remains of the day is one of my favorites! Can’t wait for your next video! Thanks for continuing!!

  • @Avisek2012
    @Avisek2012 3 години тому

    Yay yes please continue making videos, they are the best!

  • @ulengrau6357
    @ulengrau6357 День тому +1

    More new books! I also love to see the ones behind you because then when I see them at the library or bookstore, I'm more inclined to pull them off the shelf and give em a look.

  • @minervaselysium137
    @minervaselysium137 День тому +1

    god damn yes please CONTINUE

  • @hazeit
    @hazeit День тому +1

    Time to head to the bookstore again ! Thank you for sharing the books you've read and enjoyed with us

  • @zoemars1646
    @zoemars1646 19 годин тому +1

    Yay, new video!! You've become my main go to for unique recommendations, so many gems :)

  • @Dumballa
    @Dumballa 13 годин тому

    So happy you're continuing 😊
    That's quite a list, my friend. Many important reads of the 20th century.

  • @TetianaK
    @TetianaK День тому +4

    Thank you so much and please continue making your videos! Huge respect from Odessa, Ukraine)

  • @nsstafeeva
    @nsstafeeva День тому +1

    Thank you for the video! It'd be really exciting to hear your top book picks for different ages-like "20 books to read before 30" or something..😊

  • @LibroParadiso-ep4zt
    @LibroParadiso-ep4zt 15 годин тому

    Vasilly Grossman is becoming one of my favorite writers. Presently reading "Stalingrad" after having read "Life and Fate" and his other books including the one you showed. There a deep humanity to his work. He is able to find the inner sun in his characters and illuminate them for the reader in profound ways. Brilliant writer.

  • @theodoresorrow
    @theodoresorrow 18 годин тому

    I really loved listening to you talk about these books! This is the first of your videos that I’ve watched and I hope there will be many more! Cheers from England ❤️

  • @sarahbayo9730
    @sarahbayo9730 День тому +3

    love your book recs because most of these I have never even heard of. would you mind sharing your current reads?

  • @melissamcgovern1680
    @melissamcgovern1680 День тому +2

    YESSS! So excited to see another upload!

  • @anildamodaran
    @anildamodaran 17 годин тому

    I'm so glad you are keeping this channel alive!

  • @SwapnilKar-oz3ut
    @SwapnilKar-oz3ut 13 годин тому

    Pls sir continue your video because you provide us with different writings that we have never heard of and it creates enthusiasm and an array of joy to be able to read the books suggested by you btw love from India

  • @Willyi_8
    @Willyi_8 20 годин тому +1

    I'm a 16 years old, and yes, I love watching your recommendations. It's so wonderful, nowadays when book recommendations are all about those books which aren't that good and literally they have spolied the whole literature, you came to my youtube suggestion and l love how you talk about the books and I want to read the real books that you recommend not those books which are famous today for no reason,thank you so much sir 😊. Also, could you please recommend me a good book that I should read at this age, I'm confused about which book should I read first that you are recommending 😅

    • @oldmanandtheread
      @oldmanandtheread  13 годин тому +2

      Thank you for your very kind words. As you may have noticed, I'm an old man but I think I was about your age when I first read Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway and loved it. A few other books that come to mind are: Remembering Babylon by David Malouf, about a young cabin boy who was washed overboard from a ship and became stranded on the shores of the Australian outback, Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah about a young boy who was sold into servitude by his father to pay of a debt or another book that I consider my favorite book of all time The Whereabouts of Ennis McNulty by Sebastian Barry.

    • @Willyi_8
      @Willyi_8 13 годин тому +1

      @oldmanandtheread Thank you so much for this recommendations. I'll read them all ☺️

  • @tinychanyong
    @tinychanyong 20 годин тому

    Thank you for another video Jerry! ❤❤❤❤

  • @달리아-y2v
    @달리아-y2v 17 годин тому

    Lovely video and amazing recommendations, enjoyed it so much!!
    Would love to see a bookshelf tour from your amazing collection ☺️

  • @josianealbino1300
    @josianealbino1300 День тому

    Jerry, it’s a pleasure meeting you!!!
    Greetings from Brazil!!! Keep going please🎉

  • @akofficial1995
    @akofficial1995 18 годин тому

    These are amazing recommendations, thank you. Will start with Jhumpa Lahiri!

  • @pattybranchess6655
    @pattybranchess6655 День тому

    Glad to see you again. I'd love to watch videos dedicated to each author!!

  • @GertyMae
    @GertyMae 13 годин тому

    Thank you for more wonderful suggestions. Again you've given me some authors I've not heard of (the Sergei Lebedev looks good and is currently available as an ebook from my library), and some reminders of authors I've been meaning to get to (Calvino).

  • @restingglitchface2589
    @restingglitchface2589 День тому +5

    So funny, I just left a comment on your last video asking if you were still quitting given the success of your last video! I'm happy! 😊

    • @jennyyeh4730
      @jennyyeh4730 День тому

      I’m so happy you’re staying Jerry !!!!

  • @justinmartin7188
    @justinmartin7188 День тому +4

    You could always start similar series… categorizing down your favorites by genre or the like

  • @Rupsa_Bhattacharjee
    @Rupsa_Bhattacharjee День тому

    Thank you for the new video! We would also love in-depth book videos with a little bit on how you liked a book, why so, stories about your reading journey in life, and anecdotes (of course if that's something you want to share with the audience).

    • @oldmanandtheread
      @oldmanandtheread  День тому

      Thank you for your suggestion but I've found that there are many reviewers who are very good at giving in-depth discussions of books but I'm afraid I'm not one of them. I've found that if I try to talk too long about a book I tend to give away the whole story and spoil it for the reader.

  • @vadim3042
    @vadim3042 19 годин тому

    Glad to see you again 😊

  • @tomt998t
    @tomt998t День тому

    Thanks for forging ahead! Love your videos!!!

  • @jamgart
    @jamgart День тому

    Excellent, your video came at the right time for me today! Just when I needed it 😊

  • @Stephendunelunch
    @Stephendunelunch День тому +1

    I’m very happy you are continuing to make videos! You have incredible recommendations and I enjoy your channel a lot

  • @Lanadelslayyyyy
    @Lanadelslayyyyy День тому +1

    Love your book choices you are a very interesting person Jerry

  • @victoriah.2083
    @victoriah.2083 16 годин тому +1

    Yay! Another "last" list! I'm so GLAD you are back with more. I am writing down ALL yr recommendations. Don't know if I will ever get to them all. But I like knowing I have the "lists"! ❤❤❤❤❤❤📕📔📖📗📘

  • @Bella-bz6fi
    @Bella-bz6fi 18 годин тому

    Would love to see you go through your shelves and show us all the books you have a copy of !

    • @oldmanandtheread
      @oldmanandtheread  14 годин тому +1

      I've had several requests to make a video showing my shelves, but I would rather not get into making those types of videos. I think I'll just stick to talking about books I've read.

  • @daisylyn1000
    @daisylyn1000 23 години тому

    So happy for you and happy you are making more videos. Im tired of all the fake influencers pushing all the same crap. I value your opinions and recommendations because i know you are genuine and are actually sharing with us the books you enjoy. Cant wait for more videos. And i need to read Hiroshima, it sounds interesting! Thank you for continuing making videos ❤😊

  • @vladamaric9439
    @vladamaric9439 4 години тому

    Sir, you have an excellent taste for literature.

  • @katerinal.9379
    @katerinal.9379 День тому

    You can continue with your favourite authors as well! I love those videos too! I'd also like to know what you've been reading these days🥰

    • @oldmanandtheread
      @oldmanandtheread  День тому +1

      I would like to continue with that series, but my problem is that many of the writers I want to talk about are going to require me to reread some of the books because it's been so many years since I read most of them. That was my reason for attempting to end my channel, in the first place, because I wanted to read new books instead of the ones I've already read.

    • @cerenoksal1332
      @cerenoksal1332 22 години тому +1

      @@oldmanandthereadI would love to hear you talk about the new stuff you read :) Like “What I Read This Month” kinda videos

    • @katerinal.9379
      @katerinal.9379 20 годин тому

      @@oldmanandtheread that's okay, you can read new books and talk about them instead, we'd like that 😊

  • @mohammadasif5798
    @mohammadasif5798 22 години тому

    Yay!!! A new video from my favourite booktuber

  • @okonation
    @okonation День тому

    Ooh I would love to see a video about your January Reads

  • @restingglitchface2589
    @restingglitchface2589 День тому +1

    Some ideas:
    10 books that made me cry
    10 books that made me laugh
    10 books that surprised me
    10 books I read in one sitting
    10 books that blindsighted me
    10 best historical books I've read
    10 books I would save in a fire
    10 books that left me stunned
    10 books for beginner readers
    10 books for (theme) lovers
    10 books I missed sleep for

    • @markenad7271
      @markenad7271 19 годин тому

      Nice recommendations ❤💯

  • @fiverfrank
    @fiverfrank День тому

    lots to add to my reading list! thank you! love seeing each new video in my notifications

  • @MrXelanadru
    @MrXelanadru День тому

    Thank you for these books. My reading list, which is already big, has gotten bigger! :)

  • @ShadowFlutter
    @ShadowFlutter День тому

    Great to see another 25. Hey, I've got an idea. You Should feed the algorithm. I suggest 1,002 books to Read While You're Still Alive. At 25 a post, that should keep the algorithm happy. But you better be quick about it, or else someone might steal the idea. Well, that was fun. Keep them coming.

    • @oldmanandtheread
      @oldmanandtheread  День тому

      Great idea but I don't know if I want to continue with the channel through 1002 books, 25 at a time. I will, however, probably continue for a while with the 25 books at a time.

  • @RomeoTea1
    @RomeoTea1 10 годин тому

    thank you for sharing!

  • @markenad7271
    @markenad7271 19 годин тому

    I was discover you're channel too late sir...thank you for new vids!

  • @ksgtokgo
    @ksgtokgo День тому

    I read Ishiguro’s Nocturnes based on one of your previous videos. Excellent.

  • @carbonbiker
    @carbonbiker День тому

    Thank you, sir. I really enjoy your videos.

  • @chelseabailey7215
    @chelseabailey7215 День тому

    Aw I’m so happy to see you back again

  • @zack-apsalar-rake
    @zack-apsalar-rake 20 годин тому

    Thanks for the video 🎉

  • @mahbubrm2148
    @mahbubrm2148 23 години тому

    Next best si fi book list please 🥺❤️

  • @rebeccadavis5382
    @rebeccadavis5382 День тому

    It’s fascinating - have never thought of Hiroshima as essays. I read it as a 14 year old and found it to be much more like fiction

  • @jannahewitt
    @jannahewitt День тому

    i love this mini series! i relate to never being able to make up my mind and then thinking of better ideas after the fact 😅 i’m impressed by your will to not repeat authors, as well! once i find someone i like i seem to fixate on their work lol

  • @myluckycigarette
    @myluckycigarette 21 годину тому

    My fav youtuber ever, no doubt!

  • @pink3408
    @pink3408 День тому

    Vid ideas- My favourite books from Each Era, Books that made you laugh, cry and think and books you would tell your younger self to read. ⭐️

  • @harsshsingh
    @harsshsingh День тому

    And thanks to you i read Sebastian Barry's The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty and lovvvvved it.... please keep making videos...

  • @DesiCochraneOnline
    @DesiCochraneOnline 15 годин тому

    new favorite creator

  • @Peekay9
    @Peekay9 День тому

    Thanks for sharing. I have added (Everything Flows) to my wish list. It sounds fascinating.

  • @Maddiexz
    @Maddiexz День тому

    Yay new video!🎉

  • @justinmartin7188
    @justinmartin7188 День тому +4

    Woohoo, more uploads!!

  • @alexcagle-sanchez9041
    @alexcagle-sanchez9041 Годину тому

    We want more!

  • @kabeperry6774
    @kabeperry6774 7 годин тому

    KEEP ADDING BUDDU KEEO ADDING I NEED 50 that was suppose to make my extra 25 next week 😂

  • @waylan2454
    @waylan2454 22 години тому

    Are you going to go through with your video idea showcasing your favorite sci-fi books?

  • @michaelmcdermott2801
    @michaelmcdermott2801 5 годин тому

    Keep going!

  • @bndergltd3053
    @bndergltd3053 13 годин тому

    Have you read any books by William Kent Krueger? I especially love his “This Tender Land”.

    • @oldmanandtheread
      @oldmanandtheread  10 годин тому

      I haven't read anything by Krueger, but I definitely will, probably This Tender Land. Thank you for the suggestion.

  • @JG-hr8rl
    @JG-hr8rl День тому +3

    Let’s freaking go!!!

  • @nelsikegaming
    @nelsikegaming 23 години тому

    Keep going Jerry!

  • @jlmo3027
    @jlmo3027 День тому

    Great to see a new video

  • @jamesgeraghty1659
    @jamesgeraghty1659 День тому

    Amazing!

  • @mariaradulovic3203
    @mariaradulovic3203 17 годин тому

    Of course we need channels like yours, YT is full of sold booktubers praising newly published awful books.

    • @oldmanandtheread
      @oldmanandtheread  14 годин тому

      Thank you, I agree, that's why I started my channel.

  • @Kromenyahoo
    @Kromenyahoo День тому

    My guy 🔥

  • @serradabocaina
    @serradabocaina День тому

    The Old Man and The Sea ❤ Keep on moving Jerry!

  • @patrickbayard8934
    @patrickbayard8934 6 годин тому

    You should recommendation by genre

  • @armchairgeneral576
    @armchairgeneral576 День тому

    Yeeeeeeah he is back!!!

  • @heyitsme6943
    @heyitsme6943 День тому +3

    hi Jerry!

  • @ShadowFlutter
    @ShadowFlutter День тому

    PS: How many books do you have in your library?

  • @amdog5055
    @amdog5055 День тому

    Don’t be coy, keep adding to the list

  • @GenghisKhan-r1g
    @GenghisKhan-r1g День тому

    Ay look who's back

  • @GomesGabriel84
    @GomesGabriel84 День тому

    YES YOU ARE BACK

  • @pedroo_matos
    @pedroo_matos 4 години тому

    LETS GOOO HE'S BACKKKK

  • @okonation
    @okonation День тому

    Library Tour!

  • @reaganwiles_art
    @reaganwiles_art День тому

    thanks