@@bigork2099 Nathaniel Philbrick’s In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex was the true story of Moby Dick! It was excellent and an easy read. I think they made a movie of this book with one of the Hemsworth brothers.
@@bigork2099 I'd say the Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun books are tough. They are readable in a way but only when I got the companion book by Michael Andre-Driussi it made me realize I hadn't really understood anything.
@@ibrahimchaiben8127Its missing Blood Meridian and he had McCarthy on his list. I did not see anything from Dostoevsky either and he is the greatest fiction writer ever according to many. But its his list and he did homage to his favorites and never said it was the greatest 100, just HIS greatest 100.
Very interesting. Some of my all time Favorites (that you did not mention) : In Cold Blood-Truman Capote, The Lords of Discipline-Pat Conroy, The Night House-Jo Nesbo, Red Rabbit-Alex Grecian, Furness-Muriel Gray, The Tomorrow File-Lawrence Sanders, The Old Man’s War-John Scalzi, Primal Fear-William Diehl, On Writing-Stephen King, Nick Cutter-The Troop, No Exit-Taylor Adams, Silence of the Lambs-Thomas Harris, Deliverance-James Dickey, American Psycho-Bret Easton Ellis, Mighnight Cowboy-James Leo Herlihy, All Quiet on the Western Front-Erich Remarque, Flowers for Algernon-Daniel Keyes
Great list ! Really enjoyed hearing your thoughts on these favorites, our taste is very similar but I have only dipped a toe into the waters of my reading journey compared to you. Many added to my Want to Read list! The Book Thief made me cry as well, a rare feat. Loved A Gentleman in Moscow, All the Light, The Road, so many more on here, and am currently reading Lonesome Dove and blown away by McMurtry's epic. Cheers
I'm blown away from all the different genres! No hate from me on The DaVinci Code! That book is dope! It's a funny story that when that came out, and I bought it for my friends mom as a gift, not knowing what it was about. She loved to read, and I'd heard all the buzz about it, and she was legit mad. I read just fantasy books at the time, but she refused to take it so I read it and fell in love with it!
I just found your channel via my revived love for King. The Stand has been my favorite since I read it. I am looking for others to read both King and not. There are several here that sound interesting. Thanks for this.
Brian thank you for your enthusiasm and personality. I came to this video like I have many of your review video's looking for book purchase ideas for my 87 year old father in Pasadena. He does my taxes for free every year and I purchase dozens of books for him at xmas and his birthday in June. This is a terrific way to always have something Non-Political to talk to him about throughout the year. You have thus played a part in helping me to maintain a terrific relationship with my beloved father. Thanks and all the best to you.
Bro, Thank you. Because of you, I read more! And more good stuff since I pick titles right from your shelves. Including Donaldson's Gap Series. A great author at his peak, and some of the best reading I've enjoyed.
Well i have to say I share a lot of the top books that you mentioned. Lonesome Dove is my favorite book of all time. You mentioned several that I never heard of and quite a few on my to read list. Now I need to go find them and check them out. Thanks for sharing.
Just saw this pop up at midnight. Can’t wait to watch tomorrow. Ok maybe I watched the first 100-90 😂 this is the best television show in the universe.
Had to comment again once I made it to the end after seeing the large pile on the floor! 😂 I've been watching your videos for a long time, and I'm surprised to see you just chuck them around!
THREE times actually 😀, as "Carrion Comfort" is in the list somewhere as Brian's favorite vampire novel, I think. I'd probably go with Anno Dracula by Kim Newman as my own personal favorite vampire novel.
Thanks for this list, a lot of books/writers I never heard of. The books I did read from your list are some of my favorites too so now my goal is to fully read your top100. Well except Da Vince Code ofcourse :)
What a great list of pop fiction-- informative and I found myself nodding in agreement on so many titles. Especially I'm a huge fan of McMurtry, James Michner, Frank Herbert, Ken Follet, Tolkien, Stephen King, Asimov and so many of your choices. If I were to make a list, I'd put them in alphabetical order by genre. It's too difficult to choose the best except Dune is my personal favorite of all time. Found at least 20 authors of interest from your list. Your rapid fire, to the point descriptions are truly appreciated.!
I really like you sir. I'm trying to start reading as an adult more regularly. Particularly books I should've read earlier lol. I love your enthusiasm and humour. It's inspiring and relaxes me when I'm stressed. I have a few of the books you mentioned on my list such as Moby Dick, Lord of the Flies, The Dark Tower, The Martian, Dune, The Da Vinci Code, A Game of Thrones, War and Peace, To Kill a Mockingbird, Pillars of the Earth and Lonesome Dove. I can't wait to read them all! I've also read a couple of the books you mentioned in Gone Girl and Lord of the Rings. It was a while ago but I remember being really engaged. Also loved The Hobbit :) I'm currently reading The New Kingdom by Wilbur Smith as I'm studying Ancient Egypt. So thought I'd read a novel set in this period :)
I just found your channel and this video was awesome! I loved your choice of books and authors, namely, Moby Dick, Rendezvous with Rama, Foundation, Anna Karenina, The Name of the Rose, Lord of the Flies, To Kill a Mockingbird, Stephen King's novels...The writers you mentioned that I have not read yet I added to my '"To read next" list. The only great, if not the greatest writer of all time missing here is Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky!
Thanks! I am excited to try your recommendations. The breadth is somewhat surprising, and you have provided a spark to try more mysteries and westerns - maybe a ww2 historic too. Sword of Shannara was my first book purchase too, and also holds a place in my heart. Pillars of the Earth...wow that was amazing. George R.R. schools Sanderson for me so far.
I watched this whole video because you mentioned Dragonlance. That book was the third novel I ever read. The first two, and the next five were also all Dragonlance. I didn't really read until D&D in the late 80s. Thanks for giving me a ton of suggestions. Video = saved.
What an incredible list of books! Thank you for another awesome video! Happy to say that Memory Sorrow and Thorn is on my tbr for 2024 along with Lonesome Dove. I watched Winds of War mini series many years ago so can only imagine how much better the book will be.
Currently reading through Malazan for the first time myself and am at Bonehunters book 6. I also feel Deadhouse Gates is my favourite in the series thus far. Not many others seem to rate it so highly in the series. Blew me away!
This is a first video of yours i watched and I love it. Very specific. Few titles sounds very interesting and I’ve never heard of them. Time to read some books. Have a nice day.
I just came across you videos and I do like how you hold the books up so we can plainly see the title and author. It helps if someone has a hearing problem.
You always have cool shirts on Brian. I actually have the H.E.R signature Stratocaster, which has a beautiful pearlescent finish with matching headstock. It's got a great '60s neck profile if you're into guitars. Anyway, I might be wrong, but don't think I've ever seen you don a KISS shirt! We both come from that era when it was an amazing experience to be a KISS fan!!
You got my LIKE and FOLLOW and now I need to get one of your books. Based off of this list I would say we have similar interest. I do have to say I did not enjoy George R. R. Martins style in the way that he would jump from character to character. I found it hard to fall in love with the story and ultimately walked away from the Game of Thrones for that reason. Great story, just to much and to spread apart for my taste. And Stephen Kings "Insomnia" disappointed me in a way that I never pick up his new stuff. Love his older works, and will always respect what he has done. He just can't get my new purchase dollars anymore. I am surprised that there was not more Orson Scott Card. Orson's "Homecoming" series was a beloved story for me. I have now also found a list of new authors that I will be reading soon! Thank you for this.
Tolstoy speaks to me too. He’s incredible. War and Peace and Anna Karenina are A+ books but his novellas are also great! The Death of Ivan Ilyich and The Cossacks are as good as anything else he ever wrote.
Great Video Mr. Durfee. I loved it. I have probably read only 30 percent of those books but looking forward to reading some of the ones you have on this list now. I do have a suggestion if you don't mind. For your next top 100 if you could not add any Stephen King Books. NOT because I dislike him. The opposite. My favorite author of all time. I also belive he is yours as I have seen in the past you post all your Stephen King books ranked. I also just watched your top 100 sci-fi which I also loved. Keep up the great work. I just ordered your trilogy will hopefully read it before this summer comes.
This is the one of the best book recommendation i ever got. Rest of UA-cam channel just reccomend me romantic and women centric novels. I don't know in my country if i really can find all of this books, but i am really interest to read all of book physically or online.
Great review of the top 100! I do enjoy the view of the pile of books at the end. I know you protect your books with covers and such, but it still gives me a cringe with just the right tinge of humor.
One minor quibble re: Terry Brooks. Although Sword of Shannara is indeed a very good book, I think Elfstones of Shannara is much, much better. It has one of the single best endings of fantasy I've ever read. It's also the novel that began Brooks' divergence from Tolkien into his own massive world-building project. Sword of Shannara is often seen as a pure "Tolkien knockoff" and Brooks even admits as much in his Annotated Sword of Shannara. Elfstones, by contrast, has a much different story, vastly different characters, and goes in completely different directions than Sword of Shannara culminating in one of the most epic last stands in all of fantasy literature. Makes me tear up every time I read it. In fact, I might just go read it right now...
I like Elfstones more as well, but this is Brian's list of favorite books, not ours. He explains why Sword is specifically important to him in detail in other videos.
That's certainly a fair point. I read Elfstones before I read Sword, so that's one reason why I hold Elfstones in higher regard. If I had read Sword first, I'd probably share Brian's sentiments.@@obijuan-kenobi5117
Check out the Godslayer Chronicles by James Clemons who is actually James Rollins! Swan Song by Robert McCammon is excellent but I enjoyed his Wolf’s Hour a lot more!
Like you I am a voracious reader since a young age. This bought back so many memories. For your consideration I will throw these to the wind that really stayed with me my 68 years. Andersonville- Civil war prison camp, True Grit Western, the Vampires of Brian Lumley just love the original treatment they get, Johnny got his gun.
I agree with everything you said, however, you have read way more books than me. No one added any books they would have on a list that you didn't mention. I would have "Peace", Gene Wolfe, "Soldier of the Great War", Mark Helprin, "The Passage", Justin Cronin, "The Stars My Destination", Bester, "Blood Meridian", McCarthy, "Cloud Atlas", David Mitchell, "At the Mountains of Madness", Lovecraft. And for a nostalgia pick, "The Earthsea Trilogy", LeGuin. When I read that I get the actual, literal, physical feeling of my brain chewing the words. And they taste delicious.
Love your choices but somehow my own favorites are so different :) The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov The Canvas by Benjamin Stein Cryptos by Ursula Poznanski Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke (great for children) Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq The Dark Side of the Moon by Martin Suter The Robber Bride & Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann Lud in the mist by Hope Mirrless Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides Love Virtually (Good against North wind) by Daniel Glattauer American Gods & Coraline by Neil Gaiman The last unicorn by Peter S. Beagle Joshua Croft series by Walter Satterthwait Fabian by Erich Kaestner No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay The Dolphin: Story of a Dreamer by Sergio Bambaren (the german edition looks lovely) His dark materials by Philip Pullman Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw It & The Girl who loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King Quiet by Susan Cain The lovely bones by Alice Sebold The book thief by Markus Zusak Desert flower by Waris Dirie The girl with the dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson The empty chair & Stone monkey by Jeffery Deaver Watership down by Richard Adams Silence of the lambs by Thomas Harris The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde The first 5 Harry Potters no english translation available: Das Buch (the book) by Wolfgang and Heike Hohlbein Vier Tage währt die Nacht (four days lasts the night) by Dorothea S. Baltenstein I would love to see more lists from different countries 💕
@1:42 yes i am out harpooning whales as we speak!!!!
I read 300 pages of Moby Dick this year and it was tough...Steven Erikson is easy compared to Moby Dick.
@@bigork2099 Nathaniel Philbrick’s
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex was the true story of Moby Dick! It was excellent and an easy read. I think they made a movie of this book with one of the Hemsworth brothers.
@@bigork2099 I'd say the Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun books are tough. They are readable in a way but only when I got the companion book by Michael Andre-Driussi it made me realize I hadn't really understood anything.
I love how Brian has a video about treating your books right and then always tosses them into a pile when he does a list video
Yeah this guy is hilarious in a good way...
Haha good point. That sound when they hit the stack!!
It is just the funniest thing to me because I know exactly which video you mean. Ha ha ha
I’m surprised it wasn’t actually top 117 or something 😂 we all love and support you Brian. Thank you for the list 🙏🏻
There's no one that would put out a list with the diversity of genre like Brian can. Great stuff.
This is the definitive top 100 list. All other top 100 lists should go ahead and delete their accounts.
Haaaa! Tell it.
wonderful list! but it's missing some more classics and masterpieces from other languages and times to be the "Greatest" of all time.
@@ibrahimchaiben8127Its missing Blood Meridian and he had McCarthy on his list. I did not see anything from Dostoevsky either and he is the greatest fiction writer ever according to many. But its his list and he did homage to his favorites and never said it was the greatest 100, just HIS greatest 100.
Another excellent list Brian! You keep wrecking havoc on my TBR… and I’m loving it!
Just when i got my TBR list manageable, you drop the banger off an episode. Congrats Brian. Great job as always
What a great idea and list. Taking notes. I don't think I can do a top 100 but maybe top 50.
Inspiring.
Thank you Sir! 🙏🏽
Nice list! I think I’d drive myself crazy trying to put a top 10 together let alone 100!
Amazing library, would love to see the shelf tour 😊
Brian had a few videos already of book shelves, he takes you to his living room too and a closet as well!😀
@heidi6281 I'll have a look, thank you ❤️
Same
Great list - I enjoyed watching this. Thanks for the video!
Cool list!!!! There are some WINNERS in that group for sure!!!
Wow, Dan Simmons didn’t get left out for once.
11:10 love how you wrote 666 for Needful Things
It's probably just me, but I wonder if anyone else feels a little twinge of pain each time you hear one of the books hit the floor.
I had to take Ibuprofen for this.
Very interesting. Some of my all time Favorites (that you did not mention) : In Cold Blood-Truman Capote, The Lords of Discipline-Pat Conroy, The Night House-Jo Nesbo, Red Rabbit-Alex Grecian, Furness-Muriel Gray, The Tomorrow File-Lawrence Sanders, The Old Man’s War-John Scalzi, Primal Fear-William Diehl, On Writing-Stephen King, Nick Cutter-The Troop, No Exit-Taylor Adams, Silence of the Lambs-Thomas Harris, Deliverance-James Dickey, American Psycho-Bret Easton Ellis, Mighnight Cowboy-James Leo Herlihy, All Quiet on the Western Front-Erich Remarque, Flowers for Algernon-Daniel Keyes
These are the videos I live for
Wow! Thanks for a fabulous new TBR list! Love this!
I agree with about 80% of your picks. I still need to read the other 20%.
Great list ! Really enjoyed hearing your thoughts on these favorites, our taste is very similar but I have only dipped a toe into the waters of my reading journey compared to you. Many added to my Want to Read list! The Book Thief made me cry as well, a rare feat. Loved A Gentleman in Moscow, All the Light, The Road, so many more on here, and am currently reading Lonesome Dove and blown away by McMurtry's epic. Cheers
I'm blown away from all the different genres! No hate from me on The DaVinci Code! That book is dope! It's a funny story that when that came out, and I bought it for my friends mom as a gift, not knowing what it was about. She loved to read, and I'd heard all the buzz about it, and she was legit mad. I read just fantasy books at the time, but she refused to take it so I read it and fell in love with it!
Dan Brown and Andy Weir have great adventure styles that get any non-readers to fall in love with reading again
I'm surprised I've read a lot of those. You're awesome, Mr. Durfee. Thank you.
I just found your channel via my revived love for King. The Stand has been my favorite since I read it. I am looking for others to read both King and not. There are several here that sound interesting. Thanks for this.
Really enjoyed your list. I've read many of these choices and enjoyed them. TY for the post.
Moby Dick is an incredible read! Surprisingly funny in parts, but to me the prose is just incredible. An amazing work of American literature!
It was good but too much whaling. Also who is Ishmael.
Brian thank you for your enthusiasm and personality. I came to this video like I have many of your review video's looking for book purchase ideas for my 87 year old father in Pasadena. He does my taxes for free every year and I purchase dozens of books for him at xmas and his birthday in June. This is a terrific way to always have something Non-Political to talk to him about throughout the year. You have thus played a part in helping me to maintain a terrific relationship with my beloved father. Thanks and all the best to you.
Had to pause and start over. Needed to make my own TBR from your cool choices! Rock n roll BLD!🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
I just added about 20 of those to my TO BE READ list! Thanks for sharing!!!
Excellent. Thanks for putting this together.
Excellent list! I am rather surprised Michael Crichton didn't make an appearance.
Bro, Thank you. Because of you, I read more! And more good stuff since I pick titles right from your shelves. Including Donaldson's Gap Series. A great author at his peak, and some of the best reading I've enjoyed.
Well i have to say I share a lot of the top books that you mentioned. Lonesome Dove is my favorite book of all time. You mentioned several that I never heard of and quite a few on my to read list. Now I need to go find them and check them out. Thanks for sharing.
Was expecting 567 honourable mentions 😂
Great list of books. You are a very diverse reader. Enjoyed your splash of humor thrown it. Those poor books all ending up on the floor.
Durfee delivers again!
My reading list in the past year has been almost exclusively your recommendations and there hasn't been a single miss.
Nice list! 100 isn't long enough, so many banger books couldn't fit
This was such a good list. I added so many books on my tbr. Thanks Brian :)
It's because of you that I found lonesome dove. You're the man and I'm starting your trilogy this year. Can't wait
Just saw this pop up at midnight. Can’t wait to watch tomorrow. Ok maybe I watched the first 100-90 😂 this is the best television show in the universe.
I am in awe that u were able to both pick and order these, it would take me a year😇🤗😎
Thank you for making this list. Must have been very difficult to rank them, but we're glad you did.
Had to comment again once I made it to the end after seeing the large pile on the floor! 😂 I've been watching your videos for a long time, and I'm surprised to see you just chuck them around!
“Alright everybody! Welcome back to the number one television program in the history of the entire universe!”
Gets me every time.
Did he remember Dan Simmons this time?
Oh! #96, Fall of Hyperion. Way to go!
Twice, actually. Hyperion and Terror.
THREE times actually 😀, as "Carrion Comfort" is in the list somewhere as Brian's favorite vampire novel, I think. I'd probably go with Anno Dracula by Kim Newman as my own personal favorite vampire novel.
Thanks for this list, a lot of books/writers I never heard of. The books I did read from your list are some of my favorites too so now my goal is to fully read your top100. Well except Da Vince Code ofcourse :)
What a great list of pop fiction-- informative and I found myself nodding in agreement on so many titles. Especially I'm a huge fan of McMurtry, James Michner, Frank Herbert, Ken Follet, Tolkien, Stephen King, Asimov and so many of your choices. If I were to make a list, I'd put them in alphabetical order by genre. It's too difficult to choose the best except Dune is my personal favorite of all time. Found at least 20 authors of interest from your list. Your rapid fire, to the point descriptions are truly appreciated.!
I really like you sir. I'm trying to start reading as an adult more regularly. Particularly books I should've read earlier lol. I love your enthusiasm and humour. It's inspiring and relaxes me when I'm stressed.
I have a few of the books you mentioned on my list such as Moby Dick, Lord of the Flies, The Dark Tower, The Martian, Dune, The Da Vinci Code, A Game of Thrones, War and Peace, To Kill a Mockingbird, Pillars of the Earth and Lonesome Dove. I can't wait to read them all!
I've also read a couple of the books you mentioned in Gone Girl and Lord of the Rings. It was a while ago but I remember being really engaged. Also loved The Hobbit :)
I'm currently reading The New Kingdom by Wilbur Smith as I'm studying Ancient Egypt. So thought I'd read a novel set in this period :)
I just found your channel and this video was awesome! I loved your choice of books and authors, namely, Moby Dick, Rendezvous with Rama, Foundation, Anna Karenina, The Name of the Rose, Lord of the Flies, To Kill a Mockingbird, Stephen King's novels...The writers you mentioned that I have not read yet I added to my '"To read next" list. The only great, if not the greatest writer of all time missing here is Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky!
I read Carrion Comfort on your recommendation. I did like it, but I can’t say it’s a vampire novel. I just like the classic blood suckers.
GRRREAT JOB....Covering lots of great books.
Thanks! I am excited to try your recommendations. The breadth is somewhat surprising, and you have provided a spark to try more mysteries and westerns - maybe a ww2 historic too. Sword of Shannara was my first book purchase too, and also holds a place in my heart. Pillars of the Earth...wow that was amazing. George R.R. schools Sanderson for me so far.
This was truly an epically amazing list.
what a video man, I love it. Watching your video from Vietnam, I hope more and more books from your list can be translated into our language.
I watched this whole video because you mentioned Dragonlance. That book was the third novel I ever read. The first two, and the next five were also all Dragonlance. I didn't really read until D&D in the late 80s. Thanks for giving me a ton of suggestions. Video = saved.
Great List! You have so many books i need to check out. Now i am extremely curious about Lonesome Dove & anything by John Irving.
Excited! Durfee KNOWS what people want and GIVES us this! Hello from Ukraine by the way:)
Spoiler alert: he didn’t forget Simmons this time.
thank you for getting right to the point..........actually to a 100 points!
IM just here going in back in time for respect for you brother, hope you get well soon, all this time off you've had im catching to up you in reading!
What an amazing video this was. Thank you Sir!
Great list. I like your taste in books. I've read 64 of them, including nine of your top 10. Also got some ideas for my TBR.
The number 1 top 100 in the history of the universe 💪
Nice video, thanks for the recommendations!!!
What an incredible list of books! Thank you for another awesome video! Happy to say that Memory Sorrow and Thorn is on my tbr for 2024 along with Lonesome Dove. I watched Winds of War mini series many years ago so can only imagine how much better the book will be.
Cool top mr. Durfee ! It was just a shock to see Words of Radiance only at number 47 though :)
I have never seen anyone else who loves reading more than you.. you are a true legend!
Currently reading through Malazan for the first time myself and am at Bonehunters book 6. I also feel Deadhouse Gates is my favourite in the series thus far. Not many others seem to rate it so highly in the series. Blew me away!
great list! and omg i need that h.e.r. shirt in my life
U do need HER shirt!!
I added too much books to the 'to check list'. Your TOP movies are so diverse that's impossible not find something that appeals to someone. Thanks!
This is a first video of yours i watched and I love it. Very specific. Few titles sounds very interesting and I’ve never heard of them. Time to read some books. Have a nice day.
I just came across you videos and I do like how you hold the books up so we can plainly see the title and author. It helps if someone has a hearing problem.
Amazing library collection! I like your choice of Anna Karenina!
One of the best videos of top novels .. plz make more 😌😌😌😍😍😍😍😍
You always have cool shirts on Brian. I actually have the H.E.R signature Stratocaster, which has a beautiful pearlescent finish with matching headstock. It's got a great '60s neck profile if you're into guitars. Anyway, I might be wrong, but don't think I've ever seen you don a KISS shirt! We both come from that era when it was an amazing experience to be a KISS fan!!
Love the list! Many thanks
TERRY BROOKS MY #1 FANTASY AUTHOR. He got me into Fantasy!😊
You got my LIKE and FOLLOW and now I need to get one of your books. Based off of this list I would say we have similar interest. I do have to say I did not enjoy George R. R. Martins style in the way that he would jump from character to character. I found it hard to fall in love with the story and ultimately walked away from the Game of Thrones for that reason. Great story, just to much and to spread apart for my taste. And Stephen Kings "Insomnia" disappointed me in a way that I never pick up his new stuff. Love his older works, and will always respect what he has done. He just can't get my new purchase dollars anymore. I am surprised that there was not more Orson Scott Card. Orson's "Homecoming" series was a beloved story for me. I have now also found a list of new authors that I will be reading soon! Thank you for this.
Thank you for all the suggestions
Tolstoy speaks to me too. He’s incredible. War and Peace and Anna Karenina are A+ books but his novellas are also great! The Death of Ivan Ilyich and The Cossacks are as good as anything else he ever wrote.
Thanks. You did a great job. Most of the novels are new ones. Again, many thanks ❤
Great Video Mr. Durfee. I loved it. I have probably read only 30 percent of those books but looking forward to reading some of the ones you have on this list now. I do have a suggestion if you don't mind. For your next top 100 if you could not add any Stephen King Books. NOT because I dislike him. The opposite. My favorite author of all time. I also belive he is yours as I have seen in the past you post all your Stephen King books ranked. I also just watched your top 100 sci-fi which I also loved. Keep up the great work. I just ordered your trilogy will hopefully read it before this summer comes.
A truly wonderful top 100 list!
Incredible list. Many of these would be on my top 100
This is the one of the best book recommendation i ever got. Rest of UA-cam channel just reccomend me romantic and women centric novels. I don't know in my country if i really can find all of this books, but i am really interest to read all of book physically or online.
Excited to watch this!!!
Love that you put Tolstoy in the list because he is probably the best writer in there and both Ana and War are grand grand books everyone should read
I see a Durfee list, I click and watch till the end.
THE LONG WALK is Finally gonna be made into a movie!!! Great Top 100!😀
I happen to be reading the stand for the first time right now! So I guess I now know what the next 99 books I’m reading will be!
Great review of the top 100! I do enjoy the view of the pile of books at the end. I know you protect your books with covers and such, but it still gives me a cringe with just the right tinge of humor.
Great list … reminds me of how much books I still have to read …
"My OCD is spiking at about 10 right now!" OK. I'm going to make my TBR out of this list.
Thanks for “A Boy’s Life”! I dove straight in, already rapt. 🤟🙏
Thank you for making this video. Cheers.
One minor quibble re: Terry Brooks. Although Sword of Shannara is indeed a very good book, I think Elfstones of Shannara is much, much better. It has one of the single best endings of fantasy I've ever read. It's also the novel that began Brooks' divergence from Tolkien into his own massive world-building project. Sword of Shannara is often seen as a pure "Tolkien knockoff" and Brooks even admits as much in his Annotated Sword of Shannara.
Elfstones, by contrast, has a much different story, vastly different characters, and goes in completely different directions than Sword of Shannara culminating in one of the most epic last stands in all of fantasy literature. Makes me tear up every time I read it. In fact, I might just go read it right now...
I like Elfstones more as well, but this is Brian's list of favorite books, not ours. He explains why Sword is specifically important to him in detail in other videos.
That's certainly a fair point. I read Elfstones before I read Sword, so that's one reason why I hold Elfstones in higher regard. If I had read Sword first, I'd probably share Brian's sentiments.@@obijuan-kenobi5117
What a wonderful variety. I wrote down several titles to read.
Check out the Godslayer Chronicles by James Clemons who is actually James Rollins! Swan Song by Robert McCammon is excellent but I enjoyed his Wolf’s Hour a lot more!
Like you I am a voracious reader since a young age. This bought back so many memories. For your consideration I will throw these to the wind that really stayed with me my 68 years. Andersonville- Civil war prison camp, True Grit Western, the Vampires of Brian Lumley just love the original treatment they get, Johnny got his gun.
I agree with everything you said, however, you have read way more books than me. No one added any books they would have on a list that you didn't mention. I would have "Peace", Gene Wolfe, "Soldier of the Great War", Mark Helprin, "The Passage", Justin Cronin, "The Stars My Destination", Bester, "Blood Meridian", McCarthy, "Cloud Atlas", David Mitchell, "At the Mountains of Madness", Lovecraft. And for a nostalgia pick, "The Earthsea Trilogy", LeGuin. When I read that I get the actual, literal, physical feeling of my brain chewing the words. And they taste delicious.
Cool.
Love your choices but somehow my own favorites are so different :)
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Canvas by Benjamin Stein
Cryptos by Ursula Poznanski
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke (great for children)
Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker
The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq
The Dark Side of the Moon by Martin Suter
The Robber Bride & Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann
Lud in the mist by Hope Mirrless
Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers
City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Love Virtually (Good against North wind) by Daniel Glattauer
American Gods & Coraline by Neil Gaiman
The last unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Joshua Croft series by Walter Satterthwait
Fabian by Erich Kaestner
No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
The Dolphin: Story of a Dreamer by Sergio Bambaren (the german edition looks lovely)
His dark materials by Philip Pullman
Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
It & The Girl who loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
Quiet by Susan Cain
The lovely bones by Alice Sebold
The book thief by Markus Zusak
Desert flower by Waris Dirie
The girl with the dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson
The empty chair & Stone monkey by Jeffery Deaver
Watership down by Richard Adams
Silence of the lambs by Thomas Harris
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The first 5 Harry Potters
no english translation available:
Das Buch (the book) by Wolfgang and Heike Hohlbein
Vier Tage währt die Nacht (four days lasts the night) by Dorothea S. Baltenstein
I would love to see more lists from different countries 💕