I think book related videos should be an ongoing series on your channel 🤟

Braiding Sweetgrass is such a good book, beautifully written. It warms my heart reading it, and the chapter Witch Hazel just tears your heart out.

I think a "draw with me" or "design with me" video would be fun. You could choose a topic from one of the books you find interesting, and go over how you would practice that. It could even be pre-recorded and edited if you don't want to do it live 😅 The art books you mentioned look really interesting!

0:56 You triggered my reflex right there haha

your production value has gotten so good! i started watching you at like 3000 subs and you've never been not interesting

I trained myself to crochet and read books simultaneously. I want to include a treadmill into that equation (more like need to).

Should definitely make a book club here and get through a full book every month or so, a lot of people here seem to want to improve on reading books but also you are very inspiring and make people want to improve and you also make me excited to try things out (you did make me want to start waking up at 5am and that says a lot) I know some youtubers are already doing it but I have yet to see one with books similar to the ones you read

Unrelated to the content of the video entirely, but, I would love to hear your thoughts and reflections on hustle culture!

Please keep up with the book related videos !! I love this stuff

Definitely want to check some of these out. Thanks for the recommendations :)

OMG The Goggins audiobook was so good (it has more than the print version because they add short podcasts essentially to the end of each chapter). Although, I don’t think I would ever be able to have that mindset. And David Burns. I read Feeling Good like 20 years ago and Feeling Great came out recently. He had a podcast too which is pretty good and very different. He has scientific methods of working on depression and anxiety. Edit: great point about Peak. There’s a whole bunch of books based on it. I have it but need to read it.

I've been reading some classics and just in case anyone doesn't know project gutenberg has free ebooks for books that the copyright has run out. In a variety of formats. Shout out to my favorite author Jennifer estep. Who continued her elemental assassin series by self publishing for her readers when publishers didn't want to buy more books.

The Count of Monte Cristo, it's long but each chapter is like an episode of a show

Thank you so much for the recommendations, reading Ryan Holiday's books, great choice ;)

Love watching your channel, so many topics resonate with me. So sad I don't know people like you IRL...

Love when I find interesting people here on KZfaq. I love your voice and vids, even the short self care Sunday ones 😉. The mix I follow are minimalists, hikers, Camino enthusiasts, small space dwellers, people trying to live an intentional life, mid-century modern ideas, b&w movies 1930s-1950s, staying healthy.

Both what you recommended and the comments are really useful. My reading lists are piled up already haha

Amazing content, as always

You are a great new friend- I’m glad 🙂 to find you because I’m learning so much from you- iron sharpens iron, right?! I especially like your 3x5 card stuff- I started using them again because of you! Thanks friend.

The Book Thief. Highly recommend. My all time favorite book.

A new series on your channel...The Daily Chunk....ha ha ha! You could chat about books obviously. Just cracked me up!

I jumped when you said Studio Ghibli is the Japanese version of Disney. Even if you love Disney, in Ghibli they tell such deep, valuable and empowering stories for children that would simply be unthinkable in Disney. Lots of love, Lefie, I like your videos.

In a recent video of yours you mentioned public library app for audiobooks 🤯 and I swear I've listened to like 10 audiobooks since and each time I download a new one I'm like UGH BLESS LEFIE HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS EARLIER!

Green lights! Loved it

Completely agree with you about Dinotopia. Read it as a child and the illustrations made a strong impression on me. Looking forward to reading it to my children one day!

Your content is great.

Speaking of recommendations, since you like comics too, I got into comics a couple years ago right when Oblivion Song was starting and it turns out it’s really good. (I also read Saga, the first paperback volume, and you are reminding me I really need to read the rest.) I got behind on reading it so I read a few issues today (I’m on about issue 15 out of 30 so far), and I’m really enjoying it.

dude i love SAGA and I can't wait for there to be more.

The daily chunk! You made me laugh so hard hahaha😂

Great suggestions! And yeah, the moment I saw the title, I wondered if this would include a pitch for Audible. :P If you're looking for gritty fiction, I can highly recommend Glen Duncan's "Last Werewolf" series and China Mieville's "Bas Lag" series. I've been enjoying the challenge of reading Ayn Rand's philosophical essays, if only for the opportunity to see many of the holes that the more recent decades of sociological/anthropological research have poked in her assertions, and to reflect on the context of her trauma and upbringing in the development of her philosophy. In the genre of personal/relationship development, Jessica Fern's "Polysecure" has been phenomenal; it discusses the role of Attachment Theory in nontraditional relationship styles.

I'm going on a tangent of the things you've enjoyed here, but I think you'd really like The Ecology of Wisdom by Arne Naess. He's a Norwegian philosopher and mountaineer who's been really influential to the environmental movement. If you like it, I'd also follow that up with Animism by Graham Harvey

Graphic novel choices on point

Thank you - educational KZfaq - quite the concept.

I imagine you've already read Thinking Fast and Slow. Middlemarch is my favorite classic novel, but it's definitely one for chunking.

I too love audio-books, and read a variety of genres. Also a Saga fan.

Thats awesome

I absolutely love Guweiz, I've seen his progress over the years and I'm so happy his book got so far. :)

i watch anime and your video inspired me to read more manga (i also want to stay away from screens and read more books too). if you are interested in reading manga, i would suggest "attack on titan", "death note" and "full metal alchemist". i'm sure they could be in most libraries because they are popular. i also love "nana" because it's a music manga, but i both love and hate it, but worth a read.

Awesome list, the book that i done reading from the list is; - Anime from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle - by Susan J. Napier - Color and Light - by James Gurney - The Digital Matte Painting Handbook - by David B. Mattingly

I'd recommend Marie Shelleys Frankenstein (for a reread?) I am currently reading it for the first time and find the language is beautiful yet still much more comprehensible than for example Lovecraft. Through that may be a rather low bar xD. Second recommendation Lovecraft The Mountains of Madness or The Case Of Dexter Ward. If Sci-Fi is your cup of tea, try The Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M. Banks :D

Woww goals!! I read one book a month and I'm still always super proud of that, bec a have a 3year old crazy person with me all the time :) .. oh and the only thing that makes me do that is by going to the library ... 30 days is the maximum here, so i gotta be finished by then lol

Any book by Farley Mowat. One of my favourites (rereading it right now) is "People of the Deer". I hope you stay safe and healthy.

I really enjoyed 'Schoolgirl' (a short novella) and 'No Longer Human' by Osamu Dazai. The former, in particular, read rather like a long stream of consciousness full of interesting thoughts. I would recommend both. While seemingly very different in comparison to the actual subject matter of the book, the writing in 'Lolita' by Vladimir Nabakov is absolutely lovely (and has definitely expanded my vocabulary, lol).

You should look up some speeches by Nick Saban. Books, too. Phenomenal! You’d love them! And I love “the daily chunk”! lol!

Hunger by M. Caparrós - this is not a topic related to your channel, but if I can recommend the book in general, I highly recommend this one. It is sometimes called a total reportage. And apart from the importance of the subject, it was simply the best-written book I had read in recent years (and most probably great Polish translation).

Lefie, I think you might enjoy An Absolutely Remarkable Thing and its sequel, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green. It starts out like a slightly aged-up YA novel, but turns into a science fiction story, commenting on social media and the internet's ramifications on societies, good and bad. Lots of interesting ideas and endearing characters.

I am currently re-reading (the audiobooks specifically, which are masterfully done) the John Dies at the End series... soooo good...

I don't know what to comment but I likda feel like commenting because I heard it helps so... I'll leave my gratitude for your videos and a couple recommendations haha, thanks for doing what you do! The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho (Fiction, many have described it as "self help fiction" because of the lessons in it. It's short and pretty insightful) Tree and Leaf - Tolkien (Fiction AND non fiction, the book is separated in a story or 2 by him depending on the edition you get and a non fiction lecture of his on fairy tales, the history of telling stories and that kind of thing and it makes you think, it's also interesting to read tolkien outside of middle earth things) The picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde (Since you mentioned classic literature) Ideas to delay the end of the world - Ailton Krenak ( This one I'm not entirely sure if it comes in english. It is non fiction by a native environmentalist from Brazil and it mostly talks about different ways to percieve our planet and our humanity. Also, shortest book in the list. Along with that I'd probably recommend "The Falling Sky" by a native shaman whose name I don't remember) Jellyfish/agua viva, The Hour of The Star and most other books by Clarice Lispector (The "Better then food" youtube channel has some non spoilery reviews on her I think) Epitaph of a small winner - Machado de Assis (This is brazilian classic literature right here, read it for school so I didn't anjoy as much as I could have but I remember it being pretty great anyways, better then food reviewed this and other works of his too) Neil Gaiman's Graphic novels and "The ocean at the end of the lane" Thinkers described as anarchists because why not: Henry David Thoreau (I recommend Civil Disobedience and Walden), Noam Chomsky, Emma Goldman Don't wanna overload the comment any more then I already have so I guess I'll stop right here, these are the ones that first came to mind. Much love

If you liked Umbrella Academy series, try The Library at Mount Char from Scott Hawkins. Thanks for the Principles physical edition, I was just about to buy it for kindle. I love this video =D

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie East of Eden by John Steinbeck Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harris

I find James Gurney's channel here on KZfaq incredibly informative and, besides a few words about the material aspects of the paint he's using, easy to transpose into digital practice. Every little thing he says about light and color is valuable teaching. He also discusses a large variety of topics on his blog. As for the literary classics, I personally love Bulgakov's novel "The Master and Margarita" and take every chance I get to recommend it. :)

this is my favorite video from you! finally, something worthwhile on youtube! sadly, I can only imagine this going over too many people's heads.

I would suggest The Soul’s Code - In search of Character and Calling by James Hillman. I would be interested in hearing what you thought of it.

The Lightness by Emily Temple, Supper Club by Lara Williams, and Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir have been my favourites recently!

this year (since the beginning of 2021 I mean) I started using an app called Bookly. the first 10 books you log on it are free but I loved it so much that I had no qualms about paying for a year's membership after I got through the first 10 free ones. basically it just logs your daily 'reading time' for each book you read and is a really neat way to track your reading. I think it works better for physical/non-audio books, for obviously reasons. but basically I have it set so that my 'daily goal' is 20 minutes a day. that is manageable enough that if the book I'm reading is a bit heavy and hard to get through, I can push through for just 20 minutes, but if I'm really enjoying it, obviously I can just keep reading for longer. right now I am trying to at least get to the end of the chapter so I often end up reading for a couple extra minutes, but i don't feel any pressure to as long as I've done my 20 minutes for the day

thanks for these great recommendations! If you're into Zen Buddhism, I'd recommend: - Zen in the art of archery, by Eugen Herrigel - A Buddhist Monk's guide to cleaning, by Keisuke Matsumoto - Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, by Robert M. Pirsig (you've probably read this one already) - Philosophy of Zen Buddhism, by Byung-Chul Han (a bit heavy) - The Mindful Thoughts series (they're beautifully illustrated!): * Mindful Thoughts for Walkers: Footnotes on the Zen path (Adam Ford), * Mindful Thoughts for Cyclists: Finding balance on two wheels (Nick Moore), * Mindful Thoughts for Runners: Freedom on the trail (Tessa Wardley), * Mindful Thoughts for City Dwellers: The Joy of Urban Living (Lucy Anna Scott), * Mindful Thoughts for Stargazers: Find your inner universe (Mark Westmoquette), * Mindful Thoughts for Cooks: Nourishing body soul (Julia Ponsoby), * etc.

Nice video

I love GUWEIZ art !!!

For me covid did quite the opposite. Went from 50/60 books a year to 10/20 last year. I had covid in november and was so sure now that I am sick and I cant do much else I will read again and well no... didn't even red one book that month. I really wanna go back to the groove but reading was always the other side of the coin to my social life and other activities and now it just feels weird. Cant sit still for long. (other than consuming media with no thoughts in my head haha) I have tried audiobooks but my adhd makes it hard to actually listen to it. The moment I have my hands free I start doing other stuff and laying down I usually tend to fall asleep pretty fast. haha

I am inspired. How long would it take to read Principles? I read quite a bit as well but not nearly as much.

The Night Circus was one of the best audiobooks I've listened to. For self help, you might enjoy The PMA Effect (just skip the parts about diet, as he's vegan, and that isn't your diet). I suggest the audiobook over the physical book, as John Joseph is a no B.S. guy, and it's fun to hear him. I also like self-help-ish books, but I tend to opt for the physical book for those, as I usually focus on yoga, etc. While I don't need to read books re: minimalism and decluttering, I do like to revisit those books for additional motivation. I like thrillers by Tana French, Ruth Ware (Imogene Church is a wonderful narrator), Karen Slaughter, etc. I most often opt for this genre in audiobook format.

I'd like hear what books you loved as you were growing up and why. I'm usually surprised by what people list. I enjoy rereading some of mine. Feed the inner child.

I've read The War of Art, Turning Pro, Do the Work all by Stev Press field and enjoyed them. I've also read Grit, The Talent Code... I'm currently reading Deep Work by Cal Newport. I loved Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert. I have Greenlights and am excited to read it. I'm going to read The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron soon. And being a writer, I read a lot of books regarding writing... So, I have to say Stephen King's On Writing is up there. So is Neil Gaiman's Views from the Cheap Seats.

The Alchemist is a great book. Very inspirational

I recently discovered using audio books while cleaning - game changer. But I definitely find that I can’t do anything that requires any thinking or realize I’ve missed what’s being said. I have to be doing stuff that is very routine for me. I’m also a big non-fiction reader. Listening to “Quiet” now.

You might find the graphic novel Maus by Art Spiegelman interesting. It's a bit grim though. I love Tove Jansen's original illustrations in any of the Finn Family Moomintroll books. So much atmosphere conveyed in just black and white line drawings. It's also worth reading about her too. Interesting woman. As far as self help goes Oliver Burkeman's books are funny, dry, but also to the point and plenty of hacks. He's got a new one coming out about time management which I will definitely get. He has an occasional newsletter that's worth signing up for.

I would recommend Educated by Tara Westover

Grabbing some recommendations off my read list on goodreads, I've enjoyed: In classic literature: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse In nonfiction: Accidental Saints by Nadia Bolz-Weber Big Magic, City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert Becoming by Michelle Obama (listened to this one) Some of the things on my reading list I've heard great things about are: The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman Emma, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

I just finished Can't Hurt Me and oh my LORD is it good. He definitely changed me.

I probably read whole series in a week, depending on my mood. Whenever I have the time Vid Games and Books take up all that free time. P.S: If you like mystery (fiction) you should check out the Micky Knight series by J.M Redmann, kinda have a feeling you'd like it.

I will never listen to an audiobook for the first time reading a book. But if I read a book again I prefer the audiobook version. I guess because if I miss something I still know the gist of the story. My favourite series is Earths Children. It is a prehistoric fiction of a five year old girl who loses her whole family in an earthquake and we follow her life as she teaches herself to hunt, make fire etc. The book is very well researched and you learn all about healing plants, mammoths and cave lions as well as following the narrative. The audio books are on KZfaq for free.

The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel is a fascinating real story of a man living alone in the woods for 30 some years. Highly recommend

Impressive

One of my favourite books is Thief of Time by Sir Terry Pratchett. The best non-fiction book I have read this year is Radical Candor by Kim Scott. Fiction-wise I have just read The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton. Edited to add: my favourite comic books are Nemi. She is awesome.

I like audio books from my library 😊

Hi Lefie! I love your channel. Here are some of my recommendations based on what you're currently reading Books: Miyazakiworld: A Life in Art by Susan Napier The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone Comics/Manga: Lone Wolf and Cub by Kazuo Koike (Ronin was inspired by this) Anything by Junji Ito (If you like horror, the art is fantastic. Can be a bit frightening) Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo Monstress by Marjorie Liu (The art is amazing) Barefoot Gen by Keiji Nakazawa Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan (since you're starting Saga, has stranger things vibes) Full Metal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa (Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood closely follows the manga, on Netflix) Chi's Sweet Home by Kanata Konami (cats in watercolor, who can ask for more?) Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi Erased by Kei Sanbe (show on Netflix too) Lady Killer by Jamie Rich (1950s Housewife is a secret agent-gory) Stay safe and enjoy reading!

White Fragility Robin DiAngelo Kim Jiyoung, born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo Off to Be the Wizard by Scott Meyer Art of War by Sun Tzu

Te book The Fault in our Stars by John Green is really enjoyable. Thbook Im most glad I was told to read is The Bluest Eye by Tony Morrison. The most fun book Ive read was Veronica Roth's Divergent series. I like the Idea of growing up with one culture and joining a new culture once you reached a certin age. Animal Farm has to be the craziest book Ive read. I'm in America and really love the teachings of Gail Vaz Oxlade so I was very happy that someone in New York had a copy of Debt Free Forever cause I just couldnt understand Canada's Amazon to get a copy. The Great American Detox was a fun book to read after watching the film Super Size Me. The book that I enjoyed the most was The Hobbit by J R R Tolkem.

Hi !!! What are the free books app that you use to read free books? Sorry to ask but I lose the video that you mentioned. Thank you !!

Have you tried 7 Habits of HIghly Effective People? I personally don't enjoy reading self-help books, but that particular book proved to be extremely helpful in me getting my shit together. I respect how the content was practical instead of pseudo-motivational.

Going to suggest the New York Times bestseller 'Atomic Habits' by James Clear. It breaks down the formulas for building good habits & breaking bad ones.

Whenever i hear about audiobooks i wanna mention Libby! It's a free app that you log into with your library card and check out ebooks and audiobooks, just like you would physical copies. If your local library doesn't partner with with them, they might with a different company, just ask!

I would recommend the original Ghost in the Shell for a high production value one-shot anime that holds its weight decades later and Cowboy Bebop if you want a space opera~ Edit: for reading my goal is "I'll read for 15 min" and if I wanna keep going after that I let myself

What is the audiobook service you use? I remember you said the name in other video, but I cannot remember the name or the title of the video...

Book recs (classic memoir/nonfiction): -Hermann Hesse! I've not read his famous works yet, but a couple short 'memoir's of his walking/traveling in Europe. I don't know what the titles are in english but I read "wandering" and about his travel to Nurnberg. - Henry David Thoreau: Walden - Life in the woods is awesome even to this day. Most of it at least. About nature, self-sufficient living alone and vegetarism. I also just borrowed his "Walking" and am eager to get into it. He writes nonfiction essays on nature and humanist issues and encourages civil disobedience. (Classics): -Mihail Bulgakov's Master and Margarita. A classic 20th century russian novel with a lot of criticism, satire, imaginery and FUNNY. Also, very interesting characters. The book's named "Satan arrives in Moscow" in my language which might give you a better image on what it might be. -Anything from Kafka, even his letters/diary writings. His descriptions of absurd, confusing world which individual faces amogst other humans and byrocracy and government are still extremely relevant. Contemporary: -Maggie Nelson's Jane and it's follow up The Red Parts. They're about Nelson's aunt Jane that was murdered in 1969 amongst brutal serial killing in that area. Nelson wasn't born yet, but this is still sort of a memoir. She is a poet and in Jane she mixes fiction/nonfiction, poetry and Jane's diary entries painting a picture of Becoming, Being and Dying as a woman in this world. The Red Parts is non-poetic follow up after DNA evidence in 2004 finds the killer and how the legal proceedings affect the family and Jane's story. - Donna Tartt's The Secret History. It's fiction, about a ~special~ group of Ancient Greek & roman and Latin students in New England university. Deaths happen. Reader can have super interesting character studies on the characters.

I second your opinion on Umbrella Academy - I really really really wanted to like it (bought it when it was first released because of Gerald Way and MCR and all that) but I just ... didn't. Loving the Netflix show so far though :)

Love this video 👍 I recommend A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind by Shoukei Matsumoto 🙏

I can't listen to audiobooks that aren't fiction because I need to write about the things I learn throughout self-help books. How do you retain that information? Any tips?

I recommend IDW's The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye. It IS 10 volumes, but it's super witty. James Roberts is an amazing writer! Just give it a try, it's gonna be worth it!

Annie Proulx's Barkskins. It came out a few years ago and it might be the best book of our generation. If you want to get back into literature, it would be a great read.

The Book of Joy by Desmond Tutu and the Dali Lama.

Comics: Dogs and Water by Anders Nilsen Any series or one-off by Michael DeForge Anything Moomin by Tove Jansson God's Man by Lynd Ward I could go on. If you are liking the dive into Miyazaki then totally get an issue or two of the Nausicaa comic from the library just to see how this guy thinks. His paneling and visual flow are both astounding.

Hay Lefie have you seen "The Way of the Househusband" on netflix? It's manga type thing and very silly and funny! It also has a cute cat ... you know where this is heading! :-) Thank you for yet another, most pleasant Monday morning diversion. I've re-discovered chess recently I just read chess books... the cat likes to inturrupt my game and knock the peices off the board. It's rather cute.

Hello Lefie 👋

i read 125 books last year! i stopped counting last month when i finished book #75

I'm curious what the podcast with the "feeling good" guy is

I recommend Touch by Mitsuru Adachi, it may be my favourite manga!

I'd like to recommend 2 authors: 1. Ursula K. Le Guin. She wrote a lot of novels that defy genre (usually get lumped into fantasy / science fiction for lack of a better spot) plus a lot of non-fiction books (some essays, some about writing). Epic trendsetter of her day. Still relevant now. Everything. 2. Brene Brown. She researches feelings. She is the queen of explaining feelings. Her new book (and TV show) Atlas of the Heart is getting a lot of attention, and for good reason. She tackles perfectionism in a past book. She advocates for vulnerability. She's super amazing.

Siddhartha by Herman Hesse

Read Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas. Like On the Road on speed.