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MY FAVORITE BOOKS OF ALL TIME
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4 жыл бұрынFriends, this video has been a long time coming. I really hope you enjoy hearing about my many favorite books of all time!!
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BOOKS MENTIONED
GRAPHIC NOVELS & COMICS
Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu
This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki & Mariko Tamaki
On A Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
Heavy Vinyl by Carly Usdin & Nina Vakueva
Spell On Wheels by Kate Leth, Megan Levens, & Marissa Louise
Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson, Brooke Allen, Shannon Watters, & Maarta Laiho
SERIES
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
Shades of Magic by V.E. Schwab
Chaos Walking by Patrick Ness
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Graceling by Kristen Cashore
CHILDHOOD FAVORITES
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle
HISTORICAL FICTION
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café by Fannie Flagg
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily m. Danforth
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Cantoras by Carolina de Robertis
ADULT FICTION
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
YA CONTEMPORARY
Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi
Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
SCI-FI & FANTASY
The Poison Within by Rachel Marie Pearcy
We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
OTHER
Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake
Water Runs Red by Jenna Clare
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Real Queer America: LGBT Stories From Red States by Samantha Allen
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@maxstrife9407 4 жыл бұрын
RIP to my bank account after this video
@Atalinay 4 жыл бұрын
You talking about your favorite books makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. You're great. 💙
@ProblemsofaBookNerd 4 жыл бұрын
Atalinay aw, thank you ❤️❤️❤️
@Ivielynn123 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the list of favs, I'm gonna have to read some of these.
@leviscozyworld 4 жыл бұрын
You added SO many books to my TBR!!! I love this video so much!!!! i also legitimately think this is the first time i have ever seen a hardcover version of inkheart???? i-
@TheEOcean 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for setting them up by genreeee!!!! So helpful 💕💕
@lu2883 4 жыл бұрын
Yes yes yes Inkheart! I'm so happy you mentioned it cause I loved it so much when I was younger and I listen to the audiobook a lot when I study. So many people don't know it or don't like it, it was originally written in German (and I read it in German) and I do believe a lot of a book's charm gets lost when it's being translated.
@cyanid3mornin_ 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing all of these with us. I've been trying to find poetry books to read because recently I've had my mind set on introducing myself to them - I really don't know where to begin with them. You totally sold me on the Water Runs Red(!!!more ace representation!!!!) and I can't wait to get my hands on it. I am really excited! I'm currently reading 'the white book' by Han Kang. It follows the same characters through free verse poems. It talks about sadness, "mourning, rebirth and the tenacity of the human soul." I'm loving it so far and, actually, have my eyes on a few of her other books.
@amy8458 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this CeCe. I've been a subscriber a few years and have read and loved several of these. Others not so much. I don't like fantasy but enjoy magical realism. Two I've read recently that deal well with mental health are Natilie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune and The Astonishing Color of After.
@marisag19 4 жыл бұрын
I read Everything Leads to You about two years ago because of you recommending it and I liked it but didn’t love it. However, I just reread it because of this video and the fact that you always rave about it and omg I absolutely adored it!!
@purplekitten6637 4 жыл бұрын
Juliet Takes A Breath, We Are The Ants, The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet, The Knife of Never Letting Go, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, The Color Purple and Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World are also my top favorites of all time.
@mobooks4223 4 жыл бұрын
I LOVE the Chaos Walking Series!!!! It got 5/5 stars on my first read through and on my second! It's my all-time favorite series!! No one really talks about it, so I'm super excited it's on your list!!! Love your videos!!!
@starktargaryen1048 4 жыл бұрын
i literally just finished this is how you lose the time war yesterday. i loved it SO MUCH
@theneverlandreader9932 4 жыл бұрын
I’m reading both Check Please and This One Summer for the Buzzwordathon this week I’m so excited!
@kit3725 4 жыл бұрын
for queer women historical fiction: the hours by michael cunningham, the confessions of frannie langton by sara collins, and any sarah waters if you haven’t read her are all great :-O
@kit3725 4 жыл бұрын
also not historical fiction but i think you would enjoy kirsty logan’s books! she writes novels and short stories many of which are about queer women and several of which are slightly speculative/fairy tale-inspired? i would recommend the gracekeepeers and a portable shelter :-)
@GreenBitterfly 4 жыл бұрын
My favourite and for me underrated Sarah Waters book is Affinity, it's definitely my favourite with Fingersmith closely behind.
@UserName-fb2co 4 жыл бұрын
Weird question but is the hours a sad book? I want to read it but I don't want to be depressed
@kit3725 4 жыл бұрын
User Name it’s pretty sad :-(
@marisag19 4 жыл бұрын
It’s so hard to come up with recommendations for you because most of the books I read are because of your recommendations. But I have a few. Backstagers by James Tynion IV - graphic novels about a group of high school boys in stage crew with some supernatural stuff going on, definitely Lumberjanes vibes. Waiting On a Bright Moon by J.Y. Yang - super short book about queer girls in space, strange but interesting. Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman - very sweet, short book about a community coming together via a garden in an empty lot.
@ericabyrne6683 4 жыл бұрын
Loved both Backstagers and Seedfolks!
@olivegranola 4 жыл бұрын
youtube's recommended section is treating me WELL!!
@gissellerivera9843 4 жыл бұрын
The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary is an adorable MG book written in verse. It explores community and different perspectives within the community. Love your videos by the way!
@KappaBooks 4 жыл бұрын
In regards to poetry, I loved Femme in Public by Alok Vaid-Menon and Don't Call Us Dead by Danez Smith I can't really recommend Soft Science by Franny Choi and Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong because I haven't read them yet, but Choi did blow my mind when she came to my campus and said that all humans are cyborgs so like, if nothing else I have high hopes for them (also all 4 collections are by queer poets of color)
@GreenBitterfly 4 жыл бұрын
Some of my favourite childhood books are books I still reread often, and are ones I still get something from despite having read them a number of times. This is especially true for a few of Anne Fine's books.
@bogtube_ 3 жыл бұрын
WauW - I love Graphic Novels - and you got so many I never heard about - after 7 minutes ! Great. I hope some of them is available in danish!
@bookterror 4 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite poetry writers is Ramona meisel. Several of her collections are available for free. I would suggest reading sunblind and sunchoked first.
@graceellenmessimer6805 4 жыл бұрын
I just finished reading we are the ants because of you and it’s definitely one of my favorite reads of the year now 💛
@Dmfriend26 4 жыл бұрын
I'm reading Darius the Great is Not Okay and I'm loving it. I don't want it to end, I love Darius and Sohrab so much!
@zaza613 4 жыл бұрын
I didn't know Heavy Vinyl and Spell on Wheels were getting second volumes! YESSSSSSS.
@ProblemsofaBookNerd 4 жыл бұрын
Elissa Yorgey I KNOW!! IM DYING!!!
@history_lover63 4 жыл бұрын
Tillie Walden is the best! She definitely makes my top favorites and her other book, Spinning, might be my favorite of all time.
@nymeria941 4 жыл бұрын
SO MANY great books here!
@_reveux 4 жыл бұрын
this whole list is just... my whole tbr apparently (also just finished the miseducating of cameron post and it was SO GOOD)
@_reveux 4 жыл бұрын
also recommendation: monstress!! it’s a superb graphic novel, it’s queer and creepy and weird and brilliantly drawn and written. if you haven’t read it, give it a go!
@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm 4 жыл бұрын
Oooo I just read Heavy Vinyl! So cute
@glitternpain 4 жыл бұрын
I remember my first fantasy series was "The Secret Circle".
@defundhollywood3259 3 жыл бұрын
I LOVE FRIED GREEN TOMATOES!!!! I have great memories of reading it in my teens 😍🥰🤗 I'm so happy to finally see a booktuber who loves it too!
@tartdarling 4 жыл бұрын
omg there's going to be more Spell on Wheels?! Be still my heart! For poetry, my recommendation is always Depression and Other Magic Tricks by Sabrina Beniam. It's so good and I cried through like 90% of it. My favorite piece of hers is on youtube from a competition she did and it's called Explaining My Depression To My Mother and it's heartbreaking to watch, but so worth it.
@timcarder2170 4 жыл бұрын
If You haven't read these yet, i seriously recommend; Piers Anthony - "The Incarnations Of Immortality" series Fred Saberhagen - "The Book Of Swords" series , and "The Book Of Lost Swords" series Alan Campbell - "Deepgate Codes" series Matthew Stover - "Acts Of Cain" series
@Valdemar_almeida 3 жыл бұрын
Very good, girl!
@sirJenr 4 жыл бұрын
A book in verse that I cannot recommend high enough is The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta. I recently read it and it has become an all-time favourite. Very queer, very beautiful. I hope you get a chance to read it sometime.
@ProblemsofaBookNerd 4 жыл бұрын
sirTamii I’m really hoping I get to read this one soon! I know the author just got USA publishing rights so I will 100% be buying a copy in 2020 no matter what
@random7607 3 жыл бұрын
I have literally NEVER seen a youtuber recommend Ella Enchanted AND the Inkheart series, and also lowkey Dragon Rider (because I ADORE Dragon Rider). Also Ella Enchanted is my absolute favorite book ever. I reread that on the daily!!!!!! It just makes me very very happy seeing them being talked about:)))))))) And you have phenomenal taste, therefore I plan to read pretty much every book you recommended. Also idk if you've read Aristotle and Dante discover the Secret of the Universe, but that's one of my favorite books of all time, so maybe you'll like it:')))
@nadnadnadnad7133 4 жыл бұрын
I'd love to know what your thesis was about and how Gone Girl inspired it!
@angelk5743 4 жыл бұрын
For poetry, I always loved Crush by Richard Siken.
@victoriah4648 4 жыл бұрын
I sent you this recommendation on Instagram months ago (lol), but here it comes again because I don't think you ever saw it: I feel that The Traveling Triple-C Incorporeal Circus by Alanna McFall will be right up your alley! A road trip book with a diverse all-female cast, heartwarming, funny, and each character has a very specific "voice" (which is super important to me)
@lildramatic4760 4 жыл бұрын
coincidence: my thesis was inspired by ella enchanted!
@el.springall 4 жыл бұрын
If you haven’t read anything by Lang Leav I highly recommend it! She’s one of my favourite poets 😊 I’m currently listening to the audiobook for The Poet X and I’m in love omg it’s so beautiful
@alexawatchingyoutube 4 жыл бұрын
A few months ago I binge-read all of the available Check Please! in one day and it was one of the best reading experiences I’ve ever had 😭
@Blkandsapphicreads 4 жыл бұрын
There’s a poetry collection called Don’t Call Us Dead by Danaz (or danez) Smith and I haven’t read it yet but I’ve heard amazing things about it
@Kaffeyyyyy 4 жыл бұрын
darius the great is getting a sequel???????? i'm gonna cry real tears man i really will
@kelsiemarice7096 4 жыл бұрын
Kaffeyyyyy SAME
@edenrutledge862 4 жыл бұрын
I am reading the Raven boys right now! I am not far through it though. ( I have to read Animal farm for school) But so far I love it!!!
@shahana909 4 жыл бұрын
Book written in verse? Long way down by Jason Reynolds. I listened to the audiobook of this & it was absolutely powerful.
@MMontengore 4 жыл бұрын
I highly recommend that you read poetry collections by Karin Boye (1900-1941). She was a Swedish lesbian author who wrote both poetry and novels. I mostly recommend her poems, as they're very intimate and deal with both her struggles and loves. Though her work will be translated from Swedish and therefore not in its original form, I still think you'll enjoy it
@ryn_pb 4 жыл бұрын
I’m reading Juliet Takes a Breath right now and LOVING it. I’m not a wlw so I can’t speak on that part but as a trans person I like the threads about accepting and working with the body you have rather than fighting it. Also Juliet is just a bomb-ass character.
@KathyTrithardt 4 жыл бұрын
Another _Spell on Wheels_ is coming?! Obviously I am excited about lots of things in this video, but I didn't know that was happening.
@MrGubrz 4 жыл бұрын
the color purple! brilliance! I just had my sister read it, and she hated it! I KNOW! dont worry... I disowned her.
@nelesophie174 4 жыл бұрын
I'm in the middle of rereading Inkheart and Reading the Raven Cycle for the First Time and I'm having a blast ^^ I had to Stop We are the ants unfortunately because the topics seem really heavy for where I am in Life right now...
@suzanneestep2464 3 жыл бұрын
Classic The Neverending Story by Michael Ende. I think you would like it.
@glitternpain 4 жыл бұрын
For some years,I had an interest in Patrick Ness as a writer,but never checked out any of his books.Did he ever write YA/New Adult?
@karkatvantas9557 4 жыл бұрын
Almost his entire library is YA. Aside from A Monster Calls, I'm not aware of a single book of his which is not YA.
@lindseymarie706 4 жыл бұрын
Why can't I turn on the captions? :( Is that just an error on my end or are there none?
@willgalarneau5655 4 жыл бұрын
Would recommend the webcomic rock and riot! Queer (50s?) High school webcomic that's the cutest thing on earth. There is a bit of homophobia, but it's solidly punched in the face, and honestly my first webcomic recommendation for anyone.
@marcusalford1750 4 жыл бұрын
I would recomend havana storm by clive cussler
@tbnrbooks 4 жыл бұрын
I love this idea! Mind if I borrow it for my channel?
@ProblemsofaBookNerd 4 жыл бұрын
tbnrbooks go for it!
@angelapusateri2628 4 жыл бұрын
Opens the video in one tab and overdrive in another
@ProblemsofaBookNerd 4 жыл бұрын
Angela Pusateri love this energy
@Kaffeyyyyy 4 жыл бұрын
I just finished graceling and i would like to say 💖💕💕💔💗💝💞💖💕
@sarahtownsend5315 4 жыл бұрын
Kaffeyyyyy you should read Fire by the same author. It’s a prequel without being a prequel.
@allyson.m 4 жыл бұрын
STATION ELEVEN IS BEING ADAPTED?!?!?!?!?!?!?! OH MY GOD CAN YOU HEAR MY SCREAMING FROM ARIZONA
@emyreads805 4 жыл бұрын
Where is Of Fire and Stars :O
@Valdemar_almeida 3 жыл бұрын
My book favorite is " I, robot".
@marcusalford1750 4 жыл бұрын
1:45 fav book's starts
@justisgift6345 4 жыл бұрын
Ziggy, Stardust and me by James Brandon. If I’m ever going to recommend a queer book it would be that one.
@randomchannel8523 4 жыл бұрын
You mean novels?
@Valdemar_almeida 3 жыл бұрын
What's your book favorite?
@edsgirl9290 4 жыл бұрын
Omg! On a sunbeam sounds amazing!! Does anyone know if it’s children appropriate, cause I am a very innocent teenager and don’t like anything too……uhh spicy? 😂
@ProblemsofaBookNerd 4 жыл бұрын
EDS Girl it’s a ya graphic novel! There’s no sexual content beyond kissing and swearing is limited. There’s a very small amount of violence but it’s really just mostly about small moments and found family 😊
@edsgirl9290 4 жыл бұрын
ProblemsofaBookNerd awe yay! Thank you so much! Definitely gonna have to pick it up :D
@g.chatterjee2296 4 жыл бұрын
Hey Cece. I loved This one summer. I love v e Schwab too. My favorite. Piecing me together, we are the ants and real queer America were so good. Read RqA on your rec. Thanks Cece. Will read graceling soon. I remember your video *if you didn't like that you might enjoy this* I think you compared throne of glass with graceling. I really did not like Evelyn Hugo. I thought it would be more literary. Daisy Jones audio book is awesome. I gotta admit. I didn't like wrinkle of time when I read it. Time for reread I suppose. I love color purple so much. I liked bits and pieces of whistle cafe . I enjoyed the f/f storyline but didn't care for the subplots. I found home going a tedious read. Reading constant shifting of pov and jumping from a country to other wasn't fun. Looking forward to Cantoras. I dnfd gone girl. I didn't really understand station eleven though. I wish they had omitted the politics from red white. I enjoyed the m/m Romance.
@marcusalford1750 4 жыл бұрын
What does y/a mean?
@ProblemsofaBookNerd 4 жыл бұрын
YA stands for "young adult", it means they are books originally intended for people ages 12-18.
@marcusalford1750 4 жыл бұрын
@@ProblemsofaBookNerd Thank you cc much appreciated Have a wonderfull day !!!
@glitternpain 4 жыл бұрын
When she raised "The Giver",I internally screamed.
@michelea2326 4 жыл бұрын
This One Summer...not a great read in my opinion. It went nowhere so fast.
@tosheatower 4 жыл бұрын
I always come to your channel for new gay and lesbian novels to read [full disclosure: we hardly ever agree]. But watching this video has me wondering do you read anything besides contemporary. If you don't, that's fine. I'm just curious.
@ProblemsofaBookNerd 4 жыл бұрын
tosheatower did you even watch this video lol yes I read plenty that isn’t contemporary, none of the series I mentioned were contemporary and there was an entire section on SFF books
@tosheatower 4 жыл бұрын
@@ProblemsofaBookNerd I did. I always do. Which books are you saying are non-contemporary? Meaning 1950s and prior?
@ProblemsofaBookNerd 4 жыл бұрын
tosheatower apparently we must have entirely different definitions of contemporary. By “contemporary” are you referring to books written in the past 70 years? Because the definition of contemporary that I use in this video and the accepted definition used by most of BookTube is that contemporary refers to the time period of books, those set in a contemporary time in a real-world setting.
@tosheatower 4 жыл бұрын
@@ProblemsofaBookNerd Hmm ok. Do you read any books written before the 1950s? There are some great gay and lesbian classics I'd be curious to have you discuss.
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