I don't know who quoted this but here it goes - "Reading? It's not about how many books you go through, it's about how many books go through you"

"Don't finish a bad book" is the best advice when it comes to optimizing time and enjoy reading.

Also, ask a librarian. Helping people find books they will enjoy or discover information they need is a huge part of our job.

“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.” ― Mortimer J. Adler

Avoid books made by youtubers

I stopped buying books for two reasons. I only like them in physical form and they are expensive most of the times, and second, public libraries have amazing books that you can actually borrow. If you really like it, then you can buy it then to store in your own library. Why you didn't mention libraries? Andy

This is why I look up to this man. He has a good taste for books, and his videos are helpful and precise.

Also don't ever be afraid to start reading multiple books at once. You don't have to commit to everything, as long as one of them is enjoyable you already won.

"A short history of nearly everything" is one of my favorite books as well, so surprised when someone else mentions it. Great video😊

I know everyone has different interests when it comes to reading, but a few books that I have enjoyed reading are as followed: • Ego Is The Enemy (Ryan Holiday) • The Obstacle Is The Way (Ryan Holiday) • The Second Mountain: The Quest For A Moral Life (David Brooks) • The Road To Character (David Brooks) • Rising Strong (Brene Brown) • Daring To Lead (Brene Brown) One might say that a more accurate assessment is three authors that changed my life as I listed a couple books by each author that I've come to enjoy reading and have learned to grow my perspective and personal self from what I've read and apply them to my own life and situations that happen within it. I've always been a strong believer that while reading is fundamentally important and essential to helping us learn and grow, it's all in how we apply it as well. I hope for those that see this comment and decided to read any of these books or if you've already read any of them you can share your experiences below. I hope you can experience as much joy from these books as I have come to know. Keep reading what you love and find interesting and grow as much as you can as a person.

Thomas, THANK YOU. You perfectly and quickly answered my questions. It is such a relief to know them . I respect your efforts so much. I'm also proud and happy to hear my own words in your video.

I would recommend Goodreads as well. In my experience the reviews are quite reliable! Another way I passively find out about new/recommended books is through podcasts. The podcast Fresh Air is always interviewing authors. I've found so many great books that way.

deleting the TBR list is great, if you really wanted to read something youd buy the book right away, instead the tbr list just gives you anxiety lol

Thank you for making this video. My wife is a writer of clean historical romance novels based on places we have traveled. Now that I have retired, I am helping her publish Mellyora Ashley books for others to enjoy. I appreciate your help in this video showing how she might get her books discovered by those looking for enjoyable reads about actual places and history in England.

Tom, Ive been around for a long time and appreachiate every video you release. They really do help. Fam, the dislike percentage of basically all of your videos say something very good about you as a content creator.

You're such a great inspiration for me. Your videos have changed they way of my life. Keep posting great stuff, as always! :)

Great video. I agree that reading a summary is like getting notes from friends. Even reading a book second time is a very different experience as you notice different things and make new connections. When it comes to reading lists, when I add a book to it, I also add a reference (where did I heard it, why it got me interested). That way (hopefully) I will be able to evaluate better when the time comes, if it's still relevant/a good reason to read the book.

I like Naval Ravikan'ts approach to reading. He doesn't force himself to finish a book he started, he just reads whatever he's curious about. I haven't fully adopted his philosophy, but he do notice that at times I lose reading momentum if what I'm reading is not that interesting to me, and I skip reading for 1-2 days. Sometimes I also just need a break from a certain book, and then come back to it at a later point, or I don't. The only time I try to be consistent is with text books that I'm trying to study. But because of that I try to read 2-3 categories of books each day, so that I'm always reading something "interesting". The categories would be text-book/study-book (something that requires more focus), non-fiction (something I'm interested in) and fiction (the last book of the day and to balance my reading habits and create diversity in the topics I read).

And sometimes its good to read so called “classics” I found the books that we read in literature class such as Dostoevsky, Camus, Jane Austin, Fitzgerald, and etc. very interesting and entertaining. There might be boring books, but there won’t be “bad” books if you find them in this way. Also, there is a list made by Ted, “why you should read” series, and it’s helpful.

Thinking Fast and Slow is truly a life-changing book. It should be a required read before starting college. Great video thanks for the recommendations.

I was JUST having this issue the other day! Thanks for another great video!

People, here is the best content, search no more, Tom, I love the work that you do here and the new mail up-do that you did - it is truly a quality read! I literary cant point to a single video that i didn't enjoy

I feel like your skin is getting better and glowing with every video. Make a video on how you take care of it.!!

"The Greatest Ingredient to learning is interest" "Enjoy the journey, you never really "get there"

Personal development books are my favorite My recommendations are Think and grow rich - napoleon hill As a man thinken by James Allen psycocybernetics - Maxwell Maltz Atomic habits by James clear The power of your subconscious mind by Joseph Murphy Eat that frog Bryan Tracy Awaken the giant within - Antony Robbins The genie within by Harry w. Carpenter Miracle morning- Hal Elrod There is a lot more books that I really like but The ones I mentioned are some of my favorite!!!

Your videos are QUALITY

I hate how teen fantasy books cover 80% of book shops and library

I just can't get myself to make a reading habit, no matter what... I don't understand why... But I'm still very excited to get that habit, and working on it...

I so appreciate your vlogs and this channel!! Still recommending it to my students. This is such a useful video. Commonsense that is so valuable.

Ok, sure, I can respect this. Even though I fundamentally disagree with the overall philosophy of this channel, I have to admit this was a very practical and helpful guide. Assuming my life span leaves me with enough time after I finish all the classics I still have on my TBR list and my second Wheel of Time reading, this is going to be a helpful guide to look for what's next.

I second the Goodreads recommendation, it has been a pleasure following you these years! Cheers.

this is not what people are here for but two books that i absolutely love are, blink by malcolm gladwell and little bee by chris cleave.

Thank you so much for this video! I lost my love for reading at the beginning of middle school, but recently regained it at the end of my freshman year of college a month ago and this question popped into my head. I’ll definitely have to check out Goodreads later.

thanks for not being superficial with this topic! you could have made it easy for yourself, but you didnt, and i always appreciate that in youtubers! i, too, try to give my content as much depth as possible. thanks for raising the bar, thomas 😉

Don’t finish a bad book is good advice, my own personal rule is don’t even start one; I can tell in one paragraph if I am going to enjoy an author’s style. On occasion, might give them up to one page, but I try to stick to the one paragraph rule…

The part where you say "Don't forget to enjoy the process of reading and that it's about the journey", totally resonates with me. At the start of this year, I had set a goal to read 2 books per month to resume my love for reading. Eventually, I realised that I was really rushing through. And, my sister pointed out exactly the same thing - what's the point of such a goal if you are not enjoying it. So, I have slowed down and enjoying all the reading 😊. Thanks for the tips..

THOMAS ALL BOOKS ARE WORTH MY TIME. I am currently reading Being Mortal by Atul Gawande which is extremely well written also extremely eye-opening and existential crisis causing. One of my first Non-FIction that I am reading all the way through. I personally do a lot of the tips you are giving but the video was a great reminder. The first sentence was caused by my first reaction to your title. Love yah!

I noticed the Mary Beard book in the thumbnail. Seems we are both a fan of her. I bought her book Women and Power earlier today. I can't wait to buy S.P.Q.R. in the future.

*_Thanks for having engsubtitles_*

Thank you for the tips. Awesomely edited as always, keep up with good work sir!

Hi Thomas, Your channel is the most unique one out there and very educational and realistic too. Congrats, you are not feeding the egos of people by creating crap content. Good going!

Great video as always. Can you please make a video on how you take notes on the books you read? That'd be really helpful.

Here's a book recommendation for anyone who sees this. Why We Sleep by Dr. Matthew Walker It's by far the most interesting and comprehensive book on any subject I've ever read. Keyword: interesting.

Yeah, 'The Name Of The Wind' is a wonderful book!

If one is still considering listening to the Sherlock Holmes books, please give chance to John Telfer, one of the earlier issues of the Sherlock Holmes audiobooks and an absolutely wonderful listen!

Great vid. I have been stuck and only finished 2 of the last 10books I started. Now I have a direction and some good recommendations. Thank you

I loved this video thank you so much for it. It really helped me place to perspective what reading really is. I love to read but always had the feelings I had to finish the book no matter what and felt disappointed if that goal was not achieved. Thanks to you I know I can take it easier and not read so aggressively, more like taking my time and focusing on what's important. Thanks for existing! (Also, liked that you ended the video in a kind of commercial way :P)

I really loved what you said about taking time to enjoy books, and that milestones don't really matter--you could have a goal to read 100 books in one year and finish feeling totally unfulfilled, or only read 10, at your own pace, and love each one. This is a lesson I need to learn! I set out at the beginning of this year wanting to read as many books as possible, but then began Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive--which is QUITE the undertaking! I am enjoying them, however, I don't know if they will end up becoming some of my favorites. I don't know why this is (I feel sort of sad about it for some reason; I want to like a book I spend 2 months reading)...I guess only time will tell. Regardless, this is such a fantastic reminder that readers should only read what matters to THEM!!

Thanks a lot Thomas for the audible free trial.

If you like books then Goodreads is an essential part of your reading routine. By reading reviews of your favorite books, you will find reviewers who have similar tastes and you can check out their top-rated books.

I love the way he speaks...he's great....keeps your attention...content is good and delivery of the info is crisp...a natural

I just want to appreciate your high quality content - Thank You Thomas !

I liked your attitude very much ,for most things you give an answer that it is RELATIVE ,which is always true ,because IN THIS WORLD NOTHING IS GOOD OR BAD EVERYTHING IS RELATIVE...

Please do a video on books that greatly impacted you! Something besides the usual self-help books! Stories!!!

Great video Thomas! Any recomendations on how to motivate yourself into doing mundane tasks that have no deadline.

It's so nice recognizing a book your bookshelf even in the blurry background

And I enjoy your talk. Thanks Thomas for your great advice.

Hey Thomas! It's my first time watching your video and I love it. I'm an avid nonfiction/business book reader who has also happened to read The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear. I love your advice about what books to choose. To add another layer here for nonfiction book readers. I think it's important to pick a book topic in the area you need the most improvement on 'at that specific time' in your life. Best way to do that, like you said, is to check the book out on Goodreads, which btw I followed you. On another note, I just posted my first 'New Business BookTube Tag' video today which is something me and my fellow avid business book readers just started about 3 weeks ago. As you have mentioned, BookTube consists of mostly fictional book readers. It is our goal to get more fictional readers to start reading more nonfiction books through starting this 'New Business BookTube'. It was awesome watching your video and I'll be sure to stop by and watch some more. Thanks Thomas.

Use summaries to understand a book's main point but have this in mind, reading summeriesb don't help you has much as the notes you take yourself and the things you resonate with the book, don't finish bad books and be sure to enjoy reading it.

Another great Audible buy is 'Galaxy Outlaws: the complete Black Ocean Mobius Missions 1-16.5' It is an AMAZING universe to explore and in which to enjoy the varied and interesting adventures. There are sequel series which are fantastic as well, but for one credit, this takes the cake! I also fully back the Sherlock Holmes collection mentioned in the vid. Awesome!

There's also a very active community on KZfaq of people who read and review books. It's mostly YA but if you dig a little deeper you can find people who read from every genre.

Hey Thomas! Could you do a video on the helpful things to bring or not to bring to a new college dorm or housing situation? Thanks! Love your videos and studying playlists!

I was re-watching another video of yours, the one for the bad morning habits, when I received the notification for this one :D Just wanna share my HUGE admiration for readin 1367 books and for all the well-shaped, motivating and helpful videos you make in general. You make me wanna have a chanel on my own. Maybe sth similar to this but also a bit different. Once again thank you for all the work you put on a daily basis!

Since you improved the color correction, the videos look amazing. Great job!

Thanks for the video!!! 😄👍. I have read your book and that's really awesome🙌

Thank you for promoting fiction. Too many men avoid it. I got to a point where I am looking for some new direction in the world of fiction and am finding it difficult to even find men who read it to get direction from.

Didn’t know Stephen Fry had recorded Sherlock! Thanks for this tip 👍🏻

To add to finish free summaries of books, I did this: Download the Kindle App on phone, or tablet. Then with your amazon account, find a book you want on the amazon site, find the kindle version of that book and click on “download a free sample”. Most of the time, the first pages give you an idea of the book and then from there, you decide.

Usually I ask multiple people like: my English teacher, the librarian, my reader friends and my cousin who is a English major. If two or more or them recommend the same book I read them.

**YOU should do a day in a life video **

Author recommendations is a great source when looking for something new to get into. I don't know if most authors are active on Goodreads but what I do is go to their personal website if they have one and see if they have any book recommendations. Found some amazing stuff doing this!

Couldn't agree more with the importance of trying to get useful things out of books instead of just trying to read as many as possible

Very smart video idea!!! Thanks a lot Thomas! Keep up the great work!!

Great video! I have a request for the podcast: Could you do a whole episode about the posture problems and every day solutions, mentioned in the prelast epiosde of the podcast? I think that's a topic that concerns a lot of people and could influence there lives in a positive way. Thanks for all the amazing content!

I have this issue too. Constantly getting bombarded with books to read in articles I come across. It becomes book overload. Too many books being marketed constantly.

Thanks for uploading. I’ve been trying to read more recently but didn’t really know where to start

I totally agree when you say that the interest is the main key for us to pick a book to read. Sometimes we read books that someone said was good, but it just doesn't work for us. It's really a matter of what you are into at the moment.

Oh my god Pat’s Goodreads profile is basically my book oracle; I scroll through it day in day out and The Name of the Wind is my favorite fantasy novel (still waiting on the third book...I’m looking at you Rothfus). I was so happy you like it 😁

Thomas getting even more slick with his ad segways😂😊 8:38

There is a quote of en Egyptian philosopher, "reading a book twice is better than reading two books". Relatively this works for all beginners and most of people.

Seconding Goodreads! I cannot recommend it enough - not only is it a fairly good gauge of a book's quality (though you should be discerning when reading reviews), I can usually tell if I will enjoy something by reading the reviews on content, writing style et cetera. Some people complain about the community there, but I've personally just used it as a to-read and screening list and it works just fine. What my issue is, is reading more nonfiction! It's hard to know what piques your interest if you don't know what's out there, and nonfiction easily falls into the trap of being boring if it's not well handled. Any tips?

I've been asking myself this for ages now and just yesterday too. Open KZfaq; Thomas's solved my problem.

“Don’t finish a bad book” that is a great advice, personally it has to be a really bad book in order to left it unfinished. I like and I’m interested in most books that you mention. One recommendation: “The Coaching Habit” and also I’m slowly getting all the books the author recommends at the end haha.

Thank you! I needed this video a while now, really enjoy your videos, they're incredibly helpful!

Hey! Could you make a video on best books to read; fiction, non-fiction, and/or self-help books? Thanks!

I just started reading Name of the Wind yesterday, and HOLY SHIT. I've been working on reading more fiction recently and I"m so glad my best friend (yes, I'm 30 and I still have a couple of those, sue me) recommended it. Rothfuss' book is a brick, but its beautifully written and inventive.

I spent money on buying books that people say are the best books . I didn't learn anything worth mentioning but got a free book from librivox and that sorta changed my life .

ROTHFUSS HAS A GOODREADS?!!?!? I am TOTALLY checking that out!!!!!!

I'm a huge fan of Stephen Fry. I can believe that it's a fantastic listen. 😊 Enjoyed this episode. Thanks so much for taking the pressure off my TBR list.

You were awesome, thanks for providing all your tips and links

I really needed this. Thank you 🙏🏻

thank you so much thomas i was looking for books and couldn't really decide, moreover my exams just ended so a great time to read great books.

Hey Thomas, this is my first time commenting and I just want to make a book recommendation, I highly recommend Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, it's a great memoir the of comedian's life. It has great humour and truth. I love your channel btw, it helped me get through high school and now college. Love from South Africa and keep it up!

I personally watch certain booktubers whose opinions I’ve come to trust and follow theor recommendations. See what the person rates certain books within your genre of interest and compare their opinion to yours, if you match on several occasions, chances are you will like that person’s recommendations within the genre. Now I know which booktuber’s advice to follow when I’m reading thrillers, contemporary, classics etc.

On the other hand though, I like how only I can see my library. No one else knows who I’m reading.

Glad this is here, had this problem for a while

Can we just take a moment to appreciate Thomas (and his team) for his very well done job on creating personal brand. Well done good sir. You instill value into every damned video. For lack of better words, and my own personal favorite phrase. Fuck yeah man. Good work!

this was great thankyou. Excited to check out good reads and those recommends. The idea of befriending someone for book recommendations cracked me. Your cadence is very similar to nerdwriter, so many people on youtube are sounding like this maybe your all from the same neck of the woods but sometimes its a little jarring especially in addition to the music for the uber audio sensitive like me. Something to think about or completely disregard.

I'm the only one who walks into a library 1 hour before it closes, and walks around like a fool for a good 59 minutes aimlessly having no clue what in looking for even though in desperate for a new book but can never find what I like, and just keep picking up random books in ny general "section"(YA). Then when they kick me out, I just take home what I managed to pick up and HOPE that it will be a good read or else I wanted my time