Got 100 pages left of Prophet of Edan and it is amazing… looking to be my 8th five star read of the year!

Hello brothers gwynne, do you guys by chance have any recommendations for Historical Fiction set in ancient Egypt?

Kevin Costner is SO underrated. I have watched Dances with Wolves so many times. Graham Greene's best role too, besides Thunderheart, of course. haha

Can't wait for "Between Dragons and Their Wrath". It sounds so good! We pronounce wrath the same in my region of America (Washington State/PNW). It's funny because I would have assumed English people pronounce it how you thought we did.

nobody seems to read Robert Lewis Taylor anymore but Travels of Jaimie Mcpheeters (Pulitzer), A Journey To Matecumbe. Two Roads To Guadalupe are all amazing. then there is Glendon Swarthout, The Shootist, The Homesman and more. Dorothy M. Johnson, Man Called Horse, The Hanging Tree and any western by Elmore Leonard, Hombre and 3:10 To Yuma being the most well known.

P.S. I talked to Christopher Buehlman last Saturday at an Ohio book festival and he gave me a personal message to relay to you so don't let me forget!

Gentlemen, do not debase yourselves by reading ACOTAR. I can save you some time with a two-word plot summary: fairy smut. Do not make the mistake of thinking I'm a SJM hater. I am not. I met her, and she's delightful and funny. Also, I absolutely LOVE Throne of Glass, her first and highly superior series. I have read it through twice, all 7 or 8 books, including once as a buddy read with "the old guy" at work you've heard me mention many times and he enjoyed it too, the whole series, despite being a grandpa-aged white male who normally reads garbage like Baldacci and Tom Clancy. It is so, so good. ACOTAR, on the other hand, isn't nearly as good, and the gratuitously descriptive . . . relations (wink wink, nudge nudge) are just not my jam. At least in the Throne of Glass series they wait until book 5 to get busy and even then it's much more tastefully handled. Plus there's a cutthroat competition to be the king's assassin plus political intrigue and a bunch of different lands so not all characters are ethnically similar, and there are extremely badass witches who have even badder transportation, and there are tombs and castles and magical pendants and tons of snark, and redemption arcs, and a cursed blade, and mythological creatures, and mind control, and did I mention PIRATES, and revenge plots -- TOG has everything, and it's so entertaining.

Holy shit I'm in page 135 of A Time of Courage and Dream just got on the white bears back after Rosie fell. I have an Adler hatchet and the Roland Welker 1095 Case knives design beside me in the bed!!!!

Been having the best time reading these alongside all the great folk on Discord!

I will be joining you on discord for the Time of Courage, and all of Bloodsworn!

Can't wait for Fury of the Gods! Truth and Courage!!!

Oooh some really fantastic books on the list. Totally agree with Ed on AFFC as its also the book in the series I wanna skip the most. Really need to get to the Giles Kristian books, need to force my Arthurian friend to read them as I think thatd be a great buddy read. Also Will you do need to read more King because ooof when hes amazing hes amazing (and when hes cack hes utter cack)

Great mix! Arcane S2 is a show to look out for.

Too many releases and not enough time! It's a good problem to have though 😂

Im looking forward to read The Fury of the Gods & Wind and Truth !!!

Sally Rooney releasing a novel about grief and family while I’m grieving is either going to be the best thing that’s ever happened or it’s going to ruin the speck of emotional wellbeing I have left. Fingers crossed for the former

I (Kris) and reading the sword of Kaigen right now! Absolutely hooked so far!

Definitely also looking forward to “Fury of the Gods”, “Nesferatu” and “Gladiator 2”, as well as Book #3 of «The Sundered Nation» Trilogy by Vaughn Roycroft, the Standalone Sequel of the «Edan» Trilogy by our dear Philip Chase & Book #3 in the “Arthurian Age” by Sean Poage, as well as the “Those About To Die” TV Show (and the next episodes of “House of the Dragon”). Cheers!

I’ve read five of these already!!🎉🎉

That office reference at 10:48 👌

Why is this video not called "anticipated bits and bobs"??!!!

If this is the first half of the favourites list, then I can't wait to see what the top 5 are gonna be!! I definitely need to get back to the Gael Song asap. And how have I still not read the Wolf Den trilogy?! Shame on me 🥲🥲

Yes I am the first to comment!

Oh now I need to check all of those books out 😍 Really enjoyed the video, guys! I'm definitely subscribing.

In a similar vein I can recommend the books "Hadji Murat" by Leo Tolstoy, "Death and the Dervish" by Mese Selimovic, and “My Name is Red” by Orhan Pamuk.

@15:45 Will subtly burns Ed. He’s more naturally talented… orally 🤣

"A bit of a prick" is such a kind description of Othrun 😂 I enjoyed that Page Chewing chat so immensely as well...I know we've teased a part 2 a couple times now but I'm thinking latter half of 2024 may be the time to make it a reality 👀 Oh yes!! Murder at Spindle Manor is fantastic! ✨ I'm ALWAYS here for Greenbone Saga love 💚Can't wait to hear your thoughts on Jade War and Legacy Ed! As a true crime lover, you've definitely sold me on In Cold Blood WIll 👀

Thank you Ed, I thought i was alone in thinking that messiah is better than dune. I absolutely loved it and it's more of a political analysis than a sci fi book. About children of dune... Well let's just say I've got strong opinions about it and I think it's one of the worst books I've ever read 😢

Interesting list so far, curious for the follow-up. Excellent video as usual, I love the chemistry between you two. One of the only KZfaq channels where I can listen 30+ minutes without issues :)

I’ve read 17 of these!🎉🎉

Can you two do a top 10 list of Books on Rome or about Rome and Ancient Greece . Please and thank you.

Love to see Dune Messiah and Clash of Kings on this list, love those two! I have to pick up the Wolf Den Trilogy

I had to tap out of the Edan series mid thru the 2nd book. Definitely was underwhelmed, especially after hearing how much booktubers raved about it.

I highly recommend reading Cormac McCarthy's 'The Sunset Limited'. Of his two plays, that's the one to read. It's exceptional.

Great list gents! Always intrigued to see both your individual and collective top lists! Ed, so honoured to see A Drowned Kingdom on your list! Hoping (and thinking) you will enjoy The Last of the Atalanteans even more 😊.

Blood meridian does destroy souls. That was a hard book to read, but after i finished it i ended up really enjoying it overall! Its just a diffixukt book to read, the writing is quite dense. Great list gentlemen! Im excited to resd Dune Messiah next year. I loved Dune and definitely want to see what happens after.

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Yes, «Edan»: Very excited for the standalone sequel, might actually meet Professor Chase this Summer during his European Vacation, if all goes to plan! 😉🤞 Also very excited for «Fury of the Gods» (obviously! 😅), Shauna Lawless’ «Gael Song» series, book #3 in Vaughn Roycroft’s «Sundered Nation» Trilogy and book #3 in Sean Poage’s «Arthurian Age» Trilogy! My list so far this year: 1) «A Brightness Long Ago» by Guy Gavriel Kay (Fantasy inspired by the Mercenary Wars of Renaissance Italy) 2) «Imperium» by Robert Harris (Historical Fiction, book #1 in Cicero Trilogy about the Eponymous Roman Statesman) 3) «Når landet mørknar» (Approximately «When The (This?) Land Darkens») by Tore Kvæven (Historical Fiction set during the 13th Century end of the Norse Settlement of Greenland, think of it as a Norse John Steinbeck novel, winner of the Brage Prize for Best Norwegian Novel in 2018) 4) «The Last Light of the Sun» by Guy Gavriel Kay (Fantasy inspired by the Viking Great Heathen Army and King Alfred the Good) 5) «The Dragonbone Chair» (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1) by Tad Williams (Epic Fantasy) 6) «Brother Red» by Adrian Selby (Grimdark Fantasy, standalone «midquel» to «Snakewood» & «The Winter Road») 7) «Howling Dark» (Sun Eater, #2) by Christopher Ruocchio (Space opera) 8) «Islands in the Net» by Bruce Sterling (80s (Post-)Cyberpunk) 9) «Stonehenge» by Bernard Cornwell (Historical Fiction about the Creation of Stonehenge during the Late Neolithic Period) 10) Splitt: «The Name of the Wind» by Patrick Rothfuss (Fantasy), «The Darkness That Comes Before» (The Prince of Nothing #1) by R. Scott Bakker (Grimdark/Dark Epic Fantasy) & «The Judas Blossom» by Stephen Aryan (Historical Fantasy set during the Mongol Conquest of Persia). Cheers, lads! 😊

I’m reading empire of the vampire at the moment and god damn it’s entertaining! But i think he “borrowed” a few lines from Tarantino and the first season of True Detective haha.

Look forward to the rest of the list!

Interesting video which books you like.. 👍

It's literally a crime how underrated the Of Blood and Bone series is. I liked it quite a bit better than The Faithful and the Fallen and it is now one of my favorite series!!! And Drem and Riv and Bleda are all some of my favorite characters!!!!

Shauna Lawless is the best author no one is reading!! Just magic!! The Land of the Living and the Dead is here in September! There will be 3 novellas published as a physical omnibus in early 2025! I hope the audio too.🤞 There will be a new 3 book arc in the same world too not sure if it will be a sequel or prequel series. She also is working on a romantsy series too, not related to the Gael Song.

I love self published books, some of the best I’ve read!

Shauna Lawless’s novellas are published by the same publisher as the rest of the series. Paul is rather annoying 😂 I’m looking forward to getting to The Wolf Den and Green Bone Saga series at some point! But but a video with all threeee 🥺

So happy to see Jade City on this list, this series is one of my newest obsessions (your reviews pushed me to finally pick it up Ed, so thanks for that 😂). I was also nervous about the urban aspect, but it worked so well. I'm just over halfway through Jade War now, and it's fantastic, really hoping Jade Legacy sticks the landing. I would love to see you guys read acotar or Fourth Wing 😂 (maybe they should be a discord buddy read😂) Play of Shadows sounds so intriguing

How is Papa Gwynne doing?

I just started The Temple of Fortuna, really hoping it brings a great conclusion to the trilogy!

I'm slacking on my read all of McCarthy novels this 2024 goal. Thanks for the reminder lol

A+ for the "best of fantasy" quote, and we will forgive the lack of a tweed jacket while uttering it this time, Ed. 😁My gratitude to both of you once again for reading The Edan Trilogy -- the fact that the story resonated with you is a great source of fulfillment for me!