IF ANY LITERARY WORK IS BANNED IN AMERICA FOR BEING UNAMERICAN THAN THE PEOPLE IN CHARCH ARE FITHY PEICES OF SHIT HIPOCRYTS THAT DESERVE TO BURN AS THEY WOULD HAVE OUR BOOKS. wait, am i stating the obvious too much? muther fucking polititians cant do that no matter how "unamerican" it is at least it pertains to the 1st ammendment. thumbs up i guess, i want people to see what i think of the whores that were in office when that book was punlished.
@MrDavidX96 Yes, I will thumb up your comment and agree with what you said. In fact, if you look into the guy who wrote the book he nearly went to jail for writing it, for "un-american" behavior.
@MrDavidX96 During the McCarthy Era in 1947, when US Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin claimed that the federal government and other institutions were riddled with Communists, the US House began hearings about purported communist influence in Hollywood. Trumbo, along with nine other writers and directors, was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) as an unfriendly witness to testify on the presence of communist influence in Hollywood.
@MrDavidX96 Trumbo and the other nine refused to give information. After conviction for contempt of Congress, he and the others were blacklisted from working in Hollywood. In 1950, Dalton served 11 months in prison as punishment for the contempt conviction, in the federal penitentiary in Ashland, Kentucky
@EndlessLaymon while still uterly unamerican that makes sense, the big scare w/communism made people and the gov more paranoid and basicly gave the gov. the power to be as antia-first-amendment/constitutional as they liked. thanks for the insight btw
@50srocknrollfan18 As this is a top ten list sadly many authors and books had to be omitted. If I did a top twenty Animal Farm Would be in there as well as Twain.
@50srocknrollfan18 animal farm seams to me like a more "all incusive" 1984. animal farm shows the progression from oppressed to rebelion and then the new government becoming corrupted and totalitarian, 1984 starts in the middle
Where on earth is Hemingway? Greatest American Novelist? Defined the 1920's and 30's? Ernest Hemingway? The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls? The lost generation?
@londoncalling121312 I find Hemmingway to be vastly overrated. I prefer Steinbeck whose novels moved me more deeply than Hemmingway. But this all just personal opinion.
Atlas Shrugged and Fountainhead should definitely be in this collection of top ten books. Atlas should be at the top though, considering it really was rated the most influential book of all time aside from biblical literature or any other religious literature.
My book that is way out there in science fiction and is all over the internet is not on you list it is the first book of 5 in this series and is exciting on ever page. google ( the new earth 250 billion years ad. auther Michael Jesweak.
My personal favorite book has to be The Catcher in the Rye. I know a lot of people will be thinking that I'm jumping on the High School English Class Band Wagon but I think that it deals with the psychological aspects of the average teenage boy, just amplified X10.
@SuperDuperUltra Huh...I read all sorts of novels and I read a lot. I wouldn't know about required reading as I never took an English course. Most of these books are respected as great classics (and for fuckin good reasons) so I am not surprised that they would be required reading in some classes., but trust me I didn't just make a list of a English Professors to read list ,this is my personal list and trust me I do not need to read more I read all types of books,
@SuperDuperUltra , I read Splatterpunk to Russian classics, nonfiction to fiction all sorts of fuckin books make my reading diet. And I have read more books than I care to fucking count. Maybe you think the only literature
worth reading and which is any good are obscure books no fucker has heard of.
@PUPPYBEATER09 The Bible is religion and thus falls it its own weird notion of true or false....but I am an atheist and wouldn't put it in my top one hundred fictional books.
@EndlessLaymon Hey that looks like a great list, im sorry to say i haven't read the majority of them, you put 1984 at no. where it probably belongs as most my friends think but i happen to think "a brave new world" by Aldous Huxley is even more fit for purpose with regard to the subject matter, have you read it? and if so do you agree? but even i can admit 1984 is a much better read, although a brave new world is a fantastic read also.
@gar77772221able1 Yes I have read Brave New World and loved it. It is a great piece of literature and would no doubt make my top twenty. I just feel 1984 has more relevance in regards of how it mirrors society. It was a tough decision to pick my number one but in my opinion 1984 is more of an important read. Yet Brave New World is also a very important read and is a novel I often recommend to my friends. But 1984 just had the slight edge.
@EndlessLaymon Ya but you see this is very argument i was getting at, Huxley wrote a letter to Orwell saying that the nightmare if 1984 would modulate into the nightmare of "brave new world", after reading both books i tend to agree, while a brave new world may not mirror our own society as well as 1984 does yet,its too hard to see the beginnings of the move towards this scientific dictatorship, all the sigtns are there i.e. endless distractions, pharmaceuticals available whether required or not
@gar77772221able1 Huxley said himself 30 yrs are wrinting the book that the process is accelerating fasters than he envisaged, i happen to agree that the world is much more likely to fall into a future like this than the one described in brave new world.People will always fight against totalitarianism, i disagree with Orwell that the human spirit can be crushed via conditioning, this was essentially the conclusion of the book but i don't agree with this. Humans can be made docile however.
@gar77772221able1 Making people content with their servitude is the realn danger in my opinion, that is why i feel brave new world is the more important book, i feel the society described in it could easily sneek up the world a it not something people are even remotely aware of, totalitarianism will always create resistance and heros, in Huxleys vision there is no need for resistance or heros, everything is stable, no highs no lowsm everybody satified, truly horrible and very likely to happen
@gar77772221able1 I know all about Huxley's letter to Orwell. I feel both books are very prophetic. I give the edge to 1984 at the moment Especially with how Britain is turning more into an Orwellian society than the world of Brave New World. . But yet the USA is quickly transforming in the world as envisioned by Huxley. Both books are pretty scary in how much certain countries are shaping to the ideas of both Huxley and Orwell.
@EndlessLaymon Thats fair enough i really can't argue with that as both books are so prophetic its impossible to say which one will be proved to be more accurate in the long term. If it was a readabilty id have to give to 1984 because i literally read that right the way through without stopping (except for sleep and food), but some the things he assumes in the book i just don't agree with, its impossible to say whether the techniques he described would be as effective as he makes out
@gar77772221able1 Both book are very important and you did bring up a lot good arguments pertaining the importance of Brave New World which I will not argue with. I just feel 1984 is the more important book at the current time but in twenty years who knows?
There has been talk of the evolution of man into a new being....there have also been radio transmissions that some say are from a future earth.....find out more on youtube, under the search: Renpet - 2012 - Science Fiction or Fact ? Entire World Becomes One Race? Mutation or Rapture?
A clever and respectable list. I think there are some holes in there but I have to agree for the most part on the content if not the order. 1984, Fight Club and Lolita especially. However, I think if you are looking at importance you should also consider things that have drawn modern day society back into the literary world. Now more than ever it takes something special to draw the newer generations away from their TVs, the internet and gaming consoles.
My top ten books. 10. BIONICLE: Trailed By Fire 9. And Then There Were None 8. Bone (graphic novel) 7. Flush 6. I can not remember the name for my life, but it was a book I read in third grade that I only got because my teacher left it out. It had a few kids going to a house in the desert. It cursed and was the first book I read to have a snake get shot (but not the last) 5. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 4. And Abundance of Kathrines 3. Paper Towns 2. Halo: Fall Of Reach 1. Looking for Alaska dftba
@obiwanobiwan13 Why not? Stephen King is one of best American fiction writers in the 20th century. And his legacy will prove to transcend ages, whether you like it or not. Tell me another name with such consistency, influence, critical and commercial succes, with this huge and incredibly diverse readership (from men and women, all ages, all countries, all cultures) and prolificacy in the past fifty years that beats Stephen King and I'll eat my hat.
@EndlessLaymon It is (or rather was,) a 10 year epic featuring valiant heroes and cunning villians, and potrayed the values of teamwork and good versus evil. It made the LEGO company a ton of money, but they discontinued the line after sales dropped. Trust me, it's WAY better than it sounds. It's not as memorable as King, but nonetheless a good read. I can give you a detailed summary if you'd like.
@SuperSonic1ify I will check it out as I tend to read anything I can get my hands on. I actually remember the Lego toys. As long as it is better than Harry Potter and Twilight I have no problems.
@SuperSonic1ify BIONICLE FOR THE FRAKKIN' WIN! I love BIONICLE, hence the name. The plot is confusing at times, yes, but it hold an amazing story of lights eternal battle with darkness.
@SuperSonic1ify Krika was a white Makuta from the year 2010. He was cool because of his story line. He envied Toa, which lead him to want to save them. The ironic thing is, the more he tried to help, the more he caused the Toa to lose.
@Testifyexe Um, this not a list of favourite novels this is a list of books that were important for the reasons I stated in the video either because of the impact of said novel or the way they changed literature and so on. My favourites list would be completely fucking different to this video.
@Testifyexe Like I said the reasons why these book are important are laid out in the video. I know you are trying to be funny and sarcastic but I don't know what gave you the impression that these are my favourite books to read.
People say that the 1963 movie of Lord of the flies is better because its just like the book. even though the 1990 version only took a few things from the book it captures what Sir William Golding was trying to write about. The characters aren't like those onthe outisde. In the 60s version, apparently the characters are better for resembling the looks of the ones in the book. False, The charcters are potrayed better in the remake and the themes are all dark just the way golding wanted it
@FuttBucker667 This is personal list there are no books on this list that I was required to read in school where did you get that idea? This is my own list. And yes it is shame I didn't include Catcher In The Rye. But it is only a top ten I wish I could have included more novels on the list but YouTube only allows ten minute videos now.
@FuttBucker667 But these are all books with symbolism and not just to be read at school but you read it at school because you get to study it and look deep into it. These are ones that are important and Nineteen Eighty-four and studying our modern society gave me chills when i read that.
@FuttBucker667 But these are all books with symbolism and not just to be read at school but you read it at school because you get to study it and look deep into it. These are ones that are important and Nineteen Eighty-four and studying our modern society gave me chills when i read that. knowing that book
Whats Stephen King would you recommend? never read any of his sutff, just now I'm reading 'The book seller of Kabul' been lying about for years, thought I'd read them before buying in another load ha, my real love is with the classics, although ofcourse, you cant read them all the time so I use standard novels as a kind of break between them, not to belittle them in any way but reading a good classic is on another level completely. Finnished 'Ulysses' last month, some read, my hardest to date.
@Helios601 I have always felt that Stephen King's longer novels are his best. His greatest novel is The Stand (uncut) it is over a thousand pages long though. and features many intertwining stories and characters. If you are new to Stephen King I would say start with The Shining, and Misery , and then slowly move up to the likes of The Stand and IT. His short story collections are also very good.
@Helios601 As good as the Carrie film is, the book is a lot better (but Isn't the always the case?). I enjoy the book a whole lot but it doesn't come close to being as great as Stephan King later works or even his Bachman novels which were published after Carrie but written before but were rejected .
@EndlessLaymon 'Carrie' was the only Stephen King story which I felt worked better as a movie than it did as a book. In ways 'The Shining' is better as a movie...but the book is a masterpiece in its own (and very different) way. I thought the book 'Carrie' was very disjointed and unrelentingly depressing, whereas the movie was frightening without being turgid.
@eoghain1978 I do enjoy the Carrie film but I have never cared for either of the Shining adaptations. Carrie to me is a pretty good book if slightly uneven in places but is in no way Stephen King's best.
@eoghain1978 Even the novels he wrote lbefore Carrie but were published later under the Richard Bachman pseudonym (especially The Long Walk) are stronger novels and more rounded than Carrie. I only included Carrie on this list not as a great book but just because it was Stephen King's first published novel
@Helios601 Don't go into reading the book expecting some horror defining masterpiece it has a rough around the edges feel going for it. Why The Long Walk was never published the first time it was submitted I will never know.
Type in search 'Top 50 novels of all time' thats getting as close as I've seen on here although not quite. You sound like a decent guy, really not tryin to be a dick, just so passionate about the true greats out there, as for official lists, they are some of the worst e.g Lord of the rings as top 3 lol just lol
@Helios601 I have watched the top 50 novels list it is very good I actually commented on it.
Hey don't worry about it i get quite passionate about novels as well . It is a shame that quite few were books were left out of the top ten it was pretty difficult to narrow it down to just ten. Official lists in my eyes are very contrived and are pretty worthless.
Then your title is misleading, it should have read 'My personnal top 10' then I wouldn't have even clicked on it as it would have been like all the rest, ridiculous. I'm not even going to go into how ridiculous a statement that your chosen book have all been more influential than Fyodor, Tolstoy, Kafka et cetera. My opinion of 'Brothers Karamavoz'?? search what Albert Einstein and Sigmund Frued et cetera thought of it.
@Helios601 Jeez man what is your problem?.My title isn't i misleading at all as it is a list of ten important novels and plus I have a description Most people who watch these videos know it is all; personal opinion not everyone needs little phrases like personal and in my opinion in title descriptions as they know this shit beforehand.
@Helios601 You are making such a big deal over the fact of me leaving out a book that you like. Did it ever occur to you that for all you know I may not have read that fucking book?
@Helios601 So it is not on the list. You should have known that as it is a top ten many books would not be included on the final list. Different lists by different people will have a different selection of books from the ones that you would choose. It comes down to personal taste and opinion.
@Helios601 So according to you personal lists and opinions and individual taste is ridiculous. Even if a top ten is done by an official publication or is a freaking TV show it is all personal taste no matter how many are contributing to the selection . It seems that you get annoyed by people having different views and opinions to you. Buddy that's life. Why is this a big deal for you? I left it out okay....Christ.
Well, you know, you can have opinions that differ, but where does common sense prevail? I think a Skoda is a better car than a Lambo becasue thats my opinion??? all good and dandy but dont aspect that opinion to be treated seriously and the music kinda doesnt go lol
@Helios601 Wait how does that even makes sense? How does commons sense fit in to me not including a book you think is a great novel? It seems like you have problem because I left out a book that you like.
@Helios601 I don't really care if you take this list seriously as you can't please everyone . It is a personal lists of books that I l enjoy and feel were important. It was one book left out along with many other books. If I was including junk like Twilight and The Da Vinci Code and I was leaving out Dracula and Nineteen- Eighty Four you might have point.
@Helios601 And now you have an issue with the music. Maybe you should listen to the lyrics and see how they fit in with the theme of the novels . And just for the record KMFDM are magnificent band.
lol @ this list, you wanna talk books, any list that even thinks about leaving out the best of them all or as near as -The Brothers Karamazov' by Fyodor Dostoevski, thee finest writer of all time., period and most likely the best book ever written.
@Helios601 It is a personal top ten many books were left out and I had no intention to make a contrived list that read like an English professors Must Read list . Do you know how many books I had to drop in favour of this selection? This is my opinion of the ten most important novels yours will differ. I am not disputing the brilliance Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
@Helios601 I just happens to prefer the works of Steinbeck and Nabokov. I also just happen to feel these ten novels were more important than Dostoyevsky works as either with how they changed how people looked at literature or authors and books that reinvented a genre or with how they were challenged with how the novel broke new ground or challenged what was deemed acceptable . That is all. But your views will differ from mine like how my opinions differ from yours.
I'm very surprised that you didn't put I Am Legend in. It invented Zombies! Plus, Stephen King said that I Am Legend was an inspiration to him to write the books that he did.
That was a book that sadly misdeed out on the list.. It is one of my personal favourite novels. I always revisit the book because I enjoy the novel so much. It is also brilliant writing on Matheson part when the novel takes apart the Vampire mythos piece by piece and applies Science to the creatures. It is very easy to see that Stephan King was inspired by Richard Matheson.
I don't think I would agree with Lord of the Flies... Had to read it for school and was never really fond of it... I would also add A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Things They Carried, and Harry Potter (just 'cause I've been so obsessed with the books since I was a kid). :) This reminds me... I still have to read 1984!
A christmas carol, North and south, Persuasion, Gulliver's travels, Oscar Wilde?, Twenty thousand leagues under the sea, War and peace - Tolstoy, Dr Jeckyll & Hyde, Peter Pan, Stephen King?, Gone with the wind, Wizard of oz, Iliad & Odyssey - Homerus????!!! I could go on forever!
This is way too bias. Americans think they own everything while the best music comes from (England), the best movies are European or elsewhere and the best books are also European. Alice in wonderland, An ofiicer and gentleman, Around the world in 80 days, Pride an predujice, The Republic - Plato, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, War of the worlds - Wells, Romeo & Juliet, Charles Dickens?, Roal Dahl?, Frankenstein, Moby Dick, Count of monte christo, Robison Crusoe, Oliver Twist, Little Women,
@royalsteven Um I don't know how to tell you this after you tirade....but I am not American I am British. I wouldn't say I am biased to Americanism as only half were books form the USA and I did give my reasons but I am confused that in your speech of great non American books you mention a few American novels and drop Stephan King's name this bit has left em confused as did the entire comment.
I apologize for sounding judgemental. I wanted just make a point. But you are right. I should have been a bit clearer about my point. Nevertheless nice books and mines were quite good too I think :D
@royalsteven I did like the books you mentioned and if I had more than ten minutes many would appear on the list and don't worry about sounding judgmental and thanks for commenting take care :)
No James Joyce, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Samuel Beckett, Philip Roth, Don DeLillo, Thomas Pynchon, Franz Kafka, Leo Tolstoy, of Fyodor Dostoevsky, but you included Stephen King.
@michael11789 As this was only a top ten list of what I feel are the ten most important books many renowned authors were dropped as I didn't have time to include all of the acclaimed literature that I wish I could have covered . That is why many authors you named weren't there.
@michael11789 As for King I gave my reason as why his debut novel was important especially one of the most impotent novels of the last thirty years seeing as how that one bock has inspired an entire generation of writers and reinvented a genre and well I don't really need to go on a huge speech of Stephan King's impact.
My list would also contain Shipping News by Annie Proulx, I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb and Lord Of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. No one named any German classics so far, so here are some of my favourites: All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, The Man Outside by Wolfgang Borchert (actually a play) and of course Faust by Goethe, even though I guess it's never the same in English.
Surprised no douchebag little troll on here said that the bible should have made the list. That would have been a douchebag thing to say and would have caused some ruckis.
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@BannanaCompanion Low brow or genre fiction doesn't make a novel for whatever reason being less important. Number 2 was deemed obscene and smut now it is universally agreed as one of the most important novesl in English literature
@BannanaCompanion Maybe you should read why I chose these books, I never intended to list every book that critics and literature professor tell me are great classic important novels in English class.
This video is my list so disagree all you want I respect and look forward to well thought out intellectual comments.
I love how you say this list is 'unacademic' that isn't even a word. So I don't really know what you are getting at.
It is a top ten list so many books didn't appear, many great books did not make the list, books like Catcher In The Rye or Frankenstein sadly didn't make the top ten.
Hi, when you talk about books that are a must read, do you disregard the classics because we should read them anyway? SHOULD we read all the classics? What is your opinion on these: Ulysses, The Counte of Monte Cristo, HP Lovecraft, War and Peace, just to name a small few.
@TheInfinite91 To answer you question. I dont disregard classic that are always recommended, I believe most of classic literature is popular for reason even though some of these books are form the eighteen hundreds it is still being read. I do believe some books should be read for whatever reason, either its just a groundbreaking book or it shocked audiences and helped change the way people look at literature.
I believe read any and every book that is dubbed a classic should be given a look.
Hi, when you talk about books that are a must read? Do you disregard the classics because we should read them anyway. Should we read all the classics? What is your opinion on these: Ulysses, The Counte of Monte Cristo, HP Lovecraft, War and Peace, just to name a small few.
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both of which deal with society and things of that nature, stranger in a strange land was considered the hippies bible ha both novels changed my outlook on everything
The Bible is the most controversial books ever published, there have been books that have made people just shocked and frightened but unlike the bible its made religons go to war with each other trying to prove their side is right and the best which is even more wrong in the first place. This is why it is not on this list.
The Bible falls into religion, not fictional, these are fictional some people believe the Bible to be fiction others believe it to be the truth, its very complicated but I made a conscious decision to leave it as it falls into religion, not fiction.
Sadly there are quite a few novels that werent added to the list as it was a top ten, I would have preferred to do a top twenty but the time restrictions form YouTube narrowed it down to a top ten.
I do understand where you are coming form with the works of mark Twain, I only selected novels that changed fiction or were just important pieces of literature, and that is why I would have added Huckleberry Finn as it is a timeless and loved classic.
Stunning selection. As for 1984 in N.1, well... I read a LOT and hold a masters in literature and 1984 took me years, yes! years to finish. Its world of censorship and fascism is harsh, claustrophobic and nauseating, hence why I could only read it in small doses. To this day I have moments where I still think about its concepts and how some are reflected in our society. Conceptually, it's a literary masterpiece.
good question. personally I believe it's always the right time to read a book and reading 1984 as a teen can be a very powerful and fascinating experience. That being said, there are books that were landmarks for me when I was a kid & teen and which I've re-read as an adutl: I've always found it to be an excellent rediscovery and there were always things I percieved differently due to the fact that had more life experience. Hence, anytime is always the right time to read a book ;)
IF ANY LITERARY WORK IS BANNED IN AMERICA FOR BEING UNAMERICAN THAN THE PEOPLE IN CHARCH ARE FITHY PEICES OF SHIT HIPOCRYTS THAT DESERVE TO BURN AS THEY WOULD HAVE OUR BOOKS. wait, am i stating the obvious too much? muther fucking polititians cant do that no matter how "unamerican" it is at least it pertains to the 1st ammendment. thumbs up i guess, i want people to see what i think of the whores that were in office when that book was punlished.
MrDavidX96 3 weeks ago 2
@MrDavidX96 Yes, I will thumb up your comment and agree with what you said. In fact, if you look into the guy who wrote the book he nearly went to jail for writing it, for "un-american" behavior.
EndlessLaymon 3 weeks ago
@EndlessLaymon what did he do, start a petition? thanks for thumbing me up though
MrDavidX96 3 weeks ago
@MrDavidX96 During the McCarthy Era in 1947, when US Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin claimed that the federal government and other institutions were riddled with Communists, the US House began hearings about purported communist influence in Hollywood. Trumbo, along with nine other writers and directors, was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) as an unfriendly witness to testify on the presence of communist influence in Hollywood.
EndlessLaymon 3 weeks ago
@MrDavidX96 Trumbo and the other nine refused to give information. After conviction for contempt of Congress, he and the others were blacklisted from working in Hollywood. In 1950, Dalton served 11 months in prison as punishment for the contempt conviction, in the federal penitentiary in Ashland, Kentucky
EndlessLaymon 3 weeks ago
@EndlessLaymon while still uterly unamerican that makes sense, the big scare w/communism made people and the gov more paranoid and basicly gave the gov. the power to be as antia-first-amendment/constitutional as they liked. thanks for the insight btw
MrDavidX96 3 weeks ago
I want to read all of these books!
stalkmeimfam0us 3 weeks ago
What happened to "Animal Farm" by George Orwell or any Mark Twain books?
50srocknrollfan18 1 month ago
@50srocknrollfan18 As this is a top ten list sadly many authors and books had to be omitted. If I did a top twenty Animal Farm Would be in there as well as Twain.
By the way love your name. 50's music rocks.
EndlessLaymon 1 month ago
@50srocknrollfan18 animal farm seams to me like a more "all incusive" 1984. animal farm shows the progression from oppressed to rebelion and then the new government becoming corrupted and totalitarian, 1984 starts in the middle
MrDavidX96 3 weeks ago
Where is Twain?
londoncalling121312 1 month ago
Where is Hemingway?
londoncalling121312 1 month ago
Where is Tolstoy?
londoncalling121312 1 month ago
@londoncalling121312 Sadly he didn't make the list.
EndlessLaymon 1 month ago
Not to mention Mark Twain... Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, definitive books of the late 19th early 20th century...
londoncalling121312 1 month ago
@londoncalling121312 Sadly as this is just a top ten many authors and novels had to be omitted If I made a top twenty Twain would be in there.
EndlessLaymon 1 month ago
Where on earth is Hemingway? Greatest American Novelist? Defined the 1920's and 30's? Ernest Hemingway? The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls? The lost generation?
londoncalling121312 1 month ago
@londoncalling121312 I find Hemmingway to be vastly overrated. I prefer Steinbeck whose novels moved me more deeply than Hemmingway. But this all just personal opinion.
EndlessLaymon 1 month ago
Atlas Shrugged and Fountainhead should definitely be in this collection of top ten books. Atlas should be at the top though, considering it really was rated the most influential book of all time aside from biblical literature or any other religious literature.
MeansofSurvival 1 month ago
Lolita
carrie
the passage
to kill a mockingbird
dracula
frankenstein
odd thomas
lord of the flies
the dragon factory
the collected works of edgar poe
josiahmorgan11 3 months ago
1984 I will read sooner than later.
LucifersArgument 4 months ago
missed 'Never let me go' nevertheless a very good and personal list
aabbcc5631 6 months ago
I was scrolling down to say that the bible should be number one. but people already did it for me... huh...
maxthebeast11 6 months ago
Anyone seen any video reviews or read any online reviews about the e-book
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My book that is way out there in science fiction and is all over the internet is not on you list it is the first book of 5 in this series and is exciting on ever page. google ( the new earth 250 billion years ad. auther Michael Jesweak.
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2424mikeo 8 months ago
My personal favorite book has to be The Catcher in the Rye. I know a lot of people will be thinking that I'm jumping on the High School English Class Band Wagon but I think that it deals with the psychological aspects of the average teenage boy, just amplified X10.
connerspencern 8 months ago
Hahaha...5 of those books were required reading in my (and most people's) high school English class. You need to read more.
SuperDuperUltra 10 months ago
@SuperDuperUltra Huh...I read all sorts of novels and I read a lot. I wouldn't know about required reading as I never took an English course. Most of these books are respected as great classics (and for fuckin good reasons) so I am not surprised that they would be required reading in some classes., but trust me I didn't just make a list of a English Professors to read list ,this is my personal list and trust me I do not need to read more I read all types of books,
EndlessLaymon 10 months ago
@SuperDuperUltra , I read Splatterpunk to Russian classics, nonfiction to fiction all sorts of fuckin books make my reading diet. And I have read more books than I care to fucking count. Maybe you think the only literature
worth reading and which is any good are obscure books no fucker has heard of.
Peace.
EndlessLaymon 10 months ago
what about the bible?
PUPPYBEATER09 10 months ago
@PUPPYBEATER09 The Bible is religion and thus falls it its own weird notion of true or false....but I am an atheist and wouldn't put it in my top one hundred fictional books.
EndlessLaymon 10 months ago
@EndlessLaymon Hey that looks like a great list, im sorry to say i haven't read the majority of them, you put 1984 at no. where it probably belongs as most my friends think but i happen to think "a brave new world" by Aldous Huxley is even more fit for purpose with regard to the subject matter, have you read it? and if so do you agree? but even i can admit 1984 is a much better read, although a brave new world is a fantastic read also.
Peace out.
gar77772221able1 4 months ago
@gar77772221able1 Yes I have read Brave New World and loved it. It is a great piece of literature and would no doubt make my top twenty. I just feel 1984 has more relevance in regards of how it mirrors society. It was a tough decision to pick my number one but in my opinion 1984 is more of an important read. Yet Brave New World is also a very important read and is a novel I often recommend to my friends. But 1984 just had the slight edge.
Peace.
EndlessLaymon 4 months ago
@EndlessLaymon Ya but you see this is very argument i was getting at, Huxley wrote a letter to Orwell saying that the nightmare if 1984 would modulate into the nightmare of "brave new world", after reading both books i tend to agree, while a brave new world may not mirror our own society as well as 1984 does yet,its too hard to see the beginnings of the move towards this scientific dictatorship, all the sigtns are there i.e. endless distractions, pharmaceuticals available whether required or not
gar77772221able1 4 months ago
@gar77772221able1 Huxley said himself 30 yrs are wrinting the book that the process is accelerating fasters than he envisaged, i happen to agree that the world is much more likely to fall into a future like this than the one described in brave new world.People will always fight against totalitarianism, i disagree with Orwell that the human spirit can be crushed via conditioning, this was essentially the conclusion of the book but i don't agree with this. Humans can be made docile however.
gar77772221able1 4 months ago
@gar77772221able1 Making people content with their servitude is the realn danger in my opinion, that is why i feel brave new world is the more important book, i feel the society described in it could easily sneek up the world a it not something people are even remotely aware of, totalitarianism will always create resistance and heros, in Huxleys vision there is no need for resistance or heros, everything is stable, no highs no lowsm everybody satified, truly horrible and very likely to happen
gar77772221able1 4 months ago
@gar77772221able1 I know all about Huxley's letter to Orwell. I feel both books are very prophetic. I give the edge to 1984 at the moment Especially with how Britain is turning more into an Orwellian society than the world of Brave New World. . But yet the USA is quickly transforming in the world as envisioned by Huxley. Both books are pretty scary in how much certain countries are shaping to the ideas of both Huxley and Orwell.
EndlessLaymon 4 months ago
@EndlessLaymon Thats fair enough i really can't argue with that as both books are so prophetic its impossible to say which one will be proved to be more accurate in the long term. If it was a readabilty id have to give to 1984 because i literally read that right the way through without stopping (except for sleep and food), but some the things he assumes in the book i just don't agree with, its impossible to say whether the techniques he described would be as effective as he makes out
gar77772221able1 4 months ago
@gar77772221able1 Both book are very important and you did bring up a lot good arguments pertaining the importance of Brave New World which I will not argue with. I just feel 1984 is the more important book at the current time but in twenty years who knows?
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rnpwt99 11 months ago
A clever and respectable list. I think there are some holes in there but I have to agree for the most part on the content if not the order. 1984, Fight Club and Lolita especially. However, I think if you are looking at importance you should also consider things that have drawn modern day society back into the literary world. Now more than ever it takes something special to draw the newer generations away from their TVs, the internet and gaming consoles.
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8flowerchild8 11 months ago
I am proud to say I have read 1984. Good true book.
MellowCruisin 1 year ago
@obiwanobiwan13 Why not? Stephen King is one of best American fiction writers in the 20th century. And his legacy will prove to transcend ages, whether you like it or not. Tell me another name with such consistency, influence, critical and commercial succes, with this huge and incredibly diverse readership (from men and women, all ages, all countries, all cultures) and prolificacy in the past fifty years that beats Stephen King and I'll eat my hat.
Actuallysalemslot 1 year ago
@Actuallysalemslot I agree 100% with what you said.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
You guys ever hear of a great story called BIONICLE?
SuperSonic1ify 1 year ago 5
@SuperSonic1ify No I haven't heard of Bionicle
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
@EndlessLaymon It is (or rather was,) a 10 year epic featuring valiant heroes and cunning villians, and potrayed the values of teamwork and good versus evil. It made the LEGO company a ton of money, but they discontinued the line after sales dropped. Trust me, it's WAY better than it sounds. It's not as memorable as King, but nonetheless a good read. I can give you a detailed summary if you'd like.
SuperSonic1ify 1 year ago
@SuperSonic1ify I will check it out as I tend to read anything I can get my hands on. I actually remember the Lego toys. As long as it is better than Harry Potter and Twilight I have no problems.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
@EndlessLaymon You will not be disapointed.
SuperSonic1ify 1 year ago
@SuperSonic1ify BIONICLE FOR THE FRAKKIN' WIN! I love BIONICLE, hence the name. The plot is confusing at times, yes, but it hold an amazing story of lights eternal battle with darkness.
BionicleKid97 11 months ago
@BionicleKid97 Yup... Go Inika!
SuperSonic1ify 11 months ago
@SuperSonic1ify Inika... meh. I think Krika was the best of them.
BionicleKid97 11 months ago
@BionicleKid97 You mean that cricket mutant thing reject that can't hold shit?
SuperSonic1ify 11 months ago
@SuperSonic1ify Krika was a white Makuta from the year 2010. He was cool because of his story line. He envied Toa, which lead him to want to save them. The ironic thing is, the more he tried to help, the more he caused the Toa to lose.
BionicleKid97 11 months ago
@BionicleKid97 I know, I have his set. He's awesome, I just like to point out that Gorast and Bitil are just as creepy.
SuperSonic1ify 11 months ago
You say "important" not "my favorite" you should clarify.
Testifyexe 1 year ago
@Testifyexe Um, this not a list of favourite novels this is a list of books that were important for the reasons I stated in the video either because of the impact of said novel or the way they changed literature and so on. My favourites list would be completely fucking different to this video.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
@Testifyexe Like I said the reasons why these book are important are laid out in the video. I know you are trying to be funny and sarcastic but I don't know what gave you the impression that these are my favourite books to read.
So no there is nothing clarify .
Thanks for commenting
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
what no Charles Dickens books? surely top 10 quality.
JamesMorphettTV 1 year ago
I defenitly agree on Of Mice and Men, an amazing book in my opinion!
boatfreak009 1 year ago
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ballzyification 1 year ago
People say that the 1963 movie of Lord of the flies is better because its just like the book. even though the 1990 version only took a few things from the book it captures what Sir William Golding was trying to write about. The characters aren't like those onthe outisde. In the 60s version, apparently the characters are better for resembling the looks of the ones in the book. False, The charcters are potrayed better in the remake and the themes are all dark just the way golding wanted it
Smallvillenerd 1 year ago
there are more books out there than just the ones youre required to read for school you know? all youre list is missing is a catcher in the rye
FuttBucker667 1 year ago
@FuttBucker667 This is personal list there are no books on this list that I was required to read in school where did you get that idea? This is my own list. And yes it is shame I didn't include Catcher In The Rye. But it is only a top ten I wish I could have included more novels on the list but YouTube only allows ten minute videos now.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
@FuttBucker667 But these are all books with symbolism and not just to be read at school but you read it at school because you get to study it and look deep into it. These are ones that are important and Nineteen Eighty-four and studying our modern society gave me chills when i read that.
Smallvillenerd 1 year ago
@FuttBucker667 But these are all books with symbolism and not just to be read at school but you read it at school because you get to study it and look deep into it. These are ones that are important and Nineteen Eighty-four and studying our modern society gave me chills when i read that. knowing that book
Smallvillenerd 1 year ago
Whats Stephen King would you recommend? never read any of his sutff, just now I'm reading 'The book seller of Kabul' been lying about for years, thought I'd read them before buying in another load ha, my real love is with the classics, although ofcourse, you cant read them all the time so I use standard novels as a kind of break between them, not to belittle them in any way but reading a good classic is on another level completely. Finnished 'Ulysses' last month, some read, my hardest to date.
Helios601 1 year ago
@Helios601 I have always felt that Stephen King's longer novels are his best. His greatest novel is The Stand (uncut) it is over a thousand pages long though. and features many intertwining stories and characters. If you are new to Stephen King I would say start with The Shining, and Misery , and then slowly move up to the likes of The Stand and IT. His short story collections are also very good.
I hope this helps.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
Agree with you there. Stil remember watchign Carrie the film, great stuff, may read the book then lol
Helios601 1 year ago
@Helios601 As good as the Carrie film is, the book is a lot better (but Isn't the always the case?). I enjoy the book a whole lot but it doesn't come close to being as great as Stephan King later works or even his Bachman novels which were published after Carrie but written before but were rejected .
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
@EndlessLaymon 'Carrie' was the only Stephen King story which I felt worked better as a movie than it did as a book. In ways 'The Shining' is better as a movie...but the book is a masterpiece in its own (and very different) way. I thought the book 'Carrie' was very disjointed and unrelentingly depressing, whereas the movie was frightening without being turgid.
eoghain1978 1 year ago
@eoghain1978 I do enjoy the Carrie film but I have never cared for either of the Shining adaptations. Carrie to me is a pretty good book if slightly uneven in places but is in no way Stephen King's best.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
@eoghain1978 Even the novels he wrote lbefore Carrie but were published later under the Richard Bachman pseudonym (especially The Long Walk) are stronger novels and more rounded than Carrie. I only included Carrie on this list not as a great book but just because it was Stephen King's first published novel
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
@Helios601 Don't go into reading the book expecting some horror defining masterpiece it has a rough around the edges feel going for it. Why The Long Walk was never published the first time it was submitted I will never know.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
Type in search 'Top 50 novels of all time' thats getting as close as I've seen on here although not quite. You sound like a decent guy, really not tryin to be a dick, just so passionate about the true greats out there, as for official lists, they are some of the worst e.g Lord of the rings as top 3 lol just lol
Helios601 1 year ago
@Helios601 I have watched the top 50 novels list it is very good I actually commented on it.
Hey don't worry about it i get quite passionate about novels as well . It is a shame that quite few were books were left out of the top ten it was pretty difficult to narrow it down to just ten. Official lists in my eyes are very contrived and are pretty worthless.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
Then your title is misleading, it should have read 'My personnal top 10' then I wouldn't have even clicked on it as it would have been like all the rest, ridiculous. I'm not even going to go into how ridiculous a statement that your chosen book have all been more influential than Fyodor, Tolstoy, Kafka et cetera. My opinion of 'Brothers Karamavoz'?? search what Albert Einstein and Sigmund Frued et cetera thought of it.
Helios601 1 year ago
@Helios601 Jeez man what is your problem?.My title isn't i misleading at all as it is a list of ten important novels and plus I have a description Most people who watch these videos know it is all; personal opinion not everyone needs little phrases like personal and in my opinion in title descriptions as they know this shit beforehand.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
@Helios601 You are making such a big deal over the fact of me leaving out a book that you like. Did it ever occur to you that for all you know I may not have read that fucking book?
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
@Helios601 So it is not on the list. You should have known that as it is a top ten many books would not be included on the final list. Different lists by different people will have a different selection of books from the ones that you would choose. It comes down to personal taste and opinion.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
@Helios601 So according to you personal lists and opinions and individual taste is ridiculous. Even if a top ten is done by an official publication or is a freaking TV show it is all personal taste no matter how many are contributing to the selection . It seems that you get annoyed by people having different views and opinions to you. Buddy that's life. Why is this a big deal for you? I left it out okay....Christ.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
Well, you know, you can have opinions that differ, but where does common sense prevail? I think a Skoda is a better car than a Lambo becasue thats my opinion??? all good and dandy but dont aspect that opinion to be treated seriously and the music kinda doesnt go lol
Helios601 1 year ago
@Helios601 Wait how does that even makes sense? How does commons sense fit in to me not including a book you think is a great novel? It seems like you have problem because I left out a book that you like.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
@Helios601 I don't really care if you take this list seriously as you can't please everyone . It is a personal lists of books that I l enjoy and feel were important. It was one book left out along with many other books. If I was including junk like Twilight and The Da Vinci Code and I was leaving out Dracula and Nineteen- Eighty Four you might have point.
It seems you have a huge problem over this issue.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
@Helios601 And now you have an issue with the music. Maybe you should listen to the lyrics and see how they fit in with the theme of the novels . And just for the record KMFDM are magnificent band.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
lol @ this list, you wanna talk books, any list that even thinks about leaving out the best of them all or as near as -The Brothers Karamazov' by Fyodor Dostoevski, thee finest writer of all time., period and most likely the best book ever written.
Helios601 1 year ago
@Helios601 It is a personal top ten many books were left out and I had no intention to make a contrived list that read like an English professors Must Read list . Do you know how many books I had to drop in favour of this selection? This is my opinion of the ten most important novels yours will differ. I am not disputing the brilliance Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
@Helios601 I just happens to prefer the works of Steinbeck and Nabokov. I also just happen to feel these ten novels were more important than Dostoyevsky works as either with how they changed how people looked at literature or authors and books that reinvented a genre or with how they were challenged with how the novel broke new ground or challenged what was deemed acceptable . That is all. But your views will differ from mine like how my opinions differ from yours.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
I'm very surprised that you didn't put I Am Legend in. It invented Zombies! Plus, Stephen King said that I Am Legend was an inspiration to him to write the books that he did.
chaocrazy 1 year ago
@chaocrazy
That was a book that sadly misdeed out on the list.. It is one of my personal favourite novels. I always revisit the book because I enjoy the novel so much. It is also brilliant writing on Matheson part when the novel takes apart the Vampire mythos piece by piece and applies Science to the creatures. It is very easy to see that Stephan King was inspired by Richard Matheson.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
I love this list...glad you kept it personal and avoided coming off as an English lit professor.
lafucil 1 year ago 5
@lafucil Thanks for the nice comment.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
I don't think I would agree with Lord of the Flies... Had to read it for school and was never really fond of it... I would also add A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Things They Carried, and Harry Potter (just 'cause I've been so obsessed with the books since I was a kid). :) This reminds me... I still have to read 1984!
fuzluv95 1 year ago
A christmas carol, North and south, Persuasion, Gulliver's travels, Oscar Wilde?, Twenty thousand leagues under the sea, War and peace - Tolstoy, Dr Jeckyll & Hyde, Peter Pan, Stephen King?, Gone with the wind, Wizard of oz, Iliad & Odyssey - Homerus????!!! I could go on forever!
royalsteven 1 year ago
This is way too bias. Americans think they own everything while the best music comes from (England), the best movies are European or elsewhere and the best books are also European. Alice in wonderland, An ofiicer and gentleman, Around the world in 80 days, Pride an predujice, The Republic - Plato, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, War of the worlds - Wells, Romeo & Juliet, Charles Dickens?, Roal Dahl?, Frankenstein, Moby Dick, Count of monte christo, Robison Crusoe, Oliver Twist, Little Women,
royalsteven 1 year ago
@royalsteven Um I don't know how to tell you this after you tirade....but I am not American I am British. I wouldn't say I am biased to Americanism as only half were books form the USA and I did give my reasons but I am confused that in your speech of great non American books you mention a few American novels and drop Stephan King's name this bit has left em confused as did the entire comment.
Peace.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
I apologize for sounding judgemental. I wanted just make a point. But you are right. I should have been a bit clearer about my point. Nevertheless nice books and mines were quite good too I think :D
royalsteven 1 year ago
@royalsteven I did like the books you mentioned and if I had more than ten minutes many would appear on the list and don't worry about sounding judgmental and thanks for commenting take care :)
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
1984!!!!!!!
FoShoYo008 1 year ago
i might not like your list that much , but the effects and visuals were epic
FoShoYo008 1 year ago
No James Joyce, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Samuel Beckett, Philip Roth, Don DeLillo, Thomas Pynchon, Franz Kafka, Leo Tolstoy, of Fyodor Dostoevsky, but you included Stephen King.
michael11789 1 year ago
@michael11789 As this was only a top ten list of what I feel are the ten most important books many renowned authors were dropped as I didn't have time to include all of the acclaimed literature that I wish I could have covered . That is why many authors you named weren't there.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
@michael11789 As for King I gave my reason as why his debut novel was important especially one of the most impotent novels of the last thirty years seeing as how that one bock has inspired an entire generation of writers and reinvented a genre and well I don't really need to go on a huge speech of Stephan King's impact.
Thanks for the comment.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
a clockwork orange?
blackwire117 1 year ago
@blackwire117 Sadly this was only a top ten list so many great books were dropped from the list including A Clockwork Orange.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
Cathcer in the rye?
WILLSTERROCKSTER 1 year ago
@WILLSTERROCKSTER It was only a top ten video if I did a top fifteen Catcher In The Rye would have been placed at twelve or eleven.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
My list would also contain Shipping News by Annie Proulx, I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb and Lord Of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. No one named any German classics so far, so here are some of my favourites: All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, The Man Outside by Wolfgang Borchert (actually a play) and of course Faust by Goethe, even though I guess it's never the same in English.
mspossum88 1 year ago
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mspossum88 1 year ago
I loved Lord of the Flies. Coz i read it before being forced to in high school
Smallvillenerd 1 year ago
Tom Clancy bitches!
eggsaladinthetub 1 year ago
no catcher in the rye?
Rocketsfan2804 1 year ago
@Rocketsfan2804 It was only a top ten video if I did a top fifteen Catcher In The Rye would have been placed at twelve or eleven.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
Surprised no douchebag little troll on here said that the bible should have made the list. That would have been a douchebag thing to say and would have caused some ruckis.
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georgeszrt 1 year ago
I would have thought for sure that The catcher in the rye would have been on here. Still, great list.
RuralNler92 1 year ago
heck yes!!! i read fight club before i seent the movie and i like the book better!
Bulrog10 1 year ago
@BannanaCompanion I have question what's your top ten book list? I only ask as I am interested.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
@BannanaCompanion Low brow or genre fiction doesn't make a novel for whatever reason being less important. Number 2 was deemed obscene and smut now it is universally agreed as one of the most important novesl in English literature
Take care.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
@BannanaCompanion Maybe you should read why I chose these books, I never intended to list every book that critics and literature professor tell me are great classic important novels in English class.
This video is my list so disagree all you want I respect and look forward to well thought out intellectual comments.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
@BannanaCompanion I respect your opinion.
I love how you say this list is 'unacademic' that isn't even a word. So I don't really know what you are getting at.
It is a top ten list so many books didn't appear, many great books did not make the list, books like Catcher In The Rye or Frankenstein sadly didn't make the top ten.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
Im not a big a reader as my freind nothingness36 but I am a huge fan of his favorite author bret ellis.Great satirst.
thepoisonusantidote 1 year ago
Im buying 1984 tomorrow.
zerogravity724 1 year ago
If there are any other books not on this list but that I would personally recommend, it would be:
Frankenstein - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The Iliad - Homer
Animal Farm - George Orwell
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I haven't read La Celestina or Don Quixote but they are each considered the greatest pieces of Spanish literature.
jusk8lp 1 year ago
Many of the books are good, though I notice most are of the latter part of the 20th century.
StealthGoblin1 1 year ago
Honestly, " The Giver" should be in this list.
LegoWorldCrisis 1 year ago
Hi, when you talk about books that are a must read, do you disregard the classics because we should read them anyway? SHOULD we read all the classics? What is your opinion on these: Ulysses, The Counte of Monte Cristo, HP Lovecraft, War and Peace, just to name a small few.
TheInfinite91 1 year ago
@TheInfinite91 To answer you question. I dont disregard classic that are always recommended, I believe most of classic literature is popular for reason even though some of these books are form the eighteen hundreds it is still being read. I do believe some books should be read for whatever reason, either its just a groundbreaking book or it shocked audiences and helped change the way people look at literature.
I believe read any and every book that is dubbed a classic should be given a look.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
@TheInfinite91 The Count Of Monte Cristo is the must read prison novel as most prison novel after it owe a huge debt to the novel.
And Lovecraft is most likely the most influential horror writer as most horror writer were inspired by his work.
But this is only my opinion.
Sadly I have not read Ulysses but I will soon.
Hep this answer your questions
Peace.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
Hi, when you talk about books that are a must read? Do you disregard the classics because we should read them anyway. Should we read all the classics? What is your opinion on these: Ulysses, The Counte of Monte Cristo, HP Lovecraft, War and Peace, just to name a small few.
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laura000883 1 year ago
@nothingness36 I hope you enjoy Lolita, you should though its a fucking masterpiece.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
Where the Hell is Don Quixote?
Many consider this to be one of, if not, the greatest novel ever written.
MrRedPajamas 1 year ago
great choice of boks. I for that sake would have included Athony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange.
ZkinandBonez 1 year ago 7
@ZkinandBonez i would have to agree with you a clockwork orange is my favourite book
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RuralNler92 1 year ago
awesome list, i think my own list would include
American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis
Stranger In A Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
both of which deal with society and things of that nature, stranger in a strange land was considered the hippies bible ha both novels changed my outlook on everything
spooner1957 1 year ago
All of these titles are in quotation marks? They're supposed to be underlined or italicized, man.
jasonfu6699 1 year ago
Not in my video. I did for stylish reason, thats all.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
I see.
T__T I'm a grammar Nazi. I know.
jasonfu6699 1 year ago
Hey, man dont worry about being a Grammar Nazi I cant stand this Newspeak myself.
Take care.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
camisadolee93 1 year ago
...and "The Quran"
TSM8088 2 years ago
Read what I put about The Bible.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
I think you forgot the most important of all: The Bible.
yatah 2 years ago
The Bible is the most controversial books ever published, there have been books that have made people just shocked and frightened but unlike the bible its made religons go to war with each other trying to prove their side is right and the best which is even more wrong in the first place. This is why it is not on this list.
drakeingson 1 year ago
The Bible falls into religion, not fictional, these are fictional some people believe the Bible to be fiction others believe it to be the truth, its very complicated but I made a conscious decision to leave it as it falls into religion, not fiction.
Take care.
EndlessLaymon 1 year ago
Im surprised Twain's ADVENTURES of HUCKLEBERRY FINN wasn't in there.
TemplarReturns 2 years ago
Thanks for the comment.
Sadly there are quite a few novels that werent added to the list as it was a top ten, I would have preferred to do a top twenty but the time restrictions form YouTube narrowed it down to a top ten.
I do understand where you are coming form with the works of mark Twain, I only selected novels that changed fiction or were just important pieces of literature, and that is why I would have added Huckleberry Finn as it is a timeless and loved classic.
Take care.
EndlessLaymon 2 years ago
Stunning selection. As for 1984 in N.1, well... I read a LOT and hold a masters in literature and 1984 took me years, yes! years to finish. Its world of censorship and fascism is harsh, claustrophobic and nauseating, hence why I could only read it in small doses. To this day I have moments where I still think about its concepts and how some are reflected in our society. Conceptually, it's a literary masterpiece.
adfkjgvdjfvbdbvdkjvb 2 years ago
So I guess 1984 would be to heavy for me as a high school student or should I wait and get older until I read the book?
drakeingson 1 year ago
good question. personally I believe it's always the right time to read a book and reading 1984 as a teen can be a very powerful and fascinating experience. That being said, there are books that were landmarks for me when I was a kid & teen and which I've re-read as an adutl: I've always found it to be an excellent rediscovery and there were always things I percieved differently due to the fact that had more life experience. Hence, anytime is always the right time to read a book ;)
adfkjgvdjfvbdbvdkjvb 1 year ago
It is shame it was a top ten becuase I adore that novel, and I wish it was included.
EndlessLaymon 2 years ago
KMFDM FTW
cruxbucket 2 years ago
I'm glad you enjoyed the muisc, KMFDM is one of my all time favourite bands.
EndlessLaymon 2 years ago
gd list but u should of put in the da vinci code
seansilveiro13 2 years ago
The Giver...?
Darkest797 2 years ago
It was a top then, if I made a top fifty there would be more classics and the Giver might have been in the lsit.
EndlessLaymon 2 years ago
ya i like that book and maybe Fahrenheit 451?
animefan132 2 years ago
Too true.
GuzzyVision 2 years ago
No Lord of the Rings? The Hobitt, any of that?
Bloodboar2 2 years ago
these are books that are important to socity and leave a message to the reader lord of the rings didnt really do that
animefan132 2 years ago
I agree with you 100%.
EndlessLaymon 2 years ago
thank you
animefan132 2 years ago
You're welcome.
EndlessLaymon 2 years ago