Loved this whole thing. thanks so much for sharing! Love the idea that when you try becoming disciplined (even in a small way) with reading it can spill into the rest of your life, like housework and exercise. Even without reading a specific book on either of those things. Thanks for the encouragement - gonna put my phone away and work on East of Eden. :)

Just could not keep myself from smiling. Thank you, man

Good video! Ive been trying to get back into reading since i used to do it all the time as a kid and i miss it. Its so hard to prioritize it sometimes.

Thanks Brent! Keep up the vids!

Great video, Brent! I’ve got 45 years on you, Bro, so the Dirt Nap is a lot closer for me-you’ve got a lot of years ahead and you’ll find your reading tastes change over time. Some of my best reads have been books I tried to read when I was younger but couldn’t get into at that time. Those are some serious reads. I read The Road for a men’s non-fiction book club. (I haven’t a clue as to why a non-fiction club chose it.) I didn’t like it and found parts of it revolting. Still, good literature is supposed to make an impact. A couple of my friends love, and others hate, McCarthy. I’m considering putting Blood Meridian on my TBR list. I guess, in short, I read because-like cussing and drinking craft beers-it provides me with a sense that I’m alive, life is good, and there are things in this world much bigger than myself. You stated this in different words, but I think we’re pretty much in agreement. Stay awesome, Brent, I appreciate your thoughts! Mike

Great collection. I, myself, ordered Karamazov & Camus-The Stranger last week. Stoked to get the delivery by the end of this week❤️

Fun fact about Hemingway he was somewhat of a lady’s man. For some reason women were drawn to him and he also committed suicide by shotgun in late home in Idaho

Awesome video -- keep up the great work! I love LOA volumes, it's just a shame that they're harder to come by in the UK (it's often cheaper to get ex-library copies from the USA shipped here than getting them used/new here). Would definitely be interested in follow up videos if you get any more! I need to get that Collected Novels of John Williams edition!

O'Connor is one of the most fiercely original authors of the mid-20th Century. One of her most unusual and impressive stories is "Good Country People," Enjoy!

Bro! Where did you get that shirt??!! Looks sick. Nice vid

These editions are the best. Faulkner can be difficult but he’s great. “The Sound and the Fury” and “Absalom,Absalom” are my favorites. Be warned that they are highly influenced by Joyce.

Never heard of LOA, but now it's on my radar. Spent many years in Salinas, California. "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck is an extraordinary novel - an absolute recommendation. Easily in my top 3 books.

I really love the LOA - I want them all! Thanks for sharing. 😎📚👍

This video is really why I am still on KZbin. Even during these negative periods we have got great and positive content creators like Brent. Really keep it up man❤

These are such wonderful editions, and I have a whole bunch of them. Most of them I bought new over many years as an early subscriber to Library of America. So many of these books have become so important to me. One of the first I got - decades ago - was the volume you show here of the works of Flannery O'Connor, who has ever since been one of my favorite writers. I have read and re-read her stories and the novel "The Violent Bear it Away." Some of them many times. They are very important. My favorite short story of all time is "Good Country People," which is, in my opinion, a parable about the peril of unbelief. Also, Light in August is a great book. A word about the paper: The paper in all my volumes, even the ones I have had for ages, has held up in like-new condition. Not a single tear. No yellowing whosoever. The paper is thinner than most standard books, but it is strong and opaque, so it is easy to read, and I appreciate how each volume contains so much. Whitman, Thoureau, Melville, Hawthorne, Twain, Douglas, H. (and W.) James, Jefferson, Paine, Franklin, Poe, Emerson, and many others, there are termendous treasures and pleasures in these volumes. I just recently acquired three volumes of Parkman from a used book store. Have been too busy to read more than a few pages so far, but what I read was fascinating.

Thank you for going into so many details of the way these editions are formatted and constructed, it's very helpful (and yes, super thin pages can be nerve wracking!). Library of America sound like lovely books and snail mail catalogues were so much fun, I miss them 😊

You've got a great way of talking about stuff. These are good listens. Keep going!

I found your channel earlier today and went through and watched the majority of your content. Really great videos man, you seem like a very humble guy and I enjoy hearing you talk about some of the same things I'm interested in. Definitely keep doing what you're doing

Im looking forward to my Dostoevsky summer. Waiting for my Katz translation getting here in May. Blood Meridian sounds better coming from your perspective than I’ve ever heard before and til now had no desire to read it. I hope to thank you for that one day… 😂✌🏻 Great video!!

We have nearly identical taste. Because of your appreciation and interest for McCarthy, I’d recommend checking out John Williams who wrote Butchers Crossing, Stoner, and Augustus.

Hemingway mentioned reading Russian writers when he was trying to get started and I remembered one, Sketches from a Hunter's Album by Turgenev. Last summer I was on holiday and popped into a charity shop that had books at 3 for £1. I cam out with over 20 books by Russian writers including the Sketches book. It is excellent and it is crazy to think Hemingway recommended a book to me. Got a few Dostoyevsky in the pile to get around to. Currently reading the Count of Monte Cristo though so I might be some time.

If you like those authors I would try Hemingway, Tolstoy, and Faulkner. I love Dostoyevsky as well. I own all his works, and am making my way through. You might also like the famous philosophers, like Plato and Aristotle.

Please list the authors and books you discuss.

The only Dostojevskij I have read is The Gambler, and I didn't like it much. 😅 I probably should read Crime and Punishment at some point, though. Might like that more. As for Russian classics, my favourite is probably Anna Karenina, by Tolstoj.

Never read Doestoyesky, but I may give Crime and Punishment a shot based on your review and suggestions. You piqued my interest about his work. Mr. McCarthy, on the other hand, I am quite familiar with! I agree - The Road and No Country For Old Men (especially the audio version) are amazing! He's an incredible author!

Nice channel. Have you gotten around to Don Quixote yet? If not I really recommend, it's absolutely hilarious. Don Quixote and Sancho are some really funny characters. Yes it shows it's age in some ways, since it's not super complex compared to modern literature, but nonetheless still great. Nice collection, I have many of the same books like Crime and Punishment, Ernest Hemingway and the CS Lewis apologetics set.

Hey, there! I discovered your channel through this video. Cormac McCarthy and Fyodor Dostoyevsky are some of my favorite authors as well. Glad to have found you. Happy Reading! 😎📚👍

Ok I'm ordering that Library of America book. I'll be starting with Stoner

If you haven't read him yet, I recommend H. G. Wells.

Great video, informative and genuine. I decided this year was going to be the year I finally tackle the Russians, they have always intimidated me for some reason. I’ve started with Crime & Punishment but I’m only 5 chapters in, enjoying it so far. Haven’t read any McCarthy but want to, especially after listening to how passionate you are about his work. Maybe I’ll make 2025, the year I tackle McCarthy as I’m determined to get through as much Russian literature as I can this year. Have you read any other Russian authors? Or do you plan to? Have subscribed, really enjoy the way you speak about reading and literature.

I’m rereading The Brothers K with a friend. As you noted, there are so many levels to the various stories embedded in the major themes. I have wondered if all three brothers-Dimitri, the sensualist; Ivan the cold atheist; and Aloysha, the holy man-aren’t three manifestations of Doestoyesky himself. I say that because all three characters are all in me! Stay awesome, Mike

McCarthy is my fave. Dig Dostoyevsky too. Actually just read Demons a couple months ago. Highly prophetic, but not in a good way. :(

you have the exact same voice as drunzo (another booktuber)

My favourite writer😊I read and love all his books. His prose is so simple and beautiful

Stalin is right up there with Hitler and Mao among the great mass murderers of the 20th century.

Lolita is a comic novel. Darkly comic. Also it’s American Lit. Written by an American citizen in America, in English. It’s also set in America.

I highly reccomend 'The Captive Mind' by Czesław Miłosz. It's written by a Polish author and it discusses the fall of Poland during and after WW2. The author recounts how many other Polish writers known to him fell into the fold and ideology of Stalanism. Super interesting read. The Polish perspective is highly overlooked from WW2. It's harrowing to see how Stalanism rooted itself into Poland after the war.

I have a similar, what I can an "OCD affliction", and have a small collection of Everyman books. However, I have found that reading my kindle is much more comfortable, and has the added benefit of looking up definitions instantaneously, rather than having to whip out my phone and typing into google.

Дякую за огляд цікавих книг!

I've ended up in exactly the same spot, needing to learn Russian history because it wasn't covered extensively in school. You've already found some excellent works! If you don't mind recommendations, some works I've enjoyed a great deal thus far: The Romanovs by Simon Sebag Montefiore (for a broad 200+ year lead-up to the revolution); A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes (best book on the revolution itself that I've found up to this point); The House of Government by Yuri Slezkine (on the grim fates of the many officials and their families after the revolution); The Harvest of Sorrow by Robert Conquest (for all the miseries of collectivization); Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar (both a bio of Stalin & overview of his Terror in one); Kolyma Stories by Varlam Shalamov (similar to the Gulag Archipelago; grim, painful stories of those who suffered beneath Stalinism); and The Whisperers by Orlando Figes (for more voices of those who suffered across the full span of Stalin's rule). Since you're already sunken beneath the waves of Red history, might as well dive even deeper. Hope these boost your future reading!

Loved your collection

I'm waiting for the name "Everyman's Library" to be canceled or taken down by the woke mob.... rename it to "Everyperson" or some shit.

I just throw away the dust jackets of Everymans. They look so much better without them

Hi Brent! Nice channel! I think Metamorphosis is a better book to start with Kafka than The Castle. the Castle is quite convoluted 😂 I know I had a hard time with it.

You need to read Fathers and Sons by Turgenev

Excellent Quality reasonable price and great Range of titles and beautiful to look at on the shelf.

Children of Hurin was my big find last year. I have read the LOTR trilogy too many times to count. Great vid. I like Dostoevsky and Melville. I lost interest in Don Quixote about halfway in. Just subbed.

I have a few Everyman’s Library books. Have you read The Harvard Classics?

Si hay algo que enseña el quijote es a escapar de los idealismos. De todos los idealismos, en especial del religioso, político y filosófico.

Why not just read dostoevsky... his books are dense as is