Great video Nikhil! I would love to see your video on book vs. adaptation. I’ll be doing that with the Shining. The Christopher Beulmann book sounds interesting.

Between Two Fires is great

My favorite read last week was book 4 in the Wheel of Time, me and hubby are doing one a month.

Between Two Fires sounds really interesting, I think that could be a book I'd enjoy. My favourite read this week was Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand, its a really atmospheric, mysterious folk horror set in a manor house in the english countryside, I loved it.

I love Between Two Fires & The Blacktongue Thief. I want to slowly read through all of his work. There’s not enough time in the day for all the books I want to read, haha. Love the idea of Indie Corner!

What was your favorite read of the week? Are you all going to check out any of these books?

Not sure if you have this somewhere and I just missed it, but as a composer and a fellow book lover, do you have any KZbin/Spotify reading playlists especially any that are book or genre specific?

I love the name of your channel. That alone gets a sub.

Bro casually dropping big name like It's nothing ❤❤

I still haven’t watched Salem's Lot 2024. I’m supposed to watch it with my friend this week. I was hoping for a limited series. Because there is so much to unpack. I view Midnight Mass as a spiritual successor to Salem's Lot. A very obvious big budget fan series.

I am very excited for both Fairy Tale and The Institute. They’re two of my favorite King books and mini series is the best way to adapt them. I also find it funny that people don’t see the irony in criticizing Stephen King’s The Institute for being derivative of Stranger Things.

Love hearing about these❤. I haven’t read Fairy Tale. Its on the list for soon.

Loved this video Nikhil! I’m definitely curious to watch the Institute, but I need to read the book lol. I will definitely watch Del Toro’s Frankenstein!

very excited for this, but worry about how it will be adapted, and hoping it doesn't go wild with CGI. I prefer practical effects.

Hmm... I'm always down for a new Edgar Wright movie and I'm sure The Running Man will be great. I'm less sure it will be The Running Man. This is a book that I think ironically might have been easier to adapt closer to it's time of publication. The future of the book had no internet, no facial recognition software, no social media. Even though it takes place in a speculative future, that future is very much a byproduct of the past. It's an almost inconceivable reality in its technological naiveté. That's half of my concern. The other half is that the crux of the novel is income inequality. The poverty levels in the book are a horrific level unseen in American history and Hollywood has a tendency to remove class as a factor from most movies save a certain kind of Oscar bait. The working class hero is also a pretty antiquated concept these days. Although I suspect the book is and will remain a product of it's time (which is so bizarre to me as the themes are as relevant as they were when it was written), I will be curious to see what the adaptation comes up with. The Monkey makes more sense to me. It was always begging to be a dark comedy. I like the story, but it is ridiculous, like a lot of early King short stuff. In the same vein I would love to see an adaptation of The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet from the same collection. It's equally silly and for some reason in my head it plays out with a Jordan Peele aesthetic. I don't think I could watch an adaptation of Fairy Tale. I had to fly through the book to see what happens to the dang dog.

So many things are coming out! I’m interested in The God of War adaption. I didn’t realize that was happening. I’m curious about Del Toro’s Frankenstein as well. I saw a trailer for The Monkey and that looked wild. Thanks for all the updates!

Hello fellow (and more successful) film composer/fantasy reader! :D King is also my favorite author and Paul Greengrass is a phenomenal director... so this news is very exciting for me

Glad they want to do a series for Fairy Tale and The Institute. A movie just can't do those stories justice.

Im excited for fairytale and the running man

Thanks for watching! Which of these are you most excited about?

Only read two of the books on your list but have another 5 on my bookshelves. I loved Project Hail Mary and thought it was perfectly paced too. Was always enough going on to make you want read the next page 😊

Brad Thor's Lions of Lucerne is pretty fun all the way through. I like the Arliss Cutter books but I skip the villain chapters, who needs it.

I like your recommendations. I just restarted reading this June and there is a lot of interesting histories that I’m interested about.

Dark Matter is so good, its a 400 page book that I read as quickly as a novella, not a single wasted page. I've always found Philip Pullman's books to be well paced especially The Book of Dust vol 1. The Other People by C.J. Tudor flies by, I read that in one sitting, you just have to know what happens next. The Cabin in the Woods by Paul Tremblay was really well paced too, I'd sit down to read a chapter and before I knew it 100 pages had gone by.

An excellent list Nikhil! Swan Song is a perfect example of a book that you cannot put down. Dark Matter sounds very interesting. Project Hail Mary is on my tbr and a sci-fi book I want to explore. I would have to think carefully about the most perfectly paced King book. My first thought is The Shining. That is one of my favorite Harry Potter books. Awesome video my friend! 😃

Howling dark was a great mention-because yes it feels like the best paced sun eater book I’ve read

So happy to see this Nikhil! I was really surprised to see Shogun on this list, but I’m glad. I’m a little less intimidated by it now. 😂 Words of Radiance is my favorite Stormlight book, and Storm of Swords is my favorite ASOIAF book. Glad to see Dark Matter on here too.

Salem's Lot does have a sequel albeit its a short story. It's One for the Road in Night Shift

Great list. I have read 8 of the 10 and I would have to agree with you. Haven't Read John Gwynne or Joe Abercrombie yet but, they are on my long long TBR.

Not a lot of books I have read here, but the ones I have are interesting choices, and I totally agree that Project Hail Mary was better than the Martian, good as it was. I remember flying through Shogun, but I was in like 6th grade, so that's about all I remember. I do like Pet Sematary, but there are just a few places that it plods a tiny bit for me. If I had to pick one Stephen King story for perfect pacing, it would be The Running Man, from the Bachman Books. It is soooooo different than the movie, and does something that I think helps a lot when it comes to me being cognizant of pacing, and that's that it does something experimental with structure. The fact that it's a countdown keeps things feeling taut for me throughout. Cloud Atlas from David Mitchell does something similar with it's time hopping elements, as does Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. I thought the pacing in There, There by Tommy Orange was great as a well crafted heist novel. I guess the more tangible the goal in a story, whether that goal is a macguffin or fulfilling a gimmick, the more it hooks me into the narrative. As far as things no one is talking about, I would be really interested to see your take on some top adaptations that aren't movie or tv adaptations. Whether those adaptations are comics, video games (concept albums? I dunno if there are any, but that would be cool if there are) or even other books -it seems like reframing classics has really taken off lately and there are a lot of those out there. Looking forward to your next take. Happy reading!

Great list! I was hoping to see Best Served Cold here 👀 I totally agree with all of these. The ones I’ve read anyway. I would also add Shadow of the Gods & Hunger of the Gods. I’m looking forward to reading Faithful and the Fallen!

Some books I can think of are; 1) We are the Dead (Mike Shackle) 2) The Silverblood Promise (James Logan) 3) Hunger of the Gods (John Gwynne) 4) The Rage of Dragons (Evan Winter) 5) Of Darkness and Light, and 6) Of War and Ruin (both by Ryan Cahill)

Oh man Nikhil, I’m so sorry for your loss. I’ve been there. I’m glad you got to see him when you were home. I would love to see your Perfectly Paced books video.

Almost no one covers "Noir" novels on Booktube. It would be very interesting to see a Best 10 Noir books list.

I agree that pet sematary is perfectly paced. That and dreamcatcher 😉

"Recursion" is a better Blake Crouch novel.

What would you add or subtract from this list?

So sorry to hear about your grandfather Nikhil. I’m so glad you were able to visit him this year.

My deepest condolences.

93 years isn’t bad at all my friend! Heck, 50 years is pretty good. I will be reading this during Winter!

Hey man sorry to hear about your grandpa that's tough.at least he had a long life my grandma,my nonna,was 92 when she passed so I get what you're going through dude. Grandparents are the best aren't they?😊

Sorry for your loss and my thoughts are with you and your family Nikhil. I read The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones, unfortunately his writing style just wasn't for me. For some reason I found the pacing and sentence structure didn't click with me if that makes sense. I'm looking forward to reading The Deep as I really enjoyed The Troop. I think I've read Carrie and I've seen the 70s movie and the more recent one, I enjoyed both but I preferred the newer film (don't hate me for saying that 🤣), I just thought it was entertaining.

Hey I clicked on your discord link and it came up offer expired. I know zip about discord other than I have the app and an account😂

Finished Warbreaker and Last house on needless street. Also finished the sequel to Clockwork boys. Big hug for you❤❤ So hard saying goodbye to loved ones🤗

I am so sorry to hear about your grandfather. No matter how prepared we think we are for a loss, it's never prepared enough. It may be perverse, but I always find horror writing to be so cathartic in trying times, like it allows you to really explore those emotions that are the most complex. I haven't read My Heart is a Chainsaw yet, but I picked up the sequel Don't Fear the Reaper at a library sale this weekend. So I guess I should add it to my holds list. It sounds like some of the weaknesses of My Heart is a Chainsaw were the same reservations I have regarding Grady Hendrix Final Girls Support Group, but it's definitely not a deal breaker as I love all Hendrix other books, so I know tone/characterization can range pretty widely in the same author. Coincidentally this is where I'm struggling reading that first Sun Eaters novel. It's that first person voice. I started thinking of Hadrian as Holden Caulfield in space and it's really hard to shake that impression. Carrie would be such a great read! Excited for you that you get to experience that for the first time. It's a fast read and is sooo unique as a debut. I would say that in the 70s it probably felt ahead of it's time but also old fashioned at the same time, like a 50s exploitation movie. The De Palma adaptation really does it justice. Thank you again for another great vid, wishing a better week for you ahead.

RIP to your grandfather, man. But 93 years on Earth ain't too shabby. 💙💙💙

Excellent Video Nikhil! I need to pick up The Deep, based on your recommendation. My first Stephen Graham Jones novella was not a hit with me, I did not connect with his writing style. The Terror is frikken awesome! The further you read the more you get immersed in the story. So sorry about your Grandfather my friend, sending you condolences. My wife has just lost her dad and she is broken. You have no idea about how much it hurts when you loose a loved one. I lost my brother at the age of about 20 to a car accident and have never really got over it. At 53 I still think about him a lot.

I am so sorry about your Grandfather.

Sorry to hear about your grandfather. I'm 44 and coming to the reality that a lot of people I looked up to when I was young are getting up there in age

Last week I finished How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix on Monday, then from Tuesday to Sunday I read Song of Susannah. Both were good, although if I had to pick a favourite I would go with How to Sell a Haunted House.