10 books to get you reading (or branch out your tastes)

A variety of books, a variety of genres - to please anyone and everyone.
5 Books To Get Into Reading Video: • 5 Books to get into re...
0:00 Intro
4:51 The Commitments
8:33 100 Years of Solitude
12:57 Of Mice and Men
16:29 Gone Girl
20:43 I Who Have Never Known Men
23:45 Mephisto
27:39 Old Man's War
30:41 Boy Parts
33:09 My Brilliant Friend
36:03 The Kite Runner
39:38 READ DEEZ BOOKS
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[@JosephReadsBooks]

This is a great list and a great idea for a video. I will keep an eye out for a few of those.

[@storytoob]

Well gee thanks friend

[@someokiedude9549]

A good list there, admittedly I haven't read or heard of many of the books you mention, aside from Marquez, Old Man's War, and The Kite Runner and reading Of Mice and Men and Gone Girl (and they are masterworks, both). You're overloading my TBR guys, I don't know how much more I can take! Great video.

[@BookishChas]

Great video guys! Most of these I’ve never heard of.

[@dianneeagle4686]

Great list. I'd also recommend any Jack Reacher book to non-readers. They are all short, easy and fun.

[@storytoob]

Absolutely with you on the Reacher books! They're a favourite comfort read. Cheers Diane!

[@Jerryx29]

I hadn't heard about most of these before watching this; a few of these sound really interesting though - specifically "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" and "I Who Have Never Known Men". I'm not new to reading; Fantasy is my bread and butter that I always come back to, but I also try to read more broadly - so, thanks for these recommendations!

[@storytoob]

You're most welcome Jerry!

[@deancaldicott8759]

As a professional fully certified non(aka lazy) reader I found that short story collections helped me a lot as a way of feeling a sense of achievement without the time commitment of a full novel. Either collections by the same author or anthologies with a mix of writers were great taster menus for authors who eventually I'd enjoy reading a novel by. Reading comics also helped massively to bridge my mind between that liminal space of passive visual storytelling of movies and tv into the active experience of reading a story. As Carlos well knows none of this helps me actually finish most books I've started then never finished but it's helped me a lot during the times when I managed to read more than I ever imagined I could.

[@storytoob]

Brilliant comment cheers Deano! I've been thinking of doing a video talking about just that very thing. Of trying short stories & comics and tips to stretching that muscle again. And also that middle ground between the visuals if you're into movies and script. You're spot on....now go read The Expanse, I know it's been on your shelf for 3 years 😜

[@artbyandia]

I love Of Mice and Men and Gone Girl. I will need to try the other ones.

[@tyghe_bright]

I just ordered Boy Parts and am looking forward to it. Also, I'd recommend short stories as a way for people to get into reading if they haven't been. Amazon Originals are a good option, with several themed collections that you can check out, along with the audio book, to tandem read. Perfect if you just haven't had the focus to read and just want something you can finish in about an hour.

[@storytoob]

Ohh yesss great suggestion! Short stories are great for getting into reading for sure.. usually so much packed into 10-50 pages or so

[@CNavo.TheNextChapter]

Great list you two. Of these I've read "I Who Have Never Known Men" and "Mephisto" and agree with both these choices. I'll have to check out a couple of these others. -Cheers you two

[@storytoob]

You might be the first person I know that has also read Mephisto! Just got very excited 😂

[@CNavo.TheNextChapter]

@@storytoob Admittedly it was a required read for a college course, however, it did leave an impact on me.

[@elainedejong2806]

I finally got to read Old Man’s War! I loved it!

[@storytoob]

Fantastic!! Great little book! So glad you enjoyed

[@kaizacorp]

This video is full gas!

[@storytoob]

Hehehehe you're gas

[@rynethacker275]

A great selection of books. On 100 Years of Solitude, Márquez also praised the Gregory Rabassa translation as better than the Spanish original. A wild (and probably false) statement, but the fact that he could say it at all showcases how incredible the English translation is, what a book.

[@storytoob]

Wow I didn’t know that! That’s really cool, I’m tempted to read it in English now to compare 😂

[@thatsci-firogue]

Love The Commitments, even though it took a bit of an adjustment to read some of the Dublin slang. Just wasn't used to seeing it written down. I prefer The Snapper and still haven't read The Van.

[@storytoob]

I prefer The Snapper as well! We actually read it in school, given that it's so close to home

[@kirstendickinson1361]

Snarky and humorous? Well sign me up lol, added to tbr.

[@storytoob]

Splendid!

[@MattonBooks]

Yet again, Carlos speaks my mind. I would also not recommend that any book you read be Ulysses by James Joyce. 😆

[@MattonBooks]

Great list! I’ve read the Marquez, Steinbeck & Hosseini, but none of the rest. Yolanda sold me on Gone Girl! 😀👌🏻

[@storytoob]

Haha cheers Matt! Instead of Ulysses, I always recommend reading Joyce's letters to his wife Nora 😜 quite spicy.. to put it mildly

[@verosnotebook]

Very interesting selection 😊 Didn’t know The Commitments was a book - loved the film and soundtrack. Tempted by Marquez and Ferrante (have been for ages) and definitely by Harpam (HOW do you find out about those books?!). Old Man’s War is fun, and I enjoyed the whole of the series even though the style does change quite a bit throughout. Btw could you recommend me a book that I could read in Spanish, to ease me in? Thanks 🤓

[@storytoob]

Browsing the book shop 😂 Hmmm, my default recommendation in Spanish is probably 'la sombra del viento' by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

[@moresoysauce5489]

I just got my little brother into reading physical books by recommending dungeon crawler carl audiobook. He got addicted to the series on his commute then started reading physical books as well.

[@storytoob]

Fantastic! I don't actually know that one, I'll look it up! keep up the good humanitarian work 😃

[@moresoysauce5489]

@@storytoob aw dude. You've GOT to check it out. It's an absolute blast of an adventure. Total zany mayhem, and the audiobook narration...I've never heard better

[@milanrajkovic2346]

Love your shirt! Čistači prirode, where did you get it?

[@storytoob]

Dobro jutro! It was a gift from my aunt who is Serbian 😃

[@mitch8948]

This video will prove instrumental in my becoming well read. It will also assist in paying off my debts and lowering my hairline.

[@storytoob]

Debts? Absolutely! Hairline? no chance.. have you seen me? C

[@nino9552]

Me acuerdo que empeze a leer Cien Años de Soledad hace como un año pero entonces me enferme y traía una fiebre de a Cien como dice el titulo, no te creas. Pero si de por sí el libro esta bastante raro y todo el mundo se llama Arcadio poes la verdad al ultimo ya no sabia que estaba pasando, tendre que darle otro intento aber cuando 😀

[@storytoob]

Yo me hice un árbol genealógico para ir apuntándome quién es quién (y qué Arcadio es hijo de qué Arcadio y qué Aureliano 😂)

[@nino9552]

@@storytoob La copia que agarre de mi librería venia con uno en la cover page. Ahorita estaba pensando en todas los cosas que pasaron en ese libro y no se porque no lo terminé SPOILER El wey que escoge a su esposa cuando la ve y tiene como 6 o 8 años ya no me acuerdo cuantos El otro que regresa y se casa con su hermana adoptiva La hermana adoptiva que comía tierra Puras locuras y saber que es basado en su historia propia.. el Drama jaja 😀