200 book recommendations: my favourite books you should read

[@RubyGranger8]

NOTE: I’ve grouped these books into Classics, YA, middle-grade (age 9-13), non-fiction, children and contemporary. I grouped these subjectively (as in, if I think of it as a “classic”, I put it in the classics section!). I just wanted to separate the recommendations out a little bit so they’re easier to digest!

[@ghousiyasulthana5892]

@@sunandagaikwad1142 you are absolutely right. The Alchemist was totally amazing.

[@youniversalbeyoutifull2843]

I was actually waiting for this video! Thanks Ruby you're the best! I will totally check these books out! ❤️😄

[@ishanvidyarthi7340]

Hey Ruby m also a bookworm from India

[@ishanvidyarthi7340]

Can u explain me how is great Gatsby really worth it to read???

[@KanwarAnand]

I have read 21 of your 200 books. The usual suspects, you know but based on those I venture to recommend you five books a) City of thieves by David Benioff b) Death in the family by Karl Ove Knausgard c) Martin Eden by Jack London d) Flowers for Algernon e) The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. I'm going to be reading two books you included and those are 100 days of solitude and the overachievers.

[@borowka333]

CLASSICS - The odyssey Homer by emily wilson - Jane eyre by charlotte bronte - frankenstein by mary shelley - dracula by bram stoker - the tennant in wildfell hall by anne bronte - rebecca by daphne du marier - jamaica by daphne du marier - the scarlet letter by nathaniel hawthorne mobydick silvia plath journal the bell jar by sylvia plath shakespeare plays: king lear the winter’s tale macbeth much ado nothing to kill a mockingbird harper lee paradise lost by john milton breakfast at tiffany’s truman capote the diary of nobody the picture of dorian grey oscar wilde study in scarlet by sir arthur conan doyle the great gatsby by scott fitzgerald the go beet wen fahrenheit 451 by ray bradbury if on a winters night a traveler a christmas carol by charles dickens great expectations charles dickens - around the word in 80 days - i never promised you a rose garden oliver twist by charles dickens - lord of flies by william holding - brave new world - 1984 - of mice and men - the color purple - dr. jekyll and mr. hyde - Winenburg ohio - Invisible man by Ralph Ellison - Bartleby the scrivener by Herman Melville - The ballad of the sad cafe by Carson McCullers - The melancholy death of oyster boy - The complete poems of Emily Dickinson - Emily Dickinson Envelope Poems YA FICTION - Laurie Hase anderson catalyst winter girls a danger to herself and others the strange and beautiful sorrows of ava lavender - The perks of being a wallflower - A good girls guide to murder Holly Jackson - The bullies like me - Turtles all the way down by John Green Aristotle and dante discover the secrets bad girls don’t die be live a relic dear evan hansen - enter title here paperweight - more than this patrick ness - Walking naked - Small spaces the hate u give by Angie Thomas what i was by meg riding the ocean and the end of the lane the unwind we were liars - slates trilogy - Wolf by wolf - Every day David Leviathan - Torn by Cat Clarke middle - Howl’s moving castle - Tinder - Coraline - Multiple choice - Counting by 7s - A monster calls - Wonder by R. J. palacio - The clockwork sparrow - Love Aubrey - Gregory and the Grimbockle - Summer’s dream - Christa stands strong - The lightning thief - Eleven - After the fire - The alice miranda series - The lie tree - Wolf hollows - Northern lights - My sister jodie - Little darlings - Bad girls - Wave me goodbye - The goldfish boy - Word nerd - mister greecher - Mockingbird kathryn erdkunde - Memoirs of an imaginary friend - Fat boy swim - River boy - Ways to live forever - The bunker diary - The recruit - Persepolis - Pig heart boy - Out of my mind The ant colony - Gifted series CHILDREN - I am David - Harry Potter - Hobbit - Peter pan - The nutcracker - A little princess - Little women - Boy - Matilda - Secrets of malory towers - Swallows of Amazon’s - The series of unfortunate events - Anne of green gables - The little prince - Angela Brazil - Alice in Wonderland - The magic faraway tree IDK WHAT CATEGORY The institute blithe spirit history of the rain the children act ancheail beach - Gather the daughters - Me & emma - Jistory of wolves - Extremey loud & incredibly close - The man who walked through walls

[@kenzymohamed1491]

Charlotte Brônte not bringe

[@gatsbyspet9344]

a hero we all need but don’t deserve💚

[@borowka333]

Kenzy Mohamed sorry

[@borowka333]

Mike 1412 no thank yoy

[@yuhengyuan151]

Antonina Kas thank you so much

[@minhngocvu2054]

4:24 YA 5:50 Middle grade 8:35 Children 9:46 Contemporary 12:10 Nonfiction

[@kunjchauhan7745]

@Cantwait4summer pin this comment

[@lornatw]

And classics xx

[@macriz7058]

1:08 classics

[@jackcrawford2915]

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[@schylarmckenzie13]

Thank you!!!!

[@TheHollyChronicle]

My “books to read” list just increased significantly

[@isabellaclendenny8274]

mine increased very much so

[@arandomuser9459]

Mines way over 35 books. Right now I’m reading science of monsters which is very good.

[@yellowcrocus]

ikrrrr

[@projectbetterfinance3863]

Uploaded some suggestions on my channel as well if you want to increase it even more :p

[@shagunmohta5994]

Hahaha. EXPONENTIALLY!!

[@humanbean4037]

FULL LIST OF BOOKS Classics: - The Odyssey - Jane Eyre - Frankenstein - Dracula - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Rebecca - Jamaica Inn - The Scarlet Letter - Moby Dick - Sylvia Plath’s journals - The Bell Jar ~Shakespeare subcategory~ • King Lear • The Winter’s Tale • Macbeth • Much Ado About Nothing - To Kill A Mockingbird - Paradise Lost - Breakfast At Tiffany’s - A Diary of a Nobody - The Picture of Dorian Gray - A Study In Scarlet - The Great Gatsby - The Go-Between - Fahrenheit 451 - If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller - A Christmas Carol - Great Expectations - Around The World In 80 Days - I Never Promised You A Rose Garden - Oliver Twist - Lord of the Flies - Brave New World - Nineteen Eighty-four - Of Mice and Men - The Color Purple - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Winesburg, Ohio - Invisible Man - Bartleby the Scrivener - The Ballad of the Sad Café Poetry: - The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy - The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson - Envelope Poems (also by Dickinson) YA Fiction: - catalyst - wintergirls - A Danger To Herself and Others - The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavendar - The Perks of Being a Wallflower - A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder - Bullies Like Me - Turtles All the Way Down - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Bad Girls Don’t Die series - believarexic - Dear Evan Hansen - Enter Title Here - paperweight - More Than This - walking naked - Small Spaces - The Hate U Give - What I Was - The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Unwind series - we were liars - Slated trilogy - Wolf by Wolf - Every Day - Torn Middle Grade Books: - Howl’s Moving Castle - Tinder - Coraline (

[@beesleyrc759]

Underrated comment! Good job making this list!

[@humanbean4037]

thank you!! I worked hard on it >w

[@tillyh1368]

the way you smile when you look down, realise what book it is and i can almost see you remembering the book and how great it was. it so heart warming to watch 🥺

[@katsuo3228]

13:22 you should feed whoever you're keeping in your basement.

[@theofrincu4134]

😂😂😂😂

[@lou.boshart]

Mister Morningstar also notice the massive blood spray on the curtains

[@katieee6898]

Mister Morningstar 😂😂🤣🤣

[@mugdham2811]

@@lou.boshart Mister Morningstar must be used to the sight of blood.

[@iceblueatlantic]

ah yes finally something worthy

[@ferventfei]

* has over 100 books on my tbr * * notes down ruby's recommendations anyways *

[@genevievemonk1108]

darling i've got like 900 and still gotta put there some of ruby's recommendations

[@m7a.videodiaries]

felice s saameee

[@khushbooprasad6519]

@@genevievemonk1108 Can understand that.

[@Unknown-wv6lg]

I'm so jealous of u guys I love/ adore books but don't have so many.........I always wish I had a whole library to myself............

[@sophiapostma4057]

@@Unknown-wv6lg Me too!! I'm 17, so while I'm still dependent on my parents for the necessities, I'm working on building up my personal library. Right now, I'm at about 170 books, some of which I haven't yet read, but I've been reading more lately which will hopefully solve that problem. Good luck with your library!! :)

[@katie.eq1434]

This has inspired me to....... Read more

[@lilybsrose]

Looool witch

[@katie.eq1434]

:)

[@lucashawranke]

you actually got me 😭

[@megforshaw9150]

Ooh that was good haha

[@teenagegirl43]

😂 u got me

[@neptoon928]

For 9-13 readers I really highly recommend A Series of Unfortunate Events series!!! It’s one of my favorite children’s books of all time and honestly the children in the book are very good role models and survivors. I preach this series enough. Even the narration is amazing and defines certain words through the writing which sounds weird when I explain it but it works!!

[@subbalakshmiparimi1534]

It's a really sad thing that not a lot of people have read Heidi by Johanna Spyri.... I highly highly recommend it... It has a beautiful relationship between a grandfather and a granddaughter... It's set in the Alps... and johanna's writing is just beautiful! Do read it if u like books with character development... ( also if u have read and liked it pls like this comment so that ruby sees it and reads the book as well)

[@georgiaquest7959]

omg i never realised that was a book! i watched the movie so much as a little girl because its so comforting

[@sophspice32]

HEIDI DEINE WELT SIND DIE BERGE

[@sananaz3878]

The kite runner & a thousand splendid suns is a MUST READ

[@RKNELIAS]

Those books are really beautiful

[@diamondsaf5064]

Dont forget And The Mountains Echoed!! I really loved that one, maybe even more than the other two 😊

[@samchau3476]

@@diamondsaf5064 frankly i didn't like it. The narrative or hosseini's newer stylistic choice didn't strike a chord in me that way it with his first two books so it made less of an impact for me and the writing also felt more passive. I'm not a fan of passive writing, I liked the volatility and personal style of his earlier works. Although I loved the sequence of events that unfolded between Nabi and Wahdati - it was unexpected and their story felt less distant. Most people I know love A thousand splendid suns the most but kite runner is my favorite. I can't explain the hundred thousand things i had coursing inside me after reading that book. Also after I found out how the talibs and asif in particular tried to ruin hassan and his son I came down with a fever back in high-school when my friend spoiled the whole story for me. But when I read it by myself I still was struck by how powerful the entire story is.

[@haneenasalim5231]

Thousand splendid suns❤

[@iwantthistoend7912]

@@samchau3476 I just love kite runner 😟

[@NoetaAdia]

Ruby Granger is like if Rory Gilmore didn’t go rogue...

[@klatskyn]

Same initials too

[@12cares]

rory gilmore references always make me happy

[@maneskinnnnn7190]

how did she go rogue? she's human, no human is perfect. She took time out from yale because of what Logans dad said to her. She slept with Dean because he told her him an lyndsay had broken up.

[@mariam0205]

@@maneskinnnnn7190 and she had a one night stand and now she's pregnant and she doesn't even know who the father is

[@snamorsixteen]

@@maneskinnnnn7190 yeah she went rogue. Such a waste of a good character

[@srch-10]

I love how even by just reading a name of book you can hear pure happiness and nostalgia behind your voice, it reminds me of me ❤

[@mehdibukhari6898]

10:56 ... sis really predicted the future i-

[@miamuggle555]

I LOVED Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe. And I'd like to recommend ' The catcher in the rye' by Salinger. It's brilliant

[@amandaperez8776]

Aristotle and Dante [...] is one of the first book that my high school literature teacher made us read (so basically my whole school has read it and they all loved it but hated the test, it only had two questions so you could have the maximum grade, barely pass it or fail. Not fun)

[@humanbean4037]

I love the Catcher in the Rye but when we read it in class nobody else really liked it -_-

[@ayeshashaikh4433]

oh boy I love 'The catcher in the rye'!

[@annaz2349]

My favourite book is ''Life" by Guy de Maupassant. It is just beautifully written, very emotional, easy to read, short and with deep, philosophical meaning. It changed my view on life and helped to understand people better.

[@vanessarahimi661]

I don't know if this would make a great video idea or not, but I would enjoy watching a video about how you decide on what book to read. You read from almost every genre. How do you pick out good books? Do you base it on reviews? Are you not afraid of spoiling the book for yourself? Do you base it on authors or a books topic? I tend to only read fantasy and high fantasy, but I want to get into other books also.

[@lottie5596]

You should try reading some murakami! He has such an interesting way of storytelling and really transports you to a different world.

[@salaryman540]

Charlotte Lees Ahh he is an absolute inspiration. I’ve been reading the wind-up bird chronicle and it’s been FANTASTIC. I’ve tried a couple of his works before and found everything fascinating... glad to have someone who mentioned him

[@sabnaraifanabil8857]

i couldn't agree more... ❤ he's such a genius

[@mette2215]

I love his books, he is the one that got me in to reading

[@jackiechan8357]

hi what books of him can u recommend?

[@roshniveronikamallick9744]

@@jackiechan8357 you could start with Norwegian Wood! It's absolutely amazing!

[@haley1616]

i haven’t even read 200 books in my lifetime what

[@bintzubair]

I know right

[@coolamericano]

Then get up on it

[@vallary336]

do it, books are amazing.

[@r.22r]

All the more treasures for you to discover then! 😊

[@haley1616]

i’m working on it!! i absolutely love reading

[@ophixilism5174]

for me its sitting in the lawn on the swinging chair with the natural fresh air and sunlight or sometimes some peaceful lo-fi music in a room with vanilla august candles and a warm blanket!! best for me to read in peace

[@anniehowell5320]

Percy Jackson books are amazing as are the heroes of Olympus and trials of apollo. Fun Greek and Roman mythology stories

[@h0zi3r]

Annie howell and dont forget Magnus Chase! All of them are hilarious tbh, I’m currently reading ToA 3, the part before Jason dies ;(

[@fantasyalover4782]

I couldn't get into The Lost Hero, especially the characters i felt no connection to their character, i find them generic, idk. i'm quite dissapointed :-\

[@anniehowell5320]

@@fantasyalover4782 the lost hero is not that good. A lot of people who love the heroes of Olympus don't like the first one. It really does get better in book 2 though from experience

[@d.k.2594]

Lovely video and some great recommendations. I wish I had the time to read them all. If I may add a few I loooove.. Neruda and his poems. Paula by Isabel Allende is a good one but I need to pick up a few more by her.Yerma which is a play by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca and Let Me Tell You a Story by Jorge Bucay which is one of my favourite books of all time. Edgar Allan Poe,Kafka and Philip Dick if you are into these genre. I haven't read a book not related to my work in years and now I want to read them all.

[@zakirorrahman9007]

Me preparing for my exams : I have to prepare for after life too

[@jesussaves1827]

Hi Apple 2, I hope your alright and not sick, What do you mean you have to prepare for afterlife?

[@theliopleurodon]

What do you mean? :)

[@jesussaves1827]

@@theliopleurodon Sorry is that question for me or Apple 2?

[@abigailbishop8176]

stacie lahive I think they were referring to the former title of the video “200 books you must read before you die” and saying they are preparing for the after life by reading these books before they die

[@jesussaves1827]

@@abigailbishop8176 Thanks for letting me know Amy, that is kind of you to take the time and message me about what they could mean, have a great day,

[@BookwormAdventureGirl]

Loved this video. We have very similar, eclectic tastes. You have several of my favourites on this list and I have added a number of books to my TBR. So excited!

[@JohnVKaravitis]

MIDDLE GRADE Howls Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones Tinder Sally Gardner Coraline Neil Gaiman Multiple Choice Janet Taishanji Counting by Sevens Holly Goldberg Sloan A Monster Calls Patrick Ness Wonder R J Palacio The Clockwork Sparrow Katherine Woodfine Love, Aubrey Suzanne LaFleur Gregory and the Grimbockle Melanie Schubert Summer's Dream Cathy Cassidy Chrissa Stands Strong Mary Casanova The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan Eleven Tom Rogers After the Fire Will Hill Alice Miranda at School Jacqueline Harvey The Lie Tree Frances Hardinge Wolf Hollow Lauren Wolk Northern Lights Philip Pullman My Sister Jodie Jacqueline WIlson Little Darlings Jacqueline WIlson Bad Girls Jacqueline WIlson Wave Me Goodbye Jacqueline WIlson The Goldfish Boy Lisa Thompson Word Nerd Susin Nielsen Mister Creecher Chris Priestley Mockingbird Kathryn Erskine Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend Matthew Green Fat Boy Swim Catherine Forde River Boy Tim Bowler Ways to Live Forever Sally Nicholls The Bunker Diary Kevin Brooks The Recruit Robert Muchamore Persepolis Marjane Satrapi Pig Heart Boy Malorie Blackman Out of My Mind Sharon M. Draper The Ant Colony Jenny Valentine Gifted Marilyn Kaye

[@pritishrivastav5978]

Ahm. Where's the Nobel prize?

[@JohnVKaravitis]

@@pritishrivastav5978 For what???

[@indiangirl874]

🔊 THANK YOU~~~~😇

[@uriyahpanas9669]

Try also these: James Bowen "A street cat named Bob" as a great read for winter-Chrismas time, Sheryl Strayed "Wild", Nicky Cruz "Run, baby, run", Sidney Sheldon "Stranger in a mirror"

[@cinziatesauro8819]

100 years of solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marwuez is one of my favorite classics. Nice that you have Calvino in your list but in general you seem to miss some of the great south European/latin american and Asian writers.

[@annacamila_]

Also African writers, such as Mia Couto

[@maaizasiraj8008]

mine too!!!

[@TheLNLSistersLenaAbed]

I’ve been trying to get through this book for so long now.. :’[ I want to finish it but for some reason it’s been a bit difficult.

[@ThePianoTester]

Precisely. Too much of a one sided list, still good list tough. Needs more books to be more of a universal list.

[@paolina1802]

I agree! It's unfortunate that her list is mainly made up of American and Northern-Western European authors (though understandable, I mean she IS British), but I really hope she'll read more foreign authors in order to complete this list. A 100 years of solitude is a masterpiece!

[@cineastefabre4976]

Good list. I watched the nonfiction and classic parts and a lot of books I would highly recommend were included. Some books I've read that I hated are included but they weren't exceedingly badly written books or anything so different tastes, I imagine. Thank you for the great video.

[@joshuageraldbutler8037]

Seeing as the only graphic novel you have ever read is Perseopolis I have to recommend Maus (famous graphic novel about the Holocaust), its a must read.

[@criskp6861]

I really liked Mouse!

[@navyasharma8604]

I'm a twelve year old little person (lol) and when I was reading the book - A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, I couldn't take my eyes off of the pages for even a second. It was like I had been absorbed by the book and was living a life within the very fabric of it. After I finished it, I just stared into nothing for what felt like an eternity. The book was so gripping, and I took a long time to process it. After my tiny little brain FINALLY stopped mulling over nothing, I literally cried. It was a very emotional book, that has a very deep meaning to it. I promised myself that I wouldn't ever read it again because I was just shook. Eventually, I ended up reading it once a month, and even though it made me cry every single time, I went away with a new meaning. It's frightening, but at the same time comforting, it gets that realization feeling over me, the state of being deep into thought, which I consider necessary once in a while, especially in our busy lives. In conclusion, I would definitely recommend it to anyone, you may not like it, but it's worth reading once.

[@helenasawvel]

I highly highly HIGHLY recommend All The Light We Cannot See! My English teacher made my sophomore class read it this past winter and I absolutely fell in LOVE with it! I’d say that it’s probably my favorite book ever! It’s about a 16 year old French blind girl named Marie-Laure who lives in France during WWll, and is also about an 18 year old German boy named Werner and how he joins the Hitler Youth and eventually becomes a Nazi. The stories intertwine with each other, and it’s just incredibly inspirational and amazingly written!!!

[@Caroline28483]

Another Shakespeare play, probably one of if not my favorite, is Twelfth Night and I very much recommend it

[@harvey8316]

the alchemist by paolo cohelo is amazing!! (and fight club and call me by your name but maybe im biased because i loved the films first lol)

[@h4ppyc8mp3r2]

That's my fav book:)

[@charles-valentinalkan5681]

Fight club yes, the alchemist however is... Garbage. Seriously. Very superficial with a boring plot.

[@nathaliehernandez6532]

@@charles-valentinalkan5681 we must've read different books then. it's not superficial at all

[@laurelbayless2816]

Further recommendations (apologies if any of these were mentioned in the video and I forgot): Fiction: This Side of Paradise--F. Scott Fitzgerald A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man--James Joyce Ernest Pontifex, or The Way of All Flesh (those three are very similar) Ghosts--Henrik Ibsen An Enemy of the People--Ibsen Coming Up for Air--George Orwell Cat's Cradle--Kurt Vonnegut Nonfiction: Laudato Si--Pope Francis (on climate change) The Great Derangement--Amitov Ghosh This Changes Everything--Naomi Klein Capitalism and Slavery--Eric Williams The Story of the Human Body--Daniel Lieberman The Secret Life of Salvador Dali--Salvador Dali Orwell's essays--really most of them are great The Road to Wigan Pier--George Orwell Homage to Catalonia--Orwell

[@ellieclayton1953]

Read 33 of these. Several more are on my list. I'd definitely come back here for more recommendations if my TBR wasn't over 150 long.

[@amanfazil5488]

Great list! A Monster Calls never fails to get the tears going :( I'm a huge fan of Murakami so I was hoping to see him in the list but its okay :,)

[@pritishrivastav5978]

E X A C T L Y Where tf is Murakami?

[@madeinpinas215]

Murakami is it a classic?

[@ohohnenyeoo2654]

@@pritishrivastav5978 he is a Japanese author.

[@josien2212]

I was just waiting for you to mention the Book Thief. It's fantastic!

[@A1284-u2r]

Classics - The Odyssey translated by Emily Wilson - Jane Eyre - Frankenstein - Dracula - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Rebecca - Jamaica Inn - The Scarlet Letter - Moby Dick - Sylvia Plath's journals - The Bell Jar - King Leer - The Winter's Tale - Macbeth - Much Ado About Nothing - To Kill a Mockingbird - Paradise Lost - Breakfast at Tiffany's - A Diary of a Nobody - A Study in Scarlet - The Great Gatsby - The Go-Between - Fahrenheit 451 - If On a Winter's Night a Traveller - A Christmas Carol - Great Expectations - Around the World in 80 Days - I Never Promised You a Rose Garden - Oliver Twist - Lord of the Flies - Brave New World - 1984 - Of Mice and Men - The Colour Purple - Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Winesburg, Ohio - Invisible Man - Bartleby the Scrivener - The Ballad of the Sad Cafe Poetry - The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy - The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson - The Envelope Poems Emily Dickinson YA Fiction - Catalyst - Wintergirls - A Danger To Herself And Others - The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender - Perks of Being a Wallflower - A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder - Bullies Like Me - Turtles All The Way Down - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Bad Girls Don’t Die (Series) - Believarexic - Dear Evan Hansen - Enter Title Here - Paperweight - More Than This - Walking Naked - Small Spaces - The Hate U Give - What I was - The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Unwind (Series) - We Were Liars - Slated (Trilogy) - Wolf By Wolf - Everyday - Torn Middle Grade Books - Howl’s Moving Castle - Tinder - Coraline - Multiple Choice - Counting by 7s - A Monster Calls - Wonder - The Clockwork Sparrow (Trilogy) - Love Aubrey - Gregory and the Grimbockle - Summer’s Dream - Chrissa Stands Strong - The Lightning Thief - Eleven - After the Fire - Alice Miranda (Series) - The Lie Treee - Wolf Hollow - Northern Lights (Series) - My Sister Jodie - Little Darlings - Bad Girls - Wave Me Goodbye - The Goldfish Boy - Word Nerd - Mister Creecher - Mockingbird - Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend - Fat Boy Swim - River Boy - Ways to Live Forever - The Bunker Diary - Cherub (Series) - Persepolis - Pig Heart Boy - Out of My Mind - The Ant Colony - Gifted (Series) Children’s Books - I am David - Harry Potter (Series) - The Hobbit - Peter Pan - The Nutcracker - A Little Princess - Little Women - Boy (Roald Dahl) - Matilda - Secrets At Malory Towers - Swallows and Amazons - A Series of Unfortunate Events (Series) - Anne of Green Gables - The Little Prince - Angela Brazil Collection - Alice in Wonderland - The Magic Faraway Tree Contemporary Fiction - The Institute - History of the Rain - Blithe Spirit - The Children Act - On Chesil Beach - Atonement - Gather the Daughters - Me & Emma - History of Wolves - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - The Man Who Walked Through Walls - Cat’s Eye - Everything I Never Told You - Elders - Out Endless Numbered Days - We Need To Talk About Kevin - Reconstructing Amelia - The Story of an African Farm - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Interview With A Vampire - The Circle - Birdsong - The Martian - The Grass Is Singing - Quarantine - Let the Right One In - The Secret Life of Bees - The Blood of the Lamb - The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden - Before I Go To Sleep - The Kite Runner - My Sister’s Keeper - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime - Never Let Me Go - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Life of Pi - The Lovely Bones - The Book Thief - The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - Mothers & Daughters (Irish Short Stories) - 100 Days of Solitude - The Trouble With Goats and Sheep - Lost For Words Non-Fiction - Drive - The Universe Inside You - Educated A Memoir - Hard Choices - The French Revolution (Christopher Hibbert) - The God Delusion - Sapiens - Problems of Philosophy - A Letter to a Christian Nation - Queen Bees and Wannabes - The Overachievers (The Secret Lives of Driven Kids) - The Cost of Discipleship - This Is Going to Hurt - A Million Years in a Day - The Glass Castle - Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race - Oranges are Not the Only Fruit - Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal - Positive a Memoir - Miracles From Heaven - In Therapy - A Child Called It - Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl - Night (Elie Wiesel) - A Night To Remember - The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Sequence - The Elements of Eloquence - Fermat’s Last Theorem - My Grammar and I - The Gospel According To The Simpsons - The Motivation Myth - The Miracle Morning - Boy Erased ENJOY EVERYONE!

[@fatimah3228]

wow thank you so much

[@ТопСтрелокМираБлитц]

"Gone with the wind" is in my heart forever. ( Also "Sapiens", "All Stephen Hawking's books" and books about economics. )

[@pablomartinez4648]

Thank you Ruby ! I got very motivated by a lot of your recommendations. Great Video ! ♥️

[@juandavidlozada9581]

(your recommendations are interesting) Ten books that I recommend: 1-Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud by Peter Watson 2-Finding philosophy in social science by Mario Bunge 3-Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time by Michael Shermer 4-Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks 5-Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam by Michel Onfray 6-Fear of Knowledge: Against Relativism and Constructivism by Paul Bhogossian 7-Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America by Barbara Ehrenreich 8-The Elements of Moral Philosophy by James Rachels 9-Cosmos by Carl Sagan 10-Is It All in Your Head?: True Stories of Imaginary Illness by Suzanne O'Sullivan

[@dot5816]

Hi there, are there any more books that you recommend?

[@juandavidlozada9581]

@@dot5816 yes, there are more books: 1. The Nature of Love, 3 vols by Irving Singer 2. Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker 3. The Masks of God, 4 vols by Joseph Campbell 4. The Human Zoo by Desmond Morris 5. The Discoverers by Daniel J. Boorstin 6. Understanding Human Sexuality by Janet S. Hyde, John D. DeLamater 7. Asimov's New Guide to Science by Isaac Asimov 8. The Great Big Book of Horrible Things: The Definitive Chronicle of History’s 100 Worst Atrocities by Matthew White 9. The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris 10. God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens 11. The History and Philosophy of Social Science by Scott Gordon 12. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari 13. Main Currents of Marxism: The Founders, The Golden Age, The Breakdown by Leszek Kołakowski 14. Capitalism: A Short History by Jürgen Kocka 15. The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton 16. God and the Folly of Faith: The Incompatibility of Science and Religion by Victor J. Stenger 17. The Rise of Anthropological Theory: A History of Theories of Culture by Marvin Harris 18. Consciousness Explained by Daniel C. Dennett 19. Radical Enlightenment: Philosophy and the Making of Modernity 1650-1750 by Jonathan Israel 20. Freedom and its Betrayal: Six Enemies of Human Liberty by Isaiah Berlin

[@dot5816]

@@juandavidlozada9581 Thank You so much, I've been reading a ton this past year & you seem to be interested in the same things I am.

[@strawberryvinyl1839]

Ruby, I don’t know why I feel like typing this but I do. Please, never delete your channel. Please. You are my biggest inspiration and I don’t think I will ever stop loving your channel, even when I’m 100 years old. Your cheer and smile brightens my day every time, and I can’t imagine a world with it! So, if you’re ever thinking about deleting your channel, even if you’re like 30 or 50, please don’t. Sorry this was weird haha but 🤷‍♀️🥰

[@maneskinnnnn7190]

'Even if you're like 30' hahah. most of the original youtubers are 30 now, like shane dawson, jefree starr etc.

[@qqwweerrttyy3610]

Ruby is so beautiful on the inside out

[@oliviaj9037]

I plan to get through your list. I think we can all trust your judgment !

[@sarahb6960]

Me: doesnt like reading Ruby: uploads books you must read Me: i dont like reading but i like Ruby so........

[@kaitlin3102]

How come you don’t like reading? 😱

[@amyheadstrom2455]

Audiobooks are great!

[@johntaxpayer2523]

@@kaitlin3102 effort innit

[@imthecoolest50]

I don’t like reading too

[@winniemaereact1391]

I think anybody can like to read, you just have to find the right books! Also... If you really don’t like it, you can try audiobooks!

[@08Pixel]

1:08 classics 4:24 YA 5:50 Middle grade 8:35 Children 9:46 Contemporary 12:10 Nonfiction

[@hayaezzeldin6633]

This is my first time watching her videos and I’m in love with her. She’s so sweet 🥰

[@priyankapayel7787]

I love Macbeth... One of my most favorites of all time🥰❤

[@divyanshrajouria4759]

Normal Booktubers: My top 10 favourite books recommendations. Madlad Ruby: My top 200 book recommendations.

[@virtualbookshelf9396]

Damn that's true!

[@racheldreamslife]

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing - I have added a number of your recommendations to my Goodreads :) Also excited about the book club!

[@makaylad6211]

Read “the woman in cabin 10”-its a murder mystery And “where the mountain meets the moon” - its one of my favorites. It is more laid back and is a nice before bed read

[@cub384]

both you and jack have helped me get back into reading. my new years resolution was to read five books this year (i read only one last year) and i have already read four and i’m on my fifth! also reading the harry potter books for the first time yay

[@qurbamushtaq9035]

You should read the thousand splendid suns by Khalid hossini it’s one of my favorite book.

[@juliapisani5401]

qurba mushtaq yesss I wasn’t a huge fan at first but I can’t stop thinking about it after reading it

[@qurbamushtaq9035]

Julia Pisani I loved the kite runner by him so I was sure that I’ll love that book too.

[@haneenasalim5231]

Mine tooo❤

[@nabihakhan9455]

OMG YES YES IT IS ONE OOF MY FAV BOOKS AS WELLL!!!!!@

[@refinedobsidian479]

Wow! This is my first time watching your channel, and I loved the video and have now subscribed. And I’m even more overjoyed at the prospect of your surprise as well!

[@vitameata6954]

Emily Bronte out here waiting for her name after Charlotte and Anne. 🥺

[@tugatgalut]

I read most of them earlier in life, great taste...👍 Darling, you ought to expand your poerty reading 😎🙏😉 All the best

[@abbslife]

Jacqueline Wilson was my favourite author when I was younger too! I love her so much still!

[@blairhaze4629]

I'm not a book warm, but your passion and this huge selection of books will definitely motivate me to read at least a few of them! Thank you Ruby!

[@ingridstenberg5269]

I'm so glad you mentioned Out of My Mind by Sharon M Draper! I absolutely love that book but I never hear anyone talk about it!

[@lizdorrington2851]

My TBR has just quadrupled in a good way. Thank you so much. 😊

[@basicyoutubehandlename]

I remember reading the book thief!!! That was one of the first books I actually cried at!!!

[@murdermcmurderface]

Same!!! I don’t know if it’s exactly healthy, but I obsessed over it when I was 8

[@chiarafilippeschi4001]

As an Italian bookworm I really appreciated the fact that you listed “If on a winter night’s a traveller” (Se una notte d’inverno un viaggiatore

[@queenofcupsz]

omggg, I always wanted to be part of a bookclub but never in my dreams I thought of being part of one with you! Count me in!

[@Naviiiii123]

i've read a few books of your list and i never got dissapointed they're amazing! I even came back to this video several times to find a new book xD

[@freya3380]

Before I clicked on this video, I said to myself: "If Anne of Green Gables isn't included then I will probably throw my laptop across the room. I also recommend Jane of Lantern Hill by L.M Montgomery. It's so beautiful and I think you should read it before jumping into the Anne of Green Gables series if you're a young reader because the language, I'd say is a little easier. But either way the Anne of Green Gables books are a MUST READ.

[@ingridingrid5805]

Yes,and I love Montgomery's Emily of New Moon too!

[@lamwingsum9532]

i love this so much!! thank you Ruby for these amazing recommendations!! i actually loved the glass castle so much as a kid because i could relate to it and Jeannette Walls' way of writing really got me? and i am so excited for this book club project!! lots of love from Birmingham!!

[@JessieRainbowEyes]

Rebecca is my all-time favourite book, I’m glad it gets appreciated in this video! ✨

[@sherrycohen1824]

Mine, too. I reread it every few years. If I'd had a girl, she would have been named Rebecca Eliana. And I liked Rebecca, not the little ninny Maxim married later. I also like Rebecca in the Bible.

[@jacquelineh4912]

Hi Ruby, amazing video idea and there's really some lovely books in there and some that are definitely still on my TBR pile! Just think this might have been better in written version on a blog maybe? You are going through titles so quickly with barely any info to them because there are so many, I feel like you could tell us much more if you wrote it down and also, might be easier to digest and give the book a thought or two before moving onto the next one when reading. Still a great video, it's just a thought that popped into my head. :) Have a great day xx

[@tammieharvey4814]

I read Jane Eyre last year and it was my favourite book of 2019. Howls Moving Castle is so good, I personally liked it a whole lot more than the movie adaptation. The Clockwork Sparrow has been on my TBR for a while and I'm very excited to pick it up. I've just added A Million Years In A Day to my TBR because it sounds really interesting. So excited about the book club 😊

[@safiazzZ]

Thank you for this, especially the middle grade list! I found lots of ideas for books that I could get for my niece!

[@kawaii-lw9ui]

About the announcement, you could create an specific hashtag! (Idk if that was your original idea but just in case i tell you xD). Anyway, thanks for the book recommendations!!

[@mariasadecka164]

I have read some of these books, but it is great to hear more tips for great books. Thank you! :)

[@kawaii-lw9ui]

2:07 I'm reading that book and it's marvellous!!

[@mah9116]

it wouldve been nice if you gave us your opinion on each book and tell us more about what theyre about but it was a nice video overall! cant wait to read some of them.

[@skylaaa3257]

I love these kind of videos, it really motivates me and makes me want to read more and also I would actually be sooo excited if you were to write your own book someday !! xx

[@oxarose4998]

This is the best book recommendation video!!!! Thank you so much.

[@DebmalyaSinha]

“I can go on and on about poetry!” Please do!

[@iliatrain5359]

Your taste in books is perfect! I just recently finished Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and it’s most definitely been added to my favourites list. I’m going to try and dig into more Jonathan Safran Foer books but first I need to add the estimated 60 of your recommendations I’m yet to read! Thank you so much ☺️

[@JustMe-rn5xm]

This got me back into reading :D I just finished „A danger to herself and others“ (read it in less than two days :‘D) and now I‘ll get another one of your list😍

[@nina96selena]

I wrote down every book you mentioned! (It wasn’t very easy but I’m happy I did it!) can’t wait to start your bookclub omg it is so inspiring how many books you read every year and I would love if you could do some reading vlogs on your channel it would be so amazing!

[@tekla_bablishvili]

I’m so excited to hear THAT announcement

[@misssunshine6622]

1:08 classics 4:24 YA 9:46 Contemporary

[@josefinayurquina3491]

y'all should read: -lestat the vampire -the shadow of the wind the way you recommended interview with the vampire but not lestat the vampire, gurl we have to talk

[@Linda-ul5tu]

what did you like about ''the shadow of the wind '' exactly?

[@TheNovaSystem0619]

Lestat the Vampire is such a weirdly written book

[@alb0zfinest]

Linda It was exaggerated as hell. Modern terms also crept into the book a number of times which ruined the immersion. Overall only an average book.

[@josefinayurquina3491]

@@Linda-ul5tu the diversity of characters, especially Fermin and the setting

[@josefinayurquina3491]

@@TheNovaSystem0619 why? 😭 i really like that one

[@AlaCatMom]

Hello, Ruby! I just discovered your channel and this is the first video I watched. Thank you for all the recommendations. Looking forward to watching more of your videos

[@zahrad1751]

My Sister Jodie was the first time I cried too!! The ending was so unexpected and I was heartbroken! I was 8/9 when I read it!

[@bellasgreensweater4750]

I'm currently reading Frankenstein with my English tutor, I'm up to chapter 19 I think- I'm in love with this book, it's beautifully written and I think everyone will learn something from this novel if you read between the lines.

[@alzbetakurekova9112]

Watching this video I realised there's still so many books I need to read and not enough time. 😭❤

[@EbenVisher]

Wonderful, wonderful! Thanks, I loved your lists. It would have taken many replays, plus several hours, to capture them. I was *dying* to! Is there a way to get the list? Please?

[@Yesica1993]

Oh, man, "The Kite Runner" was just SO depressing in every way.

[@hant679]

I am so excited to find your channel! I am a book lover. My goal for 2020 is to read as many genres and subgenres as I can. All new books, no rereads. I am LOVING it! I am clearly a classics fan - I have read most of the books on that list but almost none of the YA. I was reading classics by 11 years old (I learned to read when I was 8). I basically skipped YA.

[@lucashawranke]

is this a threat

[@pritishrivastav5978]

😆😆 only if you're Newton

[@luana4374]

when you mentioned aristotle and dante i got so excited! i absolutely adore that book with all my heart. definitely one of the best books i’ve read in my life! and dear evan hansen, the perks of being a wallflower, wonder, anne of green gables, harry potter (of course), the institute, the hate u give, the book thief, to kill a mockingbird, boy erased... there are so many books you mentioned that i loved! i actually have to read lord of the flies for school and i can’t wait to start it-i’ve been meaning to read it for so long! also, since you mentioned the lightning thief, if you still haven’t finished the percy jackson series i 100% recommend it. i’ve read those books so many times (as well as pretty much all of rick riordan’s books), it’s one of my favourite series ever!

[@smol_chilli_pepper]

I miss the days when I used spend all my time reading. I didnt realise that you never have more free time than the present

[@lucaendredi8410]

It is interesting to watch this video as not an English fluent-speaking person. I know that school is a really influential place on what we read (as it is the case with you and me and anyone who reads this!) But I was amazed when I counted that I have only read 20 books from your recommendations- and it is because of our different nationalities. I am really trying to read as different nationality books as I can, but I would really recommend you, Ruby to read more translated books because there are some beautiful written stories! Hungarian books that I would recommend you to read (And they are surely translated ;) ): Antal Szerb: Journey by Moonlight Imre Madách: The Tragedy of Man Ferenc Molnar: The Paul Street Boys Magda Szabo: The Door And the book club is an amazing idea! Thanks for the book recommendations!

[@isabellarose3750]

Honestly if I didn't grow up reading I wouldn't be in top set english, or doing as well in school as it has helped my vocabulary immensely😊💗

[@mikaylak.b.6974]

Hearing you talk about all your favorite books makes me realize how similar reading tastes we have :) Sometimes when I hear lists like this, I don't feel at all interested in these books, but for yours, I'd love to give all these books I haven't read (if possible) a shot Also, I'm so excited about your announcement!

[@virginiamanzanodeavila1546]

Im kind of sad there were no books by Latin american / Spanish authors since I'm Spanish :( You should give them a try! I enjoyed the video anyway p.d: (I would recommend Gabriel García Márquez to start!)

[@paolina1802]

Hi! Just out of curiosity, what other Latin American authors would you recommend? I've just read Garcia Marquez so far and I love it but I definitely would like to read more southern American literature (I think, unfortunately, as non-Spanish Europeans, we don't hear enough about those books and authors)

[@virginiamanzanodeavila1546]

@@paolina1802 I love poetry by Alejandra Pizarnik, Cristina Peri Rossi, Gloria Anzaldúa, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz... and the novels by Cortázar, Bolaño, Vargas Llosa, Mariana Enríquez... Theres so many!

[@virginiamanzanodeavila1546]

@Holy Also, from Spain, I reaaaally like: Valle-Inclán, Galdós, Unamuno, Martín-Gaite, Laforet, Umbral...

[@paolina1802]

@@virginiamanzanodeavila1546 I'll check it out thank you!!

[@villanelle2622]

I’ve read 6 books of the 200 but the number of book of which I watched the movies or talked about the books is higher! Definitely added some books to my list

[@nourin_siddique]

Oh my God read Tuesdays with Morrie you will love it ❤️❤️

[@clara6511]

My favourite book