Recommending a Book in 78 Genres | Where to Start

[@thomas_in_trimeter]

“Is there a ghost?” Is my favorite sub-genre lol.

[@SantReads]

THIS WAS SO AMAZING! I added at least 15 books to my TBR.

[@BoyDiviner]

Love that you mentioned my FAVORITE book Never Let Me Go. So many books added to my GoodReads now

[@illepu]

One of the best books I have ever read.

[@pedrotenorio6827]

Your recommendations are our salvation in this quarantine, thank you so much 😉

[@bookslikewhoa]

My pleasure 😊

[@kathyarrr]

Just like the Grinch's heart my TBR grew three sizes today.

[@shaelynp7630]

This is a great list !!! I'm trying to branch from my normal genre so there's a lot for me to work with here- Thank you so much for your time and effort in uploading this!!

[@bookslikewhoa]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sbh7017]

That was a lot of work. Thank you!

[@Tarasreadingnook]

Love Howl's Moving Castle

[@uptown3636]

This video demands a sequel: 78 more genre recommendations. Featuring subgenres such as "Cookbook travelogue murder mystery romance" and "Time-travel epic oceanographic textbook." In all seriousness, amazing video with many great recommendations. Thanks!

[@bookslikewhoa]

LOL, we'll see how specific I can get in my sub-genres :D

[@breeunabashedly]

The Haunting of Hill House is such a classic! My favorite type of haunted house, spooky book.

[@bookslikewhoa]

SOOOOO good!

[@priscillareads]

“What is real?” 😂 I’m in awe of this video btw. You did an INCREDIBLE job!

[@bookslikewhoa]

Thank you so much!!

[@nicoledavis9524]

Wow! Thank you so much for putting this together for your subscribers. I took a lot of notes. The short descriptions were the best by far!

[@bookslikewhoa]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MarianaQuesada]

WOOOW, well done with the short synopsis!

[@lupaecainis]

Very cool video. I wrote down so many new books to try out. I would love to see a part 2. There can never be too many recs vetted by someone with a great taste like you.

[@bookslikewhoa]

I'm keeping a running list, so when I get enough... part 2! :)

[@jamiethibodeau1]

Never Let Me Go was such a great film, I want to read the book now. I’m excited to have a few of these listed in my TBR pile already like A Wrinkle in Time, The Library at Mt. Char- and Naked in Death which I barely started because I already know that’s going down in one sitting. Thanks for your video, always great!

[@bookslikewhoa]

Glad you enjoyed!!

[@wingcastlereads5657]

this is so awesome! Many great recommendations

[@bookslikewhoa]

Glad you like them!

[@LectoraEstherica]

Hello! I really liked it! I've just bought The inkeepers trilogy this morning, so I'm happy to see it here! Lots of recommendations I forget about it like The unhoneymooners Or Trail of lightning. Just read Catch and kill and loooved it, I'm with She said and it's hard. Thank you! E.

[@bookslikewhoa]

Oof, yeah, She Said is a tough read! They both are, but so good

[@PaigeWatts]

Brilliant video!! Your recommendations are always so varied, it’s really appreciated!

[@bookslikewhoa]

Glad you like them!

[@IIxShad0WxII]

I never comment on KZbin videos, but omg this was so enjoyable. This rocked.

[@bookslikewhoa]

Thank you!

[@sakshi2897]

So many killer recommendations. Thanks Mara 😊

[@suzannemoore404]

Beautifully done. You're the best. Truly want to thank-you!

[@bookslikewhoa]

My pleasure!

[@debralavoie9095]

Some great ideas.I added The Rook, others were already in my list. Thank you for putting so much time and thought into this video. Hope you're feeling better.

[@sophiecarbone4977]

This was such an awesome video! So many books to add to my TBR now! Also loving your hair lately! You look lovely!

[@bookslikewhoa]

Yay, thank you!

[@skeletonkeybooks]

Great list! I really appreciate the breadth of your reading tastes.

[@sashahawkins]

This is fantastic and I admire you for categorizing the sub-genres, which I immensely struggle with haha! Love quite a few of the books you mentioned and some are in my TBR! Can't wait to read them (about to read Never Let Me Go whoop)

[@sassycatz4470]

I love you putting yourself out there with these choices. Have you read any Jessie Mihalik books in terms of romantic science fiction? Being very long read in regards to romance, I find your recommendations good but very current, very today. There is a depth of romance from years past that I think might change up your selections. There are writers who are still writing today (like Nora) who are classics in regency, romantic comedy, historicals, etc. that I would suggest trying before coming to any conclusions about the best. The "problem" with romance is that its such a prolific genre that people lose touch with the past.

[@bookslikewhoa]

Well, to be fair, I'm going to for "where to start" not "the best." Looking at my demographics for viewership, old skool romance is likely going to be a stretch for where to start in a genre that has rapidly changing genre conventions that date themselves pretty quickly. I think more current titles are a better bet. Trying to get a 25 year old in 2020 to read Whitney My Love... is going to be stretch :D

[@sassycatz4470]

@@bookslikewhoa I know. I felt rather bad after making that comment but there are so many old school romance authors -- some of whom are still writing -- who many new readers to the genre are unaware of or are never compelled to read because romance ages so fast. I hold these authors dear to me because they are the ones who created the tropes we now take for granted. They paved the way and they deserve recognition. Not just La Nora.

[@thetbrdiaries]

This was such a fun video! Definitely adding a few to my list, and I loved how you described some of my favourite books 😊

[@bookslikewhoa]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@NatLli]

so much dedication and hard work, just wow! thank you so much for the recs, this was awesome. always find good recs on this channel

[@bookslikewhoa]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@HappyforNow]

This is amazing and I can’t wait to reference back when I need something new! Also you got so many books I love in here 😍

[@TheVioletdecember]

Loved this video! I would be interested in your self-help/personal growth non-fiction rec

[@bookslikewhoa]

Hmm, nothing comes to mind in terms of something I would feel good about recommending to anyone across the board... but I'll think about it!

[@artjournalstories7313]

oh wow, what a fun video! When it comes to book lists, the longer the better :) I think your video among the likes of it is my favorite :) I made lots of notes on your recommendations. Since you like YA mysteries, I'd also recommend you to try A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson. It became very popular here in UK, and recently published there. It's perfect entertainment for these times. I also think you'd like this particular middle-grade mystery if you haven't read, Strange Star by Emma Carroll. It's a historical middle-grade mystery, Merry Shelly is a character in it, and fictionalizes where she got the inspiration for Frankenstein. It was really good. Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz is a small town mystery as well, a book within a book, so interesting one :) Take care! x

[@bookslikewhoa]

YES, I really want to read A Good Girl's Guide to Murder because Jennifer Lynn Barnes herself was just talking about it on Twitter as a readalike for The Naturals!!

[@artjournalstories7313]

bookslikewhoa I need that Naturals, but it’s hard to get here as I’m insisting on a hardback 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@bookslikewhoa]

It will be worth the wait-- one of my favs!!

[@tammymoon6813]

Added many to my TBR, thank you!

[@bookslikewhoa]

You're so welcome!

[@donnahumphrey6778]

Great job so many books to look for!

[@AliceGraeupl]

Thank you, I loved this! You mentioned a lot of books I love so I added a lot of books to my tbr now ☺️

[@bookslikewhoa]

I'm so glad!

[@elenathegreat]

I LOVE these videos!!! so many new books to add to my TBR :D

[@bookslikewhoa]

Glad you like them!

[@shayne2471]

loved this video !!

[@nilulal545]

Whoa everything about this video i absolutely love ❤😊 love cozy mystery..and you look so pretty too. Happy reading thanks for the recommendation.

[@bookslikewhoa]

Thank you so much!!

[@laurenab]

I know we shouldn't judge books by their covers but some of the covers were so appealing.

[@mskulagal]

Phenomenal! Bravo👏👏👏

[@dannigreen7126]

I would have chosen The Handmaid's Take over Never Let Me Go. I recently read NLMG, and gave it 1-star. I think it's an unsuccessful novel in that it failed to convince me of the world and the stakes/ consequences. SPOILER! Throughout the entire time reading I kept thinking What are the economics of this? Surely it is more costly to clone people and raise them than it is to continue to research cures and treatments for diseases. I had so many questions and I understand that the novel didn't focus on world building so I was meant to just accept what I was reading and focus on the relationship between Ruth, Tommy, and Kathy. It was just hard for me because they were so flat and I didn't care about them. I had tried it before, meaning I read the first page and knew I wouldn't like it so I decided not to go on. But recently a friend and co-worker recommended it to me and I decided that I'd listen to her. Man, was I right tho.

[@bookslikewhoa]

Haha, interesting, because I really didn't much like The Handmaid's Tale at all! :D I love the ideas/themes, but as a story, really didn't work for me

[@dannigreen7126]

@@bookslikewhoa Interesting. I wonder if it is a common thing that if a person likes one they generally won't or don't like the other 🤔🤔🤔.

[@bobbichamberlain718]

Impressive. So interesting.

[@genresandjournals]

Wow! What a great list!

[@avasisx]

I'm finding it sooooo hard to get through The Big Short. It's explained well but I still find it hard to trudge through the terminology and it's meanings.

[@bookslikewhoa]

Oh no! I hope it ends up agreeing with you better by the end if you get there :)

[@libraryofthemind]

Wow how many genres are there... is there like some offical list?

[@bookslikewhoa]

I'm not sure if there's one master list, but you can find good sub-genre lists for different genres out there

[@bookwhimsy]

This is such a tour de force!

[@mahimashetty851]

Can you please tell me approximately how many books have you read till date??

[@bookslikewhoa]

Oh man, no idea! Thousands :D

[@delphiniumreads3063]

This is brilliant.

[@keepingfitness727]

When you think of Thriller by Michael jackson What book do u think of?

[@emilyschiavone2187]

I just finished the graduate semester from hell and this is exactly what I needed! Thank you! 💕

[@bookslikewhoa]

You're so welcome!

[@Wats06071]

You get extra points for using pen and paper lol (Am I showing my age? lol)

[@VictoriaHatzson]

Feminist sci-fi and Feminist sci-fi dystopia?