Donna Tartt based The Secret History off these books (so I read them)

[@jide7722]

donna tartt needs to release that new book soon i'm due for a new personality

[@lilhedonistcannibal123]

no please wait I'm yet to read her

[@cs0p]

😩😩 pleeease

[@pazidawson2178]

What book ??? :0000

[@Pureblood29]

😂 you are so real for this 😂

[@dolliedolln]

frfr

[@InshaalAbid]

I would sell my left kidney to feel what I felt while reading the secret history again

[@cs0p]

ME TOO MEEEEE TOO

[@InshaalAbid]

@@cs0p I’m so very glad you agree :)

[@Rubyisgrowing]

I didn’t know WHAT I was feeling.

[@pethomas]

@@InshaalAbidHe possibly agreed he would sell YOUR left kidney, too.

[@katlamb4606]

Specifically the left?!😂

[@andrewcorder6107]

As a literature grad who similarly replays the small handful of Donna Tartt interviews on KZbin-especially the one held at the John Adams Institute in 1993 (so good! I have it on repeat constantly) which sent me into rabbit holes of research on Euripides’ tragedies, Bennington College, T.S. Eliot, among other things-it’s no surprise KZbin recommended your channel. It’s nice to know there’s someone else out there who is “nothing in their soul if not obsessive” -at least when it comes to our lord and literary savior, Donna Tartt.

[@cs0p]

I love your comment hahah--amen to obsession. I'll have to give the john adams one another listen, I usually watch the others because i like to see donna🫣 --my favorite is the 1992 interview

[@illchangemyusernamewhenith9130]

You're like the male version of Uncarley (my other fav booktuber) in the best possible way. Your humor is just very similar and you're both smarter than me which I am OK with

[@illchangemyusernamewhenith9130]

Oh also my favorites are East of Eden, Migrations by Charlotte McConaughy, Tender is the Flesh by Bazterrica, and Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson

[@cs0p]

get out....I'm making male uncarley merch. Thank you ;) I looove east of eden (did I read it bc of her? no comment, nosy pervert)

[@LeaReads]

The Brothers Karamazov is definitely my #1 favorite book of all time. This book has stuck with me ever since I’ve read it.

[@cs0p]

I want to read it so so bad

[@sarah-cristinagiardina991]

I read it but Shame on me i liked the Sekret book much more😅

[@leilac6317]

Your analysis was so intelligent and thought provoking while still being funny af, lovedddddd it omg

[@cs0p]

Thank you ;)

[@frenchasparagus]

would definitely love the philosophy breakdown and a video on classics or an immensely long character/plot/theme analysis on the secret history lmao cuz ur videos and donna tartt r so good

[@cs0p]

noted....

[@nicholasjohnson5944]

Another stellar video!!! ✨ I, too, enjoyed Brideshead Revisited, as well as The Talented Mr. Ripley, immensely!!! Your critiques on each of the novels are insightful, and make me want to check out more novels like these. Also... Holy Heck, has your subscribers flourished, with over 3.2k- well deserved!!! Those Agatha Christie covers are fabulous, and lastly...your red Grinch decor makes me smile!! 😀 Have a super week and until next time, terrific Mr. Charles!!!!! 🎉

[@cs0p]

I LOVE THE GRINCH hahaha--I was obsessed with him growing up. Thank you!! I can't believe how the channel is growing 🫣

[@rigelkhris]

I’m currently reading The Secret History. So far so good. My favourite books of all time are The Bell Jar, The Catcher in the Rye, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, and My Dark Vanessa. Pretty much books with annoying whinny narrators that you just wanna smack in the head but also relate with 😅

[@cs0p]

loooooove a whiny narrator--my year and bell jar are so so good

[@bridesheaddeserted]

Hi, I haven't finished your video but I adore how your praise of Brideshead has taken up half of the video so far (including intro). Brideshead Revisited deserves all that. After I read it, the influence in TSH became very apparent. They are two gorgeous books that I need to read again as soon as possible.

[@cs0p]

YOUR USERNAME AHAHA soooo good. both books are so so good. I'm already ready to reread brideshead. I've been thinking of maybe doing a different waugh first tho. have you read any of his other books...

[@bridesheaddeserted]

@@cs0p no, but I have Vile Bodies on my shelf. Waiting until after my exams so that I can read properly... Edit: It's A Handful of Dust. Don't know why I got the title wrong earlier.

[@paulinagala_]

This is the first video I've watched of yours, immediately subscribed. Don't mind me while I binge your whole channel.

[@Veniceisdrowning]

Perfect timing , I started reading the secret history yesterday after avoiding it for so long

[@cs0p]

woah--come back and tell me what you think 👀👀

[@dianaisme]

I finished The Secret History yesterday, glad to celebrate with this video!

[@cs0p]

glad youre here

[@dianaisme]

@@cs0p Omg! This makes me so happy! ♡

[@Pestopasta_]

I’m annoyed you don’t have more subscribers, amazing book reviews

[@cs0p]

🥺🥺thank you!!

[@Jordanhowey551]

I have been binging your videos like crazy. Your personality is everything!!

[@cs0p]

thank you 🥺🥺

[@katieh1752]

I'm so glad the algorithm brought me your channel!

[@cs0p]

I'm glad you're here ;)

[@katt_ventura]

I discovered your videos these days and I'm so obsessed with them ❤

[@cs0p]

aw thank you!! 🥺

[@taffyj531]

This video is a lovely idea. Thank you, Charles!

[@cs0p]

of course.

[@user-tv2pv9cy5o]

Favorite books are TSH (duh) and Lolita. Babel by RF Kuang and Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor were both in my top 5 of last year. Beautiful Little Fools is a Gatsby-adjacent story about his murder, and Babel is beautiful written and such a compelling story. Highly recommend!

[@cs0p]

mmmmm I've heard sexy good things about babel--I need to give gatsby a reread! its been a minute🫣

[@kimbono23]

Loved your comparison analysis.

[@cs0p]

Thank you!!

[@dq3974]

You’re the only person on KZbin that can hold my attention for over thirty minutes. Your SanPacu eyes are everything. Now shut up beeauch I need to get back to my book!

[@cs0p]

get back to READING.

[@patience2425]

fav books: stoner by john williams, transendant kingdom by yaa gyasi, schoolgirl by osamu dazai, and twisted lies by ana huang (you should definitely read this!!!!)

[@cs0p]

mmmmmmm these books all sound good. I almost bought stoner at Barnes yesterday 👀🫣

[@nathansnook]

fav: I Look Divine by Christopher Coe need to say, you're incredibly intelligent and your breakdown of all the books were done deliciously with such precision. love your takes on the limited time we have and the long soul search of what books we should be reading in a single lifetime!

[@cs0p]

Ordered. That looks so fucking good. It took me 5 minutes of battling the google autocorrect search engine to realize that it was divine not divie. Also is it out of print because I could only find like one copy available, and I snatched that shit. Nathan! Don't feed my ego! It's almost big enough to believe you ;)

[@nathansnook]

@@cs0p omfg sorry not me going back to edit the title of one of my favs! it's a short slim one that can be devoured in an afternoon. hope you enjoy it! and if not, roast the hell outta me!!! LOL mama taught me honesty is the best policy! just spittin the truth bb!

[@thereviewer5562]

0:11 that is so true. I was reading the article thrice i think just now.

[@cs0p]

we're clinging to scraps out here

[@thereviewer5562]

@@cs0p and her book got cancelled that was coming in june i think. so yeah we are

[@thereviewer5562]

she does not even have a interview in the last five years i think@@cs0p

[@cs0p]

maybe her next book will be something stupid like 2000 pages 🤭🤞@@thereviewer5562

[@thereviewer5562]

hopefully@@cs0p

[@dianaisme]

"What better reason to believe something than because it's a lovely idea" "Stories are deception. They're not real but we allow ourselves to be decieved to fall into the stories, because they're lovely ideas" 👌👌👌👌

[@julia10742]

Pleading + begging + praying for a The Master & Margarita mention of any kind. So basic but an all time fav

[@cs0p]

I BOUGHT THIS JUST A SEC AGO 👀👀

[@miru6005]

Say less, my fave books are 'Annihilation' by Jeff Vandermeer, 'Dune' by Frank Herbert, 'The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo' by Taylor Jenkins Reid, 'The Knife of Never Letting Go' by Patrick Ness, 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close' by J. S. Foer and 2 other romanian books you've probably never heard about: 'Baltagul' (The Hatchet) by Mihail Sadoveanu and Otilia's Enigma by George Călinescu xx

[@cs0p]

mmmmmm I need to read more sci fi and dune sounds like a fun place 🫣

[@nathansnook]

also stan Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close!!! an incredible reading experience that breaks conventions!

[@miru6005]

@@nathansnook truly, it's one of the few books I got chills on the most while reading

[@odnarlo]

This was a really well-done video!!!

[@cs0p]

🫣🥺 I'm happy I could make you laugh and I'm glad a fellow DT fanatic enjoyed the video ;)

[@cherry7up11]

just discovered your channel and i’m eating up all this content omg

[@cs0p]

munch munch ;) thank you

[@uchuflowerzone]

I liked your take on Brideshead Revisited!! I only just read it half a year ago but you made me want to go back and reread it already! it instantly became a favorite for me, those characters were just so compelling. you really get deeply invested in them. also thanks for recommending Howards End, because I've been wanting to get into Forster for a while now!

[@cs0p]

Thank you! I already want to reread it 😩😩 Forster is the best. If you want a shorter one first, Where angels fear to tread is just as good and might consider more similar themes (oops I forgot about the book when filming), but howards end is still def similar and it's great

[@uchuflowerzone]

@@cs0p turns out one of my local libraries has both so hopefully soon I can give them a read!

[@rainrainyrain]

If you guys haven't already, you should check out the audiobook of The secret history read by lord and savior Donna Tartt herself. She truly brings the characters to life and the voice she gives Bunny is just gold. It's on KZbin in 7 parts, 4 and a half hours each, check it out!!!

[@cs0p]

i have heard it's great 👀

[@rainrainyrain]

@@cs0p you've heard right

[@mrodriguez377]

Well We have always lived in the castle is one of my favs but I’m guessing you’ll already be reading it in this vid (hope you liked it btw), soo I’ll say a few other favs: The Little Prince, Dune, My Brilliant Friend, The Book of Longings

[@cs0p]

I looove My brilliant friend. I need to pick up the second one. I loved aspects of Castle and am pumped to pick up more Jackson

[@thelefthandedreader6632]

While putting together a piece of furniture, I finished watching this video. I saw I hadn’t finished it. I love how you cap it off by giving your thoughts about how The Secret History compares to the books in this video. That summary was 🔥😊

[@cs0p]

thanks ;) I hope your furniture didn't turn out a wobbly mess like all mine 💀

[@thelefthandedreader6632]

Well......🤔

[@anyway-bx2wb]

haha found your channel and instantly subscribed bc the secret history is THAT book and you just reminded me I have to reread it soon, also it’s nice to find someone with similar taste in literature as me cuz it’s kinda hard on yt imo

[@cs0p]

Thank you!! I'm glad we have similar tastes ;) I need to reread it too!

[@mikkeline_]

Hi Charles, it would be really interesting (for me at least) if you tier- ranked poe's short stories :) I don't watch booktube that much but I like your channel.

[@cs0p]

ok ok good. Noted. I need to figure out the software! Thank you for watching! :)

[@beatricelucas385]

Hard to say my favorites of all time but my favorites from this year are Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, Eileen by Otessa Moshfegh, and The Novelist by Jordan Castro Editing to say I love this channel and so glad I found you!! You remind me of Shawn McComb who’s one of my favs…

[@cs0p]

Thank you! 🫶🫣😝 I'm glad you're enjoying the channel

[@58christiansful]

Taken at the Flood and There is a Tide are the same Agatha Christie novel - the first is the UK edition, the second is the American edition. American publishers often changed her titles. Funerals are Fatal (US edition) is in fact After the Funeral (UK edition).

[@cs0p]

interesting interesting that does make sense

[@mishyy]

My favourite book’s probably Hamnet, by Maggie O’Farrell

[@cs0p]

mmmmm mm m m m m mm

[@andreluissoriano]

I’m glad I found your channel. I love your humor! Edit: and I also hate The Kite Runner.

[@cs0p]

thank god you found the channel-I’ve never met anyone else who hates it 💀

[@jonahinthewild]

Reporting for my subscriberly duty here: my favorite books at the moment are The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut and Coraline by Neil Gaiman. I have a few on my TBR (Secret history included) that I think may be overtaking them soon though.

[@hkqtt]

Yes fellow The Goldfinch fan, so underrated

[@cs0p]

you listing goldfinch and coraline with S5 make me want to give S5 a read...it's been on the tbr forever but I always here mixed reviews. I wan't to read coraline a bunch too

[@jonahinthewild]

@@cs0p S5 was my favorite book for nearly the opposite reason I enjoyed The Goldfinch. My love for the Goldfinch came from a love for Donna's storytelling and character building. On the other hand, my love for S5 comes from a love for how its told. The story itself was mostly "uninteresting" to me, for lack of a better word, but was incredibly well-told, and surprisingly humorous. I highly recommend it.

[@-AtomsPhere-]

Fine! I’ll read the secret history! I’m 33 and just got into reading again this year. It’s been fun. So much of the television and movies I’ve seen recently have been so creatively bankrupt I knew it was time to start reading again.

[@cs0p]

amen to the creative bankruptcy in other media forms. i hope you have fun with the secret history 👀

[@-AtomsPhere-]

@@cs0p I’ll let you know, I’ll probably start it next week!

[@chuucake]

i just found your channel by now, and i immediately subscribed :)

[@cs0p]

thank you 🥺🫶

[@notliketoast8074]

you’re adorable 😂 I’m here for the petty takes. glad I subscribed. I’m quarter of the way through my first read of the secret history ..!!

[@cs0p]

thank you! lol the petty takes, I can't help it. Tell me if you love it!! Unsubscribe if you dont 😤

[@nandinikhanna4624]

I'm on a binge of your channel, I'm obsessed, and I'm not sorry. Since you've already read (and loved) TSH and The Little Friend (some of my favourites), these are some of my favourites that I think you might like: - A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine - Cat On A Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams (so underrated) - Summerwater by Sarah Moss - Rivals by Jilly Cooper

[@cs0p]

Thank you!! I will check out the recs ;)

[@cs0p]

a dark adapted eye looks good asf...

[@nandinikhanna4624]

​@@cs0p it's a masterpiece.

[@karin.007]

hey ! i just came across your channel and i immediately fell in love with your energy and vibe so i wanted to tell you that BUT ALSO tell you about my favorite books because it would also help me narrow them down: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Heartstopper, The House in the Cerulean Sea, Solitaire

[@cs0p]

aww thank you!! I will add them to my tbr ;)

[@catlover22253]

my favorite books are the secret history (obvi), interview with the vampire by anne rice, the twilight books (i think you can tell i love vampire novels) and the diary of anne frank is another favorite. have a great day charles !♡

[@cs0p]

aw thank you! Have a good day to you too ;) I will add the anne rice book to my tbr, I think I've seen clips of the movie

[@jakeykayyreads]

“I think it kinda looks like me I think it’s hot” 😭😭😭

[@markmcgrath4121]

Hi there. Really love your channel. I've read 'Brideshead' three times and looove that book! Lord Marchmain is a hoot. Michael Gambon (of Dumbledore fame) gave a great performance of him in the 2008 film version (even though that movie took liberties and isn't nearly as good as the 1980s British TV miniseries). Your other videos are creating more piles of books in my home btw.

[@cs0p]

thank you!! i dont know how i always forget there are usually movie adaptations of popular older books. i have added the film to my letterbox...

[@boilingmilk9591]

my faves as of right now are The Great Gatsby, Lord of the Flies and The Picture of Dorian Gray :) also you're probably the only person that talks about The Secret History in a way that makes me want to read it lol (** stop this burp erasure, in fact make a compilation)

[@cs0p]

the BURPS AHHAHA secret history is so worthy of the hype I can't even pretend I like other niche books more--dorian is definitely due for a reread

[@OnefortheBooks]

I'd absolutely love to see you tier-rank all of Edgar Allen Poe! I loved EAP in high school, but hadn't picked up anything by him again until this year when I re-read "The Fall of the House of Usher", in preparation for reading the re-telling "What Moves the Dead" by T. Kingfisher. Loved them both, and it reignited my love for Poe.

[@cs0p]

His stories are still fresh and fun even now which is crazy to me. Usher is certainly a banger. Read more poe!! I'll brush the dust off my poe memories and add the video to the docket if I can figure out how to use the software 🙈

[@onoud9417]

Some of my fav books that aren't by donna tartt are wolf hall, phantom of the opera, the bluest eye, and a pale view of hills. Also did you know that donna tartt is a lana del rey fan?? Thats kinda iconic

[@cs0p]

no way that is icon shit. I got my dad wolf hall for his birthday! I want to read bluest eye so bad--it's been on the up next TBR list forever and my friends loooove it

[@elainea5355]

i love your vibde

[@cs0p]

thank you ;)) I'm glad you're here

[@booklover11976]

i really liked if we were villains and it’s often compared to secret history since it’s also dark academia

[@cs0p]

I want to read it!! I've been waiting to get it at a thrift store because it's so popular someone should donate it eventually 🫣

[@MilnaAlen]

I really love Beyond the Pale by Elana Dykewomon, Maurice by E. M Forster and Vellum by Hal Duncan!

[@deardiaryakatheinternet]

Coming back to rewatch this after finishing tsh >>

[@linn7340]

I'm norwegian and so are many of my favrite books, so you probably never heard of them. But I also love Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, The shaddow of the wind, Lolita, Who killed my father by Édouard Louis, and ofc all of the Harry Potter books :)))

[@Kimberly5453]

Shadow of the wind is SO good!! All time favorite of mine also. 😊

[@cs0p]

Hi norway! I need to get to lolita ASAP! I can't believe I haven't read it yet. I've also heard great great things about shadow of the wind

[@macee.]

read written on the body by Jeanette Winterson! only 190 pages but the best writing ever. very poetic.

[@cs0p]

mmm I will add to my sexy tbr

[@beforever]

probably need to stick Fowles' The Magus in there too

[@the_eerie_faerie_tales]

We Have Always Lived in the Castle, one of my all time favorites, and I knew it would be from just the first page!

[@cs0p]

it is very very good--The first page is amazing, and the rest hahaha but Jackson started with a bang

[@eli-pi5mz]

hi i’ve been obsessed with your channel hello. ANYWAYS MY FAV BOOKS !!!! : 1.picture of dorian gray 2.the metamorphosis 3.confessions of the mask the other ones aren’t in order☺️ paradise rot by jenny hval things have gotten worse since we last spoke the priory of the orange tree ( the only fantasy book ever created tbh ) nausea the stranger humiliated and insulted the trial on earth we’re briefly gorgeous the red dragon

[@eli-pi5mz]

the red dragon could possibly be my fav cuz of will graham and the fact that im obsessed with the show hannibal, BUT ITS STILL AMAZING

[@eli-pi5mz]

i need to read donna tartt’s books REALLY BAD but im waiting for fall , for my reading experience to be more atmospheric 😇

[@cs0p]

I want to read red dragon so bad 👀👀--the atmosphere for TSH will be amazing in the fall!! Thank you for your obsession ;)

[@-AtomsPhere-]

Hey Charles, have you read any Ken Follet? I just finished the pillars of the earth, and I thought it was amazing while I was reading it (and it was LONG) but a week later I’m starting to think twice about it. Would like to hear your thoughts.

[@cs0p]

i swear ive seen that book everywhere, but no ive never read it.. maybe ill pick it up to see what the fuss is about

[@-AtomsPhere-]

@@cs0p yeah, same. A lot of people I’ve seen have it as their absolute favorite novel. I even kind of felt that way after finishing it…for a couple days. The medieval setting and political machinations kind of remind me of Game of Thrones. And the actual plot of trying to build a Cathedral was much more engaging and interesting than I thought it would be, but if you ever pick it up, I assume you and I would find similar issues in a few of the characters/plot points. But if you’re a fan of just an engaging and solid story, I think it definitely delivers.

[@NatalyaVins-blueflower775]

My favourite books: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll.

[@cs0p]

icon books damn--I love oscar and agatha--I've been meaning to read the last two...👀

[@NatalyaVins-blueflower775]

@@cs0p Agatha Christie is the reason I found your channel. I was looking for reviews of Endless Night.

[@bnbnya-bw6tj]

Some of my fav books gotta be Turtles all the way down, the book thief, the count of monte cristo, frankenstein, thr great gatsby, crime and punishment, the silent patient,,

[@cs0p]

I need to finish crime and p!! Frankenstein is also on the hit list. I can't imagine ever finishing count becuase of how long it is 🫣

[@Halynn216]

4 of my favorites: 1. Red Rising Trilogy by Pierce Browm It was the first time I read a book that felt like I was actually in the world I was reading. Great world building, amazing characters, and it had me gripped me to my seat every time I picked it up. 2. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley This book impressed me so much because it’s so different than it’s modern adaptions/ references, it’s so much more thoughtful and emotional. The contrasts that Frankenstein kept making to himself and Paradise Lost really gave this book so much to analyze and admire. 3. Honor in the Dust by Gregg Jones I had to read this for high school a couple years ago and it made enough of an impact that I read it again in college. The author does such a great job depicting battles and views that America’s influential held at the time. Reading this was so emotional for me because I’m part Filipino and so many parts of the book had me seething with rage at the brutality that America was so comfortable inflicting because they believed the countries they were invading were inferior, savage, feral. Overall just acknowledging that this is a part of American history and it’s how America still operates today. 4. The Race Beat by Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff I also read this is high school and it’s about the Civil Rights movement through the eyes of the press. It was difficult at times to read because of the various editors and journalists that the book talks about but it was one of the first times that I felt that I finally grasped American History. So much of that has happened is still relevant today and I wish that everyone would read this. Sorry for the lengthy comment, just walking away from these books felt like I understood the world a little bit more :)

[@cs0p]

I love a lengthy comment! thank you for the recs, I really need to get to franky!!

[@gottadasha]

fav books rn: crying in h-mart, darkness visible by william styron, the little prince, in the dream house, and the once upon a broken heart series

[@cs0p]

I love the cover of crying in h mart 👀👀

[@peterzettl7963]

My fave is a young adult book and it’s objectively not even that good, but “family of liars” is just such a comfort book

[@cs0p]

comfort books are way undervalued, I've been meaning to reread my childhood favorites

[@nicholeforstell2074]

the handmaids tale!!!!! & the testaments by Margaret Atwood, bunny by mona awad, our wives under the sea by Julia armfield, and the secret history by queen donna are my faves

[@cs0p]

I looooove bunny!! And the handmaids tale was fun too. You have sexy taste ;)

[@Sophia-dz3ji]

Favorites of mine are, despite the secret history of course, in cold blood, east of eden, white nights, kafkas letters to milena, perfume by Süskind and first love by Turgenev.

[@cs0p]

get tf out that's a damn lineup. I love eden and cold blood. Turgenev is on the hit list for my russian lit foray 😏 perfume sounds like it could be incredible

[@Sophia-dz3ji]

@@cs0p But I should warn you about parfum. It's quite gruesome and the ending is really something

Genuinely was looking forward to this video and you delivered. 💅 Some favorite books: Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak, The Book Thief by the same dude, The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness, and The Name of the Wind by Patrick Ness. All of these are pretty chunky, but The Knife of Never Letting go is a fairly quick read given the writing style and fast pace. 😎

[@cs0p]

good good good I'm glad I delivered ;) I don't mind a fast paced chunky baby! I've been meaning to read the book thief since middle school 💀

@@cs0p just realized that all the books I recommend follow children, which you mentioned you don't like. 👀 my baaad. Soo some other recommendations that don't follow children: Death with Interruptions by Jose Saramago, Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin, and Vicious by VE Schwab (warning, there is A child in that one). What i will say is that the books i recommended before are still excellent (in my humble correct opinion).

[@cs0p]

@ lol I don't minnnnd the occasional one hahaha and I'm always open! "warning" HAHA --I have been meaning to read Giovannis tho. I'm sure the child books are great too hahaha I still want to pick up the book thief some time 😛

@@cs0p you could do a video titled "Can the children redeem themselves? Reading books about kids for a week" hahaha. Giovannis Room is a special book, and since you enjoyed Brideshead, I think you'll enjoy it. Not that it's similar in plot, but there was something intangible about it - maybe the atmosphere - that reminded me of Brideshead. The book thief is fantastic - and event though it's set during WWII, it doesn't actually follow any soldiers so I wouldn't necessarily consider it a war novel. It used to be my favorite book of all time, but when Zusak came out with Bridge of Clay, that one took top spot.

[@cs0p]

@ mmmmm! That would be a fun video--I'll add it to the docket. I need to read zusak if you love him this much!! haha

[@__loveball]

i put your videos on tv while i was doing chores and u made me laugh so many times, thank you! i do love magical realism and quirky shit, but it's interesting to hear your criticism also u remind me so much of my brother that i live far away from, bless you 😭

[@cs0p]

aww thank you!! This is very sweet, I am happy to hear :)

[@tessH]

Magical realism and quirky shit sound grand what do you recommend? I tried 100 Years of Solitude and got confused.

[@dudacavalcante9236]

mrs dalloway is an all time fav of mine, i read 2-3 years ago and it’s still stuck with me

[@cs0p]

I've been meaning to read this for years now 🫣--I need to get to Woolf!

[@ines.duu7]

on earth we’re briefly gorgeus and circe gotta be some of my faves

[@cs0p]

circe was a blast, on earth sounds like a blast!!

[@aichacama6774]

my fav books besides the secret history obv would be : perfume by Suskind, the sense of an ending by Barnes, nausea by Sartre, and many more but i have to stop here or else i never Will ahah. And looove your content btw.

[@cs0p]

Thank you ;) someone else recommended perfume and it sounds so so so good

[@the_eerie_faerie_tales]

You speaking of 1984 and Animal Farm made me think of PKD's The Man in the High Castle.. I haven't read it yet but I did watch the mini series many years ago. Gave me the same kind of creepy feeling as V for Vendetta.. so of course, can't wait to read it.

[@cs0p]

oooo I will have to check the book out--I had a blast with orwell

[@the_eerie_faerie_tales]

@@cs0p it's an alternate history where the US did not win WWII.. so not great situation lol

[@cs0p]

@@the_eerie_faerie_tales 💀💀 that sounds intense but like it could be very good

[@sosseserpenti]

My faves are: My Heavenly Favorite by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (you could call it a Dutch take on Lolita), The First Bad Man by Miranda July and Life or Theatre by Charlotte Salomon

[@cs0p]

mmmm m mm m I need to read lolita!! these books sound hot

[@sarah-cristinagiardina991]

This green gold book is just beautifull 😮😍

[@cs0p]

one of my most gorgeous books 🤤

[@thefriesofLockeLamora]

Yes I do Google Donna obsessively too. My favourite books are TSH, The Night Circus, Less, Sonny's Blues, The Lies of Locke Lamora, Charming As A Verb

[@cs0p]

Googling donna is my third favorite past time

[@apricotsocks]

Fav Books: abela by Berie Doherty, the gritterman by Orlando Weeks, A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver, the little friend, the salt path by Raynor Winn and Call the Midwife by by Jennifer Worth

[@cs0p]

noted noted thank yoo

[@alexoakes5734]

favs: book thief, liar's gospel, the secret history, the diary of a young girl, little women, les miserables (abridged. the unabridged is painful. like, an entirely different book).

[@cs0p]

Abridged HAHAH understandable--that book is a BRICK. It scares me more than any other book I've come across. I need to read the book thief!! And I low key loved the little women movie with florence pugh

[@fayesavanne]

favorite books: this is how you lose the time war, paul takes the form of a mortal girl, bonjour tristesse and these violent delights (micah nemerever)

[@cs0p]

mmmmm these sound hot hot hot

[@luciainthebooks]

My favourite books of all time are all of the neapolitan novels, however I believe it's rather because of the fact that I grew up reading them and that they shaped my taste than because of the their quality

[@cs0p]

no the quality of those books is great you have great taste (so far as it concerns the first two bc those are the only ones ive read so far)

[@luciainthebooks]

@@cs0p That's definitely good to know. I read them a long time ago and have been meaning to reread them for a while now but I was just so scared of not liking them as much as I did the first time. So that's very reassuring:)

[@leticianavega3357]

I AUDIBLY GASPED I WAITED ALL MY LIFE FOR THIS VIDEO

[@cs0p]

lol me too

[@adamwelsh9372]

A book that reminds me of the Secret History is The Wishing Game by Patrick Redmond. Not quite the same, more thriller/horror themed but still a dark academia vibe. Kind of an obscure and forgotten book but worth a read!

[@cs0p]

added to tbr that looks fun thank you....

[@Kimberly5453]

Shadow Of The Wind, All My Puny Sorrows, and East of Eden. I also love, Writers and Lovers. 😊 oh and I am also a huge William Somerset Maugham fan. ❤

[@cs0p]

suuuuch good taste. Eden and Writers are two of my favorites. I have razors edge I need to pick it up!!

[@erika1629]

Some of my favorite books (excluding The Secret History and also Gone Girl and Sharp Objects which I think you mentioned in another video): The House in the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, The Shining by Stephen King, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, and If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio (similar to The Secret History in many ways, although TSH is still better). I'm also in the process of reading Babel by R. F. Kuang, which seems awesome so far.

[@cs0p]

mmmm these seem like a blast, I've been meaning to get to little life and villains forever!

[@vesperdrns]

Le Grand Meaulnes YES!! It's that good it made me want to read a 145 pages essay about it and another of my favourite books (The Counterfeiters by Gide).

[@cs0p]

damn. I believe it, le grand is a force of a book

[@BookLover19]

My favourite books are Animal Farm, And Then There Were None, Ethan Frome, Wuthering Heights, and The Sicilian (by Mario Puzo). Charles, where is your video of Anna K? Because I couldn’t find it on your channel 🙁 I’m planning for it to be my next big read and I’m certain I’m going to love it! (So I sure hope it doesn’t disappoint 😅) I wanted to hear your take on it. Also, I haven’t read the book, but the film version of The Talented Mr Ripley is great and I recommend! ❤️

[@cs0p]

i put the video back up because you asked! i hope you enjoy it... a great list of favorites. im only now realizing how similar ethan frome and WH are in mood/atmosphere. ive never hear of the sicilian, i will do some digging. i hear gwenyth is in the film...i need ot watch it i love her

[@BookLover19]

@@cs0p Omg. How kind you are 🥺 I didn’t expect you to put it back on the channel just because I asked 🥺 Thank you sooo much 🥺❤️❤️❤️ Anna K will definitely be my first read of the New Year ❤️ Yes, I love the dark, melancholy vibes of WH and EF; it’s so me, lol. The Sicilian is stunning. I’m always sad that everyone knows The Godfather but not The Sicilian, when it is the far superior novel imo. It started my love affair with that beautiful island, Sicily 😌 And it’s a book I have never forgotten; I re-read it every few years. Yes, the lovely Gwyneth is in TTMR. You must watch it because as well as being beautifully acted and atmospheric, it’s such a gorgeous visual treat! Again, thank you for the Anna K vid and Happy New Year! ❤️

[@cs0p]

@@BookLover19 i hope you enjoy it ;) happy new year!!

[@arianabuchanan6682]

Mr. and Mrs. Bunny, Detectives extraordinaire by Polly Horvath is my entire childhood and I revisit it every year. It is incredibly clever

[@cs0p]

i will add to the tbr. I've been meaning to read more "childrens" books like alice and coraline

[@MaddysMic]

where the Crawdads sing, the midnight library, and circe are all pretty good in my opinion 😅

[@cs0p]

crawdads is fun! and I had a good time with circe 😛😛😏

[@Myworld-el2xb]

Omg favourite books...this is hard. I'm sure you have already read a few of them but here i go: middlesex, the little prince, stoner, beloved, the fire next time, breasts and eggs, anne of green gables, just kafka and atonement!! These are all absolutely amazing

[@cs0p]

you're right ;) I love love love middlesex--I've been flirting with reading atonement!

[@iheartpinkmochi]

I just love your channel! ❤ Mostly because I never hear you say that a book gives you “summer vibes.” Also, read Straight Man by Richard Russo. It’s hilarious and about academia.

[@cs0p]

HAHAHA SUMMER VIBES GOODBYE I've been meaning to read empire falls for 2 years now 🫣

[@iheartpinkmochi]

@@cs0p Straight Man is funnier than Empire Falls. But he’s a great writer. 💪🏼

[@abeehahassan4]

my favorites are The Graveyard Book, the picture of dorian gray, Circe, a thousand splendid suns and kafka on the shore

[@cs0p]

dorian gray is so damn good and due for a reread for me

[@eli-pi5mz]

you’re making me want to pick up anna karenina this instant, even tho i’ve planned to read it this summer 😭😭😭

[@cs0p]

DO IT DO IT DO IT it's so sexy...

[@kylier1405]

“Write more and say the hell less” LOL

[@jakeykayyreads]

Several thoughts: 1. Holy hell you’re so good at talking about books 2. Reading vlogs might be a cute direction for your channel 🥰 ik they’re probably a lot of work but like a vlog of you reading these and getting live reactions would have been cute 3. Heat by Joyce Carol Oates is my fave short story ever. For some reason I’ve never read a novel by her I’m so silly 🤭 but if you haven’t read Heat you should!! 4. K*ll*ng myself bc you don’t like magical realism there goes my like entire recommendation list lmfao but that won’t stop me! The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (fave book of all time) Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen (fave book of this year [so far]) Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (I see it on your tbr shelf get to reading bestie 🔫) Babel by R.F. Kuang (adding myself to the list of people that are recommending this to you so that you actually read it)

[@cs0p]

Thank you!! 2-some of my earlier vids have little vlog montages hahaha, I might do some sort of vlog return eventually (I actually vlogged for this one! I just didn't put it in 🫣💀) 3- DEAL I LOVE HER, We were the mulvaneys is great, and I liked babysitter a good deal, but it's certainly not for everyone 4-HAHAHA I'll pick one up every now and then in the hopes I'm proven wrong. I am looking forward to piranesi ! hahah and I've heard great things about babel

[@kiranreader]

i still haven't read the secret history 🙈

[@cs0p]

kiran!! Donna is so good 😭

[@robertsantana3261]

Donna is the Stanley Kubrick of novelists. Ya gotta wait. And I’m guessing her next book will have the word THE to preface the title. And it will be a FAT book.

[@cs0p]

I read this and I said how the hell would this guy know, then I read it again and I laughed

[@lightscamerasashley.]

the secret history is my bible 💖 will definitely be adding these texts to my religious curriculum 🙂

[@cs0p]

amen 🙏-tell me what you think of the others when you read them😏

[@hkqtt]

My favorite books are actually The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt( I think I commented this on another vid of yours but I preferred it to TSH a lot) imo it’s the way better novel of hers compared to TSH, that didn’t quite make it to my favorites list -also “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini (better than the kite runner though I still enjoyed that so idk if you’d like it) -my year of rest and relaxation by otessa moshfegh -the perks of being a wallflower obvi -the astonishing color of after by Emily x r pan - the razors edge by somerset maughan

[@cs0p]

I looooove my year of rest--so so funny. I've been meaning to read razors edge. I can't imagine actually reading the goldfinch, but I am forever looking forward to it

[@lisa-ie7xf]

you should release the unedited footage just for funsies

[@cs0p]

Just go to the zoo and check out the chimp exhibit. And then play a burp track. That's pretty much the magic behind my mediocrity