EVERY BOOK I'VE READ THIS YEAR 🗓 📚 🪄

[@ebnovels]

📕 You can find every book mentioned in order (with the exception of dnf's and my books) as well as their coordinating videos below. If you're interested in trying any of them out, you can check them out here: bookshop.org/lists/books-picked-up-in-2024?page=2 Cobalt Red: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4irdGeuaq94la8 Long Walk to Freedom: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYGvqYuQltSnfck Evershore: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGXVfJapbt1_iq8 System Collapse: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqaXmmpqad-rb80 Ashes and the Star-Cursed King: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5e7m3iIgNSVZtk The Will of the Many: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3nQkKOVbJh8f6c ~Non-spoiler review: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXanmZtohJyihdk The Mystery Guest: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4irdGeuaq94la8 A Curse for True Love: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnvZiZSpirFmorc The Tainted Cup: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYqnaXarast6i8k ~Non-spoiler review: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJfHpJqnmLuCra8 Howl's Moving Castle: kzbin.infokfMtsyMpnFc?feature=share Dragonfruit: kzbin.info/www/bejne/goa1ZJWHfrt6hbM Song of the Six Realms: kzbin.info/www/bejne/goa1ZJWHfrt6hbM A Fate Inked in Blood: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYqnaXarast6i8k Foxglove: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5e7m3iIgNSVZtk Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4uVloJ3oqd6q5I Prisoner's Throne: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYqnaXarast6i8k Cage of Dreams: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3nQkKOVbJh8f6c How to Sell a Haunted House: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGXVfJapbt1_iq8 ~Review: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYXbf3aanM18a6M The Unmaking of June Farrow: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnvZiZSpirFmorc Starling House: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4uVloJ3oqd6q5I Warm Hands of Ghosts: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqaXmmpqad-rb80 Guards! Guards!: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYGvqYuQltSnfck The Girl in the Tower: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYGvqYuQltSnfck Kiki's Delivery Service: kzbin.infoMtdfbDRrm6Q?feature=share Addie Larue: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYGvqYuQltSnfck ~Spoiler discussion: A Study in Drowning: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYGvqYuQltSnfck What Feasts at Night: kzbin.info/www/bejne/goa1ZJWHfrt6hbM Bookshops and Bonedust: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5e7m3iIgNSVZtk Ruthless Vows: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3nQkKOVbJh8f6c Map of the Otherlands: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnvZiZSpirFmorc The Last Cuentista: kzbin.info/www/bejne/innFeZ5tnMirp6M Gideon the Ninth: kzbin.info/www/bejne/innFeZ5tnMirp6M ~Genre benders: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJ3NfHd8fK-iY5I Rise of the Ranger: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ionbeZZ3nbN8mac Ascendant: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ionbeZZ3nbN8mac Iron Flame: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqaXmmpqad-rb80 Guns of the Dawn: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHOQmKucZ8iJqdk Tyranny of Faith: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4uVloJ3oqd6q5I The Endless War: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ionbeZZ3nbN8mac Age of Madness: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoitn52GnsqDjZo 🎥 My Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=15204080 📚 My Manga/Comics/Video Games Channel: www.youtube.com/@fullmetaanalysis 🌎 My Collab Channel (for charity!): www.youtube.com/@worldhoppers8021/streams 📖 My Book: www.elliotbrooksnovels.com/peace-and-turmoil-purchase-links 📸 My Instagram: instagram.com/ebnovels/ *purchase link is an affiliate link

[@scrayfishray8182]

Clicked on the video and whispered to myself "Yes a long one" 😄

[@ebnovels]

Haha, well yay! Glad to hear it ☺️

[@sheilakae_]

Ditto

[@Michael_R_Miller]

Honored to make the A tier! As it happens I've been listening to A Little Hatred and nearly at the end. That thing really thumps along. Better than First Law for me so far so I'm excited to see how it continues! (was cringe waiting for the penny to drop with Orso and Sevine and it just has so yikes).

[@thewannabegamer9]

For anyone who wants a sweet, raw, and genuine romance(s) with a tense dark fairytale setting, please read A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross. You’ve got two couples who have two different dynamics but their stories made me cry. Easy 5 stars. Genuinely lovely.

[@artesiarastania5998]

This piqued my interest to start on that series. I like Rebecca Ross' writing style and just recently finished Ruthless Vows. River enchanted is waiting for me on my bookshelf but I always ended up picking other books instead 😅

[@thewannabegamer9]

@@artesiarastania5998 I haven’t read anything of hers but I kept hearing that it was great. I finally read it and I’m absolutely in love with it 😆 I’m just starting the second book later today!

[@Bellannie15]

I’ve got Age of Madness on my TBR for this month and you’ve made me sooo excited for it!!

[@joya841]

Can't wait to hear your thoughts on Sunbringer!!

[@warlocksarecool]

I absolutely adored Gideon the Ninth and the ending absolutely wrecked me! I’m hoping to get to the next book soon. Even if you didn’t like Guards Guards I recommend looking at some of the other series within the Discworld universe (the Witches books are really good!) because they all kind of have different vibes depending on the story

[@Katniss1975]

For romantasy, I loved the Heartstone trilogy by Elle Katharine White. The first book is a Pride and Prejudice retelling with dragons. The second book kind of lags a bit but the third one has a major character death and really plays into the world building and folklore that hits. Tobble the gnome is my favorite character.

[@ebnovels]

Ah, I’ll keep that series in mind :)

[@kiute.c]

Heartless Hunter is a great romantasy if you’re still open to the genre 😊

[@ebnovels]

I am, and I hope to read that one soon! 🥰

[@Harley24986]

So sad you didn't like Tempest of Tea! It was one of my favs this year!

[@Nasser851000]

How did Elliot beat the DLC so fast?! XD

[@ebnovels]

I had food poisoning this last weekend, so there wasn’t much else to do 😂

[@Soaring_Seajay]

I’ve only read 2 of these books 😆 but am glad to see your ratings were in line with mine. lol. ILOAL & MOTO

[@kueri440]

Elliot !! I love your new hair style

[@AlexInASmallTown]

So far pretty good year.... The Heroes and Lies of Locke Lamora both very good as expected. Godkiller I was leery of as it was a "booktube darling" but I enjoyed it too. Dragon Republic and Argent to the Stars were ok-ish. Then out of nowhere Empress of Forever and All the Seas of the World were absolutely spectacular and I recommend them to anyone who will listen. Age of Madness triology I picked up last week and is on the shelf just waiting.

[@StoryGirl1128]

Fun video! I am also an OG Final Fantasy X girl…played it on my PS2 when it first came out 😁 I have the Age of Madness on my shelf…can’t wait to get to it! I’m kind of in a John Gwynne moment right now…loving his work as well. Thanks for sharing!

[@juliacollis8825]

I know that this is so unrelated, but Elliot your hair in the last couple of videos has been sooo pretty, I love how you style it always!

[@52andtuck]

Idk y but teir ranks r my favorite vids. Maybe because so many books are mentioned.

[@tinyprettymoon]

Have you read the Caraval trilogy? I feel like everyone who talks about Once Upon a Broken Heart has read it or never even mentions it, which came first. Personally I really liked it and though I haven’t read the spin off trilogy yet, I think it’s less confusing and all over the place like a lot of people have been saying about the spin off. Definitely whimsical and fairy tale-esque but definitely worth the read imo

[@Marie45610]

I loved the City of Nightmares duology. It was a silly good time.

[@johnsosa1394]

One of my new favorite series this year is the devoured worlds series by Megan E. O’keefe. The audio book narrator is great. Dam near cried at the end!

[@pauladirac7441]

I really recommend reading Harrow the Ninth soon after Gideon the Ninth. You really want events to be fresh in your mind if possible. This series is one of my all time favorites and I agree that it’s a delightful mix of brilliant and ridiculous and is a complete genre bender. Also, the audiobooks for this series are phenomenal and I really recommend listening to them!

[@OnlyTheBestFantasyNovels]

Interesting rankings. I'll have to check out your take on Guns of the Dawn, bit surprised it didn't work for you.

[@ebnovels]

Haha, ah, well…you might have to make room in your schedule for that review 😅

[@MeghanReadsFantasy]

I was interested in botanical daughter. I think it’s still sitting in my shopping cart. Try Mort by terry pratchett next I really think you’ll like it. Especially in between other series

[@TheAlobear]

I find Adrian Tchaikovsky so interesting - I thought Guns of the Dawn was fine, but I've DNF'd Empire of Black and Gold twice, whereas I loved the whole Children of Time series and the Bioforms books...

[@roxannebeauclair9906]

Sun Eater is a relatively new series. 6 of 7 books are done. It is one of the best series i've ever read! I really love it because the prose is good, the action is good, there are slice of life moments, and there is one character POV throughout all books, so you really get to know the main character and his development well.

[@ebnovels]

I’ve heard mixed things about that series, but mostly positive. I’m glad it worked so well for you! :D

[@roxannebeauclair9906]

@@ebnovels A lot of people aren't in love with the main character - he's pretty flawed. But even despite that the story and writing is so good to me!

[@alcove.42]

I always finish Joe Abercrombie books on a high.

[@nicoleglasson8615]

For the Locked Tomb series, GtN and HtN are very much paired together and I would honestly recommend rereading them both at some point after HtN. This series is definitely made to be reread, there's so much more to find second time round, esp after the events of HtN. NtN, on the other hand, is somewhere between an interlude in the series and a part 1 of AtN which you're absolutely going to want to jump right into afterward. It might even be worth holding off on reading it until Alecto's release date is announced for which we don't yet have an ETA. It's still really, really good and I love Nona (the person (oh, and also her dog, Noodle)) to pieces but it's definitely more build up than the other two.

[@NonAnonD]

The fact that so many of these duologies were a step down in their sequels (to you) seems interesting to note, though I'm not sure if that says something about you or about the authors

[@ebnovels]

I’ll have to look into the duologies I’ve read and see if that’s often the case or not. Sequels in general I think can be really tough, especially when they end a story, so perhaps it’s more that than anything 🤔

[@briannemcdonald5499]

Hello fellow AZ native! Sounds like you need a Flagstaff or White Mountains trip haha. Summer in AZ always makes me feel like I need to find a green place to prove they exist haha.

[@Turnivor]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1847">30:47</a> the good part

[@thehighground_]

I've read Cobalt Red, really good book. Also worth checking out if you haven't on that subject King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild this explores the exploitation of the Congo Free State by King Leopold II of Belgium between 1885 and 1908 I also read The Lumumba Plot by Stuart A. Reid about the U.S.-sanctioned plot to assassinate the democratically elected leader of the newly independent Congo Heavy books to be sure but worth it

[@Shelf_Improvement]

Are you going to finish the guards books in Discworld? Have you read other parts? Curious because Guards Guards is the only one I've read and my take was similar.

[@NonAnonD]

Elliot described not feeling strongly about The Will of the Many as if she's a politician lol. I am in the same boat as you

[@ebnovels]

Haha, well here’s to hoping (if you pick up the sequel) that the second book works better for us 😆

[@NonAnonD]

@@ebnovels I’m definitely interested to see where it’s going!

[@jodel8622]

The War of Lost Hearts is a series that is pretty balanced when it comes to plot and romance. It's by the same author of 'Serpent and the wings of night'. It also has a very interesting element that I haven't seen in another romantasy. (Can't say what cause it's a spoiler)

[@vr00mie87]

I just finished Sunbringer and have been curious to your thoughts!

[@ebnovels]

I promise that new fantasy books video will be up soon with it! 😅

[@lindsayrenee1063]

I really loved the first one but this one did next to nothing for me... I'm not big on sequels either except the Everflame series that I'm on right now from Penn Cole book two was a 5 star for me curious if.youre gonna check that out

[@iheartwalle]

What did you think of the epilogue of Dark Star Burning?

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

I found starling house so eh, I feel you

[@EylonBear]

You said that will of the many is a lot like some other fantasy you've read. I was out of the fantasy loop for a long time so maybe i've missed those books. Can you give some examples? This book really worked for me and i'd like to read more like it.

[@Srbthmlnsmth]

Nice and long I love it

[@miandagny]

I read Howl's Moving Castle back in middle school over 20 years ago now, and disliked the movie for its changes. Just listened to the audiobook for the first time since then, and I feel justified in that opinion. I understand how most people prefer the movie and most people in fact don't even realize it's based on a book, but the tone in the book for me is so vastly different to the tone of the movie that they seem like completely different stories with the movie just usurping the characters.

[@MistbornPrincess]

Have you read the Keeper of the Cities series?

[@ebnovels]

I have started the Keeper of the Lost Cities series, but I’m unsure if that’s the same series you’re referencing :)

[@ms.robertsreads8337]

I read the book on its own and I felt the opposite when I watched the movie. I was disappointed by the changes.

[@maratrenzas673]

Se puede vivir eternamente?

[@shanaygertze]

Hey Elliot. When you find the perfect blend of fantasy and romance, please make a recommendation video. I have not found good blend it's always lacking in some area. I would love a good romance in an epic fantasy setting without all the spice. No offense to those who like that. We like what we like😊.Great video. Shanay. Cape Town🇿🇦

[@Srbthmlnsmth]

Have you read Fireborne?

[@Srbthmlnsmth]

It’s one she recs a lot and imo is the 1000x superior fourth wing with amazing politics and slow burn romance and came out before too

[@aelin2800]

I was also disappointed with a curse for true love. I'd absolutely loved that series up until that point, even if it was absolutely ridiculous at times, I could not get enough of Eva and jacks. And then iw as dying for a year, waiting for the third book to come out, only to be presented with...whatever that was. Like it wasn't terrible. I'd still give it like 4⭐️ but the first two I gave 5⭐️. ACFTL just felt so rushed, apollos pov was so unnecessary, I would have preferred more of jacks and Eva. I thought we were going to get MORE jacks and Eva in this book then we might have in others, but instead we got the least out if any of the books! And yeah, I didn't really like how the amnesia trope was done. Also, they FINALLY get together, they FINALLY kiss, and we ONLY GET ONE KISS? THATS IT? after all that waiting, they kiss and then THE END? What? No? I felt like all of the angst and tesion and yearning from the first two books was gone. 😭 So disappointed with it.

[@tiananesbitt7156]

How about the new bestseller romance?