My Top 10 Books I Read in 2022

[@B.LEE.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS]

Thanks!! I'm stunned you ranked Forgetting Moon higher than Tad Williams & Bernard Cornwell two of my writing heroes!!

[@GideonCyn]

Love you Brian!

[@igaelvahgelt9890]

Well deserved Mr B.

[@bottle1211]

Looking forward to the Lonesome Crown!

[@mattwest4083]

Excited to read your books, Brian! They are high on my tbr really looking forward to diving into them

[@yelisieimurai]

That’s because that author of Moon.. Durfree I suppose his name. Or Durfee. He is a French guy. And he is so cool!! Love him! Check his channel on KZbin, you will like him also.

[@BluStarGalaxy]

Hey Mike! Talking about non-fantasy books there is a biography called Team of Rivals that talks about Lincoln's cabinet during the Civil War. It is incredible and you might like it. Cool video man!

[@odiums_taint]

nice touch isolating the effects window mike. thanks for the list!

[@EStephens]

Sweet Slayer shirt! And, of course, great book choices. Excellent video!!!

[@dylancanread]

I read The Stand this year and absolutely loved it so I’m definitely going to have to read Swan Song ASAP! Thanks for the recommendation!

[@seanhalpin87]

And yeah man, five warrior angels is the most underrated and under appreciated series around. I'm taking my tiiiiiime with lonesome crown because with Brian's eyesight we may never get more from that. Its just spectacular what he's done thus far, and I'm loving book 3 a lot so far

[@tomislavcalusic113]

My top 10: 10. Watchers 9. Death masks 8. Fight club 7. Do Android dream of electric sheep 6. Cage of souls 5. 2001 4. Different seasons 3. 1984 2. Crime and punishment 1. Dune

[@paulharvey5505]

Mike Did you read Drizzt chronologically? As in his ‘origins’ story novels first? I would have started with the Crystal Shard /Streams of Silver / Halflings Gem first, as they were published first Anyway, these are classics. I’ve read most of them but haven’t in about 10 years, so I know I’m behind. Great channel by the way

[@twiceborn_by_grace]

I love your shirt!

[@dominicaudy8479]

I haven’t fully done my list yet. I lean a bit more toward sci-fi than you in my reading preferences, but we still end up with many different books by the same authors. - I was late to the party, so it’s Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff that would take the spot. - in the same way, it’s Malice by Gwynne that’s on my list (as a bonus, discovering that two of his sons are very enjoyable reviewers) - Green Bone saga. (I don’t know how you did it, but I can’t pick one) - Death of Kings by Bernard Cornwell. It will still be the Last Kingdom for me in 2023. Warlord Chronicles in 2024. - I read quite a few McCammon but not Swan Song yet, so it’s Speaks the Nightbird that blew me away (one of my top three spots) Then I would have Eversion by Alastair Reynolds, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North, I would agonize over picking just one of the five excellent Adrian Tchaikovsky works I’ve read in 2022 but may play it safe and go with Children of Time (Tchaikovsky wins the palm for my favourite “new” author of the year. I’ll read all his works). I’d give a spot to the near future sci-fi thriller The Sleepless by Victor Manibo. I would also give a top five spot to the amazing debut Children of Gods and Fighting Men by Shauna Lawless, the start of a planned six book saga of Irish historical fiction where mythology adds a Fantasy layer (comparisons to Cornwell and Gwynne come to mind, I’m sure it’s on your own TBR already). I might also give a spot to Stephen King, though it’s a hard choice as many of my favourites were rereads, like Needful Things. The one I had overlooked back in the day and that blew me away in 2022 would be Insomnia.

[@totallysick88able]

Wow seems there are a lot of books titled Swan Song lol. Found the right one though. Adding to my TBR

[@mariaisabelcuriel2963]

Love the buffy shirt

[@angelaholmes8888]

Glad that jade city is on your list it's a great read 🎉🎊

[@WordsinTime]

Did you ever play The Godfather video game? It’s a GTA ripoff but I found it fun to run around the world of The Godfather listening to the soundtrack haha

[@formulaeternal]

Good job Mike

[@xriz1211]

Slayerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Sorry, had to be Be that guy.

[@LivinNexus]

My favorite books that I read this year are Gyo by Junji Ito, Hug Chickenpenny by S. Craig Zahler, Rules for a Knight by Ethan Hawke & The Last Vampire by Christopher Pike 🥰! I read more that I didn't like than liked, but that's part of the journey, sometimes!

[@giants8585]

How can someone read 71 books? I am jealous. I read 25 and I listen to more than half of the books I "read"

[@abnushagnasty805]

Great list Mike! My top 10: 1. Empire of the Vampire 2. The Blackest Heart 3. Hunger of the Gods 4. Kings of the Wyld 5. The Rage of Dragons 6. Excalibur 7. Legend 8. Homeland 9. The Dragonbone Chair 10. Traitor’s Blade

[@surpriseitsus9622]

Great list

[@scottgage6498]

Also, while I'm here, I think you should read The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I make the rec because you've mentioned an interest in father-son storylines.

[@zachryder3150]

6 minutes of honourable mentions? This is where the fun begins!

[@srae1971]

I forgot Swan Song even existed. I read it what feels like a million years ago, probably not long after it came out, and I can barely remember anything about it except that I absolutely loved it. I think it set me on a path of reading Robert McCammon and nothing ever quite lived up to it. I will need to pick it up again and give it a reread.

[@Dylan13Collins]

10. Batman a Court Of Owls 9. Swan Song 8. A Court of Wings and Ruin 7. The Hellbound Heart 6. Wolves of the Calla 5. Hellmouth 4. Duna Key 3. Elric of Melnibone 2. Imaginary Friend 1. The Folding Knife

[@penultimate8643]

The Troop was an amazing horror book. Definatley had me squirming. I'm about to finish The First Law series which is awesome, thanks for that. I'm gonna pick up a few off this list for my next reads. You are becoming my go to book critic. The only thing your missing for me is sci-fi, but thats ok. 70 books in a year is crazy.

[@Johanna_reads]

I love the diversity of classic and modern fantasy, plus other genres that you read! Wonderful list, Mike!

[@rolanddeschain6089]

As someone who could never commit to one or two genres and reads pretty much everything, that pleases me as well. Diversity of storys and styles is the exciting thing about literature.

[@Johanna_reads]

@@rolanddeschain6089 I agree! Fantasy is my favorite genre, but I find reading other genres enriches my reading life and elevates my love of fantasy.

[@Thaurnol]

My top 10: 1. Empire of the Vampire 2. Let the Right One In 3. The High Crusade (Poul Anderson) 4. Beowulf 5. Project Hail Mary 6-9. Forgotten Realms: Return of the Archwizard 10. Deadhouse Gates

[@angelaholmes8888]

Deadhouse gates is really good

[@Tralala001]

I read 34 books this year (one below my goal unless I can finish another one this week). I finished WoT this year so A Memory of Light is in my top 5, along with Sand by High Howey, Elantris, the Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab, and In Deep, a short story collection by Damon Knight.

[@RedFuryBooks]

I have Jade City, the Tad Williams and Durfee books on the shelf ready to roll this year! And you're right: Cornwell is the gold standard for battle scenes. On to 2022!

[@richardcozad1166]

I read Swan Sing back in the 1980’s when it first came out. I remember loving it like the Stand. I think I might have to schedule a reread in 2023! Thanks Mike!

[@pipermckoon8637]

I got really into Stephen King this year, and he did not disappoint. Salem’s Lot is most definitely one of my favorite books of all time. The horror elements, though not extremely scary, we’re executed perfectly and the coming of age of Mark Petrie had me on the edge of my seat for the whole 700 pages.

[@RPisa2416]

Right?! King is so great at writing adolescents. Loved Mark!

[@readinsteadbyjake]

My Top 10 1 - Wizard and Glass 2 - Boy’s Life 3 - The Waste Lands 4 - The Warlord Chronicles ( sorry, gotta count it as one book) 5 - Ender’s Game 6 - IT 7 - The Pillars of the Earth 8 - The Wolves of the Calla 9 - The Silent Patient 10 - The Drawing of the Three

[@tonyyy2812]

Sick shirt btw… huge fan of both slayer and Buffy lol

[@mikesbookreviews]

This is the Way 🤘

[@yelisieimurai]

My list is here 1.Farseer trilogy by Hobb 2.Locke Lamora /Lynch 3. The thin red line /Jones 4. No country for old men /McCarthy 5. 1984 /Orwell 6. The lord of the rings /JRRT 7. Winter of Frankie Machine /Winslow 8. Mistborn /Sanderson 9. Running man /King 10. Man Plus /Pohl

[@Uppernorwood976]

My top 5 list: 1. The Winter King 2. Lonesome Dove 3. Assassin’s Apprentice 4. Dragonbone Chair 5. Gates of Fire Honourable mention: Ruin

[@dogcreekproject6872]

Brian Lee Durfee’s “thumbnails” keeps me from clicking on his videos. I’ve watched some, but his thumbnails are a major turnoff.

[@PieGuyBill]

A couple of questions for regular Mike channel viewers. I read Boys Life and Swan Song in 2023….Do you think Women readers would enjoy a book like Boys Life and do you think Mike’s channel is geared more for male readers. I don’t know if Mike reads these comments so I’m asking his followers. I have an adult daughter who likes to read and I’m wondering if I should recommend some of these to her.

[@alvinmarcus5780]

I remember when The Exorcist was in theaters and everybody was flipping out over it but I have never seen the movie. Read the book years ago.

[@YaFeya13]

Dude!!! How could you do this to me??? I just closed the book,THE book, the Swan Song….. I have a lot to think about now. Wow.

[@chrisconrod6265]

You and Brian have added the most books to my TBR by far! (It's a love/hate relationship right now guys) I have no idea how I missed The Justice of Kings, because that sounds like a book I'm going to love, and I just read The Stand so Swan Song is also calling to me! So now I'm off to spend some Xmas money on books! Great video Mike, can't wait for the Red read coming up in the new year because I'm going to join you!

[@ScottnCarol4JC]

Great list. Just started listening to The Troop. I’m glad it I will be good. I just downloaded Swan Song on the Kindle thanks to your recommendation.

[@TreeBeardBookReviews]

Amazing list Mike! I read all of the Warlord Chronicles this year and it knocked my socks off. Hands down one of the best trilogies I have ever read. You are right, his combat and battle scenes are some of the best. Enemy of God was #2 on my list for top books in 2022!

[@s.p.8508]

My top 10 this year are: 1. The Hunger of the Gods 2. Gardens of the Moon 3. Project Hail Mary 4. The Gathering Storm 5. A Memory of Light 6. The Shadow of the Gods 7. Memories of Ice 8. The Forgetting Moon 9. Warbreaker 10. A Time of Dread I thought this list would be easier, but it was way harder than I thought.

[@angelaholmes8888]

Cool list 😊

[@damonke79]

Just bought Gardens of the Moon. Nice to see it so high

[@zn12914]

i love the placement of gathering storm over memory of light, everyone looks at me like in crazy but i agree!😊

[@paulharvey5505]

I just finished Gardens of the Moon, and was blown away. Great book, I loved the ending!

[@s.p.8508]

@@angelaholmes8888 thanks!

[@karamarie6781]

This is great thanks! Happy New Year, Mike!💕 (I love your beautiful green coffee mug.)

[@Cloverfield3749]

I only read 14 books this year and the following are my top books of the year: 1) Hyperion - Dan Simmons 2) It - Stephen King 3) Animal Farm - George Orwell 4) Dolores Claiborne - Stephen King 5) How Do You Live - Genzaburo Yoshino

[@igaelvahgelt9890]

Love Hyperion,good list

[@joshdunlap7766]

1984 gets all the praise but animal farm is just as good and has so many parallels to today

[@TheShadesofOrange]

I am surprised how many non fantasy that were on your list (but not complaining). Obviously love the horror picks and I think I have to check out the Forgetting Moon

[@aysseralwan]

Horrible list🤢🤮 cuz it's not 100% like I want YOUR list to be

[@PsyKotyK]

Cleric quintet was rrally good espesially the first book ... so good. Salvatore etites great fight scens too , ive resd alot of drizzt books

[@zachwilkins8392]

ngl I never really got the hype for NeverNight. Not hating on those who do enjoy them, but I never got away with it. I wish I could have, too, because the entire premise seems awesome 😥

[@snooze0023]

Why do fantasy novels only exist in a series form. You know they would really work better as one big book tightened up a bit make it more dense and exciting instead of meandering and sluggish.

[@thebrothersgwynne]

Fantastic list! I cannot wait to read The Forgetting Moon, The Godfather and Ship of Magic! Love to see Enemy of God and Hunger of the Gods on here🐺. Will

[@robinthornton8282]

I don't do rereads, but Swan Song, The Stand, Sophie's Choice and 1 series.

[@PsyKotyK]

Love the shirt as i love slayer , whats your fav ablum, shoud read canticle of cleric quintet.

[@billorr1975]

Blatty wrote the screenplay for the movie so it's almost identical to the book.

[@TheDarkchum1]

I love that shirt ❤

[@rageknight2340]

I absolutely want listen to Malice but the narrator that audiable picked… well he’s horrible lol.

[@Frederico_mvr]

My favourite books of the year in no particular order are the following: The Count of Monte Cristo (this is actually the undisputed #1) (Alexandre Dumas) The last three Wheel of Time books (Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson) The Wisdom of Crowds (Joe Abercrombie) Words of Radiance (Brandon Sanderson) The Dragonbone Chair (Tad Williams) The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas) The Lincoln Highway (Amor Towles) Boy's Life (Robert Mccamon Message (book of poems by Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa)

[@whutzat]

Dumas is the BEST of the classic writers IMO

[@Countravendark]

Awesome shirt man.....SSSSSSSSLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYEEEERRRRR🤘😎

[@angelaholmes8888]

Here's my top ten 1. Dolores Claiborne by Stephen king 2. The great peace by mena suvari her memoir 3. Billy summers by Stephen king 4. Not my father son by Alan Cumming his memoir 5. The cactus by Sarah Haywood 6. They never learn by Layne Fargo 7. The heart principle by helen Huang 8. The charm offensive by allison Cochrane 9. A king of battle and blood by scarlett st claire 10. Iron widow

[@Thaurnol]

Dolores Claiborne is my favorite Stephen King novel!

[@angelaholmes8888]

@@Thaurnol mine too I'm so glad I decided to read it I was nervous because I had already watched the movie adaptation which I absolutely enjoyed kathy bates is amazing in the role of Dolores

[@Thaurnol]

@@angelaholmes8888 i have no idea why i liked it so much! if you would describe it to me, i would laugh in your face, but i empathized so much with her. i am a huge man who likes horror and grimdark fantasy, but this book... just wow

[@Thaurnol]

@@angelaholmes8888 also Blaze is one of my favorites

[@angelaholmes8888]

@@Thaurnol I haven't read that book yet

[@surpriseitsus9622]

Hooked me in with the Buffy T, stayed for the great list.

[@mercurydylan899]

Whoa! That’s shirt SLAYS! Where can I get one?

[@altodomino7859]

It took me 20 minutes for your shirt to make sense to me. Once it made sense it was amazing.

[@rapturedmourning]

What are your thoughts on reading versus listening?

[@dpeady78]

Swan song just didn’t work for me but I really enjoyed Boys Life

[@iWizard]

Wow, I’ve really got to get to the Forgetting Moon.

[@cmmosher8035]

I am about a third of the way through right now and really enjoying it.

[@MacScarfield]

My «Personal Enjoyment Reads» for 2022: 12-«By Force Alone» by Lavie Tidhar (Loved the Grimdark Prologue with Uther and Merlin, but it would have been better either longer or with a sequel delving into “Guy Ritchie Gangster” Arthur’s Camelot, also Lancelot’s main plot is straight out of Mel Brooks: Very funny, but a bit off from the Grimdark opening. Predator-reference had me ROFL) 11-«The Hood» by Lavie Tidhar (Much more evenly balanced: «Breaking Bad» Rebecca of York/Robin Hood meets «Heart of Darkness»/«Apocalypse Now») 10-«The Broken Sword» by Poul Anderson (A S&S Classic: Anderson effortlessly changes between huge laughs, epic fight and deep tragedy. Vikings meets Myth(s)) 9-«Beowulf» (JRR Tolkien’s interpretation: A Literary Classic for a reason + excellent commentary from the Professor Himself!) 8-«Storm of Swords» by Matthew Harffy (The «Bernicia Chronicles» is my «palett cleanser» book series: While this is essentially Anglo-Saxon «Taken», the characters have grown on me and loved the «Ship Wrecker»-«sidequest») 7-«Snakewood» by Adrian Selby (While the structure of the story is not the most welcoming, there is great action, diplomacy and heartfelt laughs and tragedy) 6-«Legend» by David Gemmell (While a bit generic in World Building, I definitely got great action and a incredible positive surprise in the immense humanity in Gemmell’s writing, even to what could easily have been stock side characters and antagonists!) 5-«Hunger of the Gods» by John Gwynne (Good expansion of the World presented in the first book and Guthvar is a delightful pov-antagonist you love to hate!) 4-«Banner Saga: Gift of Hadrborg»/«Tales from the Caravan» (especially the short stories «Haugr’s Grin» & «Too Much Rope») (GoH: Vikings+Gang Wars+A dash of Indiana Jones: Neat!/TotC: Great action, great tragedy!) 3-«The Severing Son» by Vaughn Roycroft (Great Culture Building, Loved the characters, especially the leaders: The dynamic between adopted brothers Captain Urias and Lord Thadmeir of great trust even in (often) disagreement, the dastardly Desdrusan and cunning Keisella!) 2-«Finn and Hengist» (JRR Tolkien’s interpretation) (While incredibly short, it contains rivalries, dilemmas and tragedies worthy of a full Greek Drama or Norse Saga! Great scholarly work by the Professor, on a part of history/myth unfairly often overlooked!)! 1-Sarantine Mosaic: Sailing to Sarantium by Gay Gavriel Kay (The Prose, The Characters, The Setting, The World Building: GGK is one of the best writers of today! The Prologue and the Epilogue is both top notch!)

[@randallglover8713]

Have you read any lKay Hamilton books here lately

[@teresaharris-travelbybooks5564]

White Fang is superior to Call Of The Wild, imo. My top book in 2022 was The Blade Itself.

[@mikesbookreviews]

A great pick.

[@Jane-w]

Bleak and hopeless - I'm in! I'm looking forward to picking up Swan Song, Justice of Kings and Warlord Chronicles in 2023.

[@miramarto]

I'm here for that sick Slayer shirt! Love me some old school thrash! Thanks for your content man, you are the one that introduced me to the Stormlight Archive, my favorite series ever! I grew up reading Dragonlance and Drizzt books, Streams of Silver is so good!

[@zacturf-n-sports6203]

So I’m trying the forgetting moon. Worth it huh?

[@MrTofy1974]

I'm starting to read Ruocchio's the Sun Eater collection...someone told me that I should read this because I really loved Yoon Ha Lee's Machineries of Empire series, which btw I would recommend you read

[@lnuhfer]

I read Swan Song in the 80's and it has stuck with me since. After watching your current top 10, I may need to read it again.

[@jaycianfrini77]

I’m so glad you finally read Swan Song. Feels like I’ve been putting that in your comments for years. I first read it 92 and have read it 4 times since. An underrated masterpiece. My favourite of 2022 was the Green Bone Saga for sure! Fonda Lee killed it with those. Happy new year and look forward to the great content youve always posted!! 🤘🤘🤘

[@marilyn_aguasamargas]

I. Love. Your. T-shirt!!

[@adampender2482]

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[@jthutt5042]

Black Frankenstein!

[@j.p.lovecraft1826]

Listen, I love this channel. No complaints whatsoever but….I’m calling BS on 13 mangas, 6 novellas and SEVENTY ONE novels read for the year. That’s impossible with a job, a family and planning, recording, editing and uploading all this content. You wouldn’t even have time to do laundry and your shirt looks clean. You wouldn’t even have time to gas up the car to get to work. You wouldn’t even have time to spend with family- birthdays, holidays, school events, family days out….you’d be a divorced, broke, dirty shirt wearing, unshaven slob whose kids hate him. I could be wrong and my apologies if so but I’m starting to think some of these book tubers are reading a synopsis or watching other videos about a book and are more focused on creating content. Not necessarily with this channel, but I’ve seen little clues that some of these KZbinrs are being dishonest. I love this channel and this changes nothing, I’ll still stay subbed and I’ll still watch but just like reading a book, I’ll have to suspend my belief when I do.

[@mikesbookreviews]

I think of you balance your day these things can happen. I don’t spend a ton of time on social media and I watch very little TV. That’s where most people spend a good 4-5 hours a day. I’ll never tell anyone what to believe, but I will say I have more important things to do in life than to lie about reading books. I’d have a much different kind of channel if I was willing to do that. Thanks for watching!

[@j.p.lovecraft1826]

@@mikesbookreviews I realize I may have come off sounding like a choad, sorry for that. I dig your insight and tastes (the other day I was delighted, as a metal head myself, to hear you and Christopher Ruocchio talk Ozzy vs Dio Sabbath! And I think I’ve seen you wearing a GOJIRA shirt one time?). I guess I just can’t see that number of books read in a year for most people but I don’t know how fast you read. Your channel is great! Keep it up! Just don’t tell us next year you read 134 books in a year cause then I’ll get really suspicious! JK…carry on.

[@zacturf-n-sports6203]

Kings of the Wyld Nicholas Eames, a breath of fresh air. Very unique and I’m in the middle of The second one Bloody Rose, also the third Sanderson storm light archive due to getting a little fatigued from it. Started the dragon bone chair, I’m trying and just can’t get past the first few chapters. I liked shadow of the Gods, but I can’t get myself to really get into it like his early books. I’m reading about 10 diff books trying to find something that just gets me. Any good recommendations that could possibly rival Abercrombie? Im on the last Anthony Ryan book from blood song and again I’m so stuck right now. Finished the first two storm light books recently but the characters seem developed and I’m not much into aliens taking over now.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Love KotW. And Nick is someone I’d consider a friend at this point. Had him on the channel twice.

[@zacturf-n-sports6203]

@@mikesbookreviews that’s awesome

[@BubbaStaines]

great shirt.

[@chezpower4]

SLAYER!!!!!!!!!

[@Faithy606]

cool tshirt!

[@ConkerKing]

Derfel is pronounced Dervil .. almost like Devil.. The obnoxious priest makes a point of this :)

[@kylerieman221]

10. Truman by David McCullough 9. Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson 8. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson 7. Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill 6. Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King 5. Auschwitz by Laurence Reece 4. Animal Farm by George Orwell 3. Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie 2. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 1. The Martian by Andy Weir

[@fithfath3615]

Interesting List Mike, you have a few on there that I'm hoping to get around to this year or the next. I got through 37 novels, 2 novellas & 20 comic volumes. my top ten: 10 - The Sum of All Men - David Farland 9 - Cage of Souls - Adrian Tchaikovsky 8 - Juniper Wiles - Charles De Lint 7 - Practical Magic - Alice Hoffman 6 - Ghost Troubles - Richard Parks 5 - Starship Troopers - Robert A Heinlein 4 - Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir 3 - Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card 2 - A Brightness Long Ago - Guy Gavriel Kay 1 - Children of Earth and Sky - Guy Gavriel Kay

[@JoePogi2]

Thanks

[@ravenbellebooks5665]

Justice of Kings ended up my top book of 2022! I'm a paralegal, so the Law & Justice aspect was just right up my alley! The Forgetting Moon was just delivered yesterday, so I'm excited to get to it this year!

[@PreppinShootinLivin]

I've got 34 books read this year(About to finish Lonesome Dove for 35)...my favorites in no particular order... War for the Rose Throne - Peter McLean(read the first 3) The Riyria Revelations - Michael J Sullivan (read all 3) The Sun Eater - Christopher Ruocchio (read the first 2) 11/22/63 - Stephen King Dark Matter - Blake Crouch Oath of Loyalty - Vince Flynn/Kyle Mills Some disappointments... Red Sister - Mark Lawrence Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk The Gunslinger - Stephen King

[@bigaldoesbooktube1097]

You absolutely hit the nail on the head with Bernard Cornwell’s action scene writing.

[@berniethelad6402]

My top 11: Honorable Mention -Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep-Philip k Dick 11.Children of Time- Adrian Tchaikosvsky 10. Dragonbone Chair - Tad Williams 9.Assassin Apprentice-Robin Hobb 8.Hyperion-Dan Simmons 7.Heir to the Empire-Timmothy Zahn 6. Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice 5. Warded Man-Peter V. Brett 4. Way of Kings / Heroes of Age-Brandon Sanderson 3 . Wisdom of Crowd-Joe Abercrombie 2. Ruin (Foft) and Hunger of the Gods (Bloodsworn Saga)- John Gwynne 1.Crime and Punishment- Fyodor Dostoevsky

[@surajsingrajput7512]

Nice shirt, Mike.

[@johnkeenan1829]

if you liked the Warlord Chronicles I'd like to suggest Jsck Whyte's Camulod Chronicles concerning the King Arthur legends.

[@jeffhaubrich6121]

My Top Five This year.... 5. Complete Conan-REH 4. Empire of Silence-CR 3. The Last Light of The Sun-GGK 2. Gardens of the Moon-SE 1. Deadhouse Gates-SE Conan is cheating but hey it's all in one volume!

[@Michael_L_Morrison]

My top 10: 1 - Nevernight (Jay Kristoff) 2 - Saint’s Blood (Sebastian de Castell) 3 - Fairy Tale (Stephen King) 4 - Fire & Blood (George R R Martin) 5 - Last Argument of Kings (Joe Abercrombie) 6 - Jade Legacy (Fonda Lee) 7 - Priest of Crowns (Peter McLean) 8 - The Shadow of the Gods (John Gwynne) 9 - Pennyblade (J L Worrad) 10 - The Justice of Kings (Richard Swan) My 2 runners-up are The Ember Blade (Chris Wooding) and The Hellborn King (Christopher G Brenning). Swan Song is my #1 of my rereads. And this is the second year in a row that a Jay Kristoff book occupies the #1 spot in my top 10.

[@jthutt5042]

Check out Little Heaven by Nick Cutter. Also very good IMO.

[@archersworldofliterature]

Ayy! the Godfather made my list this year too. So so good. Have you any intentions of reading any more of Puzo's books? My top 5 was The Godfather, Crime and Punishment, Oliver Twist, A Game of Thrones and Ulysses

[@matthewmeichle1966]

You have an excellent list and your number one is from one of my favorite authors, but this is one of his books that I haven't read yet. Boy's life is my all-time favorite McCammon book, so I will have to queue up Swan Song to read this year. If you haven't read The Listener by Robert McCammon I highly recommend that one as well, I also heard the Matthew Corbett novels are fantastic, they are on my list as well. Speaks the Nightbird is the first in the series.

[@Ulmo90]

Great list Mike! Pumped to see Liveship and Greenbone on your list! My top books were any of the Greenbone Saga books, aby of the Tawny Man books, Empire of the Vampire, but also How to Kill a Mockingbird, Toll the Hounds, the Long Ships (Röde Orm) or Wrath

[@AverageJoesLibrary]

My favorites- Dungeon crawler Carl is amazing and so entertaining. War for the rose throne is great especially if you like Peaky Blinders.

[@loudoesreviews]

Trouble with The Troop is there are no likable characters. Swan Song and The Stand make great bookends.

[@roseNthorn]

Haha your favorite book is my most disappointing book of the year! However, we definitely agree on Ship of Magic. It was in my top list of favorites along with Lonesome Dove, Wrath and The Way of Kings.