My Top 10 Favorite Books of All Time

I go through and rank my ten favorite books of all time. Mostly sci-fi and fantasy.
let me know your thoughts on these books, also feel free to share your favorites.
And as I mention in the video, this one's for you ‪@TheLibraryofAllenxandria‬ and you ‪@thefantasynuttwork‬ because I know how much you guys love top 10 lists and how you're not at all tired of seeing the abundance of them in KZbin.... ☺️

[@BookishDaddy]

Awesome video! It’s crazy how much different everyone’s top 10 books are, so fun to see

[@mike_reads_stuff]

I have the hardcover of Ships of Merior but I had no idea that it was later split into two books. Nice list! I love that you listed Feast for Crows here.

[@finnhollowbread2317]

Great video, i’ve watched a few of your videos now and you’ve convinced me to start reading Malazan. Excited to see what it holds!

[@bookswithbanks8943]

Oh excellent! I live hearing this. Enjoy Malazan. And thanks for the comment!

[@PabbyRibbons]

Great video - as others have mentioned, you've convinced me to start Malazan!

[@bookswithbanks8943]

That's what I love to hear! Good luck! Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment.

[@ToddsBookTube91]

Nice List!

[@bookswithbanks8943]

Thank you!

[@favrewanab]

Interesting list. Lot of books on here I hadn't seen mentioned before on booktube. Cool to see some love for Toll the Hounds too; that's such an underrated Malazan book; it's not my favorite of the series but it's top 3; most people usually say Memorie of Ice or the Crippled God but I too have Toll ahead of both. Here is my current top 10: 10. The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson 9. The Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie 8. The Bonehunters by Steven Erikson 7. The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson 6. The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie 5. Legend by David Gemmell 4. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss 1. Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan 1. The Fires of Heaven by Jordan 1. The Shadow Rising by Jordan Those top 3 are all tied for my #1 and they have been since I first read them in 1997. To me they are the best 3 book stretch of fantasy ever put to paper.

[@bookswithbanks8943]

At some point I need to return to Wheel of Time for sure. I only made it through the first 9, and I can definitely understand why some of those would top your list. I'll pick up Crossroads sooner or later.

[@arekkrolak6320]

I read 4 books from this list and I like them all

[@tracygregory8448]

I like your presenting style

[@bookswithbanks8943]

Thank you!

[@kevinrussell1144]

I am an old guy (also American) who speaks (American) English but can read a little Spanish and French in a pi9nch. I've been a reader all my long life. I've read exactly ONE of the books on your list (you can probably guess which one). I assume (from your discourse) that you're cultured and educated. Isn't it amazing that there is so much reading content to be consumed that I've have read almost nothing from your best/favorite list? Do we have an embarrassment of riches? Say yes. Thanks for the content and the introduction to many fantasy/SciFi works that I've never heard discussed or even mentioned. I read two volumes from ASOFAI, but not the one you featured.

[@jeyhey5320]

10 favorite books, all from English speaking authors? How is this possible?

[@kevinrussell1144]

What? He's American. Do you really think that a party functionary in Beijing who ONLY speaks Mandarin would have a similar list FILLED with Dutch authors??????

[@jeyhey5320]

@@kevinrussell1144 This is not an excuse, sorry. While I do neither know nor care about the reading list of Chinese party officials, I do know that the western literary corpus encompasses much more than English books. Ever heard of Kafka, Balzac, Dostojewsky, Hugo?

[@kevinrussell1144]

@@jeyhey5320 No problemo, Amigo. Yeah, I may have heard (somewhere) of the dudes you mentioned, but guess what? I've never completed ANYTHING by them, although I've made several attempts at "Freddy" (Fyodor). Please note the poster says "favorite", not what he considers the best. My "best" list would include Tolstoy, Flaubert, and Conrad, but a favorite list would include some curious (to others) inclusions. There is no accounting for taste. Mine (also) would include NO works by Ping Pong Chow or his cultural siblings. Imagine that?!

[@jeyhey5320]

@@kevinrussell1144 I did notice that it is a list of his favorite books. And it is completely ok to have a bias for books of once own native language. But to have not a single book of a foreign author on the list is strange. Is it possible that this sample is drawn from a population of uniquely English books? And how strange would that be!

[@bookswithbanks8943]

I mean no offense to non-english speaking authors. English is just the only language I know and I haven't read many translated classics. Part of that's my own worry that I'll pick the wrong translation. But I also read a lot of recommendations, especially in the sci-fi fantasy genre, and most of those come from other English-speaking friends. Not to say I won't read any non-English works that you suggest, but I just haven't gotten around to it yet. Again, I don't mean to offend anyone.