Rambler Recap: December 2024 (Top 10 Books for 2024)

[@LITTLELOU1]

2:54 nr. 10 Richard 3:33 nr. 10 A 4:50 nr. 9 R 6:42 nr. 9 A 7:55 nr. 8 R 9:04 nr. 8 A 11:14 Unrealistic goal setting by the hosts of 2 to Ramble for 2025 13:44 nr. 7 R 14:36 nr. 7 A 17:22 nr. 6 R 18:50 need to censor out this blasphemy, kids are watching you know 19:28 nr. 6 A 21:14 nr. 5 R 23:27 nr. 5 A 25:06 nr. 4 R 28:27 nr. 4 A 31:59 nr. 3 R 33:07 nr. 3 A 36:56 nr. 2 R 38:21 nr. 2 A 38:54 nr. 1 R 44:13 nr. 1 A 46:19 Richard goals 2025 47:18 Goal 2025 - the other redrising fangirl

[@lick3653]

Thanks

[@2ToRamble]

Thank you!

[@Domeiertho]

How is Richard's 9 spelt? Warconomics?

[@2ToRamble]

@@Domeiertho orconomics

[@xenopixel8877]

So many Wind and Truth side comments in this video 😂 the review is gonna be spicy

[@Marc9.]

Talking about 2024 rankings, this KZbin chanel is my top 1 of the year! 😁

[@2ToRamble]

❤️

[@Mermer-16]

What helped me a lot with getting into classics (and now I love them) are the videos by Tristan and the Classics on reading better, how to read classics, advice for slow readers to name a few. His advice has really helped me slow down and appreciate what is very much a different style of book. Looking forward to what you choose!

[@Elijah_Gillard]

Some of my favorite reads of the Year were, Pirinesi, Ocean at the End of the Lane, Wind and Truth, Us Against you (number 1), and quite a few more

[@2ToRamble]

Piranesi 🔥🔥

[@augustusaquila5035]

Absolutely fantastic recommendation with the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. I just started the first audiobook and I’m loving it so far. Looking forward to with y’all discuss in 2025!

[@2ToRamble]

Real glad youre liking it!

[@lofilazy.]

Drinking tequila while reading sounds fun, I remember an edible kicking in right when I was reading Paul drinking the Waters of Life.

[@Jacobrrees]

You guys should read the count of monte cristo for a classic book. Best revenge novel ever

[@mistyhammons859]

One of my favorite books of all time. Great recommendation for a classic!

[@Chance.Dillon]

Just catching this and also finding out you guys are on that BotNS read-along. Top books for me all time

[@lutherfloyd597]

A song of ice and fire is beyond words 😢😢

[@KaoticKaden]

YOU GUYS WERE MY NUMBER ONE PODCAST on wrapped im apparently in the top 0.01% which fits as you guys ARE my tbr! I love you guys so much get pierce brown on the channel come on

[@2ToRamble]

WHAT!? THANK YOU!

[@midrangemonroe1]

Re moral clashes and juxtaposition of differing cultures (what Richard is saying is his favorite element of sci-fi): Brian Lee Durfee gave the best description of Shogun as a historical fiction version of alien first contact. The story is sometimes slow, but seeing the clash of two completely different human cultures is just an awesome experience. Highly recommend!

[@JARHuygebaert]

For me, Demon in White was my number one, closely followed by The Butcher's Masquerade from the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, which is one of my favorite new series of all time - which I hadn't expected in a million years. The Will of the Many was my favorite in '23 and probably the best book I've read in 20+ years of reading the genre

[@RalphNC09]

This channel makes me so hype to read🎉

[@2ToRamble]

🔥

[@esmayrosalyne]

Exciting top 10s, you both have me extremely excited to start my own Sun Eater journey. And fineee, Lonesome Dove will go on the TBR hahaha. My personal top 10 is: 1. Asunder by Kerstin Hall 2. Obsidian: Revelation by Sienna Frost 3. Hell For Hire by Rachel Aaron 4. A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows 5. Empire of the Damned by Jay Kristoff 6. The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting by Evanna Lynch 7. A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams 8. Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez 9. A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall 10. Riven Earth by Zammar Ahmer Looking forward to all that 2025 has in store for you guys, Happy New Year!! 🤩🤩

[@2ToRamble]

Happy Nee Year! Thanks for sharing your top 10

[@SeanHyland-o9u]

Absolutely loved lonesome dove thanks for the recommendation.

[@PhineasPlauche]

I’m reading lonesome dove right now. It’s a masterpiece so far. I’m doing it for you Richard. I can’t wait to read the will of the many, just got a copy!

[@arthurhaag9434]

It is impressive how much you agree on books

[@2ToRamble]

We do read a lot of the same books! (For the channel)

[@kingdonsobek]

I’ve only recently been reading some of the better fantasy books (I’m pretty young) 1. Lies of Locke lamora 2. Black prisim 3. Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy 4. Powdermage 5. Red rising I’m sure the are a couple I forgot, and I dnf’ed a lot of books because I have to use a library cuz books are expensive. Also some of them where crappy fantasy books so thank you guys for helping me find the good stuff

[@2ToRamble]

Great list!

[@ZenosWarbirds]

Enjoyed “The Will of the Many” but the prose is very lean. Is there a descriptive metaphor in the entire book?

[@2ToRamble]

Prose is good but not its strongsuit, thats for sure

[@bens-reading-rambles]

Banger video

[@ZenosWarbirds]

Re Guy Gavriel Kay, I highly recommend his two ancient China novels, “Under Heaven” and “River of Stars,” set in the Tang and Song Dynasties, both available on Audible. Absolutely mesmerizing & enchanting.

[@2ToRamble]

Thank you for the recs!

[@abdullahisayuti6698]

Got the same opinion about the first 2 MST books. I'm yet to read the third one. Also I'm glad you got through what had you at death door during book 3 read. Sending you good karma 🖤

[@janefan1216]

The Will of the Many is on my TBR for 2025. I'm not diving into Sanderson until 2026, bc I'm dedicating 2025 to finally reading the classics. Dungeon Crawler Carl sounds like a lot of fun. I'm hoping for Red God to come out this year. --Oh! Y'all are reading some classics this year, too? Will that be part of your Patreon book club?? I wanna read along with y'all, too!

[@2ToRamble]

We are doing that with the Book Club, yes!

[@s.p.8508]

I have a feeling we will be agreeing a lot in the Wind and Truth review. Currently reading Demon in White and Men at Arms (Terry Pratchett)

[@2ToRamble]

We are now reading Demon in White 😁

[@ThatSayYou]

For classics, Rosamund Pike did a audiobook for Pride and Prejudice which is so good. She’s honestly one of my favorite audiobook narrators.

[@noone9472]

Please please read Anna Karenina, it is way more political and sociological than the films make it out to be. Tolstoy was a visionary! Also you two also got me on sword of Kaigen, it's amazing thank you!

[@2ToRamble]

So glad!!

[@Ghostlyape123]

I’m very curious to see you eventually react to books 4/5 of Sun Eater 👀

[@mistyhammons859]

I'll be very interested to hear their take on Kingdoms of Death.

[@Ghostlyape123]

@ it’s either a 2/5 or a 6/5 there’s no in between

[@katiewhitfield9186]

For the Classics, highly recommand Shakespeare also.

[@shawngerard]

American Gods is criminally underrated and the audiobook rocks. Highly recommend Saturn Run by John Sanford!

[@abdullahisayuti6698]

What a great top 10. I think I like most of them which is rare.

[@2ToRamble]

Thankya 🤝

[@howattp]

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is one of the best LitRPG (I call it gamer realism) examples out there.

[@2ToRamble]

Oo nice

[@oOPTICKZz]

John Jacob? Jingleheirmersmith?! HIS BAME IS MY NAME TOO !

[@PageTurnersbooktube523]

Im just about to finish book two today of dungeon crawler carl......best pallet cleanser this year

[@Twenty-Seven]

I've got a question for you all: In our world right now as it is, _not_ the future, would you rather be a Gold from Red Rising (similar to Cassius' genetics), or a Paletine from Sun Eater (similar to Hadrian's genetics)? Personally, I'll take the Paletine genes. I'll take the 800 year lifespan, being able to re-grow teeth, totally immune to any disease and other things that I don't remember.

[@2ToRamble]

Tough one - would be awful to live 800 years if everyone around me that Inknow lived a normal lifespan. So I think I’m leaning Gold

[@Twenty-Seven]

@@2ToRamble You'll essentially be a 7' tall, blonde, golden eyed, extremely handsome Captain America. Understandable lol

[@LibraryonLegs]

Really fun video. Sorry, as of book one, EoS over RR and Hyperion over both 😬🤷‍♀️ I vote for Utopia and Darkness at Noon 🙌🏻

[@2ToRamble]

🤌

[@LibraryonLegs]

Jade Legacy is my favorite in the trilogy 💙

[@CombativeRoboGuy]

If Fire Upon the Deep explores what it means to be human then I’ll have to move it up on my TBR because that is my favorite theme in Sci-Fi too. Edit: And now Children of Time is on my TBR.

[@2ToRamble]

A Fire Upon the Deep is more so about the Singularity/Fermi Paradox. But that and Children of Time are incredible

[@CombativeRoboGuy]

@@2ToRamble I love explorations of the fermi paradox too- I love everything about the three body problem (via the awesome sci fi youtuber whose name escapes me). I’ll definitely check them out… when yhe infinite TBR allows me.

[@2ToRamble]

@@CombativeRoboGuy lol it never ends! And thanks for having us on your channel a while ago, hope everything is well!

[@CombativeRoboGuy]

@@2ToRamble Thanks for coming on! You guys are awesome! And yeah everything’s going great! Hope it is for you guys too!

[@cassiecasey8752]

Read Out of the Silent Planet trilogy!!!!

[@patrickleslie-s6c]

Looking for scifi book recommendations. I got a Barnes and noble gift card for Xmas. I’m trying to stay away from series if possible. I’ve got red rising (on deck), three body problem (currently reading the 3rd book), also reading the murderbot diaries, and ALSO reading the sun eater series. I’ve read dune 1-6 and I’ve also read Hyperion (loved it).

[@PageTurnersbooktube523]

Im planning on starting red rising very soon and empire if silence

[@2ToRamble]

WOO

[@janefan1216]

Well, dang. I started Lonesome Dove in 2024, but couldn't get into it and put it down. But, now you've made is assigned reading. So, guess I'll pick it back up. My TBR list for this year is crushing me! 😫😄

[@shawngerard]

Interested in the book club, what are some of the recent reads?

[@2ToRamble]

Mushroom Blues, Jade City, children of time, the name of the wind, the lions of Al rassan, American Gods. Those are some of the recent ones. Also many other community led ones

[@mcintyre0591]

My issue with Sun Eater is the lack of time it spends with other characters/ the passage of time. It will just casually say 700 years pass, drop a ton of characters and say we should care about them while giving them 0 development.

[@2ToRamble]

Personally (austin here) love that. But I can understand the issue

[@codyhall1033]

Man I’m on oathbringer and yall are making me nervous to finish stormlight…

[@2ToRamble]

Oathbringer is the goat!

[@zacht7135]

Read The Warrior in the Shade of the Cherry Tree by David B. Gil over the summer and nothing else came close to it in 2024 for me

[@randalthorish]

Is there an English translation available??

[@zacht7135]

@randalthorish Unfortunately no. I actually emailed the author asking because I wanted to recommend it to all my friends, but couldn't. He said there aren't any plans to atm but maybe in the future. I think he has another book set around the same time period that has a French and Italian translation for Kindle

[@fjwright04]

Can someone drop the list in the comments or something ? I watched the whole thing, but I’m going to through and read some of these for sure

[@Elijah_Gillard]

I'm gonna be the worst person I'm sorry, but I'll do my best to do it from memory Memory's of ice (malazan 2) The Blade Itself Mistborn Final Empire Dungeon Crawler Carl 6 Hero of Ages Dune Howling Dark (suneater 2) Children of Time Demon in White (suneater 3) Lonesome Dove Lions of Al-verson

[@Elijah_Gillard]

Also Will of the Many

[@Elijah_Gillard]

Aaannnd American Gods

[@janefan1216]

I'm with Austin. Turtlenecks are the worst. They make me EXTREMELY claustrophobic.

[@2ToRamble]

Right!?

[@mistyhammons859]

Me too! Just can't do it!

[@edwardcharette5983]

LIONS OF AL RASSAN LETS GOOOOO

[@2ToRamble]

On top!

[@Aaarqhev]

For dost., I think White Nights/Notes from Underground are a much better starting points than C&P

[@adam.510]

Or go straight into brothers

[@Aaarqhev]

@ Or Demons (his finest imo).

[@RalphNC09]

Hey, what is John from Talking Story's book?

[@2ToRamble]

That is in ARC reading stage right now, releases in May! It’s called: “DISCOVERY: STRANGE EONS BOOK ONE”

[@supermayo8a]

I HATE MYSELF FOR MISSING THIS. -10 marriage pts

[@2ToRamble]

We’ll let it slide only this once

[@edwardcharette5983]

American Gods LETS. HECKING. GO!

[@2ToRamble]

🔥

[@LibraryonLegs]

Have you read Death Stalker or The Vorkosigan Saga?

[@2ToRamble]

We havent!

[@LibraryonLegs]

@@2ToRambleRR and EoS both reminded me of them in subtle ways.

[@focusrelax8838]

Anyone with a supercut here about what books they read?

[@PageTurnersbooktube523]

People say road to laredo is just as good

[@mistyhammons859]

Ok, look guys....I just finished Kingdoms of Death (Sun Eater 4). And I want SO MUCH to love this series. I had high hopes that it would at least fill the empty space in my heart as I wait for Red God. And I....I mean....I *like it*. But I don't love it. The characters haven't reached into my heart and made themselves at home like others have. And the ones that have, well, I won't spoil book 4 but, I honestly felt....a little bit.....cheated. I know, it's blasphemy! I'll keep going with the series, eventually, but....*sigh*....I think perhaps Red Rising has ruined me.

[@Beth64]

I've read Lonesome Dove. Can we still be on speaking terms if I say I couldn't stand it? Writing is excellent, yes, but...well, I suppose I could just say I wasn't the reader for this book. I found it depressing and disappointing in so many ways.

[@2ToRamble]

Idk maybe. If you read sun eater then OK - R

[@Beth64]

@@2ToRamble Well, Sun Eater is on my list to try...

[@golovkinko1145]

Golden son is better than howling dark there is not one character I can enjoy outside of Hadrian and I’m not 100 on that 😂 also rucchio’s dialogue is not close to pierce brown. I see no personality with no character lol that being said plot was great love the series

[@mistyhammons859]

That's my trouble too! The characters, outside of Hadrian and Pallino just leave me sort of..."meh." Especially Valka! And I feel like I'm "supposed to" like her and that makes it worse.

[@golovkinko1145]

@ 💯 same here haha if she says barbarians again 😭 that being said it gets better and it is a great series

[@TheHi_King]

Cannot wait for the Wind and Truth review. I hope Brandon Sanderson takes a long look at what he is writing and maybe chooses to focus on quality not quantity for the next generation his stories.

[@MirinM8]

Sun eater>>> Red Rising and it’s not even remotely close imo

[@PageTurnersbooktube523]

Wind and truth is biggest disappointment hahah

[@jonathanwarta1997]

Wind and truth might be the biggest disappointment in the genre ever, period

[@2ToRamble]

👀

[@Golias72]

The Mistborrn series is one of the most dull, repetitive and unoriginal fantasy trilogies that I have ever read, Its not garbage, but its not worth reading.

[@Julyano220]

agreed

[@35utsavavardhana83]

Subjective take. but I take it