RANKING EVERY BOOK I READ THIS QUARTER

[@katanabluejay]

Elliott next week: RANKING EVERY BOOK I'VE READ IN MY LIFE

[@ebnovels]

Haha, oh man, I ramble too much to ever do that 🤣

[@MrJordwalk]

I like The Grisha Trilogy because of the fact that Leigh Bardugo drew inspiration from Imperial Russia, and there are some really cool ideas in the trilogy. However, I think she took her game to the next level in "Six Of Crows" and really swung for the upper decks in this one!

[@ebnovels]

I really enjoyed Six of Crows! I’m excited for the adaptation, although I have no idea how they’re doing it, since they have cast members from both series 😮

[@MrJordwalk]

@@ebnovels I LOVE the casting choices they've made so far though. Especially Ben Barnes as The Darkling!

[@djsuth7727]

Here's my rankings for books I read between January and March : 1. A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie 2. Malice by John Gwynne 3. Red Sister by Mark Lawrence 4. Grey Sister by Mark Lawrence 5. King of Assassins by R.J Barker 6. Holy Sister by Mark Lawrence 7. Age of Assassins by R.J Barker 8. Blood of Assasins by R.J Barker 9. The Eye of The World by R. Jordan ( a re-read ) 10. The Great Hunt by R.Jordan ( a re-read ) 11. Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

[@ahkkha4560]

Interesting that u found the eye of the world better than the great hunt

[@booksandwineanddogs]

dj suth I loved the Red Sister trilogy! But I definitely agree that Holy Sister was a weakest.

[@ebnovels]

You have so many on there I want to check out! Especially Malice; I’m excited it ranked so high on your list :D

[@djsuth7727]

@@ahkkha4560 I quite like them both, to be honest - EoTW wins by a slight margin. None of the books on my list I found to be terrible or DNF.

[@djsuth7727]

@@ebnovels I think there's a strong chance you will like Malice, perhaps quite a lot. Just be warned, though, there is a large array of characters and places to become familiar with in the opening third of the book. Once you get beyond that point the handbrake is released fully :)

[@bharatsharma9599]

I watch her videos for that unchanging and perfect "hi guys".

[@ebnovels]

👋 👋 👋

[@juliejanisbooks6580]

I love the point you made about the Grisha trilogy! That's exactly how I felt reading the books. When I was a teenager, I had a lot of the same feelings Alina had--insecurities and such. It's good for adults who read YA books to try and think from the perspective of a teenager and they may enjoy it more.

[@booksandlavender3829]

the way you used books to write the ones that were missing was actually a really good idea , my dumbass could never

[@steviereads]

For someone that loves lists and rankings and has an overly extensive excel spreadsheet for my reading...I loved this! If you wanted to, I would love to see this as a quarterly series!

[@jessicar.6268]

I love the premise of this video. It was so cool to see how you would rank them, and how you compare to others.

[@weronikaryfka3088]

My ranking for Jan-March 1) Skyward - Brandon Sanderson 2) A Curse so Dark and Lonely - Brigid Kemmerer 3) The Tower of Swallows - Andrzej Sapkowski 4) Baptism of Fire - Andrzej Sapkowski 5) Carrie - Stephen King 6) Carry on - Rainbow Rowell 7) Zika the Emerging Epidemic - Donald G. McNeil 8) The Lady of the Lake - Andrzej Sapkowski 9) Sorcery of Thorns - Margaret Rogerson 10) The Eye of the World - Robert Jordan 11) House of Salt and Sorrows - Erin A. Craig 12) They Both Die at the End - Adam Silvera 13) Girls with Sharp Sticks - Suzanne Young 14) Verity - Colleen Hoover 15) Wayward Son - Rainbow Rowell 16) Zodiac - Robert Graysmith 17) The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden 18) 'Salem's Lot - Stephen King 19) The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien 20) Miłość Korepetytora - Jacek Dehnel 21) City of Bones - Cassandra Clare 22) Emergency Contact - Mary H.K. Choi 23) One of Us is Next - Karen M. McManus 24) I'm Not Leaving - Carl Wilkens 25) Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Tomi Adeyemi)

[@ebnovels]

I’ve read quite a few of those, but some I’ve not even heard of! I feel like we have pretty similar taste looking at your list :D Also, nice job on 25 books 😄

[@werarybka]

@@ebnovels thank you!!

[@AverageB-side]

I’m glad you liked the Grisha books. I feel like they get a lot of flack they don’t deserve. They aren’t perfect but they are so much fun. Also, you have officially made me want to give Shadow of the Fox a try.

[@ebnovels]

Year, that’s how I feel about Grisha as well :D And I hope you like Shadow of the Fox!

[@sarahbookworm5937]

Interesting! As someone who literally hasn't read any of those books but is interested in so many of them, I'll keep this in mind! Starting in the middle is an interesting concept, I sometimes got confused which ones you were rating higher or lower but hey, it's all good and it's good to exercise the brain! Entertaining and amazing as always!

[@lucaleone4331]

Im glad you were in the minority for Steelheart, Im currently reading that right now, and I hope I end up liking it :P But this video is so interesting, Im going to do it myself at the end of april bc I should have 20 books by then too :)

[@amypink1111]

I have read nearly 30 books this quarter. Had to check GoodReads to see what was at the top and the bottom Top 2 would be "the turn of the key" and "all of this I give to you". which surprisingly are both stand-alone mysteries/thrillers?! The least favorite was a novella " the house at the bottom of the lake. " I also read my first Brandon Sanderson this quarter and started with "the way of kings". I know, maybe not the best place to start, but it is done now. I would put it third out of those read this quarter. I just bought your book for kindle (I read everything on Kindle). Excited! much love, amy

[@BrightnessKatyReads]

This was a lot of fun!! I loved how you put the names on other books of the ones who didn't own haha I think the best book I've read so far this quater was Jade City by Fonda Lee or Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare and my least favourite was Storm Front by Jim Butcher!!

[@jessicae.thomaslife5132]

That’s a lot of books! I love that you brought in the Goodreads rankings.

[@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy]

Great video! I love how you express the emotional connection you made to the books that moved you, and it makes you a strong advocate of them.

[@ebnovels]

Well thanks! I appreciate you saying that :D

[@danaadedokun21]

I love that you say it how you really feel it... keep that up

[@MsCrazyboutMusic]

I'm surprised about Steelheart. It was my first Brandon Sanderson read and I absolutely LOVED it!! Now I'm obsessed with his books *-* Grisha is a trilogy that I haven't read yet, but I hope I will start and finish this year.

[@feyland1070]

My Jan-March list: 1. Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo 2. The Merciful Crow - Margaret Owens 3. Red, White, & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston 4. Queen of Nothing - Holly Black 5. King of Scars - Leigh Bardugo 6/7.** Clockwork Boys / The Wonder Engine - T. Kingfisher **(because they really read like one book). 8. Gentleman's Guide to Getting Lucky - Mackenzi Lee 9. Everless - Sara Holland 10. We Set the Dark on Fire - Tehlor Kay Mejia 11. I Hate Everyone But You - Gaby Dunn & Allison Raskin 12. Text from Jane Eyre - Daniel Mallory Ortberg 13. Two Dark Reigns - Kendare Blake 14. Wicked Saints - Emily A. Duncan 15. Evermore - Sara Holland 16. House of Salt and Sorrow - Erin A. Craig

[@Maren617]

House of Salt and Sorrows needs more bad reviews!! I was so disappointed after having heard nothing but praise and it sucked so bad

[@ToriMorrow]

So glad you loved The Kingdom of Back! I’ve been thinking of picking that up since I loved her Legend trilogy. I’m on a Leigh Bardugo kick right now so I’m panning to go back and read the Grisha trilogy soon. Looks like you had a great quarter overall! 😃

[@Natalia-ig3gc]

I totally agree with your theory on All the Light We Cannot See and why people rate it so high

[@erikareading]

I read All the Light We Cannot See with my book club and nobody in our group could finish it! lol. I see it's very popular with YA readers on booktube though. I wonder why because I thought it was an adult book.

[@mikaelab7485]

Ever since I heard about it I’ve been nervous about reading The Kingdom of Back, because I was worried that the way music is written about would be super obscure and flowery and, as a classically trained musician, I find that a lot of times when writers write about a musician character they make the music description overly sentimental, when a trained musician usually wouldn’t think about things in that way. I don’t know if I’m making sense, but I’m glad to hear you liked it!

[@ebnovels]

You’re making perfect sense-that’s literally exactly what I thought before picking it up (I didn’t think I’d see anyone express that same feeling!). The story definitely doesn’t lean much on being over the top with the music; it’s more about her life and the magical realism stuff :)

[@mikaelab7485]

Elliot Brooks Great! You’ve convinced me! Thanks for the response ❤️

[@ebnovels]

Sure, thanks for the comment!

[@amusicalbookworm]

I liked how you did this! I might have to steal this idea 😮

[@ayesha6067]

I completely agree with you regarding all the light we cannot see. Honestly, I just got this book because it had won prizes and also because it had pretty good reviews. Like you said, the writing is amazing and I get why many people loved it but still it just didn't work for me that well. ✌✌

[@angelamccollister]

I agree The Queens of Innis Lear deserves more love. It is slow but so beautifully written. The three sisters were such distinct characters from each other, which was great to see. I will say, though, I am struggling with its sequel, Lady Hotspur. I put it down half-read several weeks ago and I don't know when or if I'll pick it up again. I rarely DNF but this might be one.

[@mrboyd720]

Thank you for all the content!!!

[@ebnovels]

You’re welcome!

[@Livingeidolon]

My favorite book I read last winter, and possibly my favorite book from last year was Gideon the Ninth. So good. So, so good!!

[@ebnovels]

I think someone else in the comments ranked it the lowest, but maybe it was because they just loved everything they read so much? Anyway, I’m glad you enjoyed it so much! I’ve heard a lot of good things :D

[@TinyBookDragon]

So happy you don't hate the Grisha Trilogy haha! I read the series a couple years ago and loved it even though I know it's not the best. It's nice to hear that someone else also appreciates it. :)

[@ebnovels]

Haha, yay Grisha! I feel like it’s definitely not the popular thing to enjoy it right now, but I like it. I’m glad you do as well 😄

[@KFoxtheGreat]

I am way too indecisive to actually rank books like this, but I can say without a shadow of a doubt that my favorite book so far this year is Nation by Terry Pratchett. It's a book outside of the Discworld series that people tend to attach to him but still has a lot of his signature witty humor. It does have a bit of magical realism, but he uses it to enhance the themes of defining humanity and society, so I really enjoyed that aspect :)

[@ebnovels]

Oh, that’s sounds really good! I’ve wanted to read something by Terry Pratchett for a long time 😄

[@_LN_]

I haven’t read Uprooted, but just finished Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik and it was awesome, I really recommend it. The writing style got me hooked and it kept me curious and excited until the very end!

[@GEORGIOARCADE]

Elliot excellent video idea. I think its very clever to start your rankings from the middle. You are certainly more balanced in your reviews and thoughts than i would be 😄. I guess we can say romance fantasy is at the bottom of your rankings automatically lol. I would be suprised if Sanderson ends up on the bottom. Nonetheless this video is very fun. I can see why Scavenge The Stars would be meh for you. I think you like to feel emotionally connected to the worlds and character building of your favorite books. Have a great rest of your weekend. Im currently reading Sorcery Of Thornes 💙💫

[@ebnovels]

Ohh, are you liking it? I think that book is a lot of fun :D haha, and yeah, I definitely tend to like books more when I connect with them 😆

[@GEORGIOARCADE]

@@ebnovels yeah im liking the book so far Elliot. It's good to have something like to take my mind off everything. I look forward to finishing it and reading some other things 😁🙌💫

[@DragonArmyBooks]

I am currently reading Lies of Locke Lamora and I, too, feel some of the same ways you do. I really want to like it so I am pressing ahead. But I'm about a fourth of the way through and it's still not grabbing me yet. Maybe it will by the end????

[@balrajsingh1492]

Did you like it? I loved it!!! I completed it just yesterday and I still can't stop thinking about it. Tell me your thoughts.😊

[@Joharis]

I was just rewatching some of your videos cuz I missed them😂 thanks for the video!

[@ebnovels]

Well you’re very welcome 😄

[@heathersbooks816]

My favorite book so far this year is Rage of Dragons. It’s hard to pick a least favorite because I DNF a lot of books if I’m not liking them. The Reckoners trilogy is definitely Sanderson’s worst. I still read and enjoyed all three, but I wouldn’t be necessarily recommend them.

[@mikiljoshi4713]

rage of dragons!!next level

[@belleah5562]

I 100% agree on All the Light We Cannot See. In regards to Steelheart, I think Sanderson has a lot of fans that came from the YA age-range because his books are a really good intro to adult fantasy. Personally, I think that some fans read it after being sucked into reading only adult fantasy for a time, and then pick up Steelheart because it’s a Sanderson book and find it refreshing compared to adult books. I know that’s why I originally loved it. Since then, I’ve realized I love both adult and YA, I was just completely burned out of YA when I switched to adult, so I had to rediscover YA lol.

[@nickieb2636]

I don't know why, but so many books nowadays are being named something like "A/The_______ of _______ and _______"

[@encyclopediaofelizabeth]

I see them and it turns me off. That title trend is driving me crazy.

[@kittysflowerld7011]

Saaaame! I hate this so much... Where are all the original book titles?

[@SheiaLyn]

My favorite book so far this year is between Stain and The Kingdom of Back. I loved both of them so much! My least favorite was a middle grade book called The Boy Who Grew Dragons. It wasn’t at all what I was expecting, and I felt it wasn’t a good example for children of how to behave.

[@andersonhopkins3987]

Are you still planning on reading the Drizzt books? The combat in them is the closest I’ve come to Sanderson’s!

[@nataliaweronikapetersson3425]

Cool! I liked the idea of a ranking per quarter:) This is mine, from best to worst: 1. Way of Kings 2.Strange the Dreamer 3. Words of Radiance 4.Thunderhead 5. 21 Lessons of the 21st Century 6. We Should All Be Feminists 7.The Hero of Ages 8.The Hate U Give 9.The Hand on The Wall 10. The Toll 11. The Kiss of Deception 12.Wordslut 13. The Bear and the Nightingale 14.Everblaze 15.The River 16. Dark Matter 17.The Giver 18. The Unhoneymooners 19.Starless Sea 20. The Long Call

[@booksandlavender3829]

bookmark : 10:36

[@MssMercedes]

I also read Uprooted this quarter after having had it on my TBR for years. I also pretty much disliked everything about it except for Naomi's writing style. However I did love spinning silver and I'm excited for her other book coming out this year

[@ebnovels]

I’ve heard a lot of people say that! I’m still excited for Spinning Silver :)

[@nistha9953]

Really excited for deadly education 😊

[@bryson2662]

I love the Lies of Lock Lamora. I also read Uprooted but I liked it. I liked some the books you didn't like. (except Steelheart, it's kind of a meh for me) You made me put quite a few on my tbr including all the light we cannot see. I'm eyeballing your Malazan books in the bottom right.

[@ebnovels]

Ahaha, I definitely need to read more Malazan. And thanks for enjoying things I didn’t and not getting mad at me for it 😆

[@bryson2662]

@@ebnovels when I was young and stupider I had a problem with people liking different things. But then I grew up. Some people never grow up. You keep doing you. Love your videos.

[@misslady2470]

I'm rereading the grisha trilogy now! On book 2 ! I loveeee it ! And I don't think Alina is annoying ! I felt mal was annoying first time around but now I love him more! And love the darkling villain !

[@angelc12000]

I agree with your opinions on The Lies of Locke Lamora. I didn't really like the characters and the time jumps between every chapter completely pulled me out of the story. When you pulled out Salt to the Sea, I was like oh no, then I saw the label and phew, yea, Steelheart was meh. It took me a while to get in to The Kingdom of Back, but in the end I did like it. For me the worst was Infinity Son by Adam Silvera. My favorite was The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. Going to mention Thunderhead as my second place. I need to read The Toll.

[@lamegoldfish6736]

Starting from mediocre! That is an interesting way to do it.

[@ebnovels]

Well thanks :D

[@StaceyReads]

I'm actually scared to pick up The Kingdom of Back... I have really enjoyed some of Marie Lu's other books but I recently read Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones and REALLY disliked it and after having read that and then seeing the synopsis of The Kingdom of Back it's sounds like an identical story...even though the synopsis of Wintersong doesn't make that apparent and doesn't mention Liesl's brother Josef, their bond or the fact that this book is SOO focused on music. I also am not sure how I feel about that since Marie Lu read and blurbed Wintersong back in 2016 (her blurb is on the front cover). Hopefully I'm wrong about how similar they are and that the premise is the only thing they have in common. Also since you loved it, Wintersong might be worth checking out for you? My biggest issue with it was the writing (it reminded me of how I felt about The Night Circus; super flowery & descriptive with a non-sensical feeling plot). I went in thinking it was going to be this great adventure type story and it just wasn't at all!

[@ebnovels]

I dnf’d winter song 🙈 So that might encourage you to pick up Kingdom of Back! It’s far less focused on music than Winter Song was; it’s more about her place in society and what growing into an adult meant for her.

[@StaceyReads]

Good to know, thanks! You didn't miss anything DNFing it imo! I wish that I had. :P

[@safinan8008]

Great videos, I like the way u rating books. I’m currently reading wheel of time series, the first book the eye of the world. Keep safe!! Try Robin Hobb her second book gets better!! Keep safe

[@ebnovels]

I’m hoping to read more Hobb this spring 😄

[@MsWillowbayOrelse]

Jan 1 - March 31 Ranked Best (top) to Worst (bottom) Tho I didn't have any 1 or 2 Stars this quarter. Holy Sister Ash Princess The Poppy War Eight Perfect Murders The One Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne The Rage of Dragons Grey Sister Red Sister The Merciful Crow From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs Stone Cold Touch Every Last Breath Chain of Gold Blood of Elves Mortal Heart The Graveyard Book King of the Wind Dark Triumph The Magicians Ninth House Courting Darkness Golden in Death Starry Eyes Finding Fraser Justin Morgan Had a Horse Dream Lake Changeling Good Citizens Need Not Fear The Turn of the Key Tangled

[@natasagajic1061]

I picked up Throne of Glass series in February and was pleasantly surprised by not utterly disliking Celaena the way I did with Feyre of ACOTAR series (at least in the 2 books of Throne of Glass series that I have read so far). Her saying "Wait! I need to prepare thoroughly before I enter a certain dangerous situation" was kinda a breath of fresh air (even if she has her reckless moments) for me and something I didn't expect from an SJM protagonist. That being said, Celaena definitely has "a special snowflake" feel to me, which is somewhat irritating and I feel quite meh about the plot of the series so far, but, as I was "promised" an interesting, Nesta like character in Manon, I'll continue on a bit further to meet that character. Also, I was thinking during the video: "How can Elle keep holding books up for so long in that seemingly unpleasant position?!" And then I remembered that you're a violinist and most likely used to that position anyway 😁

[@Brendanstop]

I've been thinking of doing this but with that tier ranking website!

[@ebnovels]

Yeah, those are always super fun! It definitely is easier to organize than stacking them all. Especially since I didn’t own all of the books 😆

[@rebelzucchini]

Favorite was Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow and least favorite was Normal People by Sally Rooney

[@Maren617]

Yay, I love your honesty! Didn't like Steelheart either, but his YA stuff improved GREATLY with Skyward and Starsight, which are just perfect Sanderson quality in YA. My 3 favorite reads were: The Luminaries (won the Booker Prize, but low GR rating), Smoke Bitten, and Grey Sister (these two also have very high GR ratings). Honorable mentions: Spellslinger, Nevermoor, Ninefox Gambit. My 2 least favorite reads were: House of Salt and Sorrows (bleh, just bad) and Exit West (style experiment of using 9 "and" in one single very long sentence (as conjunctions, not lists) and doing that all the time didn't work for me. I also disliked The Fifth Season, even though it clearly has its strengths - I just didn't like the characters nor their choices nor their failure to recognize that they HAD choices. Just not for me.

[@Nasser851000]

Which books have you not read yet but want to?

[@ebnovels]

Oh man, so so many!

[@TheBookishMom]

I still need to read Shadow and Bone. I picked it up and think it seems fun. I know it reads young but I want to reas all the books in this world in publication order

[@ebnovels]

Yay! I hope you like them! I still haven’t read King of Scars, but I’ve heard a lot of good things for it as well :D

[@TheBookishMom]

@@ebnovels I hope I like them too. I really want to get to Six of Crows but want to do the books all in publication order to get the full experience 😂

[@AlastairReviewsIt]

Steelhart gets better with its sequels. You get the Sanderson Avalanche in the third book

[@ebnovels]

It’s funny, I’ve had people say that exact thing, and others say it gets way worse! 😮😮😮

[@therogueeducator8452]

I DNFed The Lies of Locke Lamora. I thought I was going to love it, but the flashbacks and explicit language really pulled me out of the story. Such a bummer.

[@niebieskie2]

I tried reading All the Lights We Cannot See and I just couldn't get into it, and I DNFed maybe 30 pages. Sorry not sorry I dnf without guilt. I also couldn't get into Jade City, and Scythe, and The Fifth Season, I just quit. I used to have to finish all the books, but it's just not worth it. Although I will try again with The Fifth Season, maybe on audio.

[@bobwatson957]

Please have a look at The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

[@tristaaaaaaaaa]

I wanted to love the lies of lock lamora so bad but man I hated every character! 😂😂😂 On the other end I just knew I’d hate vengeful but I absolutely loved it!!!

[@ebnovels]

Isn’t that so crazy? I feel like none of us really knows ourselves 😆 But yeah, I felt pretty much the same to you!

[@Amanda.aka.Megan.Shines]

For the Kingdom of Back: I have decided Marie Lu is not for me. I always think I will enjoy a series from her, but then I can NEVER connect to her characters. As someone who can get teary-eyed at commercials, it's a really weird experience to not care so much. I connected slightly more to the Young Elite series than I did to the Legend series. I'm not sure if it's a character development thing or a writing style thing or what. The Kingdom of Back sounds interesting, but I'm weary of picking it up because of that. Do you think you connected more to the characters in this one over her other books, or is it about up to par with her others?

[@ebnovels]

I’ve never read anything else by her actually! I’ve heard from some other people that it’s very different from her other books, though-hopefully that’s helpful!

[@Amanda.aka.Megan.Shines]

@@ebnovels I think I might put it on my TBR, but with low priority. Since I'm still not sure what the difference is with her books, maybe whatever makes it different from her other books will be enough to "fix" it for me I haven't really heard anyone else have the same connection issue I have, and I'm usually almost too easy to please with books, so I know it's just a "me" thing.

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Haha I love the problem solving skills 😂

[@ebnovels]

Hahaha, top notch solution for sure 😆

[@dancerJulie77]

I did enjoy steelheart personally but the second and third books in that series are much better!! A lot of the twists and explanation of epics and their powers happens in the later books. I recommend at least trying to read firefight because it is much better than steelheart.

[@jacindaharris7771]

Rithmatist - favorite A heart so fierce and broken - least

[@bookschocaholic]

Marie Lu book at the top of this list!!!! YES!!!

[@karissaomer2820]

I completely agree with you about Steelheart. I was hesitant to read Skyward because I felt like Branderson didn't know how to write YA. I was very surprised with how much better written it was than Steelheart. I finished out the Steelheart trilogy and in some ways it gets better, but in others it gets worse. The third book was actually pretty good until the last third. I actually love how Branderson wraps things up in books, but not this time. It was a total flop.

[@ebnovels]

It’s funny, because Rithmatist was published first (I’m not sure if it was written first, though) and I LOVED that one. And I enjoyed Skyward as well. Steelheart was just not for us I guess 😆

[@karissaomer2820]

@@ebnovels I loved Rithmatist as well! Are we sure Brandon Sanderson actually wrote Steelheart? It seems questionable to me.

[@ErinRuthK]

Out of 25 this quarter: Favourite: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo Least Favourite: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

[@ThePurpleBookWyrm]

The worst things I read this quarter: More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon, and Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang (hum, one of those times where my opinion is contrary to the majority...). The best: Kraken and Embassytown by China Miéville, The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft and perhaps The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia K. McKillip (you might want to check her out, she's written several standalone fantasy novels! 😉). That's for fiction anyways.

[@Celise]

Haha I love Grisha, at least the first one. No shame, no shame :)

[@daniellamunoz8894]

Oh yeah, to me it is meaningless if a book is in a top list of "highly regarded/respectable people" or how many awards they get because, if we're being honest here, publishers make up those lists themselves and even top selling list are not a representation of actual top selling books but a mix between good sales and whatever the NY Times editors liked or something like that. I prefer to watch individual booktubers with similar taste as mine, like Elliot, and check out some of those. My ratings are: 1) The Final Empire 2) The Count of Montecristo 3) Skyward 4) The Well of Ascension 5) Children of Time 6) And every morning the way home gets longer and longer. Backman 7) Dracula. Bram Stoker 8) The Final Empire 9) The Wolf in the Whale 10) La primera profesía de Morgan Fay 11) Starsight 12) The Martian 13) Radio Silence 14) King Lear 15) Metamorphosis by Kafka 16) Cruel Prince 17) The End of Childhood by Arthur C Clarke (I hated it, felt like reading a sci fi version of the communist manifesto)

[@Torsin2000]

The problem with ranking Steelheart is that it is part of a trilogy, although I agree it's not his best work.

[@bookswithike3256]

Favourite and least favourite books I've read so far this year, eh? Favourite would probably be Warchild by Karin Lowachee. Least favourite probably Doctor Who: Deadly Reunion by Terrance Dicks and Barry Letts.

[@nursyvibz3788]

I do agree with you on The Lies of Locke Lamora. I was rather disappointed -It was really slow and those vignettes!!!!! Ugh! I did it as a buddy read and we both were kinda 'meh'. I felt like if one liked Six of Crows, you'd like Lies, but I really wasn't a fan of either.

[@ebnovels]

That’s interesting, because I liked SoC, but not LOLL 😅 But they do both center around criminals and heists. I think I just preferred the execution for SoC more :)

[@nursyvibz3788]

@@ebnovels I have Ninth House and I am going to give it a try. I felt Six and Lies were both 'capers' and maybe I am not into sub-genre. But I want to give her another try....Six was one everyone seems to love and I thought it was okay. In general, are you a fan of Bardugo?

[@Raechill92]

I literally cheered out loud when you named Kingdom of Back as your favorite! I absolutely loved it too, and was sad to see it ranked under 4 stars on Goodreads. For me, it was a perfect book and an excellent escape from today’s world. 👏 🤗

[@justinbonnici9863]

did you read the wheel of time ?

[@ebnovels]

I’ve read the first four. I didn’t hate them, but I didn’t love them either!

[@justinbonnici9863]

@@ebnovels I've just finished the first one today, I'm really enjoying it :)

[@amberchloemusic]

my favourite so far is Sorcery of Thorns, my least favourite is The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.

[@astellus]

My least favorite was a hard sci-fi called the Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin and my favorite and out of nowhere, my favorite was Miracle Creek by Angie Kim.

[@ebnovels]

Oh, what’s that one about? I’ve heard of the other, the Three Body Problem, and usually I hear it spoken of with praise, so I’m sorry that wasn’t the case for you!

[@astellus]

@@ebnovels Miracle Creek was written by a lawyer and centers around a group of people all struggling with a terrible accident that occurred. You spend the whole book switching perspectives, never quite sure who ultimately was to blame, all the while the court case is playing out in the background. I was surprised because it really isn't the type of book I normally gravitate towards, but her writing was just top notch. As for my least favorite. I really wished I could have liked it more based on all the praise it received. The core ideas were really neat, but the execution and the math explanations and the characters all just fell flat for me. Maybe it's the translation that takes away a bit, but ultimately I was just disappointed!

[@bmoneybby]

I loved 3 body.

[@Watersapphire]

I completely agree about Alina from Grisha trilogy. I would never expect a young, poor orphan to understand that people in court are mostly using each other for power. Especially if she is so insecure and just wants to fit in for the first time in her life. Quite the opposite - I would never believe if she would understand these kind of things immediately. So I think her decisions and actions (which were more like just enjoying life which was so good for the first time) was completely ok. Besides she was very wary with the Darkling in the beginning, which I appreciate.

[@ebnovels]

You expressed my thoughts exactly! It’s funny, I see people complain sometimes that characters are too good at everything, and then with Alina, people hate that she’s not very good at things 😆 I get not loving her, but hey, I don’t hate her!

[@glacecoco]

For the Grisha trilogy : It wasn't Alina that I hated, but Mal. He is a whole asshole. And better not talk about the Darkling, everyone's praising him and the dude seems completly absent throughout the entire serie lol, he's just an old man, not even that charismatic. I hope the netflix show will do him better!

[@ebnovels]

I like Ben Barnes a lot (loved him in Punisher) so I’m hoping he’ll really bring the character to life. I don’t hate Mal-I kinda wish we had his perspective sometimes, but I haven’t reread the third yet, and I remember him being a bit much in that one 😆

[@darrylbreland8235]

I bet my book (Starlie’s Legacy) will make you cry and laugh.