the best books of the 21st century (according to me)

[@OkezieMuted]

My List (not in order): - The Vision by Tom King - Earthlings by Sayaka Murata - Tomorrow x3 by Gabrielle Zevine - Americanah by Chimamanda - The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo - Panenka by Ronan Hession - American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang - The Attic Child by Lola Jaye - Blankets by Craig Thompson - Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

[@vellichor_ventures]

Earthlings is a WILD book

[@khyrianstorms]

Have you two read "Convenience Store Women"? Sayaka Murata hits a different pocket. Thought she would be similar to Mieko Kawakami, but god was I wrong.

[@Talgikiwi]

I love the way you speak and you have the perfect amount of editing. Loved to hear your thoughts and I subscribed. Can't wait to watch more 😊

[@vellichor_ventures]

Thank you!!! ♥️

[@prestonr2218]

I read 1Q84 last summer and fell in love with Murukami’s way of story telling. Love that you included it on your list.

[@vellichor_ventures]

Thank you! It's my favorite Murakami. Lots of different takes on that book on the internet but it's always struck me as one of his major achievements.

[@camerenisonfire]

My to-read list grows almost ever video I watch from you. Having another Murakami fan recommend books immediately makes me be like, "oh, this must be good." I think 1Q84 is the best story & plot of his, but its maybe only my 3rd favorite novel of his. Top 2 being Killing Comendatore and Windup Bird.

[@vellichor_ventures]

I’ve seen more and more people sing Commendatore’s praises. I keep picking it up and reading ten pages and putting it back down.

[@JamesRuchala]

I dont read enough new books to have a meaningful opinion but i enjoyed hearing tours

[@vellichor_ventures]

Thank you

[@leighjeffrey3476]

I agree with you about Station Eleven. It is fantastic! I just ordered all of her other books. I’m also a Murakami fan. Made it through the Wind-up Bird when it came out, read Hard-Boiled and enjoyed it, but it’s been a while. Im soon going to read Kafka on the Shore.

[@vellichor_ventures]

Kafka is one of his absolutely best. Honestly it might be my favorite if I think about it for too long.

[@WitchyWhispersASMR]

My list: 1. Tress of the Emerald Sea 2. The Way of kings (stormlight archives series) 3. Lies of Locke Lamora (gentlemen bastards series) 4. ACOTAR 5. Poison wood Bible 6. The Martian 7. Strange the Dreamer 8. Deep Survival 9. Red Rising (series) 10. Zealot 11. The Pillars of the Earth (series) 12. Life of Pi

[@vellichor_ventures]

I'm excited to read Tress!

[@mysteriousoul]

“In the context!” Hahaha 🤪

[@vellichor_ventures]

Haha I'm happy someone found that one funny :)

[@joycejarrard6958]

I am impressed you got through all 3 parts of The Three Body Problem. My adult son mentioned it, and I read it in order to talk to him about it. I took a bunch of notes. I found it very dry and challenging to get through. Maybe I should watch it in video to find out what happens.

[@vellichor_ventures]

It can definitely get a little dry but the scale and imaginative elements of it kept me super interested. The farther along the series gets the more out there it gets. I’m hoping the show can capture that same feeling once it gets to the later seasons.

[@mildrumpus]

I discovered your channel through this video. Happy Reading! 😎📚👍

[@vellichor_ventures]

That's great! Happy reading to you, too :)

[@GumbyJumpOff]

I'ma start reading more again. I had a two year period where I read a lot, and before that I read here and there. My favorite books are Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins and Burn Collector (1-9) by Al Burian. I wanna have a top 10 list! It's been too long since all the books I've read for me to do that now.

[@vellichor_ventures]

I have a friend who’s super into Jitterbug. On my very long list of

[@moderateowl6327]

I may be on my own when I say this but I think at least one of the hunger games books should be on a list of best books of the 21st century it is a young adult book I don’t think it takes away from the themes and it handles them fantastically and catching fire is exactly what a sequel should be it follows on the story perfectly and builds onto it amazingly I have read the book at least 5 times and watched the movie more times than I want to admit the series also launched the future dystopian ya books it might not of been the first but it made the genre very popular

[@vellichor_ventures]

That's a totally reasonable take honestly. Those books were significant in how they laid the groundwork for half a decade of storytelling in books AND in movies. And they're good, too!

[@captnsquashypant82]

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow was my favorite read of 2023 and Babel is my favorite read of 2024 so far.

[@vellichor_ventures]

Both amazing books! I'm not sure what my favorite for 2024 will be yet but Babel is in strong contention. I just finished Shogun part one and am about to start Piranesi.

[@arekkrolak6320]

First book on your list seems to be one of these that have something to say :) Reading books outside of the English language is almost all the books that I read

[@vellichor_ventures]

There’s a whole world out there

[@ryan12478]

can i hav ur beemo plush

[@vellichor_ventures]

If I get to a million subs I’ll do a giveaway

[@leopercara3477]

I don't mind the self-importance of the Times' list, but some of those books are straight up awful. Your list is at least interesting.

[@DanLyndon]

Most of these books are flat out poorly written and fail on so many levels artistically. I don't know if it's quite worse than the NYT list, but definitely not much better, and yet these books are also almost ALL self-important and pretentious in their own ways.

[@vellichor_ventures]

Thanks for the quality contribution, Dan! Let’s hear your list.