Top 20 Books I Read in 2015

[@BartelsBookshelf]

It's so nice to see someone on KZbin who not only reads something other than YA lit, but is also able to talk about it intelligently and without pretension. You've turned me on to a lot of great books and writers this year, and I look forward to seeing what 2016 has to bring :)

[@TheBookchemist]

+CactusSmasher Glad I could be of help - thanks for the awesome feedback :)!

[@anthonydimichele837]

I loved Inherent Vice and will add Bleeding Edge to my list to read. Thanks for all the videos you post ~ happy new (reading) year!

[@kcballesteros5876]

Thank you for the fantastic list! You've got me to pick up Pynchon's Bleeding Edge as well as more Danielewski :) & you've got a new follower! Looking forward to more videos.

[@peaceandllov]

And thank you for making these videos. I enjoy the hell out of them. I didn't know any contemporary writers until I found your channel (I had no idea who David Foster Wallace was until about year ago or so) now my reading list is a mile long!

[@TheBookchemist]

+peaceandllov I'm glad I could be of help :) you'd be surprised by how many people who study literature at postgraduate level (!) have no idea how many great (living!) writers we can enjoy today :)!

[@persontruthbeauty]

War and Peace - Tolstoy The Idiot - Dostoevsky Royal Assassin - Robin Hobb The Wise Man’s Fear - Rothfuss Steppenwolf - Hesse Joe Cinque’s Consolation - Helen Garner The Count of Monte Cristo - Dumas The Naked and the Dead - Mailer The Way of Kings - Sanderson A Memory of Light - Robert Jordan/Sanderson

[@gregbogan7639]

House of Leaves is one of my favorites of all time. The book can be read in different ways. His use of footnotes was a little like reading Infinite Jest, in that they are very important to the story. A really good horror story and, what I thought, somewhat sad. I really love watching your videos. Keep up the great work! Happy New Year !

[@TheBookchemist]

+Greg Bogan Thanks - you too have a great 2016 :)! And yes, House of Leaves is indeed poignantly beautiful and very sad - especially in its ending, which I also found very uplifting though, especially after all the darkness that precedes it.

[@1book1review]

Your comfort zone contains great books and some I really want to read, like Bleeding Edge! Hope you have an equally awesome 2016.

[@TheBookchemist]

+1book1review You too - thanks for the feedback as usual :)!

[@georgejazz5697]

I find your videos very interesting, providing me with new books to read though I have at least 500 second hand books on my bookshelves that I have still to read! So due to your recommendation I read The Crying Lot of 49 which had some fantastically original inventive humourous paragraphs that have inspired me to read more Pynchon. I read 106 books in 2015, (a good year as I average around 80 per year), with eleven that I thought were excellent reads. Stoner by John Williams, Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (being the best of four I've read of him), Money by Martin Amis, The End of the Affair by Graham Greene, A hero of our time by Mikhail Lermontov, The Bridge over the Drina by Ivo Andric, Virgin Soil Upturned by Mikhail Sholokov, Bad Girl by Mario Vargas Llosa, Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey, Another Country by James Baldwin and As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner.

[@asherdeep8948]

My top 10 books were: 1) Libra by Don DeLillo 2) The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen 3) Suttree by Cormac McCarthy (your video helped me pick my next McCarthy) 4) Middlemarch by George Eliot (totally took this suggestion from your video, thanks!) 5) The Patrick Melrose Novels by Edward St. Aubyn 6) The Stand by Stephen King 7) The Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy 8) Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon (again, thank you) 9) Different Seasons by Stephen King 10) Dubliners by James Joyce I was waiting so bad for this video. Thank you, for a year full of awesome videos. I already bought We Are All Completely Besides Ourselves based on your review. I'll definitely buy Bleeding Edge, and Oscar Wao, too. I look forward to the videos you'll post in 2016! :D

[@TheBookchemist]

+Asher Deep Thank you for the great feedback, and damn - that's a solid top 10 indeed! I wish I could find the time to read more Stephen King, it's been ages since the last time!

[@kaelinreads6748]

Thank you for the recommendation of McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories. I am intrigued...Also House of Leaves. This book keeps popping up everywhere, I may just have to pick this one up!

[@TheBookchemist]

+Kaelin O'Reilly Both McSweeney's collections are largely unknown and I think they should get way more love - in a perfect world they'd put out one of those every year!

[@lyndao7356]

Great list, fabulous presentation. I read Gentlemen of the Road on your recommendation, glad I did. Gilead too, loved it. Next: Swag and Numero Zero. Thomas Pynchon: I'm a little nervous about reading such an elevated piece of literature. Intimidated. I'll give a try later in the year. Thanks for all your hard work. Best in the New Year.

[@TheBookchemist]

+Lynda O I'm glad you liked my suggestions :)! Thomas Pynchon is intimidating and hard indeed, but if you start with Inherent Vice you've got nothing to fear: that one's hugely enjoyable and not too hard at all. Have a great 2016 :)!

[@AnandVenigalla]

I got to read The Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment, Atlas Shrugged, A Christmas Carol, the Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor, several Vladimir Nabokov stories, Gone Girl, Blood Meridian, Outer Dark, The Orchard Keeper, Macbeth, A Room with a View, Persuasion, Brave New World, The Old Man and the Sea, The Goldfinch, All the Light We Cannot See, The Road, some of Les Miserables (couldn't finish it), The Scarlet Letter (several more to finish, as I started late in the year, and could count it as one of my 2016 reads), On Writing, Reading Like A Writer, John Gardner's The Art of Fiction, On Writing Well

[@Earbly]

+Anand Venigalla What did you think of Blood Meridian? The first time I finished it I definitely enjoyed it, and thought it was amazingly done. But now that I have been reading some essays and perspectives on it, and the Judge etc... and especially now currently on my second reading I think it may be my favourite book. Not only is the prose rich but the contemplative potentials are seemingly endless. Also in the middle of reading The Brothers Karamazov which is so far setting up to be an epic book on humanity. Crime and Punishment is another great one, the scene with Raskolnikov and Porfiry, the big one. Still one of my favourite scenes in a book. If you enjoyed The Old Man and the Sea, which I thought was good but not *amazing*, I very highly recommend For Whom the Bell Tolls. Robert Jordan's (protag.) thoughts on various aspects of life are just pure beauty. It really gives a peek into Hemingway's own philosophy. But yaa, what'd ya think of Blood Meridian?

[@christiansidjani]

Thank you again for one of your Top 10 lists (or Top 20 of course). There were a few books on your list I wanted to read for a long time (especially "Telegraph Avenue", "House of Leaves" and "Motherless Brooklyn") that I will definitely check them out in 2016. Now more than ever. And I once again was inspired by your passionate reviews. As a Pynchon admirer I loved your #1 (and #6). If I would create a Top 10-list of 2015 I would rather let him out because he is probably my favorite writer of all time and I read and re-read 4 of his books last year. I didn't have much time last year and had to spend it really selective on books, there is not quite a Top 10, but there were a few good reads. And as I recollect from your previous videos you've read at least a few of them too. So, here's a Top 6: 1. "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville 2. "If on a Winter's Night a Traveler" by Italo Calvino 3. "2666" by Roberto Bolano 4. "American Psycho" by Bret Easton Ellis 5. "Mao II" by Don DeLillo 6. "Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace And if I would include Pynchon nevertheless, his 4 books I've read would be above them all, which are in order: "Mason & Dixon", "V.", "Against the Day" and "Slow Learner". But since "Moby Dick" Melville is almost right up there with him. Pure genius. By the way, I saw "Inherent Vice" in the theatre but was shocked how Paul Thomas Anderson simplified and changed the plot (or important points of the book) almost mainstream like and yet put so much details from the source in it, that the whole thing collapsed in a mediocre flick which desperately wanted to be a new "The Big Lebowski". At least in my opinion. It's not a waste of time but you shouldn't expect too much. Anyway, I'm looking forward to more videos from the bookchemist in 2016.

[@TheBookchemist]

+Christian Sidjani Thank you so much for the great feedback - that's a dope top 6 indeed :)! And now more than ever I can't wait to read Against the Day and Mason & Dixon, which I will begin in the next few weeks, once I complete a bit of academic stuff. Thanks for your view on the Inherent Vice movie too, I still haven't watched it and I really don't know what to expect!

[@marlonblade007]

It's interesting that you put Bleeding Edge the top of your list. When I read it I thought TP was on surer ground in his previous novels' epochs (even though they are further away). I have ordered Against The Day, so I'll tackle that soon. I liked your slant, however.

[@TheBookchemist]

I see - weird though, the historical accuracy in Bleeding Edge is one of the things that struck me the most about the book. As someone who grew up in the 90s, it's the first major novel I read in my life that is 100% about my times. Sure, you get lots of people talking about our times, you get Franzen and Chabon and such, but they clearly do so from the perspective of people who grew up in different ages (not that there's anything wrong with that). Bleeding Edge gets the late 90s/early 00s just perfect if you ask me, and that's why I'd wager that Pynchon wrote the book together with his son, or at least made him review it :) good luck with Against the Day though, I'm sure you'll love it!

[@Riesgo]

Love your reviews! Great list.

[@chokingmessiah]

Really great job on the video (as always), your selections are top notch. Hope the new year goes well for you, Happy 2016.

[@TheBookchemist]

+BOHEMIA Thanks as usual - you too have a great 2016 :)!

[@ninebears7896]

Just noticed the pennant, Fueled by Ramen - lol. All we ate in college back in '81 was strawberry pop tarts. Still can't touch one to this day. Great videos, btw. Going to get House of Leaves today, thx.

[@doubleawesometv8687]

Ninebears A late response but „Fueled by Ramen“ is actually a record label, that features acts like Panic! At The Disco.

[@browngirlreading]

Happy holidays Mathe! Congrats on 4000+ subscribers!😆

[@TheBookchemist]

+Brown Girl Reading Thank you so much - have a great 2016 ^^!

[@booksandquestions9135]

The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao for the win! It's fantastic. I read it for the first time this year, and I loved it.

[@Prince8of8pella]

You should read pertersberg by Andrei bely and the ninth configuration by william peter blatty

[@UnseenGlasses]

Thanks for a year of great videos, and best of luck with Finnegans Wake this January. Keep the dream alive!

[@TheBookchemist]

+Ross McLean Alas, this year I spent January 1st away from home for the first time in my life. I will either have to delay my Finnegans ritual or just give up and admit the book won :P

[@UnseenGlasses]

+The_Bookchemist Never let the book win!

[@keithwittymusic]

Next time you'll just have to rank all ten gazillion books you've read that year ;) Once again, you're about two years ahead of me in what you have read, which is lucky for me. You're pretty much an infinite resource. THIS WILL BE A VIDEO SPOILER SO STOP READING IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW, I was so glad to see Bleeding Edge number one. I have my blog set up to release my reviews once per week (I'm about 5 weeks ahead at the moment) and Bleeding Edge will be the first post of 2016 and will certainly also be the best book I review in 2016. I finished it about three weeks ago and nothing has been as good since. I loved it more than any other Pynchon novel, including Mason & Dixon (have you read M&D?) for the exact reasons you get into above: Pynchon critiquing the cold distance created by irony. The conversation near the end of the book (page 330 or so?) between Maxine and Ernie where Ernie speaks of seeing her come home from school as a child and his being unable to process her being so upset by finding out about the tragedies of history is the best moment of any novel I have ever read, no hyperbole. I cannot believe there are so many Pynchon fans who hate the book. It boggles the mind. I only have Vineland, Slow Learner, and Against the Day left by him (and I have failed at finishing Against the Day once before). Anyway, great list, lots of books now added to the list I keep, and here is my shameless self-plug Top Ten I Reviewed in 2015: wittywordplay.wordpress.com/2015/12/21/top-10-books-in-2015/ Cheers.

[@TheBookchemist]

+Keith Witty I'll check out your review of Bleeding Edge for sure! I loved it so much too and I totally agree with you, I'm glad someone else loved it as much. My thesis' supervisor liked it too, but she's not a huge fan of old-school Pynchon (she kinda hates him). I haven't read M&D yet, I'll do it right after Against the Day which I've begun recently and will dedicate myself to within a few weeks; I'm so excited about both. Thanks for the awesome feedback and really, yours' a solid Top 10 for sure :) keep writing those reviews!!

[@keithwittymusic]

wittywordplay.wordpress.com/2016/01/04/bleeding-edge-pynchons-best-book-no-his-worst-no-his-best/

[@T4wsi5w47w7]

10 - The Plague - Albert Camus 9 - A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burguess 8 - Quincas Borba - Machado de Assis 7 - The Comunist Manifesto - Karl Marx 6 - The Work Of Art In The Age of Techonological Reproducibility -Walter Benjamin 5 - Fathers And Sons - Ivan Turgueniev 4 - Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert 3 - The Wasteland - T.S. Eliot 2 - Time And Wind - Erico Verissimo 1 - The firs three volumes of In Search of Lost Time - Marcel Proust

[@TheBookchemist]

+Luiz Barbieri Dope list!

[@T4wsi5w47w7]

Thanks :)

[@vivastory6425]

I loved the Nick Hornby and the Elmore Leonard stories in "McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales." I think it was brilliant that Hornby used outmoded technology like a vcr to predict the future.

[@TheBookchemist]

Oh yeah those two were among the very best! Hornby's story made me want to try some of his novels :)

[@Pantano63]

What are your thoughs on the Inherent Vice movie?

[@80085word69]

My top five this year: 1. Suttree 2. Ham on Rye 3. JR 4. Omensetters Luck 5. Against the Day I really wanted to like The Familiar but I just couldn't get into it. Too much of it feels like a forced gimmick. I might read the second one in the future.

[@TheBookchemist]

+80085word69 Suttree is my favorite McCarthy novel :) and I will be reading Against the Day very shortly (I've already begun it, technically speaking!)! As for the Familiar, I can understand - reading the second one made me realize maybe I was more fascinated by the book's form than its content. There's a very good story in those books, but all the gimmicky bits don't do it much good at the end of the day. If you didn't like the first one, I wouldn't suggest the second - though again, underneath all the bullshit there's a quite interesting story.

[@andymarin6725]

80085word69 I loved Ham on Rye :)

[@bigj10171]

Hey, have you read Vineland? just finished V and I was thinking of going to Vineland next.

[@bigj10171]

+Jonathan Hronopoulos actually think I'll start with white noise

[@TheBookchemist]

+Jonathan Hronopoulos I have, but it's one of those books I'd really have to re-read it. I read Vineland when I had just moved to England for my Erasmus year (it's the book I read on the plane really) and it was definitely a crazy time, so my memories of it are kinda hazy. Not my favorite Pynchon (people usually say it's his weakest), but a pleasant read for sure. And good luck with White Noise, that's a masterpiece ;)

[@bigj10171]

thanks dude, i respect your opinion up on here you seem to be diving into the books that ive been very interested in recently interested in seeing more of your opinion keep up the good work

[@mikeymex_kinda]

Smart putting this link in your goodreads.

[@DanielLopez-pb3zs]

Have you ever read 1984 by George Orwell?

[@TheBookchemist]

+Daniel López Yes indeed :)! There's a video on my channel about my 5 favorite Dystopian novels and I put 1984 first or second (I can't quite remember now, I filmed that one ages ago :P!)!

[@Earbly]

Hey bookchemist! You obviously dedicate a lot of time to reading, what with how many books you finish reading per year. I'm curious what you do outside of reading? Also, I know this is terribly annoying. And feel free to chew me out haha. But "hindsight" is said like "high-nd-site." the "in" part is pronounced like binder (bye-n-der). I thought it was more a pronunciation thing instead of an accent thing, and english is like the anti-christ of phonetics. Anyway man, Sto imparando a parlare la lingua Italiana. I am already decent at French and I always think Italian look so beautiful when written as well as when it's spoken. I just bought Bleeding Edge a few weeks ago, and I was hesitant to read it for I don't know what reason, I thought maybe I wouldn't enjoy it and the beginning starts out a little plain compared to Gravity's Rainbow "A screaming came across the sky." followed by a banana party haha. But your passionate description and very obvious love for the book has convinced me to make it my 3rd book on the go, alongside Infinite Jest (which I also started because of your bottomless pit of respect for the novel) and re-reading Blood Meridian, which might be my own favourite book of all time. And yeah while I was a little young during the '90s (born in '89) I do have memories of the late 90s and of course the early 2000s so I look forward to having some cultural frame of reference (as opposed to Gravity's) Anyway end rant! As always, much love signore and know that you are changing lives for the better. You're book recommendations are altering the course of my mental and spiritual progression, and for that thank you. Maybe someday soon I will give you some quality books to read. Ciao

[@TheBookchemist]

+Earbly Thank you so much for such a comment, it's always great to read feedback like yours! I'm glad I can be of help :) when I'm not reading fiction, I'm often reading more stuff (lol), as in essays, literary theory and all that - as a literature student it's kind of a curse. The single activity I do the most is writing - I am really determined to become a writer someday, even if that's twenty years in the future, and of course I enjoy the process a lot. I have managed to land a few stories on some small magazines and anthologies in the last few years, and I hope I'll someday finally get my long fiction published too. I've got a novel here that I believe is worth something. I also have a huge passion for board games, and I do play a lllot of board games, especially with my girlfriend. There's a huge world of games out there and I've only just begun scratching the surface of all that. I'm also a big music fan (I listen to more or less everything but I have an especially big fondness for everything 80s) and I love movies (and TV series, though in much smaller doses). So yeah, mostly stuff you can do without leaving the house ^^ That's some heavy reading you're doing and kudos for that :) I'm confident you'll appreciate Bleeding Edge, I will probably re-read it sometime during the next months for my postgraduate thesis and just can't wait to dive back in! Thanks a lot for the heads-up on hindsight, I would have otherwise carried on saying it the wrong way for a few years more :P and good luck with your Italian, as a native speaker myself it looks awfully complicated to learn as a second language - but I have foreign friends who learned to speak it brilliantly quite fast, so I know there's hope :)! Thank you again, and have a great week ;)

[@Earbly]

+The_Bookchemist I have a lot of respect for the ambition of writing. Already having a novel written is to me an admirable accomplishment. Just remember no matter what kind of writer you are you'll likely be rejected a thousand times before getting published so don't get discouraged. I myself seem to constantly have writing bubbling up in my brain but I can't seem to find a structure or really a direction to take. I have written a little bit of fiction, a little start of a novel but I don't know where to take it. I feel like it'll be like my photography. When I started I just shot and shot and shot and shot. And took a lot of shit photos. But there were a few gems. But even those over time, I realized weren't that good. But I had kept shooting and eventually I started getting ones that I really felt proud about. So maybe I should just stamp out whatever letters that come through my head, and it'll refine into my own style over time. What gets you writing? Do you have something that lets you click your ideas together into something cohesive? I know Pynchon said that starting with an abstract idea and building a story around it was a lousy way of going about it. But everyone is different. I know a lot of writers don't like those questions, if you don't feel like answering that is no problem. And are you taking school in Italy? Is it an English postgraduate? Do you read your books in Italian translations or in English? So many questions haha. So did you read books like Gravity's Rainbow and IJ in Italian? Also, if you'd like to see some photos of mine, here is my tumblr (not all of these photos are my "art" some are posted for individuals to download) Http://drewramadan.tumblr.com

[@TheBookchemist]

+Earbly Oh yeah I have gotten rejected more times than you can imagine - I really think if I printed every rejection mail I got for each of my stories I'd be easily able to cover the inside of my entire building, lol ^^ and yeah I see what you mean when you talk about your phographs, it was kind of the same for me with my writing ;) As for the writing itself, it's complicated and always kinda different, but generally speaking I start with a nugget of narrative (a twist, and ending, a character's bakcstory or whatever) and I see how I can mix it with other nuggets to create a good story. Usually, two ideas combined generate enough material to carry on forever, all it takes is enthusiasm. And dedication of course (writing is tough!, especially when you're busy with other stuff); I personally found out sometime ago that dedicating at least 30 minutes per day to writing helped me develop a good rhythm. As for your other questions - yep I'm finishing my Master's in English/American Literature in Italy and I'm currently applying for a PhD somewhere in England, we'll see how that goes. Since 2012 I always read English books in the original - alas, I read both IJ and GR before taking that decision, so yes I did read them in Italian. I've since re-read chunks of both in English, but not the whole things. Sure by the way, I'll take a look at your pictures (though I know nothing about photography) - I've checked the first page and they look real cool :)!

[@TheBookchemist]

+Earbly PS, yes by all means do write - that's only my humble suggestion but I've heard it from lots of pros too, it's best to just write and review later rather than to wait until you feel you're 100% sure of what you gotta write :)

[@Earbly]

+The_Bookchemist Thanks a lot monsieur Chemist. It wasn't writing the prose that was blocking me, it was just how to build and move towards the certain little *nuggets* as you call them (and nuggets are made of gold so good choice hah) that I already had in place. And I guess I already knew what I needed to do, I suppose I just really needed to hear it from someone else, and someone who had experience with it as well. So thank you again my friend. Ahh I'm just speaking redundancies now. Just gotta do it. I have a question. Some artists feel that discussing their art, the creation of it, what techniques they use for 'x' situation, their process, and having a group of people who do the same creative outlet is not good for their art, at least in too large of doses. They feel (as far as I have gleaned) it either affects their own art, or just doesn't do other people any good in furthering their art. They feel their art speaks for itself, or they just simply can't stand the company of other artists (bukowski for sure) People like McCarthy, Bukowski, Pynchon. When it comes to my photography (as I don't consider myself a writer at this point) I also follow this philosophy. It's not like I run away at the sight of another photographer, but my comparison is with any long-time friend or group of friends you have. You can't help but slowly over time being affected by your group surrounding you. Your personality, mannerisms etc... You absorb things. I feel the same way about art. That picking and choosing some helpful things, techniques, ideas and such from others can be immensely helpful. But I feel being a part of a photo club or a writer's club just introduces far too much criticism, and too many influences coming in. I feel like moderation is key, because some people may be inclined to surround themselves with artists and constantly show them incomplete work to get feedback. McCarthy says he doesn't even read novels anymore. And I remember Bukowski stating at one point "Read Hemingway, but only once. Otherwise you'll end up writing like him" which to me falls exactly in line with what I'm feeling. That keeping your work to yourself, producing and creating on your own, and then releasing your work to the world ensures you maintain your own style and voice. Otherwise a "too many cooks ruins the soup" situation arises where you are consciously or unconsciously having too many influences or criticisms bothering your flow. I dunno if I've made this clear enough, it's rather late here haha. Have any thoughts on this? Need me to clarify? I've never discussed this with anyone. And I know people are different and some things work and some don't for people.

[@Shaneodell35]

Love your reviews, thank you. I wondered if you ever read memoir, and if so who? I've read a few but I learn a lot from other folks lives. It would be fun to hear you comment from time to time on this genre. Thanks, and hope you step towards your dreams in 2016.

[@TheBookchemist]

+Shane O'Dell Thank you for the great feedback :)! I do not read many memoirs (mostly for lack of time); I read almost only either fiction or academic non-fiction on literary topics. Two memoirs I am very fond of are "A Year on the High Plateau" and The Sergeant in the Snow by Emilio Lussu and Mario Rigoni-Stern respectively. They detail the life of privates during World War I and II respectively; they are hugely humane books and they taught me a lot on the horror of war. I am afraid they might be a bit hard to find outside Italy (Lussu especially). Oh, and one of my favorite books - Dave Eggers' Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - is indeed a memoir, though a very wacky one :)

[@Shaneodell35]

+The_Bookchemist Yeah, I really enjoy Egger's writing too. I will look for those two memoirs you mention. Hopefully they are in English and available in Canada. Thanks.

[@TuanLeKreuk]

what comes after post modernism?

[@Lars19945]

+Malibu Thompson Post-Post modernism

[@TheBookchemist]

+lars moreira leonardo Indeed ;)!

[@TuanLeKreuk]

Meta modernism I.E Shia labeouf

[@Earbly]

+Malibu Thompson Pre-Futurism :P

[@csscszcsgv]

Damn, man... how many hours in a day do you spend reading?

[@TheBookchemist]

+The Naked Ant Not many at all, really - I've got whole weeks in which I read less then half an hour a day (I mean read for pleasure, academic stuff's different). There are indeed days (especially in the summer) when I spend hours and hours reading, but they're pretty rare, and I do know people who read way more than me!

[@blaze34]

Hell, how do you manage to read so many books a year? Really!

[@TheBookchemist]

+br34 I actually know people who read way more than me, and I myself read more than twice this many books a few years ago - when I was still young and strong :P! The only trick is to choose your readings wisely, so that they'll be as good and exciting as to be impossible to put down :)

[@AbstractASMR1]

do u buy all theses books...u must be rich

[@TheBookchemist]

+jesseboy303 I would be so much richer if I didn't! (Seriously though, I get most of them on awesomebooks.co.uk for €3 each)

[@enigma9306]

Dune should be way higher on this list. I don't understand your character criticism at all