1. The histories, Herodotus (ancient history) 2. Complete chronicles of Conan 3. Complete fiction of Lovecraft 4. Sherlock Holmes, Doyle 5. Dracula, Stoker 6. I am legend, Matheson (end of the world) 7. Princess of Mars, Burroughs (mars trilogy science fiction, pulp fiction) 8. Frankenstein 9. Count of Monte Cristo, Dumas 10. Mythology, Edith Hamilton (ancient history) 11. Lord of the rings 12. The big sleep, Chandler (novel) 13. City, Simak (science fiction novel) 14. Time Machine, Wells (science fiction) 15. Maltese Falcon, Hammett (detective) 16. 20'000 leagues under the sea (Jules Verne 17. Tarzan of the apes, Burroughs 18. Les miserables, victor hugo 19. Pet Sematary, Stephen king (horror) 20. Tender is the night, Fitzgerald (doomed relationship) 21. The great god Pan, Machen (fantasy horror) 22. Left hand of Darkness, Ursula Le Guin (science fiction) 23. History of the peloponnesian War, Thycydides (historical war, author lived through it) 24. Brothers Karamazov, Dostoyevsky 25. Gods of Mars, Burroughs (science fiction) 26. She, Haggard (lost world) 27. Bran mak morn, Howard (fantasy Conan, picts vs romans) 28. Dune 29. The big book of the continental OP, Hammet (continental OP saga about detectives) 30. The great gatsby 31. The iliad 32. The shrinking man, Matheson (horror science fiction) 33. Farewell, My lovely, Chandler (mystery) 34. War and Peace, Tolstoy 35. The three musketeers, Dumas 36. The dark eidolon and other fantasies, Smith (short fantasy novels) 37. The war of the worlds, Wells 38. The picture of Dorian Gray, Wilde 39. The martian chronicles, Bradbury (science fiction) 40. The Galton Case, Macdonald (noir) 41. Crime and Punishment, Dostoyevsky 42. Kull Exile of Atlantis, Howard (fantasy Conan) 43. Heart of Darkness 44. Appointment in Samarra 45. Return of Tarzan, Burroughs 46. The hobbit 47. The glass key, Hammett (detective) 48. Jane Eyre, Bronte 49. The odyssee 50. Treasure island, Stevenson (pirate) 51. The way some people die, Macdonald (detective) 52. Day of the Triffids, Wyndham (killer plants, end of the world) 53. Anabasis, Xenophon (persian expedition) 54. At the earth's core (lost world adventure) 55. Caves of Steel, Asimov (science fiction) 56. Island of doctor moreau, Wells 57. Ancient sorceries and other weird stories, Blackwood 58. Dark Gods, Klein (horror novels) 59. The Long goodbye, Chandler 60. For whom the bell tolls, Hemingway 61. Best of Richard matheson (short fiction) 62. The woman in white, Collins (novel) 63. King Solmon's mines (cowboy) 64. Ivanhoe, Scott (classic adventure novel middle ages) 65. The death of Grass, Christopher (famine and end of civilization) 66. Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck 67. History of Rome, Livy (ancient history) 68. Night shift, Stephen King (horror stories) 69. Why not you and I, Wagner (horror stories) 70. Solomon Kane, Howard (pulp) 71. Best served cold, Abercrombie (fantasy revenge) 72. Copperfield, Dickens 73. Hell House, Matheson (haunted house) 74. Egypt, Greece and Rome, Freeman (ancient history of the ancient mediterannean) 75. House on the borderland (horror) 76. Allan Quatermain, Haggard (cowboy) 77. The histories, Polybius (Rise of the Roman Empire) 78. East of Eden, Steinbeck 79. Earth abides, Stewart (end of the world science fiction) 80. Bloodstone, Wagner (fantasy) 81. Gardens of the moon, Erikson (fantasy novel) 82. A tale of two cities, dickens 83. Hellenika, Xenophon (ancient history) 84. The haunting of hill house, jackson 85. Legend, Gemell (fantasy) 86. the lost world, arthur conan doyle (dinos) 87. Time and the gods, lord dunsany (fantasy) 88. Salem's lot, Stephen King (vampires) 89. The blade itself, abercrombie (fantasy series) 90. Campaigns of alexander, arrian 91. Planet of the apes 92. elric, moorcock (fantasy) 93. The lottery and other stories, Jackson (short stories packing a punch) 94. Moving target, Macdonald (first book in series) 95. Robots of Dawn, Asimov 96. Complete tales and poems of edgar alan poe 97. Land that time forgot (fantasy novel) 98. Musashi, Yoshikawa (japanese historical novel) 99. Darkness weaves (dark fantasy) 100.Journal of the gun years (dark western)
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Holy Smoke! Thanks!
@TimmacTR
2 жыл бұрын
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 Tends to happen when a channel grows.. ;)
@williamgragilla7007
Жыл бұрын
Good list. Having read many of those, today I finished the Silmarillion also by JRR Tolkien. For Hobbit & LOTR fans, The Silmarillion is pure gold and will always be on my top ten GOAT books that brought me joy reading.
@hplitzko8477
3 ай бұрын
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 You should read lonesome dove. If it not appears on a 100 list it indicates that it wasn´t read.
@kku6857
2 ай бұрын
Lonesome dove I have to read it one day, the tv seriers arr also great
@imsathyasekar
2 жыл бұрын
Truly an achievement. First, that you managed to get your thoughts together to put together a list of 100, and then you have presented it so well!! Really enjoyed the last. Happy to see a lot of my favourites on your list!
@larryyonce
2 жыл бұрын
Nice to see which writers and genres press your reading pleasure buttons! I too have a soft spot for Edith Hamilton's _Mythology_ Got me interested in that subject at a young age. Great video and thanks for showing all those covers.
@thebookishbryants
2 жыл бұрын
One of my all-time favorite videos by one of the greatest Booktubers around. Thank you for the work I know it took to make this awesome video. This entire list are books I have read or books I want to read. Excellence! Scott.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I’m very sorry there were no alien romances on this list (does Princess of Mars count?)but my taste has always been questionable. I’m so glad you liked the video! This was one of my nuttier ideas! I was annoyed with myself while I was putting in all those pictures but I guess it turned out okay.
@thebookishbryants
2 жыл бұрын
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 Becky says Princess of Mars counts! It has aliens and romance!
@richardsonreads573
2 жыл бұрын
An amazing, impressive romp through your reading life. I thoroughly enjoyed this. Great stuff.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I’m glad you liked it! My iPhone got a workout making this one. So many pictures!
@sgriffin9960
2 жыл бұрын
This list must have taken a long time to put together! Nice to see that someone else appreciates Clifford D. Simak! Read Bran Mak Morn this year and loved it. Will be adding other books on your list to my TBR of course. Wishing you health and happiness this year!
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Ha! Yes, this took a lot longer than usual. That was a lot of photos to put in!
@dannyplaza5474
2 ай бұрын
I have such a hard time finding obscure gems of literature. You are definitely my go to for discovery of books that i never even thought about! Thank you so much expanding my knowledge of books to read beyond The NY Times bestseller lists ( not that there is anything wrong with that)! I love books, and your a great resource to expand my knowledge of the very best out there!
@josephcusumano2885
2 жыл бұрын
Ah, ok thanks! Btw I love all of your videos and this list is remarkable. I've ready some of these books and looking forward to reading many more of them! Thanks again!
@janicecuroso1042
2 жыл бұрын
So glad to see Hemingway on your list...and of course Dracula is also a favorite of mine. Its really hard to find Tarzan books at the used bookstores here. I wonder why...I love your list. Good job!
@gb5834
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Michael!! A lot of great finds for me here. Books I would have never thought of reading without your list!!
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
I’m glad this list was good for something! Thanks for watching!
@LadyJaneBooks
2 жыл бұрын
I cannot image how long you spent working on this. And I am so glad you did because it was WELL WORTH IT! I loved hearing about this list and your favoirate books. Happy New Year!
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
This one did take a minute. All those pictures! Thanks so much for your kind words. It means a lot coming from someone who makes such great videos.
@PaxPanic
2 жыл бұрын
What an amazing undertaking.... The fact you can put this together at all is amazing to me! Very cool!
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I don’t usually drink but when I do I come up with insane ideas like this.
@BrandonsBookshelf
2 жыл бұрын
wow what an epic video! Love that you just went for it and so many wonderful reads in here!. Happy 2022!
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Happy New Year to you!
@barbaraboethling596
2 жыл бұрын
Super video! So many great ideas here that I have to rewatch it with a pen&paper. I was excited to hear you mention Musashi . I have a copy I've been meaning to read. This must be the year! Happy New Year dude!
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
And happy New Year to you! Thanks for watching!
@urosmaric4329
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Michael, i loved the video! The list was quite diverse and interesting. I have one question /request though : can you, sometimes in the future, make a video on ancient history books, go through your favourite ancient writers and tell us which modern versions are the best. I think that would be very entertaining!
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
You got it! More ancient history on the way.
@mushfiquefahim141
Жыл бұрын
I strongly second this suggestion. Would love some directions on where to start with ancient writers, which editions to get. Also if you could throw some light on the extent of historical accuracy on part of the authors, that would be great! Great list, great video, Michael!
@revenantreads
2 жыл бұрын
Great list! Love the mix of classics and pulp!
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Classics and pulp is kind of my thing.
@StephanieJCohen
2 жыл бұрын
This is an impressive list! I kept wondering where Herodotus was going to be when you mentioned several other ancient works. :). I love Edith Hamilton’s Mythologies too. It was a gateway for me as well.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Herodotus has to be number 1!
@ItsTooLatetoApologize
2 жыл бұрын
Wow!! What a list! So many great recommendations. I can’t wait to start my 2022 reading.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I’m glad you liked it!
@neorich59
2 жыл бұрын
Love these lists. I've just started reading "the Left Hand of Darkness," on your recommendation (from another list) I found the first few chapters hard going, but I'm beginning to ease into it now! 😉📚
@MichaelRomeoTalksBooks
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent list. I actually got excited over some of the titles as they popped up. Well done.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@rileysimmons876
Жыл бұрын
I love the list. I enjoy knowing I have some of these great works of art on my book shelf. Surprised To not see the divine comedy on your list!
@MsReadsAlot
2 жыл бұрын
I don’t think I could come up with a list of 100 in order. Very impressive. I just read I am legend in December 😍 I have read many of your top 10 but not all. Thanks for sharing!
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome! I appreciate you watching this self indulgent video!
@warlockofwordschannel7901
6 ай бұрын
Great list, subscribed.
@knittingbooksetc.2810
2 жыл бұрын
Loved this! Happy New Year!
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Happy New Year to you!
@wildmanz8233
2 жыл бұрын
Happy New Year!🎊🎉 Great list. I make these lists on scrap paper all the time. Melville, Conrad, Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoyevsky always make it along with most of the ancient Greek and Romans I've read. Despite forcing myself to read postmodernism and current literature, most of it doesn't resonate with me. Definitely need to read more classic pulp fiction; there's a lot of fun to be had!
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
I do love the pulp! I also like making lists on scraps of paper.
@TH3F4LC0Nx
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, this was an ambitious undertaking! Not sure I could have pulled this kind of thing off! 😅 Very interesting stuff, and you really covered the entire spectrum pretty much. It was cool to see The House on the Borderland on here; that book is so obscure now I was glad to see someone else who knows about it. And I was happy to see Frankenstein so near the top; that book is my favorite ever! 😀
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Of course I have the five volume hardcover edition of William Hope Hodgson. Thanks for watching!
@BartelsBookshelf
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing list! Sensory overload, but in a good way. I love listening to a person who's passionate about books just dump a ton of 'em on me, lol. Lots of stuff I need to check out, but Count of Monte Cristo is definitely up there for me too. 😊
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
I love the Count! “How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure.”
@stevengentry9396
2 жыл бұрын
That's an impressive achievement, and a wonderful list to watch. So many great books in there! I can't even imagine trying to list the 100 favorites. Not only would the list constantly be changing around, but the minute I decided on 100, there would be hundreds of, "oh, yeah, there's that one, too" moments that would take me back to the beginning. I really enjoyed your video.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I’m so glad you liked it!
@ihavenohair1975
2 жыл бұрын
Loved seeing "Musashi" make your list. Possibly my #1, top 5 anyways. Perhaps the best first sentence of any book I've read
@KrishnaMathias
Жыл бұрын
Howard's Conan was great, was surprised and delighted to see it on your list.
@wolffenhaus
Жыл бұрын
Yes to so many of these books and yes to some new explorations. Thank you.
@DebMcDonald
2 жыл бұрын
Happy New Year! Very impressive video. I’m sure it was a labor of love.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Well… it was a labor!
@RossMcgowanMaths
Жыл бұрын
Every year I compile a list of books and send them to my family and they each buy me one from the list for Christmas. I have added a couple from your video , Dune and Herodotus. Thank you for for such a varied list of books.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching!
@tathagata74
Жыл бұрын
Liked this list immensely! Got to know the titles of quite a few new novels! And yes, number 42, Heart of Darkness! One of the best books ever written. I am currently teaching it to my students 😃
@GypsyRoSesx
Жыл бұрын
Superb list. I love that you read older books.
@AJDunnReadsandWrites
2 жыл бұрын
Happy New Year, Mike! Great video! I can't imagine being able to rank 100 videos.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
It wasn’t easy!
@fiberartsyreads
2 жыл бұрын
Loved it-I’ve read some of these but not too many. 😬 I’m reading Dracula for the first time now and enjoying it.
@anotherbibliophilereads
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing list. True commitment getting all those covers up. Fortunately my software does have that feature so I can’t do a top 100.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
I did it all with Videoshop on my iPhone. It took a while!
@joncrary8924
Жыл бұрын
I read Appointment In Samarra last year. My god, what a phenomenally engrossing read from page 1 to the end! The whole idea of the "tragic flaw". One of my faves of all time!
@paulstrathdee
2 жыл бұрын
Loved it. Took lots of notes!
@bookssongsandothermagic
2 жыл бұрын
SO !!! - I watched the video with a notepad so I could note down what you said, and then comment properly on it. You've also inspired me to write my 100 books....which I have done but I'm going to do a video for them in May, which will be the 2nd anniversary of when I turned this channel into a "bookcentric", booktuber channel. ANYWAY - I expected to see lots of crossover - and there were loads of books that crossed over into my taste. Just quickly I see that you're a massive fan of Matheson (in my top 5 writers of all time), King, Moorcock's Elric books, Steinbeck, Boulle, Shirley Jackson, HG Wells, Wyndham, Homer, Tolkien, Bradbury, Le Guin and loved that I AM Legend was so high in the list. I have very little knowledge of Conan or Burroughs books, so I will definitely be delving into those this year. (there's a 2nd hand book shop down the road that's bound to have something I can start with....hopefully Tarzan of the Apes). Great, great list. Loved seeing the video. Love the crime books you mentioned too - I delved into Elmore Leonard last year and really enjoyed it - I will look into Chandler and Hammett. Oh, and you've inspired me to make a History book video too - I have tons of history books because I have a Bachelors Degree in History, so I had to buy loads and loads of History books. I will choose my 10 favourites. I was planning on doing a general non-fiction one, but I could do one that focuses on History, then does other non-fiction like Philosophy and social commentary after....? Anyway, thanks for getting my thinking and influencing what I'm doing. Happy New Year Michael.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Happy New Year to you! I’m so glad you enjoyed the video! I did the whole thing on my phone so it was a bit time consuming. I can’t wait to see yours, and the history video! I think you will like Hammett and Chandler a lot.
@nathanfoung2347
2 жыл бұрын
You had me at Musashi. Great list, this just blew up my book budget.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Sorry to destroy your budget!
@duffypratt
2 жыл бұрын
Love an eclectic list without pretension. There’s not much intersection with what I might come up with if I was brave enough to make such a list, but Ihave to admit that I love all the spots where we would overlap. Surprised you don’t include anything g from the other McDonald brothers (John and Philip). You make me think that I should dive into some of the ancient histories. Also, We Have Always Lived in the Castle is Jackson’s best book.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
You know, I have to give We Have Always Lived in the Castle another look. I remember it being really good.
@mattlawyer3245
Жыл бұрын
Got some good suggestions from this list, and a few books I’ve never heard of before. Thanks!
@michaelk.vaughan8617
Жыл бұрын
You are very welcome. Thanks for watching!
@MayberryBookclub
2 жыл бұрын
This was great fun, thank you and Happy New Year! But no Flaubert!? And now I am going to order the landmark Herodotus! All the best!
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
How did I miss Flaubert!? Thanks so much for watching!
@supernova1969
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for this important list. In my past 61 years I read many of the titles you mentioned. I may add The Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh, and The Dictionary of the Kazars " Hazarski Rêćnik " by Milorad Pavić, as well as the Metamorphosis by Ovid. Thanks a lot
@andreaschneider6202
7 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this presentation. 🙏
@carlosbranca8080
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, i have been recommending T.E.D Kleins works for 30 years! The Ceremonies is my favorite horror novel of all time. It pointed me to Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood, Ambrose Bierce, Lord Dunsany, etc. Dark Gods 4 stories are amazing. Too bad he only wrote those 2 books. Great list as always! Great way to start the year.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yeah, T. E. D Klein didn’t write much but what he did write was fantastic.
@PlaguedbyVisions
2 жыл бұрын
This is the Booktube equivalent of sensory overload. If I tried to make a video like this it would be 20 hours long. You are a master!
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Ha! The Master of Nonsense! I had a glass of wine ( a rare occasion) and thought this would be a good idea! My poor iPhone was overheating from moving around all those pictures!
@kyrilldijkstra3341
2 жыл бұрын
The moment I saw ancient history books I was waiting for Herodotus, never imagined you would put him at number 1. I'm from the Netherlands and my twin brother finished gymnasium with ancient greek. Incidentally his exam subject was the histories by herodotus, so we got a good laugh out of that. Aside from that, thank you for the goldmine of new books I'd never even heard of before! Greetings from the Netherlands
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Greetings! I hope all is well in the Netherlands!
@tiandao8503
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad I'm not the only one who love the Mars series. It was my gateway drug into SF and reading as well. Yeah, its pulpy, but it's so much fun.
@BookBlather
2 жыл бұрын
WHAT A LIST !!! And so many that I shamefully haven’t read yet. This was great!
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
No shame! You would like most of these though!
@Shellyish
2 жыл бұрын
This is quite the list. More Steinbeck than I would’ve imagined. I completely agree with your Gatsby ranking. Your number one surprised me a bit.
@Dems-fk8sh
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Michael, yes, I've read Herodotus too ! What a great book about all these different tribes. It is in that book that I learned of the Cimmerians and as a result about Conan.
@DamnableReverend
2 жыл бұрын
What an incredible list! Got to read some of these Ross macdonald and Karl Edward Wagner books, among others. I've read the other Chandlers mentioned ut not Farewell my lovely. Really want to get into Joe Abercrombie as well.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Abercrombie is really good and keeps getting better. Thanks for the kind words!
@ibrahimchaiben5016
Жыл бұрын
i watch this video one every few months, it's so satisfying for a book lover 😌
@MarilynMayaMendoza
2 жыл бұрын
Hello Michael, even though I don’t read fantasy or much science fiction except for one that I’ll tell you later, I found some books of your favorites that are favorites of mine. First, I love Raymond Chandler and have read all of his books and loved all of his books. I also love mystery and thus Sherlock Holmes. I am about to read my first science fiction book called Fahrenheit 451. Aloha
@Toracube
2 жыл бұрын
Some list! Just ordered Hammet's Continental OP... So relieved to see it in there. Thanks MKV
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
I love those Op stories! Great stuff!
@maryfeeney5240
Жыл бұрын
Wow, what a quirky list! Loads of books i would never have considered, but many I’d like to explore. I like pulp fiction, and hard-boiled detective stories, but will have to eliminate all the horror stories, just because my imagination has always been overheated. And i want to read some ancient history, because I adored I,Claudius, but never knew where to go next. Thanks, Michael.
@AnneEWilliamson
2 жыл бұрын
Gosh...100 books. Wow. So many of my favorites are on this list too! The Lost World. King Solomon's Mines. For Whom the Bells Toll. Crime and Punishment. Les Miserables. Dracula So many greats! And a few of these I'll be adding to my TBR!
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it! This was one of my less sane ideas.
@carenome1
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent list. Bravo.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@jasongeis679
2 жыл бұрын
Loved this video. Really fun seeing your wide ranging tastes. I was thrilled to see Gardens of the Moon on your list. How far have you made it into Malazan thus far? Also, have you read The Book of the New Sun or any Gene Wolfe? If you have, I would love to know what criticisms disqualified it from your list. Thanks!
@margaretpulley5194
2 жыл бұрын
I'm so happy you make these videos. It has really helped me to create a do-able TBR list for myself: Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky Billy Summers by Stephen King Dracula Frankenstein Histories by Herodotus Anna Karenina Ulysses Woman in White by Wilkie Collins Conan by Robert H. Howard The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (père) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo SHE by H. Rider Haggard The Complete Sherlock Holmes by AC Doyle Lost World by AC Doyle I am Legend by Richard Matheson Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I've already read some of your recommendations that I would never have discovered on my own and they were very enjoyable. Tarzan and A Princess of Mars are only two of them. THANK YOU!
@TheMikester307
Жыл бұрын
What a wonderful list!
@michaelk.vaughan8617
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@BL-mf3jp
20 күн бұрын
I love the hobbit and those map history ancient text books seem interesting. Thanks for the recommendations
@Monsterblood
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome list, even though I haven't read most of these 😅 Really thought Dracula was going to be number one! It would take me forever to put together a top 100, lol. I will say though, there are about 7 or 8 books on your list that would make mine
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
I did this in a day! It was a tough video actually. So many pictures!
@jamesholder13
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome list!
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks James!
@2024FingersCrossed
2 жыл бұрын
I love the fact that you read across genres. I will check out the ones I haven't read.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Great! Thanks for watching!
@GinaStanyerBooks
2 жыл бұрын
I can’t even remember 100 books I’ve read! You’re killing this booktube thing.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Ha! I nearly killed myself with this list!
@bookfantastic
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. I read 53 and a few more of them are here queued up to be read.
@akajkyt
Жыл бұрын
I’m just imagining the pain of downloading all the cover pictures and adding them to the video 😂 Great video
@michaelk.vaughan8617
Жыл бұрын
It took forever!
@bookssongsandothermagic
2 жыл бұрын
WOW - 100 of all time....I am going to watch this with a notepad and see what crossovers there are and hunt the ones I don't know or haven't read yet. Can't wait.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Ha! Thanks! There should be some crossover considering your great taste in books!
@dandelves
Жыл бұрын
Completely different to my list but well done on creating a top 100 👏
@michaelk.vaughan8617
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@jeremyfee
2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful list! I think you forgot to include House of Leaves, and maybe Three Musketeers could be higher on the list, but I love it!
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
I haven’t read House of Leaves yet!
@jeremyfee
2 жыл бұрын
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 Ah, perhaps on the next update then. :)
@sidclark1953
Жыл бұрын
Serge Aksakov's memoirs, "Years of Childhood" and "A Russian School Boy", are amazingly good.
2 жыл бұрын
I just received a used copy of the very first Book I read. On Christmas of 1945 my grandmother gifted me a copy of 'Bertram's Trip To The North Pole'. That began my life haunting libraries. Two years later I was able to finish Moby Dick and I still have books waiting to be read. Thank you for entertaining us.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@jamesfetcho6315
2 жыл бұрын
GEEZZZZ. How many of these book I have read. LoL. I liked how You threw in ....it's not Rubbish 🗑 for a certain someone. LoL 🤣 I would have different top 100 , but what's crazy is out of all of these books only 29 of them I haven't read, and 8 of them I have in line 2 read . Most of the books I haven't read are those Detective type books. Outside of Sherlock Holmes. I've really never read many. LoL. Great Video Michael 👍😁👍
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yeah, I’m not sure if our Bookish Reporter friend watched this but I had him in mind.
@jamesfetcho6315
2 жыл бұрын
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 👍😁👍
@garylovisi357
2 жыл бұрын
Michael, great job on a most difficult subject, only 100? What about best 1,000? Just kidding. You have a good mix and hit most of the high spots. Liked seeing those vintage Paperback Covers also. Outstanding job!
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Gary! It took a while to do this one because of all those pictures.
@charlescarpenter9000
2 жыл бұрын
Another great novel, the first of all novels, is Don Quixote. I've read it four times, and once in the original Spanish (very difficult). The English translation by Edith Grossman is tops.
@CoolAssasin
Жыл бұрын
Here's the whole list of books mentioned in this video- 100. Journal of the Gun Years- Richard Matheson 99. Darkness Weaves- Karl Edward Wagner 98. Mushashi- Eiji Yoshikawa 97. The land that time forgot- Edgar Rice Burroughs 96. The complete poems and Tales- Edgard Allen Poe 95. The robots of dawn- Issac Asinov 94. The moving target- Ross Mcdonald 93. The lottery and other stories- Shirley 92. Elrich of Melnibone- Michael Moorcock 91. Planet of the Apes- Pierre Boulle 90. The campaign of Alexander - Arrian 89. The first Law- Joe Abercrombie 88. Salem's Lot - Stephen King 87. Time and the Gods- Lord Dunsany 86. The lost world- Arthur conan Doyle 85. Legend- David Gemmell 84. The haunting of hill house- Shirley Jackson 83. Helenika- Xenophon's 82. A tale of two cities- Charles Dickens 81. Gardens of the Moon- Steven Ericson 80. Bloodstone- Carl edward Wagner 79. Earth Abides- George R. steward 78. East of Eden- John Steinbeck 77. The rise of the roman Empire- Polybius 76. Allen Quatermain- H. Rider haggard 75.The house on borderland-William Hope Hodgson 74. Egypt, Greece and Rome- Charles Freeman 73. Hell house- Richard Matheson 72. David copperfield- Charles Dickens 71. Best served cold- Joe Abercrombie 70. Soloman Kane- Robert E Howard 69. Why not you and I- Karl Edward Wagner 68. Night shift- Stephen King 67. History of Rome- Livy 66. The grapes of wrath- John Steinbeck 65. The death of Grass- John Cristopher 64. Ivanhoe:A Romance- Sir Walter Scott 63. King Soloman's Mine- H. Rider haggard 62. The woman in white- Wilkie Collins 61. The best of Richard Matheson 60. For whom the bell tolls- Ernest Hemingway 59. The long goodbye- Raymond Chandler 58. Dark Gods- T.E.D Klien 57. Ancient Sorceries and other weierd stories- Algernon Blackwood 56. The island of Dr. Moreau- H.G Wells 55. The caves of steel- Issac Asimav 54. At the earth's core- Edgar rice Burroughs 53. Anabasis- Xenophon's 52. The day of triffids- John Wyndham 51. The way some people die- Ross Mcdonald 50. Treasure Island- Robert Louis Stevenson 49. The Odessey- Homer 48. JANE EYRE- Charlotte Bronte 47. The glass Key- Dashielle Hammett 46. The hobbit- JRR Tolkein 45. The return of Tarzar- Edgar Rice Burroughs 44. Appointment in Samarra- John O'hara 43. Heart of Darkness- Joseph Conrad 42. KULL- Robert E Howard 41. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky 40. The Galton Case- John Ross Mcdonald 39. The Martian Chronicles- Ray Bradbury 38. The picture of Dorian grey - Oscar Wilde 37. The War of the worlds- HG Wells 36. The dark Eidolon and other fantasies- Clark Ashton Smith 35. The three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas 34. War and Peace- Leo Tolstoy 33. Farewll, My Lovely- Raymond Chandler 32. The shrinking Man- Richard Matheson 31. The Iliod Homer- Robart Eagles 30. The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald 29. Continent Op- Dashielle Hammett 28. DUNE- Frank Herbert 27. Bran Mak Morn- Robert E Howard 26. SHE- H. Rider Haggard 25. The gods of Mars- Edgar rice Burroughs 24. The brothers Karamazov- Fyodor Dostoevsky 23. The history of Peloponnesian War- Thucydides 22. The left hand of darkness- Usrula Ke le Guin 21. The great God pan and other horror stories- Arthur Machen 20. Tender is the night- F. Scott Fitzgerald 19. Pet Sematary - Stephen King 18. Les Miserables- Victor Hugo 17. Tarzan of the Apes- Edgar rice Burroughs 16. Twenty thousand leagues under the sea- Jules Verne 15. The Maltiese Falcon- Dashielle Hammett 14. The time machine- HG Wells 13. CITY- Clifford E. Simak's 12. The big sleep- Raymond Chandler 11. The lord of the Rings- JRR Tolkein 10. Mythology - Edith Hamilton 9. The count of Monte Cristo- Alexandre Dumas 8. Frankenstein- Mary Shelley 7. A Princess of Mars- Edgar Rice Burroughs 6. I Am Legend- Richard Matheson 5. Dracula- Bram Stoker 4. The complete Sherlock Holmes- Arthur conan Doyle 3. The complete fiction of H.P Lovecraft 2. The complete chronicles of CONAN- Robert E. Howard 1. The Histories- HERODOTUS P.S- forgive for spell mistakes, if any Thanks and have a wonderful day ahead!
@michaelk.vaughan8617
Жыл бұрын
Wow! Thanks!
@CoolAssasin
Жыл бұрын
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 A comment from you!! Means a lot Sir 😇 Thanks a lot for sharing these beautiful ranking recommendations for us book lovers ❤️ Lots of Love and good wishes!
@Welther47
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the list. I see we like much the same. I'll look up the ones I don't know; if you love them, there's a good chance I'll too.
@DuncanMcCurdie
2 жыл бұрын
The Long Goodbye might be my favourite Chandler novel. It is surprisingly emotional. Farewell My Lovely is also great and was the first Chandler novel to be adapted to film. Dick Powell did an awesome job as Chandler in the 1944 version, which included a trippy drug scene and had Mike Mazurka as Moose Malloy.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
I saw that Dick Powell movie! It was great! I had it on VHS!
@Zozette27
2 жыл бұрын
I would have quite a few of these on my 100 favourite lists including War of the Worlds, Sherlock, 20000 Leagues, The Shrinking Man, Death of Grass, Day of the Triffids, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Earth Abides. Other books would probably make my top 100 if I reread them but I am hesitant to put them on the list at the moment. Two books that would not be on my top 100 would be ‘Hell House’ and ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ both of which I listened to in 2020. For some reason I do not usually find ghost books to be interesting - they tend to be placed in with zombies which I am also rarely interested in.
@stews9
Жыл бұрын
Compelling list, interested me the whole way through, and I concur with probably 99.732%. Wow.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I did this video one year ago today, I think. All those pictures!
@macos-brasil1814
2 жыл бұрын
Nice top 100! i'm currently reading War and Peace, but slowly due to my busy month at work. Why do we need to work so much? Anyway, i've finished "Amityville" by Jan Anson, very scary indeed and maybe Roger could buy it to you. Very nice if you like Dracula. PS: I would send you a copy but I'm from another planet and my spaceship broke down and crashed in Brazil, so apparently my space money worth nothing over here :(
@snowysnowyriver
2 жыл бұрын
I was amazed to find out that I have read 37 books out of your 100!
@ABFrank.
2 жыл бұрын
'The Haunting of Hill House, it's not rubbish!' 😄 I forgot to go back and watch this list, David Gemmell would be somewhere on my list as well
@frankmorlock1403
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting list. You included Classic Histories (Herodotus, Xenophon, Thucyides, etc). That surprised me in a pleasant way. If I made a list like that, I'd suggest including not only the writers you've chosen but In Addition : Hume's History of England, Voltaire's Age of Louis XIV, Charles XII, and Macaulay's Essays. I'd also include Machiavelli's History of Florence, The Prince and The Discourses. In my own case I'd also include Platos' Dialogues, Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics, and some of Hegel (He's very hard to read) and Several works by Karl Marx, and Sigmund Freud. And I almost forgot Nietzche. It might be better to divide fiction and history and Philosophy into separate lists. Writers or books I would include are: Voltaire, Candide, Melville Moby Dick and Billy Budd, Flaubert Madame Bovary, Turgenev Father's and Sons. Some Zola, Maupassant and Chekov. Oh, and last but not least Tomas Wolfe--Look Homeward Angel. I also noted the complete absence of dramas. No Shakespeare, no Sophocles, no Oscar Wilde, or Bernard Shaw. That doesn't surprise me because most people don't think of theater as literature for reasons I don't understand. Some of the world's best literature was written as drama or comedy. Because of the great role theater has played in my life and as a writer/translator that's hard for me to accept. But I have to because it is a fact. Still, it's an excellent list not too heavily weighted to books written in the last 25 years or so.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Of course, this is a list of favorites not works judged on their literary quality or type of book. Your list would certainly be interesting! Thanks for the well thought out comment.
@frankmorlock1403
2 жыл бұрын
All the books I suggested are favorites of mine regardless of their literary merit. More interesting might be to list the ones that influenced me the most. In my case that would mean those which influenced me most as a person and those which influenced me most as a writer. When I was 16, I read War and Peace, Look Homeward Angel, and Fathers and Sons. They had a powerful impact on me personally. I also read some Machiavelli, to be explicit: The Prince and the Discourses. They changed the way I looked at life or solidified the way I looked at it in directions it was already inclined towards. I was particularly impressed by Look Homeward Angel because Wolfe's troubled family life struck rather close to home. And one day, I picked up a book of Modern Drama which collected plays from the 1900's. The three that really influenced me were in no particular order: Sudermann's Magda (about a Prussian girl whose strict father kicked her out of the house for having a love affair. Years later, now a famous Opera Diva, she wants to return home but still meets opposition from her disapproving father. Ferenc Molnar's Lilliom about a circus roustabout who is a devil with ladies, and Schnitzler's wistful plays about lover affairs and their consequences. These opened my eyes to what drama could do and from that point on, I was hooked.
@andersonxaviersilva
7 ай бұрын
None Bernard Cornwell? One of the best authors to describe medieval battles! He manages to bring you into the battlefield in a brutally visceral way! Well, it's your list anyway, cheers! Great list, great channel!
@CriminOllyBlog
2 жыл бұрын
Number 69: Why not you and I… I see what you did there 😂
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Nothing gets by you!
@KARINA29534
2 жыл бұрын
Wtf 🤯
@TheFiown
2 жыл бұрын
I just bought a 1962 set of eleven novels by Daphné du Maurier in French and heavilly and beautifully illustrated by Fontanarosa, really gorgeous hardbacks with see through jackets protecting illustrated covers, so pleased, paid 1 euro each. I have read them in English but am curious to see how they read in French, I don't usually read French translations of English, just Spanish.
@jansmith9391
2 жыл бұрын
You are admirably widely read. Jane Eyre and Tarzan and a lot in between!
@SONManiac
Жыл бұрын
Since it is not on your list, I just wondered if you have ever read anything by Clark Asthin Smith, since he was a good friend of Robert E. Howard and Lovecraft? Also have you read anything by Gene Wolfe? He is my favorite and from what I have heard, a lot of people believe he is the "best" Fantasy/Scifi author ever. Love your channel btw! :)
@michaelk.vaughan8617
Жыл бұрын
I love Clark Ashton Smith.
@Manays
11 ай бұрын
Little bit late to the party, but out of these historical books, which ones would you heavily recommend, as well as any others that didn’t make it to the list?
@ibrahimchaiben8127
7 ай бұрын
My favorite video ever, watched so many times! I've read most of them and a looot of them based on your recommendation. Have you read: One Hundred Years of Solitude Don Quijote Anna Karenina 1984 Midnight's Children Moby Dick ??
@michaelk.vaughan8617
7 ай бұрын
I have not read Midnights Children
@KARINA29534
2 жыл бұрын
I love your taste in books
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@nefraial
2 жыл бұрын
Was there a method or a reasoning or any particular decision that influenced your choice of covers shown for each book? As in, is this the actual copy read, the one you'd suggest reading, the art cover you like the best, the publication you prefer, the translation you liked? Or any multiple of reasons?
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
I tended just to go for a cover I liked. Often the cover I liked best didn’t have great image quality so I just went with the best I could get. And I was rushing to get this done so I couldn’t search too extensively.
@Messihaz
2 жыл бұрын
Solid list
@michaelk.vaughan8617
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@DuncanMcCurdie
2 жыл бұрын
Oh I watched a silly film noir the other week called, “The Treasure of Monte Cristo”. It basically involved a descendent of Edmond Dantes. It was great fun though.
@conradjones3507
Жыл бұрын
Love the list however I would put East of Eden at first for my favourite but I very much respect the list.
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