My Favorite Series
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Don't worry guys! Mistborn is still one of my favorite series too! I'd probably rank it as number 6 at the moment but it could easily be swapped out to be on the list too 😃
Ha, I was literally about to post how sad I was that MISTBORN had been deposed.
Of course you could always just say - due to Mistborn and Stormlight taking place in the same star cluster - that when you say Stormlight you actually mean Cosmere ;-) :-P
That just means you need to reread it soon, right? :D
I’ve just read Mistborn for the first time it enters my top 5 as it leaves yours :)
I cannot stand Brandon Sanderson and dislike his books. I honestly can't wrap my head around his popularity beyond that he slingshoted it off the back of a better author.
I’m straight trippin over how small those lord of the rings books are💀💀💀
My dad bought me the books but it was like this one large book with all the stories and now seeing how small the books are, I have mixed emotions😳😂
How small must the letters be?
@@mitchierainbow7353 it's a smaller version....so all the writing is smaller but still has the same content as the normal book....
They are quite cute, but my eyes probably can't take that font size.
I have those editions
When you watch Merphy regularly and already know what series are going to be there and especially what's on the number 1 spot 😎😏
She did surprised me by putting HP all the way down at 5. I thought would be #3.
Yesss!!
My top five
1. The King killer Chronicles
2. Harry Potter
3. The Stormlight Archive’s
4. Mistborn
5. Game of Thrones
Some other good ones are Six of Crows and Beyond the Shadows.
Yeah man cool, for me gentlemen bastarfs ar3 is my ducking favoritr
RE: Strong platonic relationships
I've been reading a lot lately about how a lot of classic literature/epic poetry (even the occasional nonfiction historical account/biography) is lost on modern audiences because we no longer have strong, passionate, platonic relationships; in the modern era, passion and devotion is for romance only.
It's so sad 😔
@@merphynapier42 Apparently, one of the main sources of confusion that it causes is that modern people will read older works and come away interpreting strong friendships as gay romances instead, even in works where such a thing would not be present just because of the culture and time period the work came from.
I wish I had an article or essay I could refer you to on the topic, but it's just been something I've seen mentioned as a brief aside in articles about other things.
@@nachofilament294 Nothing makes me more frustrated when someone accuses Sam and Frodo or Merry and Pippin as gay....the beauty of their friendships is lost on most.
I literally love nothing more than a pure, strong, better-half, would-do-anything-for-the-other-person platonic relationship
I adore that you read your husband bedtime stories 💕
"Merry and Pippin, even thought they are brothers"
Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took aren't brothers
Drizzt1990 I thought I heard her wrong! The books do go into the Brandybucks and the Tooks for long enough to make the distinction clear.
They are actually first cousins. Merphy is right though, they have a great friendship.
Are you sad there’s no Salvatore on the list Drizzt?
*screams in Tolkienite*
She is such a fool of a took
"I'm a sucker for strong platonic friendships". Me too! In books, movies, TV and especially real life. Awsome video, always so enjoyable and informative.
Bench pressing the Stormlight Archive will legitimately build muscle. 😉
John Flemings I thought I was the only one who couldn’t stop making thick book jokes about that series.
@@Bushwhacker-so4yk .........yep, more paper than a manga.🌳🌳🌳
@@Hadrian1616 the average manga volume is only 200 pages tho
I didn't know that. Easy readers or super fine print? Or am I thinking of a light novel?
@@Hadrian1616 I don't know what you're thinking of. The average manga volume consists of about 10 chapters at 20 pages a chapter tho, they're typically much smaller than the average novel.
The story about you reading to your husband makes me smile. I read to my girlfriend for hours at a time for weeks and, while she still enjoys that, she has picked up many of my suggestions because it rekindled a love of a reading in her.
It's great that you keep updating your lists! Whenever I find a new booktuber, I always go and search for this type of videos (as well as book tags and year-end videos). It's an easy way to get a general idea of their taste and whether their recommendations will be helpful for you without having to watch 6 years of monthly wrap ups.
I need to reread The Lord of the Rings soon too! I only just yesterday realised how much time has passed since I first (and last) read it.
However, if I remember correctly, Merry and Pippin are actually not brothers but cousins 🙂
I basically missed everything after the brothers comment because I was sitting here like, but they aren't brothers... Ones a a Took and ones a Brandbuck... Also omg does knowing that make me a nerd and if it does do I care?!
Stormlight Archives has to be my favorite series I've started this year! I'll hopefully start & finish Oathbringer by the end of the year 😊
Mistborn has fallen, from the list but also literally in the background
Still an incredible series!
@@merphynapier42 That, Stormlight Archives, Gentleman Bastards and Lunar Chronicles are all ones I hope to start soon on your recommendations. Hope they're as good as you say 😄
My TOP5:
* Harry Potter
* Twilight
* The hunger games
* The Lunar Chronicles
* The Red Queen series
Honorable mentions - The Selection, The Mortal instruments, Cat Warriors.
It’s warrior cats. Sorry I just fricking love those books the plots are always so interesting and the world building is amazing and the characters are so easy to fall in love with I could go on about y warriors is amazing
FAV SERIES
3: A Series of Unfortunate Events
2: Harry Potter
1: The Hunger Games
I haven't read the Harry potter series (though I watched the movies), and I've read most of the series of unfortunate events books (and seen the netflix series and the movies) and I've read all three of the hunger games books. And I enjoyed all! So yeah, positive opinions here too!
I thought I was the only one who loved A Series Of Unfortunate Events.
Harry potter is one of them in my top 10
i love how many people would discourage you from reading good books because of the writing style but your videos encourage me to try out books other people have said they can't into even if the story and characters are amazing
I love, love, love, LOTR, probably my favorite series. Legolas and Gimli is one of my favorite friendships ever. And I love Tom Bombadil in Fellowship.
Finally!!!! Some love for Tom Bombadill!!!!
I'm late here but I'm rereading Lord of the rings currently and just started Return of the King. Tom Bombadil definitely deserves some love and i love Sam's character as well.
The only reason i started reading The Stormlight Archive is you and now i am hooked to it. So thank you so much and keep on pouring out the great content.
I recently picked up a copy of Lies of Lock Lamora because of you! I need to read it soon!
Oh I hope you love it!
Reading it rn
Fine! I’ll move Lies of Locke Lamora up on my TBR lol
Same feeling lol
You won't regret it!!
It's one of the best novels of all-time, ez
Its told in a really specific way, and if you like the way it's told, you'll love it. It also handles worldbuilding in some parts, really uniquely that other people don't do.
My top 5:
1. Wheel of Time 👑
2. Harry Potter
3. ASOIAF
4. Stormlight Archive (still on book 2)
5. Memories of Idhún
My Top Five Favorite Book Series
1) *Commonwealth* *Saga* (full series, incl: *Void* *Trilogy* & *Chronicles* *of* *the* *Fallers* ) -- Peter F Hamilton
2) *Lord* *of* *the* *Rings* (including *The* *Hobbit* and *The* *Silmarillion* ) -- JRR Tolkien
3) *The* *Wheel* *of* *Time* -- Robert Jordan
4) *The* *Riftwar* *Cycle* (including each and every sub-series) -- Raymond E Feist
5) *A* *Song* *of* *Ice* *and* *Fire* -- George RR Martin
I'm currently buddyreading Lies of Locke Lamora with a friend and we are enjoying it so much! Thanks for recommending it! We are only 3 chapters in but it's very good so far! I love the banter and the character, and the world Scott Lynch built feels very real. We love that the characters are so smart and when we are already hooked. Thank you!
Omg, I’d love a buddy read of stormlight archive!😍
taras pupu I would honestly become a patron just for this one series 😅😅
Me: Has been trying to save money for an Italy trip.
After the video
Me: Someone find me my card I need to buy some more books.
😂😂😂
Life of Jaya why visit Italy when you can visit Roshar, Luthadel etc.
Good call
Yeah I wouldn't go to Italy right now...
Hello I am from the future and you are not going to Italy lololol
I would really enjoy a video on your note taking process for longer series. I’m trying to get into one myself and feel a video from an avid reader would benefit all of us readers who are intimidated by the larger series.
LOL, I was just seeing your old "My favorite series" video
I never dressed as Hermoine Granger..... but the Harry Potter series is the reason why I became the book worm I am today!
The Merph at it again with great books to add to my to do list!
That is literally how I read harry potter as a kid, my mom and sister read them too me and somewhere is the 4th i couldn't wait and picked it up!
Mine:
1: The Hunger Games
2: Warrior Cats
3: A Series of Unfortunate Events
4: Harry Potter Series
5: I only have four main book series I have gotten into. For the past 13 years of my life I only focused my life on my digital art but your videos have changed my mind. I really want to get into reading and writing as well as digital art.
warrior cats will always be sooo good
@@emmaglas962 ikr??
I love the hunger games as well😍
Just read Beartown due to your recommendation. I’m SO glad I did, it’s now one of my all time favorites. I lived in a small town in Sweden (not a hockey town, admittedly), and the culture and people are SPOT on. Ours was hunting and fishing, and the ENTIRE town was drawn like flies to the culture that it created. Definitely less centralized than a sports team which is an us vs you competitive culture but it really hit home nonetheless.
Thank you again 😊
I love this list and all your videos. I guess being at least a generation older I don’t see the difficulty in reading Tolkien. My husband read me the trilogy while we were dating. Definitely one of the ways I knew he was The One. When I was a teacher The Hobbit was always the first book I read out loud to the students. One of my best moments came when a young woman approached me at a convenience store. She said, “You are the lady that read me The Hobbit. I read The Lord of the Rings a few years ago.” I had been a student teacher for her 4th grade class, so was only there for one quarter of the year. And this was several years before the movies came out.
I would like to point out that Merry and Pippin are cousins, not brothers. Though it is probably safe to say the Fellowship considered themselves a brotherhood.
EmpressNoriko Thank you about Merry and Pippin. I knew I was not wrong about those two, especially since Gandalf makes it such a big deal that Merry is a Brandybuck and Pip is a Took. The Hobbit is a better book, I’m afraid.
My top 5 for this year:
1. The Witcher series
2. The Magicians trilogy
3. Beartown/Us against them
4. Mistborn
5. Foundryside
Haven't heard about the last one u mentioned . Is it high fantasy ?
@@Gloria-ke1md Foundryside is high fantasy. The second book in the series is coming out in February. I'm really looking forward to it.
What’s the magicians about?
@@beta910 it's basically Harry Potter +Narnia, but with depressed adults.
After reading Tolkien in my own language (Norwegian) in the early 80's, I only found Ursula K LeGuin's Earthsea Trilogy that was also translated. So my English teacher eventually loaned me other fantasy books he owned. Tolkien's Silmarillion and Michael Moorcock's Elric series. After that I tried to buy anything I found in English from my local bookstore, and then I ordered a lot more from their advertisements in the back of the books!
I have bought a lot of books over the years, and I really love how this market has seemed to streamline itself into what I now think I love...
Did you ever read authors like Jo Clayton and Sheri S Tepper? They wrote series/trilogies/whatever that were so original, I still keep going back to them! Patricia McKillip's stories are also so unique among today's novels.
Can you have a read through 70's and 80's fantasy/SF literature and let us all know how those feel to you these many years after they were written? I'm a man, and I've so many times been impressed both by how those female writers thought differently to the (male) standard, and by how much they still resonated with me!
Literary archeology, go for it, girl! ;-)
i went through a very tough summer and i ended up reading mistborn series and lies of locke lamora based off your recommendations and they were amazing. some of the brightest spots in that dark time was reading those books. thank u so much for the amazing recommendations and great content!
OKAY I SWEAR I was just wondering when you'd upload an updated favourite series video!!!!!! this was creepy and awesome 😂😂💙💙
Mind reader Mary.
@@Hadrian1616 haha tell me about it!
What's creepy and awesome is that filmmakers, CZcams channels, and video game makers seem to read my mind a lot.
Read/start reading a book? A T.V show or movie adaptation gets announced shortly after. (Happened to me with The Lightning Thief and "Looking for Alaska").
Watch a movie? A sequel or a remake gets announced shortly after (happened to me with the Matrix trilogy and Lady and the Tramp).
Play a video game? A sequel or movie adaptation gets announced shortly after (happened to me with multiple video games!).
Popular CZcams videos also get uploaded a lot after I recently finish reading a book/watching a video/playing a game.
CZcams randomly recommended one of your videos (tropes you hate) and then I found this one and it's so cool to see someone else who loves the Gentleman Bastard series so much! I've recommended it to so many people!
I read GB for the first time a few years ago and reread the first one a lot over the last few years and all three once this year. I am so exited about finally seeing that book 4 is develloping and hope that it gets published in 2020. I‘m sure it will blow our minds. Can‘t wait to get my hands on a copy.
I can't wait for it either!
I love watching videos like this. It's always different from CZcamsr to CZcamsr, their taste gives you huge hints of their personality, and you get a lot of good book recommendations! It's like a triple win!
I'm re reading LOTR in December too! Can wait to revisit middle Earth again!
I have procrastinated on the Simarillion for 15 years, but your video has inspired me to set that book as 2020 goal. Thanks for sharing!
Ended up buying the Gentleman Bastard's box set due to you and Daniel recommending and gushing about it so much. Best book purchase of mine in the past 5 years.
This is my absolute FAVORITE type of video! I always get such great recommendations, and I’m so excited to see what your favorites are! Also, I just started Peter Pan, and I’m loving it!!!
I can't believe I forgot about Sanderson's Stormlight Archive books. I loved the first two books so I checked the Goodreads website and it confirmed that I had really and truly forgotten about the third book. My local library has all three books available so I'm off to grab them now so I'll have something great to read while waiting for some new releases. Monday's also the Remembrance Day holiday and everything is closed so its a great chance to get some extra reading done.
My favourite ones so far (i started reading in my freetime only a year ago and im a slow reader ):
1. The Broken Empire world (both trilogies) by Mark Lawrence
2. Lord of the rings
3. The Witcher
4. Harry Potter
5. Six Of Crows duology
Honorable mention to The Young Elites by Marie Lu.
Next up on my TBR is Mistborn (i want to get into Sanderson), Book Of Ancestors (huge Lawrence fan) and Gentleman bastards series :D
Six of Crows!!
I love #1, 2, and 4 as well. I’ve never read Six of Crows and I gave up on the Witcher after Ciri started a relationship with her rapist. I was enjoying the series but not enough to keep going after that. Mistborn and Gentlemen Bastards are great. Hope you enjoy them.
Oh man I really want to read the witcher after playing the witcher 3 glad to see the books on a faves list with such good company!
You’ll love Sanderson!!
@@atella394 Witcher 3 made me start them and I was blown away, especially with the first 2. Short stories novels are def my favourite but the saga is awesome aswell. Hope you enjoy them!
I finally read The Gentleman Bastards thanks to you AND GODS IT WAS INCREDIBLE! I just loved everything about this world and I loved the storytelling! Thank you again for making me discover that serie
AGREED! I love the gentleman bastard series! Started reading it because of you and I was not dissapointed. Jean and Locke's friendship is absolutely amazing!!!
00:39 "I hope that will forever be true". I loved that comment. My sentiments exactly with my reading list, and life to be honest! I'm open to learning and evolving and changing my mind always.
Haha even though I knew what most of these would be based on having watched so many of your videos, this was great!
My favorite series at the moment are, in no particular order:
The Winternight trilogy by Katherine Arden
Penryn and the End of Days by Susan Ee
The Guild Hunter series by Nalini Singh
The Six of Crows Duology by Leigh Bardugo
Honorary mentions: First two books of the Themis Files series by Sylvain Neuvel and the Hunger Games trilogy for the nostalgia and it getting me into reading.
My favourite is probably Darren Shan/Circue de freak
The story is fantastic the characters are all memorable and they all have bits you like about them and especially the ending is something I haven't ever read before.
I loved the flashbacks in the Gentleman Bastards, just gives these characters so much more substance and then you understand why they have such a deep love for each other.
I love love love the Gentleman Bastard series. My husband and I proselytize those books all the time; I think we've given away over a dozen copies to our friends/family... You should check out Lynch's short stories, too. "In the Stacks" is super neat and "The Fall and Rise of the House of Malkuril" is hilarious; I saw Lynch read part of it and he did the voices and it was brilliant. "Tea for master??" is now an oft-repeated phrase in our home.
I find that I tend to love the 2nd book in a trilogy. I know a lot of people don’t because it’s usually mostly set-up, but that’s where so much of the character development and the plot and investigation happens. I have such a weakness for the 2nd book ❤️
Just finished The Lies of Locke Lamora since you’ve been recommending it since forever, and I definitely am continuing with the series. Awesome rec.
What I will say though is, the time-jumping didn’t jar me nearly as much as how much profanity was in the book. Yes, it can be (and was) well-placed and effective to the story at times, but it also felt gratuitous more often than not. And maybe that is me just being a sensitive don’t-say-the-f-word-around-me person, but I would have liked to have known beforehand the level of profanity in this book - it is a lot.
Still got through it, still loved it, the story and characters were //well// worth it, but that’s the main “caution” tag I’d put on it that I hadn’t seen anywhere else.
I was looking around my room staring at my books, trying to figure out my top 5 series during this video, and I think they are as follows:
5. The Mirror Visitor quartet by Christelle Dabos (this has, hands down, the COOLEST world I've ever read about)
4. The Diviners series by Libba Bray (weird paranormal/magical things happening in NYC during the roaring 20s)
3. Pivot Point duology by Kasie West (there's a character in these book that I really wish existed in real life)
2. The Mysterious Benedict Society trilogy by Trenton Lee Stewart (I stand by my opinion that it's better than Harry Potter and Percy Jackson)
1. a two way tie between the Renegades trilogy by Marissa Meyer (SUPERHEROES, that's all I need to say) and the Across the Universe trilogy by Beth Revis (has nothing to do with The Beatles song of the same name... it's lies and deception and cliffhangers and trickery in SPACE)
Of the ones that are your faves, I've only read Harry Potter and The Fellowship of the Ring, but I do own The Lies of Locke Lamora (because of you!) and I want to read it soon!
I started reading The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter in Brazilian Portuguese, but found them MUCH more enjoyable in English. One series I recommend is the Warlord Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell. Another are the two recent Shelock Holmes novels which were commissioned by the SH Estate. Hope you keep getting better
I really need to read Bear Town. Sounds interesting. And I'm living for your Harry Potter vids! I hope you do vids for Lord of the Rings too but no pressure. You make amazing content and I never miss a video! Keep up the fantastic work Merphy!
Hey, just wanted to give some hype to a few authors/books i rarley see on these type of lists/comments that i really like and i hope that people give a chance.
Its a mix of old and new and i keep the list to 10 entries for the sake of brevity.
1, Kate Elliot- crown of stars series
2. Tad Williams- Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn triology and into the witchwood crown series
3. R.Scott Bakker -The Second Apocalypse triology and follow up with the The Aspect-Emperor series
4. Katherine kerr- her Deverry series
5. China Miéville- his three Bas-lag books, Perdido Street Station, The Scar and Iron Council
6. J.V. Jones- The Book of Words triology that leads into the A Sword of Shadows series
7. Gene Wolfe- The Book of the New Sun series
8. Roger Zelazny- The Chronicles of Amber seies
9. Stephen R. Donaldson- The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series
10. Barb Hendee, J. C. Hendee - Saga of the Noble Dead series
Ive been a fantasy book nerd since the late eighties (yes im getting old) and still love it, i can tell that like me you are in it for life, keep up the good work!
Cheers from Andreas from Sweden
I have read the Bear Town and The gentlemen bastard series because of your recommendation and I loved it so muchhh!!! They are currently in my top 5 favorite series too, but Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter have a special place in my heart too❤️❤️ Get well soon!!!
Been watching your videos for a few months now and was very intrigued about the Gentlemen Bastards series. Just bought the first three and started reading a bit, but wanted to come back here to refresh what I was getting myself into😂 Im very excited though!
Yes! I just bought the same set of LotR you have so I can re-read them with you! The set have was my dad's from the 60s, and I just don't think they'll survive another re-read lol. I'm also going to read The Book Thief with you, and I'm so excited! It'll be a Merphy month for me!!
Like platonic friendships? Give Michael J Sullivan's Theft of Swords a try. Hadrian and Royce steal the show.
I just finished reading The Lies of Locke Lamora last night at 3 am (very much because of you talking about Locke and Jean's friendship and boy, I wasn't disappointed) and I am still shaken from the emotional depth that book held. I literally couldn't start reading Book 2 because I was still hung up on so much that happened in the first book but I'm quite convinced that once I get to reading Book 2 I'll love it just as much!
Thanks so much for the recommendation!
I struggled to get into the writing of Locke Lamora, so I appreciate you mentioning that you also initially struggled with the unique style. I think I'll have to give the series another try.
I just finished Lies and am about to crack open Red Seas. My partner's been talking about it for ages and I finally gave in!
Started reading Lies of Locke Lamora because of you and I love it so far!!! Thank you! Fantasy has never been a genre I'd pick up to read, so I was hesitant, but it's so good.
Merphy, I've read and loved Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. The others are on my TBR list. I also like the series by Terry Brooks ( Shannara and Landover) David Eddings (Belgariad and Malloreon) and Alan Dean Foster ( Spellsinger)
I am not reading much lately, so my top 5 haven't changed in a while. But here they are:
1. Discworld (with Terry Pratchett being my favorite author, RIP)
2. Dresden Files (god, when will the next book come out?)
3. The Heroes of Olympus
4. The Witcher
5. The Dark Elf saga
How much discworld did you read?
@@icantthinkofaname5950 I think pretty much all of it. Loved Witches and the Watch series above all :)
You've finally convinced me to try Gentleman Bastards series. I've read and heard so many reviews and ummed and ahhhed over picking it up, put I think I'll be taking the plunge!
I wasn't allowed to read Harry Potter as a kid. For some reason at 18 I thought I was "too old", realized at 26 that didn't make sense and I wanted to get into reading so I read HP at 26 years old and fell in love. Learned one is never too old for the magic of Harry Potter. I'm 31 now :) And a Hufflepuff.
When you get to this every year, it just reminds me that I still haven't started your top two series. Someday...
“He had never seen a movie or watched a book Harry Potter related” lmao just caught that. Didn’t even notice it the first time I saw this video
Top 5
1. The passage trilogy
2. Harry bosch series
3. Inheritance cycle series
4. Mitch rapp series
5.The expanse series
I need to get back to The Expanse. I’ve only read book 1 so far. Have they finished the series yet?
@@urty24 no it not finished still waiting for book 9 which is the last one
Rhyley Grant how was the last second book. ..Cause i want to buy it
@@arrakis7132 haven't started book 8
The passage yes, yes, yes!
I decided to try The Lies of Locke Lamora because of you, and I really enjoyed it! I’ve never read anything like that before! (I’m new to fantasy - was mainly a mystery esp. James Patterson reader, then decided to try new genres)
You know how you said that you used to dress up as Hermione? My brother and I did that too but instead I was Harry Potter (I'm a girl) and he was Hermione lmao 😂😂
I don't know if I have a top five, but if I did, The Belgariad series would 100% be at the top spot. If you haven't read it yet I highly recommend it to everyone! It's a brilliant fantasy series and makes me happy every time I read it tbh
Willow Tree I second the Belgariad
Willow Tree I so agree! I reread both the Belgariad and Mallorean every few years. I think it’s a shame that it seems to have disappeared from fantasy book memory. I’ve only heard one BookTuber mention it in his list, it was @Captured in Words. Yes, it’s definitely derivative of Tolkien, but so is Wheel of Time. I think the Eddings do an excellent job at world building and creating a history and mythology for their world.
Belgariad and, to a lesser extent, Melloreon, are for me highly entertaining. I've read them more often than any other books, 10 times for earlier series entries. Yet I highly doubt they'll ever make my 'top-5 series' list, should I ever create one. I can't give a bullet proof reason why. It's possible Eddings' later novels, which I've less appreciation of, sour me somewhat. Too, there is something about his characters gets under my skin at times, though admittedly this isn't much apparent until Melloreon. At any rate, they are indeed very fine novels, for me just at tad short of greatness.
I can understand why The Belgariad doesn’t make top lists, but it’s hardly mentioned at all and I watch quite a few BookTubers. While I embrace the wonderful new fantasy being released I think it’s a shame many works from the 60s, 70s and 80s are almost forgotten. I know part of the problem is the publishers and limited shelf space in stores. Go into a Barnes & Noble and look at how much space a few series; ASOIAF, LOTR, WoT take up. When I worked at a B. Dalton in the 80s we would often strip the covers and destroy books before they ever reached the shelves. It’s why I won’t take most of my collection in for credit at a used bookstore. I’ve learned the hard way how difficult it can be to find less popular titles again. Another problem could be many of these books aren’t on Kindle. The last time I got the urge to read The Belgariad I was spending a month at my parents, too far from my copies. I was surprised to find they weren’t available on Kindle. Maybe someday everything ever published will be readily available, but we aren’t quite there yet.
I’m 100% a movie/ tv person, But I still really enjoy this channel and find your opinions very engaging. My favourite series is dear authors as many of the themes that are discussed can be found in film too. Thanks for opening the world of books to me :D
Can’t wait for you to reread Stormlight! My favorite series of all time!
Love the narrator for Gentlemen Bastards. The series that revitalised my book-love after ASOIAF. Can't wait for book 4 this fall!!!
Currently reading Words of Radiance. Gosh I love this series...❤️
Here are the series I love:
Harry Potter
Robert Langdon
The Percy Jackson Series and its sequel series: Heroes of Olympus
The Maze Runner
@@jimjimmyjimmiest513 WHAT, there's ANOTHER sequel series to the Percy Jackson series?
HOW DID I NOT KNOW!?!? The first book came out in May 2016, a month after I finished the last book of Heroes of Olympus! I should have known about that!
Wow, I need to get started on that series sometime!
elephant35e youuu neeed
I slept on the Gentleman Bastards for far too long, being a "traditional fantasy" purist for nearly all of my 40 years. It's now my favorite series of the last two decades, and well worth the read. I love Stormlight, Mistborn (for me Wheel of Time was a 90's series, since that's when I started reading), and of course Potter was great the first time through. But Locke and company are an absolute rollercoaster. Lynch nailed his characters and world so perfectly that I fell utterly and completely into his world. If you've not read these books, you're absolutely missing out. Not sure how I found my way to one of Merph's old series videos, but glad I did so I could let all you guys in 2019 know to get on the ball and pick up the Lies of Locke Lamora.
I love that you read Harry Potter to your husband! That’s so cute!
I clicked here to hear someone else gush about The Gentlemen Bastards! I am listening to the second one (I also like the narrator) but had to stop for school. The first one blew my mind! I can normally guess how stories end and this one kept me on my toes and I was so shocked by some of the twists. And watching Locke grow as a person was so gratifying! I also loved the friendships so much!
The way of kings is also sitting on my bedside waiting for the semester to end :-) looking forward to that even more now.
Stromlight “he is close to finishing the first arc”
Me seeing 3 books, small font over 1000 pages long each and a slow reader.
“Oh boy”.
Lol I couldn't even finish the first book, even the audiobook. Funnily enough she loves the characters, but I hated them because they seemed very surface level and cliche to me.
He does a really good job at character progression, so they tend to start off bad and have to learn to be better. I highly encourage finishing Way of Kings as the ending is a fantastic payoff.
@@TCG31456 I don't mean the characters are bad as in they have flaws, I find them bad as in not very well written. I found myself not caring if they lived or died. The only one I felt like I haven't read in a million other fantasy books was Szeth.
I know what you mean. I 100% think you need to finish the book before you judge them. The books aren't critically acclaimed for no reason.
@@TCG31456 I read an in depth summary just because so many people rave about this series and I still stand by what I said. I like Sanderson, but I still found the characters cookie cutter and boring. Not all books are for everyone, regardless of how popular they are. Reading is my hobby, but this book felt more like a chore, so I'm not going to force myself through it for a lukewarm conclusion.
Merry and Pippin are cousins not brothers. And yes The Silmarillion is amazing!
Just got the Gentlema Bastard series and am about to get into it. very excited!
Just found your channel. So if the platonic friendships where one would die for their friends is high on your list of loves, I highly recommend the Keeper of the Lost Cities series. Yes, it's middle grade fiction, but I am in my late 30s and fell in LOVE with it. My daughter had begged me to read it for years and I finally gave in this year...and read it twice. Now both my younger boys and I all have it as our fav, along with my daughter.
You should try out The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R Donaldson - incredible world building and characters
I really need to read Bear Town! I loved A Man Called Ove so I’m hoping to get to more of his books in the future.
Just finished book 2 of gentlemen bastard series because of you and I'm loving it can't wait to read book 3 :)
My top five are :
Harry Potter
Lord of the rings
Outlander
Six of crows
A darker shade of magic ✌🏻
is it really a merphy vídeo if she doesn’t start it with “ok...” though?
😂😂😂
I really enjoyed the audiobook narrator for the Gentlemen Bastards as well. He’s distinctive, but gives grand scope to the books and characters
My Top Favorite series:
5. Binding of the Blade series by L.B Graham
4. The Myridian Constellation series by Wayne Thomas Batson
3. The Legends of the Guardian King series by Karen Hancock
2. The Wakening series by Jonathan Renshaw
1. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S Lewis
My husband also read Harry Potter for the first time as an 30-something adult and absolutely loved it!
Like your husband , I also read the Harry Potter at 23/24 for the first . I had never seen a movie but I knew it had wands. Well they are not in my top 5 of fantasy but they are definitely a must read!
1. Harry Potter
2. Lord of the Rings
3. The Inheritance Cycle (vastly underrated)
Lies of Locke Lamora is in my top 3 single books of all time. Absolutely incredible friendships, plot, banter, action, pace. Love it so much.
YES!!!