My Top Books of 2021 (so far)

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Komentáře • 182

  • @akshatvats7992
    @akshatvats7992 Před 3 lety +380

    1. The Code Breaker
    2. The End of Everything
    3. Project Hail Mary
    4. Noise
    5. Black Edge
    6. Acid Test

    • @leejaerim8972
      @leejaerim8972 Před 3 lety +9

      guys you're life savers, thanks to both of you!

  • @laurane_bouquine
    @laurane_bouquine Před 3 lety +1

    I always love to watch your recommandation videos because they’re so different to what I’m used to find on youtube. I’m usually not a big memoir/non fiction fan but anytime you talk about some it makes me want to pick them up! Your content is inspiring and infinitely interesting, keep going!!

  • @josue9007
    @josue9007 Před 3 lety +1

    Hey John, I love your channel and your book reviews. You inspired me to read more and make a reading challenge for myself, I’m now on book 17 this year and I’d never before read more than 10 books in a year. Thanks for all the great content and keep it up brother.

  • @AdrianaVata
    @AdrianaVata Před 3 lety +33

    He’s mad beautiful and smart ✨

  • @robertaribeiro124
    @robertaribeiro124 Před 3 lety +7

    I love how you summarize the books! I always want to read all of them after watching your videos :) thank you, John!

    • @FM95.5
      @FM95.5 Před 2 lety

      Right! He really piles on the books that I just HAVE to read haha!

  • @mellowwatcher20
    @mellowwatcher20 Před 3 lety

    Loving the nailpolish John! And thanks for the book inspiration :)

  • @Gill1923
    @Gill1923 Před 3 lety +205

    Is John turning into a booktuber? I’m here for it!!!!

    • @thejohnfish
      @thejohnfish  Před 3 lety +77

      hahaha lots of book videos recently because I've been reading a lot but I'll be doing some diff stuff soon :)

    • @rarasmith2544
      @rarasmith2544 Před 3 lety +2

      @@thejohnfish please do

    • @Gill1923
      @Gill1923 Před 3 lety +12

      @@thejohnfish I enjoy it a lot. And summer is starting so recommendations are very much appreciated!!!

    • @starlessnight1164
      @starlessnight1164 Před 3 lety

      Can you tell me about others?

    • @sourirereveuse3809
      @sourirereveuse3809 Před 2 lety +1

      @@thejohnfish can you do a bookshelf tour, I really find your books interesting😊

  • @mjjabarian8246
    @mjjabarian8246 Před 3 lety +39

    Most Kahneman books are hard to read yet they are extremely insightful.

    • @thejohnfish
      @thejohnfish  Před 3 lety +22

      He's a pretty smart cookie, that nobel prize winner ;)

  • @improvewithsoo-selfdevelop1219

    My reading list is packed now! Thanks so much for these awesome recs🙂

  • @KhairulRMusic
    @KhairulRMusic Před 3 lety +1

    I picked up reading after 25 years having never finished a single book thanks to your videos! Love your channel, John!

  • @leozinho2r
    @leozinho2r Před 3 lety +31

    Hey John! Just wanted to say I'm glad to see you talking about books about women/written by women! I wrote a comment on a video of yours last year saying I thought it was important for someone with your influence to diversify your reading, as I had only realised a year before that I almost solely reading books written by men and decided to change that and shared how transformative it was to change my reading habits a bit. Keep it up, great recommendations! 🎉

    • @yomikemun649
      @yomikemun649 Před 3 lety +10

      I dont find any problem reading men and women. I mean, knowledge hasn't genre.

  • @mgoboski
    @mgoboski Před 3 lety +2

    I was an average high school student, so I went into the military, and eventually 8 years later found myself double majoring in Physics and ComSci in school on the GI Bill. However, after 900 days in Afghanistan within those 8 years, I racked up some potent mental health issues. Needless to say, Acid Test was one of the most important books for my healing and progression back into civilian life and graduating college with my degrees. It opened my eyes in other options. I highly recommend it!

  • @EpicReads
    @EpicReads Před 3 lety +16

    Amazing books here! Yes!

  • @sakaedon
    @sakaedon Před 3 lety

    More book videos pleaseee. Love the type of books that you recommend as they're not the usual kinda recommendations💜

  • @superspideyx
    @superspideyx Před 3 lety +1

    Whoa all of these are right up my alley. Nice picks John!

  • @JB-mf9is
    @JB-mf9is Před 3 lety +5

    So thrilled to see Project Hail Mary on this list! Just finished it and it was amazing!!! I much prefer it over The Martian. I listened to it on Audible and I honestly couldn’t recommend it enough. I don’t think I would’ve enjoyed it as much if I had read a physical copy instead. Apparently Ryan Gosling is going to star in the film adaptation so I can’t wait to see that

  • @catekyling8409
    @catekyling8409 Před 3 lety +1

    i adore your videos so much, always the highlight of my day whenever you post!

  • @tariqmarouf600
    @tariqmarouf600 Před 3 lety +1

    You are glowing up John!! Keep up the good content.

  • @leverofdeclutter
    @leverofdeclutter Před 3 lety

    People of quality always deliver the level best, that's what you taught us John!
    Thanks my man 🫂✨

  • @camilletorres9105
    @camilletorres9105 Před 3 lety +1

    Hi Jhon, these books that you showed in this video seem to be intriguing, I appreciate that you share what you read, the work that you publish is fascinating.

  • @zainahamed3982
    @zainahamed3982 Před 3 lety +1

    Great recommendations that I’m looking forward to read some of. I think it’s important though to highlight just because a writer won a prestigious award that shouldn’t put them on a pedestal. Additionally it’s important to research who you are reading for as some writers ideologies leak to their books. Just because a book is popular you shouldn’t rush to pick it. Google the writer and check what they stand for and I’d apply that to the noise book as well.

  • @julie948
    @julie948 Před 3 lety +1

    the last book I read is The Grand Design, enjoyed it a lot and been looking for more science books to read recently so thanks for this video and recommendations

  • @juantachikawa
    @juantachikawa Před 3 lety +1

    Since I discovered your channel, I use your videos to study and improve my English skills, very good job, thanks for your job, greetings from Mexico

  • @sarahmarie4766
    @sarahmarie4766 Před 3 lety +3

    Black Edge is on my tbr, if you need a book recommendation in that direction read "Billion Dollar Whale". It was one of my favourite books this year!

  • @poojashinde6747
    @poojashinde6747 Před 3 lety

    I'm reading The count of Monte Cristo based on your previous recommendation. Loving it!
    Thanks John! ❤

  • @jimiefoxx
    @jimiefoxx Před 3 lety

    Just finished Fooled by Randomness -Nassim Nicolas Taleb.
    An relatively old book. Despite controversial, I still find it fascinating in many ways, let alone I study probabilities and statistics back in the days.
    Noise will be my next reads! I'm looking forwards to it after your recommendations!
    Thanks John. Keep up the good work!

  • @influence9012
    @influence9012 Před 3 lety +6

    Спасибо Джош, благодаря тебе учу английский, так сказать практикую на слух 😍😍

  • @writeitdown2013
    @writeitdown2013 Před 3 lety +85

    The End of Everything sounds excellent, will definitely try to read that. When I dwell on the inevitable end of the cosmos, I wonder about the purpose of smaller things, like art. It's a tough reality to grapple with

    • @thejohnfish
      @thejohnfish  Před 3 lety +27

      re: art, is transient beauty not enough--does it need to be eternal or even last longer than a moment?

    • @writeitdown2013
      @writeitdown2013 Před 3 lety +6

      @@thejohnfish I think you're probably right. Art, beauty doesn't need to be eternal. Often the strongest instances of it are but brief moments in time, and perhaps that's exactly how it should be. My wish for it to be eternal is usually just a feeling that dissipates as soon as I dwell on it long enough. But the feeling still arises from time to time, and I imagine it always will.

    • @kiwi9660
      @kiwi9660 Před 3 lety

      which uni did you atten

    • @WaelAKamel
      @WaelAKamel Před 2 lety

      @@kiwi9660 He's Attending Harvard

    • @FM95.5
      @FM95.5 Před 2 lety

      That does sound really good 😊

  • @mattr6806
    @mattr6806 Před 3 lety +8

    Currently reading Dune, and I’m really enjoying it. Thanks for including it in your top books of all time video!

    • @FM95.5
      @FM95.5 Před 2 lety

      Dune is great 👍

  • @zyllox7543
    @zyllox7543 Před 3 lety +1

    When you make a video about books …. It makes my day !

  • @umgangssprachler
    @umgangssprachler Před 3 lety +6

    As to noise, it seems to me a lot of people deliberately make a lot of noise to avoid silence. For some reason, silence makes most of people feel uncomfortable. Although silence is the source of all sounds.

  • @avneesh6299
    @avneesh6299 Před 3 lety +1

    I’ve ordered Project Hail Mary by your recommendation, I’m very excited!

  • @mjmhockey02
    @mjmhockey02 Před 3 lety +2

    John, have you ever thought of doing a book club? Love your book content!

  • @joanabryant1019
    @joanabryant1019 Před 3 lety

    Love your book content! Pls don't stop!

  • @duythanhish
    @duythanhish Před 3 lety +2

    Will add these into my to read list. I’m still struggling with your 2018 list though.

  • @bookoffholicbookwart5945

    Noise is absolutely fascinating and deep. Loved every bit of that

  • @MSigs
    @MSigs Před 3 lety +1

    I’m not sure if you ended up finishing it but your past book recommendation “How to change your mind” by Michael Pollan was one of the most interesting books I’ve read in a long time! Looking forward to trying out some of these next.

  • @KotashiG
    @KotashiG Před 3 lety +4

    My guy, you just made me add 5 more books onto my forever growing TBR list. LOL

  • @stephenworsley
    @stephenworsley Před 3 lety +3

    If you like black edge, read Bad Blood. The story of Theranos is quite a ride.

  • @sashmithaaravichandran3793

    This is what I needed, Thankyou so much😊

  • @christine4749
    @christine4749 Před 3 lety +2

    I love your Book Recommendations

  • @jamesmurray3021
    @jamesmurray3021 Před 3 lety +4

    Hey John, not sure if you’re the biggest fantasy fan but if you’re interested in reading some, you should check out Brandon Sanderson. He’s becoming one of the biggest must-read authors in the genre at the moment and his books are well worth it.

  • @diegosandokan
    @diegosandokan Před 3 lety +1

    It's great when you talk about books!

  • @BLAISEDAHL96
    @BLAISEDAHL96 Před 3 lety +13

    Shoutout to Andy Weir! Also I know it’s a long shot, but I would love to hear your thoughts on Contact, Carl Sagan’s only work of fiction.

    • @thejohnfish
      @thejohnfish  Před 3 lety +4

      I haven't read it but Sagan is pretty cool so I'll put it on my list!

    • @BLAISEDAHL96
      @BLAISEDAHL96 Před 3 lety +2

      @@thejohnfish awesome!!! I think you’ll enjoy it!

  • @DulceHernandez15
    @DulceHernandez15 Před 3 lety

    I love your book videos!

  • @YessiWaters
    @YessiWaters Před 3 lety +110

    Love your book reccs 🙌 excited to watch

  • @schmidi333
    @schmidi333 Před 3 lety

    Love your book videos :)

  • @RyanYeo
    @RyanYeo Před 3 lety +1

    I loved Project Hail Mary too, finished it in like 2 days!

  • @cyclotrojan
    @cyclotrojan Před 3 lety

    Much better list! Thanks fish

  • @AinaSakeenah
    @AinaSakeenah Před 3 lety

    The Code Breaker is my favourite too. Similar one is The Genome Odyssey. Great books.

  • @LamAnopro_
    @LamAnopro_ Před 3 lety +11

    John Fish be like every week: My top books this week..

  • @Tobifelix
    @Tobifelix Před 3 lety

    I´ve heard really good reviews about the novel Solaris John, also a fiction on space, you will surely like it

  • @amilp9469
    @amilp9469 Před 3 lety

    Your videos are a good exercise to improve my english. I Will try to start to read one of t'hem, they look interesting.

  • @wokemishima
    @wokemishima Před 3 lety

    I really admire you John ❤️ 😭

  • @jboushka
    @jboushka Před 3 lety +8

    I am reading Michael Lewis: "The Premonition" , and will read Matt Taibbi's "Hate, Inc." (about today's media and social media esp.) which journalist Ford Fischer recommended to me.

  • @BookTimeWithRyan
    @BookTimeWithRyan Před 3 lety

    I can’t do Michael Lewis as much now. I liked his earlier stuff but recently he’s seemed to recap others’ works. It often makes more sense to read the sources.

  • @tamarsandoval5425
    @tamarsandoval5425 Před 3 lety

    rockin book recs and premiering tattooo

  • @sacdaabdurhman
    @sacdaabdurhman Před 3 lety

    You can’t chose what life throws at you, but you can chose how you respond.
    Well...Love the books

  • @juniorp726
    @juniorp726 Před 3 lety

    John are books your only friends? 😃 Keep up the great work, enjoy the channel.

  • @chadmcnabb9193
    @chadmcnabb9193 Před 3 lety

    Fantastic list

  • @diegomotivefx3893
    @diegomotivefx3893 Před 3 lety

    i would love to see your top picks for these scandal stories related books, as well as incredible real life stories such as american kingpin.

  • @airiakasaei1811
    @airiakasaei1811 Před 3 lety

    If you're interested in non-English literature I'd recommend "Eight books" by one of my favorite poets of all time "Sohrab Sepehri".

  • @theittsco
    @theittsco Před 3 lety

    I've been reading Dune. Holy moley it's amazing!

  • @ipshitajee
    @ipshitajee Před 3 lety

    I'm loving the audiobook for Project hail Mary too .
    It's my first time in sci-fi territory , but I'm loving it 🤎
    My favourite read for this month is: The song of Achillies(CR),Circe and Malibu rising

    • @ipshitajee
      @ipshitajee Před 3 lety

      @@monicamurphy2461 I'm sure you're gonna love it too:))

    • @LarryHasOpinions
      @LarryHasOpinions Před 3 lety +1

      i really like circe as well!

  • @clancysworld8188
    @clancysworld8188 Před 3 lety +1

    I just finished Earnest gaines A lesson before dying and if you haven't read it you have to it's a very powerful book. Its about this kid named Jeffreson who gets in a car with 2 people named bear and bo and robbed a store but it wasn't Jeffersons fault but he did take the money from the cash register. And also this takes place in the 1940s. And then there was this young man a college graduate named grant who taught reading writing and arithmetic and he had to go to the jailhouse to teach Jefferson before he dies by being executed with a electric chair.( sorry I spoiled some of the story I just really think you would like this book) :)

  • @jojosummer7403
    @jojosummer7403 Před 3 lety

    Hey John, have you read In Order To Live by Yeonmi Park? It’s one of my all time favorites!

  • @elijahwagner9881
    @elijahwagner9881 Před 3 lety +1

    I just read The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green. It was the first book that I really enjoyed for a while. It’s not like his older YA novels.

  • @HeyQuinton
    @HeyQuinton Před 2 lety

    Love this list - just letting you know it's S.A.C. Capital but it's a really really great story and highly recommend everyone to check it out.

  • @conradilagan3652
    @conradilagan3652 Před 3 lety

    I’m currently reading I Can’t Make This Up by Kevin Hart. It’s really hilarious but also beautiful! 😂❤️

  • @ssahar.g
    @ssahar.g Před 3 lety +1

    I swear to god when i saw the notification i smiled and clicked right away 😃

  • @AlejandroMorgado
    @AlejandroMorgado Před 3 lety

    You should check Like Dust in the Wind by Leonardo Padura. This is the best book I've read this year, and certainty one of my top 10 of all time.

  • @pujachakraborty4510
    @pujachakraborty4510 Před 3 lety

    Made my dayyy

  • @imsol2449
    @imsol2449 Před 3 lety

    Que admiración

  • @Uncleanus
    @Uncleanus Před 3 lety +3

    I finished Effi Briest by Theodore Fontane a few minutes ago. I haven't read much German literature but it's probably the best novel I've read this year. Us Anglophones should branch out more.

  • @KeenanTimmie
    @KeenanTimmie Před 3 lety +4

    Do you have a good reads page?

  • @izzahari
    @izzahari Před 3 lety +1

    Hi john, do you have goodreads page?

  • @AlexM-lq4ip
    @AlexM-lq4ip Před 3 lety +1

    John Fish did you paint your nails? Looks great!!

  • @bonybuinta1630
    @bonybuinta1630 Před 3 lety

    once you arrived at college did Matthew Perera inspire you to begin reading again? I remember he went to my high school and was an avid reader. I also recall him being in one of your videos a long while ago, hence the odd question.

  • @atharavyadav9416
    @atharavyadav9416 Před 3 lety +1

    plz make a video on your personal finance

  • @josefuentes2845
    @josefuentes2845 Před 3 lety

    Just started reading Black Edge. What lured me in is the fact that Steve Cohen is the new owner of the New York Mets.

  • @JasmynePorter
    @JasmynePorter Před 3 lety

    your almost at 1 milly!! :0

  • @abstudios1526
    @abstudios1526 Před 3 lety +11

    Really interested in Andy Weir books

  • @AllenFreemanMediaGuru
    @AllenFreemanMediaGuru Před 2 lety

    You have probably read: No One Would Listen: Harry Marcopolos. The Bernie Madoff Ponzie Scheme. I found it facinating.

  • @FM95.5
    @FM95.5 Před 2 lety

    Always interested in knowing what you're reading.

  • @spencermehan
    @spencermehan Před 3 lety

    Everybody but john say hi back

  • @pramodm9926
    @pramodm9926 Před 3 lety +1

    Background music is nice.. can you provide the link to download that music?

  • @BookTimeWithRyan
    @BookTimeWithRyan Před 3 lety

    Noise is moving a bit slow for me. I like it, just slower.

  • @Stranger-pz4fp
    @Stranger-pz4fp Před 3 lety

    How do you choose which books yo read ?

  • @08vairohi
    @08vairohi Před 3 lety

    Hey so do I buy all these books or how do you get them?
    Because I can almost read a 600 pages in 4 days so its very costly to buy books or even get them second handed.
    So please help me get the books if anyone can.

  • @galixie231
    @galixie231 Před 3 lety

    I want a video about your tattoo 😊

  • @fahmidahmed340
    @fahmidahmed340 Před 3 lety

    hey john can you please make a "what's on my phone" video?

  • @nicholasn.2883
    @nicholasn.2883 Před 3 lety

    You’ve gotta read Lift Off by Eric Berger. Become space man

  • @Thiago-pc7vk
    @Thiago-pc7vk Před 3 lety

    Try Machado de Assis🇧🇷. You won't regret it, take my word.

  • @RTimis32597
    @RTimis32597 Před 3 lety

    Can you make a video about how to study ML on our own ?

  • @hasibullahahmadi9771
    @hasibullahahmadi9771 Před 3 lety

    Bro harvard is a personal collage or no
    If no so i am from Afghanistan what should i do to get in harvard

  • @nicholasn.2883
    @nicholasn.2883 Před 3 lety

    Project Hail Mary is dope. Read it

  • @simonenorman8331
    @simonenorman8331 Před 3 lety

    ok. using other ppl to talk...I have some older siblings---one is brilliant. I understand his frustrations completely.....a tech lead. I didn't get at first because I wasn't mature enough..now, I know where I belong. I don't share with someone who has over a dozen aliases

  • @truongxuantung718
    @truongxuantung718 Před 2 lety

    Did you read Dignity of the Nations written by Fujiwara Masahiko

  • @archiespagar1640
    @archiespagar1640 Před 3 lety +1

    what are you wearing in your neck and where can I buy it?

  • @ScullyPopASMR
    @ScullyPopASMR Před 3 lety

    Wow what a maverick booktuber.