We Asked People 'What's Your Favorite Novel?'

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PBS did a survey where they asked people 'What is your favorite book?' According to what they found, America's favorite novel is 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee which to us sounded like B.S. So to test that theory out we thought it would be fun to do a poll of our own. We went out and asked people 'What is your favorite novel?' and this is how that went.
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@eduardovargas1133 5 лет назад

I feel like the question should’ve been “can you read?”

@fares.b1301 3 года назад

Hahahaha

@rafizsadique4299 3 года назад

*enter Tywin Lannister*

@abigailr1128 3 года назад

Lol! Yes!

@acledfloyd 5 лет назад

I was feeling all superior but then I remembered I’m just watching RU-vid videos right now instead of reading

@chanakyadevil 5 лет назад

Get to work

@caitlinroseblaney226 5 лет назад

It’s not like you have to be reading right now, just as long as you do read 🤗

@antoniolozano9029 5 лет назад

Youre rigth i gona star whit Terry Pratchett

@EduardoOlidenJr 5 лет назад

Just do what I do: Watch while you cook; Read while you commute. ...unless you drive...that would be problematic.

@acledfloyd 5 лет назад

Good Omens is my favorite for sure.

@theoryaction 5 лет назад

This would be better if you guys didn't edit out the smart people. I'm sure one person in LA has read a novel.

@dudicorn6503 4 года назад

Exactly, and thank you.

@Mr35diamonds 4 года назад

I mean the notion that there are such people is slightly disconcerting anyway.

@OppoRancisis 4 года назад

You’d be surprised

@danielsavin4627 4 года назад

Doubt that ngl

@HoldenNY22 3 года назад

theoryaction- That is what I think. But as Howard K Beale- "The I"m as Mad as Hell Newscaster from the great Movie= "Network"- "Less than 5 % of you read books." I am not sure if that less than 5% figure is accurate.

@conniecrawford5231 5 лет назад

As a former lit professor , this breaks my heart. Our schools need to teach students how to spell and proper grammar and how to enjoy a great novel!

5 лет назад

so what is your favorite novel? :)

@wunderbarmutti5221 5 лет назад

I teach and must say schools aren’t fully to blame. Teachers have to teach a test which sucks any fun and enjoyment out of learning especially reading. Students read long random passages now and answer questions about it. I would also hate to read if that was my exposure to literature.

@NARKISDUDE 5 лет назад

are you still lit?

@conniecrawford5231 5 лет назад

Linnet Husi My consolation is that they edit these lips to use only the uninformed people. Hopefully, there were a lot of people questioned who got "cut" because the COULD name a novel!

@shryoder 5 лет назад

@@NARKISDUDE lmao.

@oussamatouhami1409 5 лет назад

I've always wondered whether they edit this out in order to only show the dumb ones! cause these can't be the only ones they interview

@sammack1890 3 года назад

Yeah, I live in Los Angeles and I've been asked about "Can you name a country". I'm pretty good at geography and named a lot, but I wasn't featured.

@hidof9598 2 года назад

@@sammack1890 , they want to control public perception

@do9138 2 года назад

Of COURSE they edit it! They are trying to make a point, so they use what supports that point. You were taught to do the same thing when you were taught to write research papers.

@gaynormainwaring1853 2 месяца назад

I’ve thought that too - pick out the people who will generate the most reaction.

@wcwright44 18 дней назад

….but, still

@MarcoPolo1299 5 лет назад

I don't understand peoples lack of interest when it comes to reading. Novels are like keys to opening up new worlds. New possibilities. It's how we share experiences, ideas, history. It's how we learn from our mistakes. Without novels society would look very different. We definitely wouldn't have television, movies, or music. Dystopian novels are my favorite. Those who aren't into reading novels. I recommend at least picking up, "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury and giving it a try. Just start by reading a few pages a day or a few minutes. Then add a page or minute every other day.

@andreatejeda1362 5 лет назад

My cousin just gave me that book as a present, I'm excited to read it. :)

@OppoRancisis 4 года назад

Andrea Is it a picture book?

@yurenchu 4 года назад

"Fahrenheit 451". Haha, I see you're going _meta_ there! :-)

@MdSH-qf7hd 4 года назад

DeadTownManifesto1985 love how much you are into this

@jemwithouttheholograms8806 4 года назад

I love to read but people have different hobbies. Some people like to sew, do archery, collect items, etc. People aren't special because of their hobby.

@baluki2 5 лет назад

embarrasing...

@slaughterhouse5309 5 лет назад

How is this possible?

@Rougarou99 5 лет назад

‘Merica.

@Anon54387 5 лет назад

That guy from Boston must be lying. How does one get out of school without reading a novel? Of course the difference is that those who are into books are the ones who watched the Great American Read which is far different from asking random pedestrians on the street in front of his studio. These are two entirely different groups of people who don't overlap.

@franciscopinto6394 5 лет назад

@@slaughterhouse5309 Well, to answer your questions, I confess I identify with these people in a sense. I too don't read books when information and other forms of media are more readily available. It's fun to shame these people, but let's not make the mistake of assuming a certain intellectual superiority because of it.

@smiller2044 5 лет назад

@@franciscopinto6394 well one guy said he's reading Fear and the show wanted a non-fiction title. Literacy is not the only form of intelligence, but those asked didn't seem promising bunch.

@FreeAssange 5 лет назад

"Name a novel" "the Bible" -an answer so dumb it was unintentionally smart.

@LaurenWM7 5 лет назад

I weep for humanity.

@ethansutton2522 5 лет назад

Jesus 😂😂 how have you never read a book

@pnut3844able 5 лет назад

ethan sutton she's young. Kids don't do hard copy these days

@vandeolkon 5 лет назад

My kids do! They love to read!! And my son is low vision so he switches from book to an iPad so his eyes don’t hurt.

@ethansutton2522 5 лет назад

vandeolkon so do I. I love reading books by 8th grade I was reading Stephen king books. My favourite novel has to be Mr. Mercedes by him

@teamworkformyfrainds 5 лет назад

i've never read a book and im a doctor

@AlanHope2013 5 лет назад

@jmarks881 You wouldn't be saying that if you'd ever read one voluntarily. So having given away the fact you never have, your opinion becomes worthless.

@vampireshawn2671 5 лет назад

Bible 😭😭😭

@worf7271 5 лет назад

Is that the one where they have to destroy a ring on Mount Doom?

@floorbrown 5 лет назад

most bullshit,harmful book ever

@EricaShady10171972 5 лет назад

Well...it is fiction.

@citizen320 5 лет назад

Close enough lol

@sweetboo1022 5 лет назад

Well it is the oldest fiction book in history

@eco_seasons2002 5 лет назад

I honestly thought that someone was going to say HARRY FREAKING POTTER!!!

@dutchgala7492 5 лет назад

Let's make Orwell's *1984* Fiction again

@anonymousperson3491 5 лет назад

This is less 1984 and more Fahrenheit 451

@bluepeng8895 4 года назад

What’s an Orwell?

@user-wv7vu3ns9v 4 года назад

Im reading 1984 at the moment!!

@dutchgala7492 4 года назад

@@user-wv7vu3ns9v That's great. Certainly have the time. *Everyone Stay Safe. Please.*

@kimtaekook9965 2 года назад

I thought u were talking abt captain jeon twt au 😅 Ngl it's one of masterpiece i hv ever read

@worf7271 5 лет назад

Reading is unamerican

@tonyofarrell2775 5 лет назад

So is thinking

@Nullifidian 5 лет назад

Damn! I hope they don't take away my passport. Of course, having a passport is un-American too, since it means going to foreign places and having contact with other peoples and cultures.

@lapislazuli06 5 лет назад

@@LenniL-ob4ll oh man...😂😭

@bigdaddybaltimore 5 лет назад

I actually read a lot but I'd be stumped if you asked me this randomly on the street.

@amnajaved6894 5 лет назад

I do that too. In am interview someone asked me this question and I started to get blank in my mind.

@samuelburleigh3550 3 года назад

@@amnajaved6894 With so many famous novels, you can´t think on the top of your head.. War and Peace, The Great Gatsby, Catch-22 etc.?

@amnajaved6894 3 года назад

@@samuelburleigh3550 for some odd reason no. It's like the words and names disappear.

@leonardshevlin7260 3 года назад

I drew a blank when asked to name as many varieties of apples as I could. I am certain that being on a quiz show would be a greater challenge than coming up with the answers from my couch.

@Cashwisdom94 3 года назад

That just means your mind is badly fragmented.

@Kevin-uz9ik 5 лет назад

My favorite novel is 1984 by George Orwell.

@isabelerhart9523 3 года назад

Yes! That's probably my favorite too.

@jsmith7888 3 года назад

Read more then

@homoabsurdus9758 2 года назад

My man. Love that book as well

@nikkimoon1533 2 года назад

Well, nowadays you get the live-in experience. 😆

@smellydonut5088 Год назад

As a bookworm this video sincerely took years off my life lmao

@manojprabhakar9111 4 года назад

Robinson Crusoe. I remember day dreaming about it during class and running home after school to pick it up.

@rjazmine10 5 лет назад

I regret clicking on this video.😒

@fieke5170 3 года назад

Can you guys please make a compilation of all the smart people with smart answers who you leave out of the videos? Just so we can all feel a bit better...

@grantlinenberger9222 5 лет назад

My favorite novel is youtube comments.

@dutchgala7492 5 лет назад

Awesome! Read many books a day, yes?

@FounderofGoogle 5 лет назад

My favorite Novel is The Hobbit, read it in HS when the movie was barely being announced

@darcyliz9993 4 года назад

Bro.....I never read any Tolkien books (because apparently his books are not available in my place) but with the help of the movies and some loyal and huge Tolkien fans, he became one of my favourite writers.

@gedihel1 5 лет назад

fahrenheit 451

@Bidoofus 5 лет назад

GARY HILL That's a really good one

@bobbykilroy860 5 лет назад

nice! classic

@47and28 5 лет назад

just off the top of my head: tom sawyer lord of the flies jaws american psycho adventures of Huckleberry Finn catcher in the rye brave new world bram stoker's dracula Mary shelly's frankenstein the exorcist

@lucasrios9249 5 лет назад

I couldn't get halfway through that book. I don't see how people enjoy reading.

@bobbykilroy860 5 лет назад

Lucas Rios ending is fire

@andreamiller3578 3 года назад

They'd be running to get away from me. I'd break it down by genre and then start rearranging the ranking depending on mood.

@pEAcEgrL81596 5 лет назад

Omg this is such a good one hahahah. I hope the world doesn't think this represents all Americans though :(

@brandondriver99 5 лет назад

I hope so as well... I think probably 60% of the USA still reads books

@brandondriver99 5 лет назад

@Tim Dev not necessarily true. There's always 2020

@bluelambo5 5 лет назад

Yup we all think u can't read now cuz of a segment on a talk show where they clearly cut anybody that read because it disturbed the feel they were going for. Sure.

@blabhblaja 5 лет назад

Well... Not specifically from this video but...

@brandondriver99 5 лет назад

@@bluelambo5 hey man, spread good vibes. No need for unnecessary sarcasm

@aishaniacharya9578 3 года назад

Stephen King is my all-time favourite author and when I heard that guy say that "Pet Sematary" was his favourite novel, I was low-key excited and then he said that he has seen the movie, but not read the book because it's thick. I was a bit disappointed. Pet Sematary is one of his shorter works. Try reading IT if you don't believe me!(it's an awesome book but took me some time)

@krasius7019 Год назад

The stand is even thicker I guess

@NewMessage 5 лет назад

And we now live in a time when if you asked that question to the President, he'd answer "Ivanka's... She has the cutest belly button ever."

@bluelambo5 5 лет назад

Ivankas novel? I don't get it

@bluelambo5 5 лет назад

@@oneduality ah, I didn't know your belly button is called a navel. Probably would have got it if I knew that lol and lmao "if she wasn't my daughter, perhaps I'd date her" lmfao who says that 😂😂😂

@bluelambo5 5 лет назад

Also you're from Canada, why u stating him as "the president"

@Bidoofus 5 лет назад

SirVixIsVexed You have no evidence that they are liberals.

@donb6897 5 лет назад

He's a troll. Don't feed him.

@miguelalejandroquezadamora5764 5 лет назад

1.Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoievski 2. Ulysses James Joyce. 3. Chevengur. Andrei Platonov 4. War and peace. Lev Tolstoy 5. The sound and fury. William Faulkner 6. Blood meridian. Cormac McCarthy 7. Tale of two cities. Charles Dickens 8. Germinal. Emile Zola 9. Life and fate. Vassili Grossman 10. A confederacy of dunces. John Kennedy Toole.

@AlanHope2013 5 лет назад

This looks like a list of the books you'd like people to think are your favourites. Ulysses? Come on. That wasn't even Joyce's favourite.

@ipod9771 2 года назад

It's upsetting to see how little people read now a days. I'm 24, I just started picking up books again around 2 to 3 years ago. People always give me obnoxious looks and passive aggressive jokes when I'm seen reading or talk about a book I read, as if I'm attempting to act prestigious or something lol. Nothing that truly hurts my feelings or upsets me, I just find it humorous how obsolete people perceive books. Nothing can compare to immersing yourself into the right book for you. There's a story out there for everybody.

@Phineas1626 2 года назад

Really appreciate your thoughtful comment. I actually still read a print newspaper and it’s such a novelty I actually have gotten several free cups of coffee from servers.

@darkale658 Год назад

It's happening more than ever that good books get picked up and turned into movies and tv shows. I think reading will become cool again when people start to realize you can read the source material months or years before the tv version comes out.

@r.22r Год назад

Reading had really fallen out of fashion about ten to fifteen years ago. Thanks to harry potter though, a lot of people got back into reading. Now with booktok ( tiktok book community) a lot of young people are reading (Sad but atleast its promoting a good habit).

@shrijitahalder 3 года назад

My favourite novel is Little Women Second favourite is A Christmas Carol Third Favourite is Oliver Twist. I love reading classics!!

@girlfriday9939 5 лет назад

Pick up a book once in a while!!!!!!

@bahmani00 5 лет назад

The Brothers Karamazov By Fyodor Dostoevsky

@radeknaprstek3886 5 лет назад

How aproachable is it for a normal reader? I have some respect for Dostoevsky and I fear I will have a tough time to get to his work. I read mostly fantasy, scifi and books about WW2 but I also really enjoyed classical writers like Steinbeck, Salinger, Orwell, Hemingway, Remarque and some others but I never read anything from a Russian author.

@MoonLaceyButterfly 5 лет назад

Radek Náprstek very much so. Dostoevsky is well known for being the first to write psychological thriller types of novels. Although I haven’t read “The Brothers Karamazov ”, “Crime and Punishment” was a great read and actually a bit laughable in some areas (forgive me if my humor seems a bit crass here).

@tynakatroberts5117 4 года назад

Daniel B That's a good one!!

@Moamanly 3 года назад

@@radeknaprstek3886 Try Solzhenitsyn's 'One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovitch' or 'August 1914' for size.

@dkrom 5 лет назад

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

@kikojackson6036 3 года назад

This explains so much about America...

@timothyglen6733 3 года назад

'Barnabas came to us by sea.' Both the first and last sentences in The House of The Spirits by Isabel Allende. Enchanting.

@MaioParlato 5 лет назад

I knew that was coming. But it still hurt. Ouch.

@elizabethgutierez5614 5 лет назад

Ouch! The book worm in me felt this like a stab in the heart! My favorite novel would have to be either Pride and Prejudice (I’ve read it 3x) or any of the seven Harry Potter books (read all of them 3x & will probably read them all for a 4th time)

@darcyliz9993 4 года назад

I love Jane Austen and P&P is my favourite novel of hers.

@lilianaohara 2 года назад

Mine is jane Eyre, and the throne of glass series, and the cruel prince and all the ones you just mentioned

@elaroden1636 2 года назад

omg i love pride and predjudice, my favourite by jane austen would be northanger abbey :) and i love the maze runner series and any grishaverse book, especially six of crows

@addie-eileenpaige6460 Год назад

I would've said Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows if this was me.

@kaythereader 3 года назад

I have too many favorites to name, but I loved “The Book of Harlan” and “Sugar” by Bernice L. McFadden.

@keys2467 5 лет назад

This is just sad. No wonder the rest of the world thinks we're stupid here in America

@derekviveiros2145 5 лет назад

*Know lmao

@Nullifidian 5 лет назад

Since people are chiming in with their favorite novels, I'll give mine: _The Decameron_ by Giovanni Boccaccio. It's a bit of an anomaly, because it consists of a hundred stories told over ten days by a _brigata_ of seven women and three men, but that frame narrative gives it just enough of an overarching structure for it to be considered a novel. If anyone is interested in checking it out, I highly recommend the Guido Waldman translation published by Oxford World's Classics. The translation is superb and the extensive endnotes are very useful for orienting oneself in Boccaccio's late medieval/early Renaissance world.

@lacasadipavlov 5 лет назад

Excellent choice!!!

@amantedelmondo1787 5 лет назад

At least say freaking Harry Potter or something for crying out loud!...

@waqqas_the_wicked 5 лет назад

That's what I was waiting to hear

@CT-um7zq 5 лет назад

Or twilight. I mean, just Breaking Dawn was nearly 900 pages.

@holisticcritic9267 5 лет назад

Harry Potter billboard is in the background lol

@igot5onit423 5 лет назад

As much as I hate to admit it other than school work... the only books I've ever read are Goosebump books when I was a little kid and the Harry potter series

@phantommagnolia 5 лет назад

I'd rather say nothing than Harry Potter

@theagresticreader 5 лет назад

The international book club that I am a part of in Goodreads has the biggest population of readers from America.

@meghnareddy7655 3 года назад

This video wrecked my heart 💔

@MiguelGarayStarty 5 лет назад

One hundred years of solitude

@CT-um7zq 5 лет назад

Yeah, pretty much everything from Garcia Marquez. That guy is a genius.

@luiserenner7147 5 лет назад

O yes!

@JoseGranny 5 лет назад

Excellent read. I was 16 when I first read that book. I still remember the colorful images it painted.

@somekidsmom07 5 лет назад

Absolutely!

@amnajaved6894 5 лет назад

Ohmg. Yes.

@allysonbrucieizard9545 5 лет назад

As a high school English teacher, I have read large portions, if not whole books to my classes, because they do NOT read anything but texts on their phones.

@intimi28 5 лет назад

You probably shouldn't. How are they ever going to learn if you facilitate them? Why don't you have them read a book and do a test on it that counts for their grade? Part of my high school exam grade was reading 16 books from my own language (Dutch), 12 books for English (mandatory 2nd language), 10 books for French and also 10 for German (the latter two only if you were graduating in these languages). My nephew just told me it's still part of high school exams 22 years later here in the Netherlands.

@JaneDoe-ci3gj 5 лет назад

I think being read to can be a great introduction to reading.

@intimi28 5 лет назад

@@JaneDoe-ci3gj, I agree, but more for kids in lower school. Kids in high school should have enough reading skills to read themselves.

@martinez112820 5 лет назад

Glad I've read books! My favorite novel is The Wizard Of Oz.

@rarethen9 5 лет назад

The Catcher in the Rye

@caribelflorentino4985 4 года назад

I think the book thief. I just remember it moving me to tears and it was just so well written.

@237schibe_ 3 года назад

My favorite novel is Catcher in the Rye or The Outsiders

@akshaymanta55 11 месяцев назад

Crime and punishment by Doestovesky

@aliciacroft 5 лет назад

This explains a lot actually...

@brynn7064 5 лет назад

So many people do not read :( So sad

@sirreadsalot786 2 года назад

Imagine admitting that you don’t read and laughing. How embarrassing and depressing.

@kryss187 5 лет назад

I know they selected the few people that don't read to make a joke, but I would be interested in what people they found on the streets did like as their favorite novel

@thudson99 5 лет назад

Should’ve asked outside of bookstores!

@RTTVMARLONSHILLINGFORD 5 лет назад

Jimmy your show is the bom!

@beckv8526 5 лет назад

Once I didn't watch TV for 5 yrs and I read lots of books but even my sister doesn't believe me. I've been a book lover since I was a little kid. My fav novels are "Count of Monte Cristo," and "Pride and Prejudice." Oh, and "Dracula."

@nikkimoon1533 2 года назад

Omg! Dracula was awesome! Took a while to pick up, but when it did... Hooooo boy! 👀 I could not put it down! Have you read Mary Shelly's Frankenstein? That book is a keeper. An absolutely delightful read. ❤️

@beckv8526 2 года назад

@@nikkimoon1533 I haven't, actually. I have the book. I guess now I will. Thanks. Have you read "The Alienist?" Awesome book. Historical fiction of New York.

@hamishah7816 2 года назад

The few novels that I have read: The adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle. The lost symbol by Dan Brown. The name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Dafoe. I am not an avid fictional reader but I read non-fiction a lot. Philosophy, religion and history are my favourites. It is very sad to see that people are not reading at all.

@nikkimoon1533 2 года назад

Oooooh! Some of those are really good (I only know a couple of them). Digital Fortress is my favourite Dan Brown book. I absolutely loved that one. Haven't read The Lost Symbol yet, but I will definitely add these to my tbr pile. I haven't finished The Richest Man In Babylon. Sometimes a book has too many lessons to get through in one sitting and needs time and attention.

@hamishah7816 2 года назад

@@nikkimoon1533 Read Angels and Demons by Dan Brown and A case of exploding mangoes by Muhammad Hanif. These two novels, especially the one by Hanif are amazingly written.

@r.s.9861 Год назад

Gabriel García Marquez: One Hundred Years of Solitude

@user-qv8ey5xw6l 5 лет назад

crime and punishment by Dostoevsky

@miguelalejandroquezadamora5764 5 лет назад

Brothers Karamazov is his absolute greatest work. For me is the greatest novel of all time.

@angelasinger2953 5 лет назад

@@miguelalejandroquezadamora5764 and The Idiot

@amnajaved6894 5 лет назад

There was a time in my life when I'd read two books per week. Some I don't even remember the names of but I know their stories. It's been two months and I have not read fiction.

@blabhblaja 5 лет назад

I feel so sad for people who don´t read. I enjoy it as much or even more as watching a great movie or watching a riveting Netflix show.

@derekviveiros2145 5 лет назад

I feel so bad for people who read too much. Their socially awkward

@blabhblaja 5 лет назад

Not really

@intimi28 5 лет назад

At least people who read know the difference between their and they're and how to use punctuation. You know, the things that come in handy when writing job application letters, work reports, RU-vid comments, etc. Other than that books are great for critical thinking skills, for comprehensive reading skills and for imagination skills, since a reader needs to imagine the story in his mind rather than have it easily presented to them like with movies.

@cei9514 5 лет назад

@@derekviveiros2145 you know, people who read can usually tell the difference between 'there' and 'their'.

@derekviveiros2145 5 лет назад

@@cei9514 Tru story lol

@Xarfax321 Год назад

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Mostly because I read it as a kid and I get all nostalgic from reading it.

@MartialLoreNZ 5 лет назад

Tough question to pick just one-- Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry is my favorite, although I prefer reading his "short novel," The Forest Path to the Spring. RIchard Flanagan's novel, Gould's Book of Fish is right up there, too, but I think choosing just one is a bit ridiculous.

@Nullifidian 5 лет назад

I bought _Gould's Book of Fish_ years ago for my Kindle, but it broke and I replaced it with a Kobo because the Kindle was no longer properly rendering files downloaded from Internet Archive. Since I only got my Kindle in the first place to read public domain books, this was a deal-breaker for me. But now I've lost access to all the books I bought, except by sitting at the computer and reading via their free desktop app. You're tempting me to make the effort for this book.

@JornBjerregaard 5 лет назад

My favorite will always be Catcher in the Rye. Dont know why. There's just something about that story...

@conniecrawford5231 5 лет назад

Jørn Bjerregaard it' about teenage angst and is popular for some of the same reasons ""Rebel Without A Cause" is such a compelling movie ( that and James Dean's amazing performance). Coming of age stories are always going to speak to our young people from "Tom Sawyer" to "Mockingbird" ( I shortened the full titles for effect). It's what music does, also.

@Araf28666 3 года назад

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

@SammieMousie 3 года назад

Still haven't read The Catcher in the Rye but my favorite is East of Eden. I know a lot of people say The Grapes of Wrath is the better of the two novels from Steinbeck but I love East of Eden so much more. Although, I will say this every American should read The Grapes of Wrath. I can't stress enough how relevant that book is to this day and it was written in 1939.

@PhilMante Год назад

Out of all the novels I've read, probably the outsiders or holes would be my favorite. But the one novel I would highly recommend is Nineteen-eighty-four, that novel is the only one I've ever read front to back that wasn't part of a school curriculum. And as I get older, I can see why education systems don't allow classes to read that one.

@fairy6430 11 месяцев назад

Omg same I loveeee the outsiders!

@laurenstewart3781 3 года назад

I want to see this in the uk

@lynnturman8157 5 лет назад

It's a tie: Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky and Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.

@nikkimoon1533 2 года назад

Bruh. Harry Potter! 🙄 How come no one mentioned Harry Potter, yet whenever you ask someone who doesn't actually read what their favourite novel is, they say, "The first Harry Potter." 🤣 personally, Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon is my favourite book. That book was action, love story, and so heartbreaking it made my freaking tears cry. 🥺 Very well written.

@WriterusAeternus 5 лет назад

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

@ahamedularefin9426 5 лет назад

Mine too

@zeeblue1220 5 лет назад

Fantastic book, I think that might be my favorite, too.

@shrukers7057 4 года назад

I searched for it at so many book store but it's always sold out. So I searched at books even and guess what? It's already out of stock, I wonder if I ever going to get a chance to read it 😔

@neen42 5 лет назад

East of Eden

@FreakieFan 5 лет назад

The Amazing Adventures of Kavelier and Clay for me probably

@S0mThNgRnDm 5 лет назад

Favorite book: Name of the wind - Patrick Rothfuss

@keys2467 5 лет назад

that's a good one

@emmacarazo 5 лет назад

greatt onee

@BernieYohan 5 лет назад

I’m waiting for another from him.

@JaskaranSingh-je7tg 5 лет назад

great book, loved the musical and romantic bits.

@donb6897 5 лет назад

meh.

@azndude963 5 лет назад

“White teeth” by zadie Smith was a Nobel I read repeatedly in college. In high school, “Beloved” confused, challenged, and surprisingly entertained. It was difficult but somehow rewarding to me as a high schooler. I hated anything Charles dickens...they made us read so much of him.

@bleumarin1968 5 лет назад

I just started reading Swing Time. It's my first book from her.

@coosoorlog 3 года назад

The Thorn Birds. Absolute classic.

@siddharthmanumusic Год назад

Relatable!

@danceluver2090 5 лет назад

Mine is The Girl on the Train!

@olciaszwarc 5 лет назад

Emily Hyland that was literally the worst book I ever read

@danceluver2090 5 лет назад

Ola Szwarc hahaha I liked it 😂

@sweiland75 5 лет назад

The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit which I read when I was a child.

@peerlessbreton7182 5 лет назад

Yaaay!

@darcyliz9993 4 года назад

Yeah....I'm a huge fan of Tolkien too.

@infiniteee762 3 года назад

2 mins silence for those... Who thought theyd find their favorite novel here... Ps. Me too😀

@nightmuffin937 5 лет назад

My favorite is A ClockWork Orange by Anthony Burgess

@jessika333 5 лет назад

Started thinking to myself I should pick up a freaking book and read once in a while .. Jesus it's sad no one really reads books anymore

@Topbottoms 5 лет назад

NOBODY said Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? Or even some YA Hunger Games type stuff? Damn...

@albertandrews130 5 лет назад

good book, Martian Chronicles even better, Foundation better still

@ponyboygarfunkel1675 2 года назад

So many. How does one choose? Slaughter House Five, The Man Who Fell to Earth, 1984, The Great Gatsby, The Elegance of the Hedgehog, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, The Old Man and the Sea, and on and on...

@JulianoHuerta 5 лет назад

Shout out to the guy that said Pet Sematary ! lol that's my favorite!

@eppursimuove3090 5 лет назад

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series

@AlanHope2013 5 лет назад

Strictly speaking a novelisation of a radio series. But more people have probably read the book(s) than heard the series.

@captaincaptain2128 5 лет назад

Bram Stoker ' s Dracula

@maxnullifidian 5 лет назад

My all-time favorite book is "The Walking Drum" by Louis L'Amour.

@phantommagnolia 5 лет назад

the Night of Times - Barjavel

@sourpatchkid20 5 лет назад

Easy For whom the bell tolls

@tarzzamz2067 5 лет назад

There's a book for everyone 😊

@noodengr3three825 5 лет назад

For the record I have read twenty of the one hundred on the PBS list. My favorites did make the top 40.

@khanyisabaloyi637 5 лет назад

Half of a yellow sun - Chimamanda Ngozi

@Unknown-wv6lg 3 года назад

If that would have been me I would start giving out a list of novels to read plus rate them 😊😅 Lol

@adityachede8075 5 лет назад

Stephan king 'it '

@mdevres 5 лет назад

This is the same all around the world, ignorance is what unites us..

@jxbane 5 лет назад

I can’t believe they didn’t get better responses

@Nullifidian 5 лет назад

I'm sure they did, but they wouldn't have shown those.

@teleopinions1367 5 лет назад

One of my favorite novels is "100 Years of Solitude" by Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Others are "The Pillars of the Earth" Ken Follet and "A world Without End" by the same author. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoi is a good read as well.

@BernieYohan 5 лет назад

A Prayer for Owen Meany

@neen42 5 лет назад

Solid choice. I like The World According to Garp better.

@sjane7229 5 лет назад

BernieYohan John Irving is brilliant! It’s been years since I’ve read those books, but I was thinking about him just the other day. Garp is a modern classic, and Owen Meany- !! I fell APART!!!

@sjane7229 5 лет назад

Wendy Muller Amazing book!

@erdemmemisyazici3950 5 лет назад

1:31 Umpire yells, "SAFE!"

@mmb628jr2 5 лет назад

Tale of Two Cities (if it counts as a novel), The Brothers Karamazov and The Famished Road by Ben Okri, Silas Marner by George Eliot is up there in my Tops.

@AlanHope2013 5 лет назад

Middlemarch is her masterpiece, and possibly the best English novel ever. I recommend it heartily. And of course ToTC is a novel, although many if not most of Dickens' works were originally published as serials in magazine, one chapter at a time. How infuriating would that be?

@mmb628jr2 5 лет назад

Alan Hope I'm gonna have audible middle march... I have a Adam Bebe on the shelf been meaning to Read- but it's intimidating.

@AlanHope2013 5 лет назад

@@mmb628jr2 I have a thing against audio books, especially literary novels. Two things: the voices in my head cannot be replaced with one voice covering all. That's like ordering the seafood platter and it comes out all clams. Second: it doesn't offer the chance to go back and read that paragraph again, whether you didn't quite grasp the thought behind it, or you just want to savour the writing, eat it all up and lick the plate. I'm sure it is intimidating, but that's a good thing. I haven't tackled Adam Bede, myself. So I have no opinion I'm afraid.