I had the same problem. I did a reading jar. Basically, I wrote the title of the books on my TBR on small papers, put them in a jar, mixed them and I picked one at random to read something you. If you're a bit artistic, you can customize the jar a bit or just let it plain. I finished a really nice book which had been on my TBR for 2 years this week thanks to this method and I have another waiting. I hope this will work for you!
The Green Ideas Collection - Penguin Small Pleasures - Clare Chambers Play It As It Lays - Joan Didion Love is a Mix Tape - Rob Sheffield Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky The Master & Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov Malibu Rising - Taylor Jenkins Reid No One is Talking About This - Patricia Lockwood Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut Night Sky with Exit Wounds - Ocean Vuong The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett The Beekeeper of Aleppo - Christy Lefteri And Then the End Will Come! - Brandon Andress Hamnet - Maggie O’Farrell The Windrush Betrayal - Amelia Gentleman A Single Man - Vintage Isherwood The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller The Memory Police - Yoko Ogawa On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke - Eric LaRocca The Dangers of Smoking in Bed - Mariana Enríquez Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves - Karen Joy Fowler Lonely Castle in the Mirror - Mizuki Tsujimura Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro The Housekeeper and the Professor - Ogawa Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 - Cho Nam-Joo Emma - Jane Austen The Hungry Tide - Amitav Ghosh Moby Dick - Herman Melville The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway Queenie - Candice Carty-Williams Clap When You Land - Elizabeth Acevedo Siddhartha - Hermann Hessean Lost Girls and Love Hotels - Catherine Hanrahan Exciting Times - Naoise Dolan Luster - Raven Leilani Shuggie Bain - Douglas Stuart Call Me By Your Name - André Aciman Funny Boy - Shyam Selvadurai The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford Brighton Rock - Graham Greene What We Talk About When We Talk About Love - Vintage Carver The Houseguest & Others Stories - Amparo Dávila No One Belongs Here More Than You - Miranda July The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams Misery - Stephen King My Policeman - Bethan Roberts Norwegian Wood - Murakami Red, White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara The Hungover Games - Sophie Heawood What I Talk About When I Talk About Running - Murakami Changes - Ama Ata Aidoo 84 Charing Cross Road - Helene Hanff My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh If I Had Your Face - Frances Cha Demian - Hermann Hesse The Unreal & The Real - Ursula K. Le Guin Such a Fun Age - Kiley Reid Normal People - Sally Rooney Loveless - Alice Oseman The Uni-Verse - Jack Edwards Ariadne - Jennifer Saint Love in Colour - Bolu Babalola Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro Girl, Woman, Other - Bernadrine Evaristo
For coming of age, sapphic and weird, you could also try This Is How You Lose The Time War. A sapphic romance told through letters between two agents of warring time travel agencies. Super weird, super beautiful and romantic.
also for someone who’s nosy - “That Time I Loved You” by Carrianne Leung! It follows the people in a neighborhood and kind of goes through their very personal lives vs the image other people in the neighborhood have of them. You can’t really hate any of the characters (except one or two) but each chapter leaves you wanting to know more about the person aHHHH
i just don't understand how can you remember so much info about all the books you've read, i get that you probably write some stuff down.. but still, you're really good
It's very impressive! Although I will say that it probably helps that Jack has talked about most of these in other videos so he's thought and talked about these books way more than other readers would.
I love how you recommend such a diverse range of literature! Since I watch your videos I've come in contact with novels from many different cultures and the LGBTQ+ community. You shine the spotlight on literature that normaly wouldn't be recommended as often, but that really deserve the cloud. Keep up the good work Jack :)
Just want to say I really see and appreciate the diversity here. Jack, I think your recommendations and reading habits are the most diverse I see on RUclips. Thank you!
For environmentalist, my favorite is The Story of Stuff. It’s seriously a life changing book. How many others saw that wood box and thought it was a Harry Potter item cause of initials on top? 🤣
Had to read this book for my environmental studies degree and I thought it was interesting but I think you can also get essentially the same information in the videos they made for the website of the same name
your transition from study videos to being one of the best booktubers in the game will never not amaze me. AN ICON. this video was so fun to watch, thank you!!
I would love that I think emmie did that kind of video recently for the the murder of roger ackroyd (wrong choice but you know) it was a long video but so worth it
Oh definitely. Agathas books, though, are pretty predictable after reading a few. You can just tell what the plot twist is after a while, especially with the detective Poirot
Small pleasures does sound like the kind of book my mom would read! She constantly loves making up speculative stories and getting into detail about people’s lives as they’re walking down the road, what they’re thinking or what they’re about to do etc. It’s quite entertaining, she makes small little insignificant things into something significant
Greek mythology - "The Silence of the Girls" by Pat Barker. It begins "Great Achilles. Brilliant Achilles, shining Achilles, godlike Achilles... How the epithets pile up. We never called him any of those things; we called him 'the butcher'."
I’m really curious, did you have the list prepared or did you really recommend books off the cuff after reading the prompt? It seemed so convenient and candid it made me laugh when you’d be like “oh! Here’s a perfectly specific book that popped into my mind all of the sudden to fit your niche!” Either way, great video and I added a bunch to my gift-list for friends/family and my own tbr!
the jump cuts make this look very fast paced but actually I sit and think about what I’m going to say in between shots, haha! I just cut that bit out :)
loveless is literally amazing. alice oseman is my favorite author ever. i am literally obsessed with her work and binge read all her stuff in like 2 months (i was reading other books during it too). i’m so glad i finally had good aroace representation
I just wanted to write a little message. Christmas over the last two years has not been the same for us. We have all lost loved ones, even maybe parts of ourselves, to the pandemic. So you're not alone if this Christmas you spend grieving. If you spend this Christmas alone intentionally. If this Christmas you couldn't go home to family. If this Christmas you didn't have anyone to give you gifts. If this Christmas you are missing someone. If this Christmas gives you bad memories about the year. It's okay. You're not alone. It's absolutely okay if all you did this year was just survive. It's absolutely okay if all you do this christmas is gift yourself books and watch a Christmas movie by yourself. Do whatever you need to do to feel better. Please don't compare your Christmas to the perfect ones you see on Social Media. You're going to be okay. We love you. Have yourselves a merry little christmas loves
Jack has such a beautiful way of talking about books that makes me want to read each one lol such a gift he has, thanks for the recommendations! Also thank you for all the work of sectioning off the video by recommendation, I know it took a long time and its appreciated!🥰
I really recommend pretty much any book by a Japanese author. My personal favourite is ‘Kokoro’ by Soseki Natsume, which is gut-wrenching and written in a beautiful yet devastating way. I love Japanese authors because every word is crafted so elegantly and chosen carefully.
You know that you've watched this channel a LOT this year when you can sometimes guess what Jack is going to recommend even if you haven't read that book.
Jack: book recommendation for your friends and family. Me: Ohhh my good! A whole video of book recommendations for my many many personalities! This'll be the best Christmas ever!✨
Jack!!! I was scrolling through my phone after a breakdown and I was thinking "I hope Jake posts a video today im so mentally unstable, I need some good bestie vibes" AND THEN I GET A NOTIFICATION FROM RUclips THAT YOU POSTED. I won today 🕺
This is the best video ever. It was so helpful and I honestly want to buy all these books no matter if I’m interested in the topic or not. You made them all seem soo worth reading 😍
oh I’ve got one for *Someone who puts down a book if they don’t enjoy the first chapter* : “false witness” by Karin slaughter! its for the thriller-reader-besties out there 😂do check tigger warning beforehand tho! the plot twist at the end of that first chapter had me surgically repairing my jaw because of how hard it hit the floor 🤯
Northanger abbey is a very good recommendation and in my experience has sparked some pretty interesting conversations about the nature of marriage and society in the 19th century as compared to now (+ I'm doing it for my a level coursework)
this is the best book gift guide i think i've ever watched - you were funny but also succinct and didn't give a 3 minute synopsis on every book which means i actually watched the whole thing instead of skipping past once the book name was mentioned
Can you do a video to recommend books to experience different cities and countries? I remember you read a book based in paris before going to paris and I wanna try reading books based in places I'll visit!
This was literally the best recommendation video ever:) I love how you recommend books by so many comparatively "unknown" authors. Also, I didnt know you knew about Blood sweat and tears and spring day, in that detail.
Also for the short stories: The world-ending fire by Wendell Berry -> a lot of environment vs capitalism material to argue about BUT filled with the most beautiful timeless quotes
I've just finished Queenie and I was so captivated by it! The first book I've read that's not related to my degree since the summer and it was SO worth it
also i will say i tend to avoid men’s recommendations in general because i find that they lean more toward male narrated books or just not a very diverse set of books. but you have such a diverse taste and it’s very enduring!! thank you for your channel!
there is something about the way a lot of japanese authors write that just draws me into the story a lot more and I just really love the writing style of japanese authors and somehow can't find that spark in other books tbh
I appreciate this video and you so much! My older brother says he doesn’t need anything for Christmas but I still want to get him something, and some of these book recommendations were perfect for him!
I've been watching your channel for a while but I FINALLY actually read one of the books you recommended..."My Policeman" and it was SO GOOD. I finished it a few days ago and have been aggressively recommending it to all my friends and family
@@claudiaah6603 really??? I didn't love all the characters themselves, but I really enjoyed how the book was written and the story that unfolded. Especially the ending!
I'm amazed at all these advice you have and how passionate you are. My reading game got lost in my med studies, but I hope I can truly renew with this passion of mine when my competitive exam is over. Thank you for all of your videos, they're great. I love your energy and your humour!!
Just ordered Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo just because you suggested it! I'm excited :) I have had a hard time returning to Vanishing Half though, but I am currently working my way through Song of Achilles. I used to only read sci-fi, but I guess I'm finally growing up lol
For classics and twists and turns lovers I'd recommend: The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy! Is FULL of plots twists 😅 I thought it was great fun!
For a good plot twist I’d recommend “We were liars” by E. Lockhart. When I learnt the truth of what was happening I just closed it and had to process for minutes. My friends and I were reading it and we all were shocked.
My priest did his entire homily on Shuggie Bain for the beginning of Advent and I’ve been wanting to read it since! He said that it writes about which trauma and horror with love and non-judgment towards others and used that as an analogy for how God loves us and how we should look at the world - especially during Advent.
Everyone: Apreciates the fact that how easy has it become to buy books to their pals Whilst me: I appreciate that you made this video near my b'day... At last some good books to relish!
I love gifting books to people. If a character remind me of a certain person in my life while reading I note it down and gift/give them the book. I have given to non readers as well because even if there is a Chance they read it I'll be more than happy. It's like a way of telling them from my side what they means to me. To my book loving people i love gifting classics they haven't read or the book I want them to read.
let's be honest we all watching this to shop for ourselves
Guilty
I couldn’t have said it better
So true! 😄
you caught me
Busted.🤣
My to-read list has grown immensely since I found Jack's channel. I don't know where to start....
A random wheel pick
Seriously, everytime I watch a booktube video, my tbr list just keeps growing! 🤭
Literally same
I had the same problem. I did a reading jar. Basically, I wrote the title of the books on my TBR on small papers, put them in a jar, mixed them and I picked one at random to read something you. If you're a bit artistic, you can customize the jar a bit or just let it plain. I finished a really nice book which had been on my TBR for 2 years this week thanks to this method and I have another waiting. I hope this will work for you!
@@ChibiPanda2 I quite like this idea! Adds an element of surprise :) I might just try it out, thanks for the suggestion!
Jack: *uploads the video*
Me: *opens notes app and is ready to increase my already little too long TBR*
I did the same thing 😭😭
relatable
me but with goodreads 😭 i have like 600+ books on my TBR now because of his videos haha
hahaha me every time too
same
It must take you AGES TO PUT IN THESE TITLES AND MAKE THESE VIDEOS I just am so appreciative of your hard work jack
Agree! Amazing content!
The Green Ideas Collection - Penguin
Small Pleasures - Clare Chambers
Play It As It Lays - Joan Didion
Love is a Mix Tape - Rob Sheffield
Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Master & Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
Malibu Rising - Taylor Jenkins Reid
No One is Talking About This - Patricia Lockwood
Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
Night Sky with Exit Wounds - Ocean Vuong
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett
The Beekeeper of Aleppo - Christy Lefteri
And Then the End Will Come! - Brandon Andress
Hamnet - Maggie O’Farrell
The Windrush Betrayal - Amelia Gentleman
A Single Man - Vintage Isherwood
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
The Memory Police - Yoko Ogawa
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke - Eric LaRocca
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed - Mariana Enríquez
Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves - Karen Joy Fowler
Lonely Castle in the Mirror - Mizuki Tsujimura
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
The Housekeeper and the Professor - Ogawa
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 - Cho Nam-Joo
Emma - Jane Austen
The Hungry Tide - Amitav Ghosh
Moby Dick - Herman Melville
The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
Queenie - Candice Carty-Williams
Clap When You Land - Elizabeth Acevedo
Siddhartha - Hermann Hessean
Lost Girls and Love Hotels - Catherine Hanrahan
Exciting Times - Naoise Dolan
Luster - Raven Leilani
Shuggie Bain - Douglas Stuart
Call Me By Your Name - André Aciman
Funny Boy - Shyam Selvadurai
The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford
Brighton Rock - Graham Greene
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love - Vintage Carver
The Houseguest & Others Stories - Amparo Dávila
No One Belongs Here More Than You - Miranda July
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Misery - Stephen King
My Policeman - Bethan Roberts
Norwegian Wood - Murakami
Red, White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara
The Hungover Games - Sophie Heawood
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running - Murakami
Changes - Ama Ata Aidoo
84 Charing Cross Road - Helene Hanff
My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh
If I Had Your Face - Frances Cha
Demian - Hermann Hesse
The Unreal & The Real - Ursula K. Le Guin
Such a Fun Age - Kiley Reid
Normal People - Sally Rooney
Loveless - Alice Oseman
The Uni-Verse - Jack Edwards
Ariadne - Jennifer Saint
Love in Colour - Bolu Babalola
Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro
Girl, Woman, Other - Bernadrine Evaristo
Thank you, you are my hero
Great job! Thx a lot!
You r an angel. Thnku
you are doing god's work thanks bestie
LEGEND
For coming of age, sapphic and weird, you could also try This Is How You Lose The Time War. A sapphic romance told through letters between two agents of warring time travel agencies. Super weird, super beautiful and romantic.
I also think Carmilla could be a good one for that!
I need this
I love that book! Such beautiful prose.
ohh it's sapphic? i thought it was mlm cool !
@@chacepaulson1309 haven't read that one yet! Added it to the list :)
Admittedly a lot of my recommendations have come from Jack but I laughed as *every single book* I’ve bought my mum for Xmas was mentioned 😂😂
also for someone who’s nosy - “That Time I Loved You” by Carrianne Leung! It follows the people in a neighborhood and kind of goes through their very personal lives vs the image other people in the neighborhood have of them. You can’t really hate any of the characters (except one or two) but each chapter leaves you wanting to know more about the person aHHHH
Added to my StoryGraph TBR
Hey from other Sonali 🤭
Keep trying your best! 😁
LOVED that book
uhh coool
This seems so charming and interesting, great recommendation
Petition to have jack edwards as my secret santa..... because this guy does not DISAPPOINT.
i just don't understand how can you remember so much info about all the books you've read, i get that you probably write some stuff down.. but still, you're really good
Same I don't even remember the books I've read this month lol
For real
It's very impressive! Although I will say that it probably helps that Jack has talked about most of these in other videos so he's thought and talked about these books way more than other readers would.
if the recommender remembers the books you can rest assured that the books were good 😄
THIS VIDEO IS ACTUALLY SO PERFECT. more books to add to my buying list 😭
My exact thought! It's a gift idea video yet I'll be buying all these books for myself 😭
I love how you recommend such a diverse range of literature! Since I watch your videos I've come in contact with novels from many different cultures and the LGBTQ+ community. You shine the spotlight on literature that normaly wouldn't be recommended as often, but that really deserve the cloud. Keep up the good work Jack :)
This means the world to me, thank you!
Me: how do people buy books for people? Like, how do I even know what they’d like?
Me seeing this video: I get it.
“We want them to cry, not to be traumatized” is exactly why I’m always afraid to recommend A little life but it’s sooo gorgeous as well. The struggle.
can we just acknowledge the fact that he could think of that many books and recall the plot and characters🤯
Just want to say I really see and appreciate the diversity here. Jack, I think your recommendations and reading habits are the most diverse I see on RUclips. Thank you!
For environmentalist, my favorite is The Story of Stuff. It’s seriously a life changing book. How many others saw that wood box and thought it was a Harry Potter item cause of initials on top? 🤣
Had to read this book for my environmental studies degree and I thought it was interesting but I think you can also get essentially the same information in the videos they made for the website of the same name
I love how weirdly specific but relatable these categories were
your transition from study videos to being one of the best booktubers in the game will never not amaze me. AN ICON. this video was so fun to watch, thank you!!
petition for Jack to make an 'attempting to solve an Agatha Christie mystery' video:
I would love that I think emmie did that kind of video recently for the the murder of roger ackroyd (wrong choice but you know) it was a long video but so worth it
@@isabellerobey yes I absolutely loved that video!! I’ve seen a few other people doing it too, inspired by her 💖
Oh definitely. Agathas books, though, are pretty predictable after reading a few. You can just tell what the plot twist is after a while, especially with the detective Poirot
Small pleasures does sound like the kind of book my mom would read! She constantly loves making up speculative stories and getting into detail about people’s lives as they’re walking down the road, what they’re thinking or what they’re about to do etc. It’s quite entertaining, she makes small little insignificant things into something significant
Greek mythology - "The Silence of the Girls" by Pat Barker. It begins "Great Achilles. Brilliant Achilles, shining Achilles, godlike Achilles... How the epithets pile up. We never called him any of those things; we called him 'the butcher'."
Damn, that's a nice first line. I now need to pick that one up
I’ve just read this!! It’s so great 📚❤️
You know people are scared they'll suddenly be injected with drug and get addicted.
Your comment is the book equivalent of that
I just finished this book yesterday and it’s one of the best things I’ve ever read
Me taking notes for myself because I trust Jack's recommendations 👀
Omg same. This whole video is going to be my 2022 reading list
@@snigdhasanganeria7670 same here! time to spend some money hahah
This is the most comprehensive and helpful reading guide I have ever seen. Thank you! Christmas and Reyes shopping is going to be so easy this year :)
Listen, seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo was literally the book that got me back into reading two years ago!!! Jack’s psychic abilities are outstanding 🖤
Was literally just figuring out what books to buy for people this Christmas right before you posted. Your timing couldn't be better!
As a Bengali person, happy to see Amitav Ghosh featured in the list. It’s set in the Sunderbans, which is a rare setting for Indian literature.
I’m really curious, did you have the list prepared or did you really recommend books off the cuff after reading the prompt? It seemed so convenient and candid it made me laugh when you’d be like “oh! Here’s a perfectly specific book that popped into my mind all of the sudden to fit your niche!” Either way, great video and I added a bunch to my gift-list for friends/family and my own tbr!
the jump cuts make this look very fast paced but actually I sit and think about what I’m going to say in between shots, haha! I just cut that bit out :)
@@jack_edwards haha that explains it
I just can't stop laughing at "we want them to cry, we don't want them to be traumatized"
loveless is literally amazing. alice oseman is my favorite author ever. i am literally obsessed with her work and binge read all her stuff in like 2 months (i was reading other books during it too). i’m so glad i finally had good aroace representation
imma buy all these books as gifts…for myself ❤️
I just wanted to write a little message.
Christmas over the last two years has not been the same for us. We have all lost loved ones, even maybe parts of ourselves, to the pandemic. So you're not alone if this Christmas you spend grieving. If you spend this Christmas alone intentionally. If this Christmas you couldn't go home to family. If this Christmas you didn't have anyone to give you gifts. If this Christmas you are missing someone. If this Christmas gives you bad memories about the year. It's okay. You're not alone. It's absolutely okay if all you did this year was just survive. It's absolutely okay if all you do this christmas is gift yourself books and watch a Christmas movie by yourself. Do whatever you need to do to feel better. Please don't compare your Christmas to the perfect ones you see on Social Media. You're going to be okay. We love you. Have yourselves a merry little christmas loves
You’re an angel, that’s such a nice message. Hope you have a great Christmas!
Well this is absolutely perfect timing, Jack you’re a hero!! Thanks 😍
"For the love of God don't buy them the Secret" I strongly agree 😂😂😂
I’m silently taking screenshots of the books that sound lovely to me so I can get it for myself 😂😂
you're not alone
So... all of them 🤣
I would love to see these recommendation Q&A videos be a regular thing!
How can a single human have SO MANY book recs for every single weird individual out there? Gotta love him.
Jack has such a beautiful way of talking about books that makes me want to read each one lol such a gift he has, thanks for the recommendations!
Also thank you for all the work of sectioning off the video by recommendation, I know it took a long time and its appreciated!🥰
Whenever Jack posts, I feel so happy 😊
clap when you land KILLED me. it was SO GOOD. the rest of Elizabeth Acevedo's work is amazing as well!
i dont know what to say... this guy has read more books than the best sorted library can hold. You always impress me Jack 👀
I LOVE how Jack always recommends lots of less popular books that I've not heard of. He is responsible for my book buying addiction! Lol
I haven’t even gone halfway through my 2021 TBR and jack just added like hundreds more to it. Thank you,thank you very much.
I really recommend pretty much any book by a Japanese author. My personal favourite is ‘Kokoro’ by Soseki Natsume, which is gut-wrenching and written in a beautiful yet devastating way. I love Japanese authors because every word is crafted so elegantly and chosen carefully.
You know that you've watched this channel a LOT this year when you can sometimes guess what Jack is going to recommend even if you haven't read that book.
Jack: book recommendation for your friends and family.
Me: Ohhh my good! A whole video of book recommendations for my many many personalities! This'll be the best Christmas ever!✨
I would also recommend Daisy Jones and the Six for the music lover. It’s also written by Taylor Jenkins Reid
It’s going to be an Amazon mini series with Riley Keough (Elvis Presley’s granddaughter)! Such a good book
I loved seven husbands of evelyn hugo! One of my favorite books. Still think about it every now and then.
I feel like reading each and every book😭❤️ just love the amazing recommendations!!
you always sound so energetic and passionate which makes me want to read all of these ahhh
Jack!!!
I was scrolling through my phone after a breakdown and I was thinking "I hope Jake posts a video today im so mentally unstable, I need some good bestie vibes" AND THEN I GET A NOTIFICATION FROM RUclips THAT YOU POSTED.
I won today 🕺
When you’re in university and Jack recommends your two favorite books, so you realize you have immaculate taste… 😊
This is the best video ever. It was so helpful and I honestly want to buy all these books no matter if I’m interested in the topic or not. You made them all seem soo worth reading 😍
WHY JACK- I'm about to go into debt cuz you make every book sound so lovely and now I have to read 'em.
oh I’ve got one for *Someone who puts down a book if they don’t enjoy the first chapter* : “false witness” by Karin slaughter! its for the thriller-reader-besties out there 😂do check tigger warning beforehand tho! the plot twist at the end of that first chapter had me surgically repairing my jaw because of how hard it hit the floor 🤯
Terry Pratchett's adult stuff would also work since they just don't have chapters
For the Sally Rooney fan, I also recommend Fault Lines by Emily Itami! Haven't read it yet but it's been touted as a Rooney x Murakami!
WAIT MY SISTER LOVES HUNTER KILLER AND I DO STILL NEED TO BUY A GIFT FOR HER - you’re a life saver omg 😭😭😭
I read *Before the coffee gets cold* and I'm so happy because it so fulfilling so thank you Jack
Northanger abbey is a very good recommendation and in my experience has sparked some pretty interesting conversations about the nature of marriage and society in the 19th century as compared to now (+ I'm doing it for my a level coursework)
So fun rewatching these now that I'm more into reading, finding out what kind of books I like but also now that I'm trying to branch out
Tf ..... These books are literally some of the best books in their respective genres
this is the best book gift guide i think i've ever watched - you were funny but also succinct and didn't give a 3 minute synopsis on every book which means i actually watched the whole thing instead of skipping past once the book name was mentioned
WE NEED PART 2 PLEASE!!
right on time for my everyday ritual (having lunch while watching jack or carley’s videos)
Finally he posted!!!!! I love your videos and you have recently become my favorite comfort RUclipsr💕💕love your videos
Can you do a video to recommend books to experience different cities and countries? I remember you read a book based in paris before going to paris and I wanna try reading books based in places I'll visit!
I recently started reading books again so this list is perfect for me lol. Love your energy Jack! Subscribing :)
This was literally the best recommendation video ever:) I love how you recommend books by so many comparatively "unknown" authors. Also, I didnt know you knew about Blood sweat and tears and spring day, in that detail.
Also for the short stories: The world-ending fire by Wendell Berry -> a lot of environment vs capitalism material to argue about BUT filled with the most beautiful timeless quotes
I've just finished Queenie and I was so captivated by it! The first book I've read that's not related to my degree since the summer and it was SO worth it
14:00 I really expected you’d be saying A Little Life here. That book was both lovely and heartbreaking for me
16:42 🙃
the amount of excitement i get when you say a book i’ve read is unmatched seriously
also i will say i tend to avoid men’s recommendations in general because i find that they lean more toward male narrated books or just not a very diverse set of books. but you have such a diverse taste and it’s very enduring!! thank you for your channel!
This is the best book gift guide I’ve ever seen! Buying them all…for myself
there is something about the way a lot of japanese authors write that just draws me into the story a lot more and I just really love the writing style of japanese authors and somehow can't find that spark in other books tbh
Master and Margarita is an amazing book!! I loved it soooo much
I appreciate this video and you so much! My older brother says he doesn’t need anything for Christmas but I still want to get him something, and some of these book recommendations were perfect for him!
I've been watching your channel for a while but I FINALLY actually read one of the books you recommended..."My Policeman" and it was SO GOOD. I finished it a few days ago and have been aggressively recommending it to all my friends and family
Oohh I didn't like it at all and I've even lived in Brighton before :-D
@@claudiaah6603 really??? I didn't love all the characters themselves, but I really enjoyed how the book was written and the story that unfolded. Especially the ending!
@@emilyroth4862 That's true, the story was very well written and thought through. I just couldn't relate to the characters...
I'm amazed at all these advice you have and how passionate you are. My reading game got lost in my med studies, but I hope I can truly renew with this passion of mine when my competitive exam is over. Thank you for all of your videos, they're great. I love your energy and your humour!!
for the mythology lover, there's also one book which I absolutely adored named 'Piranesi'.
i just got recommended that (by Carrie Hope Fletchers video) today! i’m really intrigued by it
I think this might be my favourite video of yours. So well thought through and they sound actually perfect
Everytime I watch a Jack Edwards video, my list of books to buy grows exponentially
Just ordered Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo just because you suggested it! I'm excited :)
I have had a hard time returning to Vanishing Half though, but I am currently working my way through Song of Achilles. I used to only read sci-fi, but I guess I'm finally growing up lol
I love how the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Malibu rising are intertwined its incredible.
comfort channel af
For classics and twists and turns lovers I'd recommend:
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy! Is FULL of plots twists 😅 I thought it was great fun!
1:25 oh my gosh i am in LOVE with this book
For a good plot twist I’d recommend “We were liars” by E. Lockhart. When I learnt the truth of what was happening I just closed it and had to process for minutes. My friends and I were reading it and we all were shocked.
My priest did his entire homily on Shuggie Bain for the beginning of Advent and I’ve been wanting to read it since! He said that it writes about which trauma and horror with love and non-judgment towards others and used that as an analogy for how God loves us and how we should look at the world - especially during Advent.
Everyone: Apreciates the fact that how easy has it become to buy books to their pals
Whilst me: I appreciate that you made this video near my b'day... At last some good books to relish!
Had to watch the video twice: once for recommendations for friends and family, and again for my own personal book haul 😂
i spend more time looking for book recs than i do actually reading
Everytime I hear "a little life" i wan't to start crying all over again
That book wrecked me, but i loved it
I'm so scared... I put it on my to read list with the note (maybe save this for when i'm * somewhat* emotionally stable)
I love gifting books to people. If a character remind me of a certain person in my life while reading I note it down and gift/give them the book. I have given to non readers as well because even if there is a Chance they read it I'll be more than happy. It's like a way of telling them from my side what they means to me.
To my book loving people i love gifting classics they haven't read or the book I want them to read.
Thank you for saving us in last minute gift ideas 😅🙌🏼
Two seconds in and what I’m really invested in is the dinosaur poster in the background
Watching this with my Goodreads open and watching the "Want to read" list grow
You're so precious! 💜🤭 JACK. Pleaae don't stop posting such videos ever.
I’m currently in a reading slump so hopefully this will help🥲
THANKS the titles are so handy! Will come back for this regularly
Amazing recs 💖 Definitely adding some of these books to my wishlist.