Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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listen to me talk about the ten difficult books I want to read!

🎥 videos mentioned:
 @ToReadersItMayConcern 's video: youtube.com/watch?v=pFR0EVJjxLM
 @PaperbackJourneys's video: youtube.com/watch?v=Dtc0x4duOhw
my bookish weekend ft. a library sale: youtu.be/ye9F3Aft7M0

📚 books mentioned:
0:00 intro
2:04 the overstory by richard powers
3:35 the road by cormac mccarthy
4:57 red famine by anne applebaum
6:25 the count of monte cristo by alexandre dumas
7:51 beloved by toni morrison
9:43 native son by richard wright
10:52 cloud atlas by david mitchell
11:55 demon copperhead by barbara kingsolver
13:01 the unbearable lightness of being by milan kundera
13:54 essentials of strength training and conditioning
15:09 outro

🙋🏾‍♀️ about me:
• name: manasi (pronounced MON-SEE, the second "a" is silent!)
• age: 31
• job: physical therapist

🏷️ tags:
#difficultbooks #hardbooks #bookrecommendations