Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 17 minutes ago
30 books I've picked up in the first half of the year - hopefully some useful recommendations, and a bit of a preview of what you might see me talking about in the near future.
Two things to note:
1. I've marked this video as including 'Paid Promotion' because I've featured some books from publishers, but I have not been paid to promote these. I just wanted to err on the side of caution when it comes to YouTube rules!
2. My microphone once again managed to conk out for a big chunk of the video 🤦♂️ I need to figure out how to avoid this, but for now please accept my apologies for the dip in sound quality for a huge chunk of this vid.
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00:00 Why I'm doing a book haul
02:04 Books from publishers
06:28 Translated and/or LGBT+
13:41 Non-fiction and/or climate fiction
21:46 Thrillers
25:30 Sci-fi and fantasy
32:10 General fiction
40:05 Wrap-up
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Booktubers mentioned:
@SavidgeReads
@WillowTalksBooks
@KDbooks
@EricKarlAnderson
@GunpowderFictionPlot
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Books mentioned in this video:
📖 Chain-Gang All-Stars, by Nana Kwame Adjei Brenyah
📖 Between Dog and Wolf, by Kristina Gorcheva Newberry
📖 Penance, by Eliza Clarke
📖 The Future Future, by Adam Thirlwell
📖 Time Shelter, by Georgi Gospodinov (translated by Angela Rodel)
📖 The Vegetarian, by Han Kang (translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd)
📖 All the Lovers in the Night, by Mieko Kawakami (translated by Deborah Smith)
📖 Lie With Me, by Philippe Besson (translated by Molly Ringwald)
📖 Marlo, by Jay Carmichael
📖 Mother's Boy, by Patrick Gale
📖 Constructing a Nervous System, by Margot Jefferson
📖 A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, by George Saunders
📖 Otherlands, by Thomas Halliday
📖 Migrations, by Charlotte McConaghy
📖 Emergency, by Daisy Hildyard
📖 Venomous Lumpsucker, by Ned Beauman
📖 Mouth to Mouth, by Antoine Wilson
📖 Kala, by Colin Walsh
📖 Looking Glass Sound, by Catriona Ward
📖 The Dark Net, by Benjamin Percy
📖 Kindred, by Octavia E. Butler
📖 The Word for World is Forest, by Ursula K. Le Guin
📖 Hyperion, by Dan Simmons
📖 Vagabonds, by Hao Jingfang (translated by Ken Lieu)
📖 This One Sky Day, by Leone Ross
📖 The People in the Trees, by Hanya Yanagihara
📖 The Human Remains of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts, by Soraya Palmer
📖 The End of Nightwork, by Aidan Cottrell-Boyce
📖 If I Survive You, by Jonathan Escoffery
📖 The Candy House, by Jennifer Egan
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30 books I've picked up in the first half of the year - hopefully some useful recommendations, and a bit of a preview of what you might see me talking about in the near future.
Two things to note:
1. I've marked this video as including 'Paid Promotion' because I've featured some books from publishers, but I have not been paid to promote these. I just wanted to err on the side of caution when it comes to YouTube rules!
2. My microphone once again managed to conk out for a big chunk of the video 🤦♂️ I need to figure out how to avoid this, but for now please accept my apologies for the dip in sound quality for a huge chunk of this vid.
-
00:00 Why I'm doing a book haul
02:04 Books from publishers
06:28 Translated and/or LGBT+
13:41 Non-fiction and/or climate fiction
21:46 Thrillers
25:30 Sci-fi and fantasy
32:10 General fiction
40:05 Wrap-up
-
Booktubers mentioned:
@SavidgeReads
@WillowTalksBooks
@KDbooks
@EricKarlAnderson
@GunpowderFictionPlot
-
Books mentioned in this video:
📖 Chain-Gang All-Stars, by Nana Kwame Adjei Brenyah
📖 Between Dog and Wolf, by Kristina Gorcheva Newberry
📖 Penance, by Eliza Clarke
📖 The Future Future, by Adam Thirlwell
📖 Time Shelter, by Georgi Gospodinov (translated by Angela Rodel)
📖 The Vegetarian, by Han Kang (translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd)
📖 All the Lovers in the Night, by Mieko Kawakami (translated by Deborah Smith)
📖 Lie With Me, by Philippe Besson (translated by Molly Ringwald)
📖 Marlo, by Jay Carmichael
📖 Mother's Boy, by Patrick Gale
📖 Constructing a Nervous System, by Margot Jefferson
📖 A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, by George Saunders
📖 Otherlands, by Thomas Halliday
📖 Migrations, by Charlotte McConaghy
📖 Emergency, by Daisy Hildyard
📖 Venomous Lumpsucker, by Ned Beauman
📖 Mouth to Mouth, by Antoine Wilson
📖 Kala, by Colin Walsh
📖 Looking Glass Sound, by Catriona Ward
📖 The Dark Net, by Benjamin Percy
📖 Kindred, by Octavia E. Butler
📖 The Word for World is Forest, by Ursula K. Le Guin
📖 Hyperion, by Dan Simmons
📖 Vagabonds, by Hao Jingfang (translated by Ken Lieu)
📖 This One Sky Day, by Leone Ross
📖 The People in the Trees, by Hanya Yanagihara
📖 The Human Remains of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts, by Soraya Palmer
📖 The End of Nightwork, by Aidan Cottrell-Boyce
📖 If I Survive You, by Jonathan Escoffery
📖 The Candy House, by Jennifer Egan
—
Thank you so much for watching.
👍 If you enjoyed this video, give it a like!
📹 Subscribe to my channel for a new video each week
✉️ Get in touch at benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
📸 Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/benreadsgood
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#books #booktube #bookhaul
