Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
It's my birthday today, so a short description here as I'm short on time... but here's the book news for June!
New releases Bookshop.org list:
uk.bookshop.org/lists/new-releases-for-june-2024
(If you buy via this list, I'll benefit a small amount, but if you'd prefer your local indie bookshop to benefit instead you can change the storefront.)
Curated Kindle deals list:
amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3TVIFMVNIAEM1
Article on HarperCollins font change saving pages:
fastcompany.com/91071102/harper-collins-made-a-tiny-tweak-to-its-book-design-and-has-saved-thousands-of-trees-as-a-result
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00:00 Book news
03:02 New book releases
07:45 Future release announcements
08:23 Prize news and dates
11:37 Books on screen
13:21 Deals
15:04 Feelgood story
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Thank you so much for watching.
📚 Join the Read Good Challenge 2024: youtube.com/watch?v=HI4eJcfdG8U
✉️ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
📸 Instagram: instagram.com/benreadsgood
📊 Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
🎁 Amazon wishlist (books that are tricky to get in a physical bookshop in the UK): amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2PGEEC0LPHHDA
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#books #booktube #booknews
It's my birthday today, so a short description here as I'm short on time... but here's the book news for June!
New releases Bookshop.org list:
uk.bookshop.org/lists/new-releases-for-june-2024
(If you buy via this list, I'll benefit a small amount, but if you'd prefer your local indie bookshop to benefit instead you can change the storefront.)
Curated Kindle deals list:
amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3TVIFMVNIAEM1
Article on HarperCollins font change saving pages:
fastcompany.com/91071102/harper-collins-made-a-tiny-tweak-to-its-book-design-and-has-saved-thousands-of-trees-as-a-result
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00:00 Book news
03:02 New book releases
07:45 Future release announcements
08:23 Prize news and dates
11:37 Books on screen
13:21 Deals
15:04 Feelgood story
—
Thank you so much for watching.
📚 Join the Read Good Challenge 2024: youtube.com/watch?v=HI4eJcfdG8U
✉️ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
📸 Instagram: instagram.com/benreadsgood
📊 Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
🎁 Amazon wishlist (books that are tricky to get in a physical bookshop in the UK): amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2PGEEC0LPHHDA
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#books #booktube #booknews

![Predicting the International Booker Prize 2025 longlist 🔮
Can you believe its that time of the year again already? Here are my guesses at the 13 books we could see make the International Booker Prize longlist this year. The last two years Ive guessed two books correctly, could this be the year I get three?!
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Books mentioned:
Youll have to watch and see 😉
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00:00 Intro and eligibility rules
04:40 2025 judges
06:53 Returning champs
10:15 Books to send Porter potty
13:37 Outsiders
16:32 Big brain energy
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Thank you so much for watching.
📚 Join the Read Good Challenge 2025:
https://youtu.be/sl6NEuMRXF4
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b9e80f78-e8d0-464e-b460-c2e1034dc707
✉️ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
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#books #booktube #internationalbookerprize Predicting the International Booker Prize 2025 longlist 🔮](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/q9B9lp3yKc0/mqdefault.jpg)
![Predicting the Womens Prize for Fiction 2025 longlist 🔮
Another week, another predictions video! Here are the books I am guessing well see on the Womens Prize for Fiction longlist in 2025.
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Books mentioned:
Youll have to watch and see 😉
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00:00 Intro and eligibility rules
06:07 2025 judges
07:46 Category 1
11:43 Category 2
15:41 Category 3
18:39 Category 4
20:51 Category 5
22:53 Category 6
24:36 Quiz answers
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Thank you so much for watching.
📚 Join the Read Good Challenge 2025:
https://youtu.be/sl6NEuMRXF4
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b9e80f78-e8d0-464e-b460-c2e1034dc707
✉️ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
📊 Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
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#books #booktube #womensprize Predicting the Womens Prize for Fiction 2025 longlist 🔮](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rZ_H00zUVdY/mqdefault.jpg)
![These four Booker-longlisted novels really made me think
Another batch of book reviews from this years Booker Prize longlist.
Other Booker review videos:
https://youtu.be/GdQa211odIw?si=lH9sAeRKVfOKiDYp
https://youtu.be/eqJqert-cEc?t=725&si=1e_WipVKQodNbIai
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Books mentioned:
📖 All Them Dogs, by Djamel White
📖 The Shadow of the Object, by Chloe Aridjis
📖 May We Feed the King, by Rebecca Perry
📖 The Renovation, by Kenan Orhan
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00:00 All Them Dogs
04:30 The Shadow of the Object
08:57 May We Feed the King
14:01 The Renovation
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Thank you so much for watching.
📚 Join the Read Good Challenge 2026:
https://youtu.be/i50Tr4zRexg
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/3717542a-a44b-452b-bbc1-046ae5ec8fab
✉️ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
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#books #booktube #bookerprize These four Booker-longlisted novels really made me think](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rbmMyl87VhU/mqdefault.jpg)
![Every single book I read in 2023 (and some reading stats)
A rundown not just of my favourites of 2023, but *every* book I read.
The twist? Each book is only described using the same number of words as the star rating I gave the book.
I did this last year and found it a really fun way to reflect on my year of reading, and it was just as much fun this time.
Ive also included some reading stats, which are a bit more detailed this year thanks to my recent switch over to The StoryGraph.
Hopefully you will find some good book recommendations among these!
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If you want to hear my more detailed take on some of these books, heres a playlist with all my reading wrap-ups: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSlUBOJVTh7OjcHWODqCH_Nr1gqtHYyID&si=9w2V5x3gpXS9qjWc
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00:00 Intro and reading stats
02:44 86 book reviews
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📚 Join the Read Good Challenge 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI4eJcfdG8U
✉️ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
📊 Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
🎁 Amazon wishlist (books that are tricky to get in a physical bookshop in the UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2PGEEC0LPHHDA
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#books #booktube #readingwrapup Every single book I read in 2023 (and some reading stats)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/s6vAMyhSaX0/mqdefault.jpg)
![Read Good Challenge 2025 | Reading prompts for every month of the year
Looking for to add some fun to your 2025 reading? Join the Read Good Challenge! Theres a prompt for each month of the year, plus a wildcard if you get stuck.
Here are some resources you can use to read along with the challenge 👇
Storygraph challenge:
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b9e80f78-e8d0-464e-b460-c2e1034dc707
Instagram story image:
https://ibb.co/YRG1DK6
Printable image:
https://ibb.co/F3BDQMV
Womens Prize winners:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Women%27s_Prize_for_Fiction_winners
Booker Prize nominees:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_and_nominated_authors_of_the_Booker_Prize
Reading Shame Forgiveness Month video:
https://youtu.be/KCF5nMZetsE?si=NrJiRdpiD1tKWFf5
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Booktubers mentioned:
@madeubook
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00:00 Intro
03:34 January
05:12 February
07:01 March
08:34 April
09:55 May
11:41 June
13:36 July
14:16 August
15:20 September
16:07 October
17:30 November
19:33 December
20:48 Wildcard
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✉️ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
📊 Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
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#books #booktube #reading Read Good Challenge 2025 | Reading prompts for every month of the year](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sl6NEuMRXF4/mqdefault.jpg)
![The best books I read in 2024
Another great year of reading, but here are my 10 favourite books I read in 2024, plus some honourable mentions.
Hopefully you find some recommendations worth reading in here. Let me know if youve read any, and what your favourite reads of the year have been!
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Standalone reviews of some of these books:
https://youtu.be/aFX_E1lEgvo?si=xrHii0FnX2vY6wRE
https://youtu.be/_NeyVSq7CrE?si=l5MprrnwRebxnLF3
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00:00 Reflections on my reading year
01:50 Honourable mentions
02:55 Rank 10-6
10:33 Rank 5-1
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Thank you so much for watching.
📚 Join the Read Good Challenge 2024:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl6NEuMRXF4
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b9e80f78-e8d0-464e-b460-c2e1034dc707
✉️ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
📊 Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
🎁 Amazon wishlist (books that are tricky to get in a physical bookshop in the UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2PGEEC0LPHHDA
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#books #booktube #readingwrapup The best books I read in 2024](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/smowV2njtP4/mqdefault.jpg)
![I ranked the Booker Prize longlist from worst to best (the thumbnail is a lie)
Ive completed my read through of the Booker longlist, so its time to rank the books 🎉
Booker shortlist announcement livestream (7pm BST, Tuesday 22 September):
https://www.youtube.com/live/flqqU7bznxA?si=dNtmxTEQstdGovWj
My review videos:
https://youtu.be/GdQa211odIw?si=WF1zs3jORNU4hV6z
https://youtu.be/rbmMyl87VhU?si=bt4e-i6_f-OvGMa3
00:00 Longlist thoughts
02:04 Goodreads shortlist
04:59 Themes
08:10 Ranking
28:49 Shortlist predictions
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Books mentioned (plus Goodreads rating + number of rankings at the time of my research, in case youre interested)
📖 The Disappearers, by Marlon James - 4.31 - 1,066
📖 John of John, by Douglas Stuart - 4.27 - 38,866
📖 Switzy, by Emma Cline - 4.20 - 1,995
📖 The Things We Never Say, by Elizabeth Strout - 4.12 - 92,403
📖 All Them Dogs, by Djamel White - 3.87 - 3,965
📖 The Renovation, by Kenan Orhan - 3.81 - 2,392
📖 May We Feed the King, by Rebecca Perry - 3.75 - 4,294
📖 Black Bag, by Luke Kennard - 3.69 - 3,588
📖 The Shadow of the Object, by Chloe Aridjis - 3.32 - 1,447
📖 The Palm House, by Gwendoline Riley - 3.23 - 4,606
📖 The Vivisectors, by Missouri Williams - 3.19 - 1,780
📖 Helen of Nowhere, by Makenna Goodman - 3.04 - 3,598
📖 The End of Everything, by M John Harrison - 2.97 - 1,625
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Thank you so much for watching.
📚 Join the Read Good Challenge 2026:
https://youtu.be/i50Tr4zRexg
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/3717542a-a44b-452b-bbc1-046ae5ec8fab
✉️ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
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📊 Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
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#books #booktube #bookerprize I ranked the Booker Prize longlist from worst to best (the thumbnail is a lie)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tJ7H3VXh9m8/mqdefault.jpg)

![Predicting the International Booker Prize 2026 longlist 🔮
Wake up babe, its Booker season. Here are my predictions of which 13 books will appear on this years International Booker Prize longlist.
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Books mentioned:
Youll have to watch and see 😉
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00:00 Intro and eligibility rules
04:31 2026 judges
06:02 Acts of remembering
09:06 Political urgency
11:57 N*zis are bad
13:34 Work sucks
15:45 Dark energy
19:40 The ones that got away...
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Thank you so much for watching.
📚 Join the Read Good Challenge 2026:
https://youtu.be/i50Tr4zRexg
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/3717542a-a44b-452b-bbc1-046ae5ec8fab
✉️ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
📊 Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
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#books #booktube #internationalbookerprize Predicting the International Booker Prize 2026 longlist 🔮](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uAXxP1YYZGI/mqdefault.jpg)
![Most anticipated books of 2026
Some books Im looking forward to coming out in the first half of the year.
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Books mentioned:
📖 Arborescence, by Rhett Davis
📖 Vigil, by George Saunders
📖 A Guardian and a Thief, by Megha Majumdar
📖 The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother), by Rabih Alameddine
📖 Discipline, by Larissa Pham
📖 Orange, by Curtis Garner
📖 My Death, by Lisa Tuttle
📖 Paradiso 17, by Hannah Lillith Assadi
📖 The Renovation, by Kenan Orhan
📖 The Palm House, by Gwendoline Riley
📖 Son of Nobody, by Yann Martel
📖 How to Fall Apart, by Ashley Hickson-Lovence
📖 Smallie, by Eden McKenzie-Goddard
📖 Whistler, by Ann Patchett
📖 Country People, by Daniel Mason
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Thank you so much for watching.
📚 Join the Read Good Challenge 2026:
https://youtu.be/i50Tr4zRexg
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/3717542a-a44b-452b-bbc1-046ae5ec8fab
✉️ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
📊 Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
🎁 Amazon wishlist (books that are tricky to get in a physical bookshop in the UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2PGEEC0LPHHDA
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#books #booktube #newbookreleases Most anticipated books of 2026](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uoEh6ncelrA/mqdefault.jpg)