Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 58 minutes ago
Here's a wrap-up of every book I read in December ๐ plus my 3 reading resolutions for a better reading life in 2023 โจ
This month I read 5 books - 4 of them were for my World Cup of Books video, which you can watch here if you're interested to know what came out on top:
youtu.be/--INxALvkbM
At Night All Blood is Black was probably my favourite of the month, but Lullaby was a lovely surprise, and Talking To Ourselves hit me right in the feels.
If you liked this video, please consider liking it and subscribing to my channel. I'm aiming to upload once a week, so check back for more content soon.
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Books mentioned in this video:
๐ Doppelgรคnger, by Daลกa Drndiฤ (translated from Croatian by Susan Curtis and Celia Hawkesworth)
๐ At Night All Blood is Black, by David Diop (translated from French by Anna Moschovakis)
๐ Lullaby, by Leila Slimani (translated from French by Sam Taylor)
๐ Talking to Ourselves, by Andrรฉs Neuman (translated from Spanish by Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garcia)
๐ Hamnet, by Maggie O'Farrell
Here's a wrap-up of every book I read in December ๐ plus my 3 reading resolutions for a better reading life in 2023 โจ
This month I read 5 books - 4 of them were for my World Cup of Books video, which you can watch here if you're interested to know what came out on top:
youtu.be/--INxALvkbM
At Night All Blood is Black was probably my favourite of the month, but Lullaby was a lovely surprise, and Talking To Ourselves hit me right in the feels.
If you liked this video, please consider liking it and subscribing to my channel. I'm aiming to upload once a week, so check back for more content soon.
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Books mentioned in this video:
๐ Doppelgรคnger, by Daลกa Drndiฤ (translated from Croatian by Susan Curtis and Celia Hawkesworth)
๐ At Night All Blood is Black, by David Diop (translated from French by Anna Moschovakis)
๐ Lullaby, by Leila Slimani (translated from French by Sam Taylor)
๐ Talking to Ourselves, by Andrรฉs Neuman (translated from Spanish by Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garcia)
๐ Hamnet, by Maggie O'Farrell
![Booker Prize book reviews โข The Safekeep, Playground, This Strange Eventful History
Heres another batch of Booker reviews - Im having a pretty great time with the list so far! Let me know how youre getting on.
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Books mentioned
๐ The Safekeep, by Yael van der Wouden
๐ Playground, by Richard Powers
๐ This Strange Eventful History, by Claire Messud
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00:00 The Safekeep
03:42 Playground
08:08 This Strange Eventful History
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Thank you so much for watching.
๐ Join the Read Good Challenge 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI4eJcfdG8U
โ๏ธ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
๐ธ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
๐ Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
๐ 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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![Short book recommendations (to help hit your reading goals)
Do you need a few short book recommendations to help hit your Storygraph or Goodreads reading goal? I got you!
These are 10 books I think could make for a wonderful short book December, and help you go into 2024 feeling good about your reading, and not crap because Goodreads told you youโre a failure.
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00:00 Reading goals
01:56 ITโS NOT A COMPETITION
02:54 The ones Iโve read
10:02 The ones I havenโt read
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Booktubers mentioned:
@louisesavidgemuses4135
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Thank you so much for watching.
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๐ธ Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
๐ My Amazon wishlist of 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 #bookrecommendations Short book recommendations (to help hit your reading goals)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6jusVa-2Pkc/mqdefault.jpg)

![Bookshelf organisation and a big book unhaul ๐
Join me for a mini bookshelf tour, some bookshelf organisation (or organization for my North American pals), and an unhaul of some books Ive decided not to keep.
Hope you enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed making it!
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00:00 I have too many books
01:05 Bookshelf tour
04:40 Unloading the shelves
09:29 Unhaul
20:03 Restacking the shelves
21:06 Final results
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๐ธ Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
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![Predicting the Womens Prize for Non-Fiction 2026 longlist ๐ฎ
Ive got too much FOMO, so lets have a go at predicting the Womens Prize for Non-Fiction. Well, not really a prediction, but some books Id be interested to read if they were nominated. And Im going to read *one*, pinky promise!
One thing I meant to say at the end of the video, this list is almost impossible because 4 of the books featured are all from the same publisher: Canongate. The reason I have copies of these ones are because I went to an event and they were thrust into my hands, and I also got to hear from some of the authors. These books havent been included because I received copies, but I want to be clear about where I got them. Those books are Foreign Fruit, The Dry Season, Hark, and The Acid Queen. The other one I have a physical copy of in this video is one I bought for myself ๐
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Books mentioned:
Youll have to watch and see ๐
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Creators mentioned:
@JentheLibrarianreads
@CharlieBrookReads
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00:00 Womenโs Prize for Non-Fiction
02:01 Memoir
06:37 AI
08:30 The Natural World
12:52 Sounds
14:09 The Women Behind Change
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Thank you so much for watching.
๐ Join the Read Good Challenge 2026:
https://youtu.be/i50Tr4zRexg
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/3717542a-a44b-452b-bbc1-046ae5ec8fab
โ๏ธ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
๐ธ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
๐ Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
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#books #booktube #womensprize Predicting the Womens Prize for Non-Fiction 2026 longlist ๐ฎ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8Bs-APm9wp8/mqdefault.jpg)
![13 books Id love to see on this years Booker longlist
13 (well, 15) more books that I would be delighted to see on the Booker Prize longlist this year.
If youd like to see my actual predictions, or just hear more about the Booker eligibility rules and judges, you can watch that video here:
https://youtu.be/T63Z6_54sQg?si=HdAD5ElqCJshLVFc
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00:00 Intro
02:16 Just missed out
06:36 Indies
12:56 Under the radar
16:35 Historical
18:55 Bonus
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Thank you so much for watching.
๐ Join the Read Good Challenge 2026:
https://youtu.be/i50Tr4zRexg
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/3717542a-a44b-452b-bbc1-046ae5ec8fab
โ๏ธ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
๐ธ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
๐ Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
๐ 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 #bookerprize 13 books Id love to see on this years Booker longlist](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8QiGd6iD9a8/mqdefault.jpg)
![Books I read in February | Reading wrap-up
9 books this month and so many 5 star reads that I would absolutely recommend you to pick up!
Severance and some other post-apocalyptic fiction reviewed in this video:
https://youtu.be/hA27Cz9xf48
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Creators mentioned in this video:
@katiejlumsden
@SavidgeReads (for the Anton Hun nickname!)
All the other wonderful BookTubers I met at the meet-up!
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Books mentioned in this video:
๐ Your Utopia, by Bora Chung (translated by Anton Hur)
๐ I Have Some Questions for You, by Rebecca Makkai
๐ Remember Remember, by Elle Machray
๐ Severance, by Ling Ma
๐ Julia, by Sandra Newman
๐ 1984, by George Orwell
๐ The Rachel Incident, by Caroline ODonoghue
๐ Witness, by Jamel Brinkley (apologies, in the video I say James)
๐ The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, by Deesha Philyaw
๐ Pet, by Catherine Chidgey
๐ The House of Broken Bricks, by Fiona Williams
๐ The Night Alphabet, by Joelle Taylor
๐ C+nto and Othered Poems, by Joelle Taylor
๐ Erasure, by Percival Everett
๐ James, by Percival Everett
๐ Martyr!, by Kaveh Akbar
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00:00 Intro and BookTuber meet-up
02:08 Books Iโm not reviewing here
03:11 The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
06:12 Pet
08:28 The House of Broken Bricks
11:41 The Night Alphabet
15:11 Erasure
19:30 Martyr!
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Thank you so much for watching.
๐ Join the Read Good Challenge 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI4eJcfdG8U
โ๏ธ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
๐ธ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
๐ Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
๐ 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 Books I read in February | Reading wrap-up](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8WRu39lATg8/mqdefault.jpg)
![My reading year so far โข Quarter-year crisis book tag
Thought Id take part in this one after seeing it on Simons channel!
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Tag created by @RoisinsReading
The questions:
1. How many books have you read so far?
2. Have you already found a book you think might be a favourite of the year?
3. Any one star books / least favourite book of the year?
4. Most read genre so far?
5. A book that surprised you?
6. Book thats already come out this year that you want to read but havent yet?
7. One goal you made that youre succeeding at?
8. One goal you made you need to focus on?
9. A book you loved that wasnt quite five stars?
10. New to you BookTubers you recommend?
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Books mentioned:
๐ She Who Remains, by Rene Karabash (tr. Izidora Angel)
๐ Under the Blue, by Susannah V Evans
๐ Transcription, by Ben Lerner
๐ Culpability, by Bruce Holsinger
๐ Lost Lambs, by Madeline Cash
๐ May We Feed the King, by Rebecca Perry
๐ The Palm House, by Gwendoline Riley
๐ Communion, by Jon Doyle
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Creators mentioned:
@SavidgeReads
@flightslibrary on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flightslibrary/
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Thank you so much for watching.
๐ Join the Read Good Challenge 2026:
https://youtu.be/i50Tr4zRexg
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/3717542a-a44b-452b-bbc1-046ae5ec8fab
โ๏ธ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
๐ธ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
๐ Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
๐ 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 #booktag My reading year so far โข Quarter-year crisis book tag](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9SZ9XJa911U/mqdefault.jpg)


![Reviewing the Booker Prize 2023 (spoiler-free) | Part 2
Another reading wrap up from the Booker Prize longlist. There are three book reviews in this video, and I enjoyed all three, although one of them absolutely knocked me out. Watch to see which one ๐
You dont need to have watched the parts in order before watching this, but Ive linked them below if you havent seen them yet.
Part 1: https://youtu.be/nx2caL3ekGM
Part 2: This video
Part 3: https://youtu.be/zfUGToe0FVE
Part 4: https://youtu.be/223d6RZClVE
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Books mentioned
๐ All the Little Bird-Hearts, by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow
๐ Pearl, by Siรขn Hughes (gifted by The Indigo Press)
๐ Prophet Song, by Paul Lynch (gifted by Oneworld Publishing)
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00:00 Intro
01:01 All the Little Bird-Hearts
05:21 Pearl
07:46 Prophet Song
11:10 Final thoughts
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Thank you so much for watching.
๐ If you enjoyed this video, give it a like!
๐น Subscribe to my channel for a new video each week
โ๏ธ Get in touch at benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
๐ธ Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/benreadsgood/
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