Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
We've done my favourite books of 2022 - but what did I think about the everything else I read? π
Well, hereβs a wrap up of the lot: best books, worst books, and everything in between, including books from Hanya Yanagihara, Frank Herbert, Ted Chaing, Haruki Murakami, Brit Bennett, Hernan Diaz, and many more.
There are 60 books in total, and I'll give you some reading stats, then describe each book in as many words as my star rating of the book. Luckily I track in Goodreads, so we only have to worry about whole stars and whole words π
Hopefully you will find some good book recommendations among these!
Have you read any of these books, and if so do you agree or disagree with my (very brief!) review. I'm sure there's absolutely no room for any misunderstandings, ha.
If you enjoyed this video, please give it a thumbs up, and if you're not subscribed yet I'd really appreciate it if you hit the subscribe button π
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If you want to hear my more detailed take on some of these books (just the ones in the last 3 months of the year, here's a playlist with all my reading wrap-ups:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSlUBOJVTh7OjcHWODqCH_Nr1gqtHYyIDBFF
We've done my favourite books of 2022 - but what did I think about the everything else I read? π
Well, hereβs a wrap up of the lot: best books, worst books, and everything in between, including books from Hanya Yanagihara, Frank Herbert, Ted Chaing, Haruki Murakami, Brit Bennett, Hernan Diaz, and many more.
There are 60 books in total, and I'll give you some reading stats, then describe each book in as many words as my star rating of the book. Luckily I track in Goodreads, so we only have to worry about whole stars and whole words π
Hopefully you will find some good book recommendations among these!
Have you read any of these books, and if so do you agree or disagree with my (very brief!) review. I'm sure there's absolutely no room for any misunderstandings, ha.
If you enjoyed this video, please give it a thumbs up, and if you're not subscribed yet I'd really appreciate it if you hit the subscribe button π
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If you want to hear my more detailed take on some of these books (just the ones in the last 3 months of the year, here's a playlist with all my reading wrap-ups:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSlUBOJVTh7OjcHWODqCH_Nr1gqtHYyIDBFF

![Books to read this autumn (recommended by Booktubers) π
SO EXCITED to share this video, featuring some autumn / fall reading recommendations from 10 fantastic fellow BookTubers. Hopefully looks of book suggestions here that will be a perfect fit for any seasonal readers out there.
If youre not already, do head over to these wonderful BookTubers and subscribe:
@bibliosophie
@nathansnook
@kiranreader
@TheDiscoKingOfficial
@NerdyNurseReads
@rororeads
@yenasung
@GemofBooks
@BobTheBookerer
@KDbooks
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Books mentioned:
π Paradise Rot, by Jenny Hval
π Mexican Gothic, by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia
π The Doloriad, by Missouri Williams
π A Simple Intervention, by Yael Inokai (tr. Marielle Sutherland)
π On Women, by Susan Sontag
π Trust Exercise, by Susan Choi
π Rhine Journey, by Ann Schlee
π The Assault, by Harry Mulisch (tr. Claire Nicolas White)
π Lockjaw: Rise of the Kulev Serpent, by B Movie
π From the Wreck, by Jane Rawson
π A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness
π The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova
π Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier
π Prophet Song, by Paul Lynch
π The Bone Clocks, by David Mitchell
π Slade House, by David Mitchell
π Lapvona, by Ottessa Moshfegh
π Fat City, by Leonard Gardner
π The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas
π The Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett
π And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie
π Perfume, by Patrick SΓΌskind (tr. John E. Woods)
π Private Rites, by Julia Armfield
π Come Closer, by Sara Gran
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Thank you so much for watching.
π Join the Read Good Challenge 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI4eJcfdG8U
βοΈ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
πΈ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
π Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
π 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 #readingrecommendations Books to read this autumn (recommended by Booktubers) π](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/P1mWoqg0j8k/mqdefault.jpg)
![My reading year so far β’ Mid-year book freakout tag
Better late than never, but a good opportunity to catch up on some of the books I read while I was away.
Booktubers mentioned:
@SavidgeReads
@louisesavidgemuses4135
@rororeads
@FreshlyReadBooks
The tag originator, IsThatChami, is no longer on YouTube.
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Questions:
1. Best book youβve read so far
2. Best sequel youve read so far
3. New release you havent read yet, but want to
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year
5. Biggest disappointment
6. Biggest surprise
7. Favorite new author (debut or new to you)
8. Newest fictional crush
9. Newest favourite character
10. Book that made you cry (or saddest book youve read)
11. Book that made you happy
12. Favourite book to film adaptation you saw this year
13. Favourite video you have made so far in this year
14. Most beautiful book youve bought so far this year (or received)
15. Books do you need to read by the end of the year
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Thank you so much for watching.
π Join the Read Good Challenge 2025:
https://youtu.be/sl6NEuMRXF4
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b9e80f78-e8d0-464e-b460-c2e1034dc707
βοΈ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
πΈ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
π Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
π 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 I read in April β’ Reading wrap-up
My first wrap-up in ages, and some absolutely banging books to talk about!
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Books mentioned:
π Transcription, by Ben Lerner
π Eradication, by Jonathan Miles*
π Communion, by Jon Doyle*
π Ghost Driver, by Nell Osborne
π The Two Roberts, by Damian Barr
*provided for review by the publisher
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00:00 Hello!
01:36 Transcription
06:14 Eradication
10:35 Communion
14:40 Ghost Driver
19:35 The Two Roberts
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Thank you so much for watching.
π Join the Read Good Challenge 2026:
https://youtu.be/i50Tr4zRexg
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/3717542a-a44b-452b-bbc1-046ae5ec8fab
βοΈ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
πΈ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
π Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
π 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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![Booker Prize book reviews β’ Enlightenment, Creation Lake, Wandering Stars
My final batch of Booker reviews! Ranking and shortlist predictions coming very soon.
If you havent seen my other reviews of the longlist, here are the other videos where I cover them:
Wild Houses
https://youtu.be/Zgbr-brGX4U?si=nQOkuYtfrxc8uwi9
Headshot and Orbital
https://youtu.be/Slbp3_4FiEc?si=joihUPX3vOa7WrZM
James
https://youtu.be/aFX_E1lEgvo?si=F90aGO0znF6lRqtc
Stone Yard Devotional, Held, My Friends
https://youtu.be/OnG5pEdh48Q?si=KfkQzzyITkMBks1r
The Safekeep, Playground, This Strange Eventful History
https://youtu.be/5k5Gqayqtic?si=gSsOfb40_4wbcwP5
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Channels mentioned:
@rororeads
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Books mentioned
π Enlightenment, by Sarah Perry
π Creation Lake, by Rachel Kushner
π Wandering Stars, by Tommy Orange
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00:00 Enlightenment
06:02 Creation Lake
10:39 Wandering Stars
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Thank you so much for watching.
π Join the Read Good Challenge 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI4eJcfdG8U
βοΈ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
πΈ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
π Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
π 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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![No more blurbs, Amazon kills ebook downloads and Womens Prize longlist reaction | BOOK NEWS ποΈ
A little late, but book news is here!
Bookshop.org eBook information:
https://bookshop.org/info/ebooks
Vlog featuring A Room Above a Shop:
https://youtu.be/nGfF2xi4jwU?si=5WtX91q7yFiNHVer
International Booker Prize longlist reaction:
https://youtu.be/2x2gHFwHD0I?si=GZB2I7POURa-95hU
@rororeads review of Mickey7:
https://youtu.be/w2Maep0KS1U?si=VYPOLArpNatRnvwC
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00:00 Book news
08:56 Prize news
16:30 New book releases
24:13 Books on screen
25:37 Feelgood story
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Thank you so much for watching.
π Join the Read Good Challenge 2025:
https://youtu.be/sl6NEuMRXF4
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b9e80f78-e8d0-464e-b460-c2e1034dc707
βοΈ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
πΈ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
π Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
π 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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![Book haul (last one of the year)
Here are some books that Ive picked up over the last few months - let me know if there are any you would recommend I get to sooner rather than later!
Charlies Booktuber meet-up vlog:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zhmevPsNbI
Booktuber quiz livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/live/8jM82uR5lMU?si=kPSSuYvR5XHFzFqe
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Booktubers mentioned:
@katiejlumsden
@CharlieBrookReads
@BobTheBookerer
@scallydandlingaboutthebooks
@Claire_Fenby
@TheDiscoKingOfficial
Booktubers at the meet-up (who are not mentioned above):
@adayofsmallthings
@AbiofPellinor
@ameliabarlowbooks
@angesbookchatter
@ChaoticBibliophile
@CharlesHeathcote
@christinacampbellbooks
@CoynieReads
@GemofBooks
@PageTurnersWithKatja
@royreadsanything
@spreadbookjoy
@tillysshelf
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Books mentioned:
π To be added!
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00:00 York Booktuber meet-up
11:23 Brand new books
19:29 Charity shop finds
22:39 Cardiff day out
26:58 Books from publishers
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Thank you so much for watching.
π Join the Read Good Challenge 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI4eJcfdG8U
βοΈ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
πΈ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
π Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
π 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 #bookhaul Book haul (last one of the year)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/R3MxrtZc4_k/mqdefault.jpg)
![Recent reads // Reading wrap-up (The History of Sound, On the Calculation of Volume, and more)
Some belated book reviews! Includes translated fiction, one of my favourite books of the year, and the most recent winner of the Goldsmiths Prize.
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Books mentioned:
π We Live Here Now, by C D Rose
π ti amo, by Hanne Γrstavik (tr. Martin Aitkin)
π On the Calculation of Volume III, by Solvej Balle (tr. Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell)
π The History of Sound, by Ben Shattuck
π A Simple Intervention, by Yael Inokai (tr. Marielle Sutherland)
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00:00 We Live Here Now
04:37 ti amo
07:09 On the Calculation of Volume III
11:49 The History of Sound
15:51 A Simple Intervention
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Thank you so much for watching.
π Join the Read Good Challenge 2026:
https://youtu.be/i50Tr4zRexg
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/3717542a-a44b-452b-bbc1-046ae5ec8fab
βοΈ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
πΈ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
π Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
π 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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![Japan reading vlog π
This is way, way, way overdue, but Ive finally edited all the footage from my Japan trip in May last year. It was truly one of the best holidays Ive ever been on, and watching this back is making me so nostalgic already. Obviously, the biggest issue I had before going was deciding what books to take... and I think I made the right choices!
Our route:
πTokyo
πKyoto
πOsaka (day trip from Kyoto)
πNara (day trip from Kyoto)
πMiyajima Island
πHiroshima
πTokyo
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Booktubers mentioned:
@jenvcampbell
@jenniferlovesbooks
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Books mentioned:
π Mongrel, by Hanako Footman
π Diary of a Void, by Emi Yagi (tr. by David Boyd and Lucy North)
π Confessions, by Kanae Minato (tr. by Stephen Snyder)
π In the Miso Soup, by Ryu Murakami (tr. Ralph McCarthy)
π Strange Weather in Tokyo, by Hiromi Kawakami (tr. Allison Markin Powell)
π Brotherless Night, by V V Ganeshananthan
π The Road to the Country, by Chigozie Obioma
π All the Lovers in the Night, by Mieko Kawakami (tr. Sam Bett and David Boyd)
π Strangers, by Taichi Yamada (tr. Wayne P Lammers)
π Cold Enough for Snow, by Jessica Au
π Tokyo Ueno Station, by Yu Miri (tr. Morgan Giles)
π 1Q84, by Haruki Murakami
π The Shipping News, by Annie Proulx
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Music by Stream Cafe, licensed via Ko-fi
βͺ stream cafe - cherry blossoms
link: youtu.be/ivVQYpGGvuc
website: streamcafemusic.com
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Thank you so much for watching.
π Join the Read Good Challenge 2025:
https://youtu.be/sl6NEuMRXF4
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b9e80f78-e8d0-464e-b460-c2e1034dc707
βοΈ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
πΈ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
π Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
π 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 I read in October β’ Reading wrap-up
Yeah yeah yeah, were halfway through November. But here are reviews of the 4 books I read in October.
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Books mentioned:
π Ordinary Saints, by Niamh NΓ Mhaoileoin
π The Expansion Project, by Ben Pester
π The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy
π Every One Still Here, by Liadan NΓ Chuinn
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00:00 Ordinary Saints
03:54 The Expansion Project
07:08 The God of Small Things
11:30 Every One Still Here
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Thank you so much for watching.
π Join the Read Good Challenge 2025:
https://youtu.be/sl6NEuMRXF4
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b9e80f78-e8d0-464e-b460-c2e1034dc707
βοΈ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
πΈ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
π Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
π 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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![Every book I read in 2024 (and some reading stats)
Heres the briefest of brief book reviews... for every single book I read in 2024.
All that in 20 minutes? Well, each book is only described using the same number of words as the star rating I gave the book.
Ive also included some reading stats, because I know there are some fellow stats nerds out there.
Hopefully you will find some good book recommendations among these!
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If you want to hear my more detailed take on these books, here are my wrap up, single book review, and Booker review playlists:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSlUBOJVTh7OjcHWODqCH_Nr1gqtHYyID&si=6AAC9sQrowG2ZNf3
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSlUBOJVTh7Mq4NBoIFl2Fd-qCXuU4tgo
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSlUBOJVTh7No_i3ZLKl0L-NOovxFJfu9&si=NoHUcjhlXdlB2-yD
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00:00 Reading stats
06:00 How the reviews work
07:53 101 book reviews
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Thank you so much for watching.
π Join the Read Good Challenge 2025:
https://youtu.be/sl6NEuMRXF4
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b9e80f78-e8d0-464e-b460-c2e1034dc707
βοΈ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
πΈ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
π Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
π 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 #bookrecommendations Every book I read in 2024 (and some reading stats)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SYXjhD9TzY8/mqdefault.jpg)