Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Here's a wrap up of every book I read in October ๐
I read six titles in all - a few more than I usually would. But there are some pretty short books on the list, a few of which I read in a hurry in the run-up to the announcement of the Booker winner.
The Trees was my favourite thing I read this month, and was my pick to win the prize. Sadly it wasn't to be, but I'm definitely interested in checking out The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida.
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 in this video:
๐ Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem (translated from Polish by Joanna Kilmartin and Steve Cox)
๐ Consent, by Vanessa Springora (translated from french by Natasha Lehrer)
๐ Norwegian Wood, by Haruki Murakami (translated from Japanese by Jay Rubin)
๐ Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan
๐ The Trees, by Percival Everett
๐ Boy Parts, by Eliza Clark
Here's a wrap up of every book I read in October ๐
I read six titles in all - a few more than I usually would. But there are some pretty short books on the list, a few of which I read in a hurry in the run-up to the announcement of the Booker winner.
The Trees was my favourite thing I read this month, and was my pick to win the prize. Sadly it wasn't to be, but I'm definitely interested in checking out The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida.
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 in this video:
๐ Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem (translated from Polish by Joanna Kilmartin and Steve Cox)
๐ Consent, by Vanessa Springora (translated from french by Natasha Lehrer)
๐ Norwegian Wood, by Haruki Murakami (translated from Japanese by Jay Rubin)
๐ Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan
๐ The Trees, by Percival Everett
๐ Boy Parts, by Eliza Clark
![Predicting the International Booker Prize 2026 longlist ๐ฎ
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 ๐
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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.
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#books #booktube #internationalbookerprize Predicting the International Booker Prize 2026 longlist ๐ฎ](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:
๐ Arborescence, by Rhett Davis
๐ Vigil, by George Saunders
๐ A Guardian and a Thief, by Megha Majumdar
๐ The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother), by Rabih Alameddine
๐ Discipline, by Larissa Pham
๐ Orange, by Curtis Garner
๐ My Death, by Lisa Tuttle
๐ Paradiso 17, by Hannah Lillith Assadi
๐ The Renovation, by Kenan Orhan
๐ The Palm House, by Gwendoline Riley
๐ Son of Nobody, by Yann Martel
๐ How to Fall Apart, by Ashley Hickson-Lovence
๐ Smallie, by Eden McKenzie-Goddard
๐ Whistler, by Ann Patchett
๐ Country People, by Daniel Mason
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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
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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 #newbookreleases Most anticipated books of 2026](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uoEh6ncelrA/mqdefault.jpg)
![Recent reads (including Han Kang, Toni Morrison and Jennifer Egan)
I am so behind with my book reviews, so heres a reading wrap-up of some (but not all) of my October reads... lots to recommend here!
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Creators mentioned:
@TheDiscoKingOfficial
@SavidgeReads and @louisesavidgemuses4135 (Savidge Prompts)
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Books mentioned:
๐ Liars, by Sarah Manguso*
๐ The God of the Woods, by Liz Moore
๐ We the Animals, by Justin Torres
๐ A Visit from the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan
๐ The Vegetarian, by Han Kang (tr. Deborah Smith)
๐ Heartstopper Volume 5, by Alice Oseman
๐ The Material, by Camille Bordas
๐ Recitatif, by Toni Morrison
๐ The Party, by Tessa Hadley
*gifted by publisher
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00:00 Liars
05:18 The God of the Woods
10:38 We the Animals
13:49 A Visit from the Goon Squad
17:42 The Vegetarian
22:26 Heartstopper Volume 5
25:01 The Material
29:21 Recitatif
33:39 The Party
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Thank you so much for watching.
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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 Recent reads (including Han Kang, Toni Morrison and Jennifer Egan)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v77mVlNGrfg/mqdefault.jpg)
![BOOK NEWS ๐๏ธ Big Intermezzo sales for Sally Rooney โข Tilted Axis needs you! โข Prize shortlists
Another month, another round of news. Some huge sales for recent releases, plus some indie outfits in need of support. Plus, a prize shortlist bonanza and tonnes of new releases.
Save Tilted Axis Press:
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-tilted-axis-press
Save The Common Press:
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-the-common-press
25% off Fitzcarraldo Editions using code AUTUMN2024 until midnight on Monday 7 October (not affiliated, just a good deal!):
https://fitzcarraldoeditions.com/
Booktube Prize winner announcement:
https://youtu.be/AX6eEtCRMWE?si=5nMiwsMNiBUfUkkd
Small Things Like These trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqwn5Y_Y4xs
Nobel Prize predictions:
https://youtu.be/gjHgnUKrexo?si=mSjzXboKDiS79a4R
Kindle deals:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3TVIFMVNIAEM1?ref wl_share
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Channels mentioned:
@BookTubePrize (Prize dates for your diary section)
@katiejlumsden (book bargains section)
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00:00 Book news
03:36 Prize news and dates
06:45 New book releases
11:39 Books on screen
12:48 Book bargains
14:23 Feelgood story
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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/
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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 #booknews BOOK NEWS ๐๏ธ Big Intermezzo sales for Sally Rooney โข Tilted Axis needs you! โข Prize shortlists](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vpp_Ff5zswo/mqdefault.jpg)
![Womens Prize longlist thoughts & first line ranking
Everyones done all their Womens Prize reaction videos, so lets read the first lines of each book!
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Books mentioned:
๐ Flashlight, by Susan Choi
๐ Audition, by Katie Kitamura
๐ A Guardian and a Thief, by Megha Majumdar
๐ The Benefactors, by Wendy Erskine
๐ Wild Dark Shore, by Charlotte McConaghy
๐ Gloria Dont Speak, by Lucy Apps
๐ Dominion, by Addie, E. Citchens
๐ Kingfisher, by Rozie Kelly
๐ A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing, by Alice Evelyn Young
๐ The Others, by Sheena Kalayin
๐ The Mercy Step, by Marcia Hutchinson
๐ Paradiso 17, by Hannah Lillith Assadi
๐ Moderation, by Elaine Castillo
๐ Heart the Lover, by Lily King
๐ The Correspondent, by Virginia Evans
๐ The Best of Everything, by Kit de Waal
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00:00 Intro
02:10 xyz
08:17 xyz
15:10 xyz
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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 #womensprize Womens Prize longlist thoughts & first line ranking](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/w9_2exEaz7Y/mqdefault.jpg)
![Womens Prize for Fiction 2024 longlist predictions ๐ฎ
The Womens Prize for Fiction longlist is nearly here. Are you excited? BECAUSE IM EXCITED. Heres my stab at guessing the 16 books that might make it. Can I beat last years tally of getting 4 right?
Honestly, I dont think so... there are so many incredible books written by women, so many recommended reads, that it felt truly impossible to narrow it down.
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Books mentioned:
Youll have to watch and see ๐
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00:00 Intro and eligibility rules
02:51 2024 judges
03:58 Blood Ties
06:38 Hidden History
09:10 Retellings
11:06 Careering
12:33 Bodies Bodies Bodies
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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 #womensprize Womens Prize for Fiction 2024 longlist predictions ๐ฎ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wuBVW93Bxxw/mqdefault.jpg)
![Huge new releases, sad Booker nominee news, and a book of human skin | This Month in Book News โจ
You said it sounded good, so I did it! Heres the first ever This Month in Book News video, covering some news in the book world, hot new book releases, prize news and dates for your diary, and some notable TV and film adaptations.
When I scripted I thought this video was going to be VERY LONG. But it was not, in fact, long at all. I do speak pretty quickly though.
*Correction:* The adaptation of A Gentleman in Moscow stars Ewan McGregor, not Kenneth Branagh!
Curated Kindle deals list:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3TVIFMVNIAEM1
Huge shout out to @TheDiscoKingOfficial who features in the feelgood story. Go subscribe to his channel and watch the BookTuber quiz here: https://www.youtube.com/live/jo-KMWKMlpU
Credit to @SkillUp from whom I liberally borrowed this idea. If youre into video games, his This Week in Video Games videos are excellent, as are all his reviews.
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00:00 Whats this all about?
00:25 Book news
02:17 New releases
04:27 Recent announcements
05:29 Prize news and dates
06:38 Books on screen
07:49 Deals
08:36 Feelgood story
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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 #booknews Huge new releases, sad Booker nominee news, and a book of human skin | This Month in Book News โจ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xdnFSLnMXFU/mqdefault.jpg)
![Remembering Alice, and the regular news segments โข This Month in Book News โจ
Hi everyone. For part of this video, I wanted to remember a BookTube friend, Alice from @AliceandtheGiantBookshelf, who suddenly and tragically passed away a few weeks ago. This was difficult to film, but I wanted to pay my respects to a really wonderful person. I hope you join me in wishing the very best to her friends and family.
@CharlieBrookReads did a wonderful, much longer tribute to her good friend Alice here:
https://youtu.be/xbNM7bT3Xjs?si=FueEvTARDN_na-pR
Hereโs the livestream I did with Alice and the other Womenโs Prize plodders (the most fun Iโve had on Booktube):
https://www.youtube.com/live/1QTQnFUpRBI?si=tfbR6292n8LG95MP
The usual book news and other segments follow, as does a somewhat surreal feelgood story at the end.
Article on English language titles in Europe (paywalled but you should be able to read one article for free):
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/07/books/books-english-language-netherlands-europe.html
The Big Read by Bookshop.org:
https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-big-read-summer-reading-challenge
Curated Kindle deals list:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3TVIFMVNIAEM1
Booker Prize predictions:
https://youtu.be/IukHnQvxFPc?si=3RqX7j1Us1MN8Tx_
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00:00 Remembering Alice
01:36 Future release announcements
03:03 Book news
05:46 Prize news and dates
08:27 New book releases
12:56 Books on screen
15:13 Deals
16:39 Feelgood story
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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 #booknews Remembering Alice, and the regular news segments โข This Month in Book News โจ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xlwaVits7Rs/mqdefault.jpg)
![Predicting the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ๐ฎ
On 5 May 2025 itll be announced who has won has won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and and which books were the finalists. As usual, Im having a bit of fun guessing which books we might see among the finalists.
Forgot to mention outright in the video, but Greg from @SupposedlyFun is the expert in all things Pulitzer. I hadnt watched his prediction video before doing this (otherwise I would have just copied everything he said) but Im off to watch it now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v Pt3r8tYJ_Q
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Books mentioned:
Youll have to watch and see ๐
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00:00 Intro and eligibility rules
02:45 Frontrunners
06:10 Other contenders
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Thank you so much for watching.
๐ Join the Read Good Challenge 2025:
https://youtu.be/sl6NEuMRXF4
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b9e80f78-e8d0-464e-b460-c2e1034dc707
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 #pulitzerprize Predicting the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ๐ฎ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xnDLTBU9s1g/mqdefault.jpg)
![My reading plans for the end of the year โข End of the Year book tag โจ
Its the end of the year, which means its time for the end of the year book tag!
Consider yourself tagged if youd like to join in - either in the comments or in a video of your own!
Anticipated releases still to come in 2025:
https://youtu.be/17pkGCvJibA?si=yY8qFy5s_iD4kA3j
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Questions:
1.Are there any books youve started this year that you still need to finish?
2. Do you have an autumnal book to transition into the end of the year?
3. Is there a new release youre still waiting for?
4. What are three books you want to read before the end of the year?
5. Is there a book you think could still shock you and become your favourite book of the year?
6. Have you already started making reading plans for next year?
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Tag started by โช@ArielBissett
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Books mentioned:
๐ The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy
๐ The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, by Kiran Desai
๐ Deep Cuts, by Holly Brickley
๐ The Story of a Heart, by Rachel Clarke
๐ Bear, by Julia Phillips
๐ Signs Preceding the End of the World, by Yuri Herrera (tr. Lisa Dillman)
๐ Jesus Christ Kinski, by Benjamin Myers
๐ Wild Dark Shore, by Charlotte McConaghy
๐ Buckeye, by Patrick Ryan
๐ What We Can Know, by Ian McEwan
๐ Intermezzo, by Sally Rooney
๐ Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison
๐ House of Day, House of Night, by Olga Tokarczuk (tr. Antonia Lloyd-Jones)
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00:00 Question 1
04:22 Question 2
07:41 Question 3
08:48 Question 4
10:53 Question 5
12:45 Question 6
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Thank you so much for watching.
๐ Join the Read Good Challenge 2025:
https://youtu.be/sl6NEuMRXF4
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b9e80f78-e8d0-464e-b460-c2e1034dc707
โ๏ธ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
๐ธ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
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#books #booktube #tag My reading plans for the end of the year โข End of the Year book tag โจ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yZ9oHiVsMbE/mqdefault.jpg)
![Booker Prize shortlist reaction
This was going to be a community post, but I decided to do a quick video with my thoughts on the shortlist, and my experience going to the shortlist announcement event.
Huge thanks to @TheBookerPrizes for the invitation!
Booker shortlist announcement livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/live/r6VO7dkRtjU?si=cnlZEz59lZLmgnXd
My Booker longlist ranking:
https://youtu.be/E11wIRq2vVA?si=r8UI9Ac7qnHFIdC6
My review videos:
https://youtu.be/2glEI7tmU2I?si=CePeihdRdnaCGlH0
https://youtu.be/KU_9k0Dmf74?si=oCBVC71XH3KoEBBn
https://youtu.be/1plSv_x3NOI?si=u-lOh8-dOEvgGjTw
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Channels mentioned:
@EricKarlAnderson
@SavidgeReads
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Shortlisted books mentioned:
๐ Audition, by Katie Kitamura
๐ Flesh, by David Szalay
๐ The Land in Winter, by Andrew Miller
๐ The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, by Kiran Desai
๐ The Rest of Our Lives, by Ben Markovits
๐ Flashlight, by Susan Choi
Other books mentioned:
๐ Endling, by Maria Reva
๐ Seascraper, by Benjamin Wood
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Thank you so much for watching.
๐ Join the Read Good Challenge 2025:
https://youtu.be/sl6NEuMRXF4
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b9e80f78-e8d0-464e-b460-c2e1034dc707
โ๏ธ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
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#books #booktube #bookerprize Booker Prize shortlist reaction](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zPi5V2ppBo4/mqdefault.jpg)