Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Today I’m tackling The My 10 Biggest Books Booktube Tag, originally created by Alan from Hard Books and kindly passed to me by Gareth from Books, Songs & Other Magic.
Alan - @hardbooks770 - his original tag - youtube.com/watch?v=AppYhI3UfH4
Gareth - @bookssongsandothermagic - his tag - youtube.com/watch?v=j0xIDbvD-bg&t=18s
GOOD NEWS!
My infamously squeaky armchair has finally been silenced — thanks to a legendary South African product (see video for details)
From The New Yorker Cartoons to Monty Python’s Autobiography, I’m showing the 10 largest, heaviest books in my library — true coffee-table titans!

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:33 Book 1 The Complete cartoons of the New Yorker
04:36 Book 2 The Travel Book (every country in the world)
09:34 Book 3 The Earth from the Air
11:51 Book 4 The Natural History Book
13:30 Book 5 The Legacy of Apartheid
16:19 Book 6 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music
19:26 Book 7 Endless Trip
20:49 Book 8 History Year by Year
23:12 Book 9 Millennium: The 20th Century Day by Day
25:50 Book 10 Monty Python’s Autobiography of the Pythons
28:50 Tag Wrap-up & Outro

BOOKS MENTIONED
Three Men In A Boat - Jerome K Jerome
The Complete Cartoons of The New Yorker
The Travel Book (Lonely Planet)
The Earth from the Air – Yann Arthus-Bertrand
The Natural History Book – DK
The Legacy of Apartheid – The Guardian
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music – DK
Endless Trip – US/Canadian 60s–70s music reference
History Year by Year – DK
Millennium: The 20th Century Day by Day – DK
Monty Python’s Autobiography by The Pythons

BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
David Murphy - @davidmurphy5142

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