Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
It's the end of the year, which means it's time for the end of the year book tag!
Consider yourself tagged if you'd like to join in - either in the comments or in a video of your own!
Anticipated releases still to come in 2025:
youtu.be/17pkGCvJibA?si=yY8qFy5s_iD4kA3j
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Questions:
1.Are there any books you've 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 you're 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 @ArielBissett
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Books mentioned:
📖 The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy
📖 The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, by Kiran Desai
📖 Deep Cuts, by Holly Brickley
📖 The Story of a Heart, by Rachel Clarke
📖 Bear, by Julia Phillips
📖 Signs Preceding the End of the World, by Yuri Herrera (tr. Lisa Dillman)
📖 Jesus Christ Kinski, by Benjamin Myers
📖 Wild Dark Shore, by Charlotte McConaghy
📖 Buckeye, by Patrick Ryan
📖 What We Can Know, by Ian McEwan
📖 Intermezzo, by Sally Rooney
📖 Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison
📖 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.
📚 Join the Read Good Challenge 2025:
youtu.be/sl6NEuMRXF4
app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b9e80f78-e8d0-464e-b460-c2e1034dc707
✉️ 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 #tag
It's the end of the year, which means it's time for the end of the year book tag!
Consider yourself tagged if you'd like to join in - either in the comments or in a video of your own!
Anticipated releases still to come in 2025:
youtu.be/17pkGCvJibA?si=yY8qFy5s_iD4kA3j
—
Questions:
1.Are there any books you've 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 you're 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 @ArielBissett
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Books mentioned:
📖 The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy
📖 The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, by Kiran Desai
📖 Deep Cuts, by Holly Brickley
📖 The Story of a Heart, by Rachel Clarke
📖 Bear, by Julia Phillips
📖 Signs Preceding the End of the World, by Yuri Herrera (tr. Lisa Dillman)
📖 Jesus Christ Kinski, by Benjamin Myers
📖 Wild Dark Shore, by Charlotte McConaghy
📖 Buckeye, by Patrick Ryan
📖 What We Can Know, by Ian McEwan
📖 Intermezzo, by Sally Rooney
📖 Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison
📖 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.
📚 Join the Read Good Challenge 2025:
youtu.be/sl6NEuMRXF4
app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b9e80f78-e8d0-464e-b460-c2e1034dc707
✉️ 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 #tag
![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:
📖 Audition, by Katie Kitamura
📖 Flesh, by David Szalay
📖 The Land in Winter, by Andrew Miller
📖 The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, by Kiran Desai
📖 The Rest of Our Lives, by Ben Markovits
📖 Flashlight, by Susan Choi
Other books mentioned:
📖 Endling, by Maria Reva
📖 Seascraper, by Benjamin Wood
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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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![Reviewing the Booker Prize 2023 (spoiler-free) | Part 3
My third reading wrap up from the Booker Prize longlist. Four book reviews this time around, three that I liked, and one that sadly didnt quite work for me.
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: https://youtu.be/AW5O3gq61g0
Part 3: This video
Part 4: https://youtu.be/223d6RZClVE
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Books mentioned
📖 Study for Obedience, by Sarah Bernstein
📖 The House of Doors, by Tan Twan Eng
📖 The Bee Sting, by Paul Murray
📖 In Ascension, by Martin MacInnes
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00:00 Intro
00:45 Study for Obedience
04:06 The House of Doors
07:54 The Bee Sting
11:48 In Ascension
16:48 Final thoughts
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Thank you so much for watching.
👍 If you enjoyed this video, give it a like!
📹 Subscribe to my channel for a new video each week
✉️ Get in touch at benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
📸 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/benreadsgood/
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#booktube #bookerprize #reading Reviewing the Booker Prize 2023 (spoiler-free) | Part 3](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zfUGToe0FVE/mqdefault.jpg)