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Looking for to add some fun to your 2026 reading? Join the Read Good Challenge! There's a prompt for each month of the year, plus a wildcard if you get stuck.
Here are some resources you can use to read along with the challenge ๐
Storygraph challenge:
app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/3717542a-a44b-452b-bbc1-046ae5ec8fab
Instagram story image:
ibb.co/xtTcKLn3
Printable image:
ibb.co/84Ncbkqc
Oscar nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay (but you can read books related to any category!):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay
Women's Prize winners and shortlists:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Women%27s_Prize_for_Fiction_winners
Booker Prize nominees:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_and_nominated_authors_of_the_Booker_Prize
Reading Shame Forgiveness Month video:
youtu.be/KCF5nMZetsE?si=NrJiRdpiD1tKWFf5
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00:00 Intro
04:17 January
06:07 February
07:52 March
09:42 April
11:00 May
12:26 June
14:32 July
16:28 August
18:17 September
19:40 October
21:37 November
22:49 December
24:14 Wildcard
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#books #booktube #readingchallenge
Looking for to add some fun to your 2026 reading? Join the Read Good Challenge! There's a prompt for each month of the year, plus a wildcard if you get stuck.
Here are some resources you can use to read along with the challenge ๐
Storygraph challenge:
app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/3717542a-a44b-452b-bbc1-046ae5ec8fab
Instagram story image:
ibb.co/xtTcKLn3
Printable image:
ibb.co/84Ncbkqc
Oscar nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay (but you can read books related to any category!):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay
Women's Prize winners and shortlists:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Women%27s_Prize_for_Fiction_winners
Booker Prize nominees:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_and_nominated_authors_of_the_Booker_Prize
Reading Shame Forgiveness Month video:
youtu.be/KCF5nMZetsE?si=NrJiRdpiD1tKWFf5
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00:00 Intro
04:17 January
06:07 February
07:52 March
09:42 April
11:00 May
12:26 June
14:32 July
16:28 August
18:17 September
19:40 October
21:37 November
22:49 December
24:14 Wildcard
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Thank you so much for watching.
โ๏ธ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
๐ธ Instagram: instagram.com/benreadsgood
๐ Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
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#books #booktube #readingchallenge
![Womens Prize for Fiction book reviews and shortlist predictions ๐ฎ
I havent made a specific effort to read the Womens Prize for Fiction longlist this year, but have ended up reading over half of it! So here are my reviews, my rankings of the books (although, to be honest, there is so little between some of these books for me that its been hard to nail down a definitive order) and of course my guess at the shortlist.
Let me know which ones youve read, how you thought about them, and what youre expecting to see on the shortlist.
Instagram giveaway:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C5eEgyfLrhu/
Enter Ghost review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T09-Fm03WI0&list=PLSlUBOJVTh7No_i3ZLKl0L-NOovxFJfu9&index=1&t=863s
Western Lane review:
https://youtu.be/nx2caL3ekGM?t=310&si=QkyggDwrKTDznVOC
Soldier Sailor review:
https://youtu.be/JxhZJ8bpezE?si=sCkwUywMTfBn9xOD&t=1328
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00:00 Giveaway
01:45 9th place
04:09 8th place
07:08 7th place
07:56 6th place
10:35 5th place
13:17 4th place
16:26 3rd place
19:15 2nd place
20:00 1st place
20:43 Shortlist predictions
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Thank you so much for watching.
๐ Join the Read Good Challenge 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI4eJcfdG8U
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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 book reviews and shortlist predictions ๐ฎ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ArJ0sm5kC1A/mqdefault.jpg)

![Every book I read in June | Reading wrap-up
I read 5 books this month, including some that are eligible for the Booker Prize.
If youd like to follow my new Bookstagram account, you can find me on Instagram (and Threads) here:
https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
And if you havent seen it yet, heres my Booker predictions video:
https://youtu.be/cfTuQ_jZtrU
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Books mentioned in this video:
๐ Soldier Sailor, by Claire Kilroy
๐ Termush, by Sven Holm (translated by Sylvia Clayton)
๐ In Memoriam, by Alice Winn
๐ Jackdaw, by Tade Thompson
๐ I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home, by Lorrie Moore
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Thank you so much for watching.
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![Booker Prize 2025 longlist reaction
We finally have the Booker Prize longlist for 2025! Decided to do both a live reaction, plus a measured take, and a little book shopping in-between.
One huge correction: The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is published by Hamish Hamilton, not Huchinson Heinemann. Got my HHs mixed up! Doesnt change the formula outcome, but it does impact my point about the publishers being the same as last year.
00:00 Live reaction
08:02 Book shopping
09:48 My thoughts
12:07 The formula strikes again
15:49 Rundown of nominated books
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Books mentioned:
๐ Universality, by Natasha Brown
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 Love Forms, by Claire Adams
๐ The Rest of Our Lives, by Ben Markovits
๐ The South, by Tash Aw
๐ Endling, by Maria Reva
๐ Flashlight, by Susan Choi
๐ Misinterpretation, by Ledia Xhoga
๐ One Boat, by Jonathan Buckley
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
๐ธ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
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![A rather big book haul ๐
Ok there are a *lot* of books in this video and I am mildly ashamed, but hear me out... this covers 6 months of book buying / receiving / begging! Hopefully you find some fun book recommendations here and it gives you a good idea of what Im planning to read in the coming months.
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Books mentioned:
๐ The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, by Deesha Philyaw
๐ Nonfiction, by Julie Myerson
๐ Pet, by Catherine Chidgey
๐ North Woods, by Daniel Mason
๐ Same Bed Different Dreams, by Ed Park
๐ Bewilderment, by Richard Powers
๐ The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafรณn (translated by Lucia Graves)
๐ Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison
๐ Heartstopper Volume 5, by Alice Oseman
๐ Beyond the Door of No Return, by David Diop (translated by Sam Taylor)
๐ Zorrie, by Laird Hunt
๐ Julia, by Sandra Newman
๐ The End We Start From, by Megan Hunter
๐ Pleasantview, by Celeste Mohammed
๐ The Friend, by Sigrid Nunez
๐ The Rain Heron, by Robbie Arnott
๐ Tell Me How to Be, by Neel Patel
๐ Hell of a Book, by Jason Mott
๐ A Burning, by Meghan Majumdar
๐ Earthling, by Sayaka Murata (translated by Ginny Tapley Takamori)
๐ The Rabbit Hutch, by Tess Gunty
๐ Skippy Dies, by Paul Murray
๐ The Shards, by Brett Easton Ellis
๐ On the Savage Side, by Tiffany McDaniel
๐ Salvage the Bones, by Jesmyn Ward
๐ Strangers, by Taichi Yamada (translated by Wayne P. Lammers)
๐ Constance, by Joseph Zigmond
๐ The Country Will Bring Us No Peace, by Matthieu Simard (translated by Pablo Strauss)
๐ The Blue Mask, by Joel Lane
๐ Beasts of England, by Adam Biles
๐ Orbital, by Samantha Harvey
๐ Three Fires, by Denise Mina
๐ Glorious Exploits, by Ferdia Lennon
๐ The Land of Milk and Honey, by C. Pam Zhang
๐ Impossible Creatures, by Katherine Rundell
๐ Family Meal, by Bryan Washington
๐ The Black Eden, by Richard T. Kelly
Books gifted by publishers:
๐ The Night Alphabet, by Joelle Taylor
๐ Mongrel, by Hanako Footman
๐ The Borrowed Hills, by Scott Preston
๐ Martyr!, by Kaveh Akbar
๐ James, by Percival Everett
๐ Cinema Love, by Jiaming Tang
๐ How I Won A Nobel Prize, by Julius Taranto
๐ Anyones Ghost, by August Thompson
๐ The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride
The first 5 of those books are covered in more detail in this video:
https://youtu.be/Kil6qPajufo
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Creators mentioned:
@ameliabarlowbooks
@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf
@CharlieBrookReads
https://www.instagram.com/rioisreading
00:00 Book haul reflections
01:51 Library books
04:05 International editions
06:30 Gifts
12:32 Bargains
19:56 Paperbacks
25:34 Hardbacks
30:03 Advance copies
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Thank you so much for watching.
๐ Join the Read Good Challenge 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI4eJcfdG8U
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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 #bookhaul A rather big book haul ๐](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C_q1wclacNk/mqdefault.jpg)

![Meta wins AI case, terf times for the Polari Prize, exciting new releases | BOOK NEWS ๐๏ธ
Book news is back! Heres your round-up of some recent news, plus exciting new releases
Polari Prize statement:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DNDHg2aI7h5/
Willow Talks Books response to the Polari drama:
https://youtu.be/b9sz2Sjltho?si=y0lLFTxNODdOP-2q
Nero New Writers Prize:
https://nerobookawards.com/new-writers-prize-2025/
My Booker Prize reaction video:
https://youtu.be/CPp3BU4Ie2E?si=ilO0KEwMDTflAdX2
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BookTubers mentioned:
@WillowTalksBooks
@EricKarlAnderson
@SavidgeReads
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Books mentioned:
๐ Love Forms, by Claire Adam
๐ Golden Child, by Claire Adam
๐ Vigil, by George Saunders
๐ Son of Nobody, by Yann Martel
๐ Ghost Cities, by Siang Liu
๐ The Artist, by Lucy Steeds
๐ Heart, be at Peace, by Donal Ryan
๐ Bloody Awful in Different Ways, by Andrev Walden (tr. Ian Giles)*
๐ Dusk, by Robbie Arnott*
๐ The Imagined Life, by Andrew Porter*
๐ The Expansion Project, by Ben Pester
๐ TonyInterruptor, by Nicola Barker
๐ Nearly Departed, by Lucas Oakeley*
๐ Katabasis, by R. F. Kuang
๐ Helm, by Sarah Hall*
๐ Cleaner, by Jess Shannon
๐ Good and Evil and Other Stories, by Samanta Schweblin (tr. Megan McDowell)
*these titles were gifted by the publisher
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00:00 Book news
09:12 Prize news
11:24 New book releases
17:03 Books on screen
17:51 Feelgood story
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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 #booknews Meta wins AI case, terf times for the Polari Prize, exciting new releases | BOOK NEWS ๐๏ธ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DvG3RPIClp4/mqdefault.jpg)
![Reading goals for 2025
With the calendar passing from one year to the next, Ive been thinking about my reading goals, and bookish things I want to achieve, both in terms of my reading and this channel.
Id love to hear from you in the comments if you have any goals of your own!
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Books mentioned:
๐ Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison
๐ East of Eden, by John Steinbeck
๐ Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy
๐ Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe
๐ A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
๐ Trumpet, by Jackie Kay
๐ Lost Children Archive, by Valeria Luiselli
๐ Salvage the Bones, by Jesmyn Ward
๐ The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller
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00:00 Why set goals
01:30 Reading goals
09:07 Channel goals
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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 #readinggoals Reading goals for 2025](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DyAEmNcrmls/mqdefault.jpg)
![I ranked the Booker Prize longlist from worst to best
Its time once again to rank the entire Booker longlist ๐ Well, almost... Ive read 12 of the 13 books.
Im sharing some reflections on the longlist, its themes, and taking a look at Goodreads data before diving into a ranking of all the books.
Of course, I cant resist having a guess at what the actual shortlist will be, but if my predictions this year are anything to go by: Ill be completely wrong ๐
Booker shortlist announcement livestream (7pm BST, Tuesday 23 September):
https://www.youtube.com/live/r6VO7dkRtjU?si=cnlZEz59lZLmgnXd
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
00:00 Longlist thoughts
03:47 Goodreads shortlist
07:04 Themes
11:02 Ranking and personal shortlist
23:33 Judges shortlist prediction
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Channels mentioned:
@jenvcampbell
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Books mentioned:
๐ Universality, by Natasha Brown
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 Love Forms, by Claire Adams
๐ The Rest of Our Lives, by Ben Markovits
๐ The South, by Tash Aw
๐ Endling, by Maria Reva
๐ Flashlight, by Susan Choi
๐ Misinterpretation, by Ledia Xhoga
๐ One Boat, by Jonathan Buckley
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
๐ธ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
๐ Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
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