Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Everyone's done all their Women's Prize reaction videos, so let's 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 Don't 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:
youtu.be/i50Tr4zRexg
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โ๏ธ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
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#books #booktube #womensprize
Everyone's done all their Women's Prize reaction videos, so let's read the first lines of each book!
โ
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 Don't 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
โ
00:00 Intro
02:10 xyz
08:17 xyz
15:10 xyz
โ
Thank you so much for watching.
๐ Join the Read Good Challenge 2026:
youtu.be/i50Tr4zRexg
app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/3717542a-a44b-452b-bbc1-046ae5ec8fab
โ๏ธ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
๐ธ Instagram: instagram.com/benreadsgood
๐ Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
๐ 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 #womensprize
![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/
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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 #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
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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 #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/
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 #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
๐ธ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
๐ Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
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#books #booktube #bookerprize Booker Prize shortlist reaction](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zPi5V2ppBo4/mqdefault.jpg)

![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
๐ Study for Obedience, by Sarah Bernstein
๐ The House of Doors, by Tan Twan Eng
๐ The Bee Sting, by Paul Murray
๐ 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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๐ If you enjoyed this video, give it a like!
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โ๏ธ Get in touch at benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
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#booktube #bookerprize #reading Reviewing the Booker Prize 2023 (spoiler-free) | Part 3](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zfUGToe0FVE/mqdefault.jpg)