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Banned Books, Mentors, and Life Lessons: The #StandWithTransKids Book Tag
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Further Viewing 🎥
Last Month’s Book Haul: youtu.be/LFKIFJgDNuw
Last Month’s Book Haul Revisit: youtu.be/YvZ4e8gQXpo
My Pulitzer Reaction This Year: youtu.be/C_ne3mYSSbQ
The Power of the Dog: Book vs. Movie: youtu.be/ATFqNKY8QXQ
PLEASE NOTE: For the sake of timing, I have removed any books purchased for my Pulitzer Project, books that were gifted to me, library builders (cases where I purchased a book to complete an author collection, etc.), and books I had already read and purchased to have a copy in my library. I am only including books that I purchased for myself with the intention (or hope) of reading it sometime soon.
October 2023: youtu.be/38yS6mxTzUQ
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, James McBride
Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell By Shattered Shell, Sy Montgomery
Loved and Missed, Susie Boyt
In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life, Amy Schneider
Roman Stories, Jhumpa Lahiri
Love and Summer, William Trevor
The Barrytown Trilogy (The Commitments, The Snapper, The Van), Roddy Doyle
October 2022: youtu.be/gTgO0uZRs6c
The Sheep Queen, Thomas Savage
La Bastarda, Trifonia Melibea Obono (translated by Lawrence Schimel)
Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver
Liberation Day: Stories, George Saunders
October 2021: youtu.be/SP4HBhiCZ50
Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World, Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Harlem Shuffle, Colson Whitehead
Please Don’t Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes, Phoebe Robinson
Monster in the Middle, Tiphanie Yanique
A Dutiful Boy: A Memoir of Secrets, Lies, and Family Love, Mohsin Zaidi
Sankofa, Chibundu Onuzo
The Lincoln Highway, Amor Towles
Book Haul for October 2020: youtube.com/watch?v=vO_vqO7HSCs
Love, by Toni Morrison
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, by Deesha Philyaw
Leave the World Behind, by Rumaan Alam
Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? by Kathleen Collins
Book Haul for October 2019: youtube.com/watch?v=libp6vhXNNU&t=2s
Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier
Nothing to See Here, Kevin Wilson
The Water Dancer, Ta-Nehisi Coates
Imaginary Friend, Stephen Chbosky
Find Me, André Aciman
A Ladder to the Sky, John Boyne
Ducks, Newburyport, Lucy Ellmann
Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home, Nora Krug
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Links 💻
Register to Vote (Or Check Your Registration Status): vote.gov
Shop At Matter’s Website: shopatmatter.com
The Article About the Giller Controversy: lithub.com/20-canadian-authors-have-withdrawn-from-the-giller-prize
An Update About the Giller Controversy: lithub.com/the-giller-prize-has-dropped-the-scotiabank-name-but-not-the-money
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Further Viewing 🎥
My Nobel Prize Reaction: youtu.be/h5zE2HGzxJk
Reading Wrap-Up for September: youtu.be/iU3mF0OJg3A
My Friday Reads Featuring the Giller Prize Longlist: youtu.be/jnfCK4DUXCE
National Book Award Finalists for Fiction: youtu.be/dxJL_isewx4
Last Year’s Nobel Prize Reaction: youtu.be/5N5sqqK3MEY
Book Haul for September: youtu.be/LFKIFJgDNuw
Booker Prize Shortlist Reaction: youtu.be/TwvWiwNAGFc
Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/xg2onHtttv4
Jump to the Friday Reads: 19:44
Titles Mentioned 📚
The Vegetarian (translated by Deborah Smith): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781101906118
What I Know About You, Éric Chacour: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781552454855
Curiosities, Anne Fleming
Prairie Edge, Conor Kerr: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781517917234
Held, Anne Michaels: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593536865
Peacocks of Instagram, Deepa Rajagopalan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781487012403
Catalina, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593449097
Real Life, Brandon Taylor: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525538899
Luster, Raven Leilani: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250798671
All This Could Be Different, Sarah Thankam Mathews: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593489147
Long Island Compromise, Taffy Brodesser-Akner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593133491
Fleishman Is in Trouble, Taffy Brodesser-Akner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525510895
The Burrow, Melanie Cheng: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781959030867
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Han Kang’s Nobel Prize Page: nobelprize.org/prizes/literature
The Nobel Prize’s Guide to Han Kang’s Books: nobelprize.org/what-to-read-han-kang/?_ga=2.123212683.1254629017.1728575564-1414448305.1726874266
Further Viewing 🎥
Last Year’s Nobel Prize Reaction (Jon Fosse): youtu.be/5N5sqqK3MEY
The 2022 Reaction (Annie Ernaux): youtu.be/43pKp4YuXeU
The 2021 Reaction (Abdulrazak Gurnah): youtu.be/Ln_h1J-RhJ4
The 2020 Reaction (Louise Glück): youtu.be/uYycf6UmotY
The 2019 Reaction (Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke): youtu.be/BS1qqfs3XTk
My Pulitzer Prize Video About Beloved: youtu.be/TzlTdLCqjAs
My Video About the Pulitzer Prize and How It Could Improve: youtu.be/hA_H6x9soCU
Time Stamps ⏰
Why This Is (Potentially) Significant: 01:59
Who Is Han Kang? 17:12
A Guide to Han Kang’s Books: 25:46
Titles Mentioned 📚
The Vegetarian (translated by Deborah Smith): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781101906118
Greek Lessons (translated by Deborah Smith): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593595442
Human Acts (translated by Deborah Smith): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781101906743
The White Book (translated by Deborah Smith): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525573067
We Do Not Part (translated by E Yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593595459
Other Titles Mentioned 📕
Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781400078776
The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780679731726
Beloved, Toni Morrison: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781400033416
Morning and Evening, Jon Fosse (translated by Damion Searls): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781628975529
Happening, Annie Ernaux (translated by Tanya Leslie): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781609809485
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, Olga Tokarczuk (translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525541349
Afterlives, Abdulrazak Gurnah: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593541890
Poems 1962-2012, Louise Glück: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374534097
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Further Viewing 🎥
Last Month’s Wrap-Up: youtu.be/m56eie5BoDw
The NY Times’ Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far): youtu.be/XR9ktrOhjZk
My Friday Reads Discussing Bel Canto: youtu.be/5A8NQv_D3e4
Jump to the Reading Wrap-Up: 06:31
Titles Mentioned 📚
Cemetery Boys, Aiden Thomas: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250250469
Labyrinth of Ice, Buddy Levy: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250782069
House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250217318
Somewhere Beyond the Sea, TJ Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250881205
Mooncakes, Suzanne Walker, Wendy Xu, and Joamette Gil: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781620109731
Razorblade Tears, S.A. Cosby: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250252715
Don’t Cry For Me, Daniel Black: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781335449351
Isaac’s Song, Daniel Black: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781335090416
Maid, Stephanie Land: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780316505093
Bel Canto, Ann Patchett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780060838720
Franny, the Queen of Provincetown, John Preston: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781551521909
The Sleeping Car Porter, Suzette Mayr: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781552454589
The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780679734772
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780061711299
Suicide Notes, Michael Thomas Ford: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062845511
Nicked, M.T. Anderson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593701607
Part of Your World, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704370
Just For the Summer, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704431
Yours Truly, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704394
Desert Echoes, Abdi Nazemian: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063339637
Like a Love Story, Abdi Nazemian: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062839374
Only This Beautiful Moment, Abdi Nazemian: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063039384
The Chandler Legacies, Abdi Nazemian: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063039339
Olivia, Dorothy Strachey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780143134404
The Trees Grew Because I Bled There, Eric LaRocca: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781803363776
Catalina, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593449097
Realm of Ice and Sky, Buddy Levy: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250289186
Christine, Stephen King: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668018071
The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780060530945
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Further Viewing 🎥
National Book Award Finalists for Fiction: youtu.be/dxJL_isewx4
Last Year’s Nobel Prize Reaction: youtu.be/5N5sqqK3MEY
My Short from Powell’s: youtube.com/shorts/5_29hTTK7Vk?feature=share
Book Haul for September: youtu.be/LFKIFJgDNuw
Booker Prize Shortlist Reaction: youtu.be/TwvWiwNAGFc
Book Haul Revisit for September: youtu.be/YvZ4e8gQXpo
Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/6Jh1i1esZ0I
Jump to the Friday Reads: 19:44
Titles Mentioned 📚
The Mighty Red, Louise Erdrich: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063277052
Our Evenings, Alan Hollinghurst: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593243060
Black Woods, Blue Sky, Eowyn Ivey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593231029
The Snow Child, Eowyn Ivey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780316175661
The Trees Grew Because I Bled There, Eric LaRocca: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781803363776
Brightly Shining, Ingvild Rishøi (translated by Caroline Waight): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802163493
Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802158741
Headshot, Rita Bullwinkel: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593654101
Catalina, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593449097
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The NBA Website: nationalbook.org/awards2024
Further Viewing 🎥
My Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/e50214njhDo
Last Year’s Winner Reaction: youtu.be/iqeZPh5WsZI
My Booker Shortlist Reaction: youtu.be/TwvWiwNAGFc
The Finalists 📚
Ghostroots, Pemi Aguda: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781324065852
Martyr!, Kaveh Akbar: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593537619
James, Percival Everett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385550369
All Fours, Miranda July: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593190265
My Friends, Hisham Mitar: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780812994841
Other Titles From the Longlist 📕
The Most, Jessica Anthony: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780316576376
Catalina, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593449097
Creation Lake, Rachel Kushner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781982116521
Yr Dead, Sam Sax: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781952119996
Rejection, Tony Tulathimutte: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063337879
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Further Viewing 🎥
Book Haul for September: youtu.be/LFKIFJgDNuw
Booker Prize Shortlist Reaction: youtu.be/TwvWiwNAGFc
The National Book Award for Fiction Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/e50214njhDo
Book Haul Revisit for September: youtu.be/YvZ4e8gQXpo
Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/0Dc09Tihq_Y
Jump to the Friday Reads: 07:42
Titles Mentioned 📚
Part of Your World, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704370
Just For the Summer, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704431
Say You’ll Remember Me, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538759196
Yours Truly, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704394
Olivia, Dorothy Strachey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780143134404
Call Me By Your Name, Andre Aciman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780312426781
Desert Echoes, Abdi Nazemian: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063339637
Like a Love Story, Abdi Nazemian: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062839374
Only This Beautiful Moment, Abdi Nazemian: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063039384
The Chandler Legacies, Abdi Nazemian: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063039339
Go Tell It On the Mountain, James Baldwin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780375701870
Headshot, Rita Bullwinkel: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593654101
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Further Viewing 🎥
Last Month’s Book Haul: youtu.be/JjAFyMdrC1Y
This Month’s Book Haul Revisit: youtu.be/YvZ4e8gQXpo
My Friday Reads Discussing Angela’s Ashes: youtu.be/uOBOiuFzXEo
My Friday Reads Discussing Montana 1948: youtu.be/jnfCK4DUXCE
Books Hauled 📚
The Restaurant of Lost Recipes, Hisashi Kashiwai (translated by Jesse Kirkwood): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593717790
Delinquents and Other Escape Attempts, Nick Rees Gardner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781960593030
Misinterpretation, Ledia Xhoga: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781959030805
Teacher Man, Frank McCourt: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780743243780
Gentlemen and Players, Joanne Harris: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780060559151
Blonde Roots, Bernardine Evaristo: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781594484346
Justice, Larry Watson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781571310927
Other Titles Mentioned 📕
The Kamogawa Food Detectives, Hisashi Kashiwai (translated by Jesse Kirkwood): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593717714
Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781953534187
Fire Exit, Morgan Talty: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781959030553
Knockemstiff, Donald Ray Pollock: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780767928304
Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780684842677
Chocolat, Joanne Harris: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780140282030
Girl, Woman, Other, Bernardine Evaristo: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802156983
Mr. Loverman, Bernardine Evaristo: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781617752728
Montana 1948, Larry Watson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781571310613
Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802158741
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The Trailer for Small Things Like These: youtu.be/Nqwn5Y_Y4xs?si=MWi7rOJLGJAXkV5o
Further Viewing 🎥
Booker Prize Shortlist Reaction: youtu.be/TwvWiwNAGFc
The National Book Award for Fiction Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/e50214njhDo
Book Haul Revisit for September: youtu.be/YvZ4e8gQXpo
Book Haul for August: youtu.be/JjAFyMdrC1Y
The Best Short Novels and Novellas: youtu.be/3MmMm0tf_5g
Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/5A8NQv_D3e4
Jump to the Friday Reads: 07:57
Titles Mentioned 📚
Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802158741
Foster, Claire Keegan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802160140
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780061711299
Nicked, M.T. Anderson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593701607
Part of Your World, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704370
Olivia, Dorothy Strachey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780143134404
Headshot, Rita Bullwinkel: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593654101
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Links 💻
The Booker Website: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/2024
Further Viewing 🎥
My Booker Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/uA_iozA4t7k
Last Year’s Booker Winner Reaction: youtu.be/qP-WwW_vgfw
National Book Award for Fiction Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/e50214njhDo
Is the Pulitzer Prize in Trouble? youtu.be/hA_H6x9soCU
The Shortlist 📚
James, Percival Everett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385550369
The Safekeep, Yael van der Wouden: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668034347
Orbital, Samantha Harvey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802161543
Creation Lake, Rachel Kushner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781982116521
Stone Yard Devotional, Charlotte Wood
Held, Anne Michaels: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593536865
Longlisted Titles We Say Goodbye To 📕
Wandering Stars, Tommy Orange: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593318256
Wild Houses, Colin Barrett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802160942
This Strange Eventful History, Claire Messud: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780393635041
Playground, Richard Powers: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781324086031
Enlightenment, Sarah Perry: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063352612
My Friends, Hisham Mitar: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780812994841
Headshot, Rita Bullwinkel: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593654101
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Channel Recommendation 🍿
Bob the Bookerer: youtube.com/@BobTheBookerer
Roro Reads: youtube.com/@rororeads
Further Viewing 🎥
The National Book Award for Fiction Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/e50214njhDo
My Video About Potential Pulitzer Changes: youtu.be/hA_H6x9soCU
Book Haul Revisit for September: youtu.be/YvZ4e8gQXpo
My Booker Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/uA_iozA4t7k
Book Haul for August: youtu.be/JjAFyMdrC1Y
The Best Short Novels and Novellas: youtu.be/3MmMm0tf_5g
Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/jnfCK4DUXCE
Jump to the Friday Reads: 14:16
Titles Mentioned 📚
James, Percival Everett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385550369
Playground, Richard Powers: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781324086031
My Friends, Hisham Mitar: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780812994841
Wandering Stars, Tommy Orange: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593318256
This Strange Eventful History, Claire Messud: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780393635041
Stone Yard Devotional, Charlotte Wood
Wild Houses, Colin Barrett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802160942
Held, Anne Michaels: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593536865
Creation Lake, Rachel Kushner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781982116521
Enlightenment, Sarah Perry: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063352612
Orbital, Samantha Harvey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802161543
The Safekeep, Yael van der Wouden: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668034347
Headshot, Rita Bullwinkel: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593654101
Razorblade Tears, S.A. Cosby: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250252715
Bel Canto, Ann Patchett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780060838720
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593466490
Franny, the Queen of Provincetown, John Preston: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781551521909
The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780679734772
Nicked, M.T. Anderson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593701607
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780061711299
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Links 💻
The National Book Award’s Website: nationalbook.org/2024-national-book-awards-longlist-for-fiction
Further Viewing 🎥
Last Year’s Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/6Iy7CI_0GrU
Last Year’s Winner Reaction: youtu.be/iqeZPh5WsZI
My Video About Potential Pulitzer Changes: youtu.be/hA_H6x9soCU
My Booker Prize Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/uA_iozA4t7k
The NY Times’ Best Books of 2024 So Far: youtu.be/pnU9-cC8biQ
Time’s Best Books of 2024 So Far: youtu.be/8SeAxeMp0Xc
My Most Anticipated Books of Late 2024: youtu.be/ErBRKgMUkc0
Time Stamps ⏰
Skip to the Longlisted Titles: 07:07
Skip to the Omissions: 35:04
Skip to the Shortlist Prediction: 36:43
The Longlist 📚
Ghostroots, Pemi Aguda: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781324065852
Martyr!, Kaveh Akbar: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593537619
The Most, Jessica Anthony: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780316576376
Catalina, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593449097
James, Percival Everett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385550369
All Fours, Miranda July: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593190265
Creation Lake, Rachel Kushner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781982116521
My Friends, Hisham Mitar: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780812994841
Yr Dead, Sam Sax: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781952119996
Rejection, Tony Tulathimutte: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063337879
Other Titles Mentioned 📕
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, Deesha Philyaw: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781949199734
Wandering Stars, Tommy Orange: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593318256
Headshot, Rita Bullwinkel: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593654101
Playground, Richard Powers: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781324086031
Fire Exit, Morgan Talty: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781959030553
Real Americans, Rachel Khong: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593537251
Long Island Compromise, Taffy Brodesser-Akner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593133491
Small Rain, Garth Greenwell: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374279547
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Further Viewing 🎥
Last Month’s Book Haul: youtu.be/JjAFyMdrC1Y
Last Month’s Book Haul Revisit: youtu.be/a9GIc36IG3w
My Marriage Portrait Review (with Spoilers): youtu.be/uxneJoQrV6w
The Power of the Dog Book vs. Movie: youtu.be/ATFqNKY8QXQ
PLEASE NOTE: For the sake of timing, I have removed Sue Grafton titles, any books purchased for my Pulitzer Project, books that were gifted to me, library builders (cases where I purchased a book to complete an author collection, etc.), and books I had already read and purchased to have a copy in my library. I am only including books that I purchased for myself with the intention (or hope) of reading it sometime soon.
September 2023 Book Haul: xyoutu.be/e_tUroeQjbU
The Vaster Wilds, Lauren Groff
Independent People, Halldór Laxness (translated by J.A. Thompson)
Disruptions, Steven Millhauser
Skinned Alive: Stories, Edmund White
September 2022 Book Haul: youtu.be/XtD4K_85ZPY
The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O’Farrell
A Country for Dying, Abdellah Taïa (translated by Emma Ramadan)
Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty
Heartstopper Volume 3, Alice Oseman
September 2021 Haul: youtu.be/jWDvaEtppus
Mayflies, Andrew O’Hagan
The Power of the Dog, Thomas Savage
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life, Benjamin Alire Sáenz
September 2020: youtube.com/watch?v=3lNHk4px_Y4&t=1s
Burnt Sugar, by Avni Doshi (also published as Girl in White Cotton)
Transcendent Kingdom, by Yaa Gyasi
Piranesi, by Susannah Clarke
Winter Counts, by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
September 2019 Book Haul: youtube.com/watch?v=vPHLGfST9j8&t=1s
Gender Queer, by Maia Kobabe
My Father and Myself, by J.R. Ackerly
The Friend, Sigrid Nunez
Black Light, by Kimberly King Parsons
The Buddha in the Attic, by Julie Otsuka
Wild, by Cheryl Strayed
Dead Wake, by Erik Larson
Franny, the Queen of Provincetown, by John Preston
Finistère, Fritz Peters
Down and Dirty Pictures, by Peter Biskind
Wish Her Safe at Home, by Stephen Benatar
The Secret History, by Donna Tartt
The Chestnut Man, by Søren Sveistrup
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My Pulitzer Prize Ranking (So Far): youtu.be/oqGUQWCJEt4
What Is the Great American Novel? youtu.be/MeaLqLcDrjs
The Origins of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: youtu.be/Y0twmkZ0M8o
The Book That Started My Pulitzer Obsession, Interpreter of Maladies: youtu.be/OT78tG9W118
How On Earth Did Tinkers Win a Pulitzer? youtu.be/9yXxr3O_jDg
The 2012 Pulitzer Controversy: youtu.be/ydylVjwjCPo
Less: What Type of Book Deserves to Win Book Awards? youtu.be/U-rL7ewcNwA
Why Did The Netanyahus Win a Pulitzer? youtu.be/BSS6eGkWSZw
How Did Trust and Demon Copperhead Tie? youtu.be/xIrKCP1kF7U
Did the Pulitzer Prize Make a Mistake With Night Watch? youtu.be/ig50F7XzIow
Time Stamps ⏰
The Structural Issues: 06:45
What Should the Board’s Role Be? 24:28
The Quality Issues: 27:32
Summary: 39:16
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Register to Vote (Or Check Your Registration Status): vote.gov
The Giller Prize Longlist: gillerprize.ca/2024-finalists
Giller Prize Controversy: lithub.com/20-canadian-authors-have-withdrawn-from-the-giller-prize
Barbara Kingsolver’s Lifetime Achievement Award Announcement: apnews.com/article/barbara-kingsolver-national-book-award-achievement-4fdea868b4bc43d38cdcf12086d69d01#
W. Paul Coates’ Lifetime Achievement Award Announcement: nationalbook.org/national-book-foundation-to-present-lifetime-achievement-to-present-lifetime-achievement-award-to-w-paul-coates
Wendy Xu on Mooncakes and Disability Representation: womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2016/01/writing-disability-in-comics
Further Viewing 🎥
Reading Wrap-Up for August: youtu.be/m56eie5BoDw
My Booker Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/uA_iozA4t7k
Book Haul for August: youtu.be/JjAFyMdrC1Y
The Best Short Novels and Novellas: youtu.be/3MmMm0tf_5g
Thoughts About BookTube: youtu.be/vXeXFlFAqME
Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/otuX6HEQBZM
Jump to the Friday Reads: 15:33
Titles Mentioned 📚
Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063251984
The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780061765223
The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780060852580
The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780061577079
A Way to Be Happy, Caroline Adderson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781771966221
Death By a Thousand Cuts, Shashi Bhat
What I Know About You, Éric Chacour: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781552454855
Bad Land, Corrina Chong: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781551529592
Curiosities, Anne Fleming
Prairie Edge, Conor Kerr: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781517917234
This Strange Eventful History, Claire Messud: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780393635041
Held, Anne Michaels: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593536865
The Cure for Drowning, Loghan Paylor
Peacocks of Instagram, Deepa Rajagopalan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781487012403
In Winter I Get Up At Night, Jane Urquhart: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780771051999
Real Ones, Katherena Vermette
Montana, 1948, Larry Watson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781571310613
Justice, Larry Watson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781571310927
Mooncakes, Suzanne Walker, Wendy Xu, and Joamette Gil: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781620109731
Razorblade Tears, S.A. Cosby: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250252715
Don’t Cry For Me, Daniel Black: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781335449351
Bel Canto, Ann Patchett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780060838720
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593466490
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Further Viewing 🎥
Last Month’s Wrap-Up: youtu.be/Mg8XCOp7i5Q
Book Haul for August: youtu.be/JjAFyMdrC1Y
My Friday Reads Discussing The Lonely Girl: youtu.be/IfkT0As8Uas
The Honest BookTuber Tag: youtu.be/vXeXFlFAqME
My Friday Reads Discussing John Boyne: youtu.be/otuX6HEQBZM
Skip the Somewhere Beyond the Sea Discussion: 12:21
Titles Mentioned 📚
Lumberjack Under the Tree, Keira Andrews: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781988260921
The Country Girls, Edna O’Brien: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374537357
Somewhere Beyond the Sea, TJ Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250881205
Highway Thirteen, Fiona McFarlane: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374606268
Singled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke, Andrew Maraniss: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593116722
The History of Sound: Stories, Ben Shattuck: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593490389
The Barkeep and the Bro, AJ Truman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9798989826537
This Is Happiness, Niall Williams: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781635576313
The Time of the Child, Niall Williams: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781639734207
Hot Mall Santa, AJ Truman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9798866520756
Earth, John Boyne
Redemption By Fire, Andrew GreyStrengthened By Fire, Andrew Grey
Burnished By Fire, Andrew Grey
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, Casey Cep: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781101972052
Montana, 1948, Larry Watson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781571310613
The Sunbearer Trials, Aiden Thomas: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250822741
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive, Stephanie Land: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780316505093
Mooncakes, Suzanne Walker, Wendy Xu, and Joamette Gil: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781620109731
Bel Canto, Ann Patchett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780060838720
The Inland Island, Josephine Johnson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781982177492
Shadow Heart, Meg Gardiner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781982627522
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593466490
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Links 💻
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Kirkus Finalists: kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/finalists-for-the-2024-kirkus-prize-are-revealed
Publishers Sue Over Book Bans: publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/95823-major-publishers-authors-guild-sue-over-new-florida-book-banning-law.html
Channels Mentioned 🍿
Jen the Librarian: @JentheLibrarianreads
Bob the Bookerer: @BobTheBookerer
Roro Reads: @rororeads
Further Viewing 🎥
Book Haul for August: youtu.be/JjAFyMdrC1Y
Can I Predict Future Classics? youtu.be/lWtI1iIhE7g
Thoughts About BookTube: youtu.be/vXeXFlFAqME
Exciting Book Releases for Late 2024: youtu.be/ErBRKgMUkc0
Library and Bookshelf Tour 2024: youtu.be/X_yIJ0QZg_M
Books That Should Be Movies: youtu.be/do1OLq97yms
My Booker Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/uA_iozA4t7k
Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/bFTWV0aQiBQ
Jump to the Friday Reads: 10:28
Titles Mentioned 📚
Elbow Room, James Alan McPherson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780449213575
Hue and Cry, James Alan McPherson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062909732
This Is Happiness, Niall Williams: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781635576313
Earth, John Boyne
Somewhere Beyond the Sea, TJ Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250881205
The House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250217318
Orbital, Samantha Harvey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802161543
Montana, 1948, Larry Watson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781571310613
Bel Canto, Ann Patchett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780060838720
Enlightenment, Sarah Perry: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063352612
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Further Viewing 🎥
Last Month’s Book Haul: youtu.be/klIEIxmuklk
This Month’s Book Haul Revisit: youtu.be/a9GIc36IG3w
The NY Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century: youtu.be/XR9ktrOhjZk
My Deep Dive on Lonesome Dove: youtu.be/bf5tx26fKNs
Titles Mentioned 📚
Absolution, Jeff VanderMeer: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374616595
Pachinko, Min Jin Lee: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781455563920
The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir, Griffin Dunne: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593652824
All That She Carried: The Story of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake, Tiya Miles: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781984855015
Montana, 1948, Larry Watson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781571310613
Kiss Her Once For Me, Alison Cochrun: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781982191139
As Meat Loves Salt, Maria McCann: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780156012263
The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780679745204
Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780393352566
Moving On, Larry McMurtry: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781631493492
Great Short Works, Willa Cather: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780060923761
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The NY Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century: youtu.be/XR9ktrOhjZk
Readers Picks for the Best Books of the 21st Century: youtu.be/DhrJhDcUkGw
The 25 Best Books of the Last 25 Years: youtu.be/Nk4T561XrqY
The Best Books of 2024 (So Far): youtu.be/2Uc9ay7BiWs
My Pulitzer Reaction for Demon Copperhead and Trust: youtu.be/OabcFdhyr9I
My Favorite Books From 2023 (Featuring Love Songs of W.E.B. du Bois): youtu.be/rQgn0LqGago
Titles Mentioned 📚
Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063251984
James, Percival Everett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385550369
The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780345804327
Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781984898876
Milkman, Anna Burns: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781644450000
Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781608196265
Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062060624
Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780812985405
There There, Tommy Orange: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525436140
Tin Man, Sarah Winman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780735218765
Matrix, Lauren Groff: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781594634505
Trust, Hernan Diaz: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593420324
North Woods, Daniel Mason: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593597033
All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781501173219
A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780804172707
The Love Songs of W.E.B. du Bois, Honoree Fannone Jeffers: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062942951
The Good Lord Bird, James McBride: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781594632785
Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781101971062
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, Deesha Philyaw: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781949199734
Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781953534187
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Further Viewing 🎥
My Original Version of This Tag: youtu.be/iFy4SDag8MM
15 Books I’ll (Probably) Never Read: youtu.be/1h7J_IKYoJ8
My Deep Dive About Gone With the Wind: youtu.be/7kdP568OC_Q
Books That Should Be Movies: youtu.be/do1OLq97yms
The NY Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century: youtu.be/XR9ktrOhjZk
Channels Mentioned 🍿
Lydia’s Lost the Plot’s Version: youtube.com/watch?v=fkqdhJZVOyo
Shawn Breathes Books: youtube.com/@shawnbreathesbooks
This tag was created by Harriet Rosie, who is no longer on BookTube.
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Library and Bookshelf Tour 2024: youtu.be/X_yIJ0QZg_M
Books That Should Be Movies: youtu.be/do1OLq97yms
Book Haul Revisit for August: youtu.be/a9GIc36IG3w
My Booker Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/uA_iozA4t7k
Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/68MJIycJ-L0
Jump to the Friday Reads: 15:12
Titles Mentioned 📚
This Is Happiness, Niall Williams: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781635576313
Never Let Me Go, Kazoo Ishiguro: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781400078776
Somewhere Beyond the Sea, TJ Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250881205
The House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250217318
The Friday Afternoon Club, Griffin Dunne: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593652824
Enlightenment, Sarah Perry: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063352612
Orbital, Samantha Harvey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802161543
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The Library Tour From 2023: youtu.be/ofrVVcGq5TA
Our Colorado Independent Bookstore Tour: youtu.be/qRECTz6oQNc
The 2022 Bookshelf Tour: youtu.be/bcB1P8r_Gnw
My Deep Dive on Gone With the Wind: youtu.be/7kdP568OC_Q
Joel’s Cookbook Collection Tour: youtu.be/DSPPWTJ9sB8
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Further Viewing 🎥
Books That Should Be Movies: youtu.be/do1OLq97yms
Reading Wrap-Up for July: youtu.be/Mg8XCOp7i5Q
Book Haul Revisit for August: youtu.be/a9GIc36IG3w
My Booker Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/uA_iozA4t7k
Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/IfkT0As8Uas
Titles Mentioned 📚
Highway Thirteen, Fiona McFarlane: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374606268
The History of Sound: Stories, Ben Shattuck: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593490389
This Is Happiness, Niall Williams: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781635576313
The Friday Afternoon Club, Griffin Dunne: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593652824
Enlightenment, Sarah Perry: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063352612
Somewhere Beyond the Sea, TJ Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250881205
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@MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH's Original Video: youtube.com/watch?v=O2cqg-wkEKA
Further Viewing 🎥
My Deep Dive on Less:
The Power of the Dog Book vs. Movie: youtu.be/ATFqNKY8QXQ
The Color Purple Book vs. Movie: youtu.be/AcCW_fgXuxA
If Beale Street Could Talk Book vs. Movie: youtu.be/LJEMV0v38I4
Little Women Book vs. Movie: youtu.be/PcaXoh4BP38
Nomadland Book vs. Movie: youtu.be/e8OFrPL82ls
The Shining Book vs. Movie: youtu.be/WEVs3A8P-Wc
Titles Mentioned 📚
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, Casey Cep: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781101972052
The Murder at the Vicarage, Agatha Christie: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063213920
Do Tell, Lindsay Lynch: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593469286
My Ántonia, Willa Cather: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525562863
Rubyfruit Jungle, Rita Mae Brown: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781101965122
Tom Lake, Ann Patchett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063327528
Tin Man, Sarah Winman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780735218765
The House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250217318
The Round House, Louise Erdrich: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062065254
Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame, Olivia Ford: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593656419
The Secret Life of Albert Entwhistle, Matt Cain: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781496737755
The Bandit Queens, Parini Shroff: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593498972
My Sister, the Serial Killer, Oyinkan Braithwaite: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525564201
Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World, Benjamin Alire Saenz: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781534496200
Fingersmith, Sarah Waters: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781573229722
Only This Beautiful Moment, Abdi Nazemian: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063039384
The Country Girls, Edna O’Brien: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374537357
Kindred, Octavia Butler: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780807083697
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland, Jim DeFede: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063005983
The Rain Heron, Robbie Arnott: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374539306
Small Joys, Elvin James Mensah: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593499986
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780812983586
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, Alison Bechdel: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780618871711
Excellent Women, Barbara Pym: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780143104872
Less, Andrew Sean Greer: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780316316132
There There, Tommy Orange: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525436140
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593422946
All the King’s Men, Robert Penn Warren: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780156012959
Just for the Summer, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704431
Here We Go Again, Alison Cochrun: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668021194
Razorblade Tears, S.A. Cosby: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250252715
Travels With Charley, John Steinbeck: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780143107002
City of Thieves, David Benioff: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780452295292
Year of Wonders, Geraldine Brooks: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780142001431
The Secret History, Donna Tartt: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781400031702
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Book Haul Revisit for August: youtu.be/a9GIc36IG3w
My Booker Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/uA_iozA4t7k
My Very Large July Book Haul: youtu.be/klIEIxmuklk
Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/OaTQXtqECR0
Jump to the Friday Reads: 08:50
Titles Mentioned 📚
The Coast Road, Alan Murrin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063336520
The Barracks, John McGahern
The Country Girls, Edna O’Brien: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374537357
The History of Sound: Stories, Ben Shattuck: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593490389
North Woods, Daniel Mason: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593597033
Highway Thirteen, Fiona McFarlane: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374606268
Somewhere Beyond the Sea, TJ Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250881205
This Is Happiness, Niall Williams: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781635576313
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The Best Books of 2024 (So Far): youtu.be/2Uc9ay7BiWs
My Favorite Reads From 2020: youtu.be/MG-0gYyj6v8
PLEASE NOTE: For the sake of timing, I have removed Sue Grafton titles, any books purchased for my Pulitzer Project, books that were gifted to me, library builders (cases where I purchased a book to complete an author collection, etc.), and books I had already read and purchased to have a copy in my library. I am only including books that I purchased for myself with the intention (or hope) of reading it sometime soon.
August 2023 Book Haul: xyoutu.be/e_tUroeQjbU
At Weddings and Wakes, Alice McDermott
Hello Beautiful, Ann Napolitano
Commonwealth, Ann Patchett
The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver
A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest J. Gaines
August 2022 Book Haul: youtu.be/LnyeYIf1PtE
The Queens of Sarmiento Park, Camila Sosa Villada (translated by Kit Maude)
The Last Unicorn, Peter S. Beagle
Nightcrawling, Leila Mottley
August 2021 Book Haul: youtu.be/oyy4M-sPmXg
Damnation Spring, Ash Davidson
Once There Were Wolves, Charlotte McConaghy
Afterparties: Stories, Anthony Veasna So
Heartstopper, Volume 1, Alice Oseman
August 2020 Book Haul: youtu.be/18XqwPmyl8w
Nervous Conditions, by Tsitsi Dangarembga
This Mournable Body, by Tsitsi Dangarembga
The Yield, Tara June Winch
Filthy Beasts, by Kirkland Hamill
Luster, by Raven Leilani
The Death of Vivek Oji, by Akwaeke Emezi
Shuggie Bain, by Douglas Stuart
August 2019 Book Haul: youtu.be/FtD1tDQKzug
Girl, Woman, Other, by Bernardine Evaristo
The Song of the Loon, by Richard Amory
Blackbird, by Larry Duplechan
Patience and Sarah, by Isabel Miller
Becoming a Man, by Paul Monette
Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
A Way in the World, by V.S. Naipaul
Breath, Eyes, Memory, by Edwidge Danticat
The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton
Ohio, by Stephen Markley
Dominicana, by Angie Cruz
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Our Favorite Reads of 2024 (So Far): youtu.be/2Uc9ay7BiWs
My Most Anticipated Books for the Rest of 2024: youtu.be/ErBRKgMUkc0
Our Irish Book Haul: youtu.be/IO8-CEybrY4
My Video About Josephine Johnson and Now in November: youtu.be/rx7IeJo3RlA
My Friday Reads Discussing Edna O’Brien: youtu.be/OaTQXtqECR0
Titles Mentioned 📚
Just for the Summer, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704431
A Dash of Salt and Pepper, Kosoko Jackson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593334461
Four Thousand Paws: Caring for the Dogs of the Iditarod: A Veterinarian's Story, Lee Morgan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781324091394
Hombrecito, Santiago Jose Sanchez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593542187
Check, Please! Book One, Ngozi Usaku: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250177964
Kiss Marry Kill, S.C. Wynne
Sandwich, Catherine Newman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063345164
The Midnight Library, Matt Haig: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525559498
The Coast Road, Alan Murrin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063336520
We Burn Daylight, Bret Anthony Johnston: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780399590122
The Lights on Knockbridge Lane, Roan Parrish
One Vote for Murder, S.C. Wynne
We Burn Daylight, Bret Anthony Johnston: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780399590122
Do Tell, Lindsay Lynch: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593469286
The Inland Island, Josephine Johnson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781982177492
Eastbound, Maylis de Kerangal (translated by Jessica Moore): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781953861504
The Country Girls, Edna O’Brien: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374537357
The House in the Cerulean Sea, T.J. Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250217318
Somewhere Beyond the Sea, T.J. Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250881205
The History of Sound: Stories, Ben Shattuck: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593490389
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My Booker Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/uA_iozA4t7k
My Very Large July Book Haul: youtu.be/klIEIxmuklk
The NY Times’ Best Books of 2023: youtu.be/mwdULZWQuU0
The NY Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century: youtu.be/XR9ktrOhjZk
Readers Picks for the Best Books of the 21st Century: youtu.be/DhrJhDcUkGw
The 25 Best Books of the Last 25 Years: youtu.be/Nk4T561XrqY
The Best Books of 2024 (So Far): youtu.be/2Uc9ay7BiWs
Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/gSSUhuhZRnQ
Jump to the Friday Reads: 16:10
Titles Mentioned 📚
The Country Girls, Edna O’Brien: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374537357
Do Tell, Lindsay Lynch: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593469286
Eastbound, Maylis de Kerangal (translated by Jessica Moore): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781953861504
The History of Sound: Stories, Ben Shattuck: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593490389
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The Booker Website: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/2024
Further Viewing 🎥
My Friday Reads Discussing The Safekeep: youtu.be/AHJwUjLa1Hw
Do I Want to Read These 2024 Releases? youtu.be/XL9kma5EDgY
Exciting Upcoming Book Releases: youtu.be/ErBRKgMUkc0
My Pulitzer Prize Reaction: youtu.be/C_ne3mYSSbQ
Readers Picks for the Best Books of the 21st Century: youtu.be/DhrJhDcUkGw
Last Year’s Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/-IfW6Bl6qyg
Last Year’s Winner Reaction: youtu.be/qP-WwW_vgfw
The Longlist 📚
Wandering Stars, Tommy Orange: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593318256
Wild Houses, Colin Barrett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802160942
Held, Anne Michaels: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593536865
Creation Lake, Rachel Kushner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781982116521
This Strange Eventful History, Claire Messud: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780393635041
Playground, Richard Powers: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781324086031
Enlightenment, Sarah Perry: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063352612
Orbital, Samantha Harvey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802161543
James, Percival Everett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385550369
The Safekeep, Yael van der Wouden: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668034347
My Friends, Hisham Mitar: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780812994841
Stone Yard Devotional, Charlotte Wood
Headshot, Rita Bullwinkel: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593654101
Other Titles Mentioned 📕
There There, Tommy Orange: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525436140
Fugitive Pieces, Anne Michaels: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780771058820
The Flamethrowers, Rachel Kushner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781439142011
The Woman Upstairs, Claire Messud: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780307743763
The Overstory, Richard Powers: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780393356687
The Essex Serpent, Sarah Perry: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062666383
The Trees, Percival Everett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781644450642
The Coast Road, Alan Murrin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063336520
Martyr!, Kaveh Akbar: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593537619
Glorious Exploits, Ferdia Lennon: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250893697
Praiseworthy, Alexis Wright: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780811238014
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My Very Large July Book Haul: youtu.be/klIEIxmuklk
The NY Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century: youtu.be/XR9ktrOhjZk
Readers Picks for the Best Books of the 21st Century: youtu.be/DhrJhDcUkGw
Book Haul Revisit for July 2024: youtu.be/93N3LvkDAAM
The 25 Best Books of the Last 25 Years: youtu.be/Nk4T561XrqY
The Best Books of 2024 (So Far): youtu.be/2Uc9ay7BiWs
Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/zIcQme0QUDU
Jump to the Friday Reads: 12:13
Titles Mentioned 📚
Olivia, Dorothy Strachey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780143134404
The Coast Road, Alan Murrin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063336520
We Burn Daylight, Bret Anthony Johnston: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780399590122
The Lights on Knockbridge Lane, Roan Parrish
Do Tell, Lindsay Lynch: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593469286
The History of Sound: Stories, Ben Shattuck: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593490389
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My Most Anticipated Book Released for the Rest of 2024: youtu.be/ErBRKgMUkc0
My Most Anticipated Book Releases for the Middle of 2024: youtu.be/4NW4R9IOHRA
Titles Mentioned 📚
Highway Thirteen, Fiona McFarlane: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374606268
The Burrow, Melanie Cheng: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781959030867
The World With Its Mouth Open: Stories, Zahid Rafiq: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781959030850
Masquerade, Mike Fu: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781959030843
Do Tell, Lindsay Lynch: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593469286
Housemates, Emma Copley Eisenberg: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593242230
There Are Rivers in the Sky, Elif Shafak: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593801710
Sandwich, Catherine Newman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063345164
The Coast Road, Alan Murrin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063336520
Wandering Stars, Tommy Orange: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593318256
Just for the Summer, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704431
The Country Girls Trilogy, Edna O’Brien: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374537357
Nocturnes For the King of Naples, Edmund White: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781946022660
The Corner of Rife and Pacific, Thomas Savage:
Someone, Alice McDermott: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250888389
All We Shall Know, Donal Ryan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780143131045
Strange Flowers, Donal Ryan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780143136392
House of Sand and Fog, Andre Dubus III: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780393356342
The Souvenir Museum, Elizabeth McCracken: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062971258
Amy & Isabelle, Elizabeth Strout: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780375705199
Celestial Navigation, Anne Tyler: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780449911808
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The If Books Could Kill Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/if-books-could-kill/id1651876897
Jen the Librarian’s Library Haul: youtu.be/ymwx6632BVw?si=3T3Mlmt8SLvgZ6EU
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Further Viewing 🎥
The NY Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century: youtu.be/XR9ktrOhjZk
Reader Picks for the Best Books of the 21st Century: youtu.be/DhrJhDcUkGw
Book Haul Revisit for July 2024: youtu.be/93N3LvkDAAM
The 25 Best Books of the Last 25 Years: youtu.be/Nk4T561XrqY
The Best Books of 2024 (So Far): youtu.be/2Uc9ay7BiWs
Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/qyjYx6qw5sE
Jump to the Friday Reads: 10:53
Titles Mentioned 📚
The Shipping News, Annie Proulx: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780671510053
Just for the Summer, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704431
Sandwich, Catherine Newman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063345164
We Burn Daylight, Bret Anthony Johnston: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780399590122
The Coast Road, Alan Murrin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063336520
House Made of Dawn, N. Scott Momaday: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062909954
Laughing Boy, Oliver La Farge: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780618446728
Yellow Sun, Bright Sky: The Indian Country Stories of Oliver La Farge
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The Readers List: nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/reader-best-books-21st-century.html?smid=url-share
The Original List: nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/best-books-21st-century.html?smid=url-share
The Public Ballots: nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/authors-top-books-21st-century.html?smid=url-share
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The Original NY Times List: youtu.be/XR9ktrOhjZk
The Best Books of the Last 25 Years: youtu.be/Nk4T561XrqY
The Atlantic’s Great American Novels: youtu.be/LMSkNViSOFE
Time’s 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time: youtu.be/JhyA3mrDJB0
15 Books I’ll (Probably) Never Read: youtu.be/1h7J_IKYoJ8
My Interpreter of Maladies Video About My Pulitzer History: youtu.be/OT78tG9W118
My Video About the 2012 Pulitzer Fiasco: youtu.be/ydylVjwjCPo
Jump to the List: 19:10
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Last Month’s Book Haul: youtu.be/fLWL0ZpaEfo
Last Month’s Book Haul Revisit: youtu.be/_26DDuVsM6Q
PLEASE NOTE: For the sake of timing, I have removed Sue Grafton titles, any books purchased for my Pulitzer Project, books that were gifted to me, library builders (cases where I purchased a book to complete an author collection, etc.), and books I had already read and purchased to have a copy in my library. I am only including books that I purchased for myself with the intention (or hope) of reading it sometime soon.
July 2023: youtu.be/zEJyAHTn6Mk
Days Without End, Sebastian Barry
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Anne Tyler
O, Pioneers!, Willa Cather
July 2022 Book Haul: youtu.be/vlfjL0MHXcU
The New York Stories of Edith Wharton
Our Colors, Gengoroh Tagame (translated by Anne Ishii)
My Policeman, Bethan Roberts
Another Country, James Baldwin
Heartstopper Volume 2, Alice Oseman
Heartstopper Volume 4, Alice Oseman
Under the Whispering Door, T.J. Klune
July 2021 Book Haul: youtu.be/UwWvd2buqIg
After Francesco, Brian Malloy
Like a Love Story, Abdi Nazemian
Razorblade Tears, S.A. Cosby
Like Water for Chocolat, Laura Esquivel
How Much of These Hills is Gold, C. Pam Zhang
The Man with Night Sweats, Thom Gunn
Gay Bar: Why We Went Out, Jeremy Atherton Lin
There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job, Kikuko Tsumura
July 2020 Book Haul: youtu.be/PQwhr54JEv8
Olivia, by Dorothy Strachey
The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness, by Kyung-Sook Shin
Camp, by L.C. Rosen
The Cooking Gene, by Michael Twitty
July 2019 Book Haul: youtu.be/BRA8bzNCOr0
Rubyfruit Jungle, Rita Mae Brown
An Untamed State, Roxane Gay
Bastard Out of Carolina, Dorothy Allison
Happiness, Aminatta Forna
Three Women, Lisa Taddeo
The Far Field, Madhuri Vijay
The Pervert, Remy Boydell
How We Fight For Our Lives, Saeed Jones
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UPDATE: the readers' list of the top 100 books of the 21st century has been released. Here is my reaction to that: youtu.be/DhrJhDcUkGw
Links 💻
The Full Article: nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/best-books-21st-century.html?smid=url-share
The Public Ballots: nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/authors-top-books-21st-century.html?smid=url-share
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The Best Books of the Last 25 Years: youtu.be/Nk4T561XrqY
The Atlantic’s Great American Novels: youtu.be/LMSkNViSOFE
Time’s 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time: youtu.be/JhyA3mrDJB0
15 Books I’ll (Probably) Never Read: youtu.be/1h7J_IKYoJ8
My Interpreter of Maladies Video About My Pulitzer History: youtu.be/OT78tG9W118
My Video About the 2012 Pulitzer Fiasco: youtu.be/ydylVjwjCPo
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The 25 Best Books of the Last 25 Years: youtu.be/Nk4T561XrqY
My Interpreter of Maladies Deep Dive: youtu.be/OT78tG9W118
The Best Books of 2024 (So Far): youtu.be/2Uc9ay7BiWs
Do I Want to Read These 2024 Releases? youtu.be/XL9kma5EDgY
My Most Anticipated Book Released for the Rest of 2024: youtu.be/ErBRKgMUkc0
Reading Wrap-Up for June: youtu.be/JnJDFmlQimo
Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/Opnebz5SjBI
Jump to the Friday Reads: 15:53
Titles Mentioned 📚
Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780358213260
The Shipping News, Annie Proulx: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780671510053
Ironweed, William Kennedy: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780140070200
Hombrecito, Santiago Jose Sanchez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593542187
Shuggie Bain, Douglas Stuart: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802148506
Check, Please! Book One, Ngozi Usaku: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250177964
Just for the Summer, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704431
Sandwich, Catherine Newman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063345164
We Burn Daylight, Bret Anthony Johnston: bookshop.org/a
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Channel and Video Mentioned 🍿
Lou Reading Things on Palmares: youtube.com/watch?v=r2p25NxpkMg
Further Viewing 🎥
My Most Anticipated Book Released for the Rest of 2024: youtu.be/ErBRKgMUkc0
Last Year’s Do I Want to Read These? youtu.be/6L-5_YRM22A
The Version of This Video From Two Years Ago: youtu.be/F7gsolnbmZo
Titles Mentioned 📚
Mina’s Matchbox, Yoko Ogawa: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593316085
The Unicorn Woman, Gayl Jones: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780807030035
Death at the Sign of the Rook, Kate Atkinson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385547994
Entitlement, Ruman Alaam: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593718469
Intermezzo, Sally Rooney: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374602635
Playground, Richard Powers: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781324086031
The Last Dream, Pedro Almodóvar (translated by Frank Wynne): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063349766
Absolution, Jeff VanderMeer: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374616595
The City and Its Uncertain Walls, Haruki Murakami (translated by Philip Gabriel): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593801970
The Voyage Home, Pat Barker: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385549110
Other Titles Mentioned 📕
The Memory Police, Yoko Ogawa (translated by Stephen Snyder): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781101911815
The Housekeeper and the Professor, Yoko Ogawa (translated by Stephen Snyder): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780312427801
Palmares, Gayl Jones: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780807007150
Case Histories, Kate Atkinson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780316010702
Leave the World Behind, Roman Alaam: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062667649
Conversations With Friends, Sally Rooney: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780451499066
Normal People, Sally Rooney: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781984822185
The Overstory, Richard Powers: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780393356687
Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374104092
The Windup Bird Chronicles, Haruki Murakami (translated by Jay Rubin): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780679775430
Regeneration, Pat Barker: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780142180594
The Silence of the Girls, Pat Barker: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525564102
The Women of Troy, Pat Barker: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593311325
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Further Viewing 🎥
The 2024 Mid-Year Book Freakout: youtu.be/vpeQj31yX0Q
Our Favorite Books Last Year: youtu.be/rQgn0LqGago
Last Year’s Mid-Year Favorites: youtu.be/8W7hzjn0WIg
My Pulitzer Prize Deep Dive on Night Watch: youtu.be/ig50F7XzIow
Titles Mentioned (Alphabetically by Author) 📚
Here We Go Again, Alison Cochrun: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668021194
All the Sinners Bleed, S.A. Cosby: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250831927
Razorblade Tears, S.A. Cosby: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250252715
James, Percival Everett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385550369
Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame, Olivia Ford: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593656419
Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These:
A Dash of Salt and Pepper, Kosoko Jackson: bookshop.org/a
Just for the Summer, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704431
Fellow Travelers, Thomas Mallon: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780307388902
The Royal Wulff Murders, Keith McCafferty: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780143123057
Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780684842677
Amongst Women, John McGahern
Small Joys, Elvin James Mensah: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593499986
Hello Beautiful, Ann Napolitano: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593243732
The Lights on Knockbridge Lane, Roan Parrish
Tom Lake, Ann Patchett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063327528
Night Watch, Jayne Anne Phillips: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780451493330
Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780743271325
Close Range: Stories, Annie Proulx: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780684852225
Fire Exit, Morgan Talty: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781959030553
The Safekeep, Yael van der Wouden: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668034347
Tin Man, Sarah Winman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780735218765
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My Most Anticipated Book Released for the Rest of 2024: youtu.be/ErBRKgMUkc0
Reading Wrap-Up for June: youtu.be/JnJDFmlQimo
Book Haul for June: youtu.be/fLWL0ZpaEfo
The Mid-Year Book Freakout: youtu.be/vpeQj31yX0Q
Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/AHJwUjLa1Hw
Jump to the Friday Reads: 09:23
Titles Mentioned 📚
A Dash of Salt and Pepper, Kosoko Jackson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593334461
Hombrecito, Santiago Jose Sanchez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593542187
Check, Please! Book One, Ngozi Usaku: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250177964
Heartstopper, Volume 4, Alice Oseman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781338617559
What I’d Rather Not Think About, Jente Posthuma (translated by Sarah Timmer Harvey): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781957363356
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Exciting Book Releases for the Middle of 2024: youtu.be/4NW4R9IOHRA
Exciting Book Releases for Early 2024: youtu.be/aEzLcIQ61CA
Last Year’s End-of-Year Anticipated Books Video: youtu.be/PGDh6u-sRm0
Titles Mentioned 📚
We Burn Daylight, Bret Anthony Johnston: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780399590122
Tell Me Everything, Elizabeth Strout: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593446096
Long Island Compromise, Taffy Brodesser-Akner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593133491
The Heart in Winter, Kevin Barry: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385550598
Evenings & Weekends, Oisín McKenna: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063319974
The Most, Jessica Anthony: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780316576376
Mammoth, Eva Baltasar (translated by Julia Sanches): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781916751002
Highway Thirteen, Fiona McFarlane: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374606268
The Hypocrite, Jo Hamya: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593701034
There Are Rivers in the Sky, Elif Shafak: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593801710
Small Rain, Garth Greenwell: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374279547
Creation Lake, Rachel Kushner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781982116521
The Amendments, Niamh Mulvey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781529079852
Somewhere Beyond the Sea, TJ Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250881205
The Woman Behind the Door, Roddy Doyle: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593831687
The Mighty Red, Louise Erdrich: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063277052
The Message, Ta-Nehisi Coates: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593230381
Our Evenings, Alan Hollinghurst
Love Can’t Feed You, Cherry Lou Sy: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593474549
The Wood at Midwinter, Susanna Clarke: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781639734481
Like Mother, Like Mother, Susan Rieger: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525512493
The Burrow, Melanie Cheng: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781959030867
Time of the Child, Niall Williams: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781639734207
Giant Love: Edna Ferber, Her Best-Selling Novel of Texas, and the Making of a Classic American Film, Julie Gilbert: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781524748432
The World With Its Mouth Open: Stories, Zahid Rafiq: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781959030850
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Last Month’s Wrap-Up (With Vacation Talk): youtu.be/zkpJ9RpzvBU
Exciting Upcoming Book Releases: youtu.be/4NW4R9IOHRA
My Mid-Year Book Freakout: youtu.be/vpeQj31yX0Q
Titles Mentioned 📚
The Guncle Abroad, Steven Rowley: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593540459
Tin Man, Sarah Winman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780735218765
Small Joys, Elvin James Mensah: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593499986
Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring, Brad Gooch: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062698261
In Tongues, Thomas Gratton: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374608187
Fire Exit, Morgan Talty: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781959030553
Homebody, Theo Parish: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063319585
Gator, M. Tasia
The Henna Wars, Adiba Jaigirdar: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781645675730
The Lights on Knockbridge Lane, Roan Parish
Heartstopper, Volume 5, Alice Oseman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781338807486
Heartstopper, Volume 4, Alice Oseman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781338617559
Fellow Travelers, Thomas Mallon: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780307388902
The Safekeep, Yael van der Wouden: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668034347
Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780743271325
Close Range: Stories, Annie Proulx: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780684852225
Cinema Love, Jiaming Tang: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593474334
The Intoxicating Mr. Lavelle, Neil Blackmore: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781786090997
Hombrecito, Santiago Jose Sanchez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593542187
Out At Home: The True Story of Glenn Burke, Baseball's First Openly Gay Player, Glenn Burke and Erik Sherman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780425281437
Check, Please! Volume 1, Ngozi Ukazu: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250177964
What I’d Rather Not Talk About, Jente Posthuma (translated by Sarah Timmer Harvey): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781957363356
The Coast Road, Alan Murrin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063336520
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Book Haul for June: youtu.be/fLWL0ZpaEfo
The Mid-Year Book Freakout: youtu.be/vpeQj31yX0Q
Exciting Upcoming Book Releases: youtu.be/4NW4R9IOHRA
My Pride Month Pile of Possibilities: youtu.be/bo_XDPlUfZI
My Irish Book Haul: youtu.be/IO8-CEybrY4
My Deep Dive on To Kill a Mockingbird: youtu.be/HAEW7DgjkAE
Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/zc43xbcvIVQ
Jump to the Friday Reads: 06:35
Titles Mentioned 📚
The Breakup Lists, Adib Khorram: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593616390
The Intoxicating Mr. Lavelle, Neil Blackmore: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781786090997
The Henna Wars, Adiba Jaigirdar: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781645675730
Heartstopper, Volume 5, Alice Oseman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781338807486
Heartstopper, Volume 4, Alice Oseman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781338617559
The Safekeep, Yael van der Wouden: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668034347
Hombrecito, Santiago Jose Sanchez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593542187
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June’s Book Haul Revisit: youtu.be/_26DDuVsM6Q
My Most Anticipated Books for the Middle of 2024: youtu.be/4NW4R9IOHRA
The Atlantic’s Great American Novels: youtu.be/LMSkNViSOFE
Titles Mentioned 📚
Hombrecito, Santiago Jose Sanchez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593542187
Small Rain, Garth Greenwell: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374279547
Parade, Rachel Cusk: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374610043
Dear Dickhead, Virginie Despentes (translated by Frank Wynne): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374611613
Nothing Ever Just Disappears: Seven Hidden Queer Histories, Diarmud Hester: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781639365555
Chain-Gang All-Stars, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593469316
The Barracks, John McGahern
Winter in the Blood, James Welch: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780143105220
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385341004
The Mountain Lion, Jean Stafford: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781590173527
The Sportswriter, Richard Ford: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780679762102
Olive, Again, Elizabeth Strout: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780812986471
A Spool of Blue Thread, Anne Tyler: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780553394399
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@shawnbreathesbooks’s Interview with Thomas Grattan: youtu.be/k1y7pRxWf4g?si=shoMYIYhLS3jrCNg
Further Viewing 🎥 The Mid-Year Book Freakout: youtu.be/vpeQj31yX0Q
Time’s Best Books of 2024 (So Far): youtu.be/8SeAxeMp0Xc
Book Haul Revisit for June 2024: youtu.be/_26DDuVsM6Q
The New York Times Best Books of 2024 (So Far): youtu.be/pnU9-cC8biQ
Exciting Upcoming Book Releases: youtu.be/4NW4R9IOHRA
My Pride Month Pile of Possibilities: youtu.be/bo_XDPlUfZI
Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/xueV0bGwwRE
Jump to the Friday Reads: 06:36
Skip Over the Guncle Abroad Discussion: 26:11
Titles Mentioned 📚
James, Percival Everett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385550369
The Guncle Abroad, Steven Rowley: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593540459
In Tongues, Thomas Gratton: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374608187
Homebody, Theo Parish: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063319585
Gender Queer, Maia Kobabe: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781549304002
The Safekeep, Yael van der Wouden: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668034347
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My Friday Reads Featuring Tin Man: youtu.be/xueV0bGwwRE
2023 Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag: youtu.be/Z3ITIoXHMhc
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The Questions 🧐🤔
1. Best book you’ve read so far
2. Best sequel you've read so far
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to.
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year.
5. Biggest disappointment.
6. Biggest surprise.
7. Favorite new author. (Debut or new to you)
8. Newest fictional crush.
9. Newest favorite character.
10. Book that made you cry (Saddest book you have read).
11. Book that made you happy.
12. Favorite book to film adaptation you saw this year.
13. Favorite review you've written this year. (Booktube version: Favorite video you have done so far in this year)
14. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received)
15. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
Titles Mentioned (alphabetically by author’s name) 📚
Room At the Top, John Braine: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781939140333
Here We Go Again, Alison Cochrun: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668021194
Erasure, Percival Everett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781555975999
Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame, Olivia Ford: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593656419
Float Up, Sing Down, Laird Hunt: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781639730100
Zorrie, Laird Hunt: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781635578430
Laughing Boy, Oliver La Farge: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780618446728
Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780684842677
Amongst Women, John McGahern
Small Joys, Elvin James Mensah: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593499986
House Made of Dawn, N. Scott Momaday: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062909954
Hello Beautiful, Ann Napolitano: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593243732
Wandering Stars, Tommy Orange: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593318256
Greta & Valdin, Rebecca K. Reilly: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668028049
Hombrecito, Santiago Jose Sanchez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593542187
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780143105039
Holiday Heart Strings, N.R. Walker: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781923086142
To the Moon and Back, N.R. Walker: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781925886801
Tin Man, Sarah Winman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780735218765
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The Full Article: time.com/6984306/best-books-2024-so-far
Further Viewing 🎥
The New York Times’ Best Books of 2024 (So Far): youtu.be/pnU9-cC8biQ
Last Year’s Mid-Year List From Time: youtu.be/BXvYIrhQVd0
Titles Mentioned 📚
There’s Always Next Year: On Basketball and Ascension, Hanif Abdurraqib: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593448793
Martyr!, Kaveh Akbar: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593537619
Beautyland, Marie-Helene Bertino: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374109288
James, Percival Everett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385550369
Anita de Monte Laughs Last, Xochitl Gonzalez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250786210
Coming Home, Brittney Griner with Michelle Burford: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593801345
Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story, Leslie Jamison: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780316374880
Real Americans, Rachel Khong: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593537251
The Book of Love, Kelly Link: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780812996586
We Loved It All: A Memory of Life, Lydia Millet: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781324073659
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