WORST to BEST: every book i read this year ranked (65 books!)
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chapters:
intro: 00:00 - 04:18
what i am reading now: 04:19 - 07:00
her?: 07:01 - 16:01
great gowns beautiful gowns: 16:02 - 29:33
sorry to this man: 29:34 - 44:26
joe biden falling up the stairs: 44:27 - 59:57
god tier: 59:58 - 01:08:34
new favourites: 01:08:35 - 01:26:08
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WORST to BEST: every book i read this year ranked (65 books!)
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the book girlies can have an hour-and-a-half wrap-up as a little treat. (also i was so wrong about winter in sokcho it's amazing)
thank u so much 😭😭😭🤌🏼🤌🏼
TRULY BLESSING US!
SEATED.
I missed you talking about books so muccchhhh!!!
(But also good for you for reading for yourself and not the gremlins online haha)
Best treat ever!!
I love it when you talk about books. It makes me feel oddly productive because our queen carley is chatting to us.
thank u bestie
Gay= choice
@@ville__ did you choose to be straight?
I chose@@ville__
@@ville__ why r u watching this channel if you think that
i LOVE your commentary videos but MY GOD i missed hearing you talking about books !! THIS IS EXCITING
!!! thank you bestie
hella long Carley video? and it’s book content? she also read 69 books?!
we win.
i need to keep my book girlies happy
Yes 😅
Currently Reading
1. Montreal Stories by Mavis Gallant
2. On Palestine by Ilan Pappé and Noam Chomsky
3. Doppelgänger by Naomi Klein
Her?
1. The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
2. Seriously… I’m Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres
3. Beyond the Wand by Draco Malfoy
4. Wicca Nature Magic by Lisa Chamberlain
5. The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
6. Spare by Prince Harry
7. Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
8. Before We Say Goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
9. On Writing by Stephen King
Great Gowns, Beautiful Gowns
10. Wicca by Harmony Nice
11. Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
12. Perfect Timing by Owen Nicholls
13. Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun
14. Happy Place by Emily Henry
15. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
16. You, Again by Kate Goldbeck
17. Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
Sorry to this man…
18. Will They or Won’t They by Ava Wilder
19. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
20. Ghost Lover by Lisa Taddeo
21. The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling
22. Scammer by Caroline Calloway
23. Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton
24. Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
25. She and Her Cat by Tsubasa Yamaguchi and Makoto Shinkai
26. Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin
27. The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
28. Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
29. Really Good Actually by Monica Heisey
30. Weather by Jenny Ofill
31. People from My Neighborhood by Hiromi Kawakami
Joe Biden falling up the stairs
32. Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
33. The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
34. I'm With the Band by Pamela Des Barres
35. Pity the Reader by Kurt Vonnegut and Suzanne McConnell
36. Book Lovers by Emily Henry
37. Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
38. Lot by Bryan Washington
39. What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
40. In the Pink by The Raving Beauties
41. You Have to Make Your Own Fun Around Here by Frances Macken
42. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
43. The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue
44. Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King
45. Self-help by Lorrie Moore
God Tier
46. Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou 2 by Hitoshi Ashinano
47. Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou 3 by Hitoshi Ashinano
48. Girl Juice by Benji Nate
49. The Odd Woman and the City by Vivian Gornick
50. A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
51. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
52. Just Kids by Patti Smith
53. The Idiot by Elif Batuman
54. Her First Palestinian by Saeed Teebi
New Favorites
55. The Seaplane on Final Approach by Rebecca Rukeyser
56. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
57. Boy Parts by Eliza Clark
58. Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
59. The Spy Who Came In From the Cold by John le Carré
60. The Bloater by Rosemary Tonks
61. Sleepwalking by Meg Wolitzer
62. Ejaculate Responsibility by Gabrielle Stanley Blair
63. Penance by Eliza Clark
64. Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger
65. The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Thank you!!!!
God bless you😂
Thank you!
doing god's work
Thank you so much❤
always thankful for a carley book moment but glad you're drawing some healthy boundaries to keep your love of reading :''''')
Carley is the only one who posts a 2023 reading wrap up in the second week of 2024 because it's fashionably late? 😂 love your videos as always
i will always be late it is in my bones it is who i am
@@uncarleyhonestly same
Carley effectively criticizing "Letters to a young poet" for being too male-centric leading directly into the section titled "sorry to this man" was not lost on me.
“Great gowns, beautiful gowns” as a category is already one of the highlights of 2024 for me
we should so normalize reading multiple books at the same time
Yes! I'm always playing two video games, reading two books, etc. I need variety to keep my mind interested or else I get bored. Maybe adhd has something to do with it, idk.
My favorite girlboss talking about my favorite things: books. We WON TODAY
omg thank you
i miss your book content so much!! this is a TREAT
the book girlies deserve a treat!
Omigosh I’m so hyped for the next season of the pod. A few years ago, I fell down a rabbit hole researching the Salem witch trials and I’m so ready to get back to that space mentally.
The crossover I never knew I needed.
we need u as a guest on the pod omg….
Gay= choice
I tried but it made me way too convinced I would have been one of the victims! Maybe this will make it possible to get deeper without ensuing anxiety?
As someone who discovered your channel from your book videos, this is an hour and a half long treat for me 🌟
LMAO I wrote this before I saw your pinned comment 😂
Gay= choice
I really appreciate that you read books that I’ve never ever heard of because I’m a bit tired of seeing the same books on every booktubers wrap ups. AND all of these books that you read are so smart and intelligent and cool, I wish my brain could handle books like this
Hey, kindly leave the books longer on the screen. Sometimes I listen in the background and then you say something interesting and I quickly want to see the book you’re talking about and then its gone and then I have to rewind 😢. I know its a me problem, but please.
I NEEDED THIS SO MUCH! I never lost hope for a book vid from Carley again, thank you girlboss queen♥I'm crying so hard
thank u ♥
@@uncarley Omg, no girly, THANK YOU. Feeling truly blessed today ♥
@@ela.b.7 Gay= choice
oh the way you talk about books scratches such a specific itch. I love it. I miss your bookish content but also respect your journey to read more intentionally. thank you for sharing🫶📚✨
the moment the "her?" pictured faded in i cannot tell you how viscerally, how animated, how fully-bodily i CACKLED. the comedic creativity is unparalleled!!
i’m so happy to have found another book girlie who can’t get into fantasy. i can’t either and it feels like a disproportionate amount of booktubers are into fantasy so sometimes i feel like i can’t relate
Yeah, I enjoy fantasy from time to time but it seems it's all big bookTubers read. Jack Edwards is another big youtuber that mostly does literary fiction, if you are looking.
i got jumpscared by the rainer maria rilke mention 😳 some of my favorite quotes ever are from that book! i particularly love «(…) you must realize that something is happening to you, that life has not forgotten you, that it holds you in its hand and will not let you fall». it fills me hope for tomorrow even when i’m going through a depressive episode.
Taylor Swift had the honor of being shaded by Aretha herself?!? How come i didn't know this? Oh man, anyway back to the ranking 😊
great gowns, beautiful gowns
a book wrap-up from Carley is exactly what i needed right now
Mother is feeding us!! Love your humor and videos! Wish you nothing but aaaaalll the best in the new year!
thank you so much!
Franny and Zooey is one of my favorite books of all time!! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Both short stories were originally published in the New Yorker and the story around how they got published is soooo dramatic. Happy reading in 2024!
an hour and a half of carley talking about books, 2024 truly is a blessed year.
"No you smoke crack, SORRY!!"
You're so hilarious, your personality makes watching a 1 and half hr video feel like 30 minutes
Carley I’m jumping up and down, screaming, and kicking my feet. I’ve been a loyal viewer of your insta stories this past year but thank you for the gift of uncarley CZcams book content!!
i’m so happy you posted a book video!! i’ve been missing these. this made my day :)
Steph ,carley and Dakota posting almost at the same time about the books they read in 2023!!!..like idk what to say anymore I was so shocked and happy at the same time!!..😭
I was SHOOK when I saw all three notifications pop up at once
AND EMMIE
oop can you give full names? cause im looking for more content like this
@chickenception Steph bohrer, Dakota Warren and Emmie's channel is just called emmie. Hope this helps :)
@@fallisdying2077amazing thank you!!
So glad you’re still doing book content!! It is what made me love u 😊
I understand what you mean about books being incredible but still not personal favorites. I still struggle to pinpoint what makes a book one of my favorites but you’re right I think it’s got to be something that touches the reader personally
Ok I haven’t read Thursday murder club but I did used to work at a retirement home as a nurse. I had a patient who was very confused and often would hallucinate people committing crimes and was often beside herself about it, understandably. In order to get her to take her meds, I had to pretend I was a detective inquiring about the crimes she was seeing. So essentially that patient should be a character in the novel.
This video was really entertaining, Carly! If you’re reporting on the Salem Witch trials, I REALLY recommend Caliban and the Witch by Sylvia Federici. It puts witch trials in the context of the transition from feudalism to capitalism and the roles that women were forced into during that time.
Also happy new year girl!!
Yeeeeesssss so good
i'm not carley, but that sounds amazing, i am taking notes
@@Bella-pb6uk YES I really recommend it!!
Thank you for recommendation!!
Please do your own version of the book where the librarian recommends a book people are needing and ones they want! With your love and knowledge of books, I would happily take personalized recommendations from you
Hola Carley, I found your channel last year through your twilight videos. I then fell in love with all of your book videos. Long format, book content made me so happy. It makes me even more happy that you made a book video update this year.
While I understand that you wanted to venture into other topics, the way you explain and talk about books is so special and fabulous. I hope you make more frequent book videos this year, but it is your channel.
Please know that you have inspired me to read more. I take your book recommendation seriously. Already this year I read “my year of rest and relaxation” because of your recommendation, and I loved it.
this video is exactly what i needed because i frequently look through your “book” highlights on instagram when i don’t know what to read. now i know what’s worth my time, thanks queen!!!
yessss, love yearly book wrap up videos. and an hour and a half - what a gift ❤
Finally pur book queen giving us the book content we have been craving! Thank you for blessing us!
i was just looking back at ur old vids thinking about how much i miss ur book videos! so glad u made this
I can explain how much I love this video and it's so long. Your taste in books is always so sweet, your recommended books are always my favorite 🫶🏼
I'm really happy that you took time away from talking about books and pursued other types of content (which you also excel at!) I hope that you can sprinkle in more book content this year because I love it when you talk about books! (I love your other style of videos too! I will will always watch whatever you put out lol)
Thanks carley! Im glad youre making the content you want (and im loving it!) But also so thankful for this wrap up/ranking. You've introduced me to some great reads in the past and I've tagged a few more prospectives from this. Thank you! ❤
The fact that Kurt Vonnegut taught at the University of Iowa is Iowa City's biggest flex. Also, this list is cool. A lot of crossover with Books Unbound. Which I love. Good to hear another opinion on some of these.
long live BMV. also exceptional ranking system, love the idea of differentiating new favourites in the top tier.
I’m obsessed with your taste in books this is a gifttttt for the book girlies
I’ve missed your book videos so much😭😭😭
Thank you for agreeing that Daisy Jones and the Six was - fine.
My favorite part of this video is that Paris Hilton's memoir outranks Rilke.
I discovered your channel last year and you motivated me to start reading again after many years, and your recommendations helped me to find more “adult” literature. Last year I had a small episode, almost spiraling, and realized that I just dedicated my life to my job.
Doing something like reading helps me to unwind and doing it in English, not my native language, makes it more stimulating. I stumbled with a book that became one of my favorites of 2023 but not many people talk about it, is the dud avocado by Elaine Dundy. I think you would enjoy it because it reminded me of Marlowe Granados’ Happy Hour, another of my favorites in 2023.
Thank you for creating such awesome and funny content and sorry for the weird English all over the place.
i’ve come back to this vid like 4 times like this is a syllabus for browsing in the library
Started binging your videos when i found your channel; your older videos actually got me back into reading. You're entertaining mo matter what you're discussing. SOOOO, luv this
as a guy that doesn't read but wants to start reading, i missed your book videos and I'm glad they're back 😝
thank you for a super entertaining year, your videos are always hilarious no matter what you're talking about and blessing us with a full reading wrap up was the icing on the cake! can't wait to listen to the next season of the podcast and see what else you have in store
I love that her recommendations never disappoint me
The Thursday murder club is one of my all time favourite book series. I love them all so much. They are real to me💗
i love all of your content but this is everything to me. i feel like ive been missing content of a girlie really diving deep into books i've never heard of to get me inspired and back reading
Franny and Zoey is one of my favorite books of all time, in my opinion (as a mentally unstable person with a mentally unstable sibling) the best sibling relationship presented in a book
Have missed your book content!!This was truly a treat🌟
im so glad i found your commentary ive been on booktube since 2014 and you posting this is a CRAZY crossing of interests for me
Despite the fact that our tastes in books are worlds apart because I read so much speculative fiction, mother is still mothering!
Been binge watching all your old reading content this video is everything i needed truly
It always amazes me how you always introduce me to books that I've never heard of and i know I'll love them too
see because girlies that get to see Margaret Atwood read Mavis Gallant out loud…. yeah it’s iconic✨
YES
This is everything I've been waiting and hoping for.... thank you so much for revisiting books
You are the sole reason I fell back in love with reading last summer! Haven't been without a book since ❤❤❤
Finally a video about books again 🫶🏻 really a treat ⭐️
The monk and robot books became some of my favourite reads of the year. I am indebted to you for that rec
Great timing, I was just thinking about how I would love to read more but never know where to start. This will definitely give me some inspiration!
my friend and i were just talking about how much we missed hearing you talk about books and i truly feel blessed today that you have given us such a great video to watch at the start of 2024
what you are looking for in the Library brought me to tears and was one of my favorite books, and I also thought it was better written than before the coffee cold, which I am currently reading. I'm glad to see it on someone's list this year! it deserves a lot of praise
I feel the same way about romance books. I refer to them as palate cleansers
i ordered "a psalm for the wild" instantly. sounds exactly like what i need right now. life and mental health is a bit meh right now and you seeming passionate about reading makes me feel a little spark of joy. thank you
I read The Hours incredibly randomly in college, and even though I don’t recall it sharply anymore (and most of what I do remember is certainly from the movie), I remember how enthralled I was reading it.
So many good suggestions in this list - thank you!
Not the fucking an hour and a half booktube video. Love u uncarley
thank you!!! love u
you’re the funniest person alive also I need you to know how dearly I miss the lola and the boy next door video it was actually my lifeblood
Did NOT expect #1 to be my favorite book of all times. So happy to see you discover it and give it love 🥹
I know you from the Booktube side of things and I'm so glad you still posted this! I watch about 100 of these yearly favorites and I by far get the most TBR additions from your list. Thank you for the recommendations!
I miss you talking about books - glad you took time to enjoy them for yourself but when ever you wanna get back to it - that's a good time. (:
I'm soooooo glad you made this video!! I read The Hours after you raved about it on your instagram story and it quickly became one of my favourite books, will be coming to your for book recommendations from now on!!
Please bring back regular book recs! We need help!! Booktok is rotting my brain 😂
Gobbling this video up in a sitting. ICONIC QUEEN 👑
I really miss you to talk about books! Love your analysis and I really need to read more this year.❤❤❤❤❤
never realized that i can and am allowed to read more than one book at a time… this is crazy… anybody else feeling unstoppable rn? also do u annotate any of your books or write lil notes elsewhere while reading? id be interested to know your techniques if you do!! love your vids so much
Video Idee: Books on rich people behaving poorly, because that is a genre I need more books of!
I loved your videos this year but I also super love that I can get some book recs from you because I trust you with my life
Omg OMG omg I’ve been waiting for book content from you for the longest time!!
Bro in all seriousness I love that you’re enjoying your content. Genuinely a slay
I loved the structuring in this video :) you really took your time with all the books and i loved actively watching the video. (im usually a background listening typa girly)
thank youuuu for another book video! you have good taste in books imo, love your recommendations
camera quality is INSANE! also i subscribed after ur vid on the phoebe paul daisy multiverse so tbh love all ur content no matter what it is bc ur js so funny
thank you!!
I literally watched this video yesterdays, borrowed Sleepwalking on Libby, read the entire thing today and now i have a new favourite book. I loved it so much. Thank you for the recommendation and will be working my way through the rest if your list immediately
Watching this makes me realise how much one cant have any prejudices in order to be surprised by amazing art
Carley blessing us with an hour and half long book video🛐🛐
carley I have to say that I love your channel. I always discover a new book and a new favorite. thank you so much!
What?!?! I felt so proud of myself for reading 32 books in 2023 !! That's a crazy good amount
As you should!!
im proud of you too!!
who cares how many you read as long as you enjoyed yourself? well done bestie
I enjoyed this video so much - it was really well done. I read The Razor's Edge last year because of you and it was one of my few 5 star reads, so thank you!
CARLEY U HAVE MADE MY WEEK INSTANTLY BETTER THANK YOU 🫶🫶🫶
I missed your bookish content so much girl 😭
plssss bring back some book videos because i feel like we are losing all our booktubers and i would liveeeee for u coming back with the book vids 😭😭