every book i've read this year, ranked worst to best (47 books)
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Jack : "this book plunged me into a reading slump"
Also Jack : "I've read 47 books this year so far"
I wonder what his definition of a reading slump is đ„Č
Jack didn't feel like reading for an afternoon and he calls it a reading slump
Best thing i've heard hahaha
â@@sam-ly4gn "I only read 50 pages today, i couldn't get to 300 đą" probably đđđ
@@sam-ly4gn he probably skipped one day lol
47 books and it ainât even april thatâs WILD i love my unhinged king
Itâs been four hours April fools đ
fr thats more than i read in a yearđ
I have listened to 45 audiobooks so far. Not far away.
@@kirakoli8813 but listen and reading arenât quite the same tho
â@@iryniz It is actually. Tell me how is it different? Are you gonna say this shit to visually impaired people? Or anyone with reading difficulties? Are you gonna tell them their audio books don't count? Wtf mate!
I wonder how long Jack Edwards's reading slump lasts. My guess is 30-60 minutes.
Mine is three months
Thatâs literally what I was thinking when he said that đ⊠like 47 books in 4 months doesnât leave room for a reading slump that lasts for more than a couple of hours
This is unnecessarily hilarious
nah i think 3-6 minutes
47. Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler - 0:39
46. Insatiable by Daisy Buchanan - 1:41
45. Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho - 2:14
44. The Novelist by Jordan Castro - 2:51
43. I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston - 3:13
42. On the Road by Jack Kerouac - 3:52
41. Marigold and Rose by Louise GlĂŒck - 4:34
40. Salt Slow by Julia Armfield - 4:52
39. I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman - 4:58
38. Queer by William S. Borroughs - 6:35
37. Lapvona by Otessa Moshfegh - 6:53
36. Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson - 7:19
35. Spare by Prince Harry - 7:51
34. Mr. Salary by Sally Rooney - 8:56
33. Watching Women & Girls by Danielle Pender - 9:30
32. Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover - 10:49
31. Cultish by Amanda Montell - 11:39
30. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee - 12:41
29. Bliss Montage by Ling Ma - 13:36
28. Losing the Plot by Derek Owusu - 14:16
27. The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid - 14:36
26. Exteriors by Annie Ernaux - 15:09
25. Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi - 15:42
24. Haruko/Love Poems by June Jordan - 16:15
23. Beast at Every Threshold by Natalie Wee - 16:28
22. People Change by Vivek Shraya - 16:56
21. The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain - 17:13
20. When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris - 17:50
19. Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez - 18:11
18. The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab - 18:29
17. The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On by Franny Choi - 19:43
16. A Horse at Night On Writing by Amina Cain - 20:14
15. Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters - 20:37
14. Oxygen Mask by Jason Reynolds - 21:17
13. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman - 21:35
12. Argonauts by Maggie Nelson - 22:08
11. Hex by Jenni Fagan - 22:53
10. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus - 23:14
9. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery - 23:57
8. If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio - 24:17
7. The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy - 24:55
6. Serious Concerns by Wendy Cope - 25:38
5. Hearts & Bones by Niamh Mulvey - 26:02
4. Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake - 26:31
3. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan - 27:02
2. In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado - 27:49
1. Foster by Claire Keegan - 28:13
Please excuse any typos ..
The hero we didnât deserve â€
I think the time stamps for #10 and #9 are off by a minute đ Lessons in Chemistry should be 23:14 and Anne of Green Gables should be 23:57. Thank you for this list!!! Must have taken forever đ
@@Jessica-wt2sm oh thanks! i fixed it :D
you absolute angel
thank you for this! that must have taken so longđ„°
I laughed so hard at âshe said annoying world tourâ and I love how jack spoiled the plot twist with zero spoiler alerts for his most hated book bc heâs like no youâre not reading this đ
Yeah, I stopped the video at that point to read the comments to see if there were any more spoilers.
^ same here đ
@@TyneConnolly There aren't anymore! Just the one!
Same! Bad idea to drink coffee while watching Jack đ , almost choke
I canât decide what I like more - Jack roasting books or Jack praising books đ
'screaming, crying, throwing up, punch me in the face' is just me all the time. Love ur content Jack
Personally Pachinko has been a favourite of mine since I've read it last year, I even went onto read the author's other book. A lot of people feel frustrated with the 2nd half of it, and though I liked, I'd recommend trying the TV show (same name, made by Apple tv). They changed a lot of Solomon's life story so maybe people might like it more. One thing the show fails to nail though is that Koh Hansu isn't some misunderstood hero, everything he does is with the motive to control or gain power.
thank you got the recommendation!
@@jack_edwards you need to read 100 Years of Solitude! It sounds similar in that it follows a family through generations but itâs a flawless book honestly.
I really really loved this book. One of those books where you don't want it to ever end. And when it ends, you really miss the characters.
I enjoyed this book so much. It felt like I lived an entire lifetime via one book. But I can see how others wouldn't enjoy the second half â€
Watching Jack absolutely toast books for half a video is something I didnât know I needed today
Ok so... his views on Pachinko... I think this was interesting how he recognised how elements of the novel are 'just dropped'. Personally I think this was intentional to reflect the (perhaps artificial) merging of Korean and Japanese cultures on Korean immigrants. I think you get a great sense of how the strong identity of a Korean family was lost during the time of Japanese occupation. This makes the novel so powerful. Just my thoughts... I'm no expert and haven't thought about it enough.
Reading it right now. Easy to read and understand. I'll see how the story unfolds. Thanks for the comment, I'll keep that in mind.
Exactly my thoughts
Why is Jack describing books he hates so hilarious. I would watch these videos for the roasting! âSheâs just walking around being insufferable, she said annoying world tourâ đ
Iâve only read 7 books so far this year but my fav was If We Were Villians by ML Rio
Holy cow đź it was amazing
same iâm on my 8. book
I LITERALLY READ 1.
4 for me đ
i'm almost done with the seventh book
i read 27 and my favorite was Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
hey jack!! could you maybe make a video on your process in reviewing books & how to get better at reviewing books? I love how multidimensional and specific your reviews always are, but feel like I personally always resort to the same 3 words to describe novels! âșïž
You could listen to his podcast with Nathaniel Drew, but ultimately Iâm sure it comes from his years of majoring in literature at university, working in publishing, and then taking additional courses in writing
are we ever getting the "every book i read in 2022 reviewed in one sentence each" video???
I think he was going to but scrapped it for some reason đ I was wondering the same thing back in January when all the other booktubers were doing 2022 wrap-up book videos and he said in the comment section of one of his videos that the one sentence each video is "coming soon" but it's April now so..... lol
I've done with 53 books so far...FOR THE FIRST TIME I'M AHEAD OF JACK!!!
You are unhinged. I love it
explain me how. do you do anything besides reading? (honest question)
How đđ
wasnât expecting a yearly ranking so soon
When youâre able to talk about books and make your viewers and listeners laugh out loud multiple times, youâve really accomplished something.
It's not much in comparison but I'm on my 25th book this year and it's a huge record for međ
Thatâs amazing! Be proud of yourself and try not to compare how many books you read to others. Just reading is such a great achievement!
@@jennatandy6272 thanks! I don't usually compare, I was just shocked because 47 is a lot haha
Thatâs awesome!! Thatâs 25 more than most people so you should be proud!
@@tsanchez04 thank you!!
Yes be proud! I usually only manage to read 25 books a year, often less. Thatâs awesome, 25 books so far wow!
i had the exact same experience with lessons in chemistry. i never gravitate towards historical fiction but omg the WRITING!!!! alone with you in the ether is one that im going to bring with me to my grave. it was chilling how i related to it yet the writing was so captivating and magical i wanted to cry :')
LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY IS AMAZING
I really liked LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY. However, I feel having two (two!) sexual assaults was unnecessary, especially the first one. The guy could've gotten really handsy (took some liberties, etc.) in the lab, and the scene would've served the same purpose in the story. Did it really need to devolve to full-on rape? I don't think it did. It just felt like an unnecessary trauma. Women can be just as traumatized by the threat of rape (or an almost-rape scenario when alone with someone) than by rape itself. The fear is the same. The body's fight or flight response is the same. The lasting PTSD can be the same. I'm not really one for trigger warnings, but I really don't feel like that first assault needed to be so gruesome to act as the catalyst for what came after (Elizabeth Zott's academic slump, career derailment, etc.). A near-rape would've done it, and it would've spared us yet another reading of violence to women's bodies.
please youâve saved me of spending money on sm bad books itâs insane đđ
Anne of green gables was everything to me as a child . One of those books reread constantly and i swear Anne was my kindred spirit
As a librarian who doesnât have time to read, I really appreciate your videos! Itâs awesome to hear reviews of popular books so I can have some kind of idea as to what these books are about. My patrons ask for suggestions ALL THE TIME and I donât have time to read lol (believe it or not librarians donât read all day).
Iâve read 13 books so far this year which is the most books Iâve read in a single year since I was like a little kid!! I must admit that I read The Folk or the Air trilogy this year and it completely swept me off my feet it was so so good!! Iâm not even that into fantasy, but it made me be open to reading more fantasy books :)
Congrats!! That's such an achievement :))
Total over share - I had a really scary night two years ago where I had a health scare and was terrified I wouldnât make it through the night. My parents came to try and help me through it and I asked them to keep talking to me about anything uplifting.
After a while my dad ran out of things to say and mum has Alzheimerâs so was very confused about the whole situation. But she remembered my love of poetry, picked up a Wendy Cope book from my book shelves, and read the whole book to me.
So thatâs just another reason I love Wendy Cope. She helped get me through the most frightening night of my life.
I read Addie LaRue two years ago and loved it so much. This is the first piece of criticism that I actually agree with. I always see people say âitâs too long!â (She lived 300 years). But your feedback always has a new layer or level to it that I really appreciate and usually resonate with.
I used to feel like if I didnât like a book itâs because I didnât get it or understand it. Jackâs shown me itâs fine to hate a book, and be very vocal about it ! đ
Been binging your content recently, thanks for adding so many books to my tbr (and plenty to not add to it)
Ive read three of your reccs from 2022 and they were all fire. Probably my fav Ive ever read. Thanks for doing these videos. Youve made finding good reads so much easier!! Ive been reading more and enjoying the reccs! đđ» Keep being you!
Itâs always a nice feeling when you have accidentally read something from Jackâs highest ranking books before you see him recommending it. You know thatâs one of the good choices youâve made in lifeâš
Lmao okay but one of my favorites was one he didn't enjoy and now I'm scared đ
@@yuuriontepidwater I have a favourite which he only rated 2 stars so no worries haha. Books appeal to people differently!
I have to say, after trying a lot of Jackâs recommendations I realized I donât necessary share the same taste in books as Jack. I dislike some of his favorites and he dislikes some books I enjoyed too. Still, I keep watching every new video on his main and second channel just because I love his personality and his passion for literature really show through his videos. And I still try a lot of his recommendations because heâs great at selling a book and sometimes our taste align.
I love how Jack says that a book plunged him into a reading slump but has also read 47 books in three months đ
watching this hits different when 47 is your reading goal for the entire year
Wow, Jack! This was really insightful and entertaining. It was fascinating to hear your thoughts on the books you've read so far, and I appreciate how honest you were about the ones that didn't quite hit the mark for you. I have to say, though, I also really enjoyed hearing you say some hilarious things about the worst books on your list. Your commentary was spot-on, and it had me laughing out loud. Keep up the great work!
OMFG 47 BOOKS THATS MAD IMPRESSIVE đđ but also. you actually inspired me to read more books this year!! iâve read 8 books so far which is soooo good because i only read 5 books last year :^) thanks for always making super fun content jack!!
i donât know if i will ever find another book like if we were villains!!! i just LOVED the mix between the plays and reality, the emotions of the actors on and off stage dealing with some many emotions and situations and how shakespeareâs words were able to translate them so perfectly i completely fell in love with it
Thank you for your insight on so many of the books you've read. Adding a few to my TBR.
Just watched "The Quiet Girl" which is adapted from Foster, and I think the movie is also quite good
Agreed!! It was such a good film. Whole theater was sobbing at end.
Jack i look forward to your videos so much !! I'm so happy your channel exists đ€ your wit and your smiling face is truly so comforting 𧥠thank you for making the world of books a more fun place to be đ»đ»đ» keep shiningđ«đ«đ«
I love these videos!! Love when you breakdown the video and title each section with the book title. You are my hero Jack Edwards âđœ
I highly recommend you read Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, itâs a bit easier than War and Peace (and debatably better!). I consider it my favourite book so I hope you enjoy! â€
I love how unique your reads are
Great video! Always fun to find and get introduced to new books and genres!!!
If you haven't read anything by her already, I think you would really like Annie Ernaux! I haven't read any of her books myself, but from what I've heard, her writing is devastatingly raw and claws at your heart.
Thank you for this list! I now have several new must reads, and about 15 avoid at all costs. What a great way to begin a spring, my traditionally low season, and I hope Korea is kind to you. It can be a country unwelcoming to those who are different sometimes.
Thanks for posting this so early on a Saturday morning, the w-e started really well â€
Iâm SO surprised you didnât enjoy salt slow! I preferred it to Our wives - would love to hear more about your thoughts on it/Juliaâs work in general!
jack is the gift that keeps on giving this was amazing
I added so many poetry collections to my tbr because of this. It seems I will be reading Serious Concerns next. I loved Cope's Making Cocca for Kingsley Amis
Hmmm I really enjoyed Pachinko. It was shocking how the three generations of Sunjaâs family and their extensive heritage were just reduced to the mechanics of the pachinko machine. Brilliantly executed from a literary point of view yet tragic that it was actually what life was like for those who lived through the period. The author did a lot of research on the topic btw. Thatâs why I donât agree with you that the last half waned in intricacy. Quite the opposite for me, I felt like the characters really came alive probably because the author built those characters based off on real Zainichi interviews. I couldnt stop crying reading what happened to Noah, not just because it was sad, but more complex than that. I pitied him and felt like I had to defend his choices not because I believe his choices were right, but because many readers only blame him for his decisions and donât try to understand what had happened to him. The author doesnt give explicit explanations either, so you have to really pay attention to the details of his upbringing preceding the event and even use a bit of your imagination to understand Noah. After all, the golden boy had lived a life always confused/ torn between multiple identities but never truely had one that he wasnt ashamed of.
So I have âBeyond That, the Seaâ on my TBR and âFosterâ sounds so similar so now I want to read that too!
Omg Iâm so glad you loved Anne in green gables. One of my favourite classics of all time
Your videos just make me so happy! â€
I finished my second book of the year yesterday and felt proud đł you are a machine
I used to read a lot when i was younger but as my adhd intensified i now take a week to read a single book
Jack! I highly recommend Secret Lives of Church Ladies. One of THE best short story collections I have ever read.
You absolutely HAVE TO READ Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow--best book I've read this year. Also, I adore Anne of Green Gables (my namesake), so glad it ranked highly for you...the perfect book for your trip to Scotland.
Since I've discovered you I've been amazed that we nearly always like the same books! Handy because you read like a crazy person so I get to see what I should read next
I completely agreed with your view of Cultish, but since you liked the language portions I would definitely recommend her other book Wordslut! Loved it!
I literally love your channel so much I watch every single video
Iâve only read 8 novels thus far in 2023, but my absolute favourite amongst them was without a doubt A Little Life. Thank you so much for that recommendation in your previous videos!
Noooooo Fiona and Jane is one of my favorite books! Itâs meant to be a play on genre and itâs written as a non-chronological collection of short stories through the lives of these two friends and their families. Itâs not meant to weave through one plot line. I thought it was really lovely and I connected so much with the friends as they navigated friendship, loneliness, sexuality, and growing up, both separately and together. Bummer you didnât enjoy it!!
I have consumed 16 books so far this year, many of them are audiobooks through my local library that I can listen to while driving to work. I love it :)
I'm so happy In the dream house is right up there, it's an outstanding memoir, creatively written about something very difficult and important.
would LOVE a video on cilian murphy's recommendations! there's an article somewhere where he talks about his favourite books
extra excited for your Korea content cause Iâm heading there myself in a few days!! fingers crossed for a tour of cute bookstores in Seoul đđ€
IF WE WERE VILLAINS IS SO GOOD IT'S MY FAVE BOOK EVER
Love u, jack! love ur recommends as always!
yolk was one of my favorite books that i read, i annotated and gave it to my sister
lovely addition to my hungover morning đ€§ two books I think you might really like are âthe shadow of the windâ by Carlos Ruiz ZafĂłn and âPedro PĂĄramoâ by Juan Rulfo. Tove Jansson is a fantastic award-winning finnish author I would recommend to anyone as well.
omg Jack, thank you, I've never understood the hype with pachinko and I thought I was going mad. I understand the choice of detached writing style and how characters being introduced and moved on from quickly could be considered part of the theme but it was like reading an obituary.
You should definitely read the rest of Anne of Green Gables series, it's so good!
I donât always agree but I love what you say and how you say it. Looking forward to your book. My 5* reads this year are: Foster, Beartown Series, Block Shot, The Girl with the Louding Voice, Squeeze Me, Boy Underground, So long, Chester Wheeler
love your videos, amazing content đ
I watched the TV series adaptation of Pachinko before reading the book, so experiencing their story through the pages was intriguing for me. The characters were close to my heart, and this familiarity helped me flow through the pages. I thoroughly enjoyed the book, although I can understand why you felt differently. It has never happened before, but I found myself enjoying certain parts more while watching the drama than when reading them in the novel.
i think i'll give the show a go!
Anne of green gables is one of my favourite books Iâm so glad you liked it! If we were villains is one of my favourites this year too.
This gave me sooooo much inspiration. Ty đđđđ
I am so happy to see you loved Foster as much as me, I was so sad when it ended!!
Foster was adapted into an Irish-language film, An CailĂn CiĂșin, or The Quiet Girl - it's amazing
Totally agree.
Agreed! This film was so beautiful. I loved how subtle, everyday moments simultaneously felt so powerful. I highly recommend it!
I loved both the book and movie!
Iâm at 31 so far and have been in a skimp for over a week. Thank you for this!!
Jack! you should do some behind the scene-ish bloopers for your vids! that'd be so fun to watch, love your videos, as always
The plot of the Red Notebook made me think of that episode in Boy Meets World with Shawn and the purse *chefs kiss* iâm sold
I was really scared cuz If We Were Villains is my absolute favorite of all time. I shouldn't have worried. Jack's always got my backđ
If you appreciated Death of Ivan Ilyich, I feel sure youâd enjoy War and Peace too! I absolutely loved W&P, the writing is remarkable and the characters so vivid, and I ended up reading it so much more quickly than Iâd expected. Same for Anna Karenina. Thanks for more great recommendations đ
I'm so glad you liked if we were villains, I literally waited months, and checked out every video, to see if you read it. It was my favourite book of 2022.
I think Iâm an outlier on âlessons in chemistryâ. I made it like a third of the way through and just couldnât force myself to read it any longer. I found basically every main character insufferable other than the main protagonist. Maybe itâs just because it hit a little too close to home (Iâve always been a girl/woman in stem and the main character literally went to the same university I went to đ„Ž), but yeah like I just couldnât find it enjoyable. Iâm okay with books being sad or dealing with harsh topics, but it just didnât have enough redeeming qualities for me to put myself through it any longer ă ă . Maybe it gets better in the second half idk but this is just how I felt about it !
I hope you add closed captions for us †thanks
I was just binging some videos of of you on podcasts I guess they were..idk if itâs a podcast if itâs on CZcams but I was just watching for you đ
In general book recommendation engines never work for me . . but then I found you! Although our tastes don't completely align (I like Great Expectation although do find Dickens overhyped) you're the closest I've found. I grew up with so many people raving about On the Road and oh my god, I've tried twice - it's sooo boring -- who cares. Anyway, last I night I bought Hearts and Bones on your recommendation and well, love love love. My fav is The Doll which is so creepy and shivery and touching at the same time.
12:50 this was exactly how I felt about Pachinko too!! I never finished it because I got so bored. I feel bad but this was almost 2 years ago
Wondering if your place is loaded with book shelves like youâre living in a library, do you keep all the books or give them away?
Iâm a new subscriber, and only watched a few videos. Iâm soooo in loveđđđ. Your book reviews/recommendations has expanded my reading interest!!
I read Serious Concerns since The Orange has been all over the internet. Just ordered a few more of her collections.
As soon as you said âspareâ I knew no oneâs sanity would be spared
I have a weird way of reading lately as someone whoâs trying to get back to reading. Iâll be really into a book for a month and then Iâll drop it for a few months even if I really loved it. Thatâs why I donât think I picked up on what you experienced with Pachinko as much.
I remember really enjoying Pachinko! I think the changing of perspectives and generations is really what the book was trying to get at, not just talk about one period for the whole book. But this has inspired me to re read and see what I think of it a second time.
Hahahaha. Sorry but the irony of having your review of 'cultish' right after the Squarespace ad, was too funny. đ Great video!
Detransition Baby is such a smash, I loved loved loved it. You summarized it really well.
Wow 47! And I just finished my first book in 2023 đą
Love you Jack â€
OMG Jack I'm so glad you enjoyed my childhood favourite Anne of Green Gables ! Do read the following books in the series !
jack you HAVE to go to the mysterious bookstore !! itâs a gem in tribeca with rolling ladders and completely full of mysteries !!
Lessons in Chemistry is a book that I always recommend to friends! I loved it! I'm glad you did too đ
I've read 41 books this year. Addie LaRue has been on my TBR so long, but still haven't managed to read it. So glad you finally read Detransition Baby.
I've been wanting to read Hex, so happy to hear you liked it. Love, love, love Small Things Like These and I have Foster on my TBR.