12 trending books, reviewed and ranked worst to best (in 12-ish minutes)

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12 trending books i've read recently.... reviewed and ranked
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video chapters:
00:00 introduction
00:47 Come and Get It by Kiley Reid
01:50 True Biz by Sara Novic
03:07 A Dictator Calls by Ismail Kadare
04:35 Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas
05:40 [ad] Biosites
06:50 What I’d Rather Not Think About by Jente Posthuma (translated by Sarah Timmer Harvey)
08:06 Friendaholic by Elizabeth Day
09:02 Greta and Valid by Rebecca K Reilly
09:57 Doppelgänger by Naomi Klein
11:19 You Are Here by David Nicholls
12:26 Table for Two by Amor Towles
13:34 The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue
14:47 Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors

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@reihino6347 28 күн бұрын

As an Albanian I was really happy to have such a prolific Albanian author mentioned in one of your videos. Ismail Kadare unfortunately died today, the same day this video was posted. May he rest in peace.

@sakiko3460 27 күн бұрын

Me too❤

@workhard9097 28 күн бұрын

R.I.P Ismail Kadare (interesting how we got a review the day he died, thanks for the review Jack! Kadare has other good books I think are worth reading)

@Sara-om4oz 28 күн бұрын

I was about to write the same!! Albania is talking about Kadare everywhere since his passing today but I did not expect Jack to review a book of his. For the record, the best book from Kadare is definitely Doruntine in my opinion.

@stardust_and_stories2424 28 күн бұрын

everytime jack uploads anything my tbr stands like a cult leader with a goblet ready to welcome the new books

@tillydavvers 28 күн бұрын

Already cackling 'Kiley Reid said come and get it, turns out i dont really want it'😂😂😂

@UKLeonie 24 күн бұрын

When I saw it selling for 1.99 I knew not to bother such a shame.

@annaphallactic 28 күн бұрын

Doppelganger is one of the most important political books of our current century. More people need to read it! I found it incredibly captivating in a nightmarish way.

@AemySD 27 күн бұрын

It sounds fascinating! That one I'll be adding yo my TBR!

@jaimee-kate 28 күн бұрын

So glad to hear that the new Amor Towles is great. I just read A Gentleman in Moscow and I was really blown away

@toocoolformiddleschoolblog 27 күн бұрын

The Deaf history parts in True Biz were the principal’s lesson plans. I loved that book!!

@Shelf_Improvement 28 күн бұрын

I read The Rachel Incident in June and it was amazing. The friendship in that book is iconic

@hanaselmani7485 27 күн бұрын

so happy to hear an Albanian author be mentioned! Ismail Kadare is an amazing writer and I would highly recommend reading his book Doruntine - it is more plot heavy and has a lot to do with Albanian folklore and tradition so I think its the quintessential Kadare book. I also wrote my high school graduation thesis on a comparison between Doruntine and Hamlet so maybe thats something to excite you

@anviurjitadixit1590 28 күн бұрын

such perfect timing for me i JUST yesterday saw blue sisters on the shelf at my fav bookstore and couldn't decide should i get it or not *adds to the unfinished n infinite reading list*

@sarahloomis2034 27 күн бұрын

Excited for the claw! For flip my tbr, a fun twist might be picking a review book thats the opposite of your mood book - in themes, pacing, tropes, whatever.

@amywoolner99 28 күн бұрын

Every time I watch a Jack Edwards video I have to have my tbr list open because I just know Jack will talk about at least one book in a way that has me needing to buy and read it immediately

@paraliangirl 28 күн бұрын

blue sisters really resembles Hello Beautiful by Ann Napoletano, which coincidentally I just finished! So I'll put it on my to read list but I'll wait a while 😅

@user-di8or2yv8d 28 күн бұрын

I loved reading books from the very beginning of my life but as the days go by, I get less time for reading books (College has almost killed my love for books), thank you Jack for your awesome book recs. Maybe someday I'll pick up a book again.💗

@jil8091 28 күн бұрын

I totally get you. I loved reading as a child but school in general kind of ruined it for me ☹️ recently I started again, it's like some sort of workout. At the beginning it's exhausting and you need to force yourself to read a few pages a day but now it's way easier, I read faster and I enjoy it a lot.

@rachel5399 28 күн бұрын

You will. Once school settles, and your mind still craves that stimulation, you'll pick up a book one day and devour it. I didn't read my first whole year at university. I never had time. Any time I did had was working, sleeping, studying, or doing chores and errands. So many chores and errands. Picking up shifts to be able to afford to study. Life just takes time.

@limbpearl3483 27 күн бұрын

That happened to me too, school took away the passion I have for my two favorite hobbies which are reading and drawing, but I’ve been slowly getting into them again and it feels amazing!!

@user-ny1wo1vp9r 28 күн бұрын

I suggest you give Ismail Kadare (RIP) another try. Broken April is one of my all time favourite books.

@kyris66 27 күн бұрын

I'm in the middle of reading You Are Here and Doppelganger is on my bookshelf. I was sucked in straight away with You Are Here because *I'm* a Geography teacher and Michael's thoughts on that first field trip with his students are my thoughts 90% of the time when I'm out in nature with other people lol. Representation!

@daKal481 20 күн бұрын

I love your enthusiasm. Thanks for some great suggestions. I am a huge Amor Towles fan too.

@rachel5399 28 күн бұрын

I got an early release copy of Blue Sisters, and ive been reading it for at least 2 months now. This is a sign to keep reading it!

@user-ee2cn6sx5n 27 күн бұрын

The Rachel Incident is one of my favorite books of all time, I've been raving about it ever since i read it and am glad that it is getting recognition!

@darlingdovely 14 күн бұрын

I agree so much about True Biz 😭 I loved all the insight into ASL and deaf culture but the actual story and characters felt completely flat. Not to mention that it feels like the book ended 3/4ths of the way through the plot- the big climax happens but almost nothing is resolved afterwards. Was so frustrating to read

@hennamontana222 27 күн бұрын

I CANNOT wait for Blue Sisters to come out in Paperback !! I read the first sentence and with such gorgeous writing, I’m so excited to read it.

@jessthomas7210 27 күн бұрын

Blue Sisters is just everything. She explored the themes of grief and addiction so well, I am a recovered addict who lost a sibling at a young age and omg she put my feelings on the page just loved it

@yvonneandbeyond 27 күн бұрын

Big love for Greta & Valdin! 💚Since I've just moved to New Zealand, this was also such a good window into the culture and sense of humour here. I read it after I was shortlisted and then rejected for a job here, so the comedy was perfect for getting me out of my bad mood. So crack-up yet also honest and heartfelt.😃So many great recs, thanks!

@mishripettinger6242 27 күн бұрын

the new zealand mention made my heart so happy omg, even though I'm from nz i must admit i haven't read a lot of books by kiwi authors so i appreciate the recommendation

@mmelivresque8613 28 күн бұрын

Thank you for all this content Jack ♡♡♡

@mandyellis876 28 күн бұрын

Some excellent NZ authors are: Maurice Shadbolt, Witi Ihimaera, Katherine Mansfield, CK Stead, Maurice Gee, Janet Frame, Keri Hulme, Ngaio Marsh, Owen Marshall. Three other excellent writers who are NZ based but not from NZ are Charity Norman and Eleanor Catton and Joe Bennett.

@TheEmzies 27 күн бұрын

I would add Catherine Chidgey, Becky Manawatu, JP Pomare, Michael Bennett and Emily Perkins as recently published NZ writers.

@user-bg3um4ve5n 22 күн бұрын

i would also put foward fleur beale! she has mostly written ya but she is incredibly talented

@isaw9969 28 күн бұрын

Hi Jack! I was wondering if u've ever read a Dutch classic book? If not, i really really recommend 'de kleine johannes'/'little Johannes'. It's a dutch 'Bildungsroman' and is just such an interesting and charming read. Alltho some more cultural things (like of the Christianity in the Netherlands at the time, and how deeply critisized it was for being critical of the Christian religion/practises, i think it is still a super interesting book for everyone. It really explores the different stages of a child growing up in such a peculiar way. I really want more people to know of it, cause it is just such a mesmerizing book! plot synopsis with small spoilers, mayhaps: a young boy, Johannes, wakes up after sneaking out on a boat in the lake near his house. next to him is a dragonfly-like creature. It talks to Johannes about the life around him and explores it with him. Next, they meet a small gnome-ish creature, who takes over Johannes and makes him yearn not to just know, but to also understand the world. Next, he meets an older creature, who takes him away from the safe and shows him the mundane life, and the death that comes with it. The different creatues he meets all have to do with a certain stage in a child's development of child to teen. It deals with death, love, curiosity, family, and, mostly, growing up, and what it means to grow up, especially as a young dutch boy in the 1900's

@atresearch 28 күн бұрын

Belgian in the US here, and appreciate your suggestion! I was a young girl when we moved, but can read in Dutch/Flemish, so am putting this on my TBR.

@isaw9969 27 күн бұрын

@@atresearch ohh please do! its just such a charming, amazingly profound book about what it means to grow from a child with childlike wonder to a child who knows the world with all it's dark colours. It's quite a short read (around 120 pages) and can be found in pdf-form online!

@atresearch 27 күн бұрын

@@isaw9969 Thank you!

@itsGabrielaCristina 28 күн бұрын

Currently reading Greta & Valdin (loving it) & my next read is Blue Sisters. It’s going to be a GREAT month 💃🏻

@alarialessard-northrup8834 28 күн бұрын

finally more books to add to my tbr (i already have 500)

@paraliangirl 28 күн бұрын

1118 on mine.... 🙈🙈🙈 it'll take me about 35 years to read them all!

@janeturner9064 27 күн бұрын

I'm on about 500 as well - always comforting to read 📚 about others with similar tastes!

@joriskuipers4112 28 күн бұрын

Water technically isn't wet. It just makes the surfaces it touches wet.

@rachel5399 28 күн бұрын

🙄

@Pazoo_underscore 28 күн бұрын

okay but do you think lava is wet?

@joriskuipers4112 27 күн бұрын

@@Pazoo_underscore No. Lava is a fluid of molten stone, but it is too hot to be regarded as wet. When cooled off, lavastones can get wet, however

@nicholas7695 27 күн бұрын

We actually spent a class in chemistry talking about this. We concluded water is sticky. Think about condensation or how when water rolls down glass little drops stick behind.

@Pazoo_underscore 26 күн бұрын

@@joriskuipers4112 nooooo I've had too many arguments I will not back down now. I swear of you had it hot enough and you could handle the heat it's in it would feel wet

@biavezestres 27 күн бұрын

the short story about a writer you mentioned in “table for two” reminded me of “The Writer Who Never Felt Love” by B. Sobreira. it’s a Brazilian short story about a writer who feels like he has nothing to say because he never experienced love, which is the foundation to most stories. i would looove to hear your thoughts on it :)

@ren0387 28 күн бұрын

lmao the yapping bit killed me. so relatable 😆i LOVED greta and valdin! cant wait to read some of these other recs!

@WhisperingEchoes56 28 күн бұрын

Woah I got here fast

@maehex 27 күн бұрын

there's nothing on youtube as exciting and fun as a new jack video

@SesameIsMe 28 күн бұрын

Comfort librarian is back!!

@jani8959 27 күн бұрын

OH my god. no way. we just read doppelganger in school and i have an assignment about this book due in 2 weeks

@rachaelvhorne 27 күн бұрын

I just finish Bellies by Nicola Dinan and it had me sobbing by the end. Now reading The Rachel Incident which seems appropriate since it’s the last birthday of my 20s this week 😅

@hladinibhosale 28 күн бұрын

I have never been this fast but YAY NEW VIDEO!!!!!!

@user-ry9cn4dn2b 27 күн бұрын

Any Recommendations For A New Reader Who Picks Up A Book Barely Completes It And Doesn't Read For Months After, And Then Picks Up A New Book Again, So Far I Have Read, Call Me By Your Name, Book Lovers, And The Most Recent One They Both Die At The End, Any Recommendations With Books Similar To These Ones?

@emelineinbk 28 күн бұрын

Loving this type of video!

@l_vidhi0766 28 күн бұрын

Wow! Good timing!

@mxqing_ 24 күн бұрын

finding nemo in the desert is crazy lmaooo

@dace8828 28 күн бұрын

excellent. needed some recs

@connie.anahata 27 күн бұрын

I read Rachel Incident 1.5 months ago and I still think about it every other day, so good!

@jessicahamilton2747 27 күн бұрын

if you need more nz author recommendations, i think you’d love the axemans carnival by catherine chidgey. it’s cleverly written from the perspective of a magpie living with a couple in the south island countryside. it’s funny, witty and truly one of my favourite books

@molokoistka 28 күн бұрын

Have you read Poor Things? I would be interested in your opinion

@antoniastrobl6262 27 күн бұрын

Could you please make videos where you recommend books that were originally in another language so we can learn new languages by reading the book in it’s original language? (and with the translation as help) Specifically Portuguese

@lotsoflovedisha727 28 күн бұрын

how jack seamlessly introduces the sponsors never take to surprise me

@caitlinchoate4982 27 күн бұрын

I loved True Biz! I’m sorry you didn’t like it. 😢

@javierp8838 28 күн бұрын

Hola Jack! Did you read any of Outlander?

@AlyC92 28 күн бұрын

Bought Blue Sisters yesterday. Apparently I made a great decision. Will start reading it tonight 😂❤

@martinadevita8342 27 күн бұрын

As someone who hated Cleopadra & Frankenstein, mainly because I found the characters too stereotyped and I didn't like the writing, do you think I could try with Blue Sisters? Is it different from C&F?

@vitoriaarruda2968 21 күн бұрын

Same here 🙋 I was wondering exactly the same thing, whether I should give the author a second chance

@rachel43274 27 күн бұрын

I have Come and Get It on my shelves, I'm hoping I have a bit more sucess with it than you did since I work at a University I loved True Biz so maybe we don't match up on reading tastes 😂

@SevenUnwokenDreams 28 күн бұрын

Dying to read Greta and Valdin. I'm sad you didn't like Come and Get It. I haven't read it yet, but I've really been wanting to; had a feeling I would love it.

@amiepalette 28 күн бұрын

one day i hope jack finally reads either bras cubas by machado or the hour of the star by clarisse lispector i wanna see his reaction to brazilian literature bc i feel its something hed enjoy a lot 🥺

@lissieabigail3219 4 күн бұрын

im suprised you didnt love true biz because I LOVED this book. fascinates me how different people have different preferences

@katiemcgraw4751 21 күн бұрын

1. I didn’t like Such a Fun Age and feel very gratified that Come and Get It isn’t get good reviews. 2. Can’t believe you loved The Rachel Incident that much! I liked it, definitely a four star but flawed. If you’re looking for another great Irish read, please please check out Tender by Belinda McKeon, it’s stellar. 3. Cannot wait for Blue Sisters to come out!!! Cleopatra and Frankenstein was my top read of 2023.

@monicamesecar9126 28 күн бұрын

So sorry to hear that you didn’t like True Biz! I hope you’ll still consider reading books highlighting folks with disabilities in the future! This is a YA novel but I really enjoyed The First Thing About You by Chaz Hayden.

@AO2437. 26 күн бұрын

Coco Mellor’s book is on.my.list!!! Loved Cleopatra and Frankenstein!

@Mia-ch8 28 күн бұрын

Wow! Good timing

@Shiri662 27 күн бұрын

Doppelgänger was not only one of the most thought-provoking books I’ve read this year, but it also deeply affected me emotionally. To comment on what you said: Being Jewish does not necessarily mean having a relationship with or knowledge about Israel.

@hladinibhosale 28 күн бұрын

my reading challenge is so bland and it hasn’t been updated at all. I think im in a slump now 😭 im starting The Book Thief , hopefully it’ll get me out of it. Do you have any other recommendations?

@selahdamerville4039 28 күн бұрын

The book thief is my favorite my you might get bored in the middle! You might want to pick a thriller or something to get out of the slump!

@tanushabansal3036 28 күн бұрын

How about some short books to get u out of a reading slump? A nice rec is the midnight library It’s short, has a magical element, and also is kind of self help

@hladinibhosale 27 күн бұрын

@@selahdamerville4039 omgg thank you! Do you have any recommendations?

@hladinibhosale 27 күн бұрын

@@tanushabansal3036 omg thank you so much!!! Will definitely try it out!!!

@tanushabansal3036 27 күн бұрын

@@hladinibhosale you’re welcome!! I just thought of another rec and a shorter one “this is how you lose the war” it’s very very interesting, two spies write each other love letter and fall in love like that

@bubulul 28 күн бұрын

i didn't liked cleopatra and frankenstein that much. would you still recommend blue sisters?

@rachel5399 28 күн бұрын

I got an early release for it and I've been reading it for months. It's definitely good(so far), it's just a little slow. I think the writing is good, and the depth is there, the characters do feel real and their pain and ways of grieving differently are very relatable and understanding, but I havent read Cleopatra and Frankenstein, so I don't know your critques or disliking for it, but I would imagine it's some of the same given that I've been reading a lot and I vary between being interested in finishing it while also disinterested in picking it up as opposed to reading the like 5 others books I've managed to finish since I started reading Blue Sisters lol.

@bubulul 28 күн бұрын

@@rachel5399 i'm fine with a slow read and don't need a plot, but deep characters and the vibe are important for me. in cleopatra and frankenstein there were only two side characters i liked and they appeared like three times. but you said the characters in blue sister have depth and are relateble so i might give it a shot

@aisyah900 18 күн бұрын

Jack you NEED to read Our Wives Under The Sea and Private Rites by Julia Armfield!!!! I love both of the books so much I would love to hear your thoughts about the books!!!!!

@SesameIsMe 28 күн бұрын

assignments? nah. Jack's video: HELL YEAH

@imperfectanimal57 28 күн бұрын

This is a reminder to reread my favorite book The Master and Margarita. Thank you :).

@roseneild4101 14 күн бұрын

The master and margarita is very cool and an excellent take on the relationship between the Stalin regime and artists. I have just finished it (again)

@francescatelari 28 күн бұрын

Please do it regularly

@selahdamerville4039 28 күн бұрын

I can’t be the only one who is in survival mode until jack posts

@PokhrajRoy. 28 күн бұрын

Jack likes to read and we like to find new things to add to our TBR.

@ceburr 27 күн бұрын

Nooooo not the bad review for the book about my university! (But I’d honestly been wondering if come and get it was any good if you didn’t go to the U of A.)

@mehr4545 28 күн бұрын

thank you for posting

@theodoesthings 27 күн бұрын

finding nemo in the desert is crazyyyyyyy

@longsotheary116 27 күн бұрын

I saw Blue Sisters in a bookstore near my house and it’s a freaking 25$ for a paperback. I put it back to the shelf

@truesallly 27 күн бұрын

Your skin looks SO good

@noshoes1588 20 күн бұрын

I'm surprised Martyr isn't being as discussed as i thought it would its incredible

@pumpkin.doodler3296 13 күн бұрын

Dude I NEED a review of "The Silent Patient" from you 🙏🙏🙏

@ronacarroll81 26 күн бұрын

You need to read more NZ authors! So many great books in NZ.

@lyndaanderson2158 25 күн бұрын

Table for Two was such a good book. Towles has become a favorite author of mine

@artemis7496 28 күн бұрын

Hey jack i've got a video idea for you: "can i guess the book title based on their 1 star or 5 star reviews?"

@monikamurgova2778 27 күн бұрын

A great book from Sara Nović is her first book, Girl at War, that one was truly truly good and sad and amazing.

@shaunsshelf 3 күн бұрын

Greta and Valdin is one of my fav books of the year 💚

@julianes.9237 28 күн бұрын

Love your yapping :)

@SaveLockwoodNCo 27 күн бұрын

Have you tried reading a book called Lockwood and Co? It's about kids who fight ghosts in London.

@blixverse 28 күн бұрын

SIR YOU'RE GLOWING

@sheianas 28 күн бұрын

love u jack💞

@misselphie78 26 күн бұрын

I read the Rachel Incident and put in my reading journal “I bet this is a book Jack would like” 😂

@negarshahhosseini7633 23 күн бұрын

Omg you look so good in black ❤

@nl3064 27 күн бұрын

The way you describe the structure of that Dictator Calls novel makes it sound basically like Rashomon. So... It's just a story about the Rashomon effect.

@katyblack4103 27 күн бұрын

wanted to read rn but watching this kinda counts as well right?

@danaekoloka9819 27 күн бұрын

7:40 as a twin myself this would definitely make me cry

@jmsl_910 28 күн бұрын

ty!

@knz730 27 күн бұрын

I hope your review doesn't put people off True Biz. I disagree, I thought it was nuanced in how it wove ASL and deaf culture snippets into the narrative, and it definitely related to what had been covered in the preceding chapter. You've also not quite gotten the translation of True Biz right - in the narrative is was used to mean "real talk", as in "can I be real with you", not "seriously?" (said with sarcasm), which makes me think you didn't read it very carefully or closely. It's rare to get own voices novels about the deaf community and this was an interesting one. And if you know very little about deaf culture, it's worth reading for that alone (and is nothing like reading a text book, it's genuinely a very human look into the culture).