"On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" always stuck with me. Profound and beautiful. I think of both the title and the book itself often.

The german book title for "Convenience Store Woman" is "Die Ladenhüterin" which means simultaneously "Woman who protects the store" and "Product that does never get bought and therefore sits in the store forever". I think that's brilliant.

“I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness” always has me in amazement and Claire’s writing is just too good.

My personal favorite is "I'm Glad My Mom Died". I saw this at the store and bought it just from the title. I wanted to know how the author would justify this title. And oh boy, justify she did. "The Palace of Illusions", "The Kind Worth Killing", "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" & "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" are few favorites too.

One of my favorite book titles ever is a short story collection called “the trees grew because I bled there “, there is something about this sentence that’s just so beautiful and kinda scary too , which is exactly what this book offers .

I made a list of titles that Jack mentioned: 1. Build Your House Around My Body 2:01 2. No One is Talking About This 2:17 3. Something Wicked This Way Comes 2:44 4. The Unbearable Lightness of Being 2:59 5. The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-time 3:32 6. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 3:34 7. All the Lovers in the Night 3:36 8. Breast and Eggs 3:40 9. Tender is the Night 4:03 10. A Moveable Feast 4:13 11. Things We Say in the Dark 4:46 12. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 5:01 13. Me Talk Pretty One Day 7:32 14. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck 7:35 15. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 7:43 16. How to Kill your Family 8:08 17. Send Nudes 8:16 18. Everyone in This Room will Someday be Dead 8:44 19. Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory 9:06 20. Before the Coffee Gets Cold 9:20 21. Much Ado About Nothing 9:51 22. I’m Glad My Mom Died 10:03 23. I want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki 10:57 24. I Fear My Pain Interest You 11:00 25. Through The Billboard Promised Land Without Ever Stopping 11:09 26. South of The Border, West of The Sun 11:37 27. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and The End of The World 12:08 28. The Illicit Happiness of Other People 12:22 29. My Dark Vanessa 12:28

"On earth we're briefly gorgeous" is a really pretty title and captures the beautiful story so well

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jenette McCurdy is so deadpan and raw especially within its context. It definitely strikes a chord.

You should do this with book covers too! A good cover will always get me. They say don't judge a book by its cover, but I think if the author/publisher has good taste on a cover, I know they'll have good taste in writing. It's worked for me every time.

fave title has to be.. a thousand splendid suns.. because it’s just such a mouthful to say.. AND IT SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL !!!!

"Everyone brave is forgiven" by Chris Cleave is such a heartbreaking and beautiful title

Jack, I can't believe you didn't put 'ALONE WITH YOU IN THE ETHER' into your list !!! 😭😭

Another thing though, we go into reading these unique titles with certain expectations. I usually think that such brilliant titles would lead to an equally brilliant plot and writing. But nothing disappoints more than when the amazingness of the title doesn't translate to the story.

“On earth we’re briefly gorgeous” will always be my favourite!!

My favorites: -On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous -At Night All Blood is Black -If We Were Villains -The Collected Regrets of Clover -The World Keeps Ending, and The World Goes On

We appreciate your recommendations, Jack. They mean a lot to us.

I really like « Crying in H Mart ». It’s what the story is about (grief, family, food, being Korean-American) and it’s quite graphical, you can picture someone crying in H-Mart.

I absolutely love The Importance of Being Earnest, the title perfectly describes the direction of the story, its moral lesson and references a character(s) so elegantly!

my personal favourite title is "Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me", it's a 1960s novel written by a guy who died in a motorcycle crash a few days after it was published and one of the most undeservedly unknown novels ever. it's just a clever title and a reference to a blues song.

“All The Bright Places” is one that really sticks with me. Such a poignant and heartbreaking book that still manages to hold onto hope.

A Swedish author, Amanda Svensson, had a book translated to english that is called: A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding When it came out in swedish I instantly reacted to the title, I think it’s beautiful. It is also longlisted for the International Booker Prize this year 😊

My favourite without a doubt is "Turtles all the way down", just at first look you are very intrigued by it and want to know more and when u actually learn about the title It gives you a lot of meaning and all the metaphors in the book which are actually connected to this title are just brilliant. My second would be "Beautiful world, where are you?" I remember just have great expectations for this as a title so beautiful really asks you the question of how beautiful is the books actually.

"the tiny things we know to be small" is one of my absolute favourites

a recent favorite for me is "The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet" not only is it memorable, but it's also just such a perfect title for the story. but my all time favorite title is probably "The Ocean at the End of the Lane" it's so intriguing and again, a perfect title for the story.

The uni-verse is truly a genius title Jack! We're so proud of it too😭💓

My all time favorite book title is: "When Death Takes Something From You Give It Back" By Naja Marie Aidt. Not "let it go" but "give it back" I love that so much. It is also my favorite book, though I have never managed to read it to the end as my eyes will overflow every 5 pages.

I absolutely adore the title “Lie With Me”. It’s one of those titles that have even more meaning after reading the book. I love how it depicts both the act of lying as in omitting, keeping a secret (of their relationship) but also the romantic sense of lying down, being together with. Another title that also makes me swoon is “Alone with you in the ether” it’s such a poetic title and fits the story SO well

I haven't read that many books in English but I love The Secret History's title in Finnish which is The gods celebrate at night.

Such a cool video idea, I love long book titles! Some of my favorites are “when breath becomes air” by Paul Kalanithi, “their eyes were watching god” by Zora Neale Hurston, “human acts” by Han Kang (I know this one’s rather simple, but it’s just so perfectly chosen for the content of the book. The Korean original title 소년이 온다 is also really cool), “night sky with exit wounds” by Ocean Vuong (like could a poetry book have a more gorgeous title?) and the German title for Michaela DePrince’s “taking flight”: Ich kam mit dem Wüstenwind, which translates as ‘I came with the desert wind’ and I just think that’s a stunning title for a memoir^^

Some of my favorites are: -All The Light We Cannot See -Perks Of Being A Wallflower -The Fault In Our Stars -A Thousand Splendid Suns -Heart Of Darkness

A book on my ever-growing TBR list, but "All Our Yesterdays" by Natalia Ginzburg. Fully bought it for the title and cover alone.

"Diary of a void" and "on earth we're briefly gorgeous" are probably my favs

Ocean Vuong has beautiful book titles, "Time is a Mother" is another great one of his. I love Akwaeke Emezi's "You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty" too.

"When I Sing, Mountains Dance" by Irene Solà is my current favourite!

I love all of Kazuo Ishiguro’s, Khaled Hosseini’s and Ruth Ozeki’s book titles, they’re just next level when it comes to fiction! And also Joan Didion, Eve Babitz and Patti Smith when it comes to non-fiction!

I honestly love listening to you speak about books and your love for them

As we move into the Spooky Month, I strongly recommend the horror novella "I Found a Circus Tent in the Woods Behind My House". The title pulled me in, the story kept me in. I'm hoping the sequel, I Found Puppets Living in My Apartment Walls, is just as good.

Jack’s videos never fail to make me smile:)

Their Eyes Were Watching God is my favourite title. I’m not religious so I find it very interesting this title in particular made such a mark on me!

Jack’s book recs are always so good! Also I think these book title sounds really good though I haven’t read them yet - Cleopatra and Frankstein , You made a fool of death with your beauty, and the language of rose which apparently is not your typical beauty and the beast retelling ❤

You're such a joy to listen to Jack, been watching you since 2017 (since your studytube days lol), and your evolution in personality + content has been incredible to see. Booktube King fr ❤

IM GLAD U LIKE UR OWN TITLE BECAUSE (i bloody love it and) IT GOT ME THROUGH WRITING MY PERSONAL STATEMENT I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH

A favourite of mine, but also one of my favourite titles (especially for a short story collection), is "What we talk about when we talk about love" by Raymond Carver. Also, "The sense of an ending" by Julian Barnes ; "One hundred years of solitude" and "Chronicle of a death fortold" by Marquez; "Requiem for a dream" by Hubert Shelby Jr; "The man who mistook his wife for a hat"; "How high we go in the dark" ; "A thousand splendid suns" + "And the mountains echoed" by Hosseini. So may...

Braiding Sweetgrass is one of my faves and gives you a hint of the poetry and language of the book itself which I love

Here are a few of my faves titles (in no particular order)! i love the way they roll off the tongue and produce such striking imagery! 1. Beauty is a Wound by Eka Kurniawan (novel) 2. Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado (short story collection) 3. Why Be Happy When You Could be Normal by Jeanette Winterson (memoir) 4. Don’t Let Me Be Lonely by Claudia Rankine (hybrid-genre CNF) 5. A Pig Was Once Killed in our Garage by Martin Villanueva (CNF by a local writer from my country) 6. A Dream of Women by Lakambini Sitoy (short story by a local writer from my country as well) 7. The Woman Destroyed by Simone de Beauvoir (short story collection) 8. The Night is Darkening Around Me by Emily Brontë (poem title also used by a penguin classics EB collection)

I am beyond excited to hear you talk more about the Unbearable Lightness of Being! And what perfect timing- I fell in love with it two years ago, and just decided to do a reread, I have about 20 pages left! Also didn’t know about Milan Kundera’s passing, what odd timing.

You pick such amazing unique and outstanding books and with beautiful titles and stories and I appreciate your so much and thanks Jack 😊

I would love a part 2. This video was really interesting

'Our Share Of Night' by Mariana Enríquez has stuck with me (especially in Spanish) mostly because of how it completely captures the whole book plot and its most important relationship (father and son). I also love 'Things We Lost in the Fire' though I haven't read it yet. Finally, 'On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous' 👏

The unbelievable lightness of being the cover is so beautiful ❤

Loved reading your book the uni-verse one of my favourite sections was all the Halloween costume ideas!

Here are a few of my favorite titles you didn’t mention: I know you’re not a fan for some inexplicable reason, but Douglas Adams’ “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish” and “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency”; Anne Tyler’s “Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant”; Becky Albertalli’s “The Upside of Unrequited”; Gabriel García Márquez’s “Love in the Time of Cholera”; Christopher Bram’s “Lives of the Circus Animals”; David Leavitt’s “The Lost Language of Cranes”; and of course J.D. Salinger’s “Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction.”

Tim Key’s book about being alone during lockdown “He Used Thought as a Wife” is one of my favorite book titles. So many good ones! ❤

Personal Favs: The Unbearable Lightness of Being, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty, This Sjde of Paradise, You Feel it Just Below the Ribs, ans On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Hey Jack! Wanted to let you know about the Philadelphia Bookstore Map, which was just released! It was a grassroots effort to create a map that shows all the bookstores in Philly--could be a fun video idea whenever you're in the US again!

'In the event this doesn't fall apart' is my fave interesting title and it's such a good book about love made me cry multiple times

'a thousand splendid suns' is such a beautiful title n heartbreakingly beautiful book

Something Wicked This Way Comes comes from a line in Shakespeare's Macbeth, one of my favorite plays 💙

Amazing video, Jack! Thanks for sharing! Cheers from Brazil!

'Me being me is exactly as insane as you being you' is one of my faves, and I also really love 'Solutions and other Problems'

The uni-verse love ur book Jack hope you write more books it is absolutely beautiful written and amazing ❤

I feel like Tender is the night is the best one! It comes from a Keats poem -- I like book titles from poems. 'A thousand splendid suns' and 'Slouching towards Bethlehem' and 'things fall apart' are all from poems, (the last two from the same Yeats poem!).

I love this so much! I keep a list of my favourite book titles on my phone and Someone who will love you in all your damaged glory has been on it for the longest time!!

"You made a fool of death with your beauty" is a gorgeous one too!! 💘✨

12:26 My Dark Vanessa was my book of the year last year. Loved it so much.

i love 'hazel bly and the deep blue sea' bc it sounds like summer and a certain sadness at the same time and it makes my heart ache a little

i have really wanted someone to make this video for so long

Some of my favorite book titles! - I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself - A Confederacy of Dunces - A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again - Wishful Drinking - I Feel Bad About My Neck - How Not To Drown In A Glass of Water - Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish

Mine right now is: Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Maureen Johnson & Jay Cooper. It was a book I didn't know I needed and I am glad to have found it.

I buy books cause Jack recommended and now I have a full shelf 😅 love you lots!!❤ also hope you do a meetup in London!

Love ur book recommendations so much Jack 😊

I didnt expect to know any of these. I had Eats Shoots and Leaves on my tbr for years. And of course I know Tender is the Night, Dog in the Nighttime and a few others

“when breath becomes air” is a gorgeous title for such a complex and emotional book

'A Thousand Splendid Suns' by K. Hosseini, 'The God of Small Things' by Arundhati Roy, 'All the light we cannot see", 'On Earth We are briefly gorgeous"

one of the books i read this year is called Patricia Wants to Cuddle and it perfectly matches the camp and comedy of the book i love it

my favourite is "Eu receberia as piores notícias dos seus lindos lábios", which translates to "I'd receive the worst news from your beautiful lips". but I'm not good at translating into english, so it just sounds like a panic at the disco song. "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" is also gorgeous in portuguese, it's "A Insustentável Leveza do Ser"

Now, we need to hear the outtakes of the book titles for your upcoming book! ❤❤❤

You are my favorite book person on the internet, one of my favorite titles is “ this is how you lose the time war” and “on earth we’re briefly gorgeous”

I always loved "The Name of the Wind" it just flows in a way that perfectly describes the authors writing style! The second book "A Wise Man's Fear" is also incredible because of the way the title is revealed in the book. I also love Sabaa Tahirs book titles "An Ember in the Ashes" and particularly "A Sky Beyond the Storm". Ruta Sepetys book "Shades of Grey" is called "Rays of Hope" in swedish which I just love. (I did not know I was so passionate about book titles)

Really love your content ❤🎉

I immediately thought of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," and although I'm not entirely sure why, but I think it's because it has such a hopefully sound to it... life growing in an inhospitable environment or something.

I'd say my favourite is Auldous Huxley's "Brave New World" - it just sounds so poetic to me and completely contrary to the grim atmosphere the book puts you in. I also love: - Alone with you in the ether - just plain beautiful - I want to die but I want to eat tteokbokki - because, well, I want to die but I do love tteokbokki - Tender is the night - just makes me imagine a warm summer sunset that feels like a hug

One of my favorites is Everyday the way home gets longer and longer, by Fredrik Backman. Its grabs your attention and perfectly describes the book

This Is How You Lose The Time War has always been one of my favorites! Becky chambers also has some good titles, I really love Psalm for the Wild-Built. Also The Left Hand Of Darkness by Ursula k. Leguin, and I recently read Chain Gang All-Stars which is a fantastic book and I liked that title a lot too

I saw How to kill your family in a bookshop and I just brought it without even reading the blurb lol! I’ve only read the first few pages but it’s so good!!!

One of my favorite Story title is from a fanfiction called "The negligible self". This title really struck me and kinda ripped my heart out because its so... easy to grap what the primiary struggle here will be and its so sad because its also so easily said...

SO EXCITED! ❤

one of my favourite books and titles is “drive your pole over the bones of the dead”. it’s so pretty and wonderful

A tree grows in Brooklyn

I also love longer book titles. A Sky of Tragic Moons is one I love, as is The Planets We Become.

we are the ashes, we are the fire by joy mccullough is such a striking title, i love it

becky chambers has some absolutely fantastic ones. The wayfarer series especially has some of my favorites - "The long way to a small, angry planet" "a closed and common orbit" (that one's probably my favorite, its just so poetic and fits the story in such a subtle but profound way) "Record of a spaceborn few" and "The Galexy and the ground within". "A Psalm for the wild-built" is also suchh a banger

I Fear My Pain Interests You is my favorite. So twisted. It's been recommended to me on Amazon.

Haven't read them but love the titles: "You made a fool of death with your beauty" & "On earth we're briefly gorgeous" Also like: "In my dreams I hold a knife"

I love titles that make more sense and gain depth after you read the book, and Becky Chambers is the best at that: "A Psalm For The Wild-Built" and "To Be Taught, If Fortunate" are personal favorites

i think “on earth we’re briefly gorgeous” is a stunning title

Someone who will love you in all your damaged glory is basically the reason why I pick it up, because of the title. It's also an anthology which helps me get out of my own reading slump. I'm bias about it because I really like it! Glad you mentioned it!

One that immediately comes to mind is Signs Preceding the End of the World (Señales que precederán al fin del mundo) by Yuri Herrera. East of Eden, from the Bible verse "And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden." I'm not even religious but that title just hits me.

Call me by your name, A Little Life, and No Longer Human are some more titles I like that I think are really cool and go really well with the contents of the book

Mine recently that I can't get over my head and warms my heart by just saying it...."On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous"