Thank you to Ritual for Sponsoring this video. To get 40% off your first month, go to ritual.com/rubygranger40

for anyone who wants to read any of the books ruby listed, i have written them all out here. i've done this pretty consistently since 2021, and its always my favourite thing to do. so hopefully i'm doing some good here

I have been watching your videos since freshman year of high school. Now I am a freshman in university. I can tell you how many times Ive come back to your videos when I need inspo or motivation. You've taught me study strategies and ways to change my mindset towards school. This years Ive made the deans list at my university, an achievement I could have never imagined. Thank you Ruby for always being there for us!

Will I ever read even half the books in this video? Probably not. Did I love this video because Ruby is just so captivating when she tells about the books and stories she loves? Yes!

Since this is your most recent video I hope you do not mind if I comment on something more general. I started watching your videos in October 2023 and moved from current ones to older vlogs. I am a PhD student at the Department of Anglophone Literature and Cultures and your love for literature naturally resonates with me. I was in a slump last year with academic writing turning into a task I dreaded and it didn't really go anywhere, my supervisors weren't satisfied with my texts either. I started to adapt some habits present in your vlogs, particularly shifting the prep work of my research to be more time-consuming yet engaging, installing rituals like candles and an air humidifier and romanticising writing sessions, which I now enjoy much more. I handed in a chapter of my PhD project recently and received overwhelmingly positive feedback. I wanted to express my gratitude to you for the significant part you played in this positive change in my career. Keep up the wonderful work!

This channel has partially inspired me to get back into reading! I’m so happy to be more engaged with books than social media. Makes me feel like I’m more present 😊

Hi, as a pharmacist I suggest to take only probiotics registered as otc or prescription based. Producers of suplements are not legally obligated to provide correct information about ingredients or to test their products for contamination. If product is contaminated they don't have to tell that publicly or pull off products from shelves. I remember a few years ago there was some batch of probiotics contaminated with e.coli. It leaked becasue some people actually got sick.

What an absolute treat! Cannot wait to get into bed and cosy up to watch this.

It will probably sound naive or strange but discovering your channel made me so happy. I am feeling really dark and stuck right now and the recent lack of people in my life who understand, who listen or simply of people who don't shallowly look over anything can make me feel very lonely...your passion for what you study and read apparently as great as mine is heartwarming, and it reminded me the pleasure I find in these things I love, especially books, will always be here and come back to me. Thank you for your videos :) I wish for you that roses will grow on your path

Your recollection of each book is astonishing! To give such a detail synopsis of each text you have read is truly astounding. Bravo, Ruby! I see your acuminous craft becoming deeply rooted in the polymath soil.

A very good weekend treat :D Got my cozy cup of tea and an ready. to watch :)) Please see below the list of books which were recommended by ruby as her top favourites: - The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky - Babel - RF Kuang - Yellowface - RF Kuang - Daemon Voices - Philip Pullman - On Sun Swallowing - Warren Dakota - Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh - Lady MacBethad - Isabelle Schuler - Little (not sure which book this is) - The White Book - Kang Han - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - VE Schwab - The Renaissance - Walter Pater - Notes From Underground - Fyodor Dostoevsky - Grave - Robert Blair - Incurable - Lionel Pigot Johnson

Currently working on a deadline submission and your study videos are helping me to stay motivated and keep going as I edit 🙏🏽. Thank you Ruby! ❤️

I’ve been looking forward to this video! Such a lovely way to spend the evening watching this with a cup of tea! ☺️ x

Ruby, I want to say I returned from England about a week ago. While we were in London for most of our time there, I ventured to Oxford on the train because I HAD to see Radcliffe Camera in person. I was delighted to have the chance to go inside on the Bodleian Libraries tour. It's stunning! I am so jealous you get to study there! Bravo to you! I have been following you since you were in high school, so I know about your journey to get into Oxford. Happy reading in 2024!

I always get new and wonderful classic recommendations from you . I love it! I have been reading a classic a month for the past few years so it’s a always so wonderful to get new ones

Oh my! Any video of yours makes me ecstatic, but an hour long video?! Woohoo! Thank you for all the hard work you put into your videos, Ruby!

What a treat this video is, Ruby. I could listen to you all day talking about books and topics you find joy in. I got "Studies in the History of the Renaissance" for Christmas and am really looking forward to reading it soon. Hope you have a lovely day.

If you're having gut or bowel issues at your age you need to get it checked out asap, don't take an unprescribed pill for them as even if it did work it would likely be just treating the symptoms not the cause. It may well just be minor digestive issues or an intolerance but my friend thought she had mild IBS in her mid-20s and it turned out to be a lot more serious after a colonoscopy, but luckily they caught it early.

I am envious of your concentration power ruby; the wat you able to read this many books while having a job and running your KZfaq channel and also preparing for Harvard... it’s honestly very inspiring to see. I wish to be someone like you who has this enormous ability of focus for hours and hours without getting tired. Please stay safe and healthy.🧡 I have been watching your for over five years now... your videos brings me so much motivation and joy. 🌷

I have been looking forward to this video since the end of last year! I'm so glad that it's here. I'm sure I'll be getting plenty of book recommendations. Thank you so much for making contents like this one; they motivate me to read in my own time. I am so happy that I got back into reading in 2023. My best reads were: A Kind of Spark, Lessons in Chemistry and Open Throat. I have been enjoying Ali Abdaal's Feel Good Productivity and Duanwad Pimwana's Bright so far this year!!

an hour long Ruby video ! what a blessing x

I have had gut issues for more years than I care to admit but recently I’ve made such progress by actually not eating as ‘healthy’. I was eating overnight oats with fruit, chia seeds, nuts etc, then I was always trying to ‘eat the rainbow’ and add lentils etc to my vegan diet. Ive realised that this was all too much for my stomach. I now think of spreading these foods across a couple of weeks rather than daily. Hope this may help.

What beautiful curiosity and passion you have for art, literature and the human experience, Ruby. You remind me that there are more incredible books than I'll ever be able to read, and that's a reassuring thought.

Love your videos Ruby 😊 your passion for books really resonates 😌 I would like to ask you about the artwork behind you. Especially the lone tree. It’s very beautiful ☺️

I love your yearly roundup videos!

I’m stuyding print engineering, mostly focusing on book production (printing and binding) so these bibliography books seem so interesting! I’m currently writing a Bachelor thesis on a specific type of bookbinding 🥰

I'm so happy you're open to reading more of Clarice Lispector's work! She made me fall in love with Brazilian literature when I was in high school, but she is not everyone's cup of tea. With that said, I must say I find it very difficult to recommend one book, so I'll give you three and you can see which one interests you the most. My absolute favorite book of hers is "Água Viva" many people say this is the book that best shows her essence, it has lots of metaphors, it's very philosophical, and often feels like you're reading poetry. I feel like it's one of those books you can reread multiple times throughout your life and have different thoughts about it. I also recommend "The Hour of the Star" is less full of metaphors and more "realistic", focused on the sad life of the poor protagonist and the society that surrounds her. It's usually used as her introductory book, being a quick and easy read. The opening and the closure of this book are wonderfully written, in my opinion. Last but not least, "The Passion According to G.H" this one will be more or less like the short stories you've read, but ends up being very philosophical, and it's one of her most iconic books! I also have one short story I'd like to recommend, "The Egg and The Chicken", I just find it fascinating haha and there's an interview where she says she doesn't comprehend it very well, there are many essays about it. She was a fascinating writer and woman, once you start to try to understand her, you end up reading her entire work.

i love how cosy you are

I have been waiting for this video for weeks! 🤣🤣 i love it 🤣 currently watching/listening to this while I read Dante’s inferno 🙂

I love these videos as they inspire me to read more and enjoy my quiet hobbies. I rarely read the comments of videos, but I am appalled at how many hate comments are on here. It’s sad to see how insecure some of you are that you feel the need to take time out of your day to comment hateful things about someone you don’t even know. I love your videos, Ruby! I hope you don’t take any of the trolls’ comments to heart.

I've watched your progress for over a year and think you're doing great! I learned so much & do believe apparitions are floating in most libraries. Be quiet & aware of them.

I just LOVE your annual wrap up😍✨️🩷

Your videos have brought me a lot of joy lately. I follow you since 2016 I think but I only watched your videos from time to time. Now I see them every day. thank you for being yourself. you are very inspiring. (and sorry for my bad english😅)

I was so excited to see some Brazilian literature on your list. I'm Brazilian myself, so I do read a lot of works by Clarice Lispector. Personally, the novels I liked best were "Near to the Wild Heart" and The Passion According to G.H. But she also wrote tons of stories, which are lighter and faster readings.

thank you for all the inspiration ❤

I love the variety of literature you read. Wonderful.

Well, I think for this I need to sit down, listening with full attention and take notes. Let's go!

I was looking forward to this.☘️How do you look for the next book to read?Do you actually go to bookstores, or do you look for something on the Internet?

I would love to watch you talk in depth about the books that moved you the most!

I can't believe it's time for this again! Seems like I was just watching your 2022 books read.

Thank you for the long video. It's always fun to see what other people read.

Great Job Ruby. Just stumbled on your videos. It has inspired me to double down on growth

I always love a book review video. I welcome long video for book review, the longer the better.

I finally watched this video! Yes, excellent books this year, Ruby. I've added almost a full page of recommendations ^-^

I love these videos because I can find books that I want to read throughout 2024 because I can hear your opinion on them thank you for being you I love your videos don’t stop❤

1) would totally watch longer videos of you talking about books!! 2) also wanted to live night circus and could not even with the story. But beautiful descriptions

Hi Ruby, I'm an English major and I am studying Brittish literature right now, this list has given me some ideas for extra reading! Really liking your videos lately. I LOVE William Blake !!

Ruby, I recommend James’ The Princess Casamassima, and, if possible along with Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent. These texts feel hauntingly prescient, and James’ prose style is more Victorian leaning in this novel.

I took the White Book as a recommendation from you and it was my fav of 2023! Thank you

girl we need a study with me in any of the oxford libraries xx

loved this! ☕️🌟

Wow, nice long vid Ruby, thank you. Love your poise and enthusiasm. I hope you're making time to see Shakespeare performed as well as reading it.

I am so excited for this!! You don’t even know!!! ❤

Love your book reviews. Well done! How do you read a book that you really don't like? You have more patience than I do.

There's something comforting after a long day when you hear 'Hello it's Ruby' in a long video.

I adored the writing in Kate Chopin's The Awakening, and related to the character. If I had read it in my early 20's I might have responded differently, but in my mid-40's the book really hit me.

Some excellent recommendations! I really have to look into the whole books as physical objects topic, very fascinating! My goal for 2024 is to get a hammock for the garden so I can read outside in comfort more :D

Ruby, have you read the Harvard Classics? If so, can you do a review on it?

Loved this video and added several to my reading list! Very enjoyable to listen to you talking about the books while cooking on a weekend! For Clarice Lispector, I explored two of her works last year, The Passion According to G.H. and Agua Viva. I would say The Passion According to G.H. is the better one to start with for Clarice. It's a very intense, peculiar piece of work, and could be regarded as a novel about existentialism!

Hi ruby as usual repeating the same thing ur videos are informative. preparing for any competitive exam...when you are out of college...will you advice something what productivity tips are there from your bucket?

as a brazilian, I was soooo happy that you’ve read Clarice!!!!

Oh my goodness, this is the first time I've heard anyone else mention The Glittering Plain! I found a copy in a used bookshop in Edinburgh a couple years ago and I bought it because I DO study Victorian medievalisms and I'd never heard of it. But I agree that, as a narrative, it's not the most compelling, though as an example of Victorian medievalism, I think it's fascinating.

Awesome Ruby 😊😅🎉🎉❤❤❤

I read Agnes Grey in 2023 too and I really loved it ❤. It's one of my favorite novel now 😊

I’ve been watching this day by day and I was sooo happy to see that you’ve read Clarice Lispector. I’m Brazilian and despite she was actually Ukrainian, her whole work was in Portuguese, our Portuguese kkk. If I can suggest something, there’s a book of her called Água Viva in Portuguese, which means jellyfish. I don’t know how they translate in English but I’m sure you’re gonna like it. It’s like a diary, with the unconscious in a open sky, fragments of love, poetry and a mix of feelings. Let me know if you find it and if you liked ❤

Oh my God, Ruby readed Clarice Lispector 😍😍😍 as a bazilian, I’m so happy!🇧🇷🇧🇷

Hello, Ruby! Love your videos! Talking about Clarice Lispector, I highly recommend “The Passion According to G.H”. It’s a very powerful, instrospective, beautiful, hard to read, but really really wonderful book. And if you’re looking to read more Brazilian literature, I would recommend a few authors like Machado de Assis, Carlos Drummond de Andrade (his poetry is superb), Lygia Fagundes Telles and Conceição Evaristo.

I had no idea that Georges Perec's book had been translated, really nice surprise to see it here (all of us French kids read it at some point :D), I love how your list is a mix of school related books and fun. I notice that I still have PTSD seeing Ishiguro's name after 20 years :D First book I read in English was Remains of the day (cause my English teacher wanted us to be sad I guess)

I start subscribing this channel today!I wish my 2024 could read as much as Ruby 🥳

Can't wait to watch this. I think it would be interest to see how you would react reading Mistborn. I think that you loving books that make you think and the lovely magic of classic books and poetry that feeds your soul with thoughts, feelings and ideas, adult fantasy is a genre that has all of that mixed with deep exploration of how humans react in different situations. Authors like Sanderson who like to focus on one mental health issue and just showcase how hard it is to live with it or authors like Erikson or Jordan that their characters are so real and so flawed and you are there with them seeing how they react to everything and feeling everything, crying with them on battlefields, crying with them seeing how bad war is, crying with them when life seems to be against then, crying with them when you see something so beautiful that you just cant help but cry of such deep emotions you are feeling, crying with happiness of overcoming so much, being so changed but still you. I had no idea this type of books existed and I really think everyone should experience these deep emotions at least once in their life. Realize how great stories like Wheel of Time, Malazan, the Cosmere or Realm of the Elderlings). These are stories that just stay with you forever because you go through every single emotion possible with them. You live from excitement to despair to faith and to glory. I think you would love it if you see it from that light and not just the plot light. And there are so many wonderful youtuber who then explore these topics and how incredibly beautiful they are. I was talking about Mistborn because it was my entry point to this and I think it is a good entry point. Not much different from normal fantasy we are used to but it opens the door for much more inspiring and moving books/series. Mistborn (starting with the final empire) not only has such an appealing plot that, though it can start a bit "just fantasy plot" it so quickly starts mentioning so many issues so relevant. From what makes a good leader to what does it mean to trust someone, from what does it means to be free and be happy to how can you move a population of people with no faith. The following books explore more war, a character with depression, why do we need knowledge from the ones that came before us, what can we learn from different religions, what is faith and do we need it?, is a good leader someone who does what the people want or what the people need?, how to love? how to trust? how to not give up when there seems to be no solution? how to fight the bad in life and in ourselves. And still, it does it so delicately and still, in such a simple way that is not even comparable to scopes like the whole wheel of time or even 2-3 books of Malazan. Series where you feel things you could never feel otherwise. You will take phrases and images with your forever. Those characters will be family to you. You will cry asking "why? why? why?", "this isn't fair!" but you will also cry smiling of how worth it it is. How beautiful moments are. You will cry seeing a single moment in the middle of millions of words. You will laugh with them. Be annoyed. And learn so much about yourself with them in the way. Again, I never imagined this type of genre existed. It feels like reading poetry in a plot. You are always questioning yourself and feeling so many things if you take the book that way. It is one of the most amazing things book have done to me because you join the amazing feeling of reading and getting lost in a world with the exploring yourself and criticizing that you have with poetry, philosophy, classics or even Realistic fiction like backman that is always making you think. I think if you give it some tries you will love how human these books are, ruby. And I am already so excited thinking of more people knowing this magic that was hidden from me and so many others. You will truly live a thousand lives as your own. And take them with you.

I read The White Book and The Vegetarian by Han Kang early this year. I had heard a lot of good things about Han Kang beforehand but for some reason I didn't dare to read her works. Now I have finally mustered enough courage to get into her and I only have one word to describe these two books : PHENOMENAL!🤩😍 Two other phenomenal books I have read this year so far are Almond by Sohn Won-pyung (I do LOVE Korean literature so much) and The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath☺️ I read Tuesdays with Morrie when I was in 9th grade and I loved it too! Another book by Mitch Albom I read at middle school was For One More Day, and it was the first book in my life to have ever made me cry🫣

Lola is cute! Can you curate your books into a written list?

Nice video. Do you read these on mostly digital platforms?

I would definitely recommend watching the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes movie! Very similar to what you said about the Queens Gambit, it's very much the book to screen. I think the actors were fantastic and the fact that it brings the music to life which is a big part of the book was so so well done ☺

Yeats is pronounced yates or yaytes (rhymes with gates) rather than to rhyme with John Keats

Hey Ruby, Just wanted to say, you are beautiful and doing an outstanding with your YT! Your channel is my all time favorite! I also had a request, I have seen how nicely you balance with mid term break with studies and relaxation. Sometimes it gets overwhelming to have that balance and we force ourselves to be productive. Sometimes vacations make us feel guilty of not making utmost use of time. If you could please talk about this in your upcoming videos, it would be of great help! Have a great day. Thank you :))

@Ruby, if Lyrical writing is your favourite kind, maybe you should read Kei Miller. I have read all his novels, essays and part of his poetry and his writings are a treasure that you would be happy to discover and cherish.

Would love to hear your thoughts on the Oxford novel All Saints! I am glad to have read it but feel conflicted about it

Have you ever read G. K. Chesterton's essays? I think you would love them. ("Heretics" and "The Defendant" are great! So clever, so funny!)

I recall that you love the book Little Women. Have you read March by Geraldine Brooks. It won the Pulitzer prize and is based on the story of the father from Little Women during his time in the war and then when he goes home.

Recently I watched a video from two years ago of yours on letter writing and other bits, you mentioned the book "Art of War" and that you found the book let down your expectations of it. Might I suggest another book that combines both the scholar and warrior.... "The Book of Five Rings" by Miyamoto Musashi.

Ruby love your book videos as always. I would like to recommend a book called If we were villains by M.L. Rio, it's a dark Academia novel based around Shakespeare students you might enjoy it.

Hi ruby! Im brazilian and i love clarice lispector's work! I would recommend "hour of The star" or "agua viva", but its definetly worth it trying to read her again! Love your videos ❤

I bought myself a copy of "The Lost Spells" and I absolutely adore it. It's the first poetry book I have bought, and I just love it.

I've been reading the same book for three weeks and Ruby read over 100 on the last year! Lol

Ruby, do you have a Goodreads?

When I was starting my PhD program a professor gave me an exercise. He said make a list of all the books you want to read. These could be academic, biography, fiction, essay collections, etc. Then he said add to that list new books you hear of in the next 12 months and want to read. The list he said will be endless. You will never be able to read all the books. And of course the list continues to grow beyond that because there are always new books you want to read. He was correct. It is a never ending list of books to read, most of which I will never have enough time to complete.

Ruby, Have you read the Last Lectures by Randy Pausch? It's about a computer science professor who is dying of terminal cancer. His lecture is about achieving your childhood dreams. It is a fantastic and heartbreaking read.

Anne Bronte is my #1 Underrated Writer. I love her ability to paint really scathing pictures of certain types of people. I want to ask if you younger readers, Ruby and followers, have read Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh. We didn't say Young YA when I first read it, but I still love it as an adult. It is at its heart a book about becoming a writer, wrapped in non-conformity and friendship and observing the world. Try it out! And also Bronte.

What do you think is the average book size she read over the year in page number?

Ruby if you want to read a good book of Henry James, read Washington Square, because it is so good. And read "the middle years", because it is the story Truman Capote and others writers always quote.

I know you love books set in Venice, so I thought you might enjoy All the Lost Places by Amanda Dykes. It’s very atmospheric.

Wow, I love it,✨✨.

she is totally an ISTJ

Ruby do you ever read autobiographies?

As an Irish person, I found your review of Clare Keegans novel quite bland, as the book deals with the abuses of the Catholic Church which Ireland had struggled with. I feel you may have missed the books premise.

Hi Ruby! I wanted to say that Gallant from V.E. Schwab is also such a great book! Maybe you are interested in reading it📖🍁

I can never quite understand why someone is not in awe of Henry James' style and prose. The elegance of his sentences is breath-taking, the psychological depth of his novels is staggering. Maybe try reading 'The Portrait of a Lady'- this is a novel which never ceases to move me.

You are so eloquent taking about books - i want to do a Lit degree and you’ve inspired me to do so🩷🫶

29:10 I love the idea of Hamnet: “Shakespeare, behind the scenes” or “Shakespeare, by those who knew him”. 33:33 Listening to your description, that book bears striking resemblance to the life of Louis XIV’s infamous mistress, Madame de Montespan. She was so scared of death that she regularly took part in (extremely gruesome) devil worshiping sessions, in the hopes that it would grant her eternal life (it did not). 50:30 Voltaire was the quintessential thinker of the luminaries (“Lumières”), but he had a high opinion of himself which made him arrogant at times. He game himself an aristocratic name (de Voltaire, even though he was born Arouet). A French aristocrat once confronted him on that fact, and he replied: “My name begins where yours ends!” 57:30 The Merchant of Venice is my favourite of Shakespeare’s plays (I haven’t read half of Shakespeare’s plays). But you can tell Shakespeare wasn’t a maths person. Shylock keeps talking about his interest rates, without ever giving an actual number. I was dying to know! 1:11:30 This is so interesting. It’s true that we hear about autism in boys more often than autism in girls (I remember the film x + y), but we know so little about psychology, and so little about autism, yet we know how different boys and girls are genetically (literally XY or XX). There’s probably a lot of deduction work to be done here just by comparing the two. This could be a treasure chest of psychology! 1:13:05 I remember: “We locked ourselves in a van to read Holly Jackson’s new book.” It feels like a generation ago, even though it was just a year. I cannot begin to fathom how I will feel a year from now, or what the world will look like. But I feel change, and as much as I value facts and logic, my intuition is rarely incorrect. It leaves me with the Bob Dylan song “The Times” playing in my head (half playing). That song is from 1963, when tremendous change was at hand. Perhaps it is time for the world to come full circle…