If anyone wants to look back on this to find a book: 02:06 - the seven husbands of evelyn hugo 03:13 - the adventures of tintin 03:31 - extremely loud and incredibly close 04:29 - the circle 05:49 - know my name 06:50 - notes on a crocodile 07:17 - the housekeeper and the professor 08:12 - let's explore diabetes with owls 09:05 - the secret life of bees 10:10 - one hundred years of solitude 10:42 - northanger abbey 12:18 - another time 12:32 - what i talk about when i talk about running 13:52 - a moveable feast 14:28 - anne of green gables 14:56 - man and superman 15:28 - call me by your name 16:31 - the midnight library 17:34 - to have and have not 17:46 - 84 charing cross road 18:22 - boy erased 18:47 - lana del rey's poetry 19:34 - ready player one 20:14 - papillon 21:06 - my year of rest and relaxation & dead poets society 21:58 - Thursday murder club 23:08 - i know why the cage bird sings (description at 23:56) 23:11 - letter to my daughter 24:17 - american dirt 25:09 - conversations with friends 25:49 - circe 26:22 - a little life 27:01 - klara and the sun 29:05 - night sky with exit wounds 30:34 (list of celebrity poetry he already reviewed in another video) 31:10 - confessions of a mask 31:45 - 20 000 leagues under the sea 32:08 - the karamazov brothers

I agree that movie covers for books is just the worst. I don't know why but i HATE it haha.

Hating movie covers on books is probably the most non-controversial thing ever. Honestly, at this point I wonder what idiots still print these, because I feel like every reader on earth avoids them.

As a Colombian, I can tell you that One hundred years of solitude is the pride of my country. Hope you like it Jack

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I have literally just realised...Jack in a box...jack in the books...cleverrrrr

That’s so sweet you bought that book for your GF and want to read it yourself to learn and understand the female perspective 🥺 we need more men like this!

I feel less lonely whenever I watch Jack anyone else feel this way? He just seems like such a nice person to hang around :)

Sooo... Jack is inviting us to bulk up our TBR list even though we already have like 100 books in it???... LOVE IT!!!!

Jack, I just wanted to tell you that your words for the memoir Know My Name " I actually think that, as men, we should be reading things like these" made me so proud of you, and wonder if only every man would think that way.

I'm equally sad and angry that math gets so butchered in school people never want to hear anything about it again, and it's actually a really fascinating and inspiring subject/field of science.

I loved this video! I'm so so glad that I found your channel today. Also, love that you talk about Jane Austen in present tense as if she is alive and well.

“I feel like Tintin was maybe slightly before my time?” The comics are from the 1930s, they were absolutely before your time, Jack, don’t worry

As the Spanish translator of Boy Erased (a little promo moment, haha), I really recommend it! It's really sad tbh, but still great.

Gabriel Garcia Márquez used to live down the street from my grandma's house in Mexico. His writing is like magic, hope you enjoy his work!

Jack: a literature graduate Also jack: "it will take me much longer than it tAkED him" XD

Wait how have we not had a vid about reading horrifically bad fan fiction yet, I feel like there’s so much opportunity there

jack is in his booktuber era and i’m loving it

I wish I had a friend like you who I could discuss books with. Your enthusiasm is infectious. 😊 Love your videos 💖

People can say what they want about the age gap in Call Me By Your Name, but no one can deny how incredibly well written it is

Jack has become a full fledged main stream booktuber🤣. I love it

let's see which books Jack will make me buy today

Have you thought about going on storygraph? You can put your good reads on there and then you get graphs and data on the books you’ve read. I still use goodreads because everyone else is on there but I am loving storygraph along side it

I just have to say that gabriel garcia marquez is not brazilian, but colombian... apart from that yeah 100 years of solitude is for sure a masterpiece! 😁 glad to see you picking up so so many books! Murakami is my favorite author ever so I am so happy to see you spreading the love!

Idea for a video: reading all the books recommended on emma Watson’s book club on goodreads?

“100 years of solitude” is undoubtedly a great book... but also a bit of a tough cookie if you haven’t read any magical realism before and if you haven’t heard about some of the historical events mentioned. My advice: - go online and find a family tree of the main characters. This is a must. Half of them have the same name, it can be very hard to keep track of who’s who. - read about the historical events mentioned in the book. Eg: the Banana Massacre (funny name for something actually terrible). - read “Love in the time of cholera”, also by Gabriel García Márquez. It is a great book too (I personally prefer this one by far) and there is little magical realism going on. Gripping and deeply moving

THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY IS AMAZING! it completely restores your love for life

hearing you say acapulco (which is in mexico, and where i live lol) was honestly surreal. also, i’ve been avoiding american dirt because i’ve heard of how badly it represents the situation here. let us know what you think of it and if it is really worth it, and if you can please research more about my hometown beforehand please do soo!!!

me: impressed that these are the only books on your TBR. I can’t relate 😩😅!!! You’ve got some wonderful selections though and I’m excited for your thoughts on them 🔥

so glad to know i'm not the only one who doesn't like movie tie-in covers

i'm halfway through a little life, and it is definitely not for everyone. it tackles such heavy topics that i had to pause for each chapter. it is heartbreaking and excruciatingly painful. it's not the kind of book you read just because you feel like crying; the hurt felt by the characters will pierce through you that you won't ever want to pick this book up again. please see the content warnings. though, it is indeed amazingly written - please be cautious if you are planning to read this.

OMG sameeee! That video of Call Me By Your Name last scene with Fine Line.... lovely, that's what I saw the movie at first place and got obsessed immediately. Hands down one of the best movie, and bet song

Am I supposed to be reading? Yes. Am I going to watch this video first? Yes.

same here, I hate movie covers on books!!! but the CMBYN one is acceptable.

Hey Jack, just so you know, Latin American countries are also referred to as “American” and many people from Latin America often become irate when the term “American” is specified to mean only the US. After all, the continents together are called the Americas. I’ve definitely made that mistake, but after studying abroad in the Caribbean and taking classes for my Latin American Studies minor I’ve learned how important this is to many people :)

I'm from Taiwan!!!! The fact that you're reading a book from a Taiwanese author brings me to tears!!!

i’m in the middle of a workout but idc this is more important

I just discovered your video on ranking celebrities poetry and wow I have been on a binge ever since! Gotta love how articulate and smart you are but then just completely chaotic in the next second. It's so refreshing 😂💛

✨Violet bent backwards over the grass✨ love it

This is the first video of yours I've watched and at the 6:30 mark when you said as a bloke you thought you should read "Know My Name" it was an immediate *Subscribe* for me. And having watched the entire video I have also added a bunch of the books to my tbr list, which is a bonus. Thanks!

Jack woke up and chose ‘broke from buying books’ for all of us. Thanks a lot 😂

I'm so glad this channel exists. I can hear you talk about books for HOURS

You make every book sound so good! I swear I literally have no time to read anything, but whenever you recommend a book and you talk about a book, I immediately wish I was reading it. I've had awful English classes which have taken my love of reading away, but watching your videos has started to help me "see the light" again. So thank you!!!

One of the things I miss the most about the UK is how cheap books were. Here in Chile books are expensive! I can buy just one a month, and only if I have some money left after paying all my bills, lmao. I love watching these videos, helps my anxiety, lol.

FINALLY someone saying what needs to be said about book covers

Hey Jack, if you read American Dirt, you should look into the controversey surrounding it. Among other things, the author called migrants at the American border a 'faceless brown mass', the barbed wire motif on the cover was used for things like manicures and table settings at book events, and there was a lot of objections around the book from Latinx authors

add "watering the soul" to your tbr!! its light and sweet poetry that speaks to the soul. absolutely love!!

AH! So many recommendations, I love it! I've gotten back into reading after years and years of dry-spell. I'm going to be roaming through the library to find these!

Since you talked about people asking you to read brazilian literature, I feel that as a Brazilian I should then recommend some titles: Dom Casmurro - by Machado de Assis; The posthumous memoirs of Brás Cubas - by Machado de Assis; The hour of the star - by Clarice Lispector; The sad end of Policarpo Quaresma - by Lima Barreto; The Slum - by Aluísio Azevedo.

Me, looking at 2203 books on my Goodreads TBR shelf: Yeah, I'm not planning to buy *all* of them. Or even read all of them. But it's nice to have a wide range of options to choose from

This guy is literally living the nerd dream and I am both jealous and inspired by it

The fact that you refered to Jane Austen as if she was still alive made me so happy. Authors never die. 🙏

I'd have to declare bankruptcy if I bought every book on my TBR lmao

Do you think he did an English Literature degree? 😂

The Circle creeped me out so much!! It's the kind of book that get's stuck in your head and I still think about that ending and just chills!

I'm so happy for all the success you have been getting! You have inspired me to start reading again, and I'm so excited for your videos!

Jack is slowly becoming a booktuber and I’m living for it

these videos are so entertaining, love it!

I have to say that I recently discovered your channel and I love your videos! Your enthusiasm for literature has awoken the bookworm in me that I thought was long gone. I used to think I should only be reading classics and "good books" which killed my spirit for reading. Recently I started picking books that always intrigued me or the coverage intrigued me and now I find myself reading everyday. Thank you for that. Now I can't wait for the next video!

The Midnight Library & The Thursday Murder Club were some of the best books I’ve read in a while! The Secret Life of Bees is one of my favorites.

I waited for Book Thief. I reccomended all of my friends and they literally fall in love with it. I belive you can like too.

I think dystopia definitely got me into literature too-when we were teenagers teen fiction was full of it after all 😅 I actually ended up writing my dissertation on Victorian feminist utopias, and it now makes so much sense that I was most fascinated by how the dystopian social systems were put together and how they were often presented as or started out as ‘utopian’ before going wrong and being challenged.

Omg I LOVE the secret life of bees!! And the fact that Jade recommended it to you makes me so happy as well

the show anne with an e is so SO good! It covers so many important topics and is also just amazing🥰

I can't contain my excitement when I saw 7 husbands of Evelyn hugo as the 1st book. I absolutely loved that 1

why did I laugh when you said pandemi lovato 😭

One hundred years of solitude is unbelievably enthralling and I couldn't put it down despite its length! It definitely made my train rides to uni a lot more enjoyable in 2019 (it's Colombian btw). Love your channel! 🤩

I love watching book videos on your channel because they motivate me to get reading, your enthusiasm/dedicatIon is infectious

American Dirt is the book that had a whole heap of controversy around it, I think? Something about appropriation or exploitation or something, I can't remember exactly, but people were definitely angry about it.

I'll patiently await the "where to get cheap/free books" video. I've just bought lots of books directly from Amazon, then later discovered Abebooks and I am mad about it.

So happy that your videos are getting monetized now!❤️✨I really enjoy your videos. My glory days of reading was so over years back. I find it therapeutic that you enjoy reading that much.

the Midnight Library is the first book I read in 2021 and it was SO therapeutic and philosophical and full of wit and it's just an absolute page turner! THE GO-TO BOOK when you're experiencing serious self-doubt and/or when you start second guessing what your life would be like if you had made another decision! I highlighted so many paragraphs and definitely will read it again!!! My first Matt Haig book was "How to Stop Time" and that book got me reading every single Matt Haig book I can get my hands on. If you like "Reasons to Stay Alive", you'll also like his "Notes on a Nervous Planet" (easy to read yet wisdom-packed!!!)

Jack if you want to read Brazilian literature I would recommend reading Clarice Lispector!! Her books are a little crazy and filled with weird metaphors, gives me Franz Kafka vibes! She’s originally from Western Ukraine, moved to Brazil when she was a baby with her family, due to the First World War.( hahaha like a lot of Brazilian families that are just made up of immigrants from wars all around the world ) Btww love your channel, amazing recommendations alwaysss - Brazilian journalism student, living in the UAE

32:22 That wobble is so satisfying. Love me a floppy book.

What a lovely person you are. Watching your videos is so wholesome and inspiring!

One hundred years of solitude is one of the best books ever. Every book I've picked up by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is just amazing. His writing is incredible, you find yourself easily wrapped in the story telling. I'm glad you got it and I can't wait to see your commentary on it

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Just read the midnight library ! I highly recommend putting it on top of your TBR 😍 Also, I have to say thank you, your book channel helped me getting back into reading this year and I’m looking forward for each upload!

Actually, Ruby recommended The secret life of bees to Jade and Jade recommended it to you. So, it still goes back to Ruby

I'm supposed to be on a Zoom call right now but priorities people!

Omg You gotta add The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami in your list. I also LOVE Murakami, and this book is so weird!! Its a collection of his short stories, and its just.. I just.. I cant. Just, just read it.

I just wanted to say, I seriously find you one of THE BEST Booktubers. You have such a nice taste in books I find really enjoyable. You don't just present the "mainstream" books most people in the booktube community already know of, but give inspiration for so much intellectual and interesting other publications.

You should try World of Books for secondhand books in the UK, Free delivery too!

The level of jealousy I had when I saw all of those books on the thumbnail... 😪❤

i really recommend Scythe by Neal Shustermann. its a fantasy futuristic novel with strong philosophical arguments. and its a fun read. great video, keep it up!

I've sort of been passively watching your videos over the last maybe two years, but Booktube-Jack is one of my favourite youtubers as of this past year or so!! loving all the book contend

I honestly have so many books in my tbr. I didn't need more but I loved it

Hey Jack! I've got another recommendation for you. It is translated from German. The book is Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

"and the russians just had so much to say" LOL it's all that existentialism

I loved what you had to say about Know My Name. I read it last year and it’s one of the most powerful books I’ve ever read. Thank you for wanting to learn more about the experiences of women. It’s more important than you know.

The Average Artist paints ontop of movie covers on books and it just makes me so !!happy!!

Jack, The Midnight Library is THE book to read - Matt Haig is just an amazing author so I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Ayyyy one hundred years of solitude is one of my favourites!!!

I am so happy that you bought Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close! I just finished rereading it this morning! It was one of my favorite books in high school and have reread it as an adult and I loved it as much as I had then 😊

The Midnight Library is amazing. I read it just before Christmas and it got me out of a massive reading slump (aside from the reading I had to do for uni). I’d never read Matt Haig before but I absolutely fell in love with that book. This was a dangerous video for me to watch because I’ve 100% just added half these books to my TBR list!😂

If you want more recommendations, I recommend All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (blind jewish girl during the WW2) and The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey (fairytale vibes). They are both ✨soft and mystical✨ and will RUIN you (sorry not sorry)

Music Magpie is a great place to buy used books! They're usually 5 for £10 and always in great condition. They sometimes don't have a lot of choice, but I've found some absolute gems on there xx

A video about were you buy second hand books and stuff would be great!

Maya Angelou's poems Still I Rise and Phenomenol Woman, are my absolute favourites!