"did I finish this book, or did this book finish me" is the best 1 sentence review to ever exist for a little life.

Why is Jack literally the only person I trust for book recommendations?

May I say just how much I envy your passion? I used to be a bookworm as a child and young adult, but kinda lost it in recent years. I still read but it's hard to regain this hunger for books I used to have. It's channels like yours that remind me how exciting reading can be and help me keep trying to re-discover it, so thank you.

Piranesi is just breathtaking. EVERYONE must read it and yes you're supposed to feel a little confused at the beginning so keep reading.

Few video ideas: 1)What Emma Watson reads 2)All the books mentioned on F.R.I.E.N.D.S 3)Reading books recommended by your subscribers 4)One book from every genre 5)Only reading translated book for a week 6)What Jisoo from Blackpink reads 7)Books about religion 8)Biographies and Autobiographies 9)Celebrity lifestyle part 2 10)How different your life is in Paris and in England. 11)What Elio from Call Me By Your name reads 12)1 Book from every country 13)Literature you enjoyed as a child

Just finished 'Wealth's Loyal Companion: The Uncharted Path to Prosperity' , it's a game-changer. It's more than money talk - it's about shaping a rich life in every way. Real stories, practical tips, and eye-opening insights. It really shows how discipline and learning can change your life. Totally recommend it!

Couldn't look away from this video - it's got me hooked! And if you're into captivating stories, ''The Hidden Truths Of Wealth' is a must-read. It's packed with suspense and intrigue, just like this video. Head over to 'Borlest' to grab your copy and dive into the excitement!

Timestamps! Here are the books lovelys

This man knows how to sell a book better than anyone I've ever seen. He's so good at explaining books and I get half my boom recs from him!🥰

I started reading Piranesi in the morning, ended up having to talk a half day off work because I couldn't put it down. Every page made me more and more fascinated to uncover what the story was really about. It's such a small book too, anyone should give it a go :)

I would 100% sell my soul to read 'My Brilliant Friend' by Elena Ferrante for the first time (translated from Italian). Never in my life have I experienced such a tender and heartwarming portrayal of two young friends. It is complex, beautifully written and really gives a voice to growing up in a small community. Brilliant.

i'd sell my soul to read "a thousand splendid suns" for the first time......i have read many books but i always find myself thinking bout' this book. It is one of those books that leaves an imprint on you for a very long time.

I typed in “Dong of Achilles” into StoryGraph and Goodreads when I read it and it still one of the funniest moments of my entire reading life

Currently reading Piranesi at the moment and I'm even more excited for it now hearing what you had to say about it

The Midnight Library is a book that I wish I could read again. It was one of those book that teaches you something and really makes you think about your own life and the regrets you might have. I really wish I could go back and read it again for the first time.

✨timestamps✨ intro - 0:01 - 0:40 skillshare ad - 0:43 BOOK 1 - 1:47 (Death of a Salesman) BOOK 2 - 3:02 (Piranesi) BOOK 3 - 4:22 (Never Let Me Go) BOOK 4 - 5:03 (Home Fire) BOOK 5 - 6:12 (A Little Life) BOOK 6 - 7:30 (Earthlings) BOOK 7 - 8:56 (The Picture of Dorian Gray) BOOK 8 - 9:27 (A Good Soldier) BOOK 9 - 10:17 (The Talented Mr. Ripley) BOOK 10 - 11:00 (Misery) BOOK 11 - 11:39 (The Bread The Devil Knead) conclusion - 12:30 HONORABLE MENTIONS - 12:47 to skip all ads in the video - 13:25 🦋

dude. i've been in such a reading slump (like i havent finished a book in a month or so) so anyways hopefully this helps lol

I'm not so much into reading, even though I love your videos, and I still didn't finished it, but Dracula is being one of those books. It's so well written and so terrorizing, and that part about the Demeter log and all the ship chapter is so, so good. I know that when I finish it I will want to forget it just to have the experience again!

Something I really love about Jack is that he truly appreciates and enjoys all genres and styles of books. His love for ALL literature makes me trust his suggestions a lot.

Honestly, Jack's reviews are always sooo good, he's the only bookworm with this incredible capability to make any book sounds so appealing, so delicious, like my tbr list is crazy long now because of him.

TIMESTAMPS: 1:47 *Death* *of* *a* *Salesman* by _Arthur_ _Miller_ 3:01 *Piranesi* by _Susanna_ _Clarke_ 4:21 *Never* *Let* *Me* *Go* by _Kazuo_ _Ishiguro_ 5:03 *Home* *Fire* by _Kamila_ _Shamsie_ 6:12 *A* *Little* *Life* by _Hanya_ _Yanagihara_ 7:30 *Earthlings* by _Sayaka_ _Murata_ 8:55 *The* *Picture* *of* *Dorian* *Grey* by _Oscar_ _Wilde_ 9:27 *The* *Good* *Soldier* by _Ford_ _Maddox_ _Ford_ 10:16 *The* *Talented* *Mr.Ripley* by _Patricia_ _Highsmith_ 11:00 *Misery* by _Stephen_ _King_ 11:39 *The* *Bread* *the* *Devil* *Knead* by _Lisa_ _Allen-Agostini_

I just love how your recs are so different than everybody else and how well you express yourself! Thank you for that!

“S” by JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst. It’s formatted as this old novel called The Ship of Theseus that’s being passed back and forth between two modern readers, Eric and Jen, who have conversations in the margins. Eric is a former PhD student in literature whose thesis was on SOT and Jen is a lit major about to graduate. It’s a story within a story with so many layers of mystery and filled with puzzles for the reader to try solving.

Out of Context Jack Edwards: “…and in my reading everyday, I chose suffering so I loved this book.”

just here to add more emphasis on reading trigger warnings for “A Little Life”. it could really really ruin your mental health for a long time. if you’re afraid your trigger might be in it, it probably is. please be careful with this book! it is wonderfully traumatizing.

Whenever I need a new book rec I always come to your videos Jack. Your analysis but also wit makes your videos so original

Read Piranesi after watching this video, and I'm so glad I went into it with just the little bit of context Jack provided. I think it may be my new favorite book! so so enchanting and enrapturing.

YES Kazuo Ishiguro! “Never Let Me Go” is one of my favorite books. I also really loved “The Remains of the Day” and “Klara and the Sun” (his newest release).

Books that make me want to time travel just so I can read them again: -Pope Joan by Donna W. Cross -Castillos de Cartón by Almudena Grandes -Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie -Reunion by Fred Uhlman -A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini -Chess Story by Stefan Zweig

I love how sayakas muratas work shows 2 sides of the japanese society: the cousins who could fit in but choose not to (earthlings) & the woman who just doesn't fit in but really wants to (convenience store woman)

Ahhh! I rarely read, and I admit, you. Caused me to photograph every book cover, and so, I believe I am about to begin a journey in 2023, as I sit still and walk though the literary mirror. Thank you! I will let you know which I love most!!

Me having the most important exam of my life tomorrow Jack posting a new video: Me : let's watch it

I absolutely adored Daughter Of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor and would just love to be able to re read it for the first time again. I usually do every 2 or 3 years, but of course, I already know what happens. The entire trilogy is completely unforgettable!

Personally, I would literally sell my soul to read: The Shadow of The Wind by Carlos Ruíz Zafón for the first time again. It made me fall in love with books and reading tbh

Jack!!!! So happy that you did this,, I literally just got off the phone with my mom talking about how we both wanted new (life changing) book recs!!!

If someone would asks me what my hobby is, I’ll tell them watching jack edwards talking about books

Jack you're literally the only person i take book recommendations from, so thank you for constantly feeding my love for reading ( and buying) books. you've helped out of many a reading slump

I absolutely agree with you about Piranesi! Such a unique and somehow very heartwarming book! I also absolutely loved Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell and The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

I personally liked reading Convenience Store Woman more than Earthlings, but I do love Sayaka Murata's writing. But my "I'd sell my soul to read again for the first time" book is Pachinko, by Min Jin Lee

Never let me go is my favorite book of all time. I get chills just talking about it. 100% would sell my soul to read it for the first time. And the remains of the day.

Jack! Such a great video and I was hoping A Little Life would make it on your list. I'm also an English major and I just finished reading the book a couple days ago and you explained it so well. Every sentence hits so deeply and painfully, and I also love how the characters get so much room to develop. Ah it's definitely one of my favorites now.

The correlation between books that makes you sob and them being your favourite is so real. 😭😭😭😭

Flowers for Algernon, DEAR GOD that book had me on my knees, probably my favorite book ever. I wish I could read it again for the first time 😩

Video ideas 1) Reading all of the books that Charlie reads in The Perks of Being a Wallflower (To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald, A Separate Peace by John Knowles, Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, On the Road by Jack Kerouac, Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs, Walden by Henry David Thoreau, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, The Stranger by Albert Camus, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand) 2) Reading all of the books that Charlie Spring loves in Heartstopper (The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Radio Silence by Alice Oseman, I was Born for this by Alice Oseman, The Iliad by Homer, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Alex in Wonderland by Simon James Green, Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman - these are mentioned as a part of the extra content in Volume 3) Also congratulations on 1 million subscribers!!!!!!!!

Two of my lifelong favorites are The Poisonwood Bible and Bean Trees, both written by Barbara Kingsolver.

Love that you included Piranesi!! Blew me away and I absolutely feel the same - I wish I could go back in time and read it for the first time again

“…and speaking of obsession…” followed by the mention of ‘Misery’ wins an Award for Best Segué 😂

Jack, I would like to send my heartiest congratulations on reaching a Million Subscribers! You deserve the world and all the love. P.S. Just when we thought you couldn’t be more unhinged, I saw the title of the video. 😂

Omg Piranesi is my favorite book!!!! Enchanting is the perfect word. Just incredible and I come back to it again and again. Never let me go is also very compelling and poignant and thought provoking. Love your taste!

I want to reread the entire Harry Potter series for the first time. Especially the first book because I saw the movie before I read the book. I want to go in with an entirely clean memory and experience the first Harry Potter book just like I did for the rest of the books

I completely agree with Piranesi, I was just blown away by it! I would love to be able to experience it again for the first time! Some of the others you've mentioned are on my TBR shelf so I will now be prioritising those! : )

The one book I would literally sell my soul to read again is "The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo". I love this book so much and how it shows the behind the scene of being a woman in the cinematic industry in the 50"/60". I cried so hard at the end, I've never cried that much to a book.

I relate so much with what you said at the very beginning the video!! Sometimes when a line or a scene impacts me so much and I love it, I would go back and read it again and I instantly have that feeling of regret that now I can never have that same feeling of reading it for the first time because now I know what happens! Oh that is so strong!!! Therefore, I totally get what you meant. You’re not alone!😎👍🏻

my TBR list just extended and thank you for the special mention of the last 3 books i love them with all my heart and would sell my soul to read it!!!!!!!

All of these books are hitting my To Read List because 'Jack Verified Books' are the answer to reading with perfection 🤌

I have The Good Soldier in my cart for a while, immediately purchased it after I see you mention it in this video!

There's me just finishing a little life and hopping straight onto KZfaq to rewatch Jack's review, only to discover he has posted another gem of a video review. A little life is painful, heartbreaking and profoundly human in all its forms.

Your first recommendation 'Death of a salesman', your review made me tear thinking about his life, I don't know what the book will do. I think I should stick with thrillers as they have happy endings. I can't play like that, it hurts too much.

I usually don't leave comments in the videos I see but I feel such comfort watching your videos, I love reading but can never get to the point of transforming it into a daily habit, hearing how you articulate so beautifully your thoughts and emotions about these books makes me want to read so badly. Plus, I like to spend a lot of time alone and have felt a weird shame about it before, but you show me how exciting and rewarding it can be to spend time by yourself doing the things that you love. Thank you for these amazing videos, I absolutely enjoy your sense of humor and your passion for these books. Please keep doing this, I watch your videos while I cook and work and they make me very happy (P.S: I am writing down ALL of your book recommendations)

Cant wait for more recs! I love by your recommendations so this should be good :)

I read (and loved) Piranesi after seeing you recommend it on a previous video so I can’t wait to read the rest of these!

I just started listening to the Audible version of Piranesi based on this video. And omg it IS amazing. I was worried that listening rather than reading would be a degraded experience, but the narration is spectacular... the best I’ve ever heard on an Audible book, even by the same actor. I have just 3 hours left, and I’m pretty sure I’ll finish it today. Because I can’t stop. Thank-you 🙏

Thanks for sharing this is soo cool definitely wanna try some of these books!! You’re awesome keep reading everyone!!!

I'm so glad I watched this video, cause I've started reading Piranesi and I'm so confused I was actually planning to put it down. You motivated me now to push through these first few chapters. 🙂

Would read Anna Karenina by Tolstoy again! Was not the same before and after reading it!!

“Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency.” The way that all of the seemingly random plot threads come together at the end to explain the mystery is amazing, and Douglas Adams is at the top of his game with quippy dialogue, quotable lines, and insane ideas.

Can I just say that you’re the first KZfaqr that immediately erases my anxiety. Was feeling really anxious today and your videos have made me feel so much better so thank you .

one book i wish i could read again for the first time is 'a good girls guide to murder' by holly jackson because omg it was amazing. kind of wish i had annotated the book with my theories the first time!

I was about to study,but Jack's recommendations seem more important. BTW Congratulations on 1 million subscribers

From my first library card at five onward, most weeks I have read two books, sometimes three books. I am 76 now and my most memorable read currently is "Dear and Glorious Physician" by Taylor Caldwell. It's her masterpiece.

I love your channel. You’re so engaging when you talk about books and seem like a genuinely nice guy :)

My reading recommendations list is geting too long at this point, Jack! And my Bank Balance is crushed to pieces!!! Well done for hitting 1 million subscribers, your Jack-versers I guess

I'd definitely read 'the secret history,' by Donna Tart again for the first time if I could - it's absurd, with such complex characters and suspense drips off of every page (which is quite impressive for a 500+ page book) - I'd definitely recommend you reading it (and then while you're at it, I'd recommend reading the goldfinch after!)

A book that I absolutely adore is “Seven deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle” by Stuart Turton. It is fantastic and it kept me on the edge the hole read. It is fantasticky written and when I say the author thought about everything he thought about everything. There will be plot twists that you will not see comming. If you haven’t read it yet I strongly recommend it! Happy reading!

The Pillars of the Earth and its sequal World Without End are and will forever be my absolute favorite books, they are just so well written, every character is relatable, and Ken Follett has this way of making you root for the villain while still beeing horrified by their crimes that justs makes you so invested in the story. It’s frustrating at times, so satisfying at others, and I know they are big books, but it flows so swiftly, you’ll have finished the 1200ish pages in a matter of weeks. Also Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King, the suspense is just unbearable and the story is horrifying in a way that makes you unable to put away this book, I litteraly read it entirely in two days, and the night between the two was my worst night in a while.

i love how you covered a lot of authors with japanese roots here! as a japanese it’d be amazing to see a vid centered around Japanese books, i love anything by Kaori Ekuni and Mieko Kawakami

jack content is elite .

Thank you for all the recommendations! I loved the way you tell about the books without telling a lot :D

Man's Search for Meaning is without doubt a book I would love to have an opportunity to read again for the first time. The fact that it's a true story really puts everything in perspective - changed my perception of the world and real values, made me appreciate the little thing (which, of course, are not little at all). It will also break you and build you at the same time, which I believe is you genre :D And Viktor Frankl was an amazing and inspiring person with a very clear communication and a great sense of humor (even though the book itself doesn't really portray that, minding the theme), so it's truly a wholesome experience to have a book like that in your life.

I’M READING ELEKTRA RN TOO AND I LOVE IT!!! now a huge Jennifer saint fan because Ariadne was amazing too

„Beartown“ by Frederik Backman and „Us against you“ which is the sequel - that’s my list. I recommend those on a daily basis. It takes 50-100 pages to understand why but once you’re in… you’ll love it!

Jack, I just started watching your videos and I am very much enjoying them. This premise is one I also feel deeply -- to read my favourite books again, for the first time, what a gift! Thank you for your book recommendations. I also love Oscar Wilde and The Picture of Dorian Gray is one of my favourite books. Here goes some of my list (super difficult): Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, The Stand by Stephen King (can't name them all so let's just go with this one), A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, Away by Jane Urquhart, Wolf Winter by Cecilia Ekbäck, Stardust: Being a Romance Within the Realms of Faerie by Neil Gaiman, also The Sandman series by Neil Gaiman, Blindness by José Saramago (** this was the first book I read by him so I include it as the fave but honestly, every one of his books are amazing), the MaddAddam Trilogy by Margaret Atwood (but, her writing is incredible so read everything), Watership Down by Richard Adams, Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez, Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay, The Wicked Years series by Gregory Maguire, The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, A Wrinkle in Time Quintet by Madeleine L'Engle, The Piano Man's Daughter by Timothy Findlay, Stieg Larsson's Millenium series. I will stop now. Keep your recommendations coming!

Could not agree with you more about Piranesi!! Would really recommend for anyone looking for a good audiobook too!!

I have a lot of books that I could name here but I think the most shocking one was probably One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I'm from Argentina so that book was required reading for me at school and how shocked I was to see that I really enjoyed. It's a really mind twisting magical realism multigenerational story that I would pay to be able to read again for the first time. Highly recommend if you're looking to get into some latin american literature.

The Hearts Invisible Furies would definitely be on my list of book I'd love to read again for the first time

I just finished Piranesi. What a wonderfull book that was! Never have I thought a book could would make me feel so deeply and perceive such vivid images the way this one did. Thank you so much for making this video 😊

The Good Soldier!! You are probably the only person I know on Booktube who has actually talked about it. Or who I can find. I love, love this book. To me the whole book is about resentment. Granted there are other things going on, but to me the best way to describe it is resentful. And I revel in it. Thank you so much for talking about it.

I'd hand over my everything to read A Tale For The Time Being (Ruth Ozeki), The Thursday Murder Club (Richard Oseman) and Yolk (Mary H.K. Choi) for the first time again- these books still have me wrapped up in their pages even ages after reading them

I am currently reading Never Let Me Go. A book that I would definitely love to read again for the first time is Anxious People by Frederick Backman 😇

contemporary and classic recommendations in this video, love love love this 🤩

Great - my TBR just keeps getting higher and higher cos of amazing humans like you! 😫

A Little Life. God what a book! I read so much about it how it is so traumatic and makes everybody cry. I read into the trigger warnings (which if u consider reading this book please do) and over the course of a few months this book kept popping up, in my mind and on all my social media feeds. A little frightened I bought it and started it. And i was hooked from the start. Hanya’s writing is phenomenal. It is raw, it is real, it is fragile, it is frank. The characters in this book … wow. They are all flawed, some more than others but god you feel for them! During this book they become part of you. You know them (for 40+ years when you finish this book). I felt seen in this book, i felt hurt by this book, i felt shocked, I felt happy. This book took me to places no book has ever taken me. It made me uncomfortable at times for sure, but that is life, it is uncomfortable now and again. Most of all I appreciated and felt seen by the perspective of Worrying, caring, feeling intensely sad and utterly helpless when living with or loving a person with unspeakable trauma and demons that haunt the person you love. God this book. It will wreck you but it will teach you something(s) very valuable about life. I need to reread this book! This book is not for everyone and that is totally fine. If certain parts trigger you, do not put yourself through this. If you are in a dark place mentally, be kind to yourself and dont go there. But if you want to, i hope this book can have just as much of an impact on you as it had on me. ❤️

I actually get started again on reading books after a five year hiatus and picked the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo thanks to your recommendation and boy, I have to slow down reading it because I almost finish it in one night. I also have Normal People next on my reading list, excited for it. I'll definitely pick a couple of books from this list!

I would literally just read Never Let Me Go to have Andrew Garfield living rent free in my head. Also the song We Have it All by Pim Stones always reminds me of Death of a Salesman. I always remember the parts when Willy Loman would look at nature and yearn for it and I’d suffocate on tears thinking I feel the same. Thanks for the recs ❤

I love your book reviews and recommendations. I also love your vlogs and would love to see some of those. Thank you for being you

I was gutted the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo wasn’t on the list but making it an honourable mention made my heart happy, you have good taste 😌

I recently sold my soul to Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao. The plot follows a woman who basically sacrifices herself to the army to avenge her sister, but ends up as the no. 1 enemy of the state who just refuses to be killed. It's all about empowerment and overcoming shame and trauma and it's just so beautifully written it makes even the most awful scenes seem as gorgeous as a sunset. A masterpiece, absolutely incredible, what are you doing with your life, go read it NOW

This is my comfort channel. Something I watch while sipping the evening tea. Love the reccos!

Just found this channel. This is my lucky day. Perfect book descriptions...feeling the love and the passion from Jack, and also from the comments.

Mine is Neverwhere by Neil gaiman. The nonsensical vibes are just amazing, the characters, the allegories…. It’s just amazing