the 8 best books of all time (from someone who reads for a living)

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😭 what happened to your intro? it got copyrighted ://///
🤠 how old are you? 25!
📆 when is your birthday? 18th october 1998 (libra)
🎓 where did you go to university? i studied english at durham!
🔎 where do you live? new york city
💼 what is your job? book critic
🎥 what do you film with? lumix gh5 + canon g7x
👾 what do you use to edit? final cut pro

[stardust_and_stories]

jack is a literal comfort youtuber listening to him talk about books is the best thing ever

[lh]

I had the cutest talk with a bookshop clerk from Daunt Books in London where I asked her where I can find "Small Things Like These" and she got SO excited because its her favourite book of all time and she loves when costumers ask for it and we had such a wholesome and nice chat. Definitely under the top 3 best things that happend during my stay in London! I will never forget the pure joy and excitement she radiated while talking about this book

[natnaeltadesse]

I just love how passionately you talk about books

[andreitasheart]

books mentioned !

0:50 funny boy by shyam selvadurai
2:11 home fire by kamila shamsie
4:07 the prime of miss jean brodie by muriel spark
5:36 sula by toni morrison
8:02 homegoing by yaa gyasi
9:32 the handmaid's tale by margaret atwood
11:58 small things like these by claire keegan
13:20 open water by caleb azumah nelson

[chaoticmoviegirlie]

should I trust a stranger on the internet without questioning anything? no, but I still put all 8 books in my cart right away

[n.adiarosslyn]

i read the handmaid's tale in my first year of uni and it absolutely sEnt me into a spiral when i read the historical notes. the fact that the whole book is pieced together from a male's perspective, so it had the potential to not have happened in that order. so. many. layers. atwood is a genius.

[Chopz_Art]

funny boy is one of my all-time favorite books. I really appreciate u for including that masterpiece to this video. Also, as a Sri Lankan I feel so happy to hear that u like Sri Lankan literature as you mentioned in previous videos. thank you 😊

[themindlessmess]

And for this reason, they all go on my wishlist! As usual! Every jack video lengthens my wishlist!

[jelliclesongs]

I read "The Handmaid's Tale" this year and I can say that it's now one of my favorite books ever. oh my god.

[lorithomasscott]

Both of Claire Keegan's books are this for me, you're so right, they're so subtle yet somehow so deeply impactful.

[icylillygachaz]

The first time I saw Jack recommend "open water" I thought"maybe not for me"
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I think Jack took that too personally bcz I've since lost count of the number of times he recommended it so am omw to get it now 👍

[alexisschroeder]

I’m currently reading the Handmaid‘s Tale, I started it last night and I cannot put it down. Easily one of the best books I’ve ever read and I haven’t even finished it yet.

[siobhanoconnor]

I read Open Water on your recommendation and your description is exactly it. One of the best books I’ve ever read, both for the glimpse into understanding another person’s reality, but also the lyrical / poetic style of the book. Just a beautiful (and heartbreaking) read. ❤️

[BottledSunlight]

I had to read and study Sula for my American Literature class (first year of uni in France) and it’s one of my all-time favourite books. The very last words were so gorgeous i had to close the book and stare at the wall for a few minutes.

[puciukutu]

the descriptions of the inner worlds of the main characters in Sula & the dynamics of their relationship is something I’ve never experienced in a n y other book. You go back certain pages to read them again and grasp it, mind blowing

[thehappyheartwanders]

So happy Homegoing is on here. I am constantly recommending that book to people. It is staggeringly beautiful.

[monicabreazu]

Just watching Jack's videos with Goodreads open and keep adding to the TBR list; watching it becoming longer and longer and thinking about when you'll have time to read all of them (my big problem/dilemma). Just because Jack has a way of speaking about the books that make you want to read and read and read and never stop.

[LennethValkyrie]

I actually read Small Things Like This, because you recommended it and I loved it! I already read The Handmade's Tale, so I'll definitely be reading all the other books hopefully before the year ends. Thank you so much for always bringing amazing books to my endless TBR list, lmao.

[macylightfoot]

The thing about Small Things Like These, for me as an Irish person, is how it acknowledges the brutality the Catholic Church inflicted on us, but it also holds a mirror up to the Irish people slightly spoilery The fact it ends with pretty much everyone he encountered sitting in mass was just a phenomenal gut punchy way of pointing out the hypocrisy of all these "good" Catholics.
Its just a fantastic book, that does so much in so few pages. I was delighted to see your first review for it being so positive and that the heart of the story carries outside of the lived Irish experience.

[jzrlt]

The love and passion this man has for the books he reads and loves is just so beyond me !! it brings so so so much comfort <3