the 5 best books i've read in 2021 (so far)

remember when you set that new year's resolution to read more? well, i've got u covered. these are the 5 best books i've read so far in 2021

[jack_edwards]

my favourite book is the uni-verse by jack edwards

[feedthecat]

I read 14 books this year already, compared to the 13 books i read last year. Booktube has just awoken my love for reading again and I'm so grateful to people who love books

[shailejanarain]

"I literally read for a living." Thanks for making me cry with jealousy

[ritika]

'The Song of Achilles' fans need to unite and have a rant fest together please 🥺😭❤ (one of my favs)

[prabhkiratsingh]

When I read the song of Achilles, all I can say is felt get every inch of patrocluses feelings as if I was in his body. I genius in writing. What an amazing author Miller is.

[dh]

✨Timestamps✨
1:24 Song Of Achilles
2:32 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
3:45 Kafka on the Shore
4:53 The Vanishing Half
6:02 Kim Jyoung Born 1982

[Phallyle]

Jack: "Murakami is... not the best at representing women. He pretty much represent women from..."
Me: "Their boobs."
Jack: "A male perspective."
Me: "That works too, I guess."

Uncarley said something like "I love Murakami and I will read his grocery list, but I will give my soul for him to stop writing women" and I felt that 😂

[annuclair]

Murakami wakes up in the morning and decides to reinvent misogyny 😭

[madeleine]

i'm honestly so proud of myself. i've been an avid reader for a decade on and off; last year i couldn't even get myself to read 10 books and this year i've already read 44 and i found so many new authors, genres and topics to read about. living in bookparadise this year haha 💚

[evie]

As a bisexual, the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo hit me so hard. It was incredibly powerful and meaningful to me and made me break down sobbing in front of my family.
The Song of Achilles is one of my two all time favourite books ever. Achilles and Patroclus have become such comforts characters to me and I have so much love for the writing of this book. It broke my heart into pieces in the most beautiful way possible and reignited my love for reading.

[celine]

i know this channel is absolutely made for me bc when you said “these books are absolute bangers” I had to smile bc I actually have a goodreads shelf that is literally called “absolute bangers” (and the song of Achilles has a place of honor on it)

[epi_vlogs]

My goal in life is to say "I read for a living" out loud and to have that be my reality.

I have faith that hard work pays off 👏🏼

[georgia]

“I read for a living”
THAT IS THE DREAM

[afiboshohe]

i loved how Madeline Miller and Taylor Jenkins Reid worked on the plot so well😭 These are the books i’d definitely re-read it anytime

[ERMqwertyuiop]

Kim Jiyoung Born 1982 is such an important book. It was important to not only hear about the things women go through, but also from a non-white perspective, and in particular an Asian perspective. It paints a different, but very real picture that I can relate to and don't hear enough about.

[thesebookdelights]

I saw Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and all I have to say is that that books broke me. I was literally crying on the floor at 3am over it 😂

[carlag]

petition for "I work in the publishing industry" to be the new "I'm and English Literature student" please and thank you 🙌🏻🙌🏻 sir you're my inspiration

[arandompersonontheinternet]

I read 21 books this year compared to like 3 last year and thats partly because of you Jack! Booktube really showed how interesting books can get, something our school education system couldn't. It's a shame many people around my age don't read books because they weren't even able to discover the right ones for them :(

[cerensilit]

can you do classic recommendations by countries like russian classics, english classics ...

[zebra-kp]

The 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo... like just wow. It really just changed my life. Almost convinced me I wanted to be a writer. People be out here really talented!