best books of 2023

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Cassandra At The Wedding - Dorothy Baker 0:30
The Pumpkin Eater - Penelope Mortimer 3:17
Housekeeping - Marilynne Robinson 4:50
Poor Things - Alasdair Gray 8:06
White Oleander - Janet Fitch 10:58
Pew - Catherine Lacey 12:50 • pew - catherine lacey ...
My Work - Olga Ravn 15:43
The Trees - Percival Everett 17:54 • the trees - percival e...
Saint Sebastian's Abyss - Mark Haber 19:12
Cold Enough For Snow - Jessica Au 21:22
The Shards - Bret Easton Ellis 22:37 • the shards - bret east...

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21 июл 2024

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@jamhermann 6 месяцев назад

The algorithm's finally got me to the right side of booktube - almost everonye of these went straight to my tbr, thanks so much!

@fiddleleaffiction 6 месяцев назад

I had the same thought when this video was in my home feed - finally I can thank the algorithm for a new suggestion!! 🎉

@sophiareadsbooks 6 месяцев назад

Yay for the algorithm 🥰 thank you!

@AnastasiaR 6 месяцев назад

Saaaame. I've watched book tube for years but it's tricky because I read more literary fiction rather than YA. Just found this one and subscribing!

@sophiareadsbooks 6 месяцев назад

@@AnastasiaR thank you 🥰

@soulremedies 5 месяцев назад

sameeeee!! Yay!

@mattkean1128 3 месяца назад

Just started Saint Sebastian's Abyss and wanting to see who on RU-vid was talking about it. I see that and several books I loved or want to read!

@saltandchocolate 5 месяцев назад

Hi Sophia. I’m so happy I found your channel! We have very similar reading tastes and I’m super excited to explore all your videos. Cassandra at the Wedding is one of my favorite books and I’ve never heard anyone talk about it before. Looking forward to following you!

@TKTalksBooks 6 месяцев назад

Amazing list of books .. right up my street for sure.. so happy to have stumbled upon you today

@Ethan-jr3xu 6 месяцев назад

Great picks!

@WarningDontReadThis 6 месяцев назад

Love to see this kind of variety.

@soulremedies 5 месяцев назад

I'm so happy to have discovered your channel, we definitely have similar taste! I finished Gilead recently and loved it; very excited to read Housekeeping :) Also, White Oleander is one of my favorite books. Very intrigued by My Work, I haven't heard of that one before. Thanks for all the wonderful recs!

@ephrussi9765 6 месяцев назад

So glad I discovered you today. Great list of books. Thank you.

@bookpogo 3 месяца назад

This is a great list. I love your videos!

@benjaminjournal 3 месяца назад

sophia, so excited to have found your channel this morning !! we have super similar taste. loved this!

@maggiesreading 6 месяцев назад

hi sophia! love your videos- you articulate your book blurbs and opinions/perspectives so well. & always love your realness. happy 2024!

@sophiareadsbooks 6 месяцев назад

hi! thank you so much and happy new year! 🥰

@teneshaanderson4761 6 месяцев назад

I love the shards too

@judybrown1624 5 месяцев назад

Such an interesting list. I also liked Pew better than Biography of X. Loved White Oleander and The Trees. You've made me want to read them all.

@sophiareadsbooks 5 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@Rogerdoger-bh8sj 6 месяцев назад

Prob my fav booktuber ily

@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk 6 месяцев назад

I hope you have some great reads in 2024. Best wishes.

@NataliaKalinska 6 месяцев назад

I love how you talk about these books and articulate your views. I'm a non-fiction girlie, looking to read more fiction in 2024 so this was really inspiring to me! Thanks Sophia! ☺

@Rogerdoger-bh8sj 6 месяцев назад

Any recs?

@sophiareadsbooks 6 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@shaecorte 6 месяцев назад

new subscriber here! i struggle to find good lit fic youtubers so i was so happy to come across your channel, love your videos!

@Rogerdoger-bh8sj 6 месяцев назад

You have any recommendations? Would love to know

@Ihearbooks 6 месяцев назад

Loved hearing about the NYRB books. Always looking to explore these more. Have Housekeeping on my shelf--You had me looking for it and put it on my TBR pile (about to topple over). Everett has been on my list for all of 2023 time to pick it up. Great video. Read Pew for the BookTube prize and was not crazy about but boy does it stick. Thanks for your reviews.

@sophiareadsbooks 6 месяцев назад

Thank you! Yeah, I get why people don’t like Pew but I just found it so MOVING 😭

@booksluggg 6 месяцев назад

I first heard about Pew on an episode of Writers and Company- might be worth checking out if you haven't listened to the interview already. Recenlty read Ravn's the employees which intruiged me but didn't completely win me over- may have to pick up My Work next. Glad you showed up in my reccomendeds today!

@PalomaLima 6 месяцев назад

I recently discovered your channel (I was looking for some "The shards" review) and I'm loving following your readings! Several new books on my wishlist after watching this video 😅 Happy new year!

@sophiareadsbooks 6 месяцев назад

Thank you! Happy new year 🥳

@rayjones658 5 месяцев назад

Definitely choosing The Shards as my next read. It made sense to begin with American Psycho, but something about the Shards just drew me in. Gonna get it from the library.

@debracollier5453 5 месяцев назад

❤😊😊

@eyesonindie 6 месяцев назад

Absolutely amazing group of books! Housekeeping is one of my all time favorites. I first learned about it from a writing professor, so your academic reading comment makes sense. =) I also loved Cold Enough For Snow. Cassandra At the Wedding and The Pumpkin Eater have been on my radar, but I have SO many books from New York Review Books that I actually cut myself off until I can read through them all! (They often have great sales). 😅 Thanks so much for sharing this great list!

@sophiareadsbooks 6 месяцев назад

Thank you!! I feel you with NYRB editions.. they all sounds so good. Which are your fave?

@eyesonindie 6 месяцев назад

@@sophiareadsbooks Great question! I love Sylvia Townsend Warner...so those are definitely my favorites. I have Lolly Willowes, The Corner That Held Them, and Summer Will Show.

@Lindorm1 6 месяцев назад

I just stumbled in here looking for “best of 2023”-videos and saw Olga raven in your thumbnail. Love the collection of recommendations and was thinking “is it that she seems to have a Scandinavian taste in her apartment as well?” and then I saw that you are in Canadian-Swede in Sweden. So yeah, following for ,ore of this mix!

@sophiareadsbooks 6 месяцев назад

Thank you 🥰 What an eye you have. Happy that Ravn brought you here!

@heyelizabeth_ 6 месяцев назад

New subsciber here! We have a similar reading taste and the way you explain these books is so nicely articulated! (Hoping for you to post regularly :"))

@sophiareadsbooks 6 месяцев назад

Thank you 🥰

@ryanand154 6 месяцев назад

“Broken Broken Broken” by Amil Knight-Ray best book of the year.

@kaortega1120 6 месяцев назад

Great titles mentioned - I favorited a few and I have read a few others and really enjoyed them. I came across your channel and subscribed and look forward to returning!

@sophiareadsbooks 6 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@TKTalksBooks 6 месяцев назад

I think you should read Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein

@muertango 6 месяцев назад

about "Cassasndra at the wedding", maybe it means "gay" as in "happy"? since it's a little old

@sophiareadsbooks 6 месяцев назад

good thinking! but the character is very unhappy and self-destructive and it’s well documented that shes queer. I just liked that it wasn’t overtly pronounced like it might be in a book published today. thanks for watching 🥰

@carolinagbb 6 месяцев назад

Hello! loved this video, I wonder about how to get that Harvard list you mentioned?, couldn´t find anything in Google mentioning that book

@sophiareadsbooks 6 месяцев назад

Thank you! That’s a good question! I think I first heard of Housekeeping from @rebeccaeatsbooks. I can’t find the list either but it’s #47 on the top 100 list at Harvard book store

@Rogerdoger-bh8sj 6 месяцев назад

Brah I’m so excited to read the shards. I finished less than zero, rules of attraction, and american psycho recently. I want to read his work in order though that’s why I’m waiting to read the shards. I want to see his progress is the main reason why i want to wait to read it but man its so tempting. I do agree though, his writing is a form of art. Although AP did get too gross at times but i just skimmed the killing sections lol

@sophiareadsbooks 6 месяцев назад

I agree, AP was over-the-top but he commit to the bit!!! You’ll love the shards

@Rogerdoger-bh8sj 6 месяцев назад

i just picked up lunar park. have imperial bedrooms on order. less than zero was dope, so i def gotta read the sequel. @@sophiareadsbooks

@Rogerdoger-bh8sj 6 месяцев назад

I hope you’re healthy btw i think i remember you mentioning something about your health last video. Take care! Are you into nonfiction or any science books? Specifically neuro science

@sophiareadsbooks 6 месяцев назад

Thank you! I do read the occasional non-fiction (usually memoir) but sometimes psych books

@Rogerdoger-bh8sj 6 месяцев назад

i just read crying in h mart. and started wild. any recs?@@sophiareadsbooks

@leopercara3477 6 месяцев назад

Hello, Sophia. I love your videos. Since you like Ellis I wanted to recommend you three books that do kinda sorta the same thing as him. Almost Transparent Blue by Ryu Murakami The Sluts by Dennis Cooper Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr. Check them out!

@sophiareadsbooks 6 месяцев назад

Thank you and thanks for the recommendations, two I’ve never heard of!

@Rogerdoger-bh8sj 6 месяцев назад

@@sophiareadsbookshow about chuck P? You read any of his work?

@sophiareadsbooks 6 месяцев назад

@@Rogerdoger-bh8sj yes! Invisible Monsters is my favourite, I’ve been wanting to re-read it

@spexi513 6 месяцев назад

Pew had me in my feels- ie: I was super 😡 when they went to the doctor; agree Trees’ balance of humor w the subject matter made it digestible ; read White Oleander years ago and loved it & I recently added Poor Things to my TBR. Appreciate the thorough reviews 📖🪱💚

@sophiareadsbooks 6 месяцев назад

thank you!!! Pew had me tearing up at the very end. 🥹 Sad and frustrating book but such a hopeful ending..