Favorite Books of 2017! 

0:14 hannah : “ i think its fair to say that GLOBALLY 2017 was a struggle “ Me at 2020 : you think 2017 was a struggle ?

I don’t know if this has been said before, but I love, love, LOVE, your voice and the way you talk about books and reading. Most of my close friends don’t really read and it’s so refreshing to see someone else who feels how I feel. Thank you so so much for that because even though we don’t know each other, and you definitely don’t even know of me... you’ve started to feel like a friend and watching your videos is the highlight of my day

My top books: 1. The Night Circus (finally i read it this year. Such an epic novel) 2. Turtles all the way down 3. The hate u give 4. Eliza and her monsters 5. Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe. 6. The girl on the train

Hannah, I now covet every book on the list. I swear, if you were a bookshop saleswoman, I would buy all the books in the bookstore that you recommended.

My Top 2: The Sun is Also a Star Eliza and Her Monsters ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Im so happy that I have discovered your channel! I have discovered and read so many great books due to your recommendations. You are so incredibly well spoken, and you are one of the few RU-vidrs who I stop everything to watch every time you upload... Please never stop being you :)

i love watching your videos because i always know that i will enjoy the books you like so i take recommendations for new books from your videos

a lovely lovely video! truly enjoy when your videos are longer and i can just listen to your descriptions and plan my reading lists. you really are my fave person on youtube right now

Get you someone that looks at you the way Hanna looks at the books in the thumbnail😩❤️

ahh thanks you i have discovered victoria schwab. she is now one of my favorite authors and “a darker shade of magic” was truly enchanting. i felt like i could have read just kell walking around and i would’ve still been entertained.

I LOVE YOUR VOICE IT'S SOO SOFT AND CALMING 😍

Sense and sensibility has been my favorite Jane Austin novel for such a long time 😍 so happy to see others falling in love with it too

Yes to turtles! You just gave me so many books to check out, agh! I adore you.

You’re my fav! ❤️ Your reviews are so articulate and concise and literally make me want to read EVERYTHING you recommend! Thanks for being wonderful, Hannah!

That last part was really sweet, I could tell from the emotion in your voice that you meant it, and that your fans and fellow readers are what keep you going this excitedly about reading. I like how you didn't make it the prime moment in the video, it was just about what you knew your followers wanted to hear about, which is your favorite books from last year (god, is it 2018 already? I just want to sleep), and you took the chance to show your appreciation for the things that mean so much to you. It's one of the reasons I love coming back to your videos (you're one of the only few I can keep watching for a long time). It's just all very genuine and sweet. I hope you have a fantastic year, Hannah (hope I spelled that right), and for many more books to inspire and enamor you!

I love how much I can tell that these books are emotional to you by your voice and you're eyes when you talk about them

My top three books were probably all recommendation from your channel 😆 I literally had to buy a book shelf because I discovered Booktube this year.

I’m so happy for you! You’re almost at 100k!!

I was so excited when I saw you uploaded a new video! I love listening to you talk about your favorite books! You are one of the reasons I started making videos for booktube! You are so inspirational and give the best recommendations! I can’t wait to watch your bookshelf tour for this year!

Your love for these books is so perceptible, so beautiful. It's just delightful to hear you talking about them with the passion you do it. Continue to always stay true to yourself. 💖

I kust want to say you’re my favorite Booktuber and your voice is amazing and wow i keep binging your videos and i bough the night circus yesterday bc you always talk about it!

Hannah, you've really become my favourite booktuber! I love the way you talk about books and I can nearly always lean on the fact that I'll love the books you recommend! 💖

Yess it’s out! Was looking forward to this video. Also just watching you get emotional about Turtles All the Way Down made me emotional about it because I felt the same way reading the book. It was like reading about myself in one way or another and I’ve never felt that understood before. Can’t wait to watch your full review on it! 😊

Strange the Dreamer is PERFECT 💗

just a daily reminder that you're beautiful ❤️

So glad that you and emmmabooks are talking about the Diviners on your favourite lists!!!! I read the first on when it came out and my sister and I LOVE them!! Hopefully they get more recognition now that amazing ladies like you two are spreading the word 😊

my top 2! 1. Strange The Dreamer by Laini Taylor (SIMPLY AMAZING) 2. Heartless by Marissa Meyer

I'm so glad you made this! I've been holding off on reading a lot of the books in this video, but now I want to go read them all right away because you're one of the people I trust the most when it comes to opinions on books. I hope you have a wonderful new year and I'm so happy for you that you found such wonderful books to read.

Ahhh the feels at the end 😭 was not prepared. Love you and your channel so much 💜

Thank you for such amazing book recommendations! You are a big help in rekindling my love of reading again. Thank you!!

Yes! Thank you for talking about Shadow of the Wind. I kept nodding and mentally cheering as you revealed so many of my similar favorites and I can't wait to read the few I haven't read that you mentioned. I also struggle with generalized anxiety disorder and I appreciate you talking about it :)

I loved Turtles All The Way Down! I myself don't suffer from mental illness so it's not like I can say how good a representation it was, but it was a brilliant book and my favourite John Green novel so far. I especially liked his ability to deal with important topics like mental illness with respect whilst still writing a lighthearted story with interesting characters that are more than their illnesses but aren't perfect. Great video!

omg what u mentioned a spanish book (a GREAT spanish book for that)!!! First time this happens since i've been watching booktube - my parents love the book & so does my best friend, also my grandparents lived the civil war and I love anything that talks about that time so WELL pumped to pick it up :)

Hannah you are the absolute sweetest

You are so amazing. I love how real and genuine you are ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ Great list and I need to add a lot of these books to my tbr

I'm one of these people that doesn't like to read books about their problems or books that are about things they're struggling from ,I like to forget about my problems/struggles and read about something else that makes me feel I'm out of reality and that make me feel I belong to their world and not my actual world ya know what I'm saying? But I feel it's good sometimes (not all the time) to read something that you can relate to,so I get what you're feeling about"Turtles All The Way Down" . Great video btw :)

The way you are able to describe a book makes me question how anyone could possibly dislike it ❤️

I know this video is about your favorite books, but generally, when I watch your videos, I always feel like I want to hear more about both the pros & cons of a book rather than just focusing on the pros. I LOVE your channel so much!

I discovered you at the end of 2017 and I'm so glad I did! You were the reason my 2017 got a slightly bit better towards the end :-) so thank YOU!!!

Your voice is so, so soothing. I could watch your videos for hours hahaha

I love listening to you, your voice and way of speaking is so inspiring and calming

Ahh, the feels when you can stop rewatching the old videos to get a daily dose :O And a long one at that!

I love your videos!!! They always make my day brighter!

Also I really wanted to thank you for the last year. On some days were I felt really bad I used to watch your videos and listen to you talking about all of those books. It really helped me a lot. Thanks to you I found a new favorite book which is Aristotle and Dante ... . Thank you so much and I really look forward to this new year. You are such an inspiration to me :) You are such an beautiful and an gorgeous person. I wanted to share with you a quote from a book I read in German class which is just so amazing: You don't have to understand the water, to jump head forward into it. ( probably bad translation). Hugs from Germany. Antonina

Amazing haul as alwaysss also that makeupp that matches with your favorite trilogy's aesthetic😂💕🙌🏻❤️

DON'T MAKE ME CRY, HANNAH (re: your closing message). I'm so glad I stumbled upon your channel this year. You're one of my all-time favourite RU-vidrs across all RU-vid (books, art, beauty...) and you've reignited my love of reading. I can't express to you how much that means to me. Thank you for all of your videos, your kind words, and your positive energy. I look forward to a whole new year of content from you. Much love, from New Zealand.

I’m so glad you finally read the Shadow of the Wind! It’s my favorite book. I finally read your favorite, The Night Circus this year and it is now one of my all time favorites. I’m glad we swapped top favorites this year! It was wonderful meeting you at BookNetFest 😀

Eliza and Her Monsters was in my top 5 favorite reads this year! It was soooo good. It was my first contemporary book and I’m so glad I read it. Great video!

I read the first 2 books in the Darker Shade of Magic trilogy, and loved them! I plan on reading the third one soon. I also read Lord of Shadows and Loved it. My top favorite book of 2017 was either Warcross or Tower of Dawn.

My goodness, I was not prepared for all of the emotions at the end of this video! You are one of the best booktubers out there, I look forward to every single video you put out. You are such a beautiful and amazing person 💗 2018 is going to be so good to you!

The way that you talk about Turtles all the way down is just....fantastic and so emotional!

you're my favourite booktuber ever!! keep up the good work 💜 (I feel so bonded with you over our mutual dislike throne of glass)

Hannah, I've been silently watching you for a while and oh my, I never thought I'd find anyone who loves and feels so deeply about books as I do until I found you and your channel! I'm so curious to check out all the books you mentioned in this video! Also, the way you talk about them... IT'S A KILLER!! It's the way I talk about them to people, it's a passion we can't contain! My favorite book of 2017 was One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus, a YA mistery novel. It ressonated with me so much, I was able to link myself to these characters in a way I hadn't done in so long. It was so good and intriguing I had to pull an all nighter to finish it! ... And cry a lot in the process because I connected with one of the characters so, so much. If you like books with great and visible character growth, I think you'll like this one! Hope you have tons and tons of success in 2018!! Much love from Portugal 🇵🇹

I truly appreciate the time you share to talk about books, I look forward to the videos you post. 2017 was a rough year and I only managed to complete 1 book, House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. My goal for 2018 is 12 books and I am up to a good start. Thank you for encouraging me to read again.

gurl, your lipstic is on point! Love the color

The way you feel about Turtles all the Way Down is exactly how I feel about Thirteen Reasons Why. I've added Turtles to my tbr because of your review!

I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL SO MUCH

I love watching videos like these because most of my friends are not huge readers so I love someone who gives great reviews and in depth what to look forward to. Books to read in 2018

Wow! We have such a similar taste in books!! I love that I found your channel!

Love your videos and definitely checking out some of these books this year! My top 3 of 2017: 1: How to stop time - Matt Haig 2: Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom 3: The Gentleman's guide to vice and virtue

*adds the shadow of the wind to my tbr because damn i definitely need to read it*

I really do enjoy listening you, your thoughts, opinions. You are giving me that fuzzy cozy feeling

I think you are now my favorite booktuber. :)

Turtles all the way down was THE best book of 2017. It was my first read of December and I'm going to reread it in the following weeks ❤️

you are such a positive goof ball and love your book recommendations 💖🙌

I add so many books to my tbr from your videos!!

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

Thank you for posting this and for telling us about these good books! My favourite book of 2017 was The Book Thief. The kids are so precious and I cried so much at the end. A close second book is The Night Shift. I had to read it for one of my classes but I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. It's more of a memoir rather than a novel, but it was so interesting and it showed a fresh perspective on doctors and the ER.

I see an amazing edition of ADSOM behind you that I now need. 💕💕💕

I'm so happy you loved An Ember!!! I also read Ember for a school project, and fell in love. Definitely one of my favorite books of the year! I also loved Strange the Dreamer, so magical! And although I don't struggle with anxiety, I too could relate to Turtles, which made it one of my favs. Thanks for the video!!

So many awesome books! I don't read very many contemporaries, but you've recommended so many awesome books here that I think I'm going to have to add to my ever-growing TBR list haha!

You were the first booktuber I ever followed!! I always look forward to watching your videos. I have been hesitant to read turtles all the way down because I have anxiety as well and I am nervous about reading it but I think I should give it a try!

I AM JUST ABOUT TO START A CONJURING OF LIGHT AHH! Great video, I love so many of the books you love (so happy to see that you included a Spanish author 😄)

I bought The Shadow of the Wind a few months ago and you've really made me want to read it. I'm going to read all of Austen this year and I'm starting with Sense and Sensibility, you made me excited about that too! Great video!

I love to hear from others about the Diviners!!! I loved it so much! What an accomplishment you read the two other books already, what!

Strange the Dreamer was my number one favourite read of 2017! ✨

I'm glad you did this video, lots of books now on my TBR!

Eliza and her monsters is my favourite book EVER !!!! I LOVE the relationship between her and Wallace. Plus I have anxiety so i related to it just like you and honestly watching your videos where you openly talk about your anxiety makes me feel less alone, so Thank you x (I feel like that was really cheesy 😅 sorry) Amazing video queen ❤

I have only just discovered your channel (why so late? why?!) and I am watching your videos obsessively! I feel like we have really similar taste in books and I'm now making a list of all the books you recommend and which I haven't read yet. Thank you so, so much for making these videos! They're now making the world a better place for me:)

This was such an awesome video full of great info u make me want to go out and get all of these books

I have the Shadow of the wind in my shelf because of you and I'm gonna read it this year!

You convince me to read everything you love and I seriously love it. So many of the books I love I’ve read because of you and the ones I haven’t gotten to yet are at the top of my TBR.❣️ i also love The Upside of Unrequited, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, Turtles All the Way Down, Lord of Shadows, and The Hate U Give!!❤️ AND I ADORE THE EMBER IN THE ASHES SERIES WITH MY WHOLE HEART words cannot express how fantastic of a fantasy series it is (you convinced me to give it a second chance bc the first time I read book one I liked it but wasn’t blown away but I was the second time and continued with the series and am so grateful) love you❤️

thank you for highlighting the diviners series. i also discovered it in 2017 and HOLY COW IT'S AMAZING in every sense of the word. even though it's set in the 1920s the issues discussed are so relevant today. I agree with everything you said about it. hopefully more people will pick it up

I really love an ember in the ashes and Eliza and her monsters. I read them both because you recommended them. Thanks for always giving me the best books to read !

Thank you, THANK YOU for reading the names in The Shadow of the Wind in the spanish way. This is a wonderful book, and its really important to me, and the fact that you took the time to pronounce it how we do here in spain its really nice of you!

I loved An ember in the ashes sooo much

you’re so pretty !!! I absolutely love your videos 💖💖

I've been in a reading slump for almost a year and watching this made me pick up my books again, hopefully I can get through this reading slump for good. Wish me luck ^-^

I've read so many books that you've recommended since I started watching booktube. Can't wait to read some of these too in 2018!

Yes! I'm so happy to see Sense & Sensibility get some love! It's my favorite too :)

You're so great! I didn't feel that was a half hour video at all

Simon, Eliza, and LoS were on my list too! I'm so glad they made your list. I can't wait to get to a lot of the books on this list. :D

I've just discovered and am currently reading all of V. E. Schwab novels, and I completely agree with you. Her shades of magic trilogy gave me the same feels and escapism vibes that I got when I discovered the world of HP. Nothing has ever compared before & I'm totally sold on her books. I really, really liked the interview you did with her! She's such an interesting and fascinating person and it really came through in your interview.

Ok, a good contemporary book, is Love Letters to the Dead. (the summary style thing) It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain because her sister, May, loved him. And he died young, just like May did. Soon, Laurel has a notebook full of letters to people like Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse, Amelia Earhart, Heath Ledger, and more -- though she never gives a single one of them to her teacher. She writes about starting high school, navigating new friendships, falling in love for the first time, learning to live with her splintering family. And, finally, about the abuse she suffered while May was supposed to be looking out for her. Only then, once Laurel has written down the truth about what happened to herself, can she truly begin to accept what happened to May. And only when Laurel has begun to see her sister as the person she was -- lovely and amazing and deeply flawed --

Yessssss I love these kind of videos! I will definitely check out some of these books! My TBR pile just keeps growing... Oops.

I've been waiting for this and I'm so happy

i just found you from gina’s retweet and im so glad i did, your channel is SO amazing 💘💘

i literally can watch these while doing homework because youre so calming?

Omg, I finished reading The Diviners last night, and I am in love with it and the characters. I can't wait to read the rest of the series

I have been waiting for this since the beginning of time!!!!