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the BEST books of 2023 (of the 200+ i read)

Jack Edwards
2024 ж. 15 Мам.
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these are the BEST books i read this year which were released in the last year!! add to your TBR right now!!!!
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  • you describe books you love so beautifully, it makes me want to read things I would never be interested in otherwise

    @sugaudacity@sugaudacity4 ай бұрын

    • Same here!

      @badobsession28@badobsession284 ай бұрын

    • samee

      @hrtzjaehyun@hrtzjaehyun4 ай бұрын

    • Right!! His reviews should be on the back of books!

      @lihaec@lihaec4 ай бұрын

    • Couldn’t agree with this more. I’ve read so many books that I never thought I would’ve gone for because of you 😊

      @alicebennett1160@alicebennett11604 ай бұрын

    • ​@@alicebennett11605 REPLIES

      @user-hi4xk1bs2o@user-hi4xk1bs2o4 ай бұрын

  • As a translator, I really appreciate that you mentioned the translators of those books. It's a small action but it means a lot because translators' effort doesn't get recognized often. Thank u Jack ! ❤❤

    @user-jn3zm4lz6k@user-jn3zm4lz6k4 ай бұрын

    • Totally agree that's such a nice thing to do

      @user-gs5ot2nw8i@user-gs5ot2nw8i4 ай бұрын

    • @@user-gs5ot2nw8i And such an important skill.

      @susanalfieri4487@susanalfieri4487Ай бұрын

  • watching this in the barnes and noble parking lot is dangerous

    @amararangwala3149@amararangwala31494 ай бұрын

    • Oh my god

      @eleftheriak.8889@eleftheriak.88893 ай бұрын

    • Im walking to one rn

      @gracieliann7341@gracieliann73412 күн бұрын

  • jack says it’s the best, we listen ✍🏻✍🏻✍🏻

    @rayareadzzzz@rayareadzzzz4 ай бұрын

    • CORRECT SISTER !!!

      @thehegracietehe4558@thehegracietehe45584 ай бұрын

    • And go broke trying to get them

      @shramanadasdutta3006@shramanadasdutta30064 ай бұрын

    • Cringe

      @andrewpilling5322@andrewpilling53224 ай бұрын

    • 4 REPLIES

      @user-hi4xk1bs2o@user-hi4xk1bs2o4 ай бұрын

  • this is MY spotify wrapped

    @ZhanelyaK.@ZhanelyaK.4 ай бұрын

    • SAME😂😂😂😂

      @nishthagupta1357@nishthagupta13572 ай бұрын

  • Just a note on the amount of children the family in Foster have. It's set in 1981, and contraception was illegal in Ireland until 1980. That's one of the main reasons Ireland was known for having big families. Unfortunately, women had no choice but to have more children. My parents told me people would drive to northern Ireland to get condoms and smuggle them back into the Republic.

    @heyylittleworld2314@heyylittleworld23144 ай бұрын

    • Thank you for saying this! It’s such an important point. My grandmother had 13 children and not by choice. I always feel the need to stand up for the families who had no choice in the matter of these huge families they had to take care of.

      @laramadden4697@laramadden46974 ай бұрын

    • @@bethmcmullan7686you think if they weren’t allowed to use contraceptives they were allowed to say no to their husbands?

      @angharadjenkins83@angharadjenkins834 ай бұрын

    • @@bethmcmullan7686that is really naive though…

      @AnnEast85@AnnEast853 ай бұрын

  • Love this video so much every year! :) Also, Timestamps below: 1:52 Demon Copperhead 5:40 In Memoriam 9:55 I’m a Fan 12:46 The Guest 16:24 A Little Luck 18:47 Foster 21:51 The Bee Sting 25:20 Prophet Song 28:25 After Sappho 30:40 If An Egyptian Cannot Speak English 33:46 The Hero of This Book 35:44 All the Lovers in the Night 38:19 Love in the Big City 41:27 Couplets (I’ll also leave the details to join the community book club we made below if anyone’s interested in joining :) )

    @aulbayne@aulbayne4 ай бұрын

    • Thank you!!

      @anthropomorphicpeanut6160@anthropomorphicpeanut61604 ай бұрын

    • Thank you!

      @chichayk2487@chichayk24874 ай бұрын

    • Thank you for the list!

      @PokhrajRoy.@PokhrajRoy.4 ай бұрын

    • Join below:

      @aulbayne8600@aulbayne86004 ай бұрын

    • It’s on re

      @aulbayne8600@aulbayne86004 ай бұрын

  • every time I get in a reading slump, I just watch one of your videos and just the way you talk about books inspires me to want to read again

    @emilygable2470@emilygable24704 ай бұрын

  • She ripps my heart out, tears it into tiny little pieces and throws it over me like confetti. ✨And I love it ✨ - Jack Edwards 2023

    @moonya6754@moonya67544 ай бұрын

  • The ones I catched:) 1:51 Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver) 5:44 In Memoriam (Alice Winn) 9:57 I’m a fan (Sheena Patel) 12:47 The Guest (Emma Cline) 16:26 A Little Luck (Claudia Piniero) 18:45 Foster (Claire Keegan) 21:52 The Bee Sting (Paul Murray) 25:21 Prophet Song (Paul Lynch) 28:23 After Sappho (Selby Wynn Schwartz) 30:41 If an Egyptian cannot speak English (Noor Naga) 33:46 The Hero of This Book (Elizabeth McCracken) 35:44 All the lovers in the night (Mieko Kawakami) 38:19 Love in the big city (Sang Young Park) 41:36 Couplets (Maggie Millner)

    @juliettee.labbee@juliettee.labbee4 ай бұрын

    • I caught!

      @JB-mm4jp@JB-mm4jp4 ай бұрын

    • Thank you

      @lao6823@lao68234 ай бұрын

  • thank you for mentioning translators! it is useful for readers to know which specific version you've read, and it recognizes translators' authorial work :)

    @skaltops@skaltops4 ай бұрын

  • As a translator I love when you name the translators after the authors

    @senauzun@senauzun4 ай бұрын

  • What I love about Jack is that he recomends books that are not popular but very good, and those are so diverse that acomplish to satisfy all kind of tastes from his viewers✨️ Thank you for existing 🥺 among all those booktubers who surrender to the hype books of social media 💔

    @maaizelaa@maaizelaa4 ай бұрын

    • I think they're definitely popular in the literary fiction world, just not in the BookTok world, which leans much more heavily into Romance, Fantasy, YA, and Romantasy.

      @susanalfieri4487@susanalfieri4487Ай бұрын

  • To everyone who enjoyed foster, it’s now a movie with an alternate name. “An cailín ciúin” (the quiet girl) is the best and most accurate book to screen adaptation i’ve ever seen.

    @kgatem@kgatem4 ай бұрын

  • i love all the lovers in the night so so so much! i wrote my final english high school essay on it and it took up 26 pages... it really impacted me and i think of it to this day.

    @leia-ue3bu@leia-ue3bu4 ай бұрын

  • Demon Copperhead is my favorite book this year as well. I miss Demon and it left such an impact on me.

    @ave807@ave8074 ай бұрын

  • I love how your passion for books transpires in each video you make... but specially in this one! It's obvious you LOVED all of these books. You speak about them as you speak about a loved one.

    @tirarosaurioreads@tirarosaurioreads4 ай бұрын

  • jack, i have to thank you for getting me into literary fiction this year. i was never interested before but the passion in which you talk about the books in this genre made me pick up some of your recs and now i'm obsessed with lit fic and will be a huge part of my reading next year ❤

    @lorenaescobedo4683@lorenaescobedo46834 ай бұрын

  • It's so interesting that the Paul Lynch quote you chose is also the passage he chose to read at one of the meets he had a day after his win. It really hits you in the face when he reads out loud too, like poetry almost. Much deserved win, absolute banger of a novel.

    @himangi8275@himangi82754 ай бұрын

  • as a diehard fan of alice winn when she was publishing fanfiction, it is just so so amazing to see the incredible success of her debut novel. bc i swear, everyone in the fandom was enamoured with her writing

    @emana3704@emana37044 ай бұрын

    • i always knew her writing was so special, a gift to the world truly, and ugh i have nothing but love and excitement for her and her future works

      @emana3704@emana37044 ай бұрын

    • Oh I loved her work as well. I don’t know many fanfic authors where I can say I liked all of their work. Naturally, I had very high hopes for her debut novel. Then I read In Memoriam and it somehow surpassed my expectations. I’m just so excited for her career as an author!

      @SunNY-sz2gf@SunNY-sz2gf4 ай бұрын

    • omg!! i was so surprised to find out that alice winn was gallaplacidia bc i knew them both independently…

      @josipon@josipon4 ай бұрын

  • I'm so happy Barbara Kingsolver is getting so much love. She is my favourite author of all time I love her so much!!!

    @adairs7498@adairs74984 ай бұрын

  • aahh i'm happy to share the same love for In Memoriam as Jack! I just finished reading it last week and it was a 5 star read for me. Loved it from start to finish ❤

    @lazedaisies@lazedaisies4 ай бұрын

  • In Memoriam! I absolutely adored it. What a wonderful debut. I’m looking forward to whatever Alice Winn is working on next as well!

    @Rose-qv9bq@Rose-qv9bq4 ай бұрын

  • Loved this recap so much, can’t wait for part 2! I gifted ‘Foster’ to my sister-in-law this Christmas based on your previous review, then listened to the audiobook in the car with my mom. We loved it and I know my SIL will, too 💗

    @jillianwybenga7240@jillianwybenga72404 ай бұрын

  • this is my favorite video of every year cause i know ill hear about a bunch of new books instead of the same lists ive seen all over social media

    @anarocha7782@anarocha77824 ай бұрын

  • I was so excited to watch this video and I realized it’s because of YOU and the way you always get me excited to find and read new books. Thank you for all that you do Jack!!

    @mollyzhou@mollyzhou4 ай бұрын

  • I love how you are so eloquent and put your thoughts into such beautiful words 🤍

    @sw7249@sw72494 ай бұрын

  • That quote from In Memoriam, the one about Heracules and Hector, ripped my heart out

    @Pazoo_underscore@Pazoo_underscore4 ай бұрын

  • every book I read this year was something I discovered thru this channel, and it makes me so happy to be reading again! Thank you so much for getting so ma ny people in love with books again

    @summerwoodward8967@summerwoodward89674 ай бұрын

  • Haven’t read any of these but they’re added onto my TBR list!

    @kayc1357@kayc13574 ай бұрын

  • I'm new here and I'm loving your videos. The way you describe and review the books is so thought provoking that I keep finding myself adding each book to my tbr

    @kolee_c@kolee_c4 ай бұрын

  • I love that you included quotes, if gave a better feeling for the books! Great recs

    @emtalledo2506@emtalledo25064 ай бұрын

  • i love the lights on your bookshelves!

    @sophias.4432@sophias.44324 ай бұрын

  • Favourite book videos always make me so excited to read more books 📚

    @RhiannaVarney@RhiannaVarney4 ай бұрын

  • Jack, I haven't yet finished reading the books I bought based on your 2022 recommendations 🤧💖

    @palaksharma1777@palaksharma17774 ай бұрын

  • In Memoriam was so so beautiful, i read it twice, because i couldn't get enough!🥺

    @Bella-oq1gw@Bella-oq1gw4 ай бұрын

  • Love in the big city was also one of my favorites this year! I love how it balanced comedy with more serious examinations of life and death at the backdrop of such a vibrant city. I've never experienced a book that was so easy to read yet hit me so hard.

    @tiredgirlreads@tiredgirlreads4 ай бұрын

  • I read in memoriam and completely devoured it I loved it, it has now become one of my favorite books of all time!! ❤❤

    @fluffg-nx7ns@fluffg-nx7ns4 ай бұрын

  • I really appreciate the writings of the key sections appearing on the screen. I have an auditory disability, and it's hard to keep up sometimes when people read things outload without any sort of visual aid. Please continue to do that in the future. It's MUCH appreciated.

    @hanie2350@hanie23504 ай бұрын

  • I'm so happy that you gave In Memoriam so much love! It was my best of the year. Agree - instant classic!

    @scubacat22@scubacat224 ай бұрын

  • thank you for this Jack- this was brilliant! it's an absolute pleasure to listen to such a well read person

    @stellaslack8043@stellaslack80434 ай бұрын

  • Happy to see Mieko Kawakami here, planning on reading all the lovers in the night soon as I've read her other two books, fell in love with her writing, it's so beautiful.

    @Iberisnana@Iberisnana4 ай бұрын

  • such a stunning way to talk about books, the exact perfect words you always find and how intelligent it sounds while also being true! "I'm a Fan" was one of those reads where I, as a bookseller, had a good/interesting time reading it but never know how to recommend it to customers or if i wanna recommend it at all 😅

    @ricardaseven6083@ricardaseven60834 ай бұрын

  • I picked up In Memoriam after seeing it in one of your hauls (Hay Literature Festival?) and it became my best book of the year. It absolutely broke my heart and healed it all in one go, and I'm so so glad I got to read it. Thank you for introducing me to it!

    @cevec99@cevec994 ай бұрын

  • I used to watch a lot of booktube a few years ago, but with time I realised most of the recommendations from people I followed just weren't my cup of tea, then I started following you and all of the recommendations I take from you are the best books I read!!!! I really trust you on this one, I'm gonna buy all of these

    @marta3215@marta32154 ай бұрын

  • I'm obsessed with how you describe books. You're absolutely lovely to listen to.

    @veronicavids@veronicavids3 ай бұрын

  • I loved in memoriam, truly my favourite this year made me cry and that is not easy, truly beautiful

    @thomasscottwilliams6672@thomasscottwilliams66724 ай бұрын

  • I had bought In Memoriam before I even finished the video. How you describe books is just inspiring!

    @so_val@so_val4 ай бұрын

  • That Demon Copperhead quote just single handedly convinced me to read it

    @Sarah-ty5ev@Sarah-ty5ev4 ай бұрын

  • "In Memoriam" was one of my top novels of this year as well. It was brutal, but it changed my mind about war novels, which formerly I rarely enjoyed.

    @ninja_boy@ninja_boy4 ай бұрын

  • I'm currently reading All the Lovers in the Night. Enjoying it so far!🙃

    @ChemicalPenguinn@ChemicalPenguinn4 ай бұрын

  • In Memoriam was absolutely incredible - the way Winn crafts characters is breathtaking, I cared so much about her characters and their relationships and her writing was just beautiful - one I will be re-reading over and over again - and an Author I will be watching for more!

    @CJ-gl3eg@CJ-gl3eg4 ай бұрын

  • Thank you for sharing this ❤️ your channel has helped me find so many wonderful books

    @yuuriontepidwater@yuuriontepidwater4 ай бұрын

  • Hey! Just want to say thanks for these lovely videos, as the love and passion you pour into them show inmensely. Plus, as a reader from South America, it is truly wonderful to hear about all these books that don´t reach my country because of inflation and other issues. Books in Argentina are currently a luxury (especially those in english), and I am so grateful to have the means to treat myself to one every month, although of course I know that so many people cannot.

    @nucleareclipse4357@nucleareclipse43574 ай бұрын

  • I cannot overstate how many times I typed best books 2023 Jack Edwards in the hope this video would drop. Thank you for blessing us with this content. 🥹🥹🥹 Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉

    @nidhigupta5118@nidhigupta51184 ай бұрын

  • First person I saw read In Memoriam this year, THANK YOU!

    @desireeambermoore621@desireeambermoore6214 ай бұрын

  • i love your comments on good reads. i always trust your judgement

    @purplewatermelon7102@purplewatermelon71023 ай бұрын

  • I just finished watching season 1 of Why Women Kill and the way you described The Guest reminded me so much of the character Jade, from the show. I’ve definitely added it to my list!

    @biancaroy4207@biancaroy42074 ай бұрын

  • What a perfect mix of books I loved and books I will come to love. Epic curation.

    @siobhanmarkwell3719@siobhanmarkwell37194 ай бұрын

  • jack,I LOVEEEE the way you talk about books💓i love it so much that i could cry(ifykyk)💓💓💓

    @phatema2861@phatema28614 ай бұрын

  • I was about to watch your video last night, but I knew I had to be wide awake and ready to "take notes", note down the books I want to read. I knew I was going to adding to my tbr...

    @dianaisme@dianaisme4 ай бұрын

  • ADORED the guest. i love when something has an undertone of menace

    @isabelalexander6381@isabelalexander63814 ай бұрын

  • Yayyy🎉 i was waiting for this because I'm going to the bookstore tmrw 😊 Perfect timing ❤

    @user-bj5yl7cp1s@user-bj5yl7cp1s4 ай бұрын

  • I already had my 52 picked out for next year…looks like we need to up the 2024 goals

    @bexjean@bexjean4 ай бұрын

  • I enjoyed the whole video, Jack! Happy new year to you~

    @lateralight@lateralight4 ай бұрын

  • You might be the first social media book lover I actually find worth listening too, a big part of that might be that we both have the same taste in books but also the way you describe books you love and hate. There are so many people online that either get too political, or snobby, or just plain boring in their critiques and descriptions; but you are such a perfect balance and so entertaining, but I also blame you for turning my TBR into such a huge mountain.

    @mendez5525@mendez55253 ай бұрын

  • Thank you so much for this beautiful list! ❤

    @beingdhani23@beingdhani234 ай бұрын

  • Can you please make a video of recommended books based on vacation places one visits? I’m traveling to Japan in march and usually take a couple books w/me when I travel. I love that later when I re-read them it reminds me of the setting I was in and makes it all so special. Kinda like how you mentioned being in Korea cherry blossoming while reading your book ✨

    @cren5815@cren58154 ай бұрын

  • That quote from demon copperhead is my favorite I am so happy you referenced it

    @Katianamusica@Katianamusica4 ай бұрын

  • Love the sound of all of these. I've just started The Bee Sting 😊

    @PageTurnersWithKatja@PageTurnersWithKatja4 ай бұрын

  • I love your end of year content Jack! In Memoriam sounds so good 😊

    @bookthoughtswitheilish@bookthoughtswitheilish4 ай бұрын

  • Ohhhh, that Paul Murray quote about parenthood = absolute !!! Now I need to read it, if only to see if he adds something about that “new person” is frequently, but 100% sporadically, swapped out for ANOTHER new person with altered sore spots, touch points, tastes, emotions, and opinions …. but who, nevertheless, condemns you for not somehow proactively & magically keeping up with the changes. Parenthood is not for the weak of heart. - From one who almost didn’t survive the storm.

    @movingforwardLDTH@movingforwardLDTH4 ай бұрын

  • Jack, Thank you for posting.

    @asan1050@asan10504 ай бұрын

  • Aiming to read 100 books in 2024! Was literally JUST making my TBR for the year and was thinking ‘I wonder when Jack will post his best books to help me out’ thank you!!! ✨

    @lonanmooney9065@lonanmooney90654 ай бұрын

  • I read "If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English" for a class and the discussions we had around this book were amazing. It's really well-written and just describes class and social discrepancies in post-2011 Egypt perfectly. I'd suggest you read Beer in the Snooker Club also, it's so good and deals with similar issues but from a different perspective and in a different Egyptian era.

    @aliagalal8921@aliagalal89214 ай бұрын

  • I am a mood reader....and when I want a book that will be a gut punch, that will make me think and feel things deeply, that is interesting and different from anything else I am reading...I come to Jack 🤗

    @cbogi@cbogi4 ай бұрын

  • You inspire me to read more and more and I'm definitely grateful for that

    @enchantingaudiobooks@enchantingaudiobooks4 ай бұрын

  • Aw, I'm so glad you loved The Hero of the Book. Elizabeth is such a great person.

    @aaronhaceves@aaronhaceves4 ай бұрын

  • I took notes and made my list. Thank you so much. 😊

    @lois4tee599@lois4tee5994 ай бұрын

  • Thank you for giving me reading goals❤

    @smritisahu3945@smritisahu39452 ай бұрын

  • JACK please do a video on all of the scandals of the year you mentioned. I don't really follow book-tok/publishing news but I'm nosy and I want the tea. Also I can't wait to read the ones you listed that I haven't read yet!

    @alexafrankovitch93@alexafrankovitch934 ай бұрын

  • love the way u talk about this stories

    @ofelipeogawa@ofelipeogawa4 ай бұрын

  • I'm so glad I finally form an opinion of my best books of 2023. Thanks Jack

    @bug688@bug6884 ай бұрын

  • Finally the video we've all been waiting for!!!❤

    @guachuleruleru@guachuleruleru4 ай бұрын

  • I am not usually one to post comments but thank you, Jack, for reccing “In Memoriam”! Just finished reading it two days ago and it is my favourite book of the year (what a way to end 2023 🎉) If you’re interested in more M/M WW1 fiction, Pat Baker’s “Regeneration” trilogy is probably the OG of this very specific genre and it is excellent, exploring real life characters like Sassoon and Graves.

    @eternalsunshine1234@eternalsunshine12344 ай бұрын

  • In Memorian was my favorite book of the year, and I'm with you, I can't wait to see what Alice Winn does next. Adding Demon Copperhead, Prophet Song, and Love in the Big City to my TBR immediately!

    @kizzyneetyan@kizzyneetyan4 ай бұрын

    • I recommend The Bee Sting too, such a great book! My favorite this year.

      @fireboyjacob3881@fireboyjacob38814 ай бұрын

  • I read All the Lovers in the Night because you recommended it - it's one of the best I've ever read too!!

    @joditio3024@joditio30244 ай бұрын

  • Jack I love the way you talk about books! You should definitely read Always Forward by J. Gardner Hurd!!!

    @hannahhurd1592@hannahhurd15924 ай бұрын

  • Absolutely amazing incredible books Jack 😊

    @laurenschenck5355@laurenschenck53554 ай бұрын

  • i loved foster as well. her book "antartica" is next on my list. cant wait to check out your other recs!

    @bernadettemary2135@bernadettemary21354 ай бұрын

  • Demon Copperhead is so good!!! I’m glad so many people like it, and Barbara Kingsolver has so many great books

    @willows6114@willows61144 ай бұрын

  • Hope you had a fabulous merry Christmas 🎄 Jack

    @laurenschenck5355@laurenschenck53554 ай бұрын

  • my TBR just grew even more after watching this video :)

    @noahvanca@noahvanca4 ай бұрын

  • Thank you for exposing me to Claire Keegan! Foster and Small Things Like These are such comfort reads for me now.

    @LazieeeMeee@LazieeeMeee4 ай бұрын

  • Jack drops a best of the year video and my Libby holds list fills up immediately.

    @jadeelizaishere@jadeelizaishere4 ай бұрын

  • Just got on KZhead hoping for this. Thank you 🎉❤

    @DD-si1gv@DD-si1gv4 ай бұрын

  • Thank you for the list!

    @Akibatai00@Akibatai004 ай бұрын

  • Just finished” The Bee Sting”..absolutely loved it..🥰

    @sarahphillips7782@sarahphillips77823 ай бұрын

  • I've just started reading In Memoriam because of your recommendation and holy fuck, I'm loving it. I'm only about 50 pages in right now but I'm already very attached to the characters and I love the writing style. If that keeps up it'll end up as one of my favorites of all time!

    @sercemwksiazkach3446@sercemwksiazkach3446Ай бұрын

  • So proud of Jack all those books are a Great ❤

    @laurenschenck5355@laurenschenck53554 ай бұрын
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