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Biblio Obscura
Australia
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 6 ม.ค. 2017
I love reading the dark and weird.
Bonus points for LGBT+ content, works in translation, watery settings, dystopians, mer-creatures, evil children, human-AI elements, body horror, good for her, and female killers, just to name a few.
Bonus points for LGBT+ content, works in translation, watery settings, dystopians, mer-creatures, evil children, human-AI elements, body horror, good for her, and female killers, just to name a few.
25 Books I NEED to Read in 2025
BIBLIO OBSCURA
Name - Kat (she/her)
Goodreads - www.goodreads.com/user/show/91545873-kat
Location - Australia (from the US)
VIDEO (*=LGBTQIA+ rep)
0:00 Intro
0:57 My Shelves
1:02 Compass Rose* - Anna Burke
2:25 The Blood of Angels - Johanna Sinisalo
3:32 Last Will - Bryn Greenwood
4:41 The Journey to the East - Hermann Hesse
5:50 Foe - Iain Reid
6:22 The Road - Cormac McCarthy
6:48 Call Me By Your Name* - Andre Aciman
7:15 My Library
7:27 We Used to Live Here* - Marcus Kliewer
8:04 I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman
8:16 The Eyes are the Best Part - Monica Kim
8:32 Open Throat* - Henry Hoke
9:02 She's Always Hungry - Eliza Clark
9:49 Someone You Can Build a Nest In* - John Wiswell
10:30 We Spread - Iain Reid
11:00 On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous* - Ocean Vuong
11:27 My Top 10 2025 Releases
11:38 Blob: A Love Story - Maggie Su (Jan 28)
11:55 The Lamb* - Lucy Rose (Jan 30)
12:20 But Not Too Bold* - Hache Pueyo (Feb 11)
13:18 Beta Vulgaris - Margie Sarsfield (Feb 11)
14:14 The Unworthy - Agustina Bazterrica (
14:47 The Divine Flesh - Drew Huff (Mar 4)
16:03 Every Dark Cloud - Marisca Pichette (Mar 25)
16:57 Sky Daddy - Kate Folk (Apr 8)
17:34 Vanishing World - Sayaka Murata (Apr 15)
19:25 Reef Mind - Hazel Zorn (Sept)
WHERE I GET MY BOOKS
Illustrated - Lezhin, Tappytoon, Manta, INKR Comics, Tapas, Webtoon, Lalatoon, SuBLime
Free - library, NetGalley (influencer ARCs/ALCs), LibroFM (influencer ALCs)
Used - local op shops
Name - Kat (she/her)
Goodreads - www.goodreads.com/user/show/91545873-kat
Location - Australia (from the US)
VIDEO (*=LGBTQIA+ rep)
0:00 Intro
0:57 My Shelves
1:02 Compass Rose* - Anna Burke
2:25 The Blood of Angels - Johanna Sinisalo
3:32 Last Will - Bryn Greenwood
4:41 The Journey to the East - Hermann Hesse
5:50 Foe - Iain Reid
6:22 The Road - Cormac McCarthy
6:48 Call Me By Your Name* - Andre Aciman
7:15 My Library
7:27 We Used to Live Here* - Marcus Kliewer
8:04 I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman
8:16 The Eyes are the Best Part - Monica Kim
8:32 Open Throat* - Henry Hoke
9:02 She's Always Hungry - Eliza Clark
9:49 Someone You Can Build a Nest In* - John Wiswell
10:30 We Spread - Iain Reid
11:00 On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous* - Ocean Vuong
11:27 My Top 10 2025 Releases
11:38 Blob: A Love Story - Maggie Su (Jan 28)
11:55 The Lamb* - Lucy Rose (Jan 30)
12:20 But Not Too Bold* - Hache Pueyo (Feb 11)
13:18 Beta Vulgaris - Margie Sarsfield (Feb 11)
14:14 The Unworthy - Agustina Bazterrica (
14:47 The Divine Flesh - Drew Huff (Mar 4)
16:03 Every Dark Cloud - Marisca Pichette (Mar 25)
16:57 Sky Daddy - Kate Folk (Apr 8)
17:34 Vanishing World - Sayaka Murata (Apr 15)
19:25 Reef Mind - Hazel Zorn (Sept)
WHERE I GET MY BOOKS
Illustrated - Lezhin, Tappytoon, Manta, INKR Comics, Tapas, Webtoon, Lalatoon, SuBLime
Free - library, NetGalley (influencer ARCs/ALCs), LibroFM (influencer ALCs)
Used - local op shops
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❌ The Absolute Worst Books of 2024 ❌
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July Wrap-Up (Part 2) Best Book of 2024 & Giallo Readathon
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First from india 😅😅
Great list! I can always count on you to talk about books I‘ve never heard before 😊
I already had the Capital of Dreams, Strange Pictures, and Blob on my library holds! Seems like a great month of new releases. Definitely chucking a few more of these on my TBR 😊
I'm insanely hopeful for Blob. Almost too hopeful haha. Good job getting your holds in early. I totally forget and that's how I've only got my lib audiobook hold for We Used to Live Here NOW, a year later :/
Oh Strange Pictures sounds faaaaabbbb. Might have to pick that one up on release day 👀
I want to see the inner art style so bad!
i def want to check out A Happy Beginning, i looooove fated mates and bonds. i totally agree about the whole fated mates and insta love thing. fated mates=good. insta love=bad
TOTALLY 1000% AGREE!!!
Im so glad you're back!
Thanks!!! I am, too!!! :)
The way I have been unable to finish Hawk Mountain because THAT scene left me literally perplexed....but you saying the ending is very dark kind of convinced me to finish it.They have to study us dark lit enjoyers 😂happy new year!
I have Bat Eater coming to me early next month. I was gonna suggest we do a buddy read but don't think it'll arrive before you finish your next book haha
@noemiborbely5383 Ah, yeah, I'm 70% through Bat Eater rn. But GREAT NEWS! It is amazing. Currently around 4.5 stars. I'm dying to finish it tonight. Hope you love it, too! x
Where do you usually read your manhwa? Do you use an online subscription/ebook?
@lynseyb7221 I put where I read my illustrated books in the video description because there are a lot of places :)
@biblioobscura thank you! 🥰
You're hilarious. One of the best satires I've seen. 😂 Thanks for helping to get Trump re-elected. Also, thanks for this list of authors to check out, I'll be sure to add them to my TBR. Keep it up girlfriend, you're too funny!
Oh boy "Deadly Little Sparrow" seems just my cup of tea, on it right away, thanks Kate for your wonderful recs 😍😍😍😍
I hope you love it as much as I did. If you read it, let me know so we can chat! x
So many nice new recommendations for the new year ;)
If you read any of them, let me know! Oooh and what were your best books of 2024?
Will do 😊 and sent message on FB
I don’t know if you have read it but I love (sign) it don’t know where I read it but I think it’s so good
It’s a bl about a deaf coffee shop owner and a part time employee who catches feelings
@ElizabethConnine Oooh, I've seen it around. I think I started it but never finished it. Is it completed now?
Though I know theres no undo, what do I have left to lose?
I love it when a submissive is just massive in comparison to the dominant. It's so basic but so powerful
Absolutely
You always showcase the best books. Please never stop 🙌🏻
Thanks!!!! I'm glad other people have the same weird taste, too :)
I am from india hey angel 😊😊
hiiii Kat
@@soda_fairy hiiiiiiii 👋
I'm so glad to see a video from you, I've missed seeing you on here!
@devlyn873 Thanks so much! I've got a bunch more coming. Editing worst of the year rn 😊
I am really not surprised that The Anthill ended up on here. I still find it interesting though that you started enjoying it at 40% and I started to dislike it at around 40% Also glad I removed Butter from my TBR, I don’t know anyone who has actually enjoyed it
@@noemiborbely5383 So interesting how our interest waxed and waned in opposite directions 🙃 I feel like there is a great book in there somewhere, though! And I'm glad we read it together 🤍
@ same here 😊 I don’t think I would’ve examined my thoughts on the book so closely I hadn’t been stopping to talk about it. Looking forward to whatever we choose next 😉
You have repeated a lot of misinformation about Yukio Mishima here. He was not thought of as a dandy or anything, and there is zero evidence to support the claim that he frequented gay bars or "lived it up in the gay scene" the way you described. The only documented instance of him visiting such places was as part of his research for writing the book. While you can speculate about his sexuality based on his writings and other factors, you cannot back up these claims with false information. And Reddit is not a source of accurate information (which probably was your source for saying this).
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Ick.
Is this something you would recommend for a 16 yr old who struggles with anxiety and autism? I don’t believe in heavily censoring most content, but I also don’t want to just hand him a book that may mess with his reality. For some autistic kids, like my son, their reality can be fragile from time to time. Usually I try to read them myself first so he can at least come and talk to me about what he’s read. However, this time I cannot. He’s asked for it as a Christmas present. So any guidance or opinions would be so welcome.
This must be a miserable way of going through life. “Judge not lest ye be judged” is a much better way of dealing with those who do not share your personal morality and life experiences.
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Trump got reelected and your channel died. The world is mending
Is this satire?
thank god no frank herbert
I listen to a lot of books on Audible as I go about my day. I don’t remember why I chose this, but I started it and for some reason it didn’t take. I returned to it as finished a different book. It “read’ like a true account, or I thought it was as I couldn’t believe that the lifestyle and sexual intimacies told had to be stranger than fiction, honest. I was busy on a project and found it very compelling and believable. The varied narration by characters made it seem like a true account, the plausibility with understated drama kept me hooked. Knowing now that it is work of fiction, I am amazed by the authors craft, and shocked about the sex. As the title implies, all that.
Is this satire?
I don't understand why it took TH-cam A Year to show me this video 😂 I love Captive Prince! Cerci is a really good dupe, I agree, and I had a ton of fun reading the Straight Guys series. Under His Heel was too brutal for me. Great video!
am i missing something? because damen was wayyyyy less intelligent than laurent lmao
Damen strikes me as being above average in the smarts department. He isn't playing constant 4-D chess in his head the way Laurent is, but he's a smart guy, with a good mind for military strategy and sociopolitical collaboration. Plus, I would argue that his emotional intelligence far surpasses Laurent's. Laurent's intelligence is extraordinary, but it's also almost entirely adversarial in nature. Manipulation is his default setting. He knows how to make people do what he wants them to do, but he isn't nearly as good at knowing how to make people _want_ to work in collaboration with him-an area where Damon excels. I'd never argue that Damon is _as_ intelligent as Laurent, but Damon has a very strong relationship with his gut and his heart, which Laurent-for reasons that are mostly not his fault-lacks.
Yeah you’re real fucking strange
I was super excited to read this book and I was not disappointed. I loved it for what it was. Yes, pacing, plot, and tension was very rushed and could have had more depth, but I’m also considering the time this story was written. A time when showing so much as an ankle was a scandal. That alone made me understand why it was so short and why it was written the way it was. We’re use to vampire stories having more. To me, this had everything because it was brave rough to be the first. For me, 10/10
OOOOOHHHH ITS THIT TIME OF THE YEAR
No no not again
Cousins by Aurora Venturini, I haven't read anything like it in my life, and the poetry of Alejandra Pizarnik. Your welcome
Much respect for your videos. I can't find the other video in which one Nigerian professor said the author of BLEEDING STUBS is donating to schools in Africa and Asia to study Flora Nwapa's latest novel as a classroom text. How selfless this new African author, Besong, is in remaining a fan of Flora Nwapa. When I heard that, I immediately read "Bleeding Stubs," the best writing I have ever read from an African author. You guys are a blessing to humanity.
pass
Ur dumb
⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️ one day we will find the good sapphic dark romance lol
Love ❤
Fabulous video thank you! Safe to say Alasdair Gray’s POOR THINGS is also worthy of inclusion!
I love this video idea :D I'm in South Gippsland, Bass Coast area so some of these places are literally 15 minutes away from me. I drive past that Kilcunda bridge all the time. But there are so many little random beaches and hidden places around here that I haven't even been to the tide pools around Inverloch. So definitely some great book and destination recommendations!
Wowwwwwwww! So close!!! The internet is wild at connecting people! I'm messaging you on Instagram!! :)
@@biblioobscura yes I have seen it and replied 😁 how exciting haha
New subscriber found you through Gabbyreads and very glad that I did. Looking forward to watching other videos from you. I checked your goodreads and the books that we have read there's a lot where we align in our ratings so looking forward to getting new recommendations!
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I loved this book. I read it 2-3 times when I was 19.
I didn’t believe the visual impairment law so I just looked it up…. That is FASCINATING oh wow
Omg Fauna I have my eye on you 👀 I'm literally terrified of pregnancy but I'm rolling with it in my uncomfortable fiction
What a cool idea for a video!! Australia sounds so amazing... my husband and I thought about moving there for a few years earlier in our careers when we were doing short-term jobs, but never quite pulled the trigger on it. Maybe someday when our kid is grown up!