The Best Books I've Read in the Last 5 Years 🌟🖤 | The Book Castle | 2024
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 พ.ค. 2024
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And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
They Were Sisters by Dorothy Whipple
Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce
This Green and Pleasant Land by Ayisha Malik
The Song of Achilles by Madeleine Miller
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
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Hi! My name is Alice and I love books! I read just about everything from classics to contemporary fiction, adventures to mysteries, fantasy to all kinds of non-fiction - and I love reviewing and recommending books, and just generally having a chat about literature. I also adore baking, hot chocolate, crafts and basically everything cosy, soft and peaceful. I currently live in Oslo, Norway.
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So many books and so little time. The problem with watching other book tubers channels is that it only increases the tbr! Happy reading to you and best wishes to your channel.
P.S. A few of my best reads were; The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah, The Lighthouse Keepers Daughter by Hazel Gaynor (any bk. by her) and The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson and Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher was my absolute fave bk. I read in 2023!
I'm currently reading Miss Benson's Beetle because of your review. I'm loving it. Good plot.
Love that!! 😍
2019 feels like 10 years ago for me 😓😭
Same 🫠😅
Wha... I can't believe the Anna Karenina video was 5 years ago. I'm absolutely crushed by this 🫠.
But it's nice to realize that I've been enjoying your videos for so long!
I know, right?? 🥲🫠 thank you for sticking around! 🥰
Hi, Alice,
I just wanna tell you that you keep me and my friend company while we work. Your vides are great, you're so soothing and pleasant to listen to. So thank you
Wow, thank you! This really makes my day 🥰 Say hello to your friend for me!
I really want to look back through my notebooks and see what my favorites of these years have been. Some of these books I’ve read, many more I want to read. I do know The Secret History and If We Were Villains are going to be on my recap for 2022 and 2023 respectively.
Love both of those 😍
This was fun! I’ve read so many good books because of you (They Were Sisters, Miss Benson’s Beetle, etc) so thank you so much! I love your thoughts on books. Also, your blouse is so pretty!!
Aaah this makes me so happy!! 🥰❤️ Thank you!!
Omg yes, Song of Achilles 😭
I know 😭 I’ll never get over it!
Thank you Alice !
Great books!
I’m so glad I came across your channel ❤ I also love the books you mentioned. My favorite are Nightingale, love and other words and currently reading/loving starless sea.
I love to have you here ❤️
I haven't read Kindred but I did read The Time Traveler's Wife. (A man drifts back and worth through time.)
❤📚 Loved your reviews. Many of these were also favorites of mine. I have Hamnet on my shelves, but I still need to read.
I did add This Green and Pleasant Land, and They Were Sister to my "want to read " list!
Thank you! 🥰🥰
OMG, you influenced me a lot i guess. I bought a lot of these books because of you (and really liked every book that I have read so far).
That's awesome! 🥰
I just finished The Salt Path which you showed last week. It was interesting 😃
Love that! 😍
Alice, you need to read "The murmur of bees" by Sofia Segovia, translated from Spanish. The story is set in Mexico in the early 20th century amidst the deadly Spanish flu pandemic. It has such a spring-summer vibe, I think you're gonna like it! 💛🐝
Thank you for the recommendation, I’ll add it to my TBR! 😃
Great video, Alice! I have Emily Wilde sitting on my shelf- I plan to get to it soon! My favorites: Hamnet by O'Farrell, Florida by Groff, Fangirl by Rowell, Stories of Your Life by Chiang, The Overstory by Powers, Miss Benson's Beetle by Joyce, A Gentleman in Moscow by Towles, The Secret History by Tartt, Nothing to See Here by Wilson, If We Were Villains by Rio, Tom Lake by Patchett, and Ninth House by Bardugo. Favorite series (can't pick one because the whole thing is so good): Empire of the Wolf by Swan, The Expanse by Corey, and Red Rising by Brown. My ABSOLUTE FAVORITE BOOK of the past 5 years would be Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin- OH PLEASE try it, I think you'll love it too.
Thank you! 🥰 and thank you for the recommendation, I’ll add it to my TBR! ❤️
Hi Alice! You do such GREAT reviews, really good. I have 4 of the bks. you mentioned waiting to be read. Problem is my eyes are too big when it comes to books. I might get sidetracked at the library, buy a new/ used one, read that, get sick, have A surgery, UGH! Right now I am reading Where The Crawdads Sing. Just started it today. I kept putting it off because I HATE swamps! Just abhor them. My friend who recommended it to me told me to "get on with it, it is much more than that!" So I did. Have been aching to read Emilie Wildes... but misplaced it for months when they remodeled my apt. and had to move out for a week! I didn't misplace it the MOVERS did! They didn't speak english!!!!😑 So!
Thank you! ❤️ Hope you find the Emily Wilde book!
Some of my favorite books for the last five years: The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden, Circe by Madeline Miller, Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran(which was a re-read), The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune, Sweet Bean Paste by Durien Sukagawa, The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini, The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill, The Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner, Nettle and Bone by T Kingfisher, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna, Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett, and The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
Amazing! 😍 I see we love some of the same books as well!
If you have not seen the TV series And then there were none,I highly recommend it if you are able to watch it. It was a great adaptation,all moody and beautiful!
Do you have a video of a tour of your bookshelves? Your home looks beautiful what I can see of it hahaha
Thank you! I have a bookshelf tour but it’s from years and years ago 🥰
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This video was a lot of fun to watch and I want to check out some more books now ^^
I also loved Garlic and the Vampire❣Such a sweet story and perfect for autumn.
However, I was kind of bored by Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries. I think the main problem was that I did not care enough about the main characters :/
My list of favourites would be too long, but some of the best books were:
Clockwork Princess, Chain of Gold, Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare
The Illuminae Files by Kaufman and Kristoff
His dark materials trilogy by Philip Pullman
Lonely Castle in the Mirror
and almost all of Alice Oseman's work
Yay, I’m glad you liked it! 🥰
Have u read Cottage by The Sea by Debbie Macomber it’s so good I could read it again
I loved Miss Benson’s Beetle so much. I wasn’t able to put it down at all. I hope to find more books like this. Please do recommend if you know any 😊❤
Me too! I don’t have anything else similar to recommend, but if I find it, I will! ❤️
Mine favoritter de siste fem årene:
2019
Educated, Tara Westover
Beartown, Fredrik Backman
Og hver dag blir veien hjem lengre og lengre, Fredrik Backman
2020
Know my Name, Chanel Miller
Us Against You, Fredrik Backman
Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
Light in the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process, Joe Fassler (Ed.)
Wonder, R. J. Palacio
Mio, min Mio, Atsrid Lindgren
The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah
2021
En mann ved navn Ove, Fredrik Backman
The House in the Cerulean Sea, T. J. Klune
Hatchet, Gary Paulsen
Illuminae, Amie Kaufman
The Wild Robot, Peter Brown
2022
The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah
Alt skal brenne, Sofia Nordin
Vinnerne, Fredrik Backman
2023
How to stand up to a dictator, Maria Ressa
The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
Ready Player One, Ernest Cline
The Fault in our Stars, John Green
Wellness, Nathan Hill
Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir
Digger det! 😍 Må teste å lese noe av Fredrik Backman ser jeg!
Always the book is better, i think the ONLY movie ive ever seen that was better than the book was the shawhank redemption.
Read Hamnet and was glad when it was over. Everyone loves it so what's wrong with me?
Nothing wrong with you ❤️ Although I loved it, I also see it’s not for everyone 🥰
My dad died during the pandemic in 2020. Some days it feels like yesterday, some days it feels like 20 years ago. It's all a fog to be honest.
I read and then their was none a bit ago, I liked it.
I’m so sorry for your loss ❤️
@@TheBookCastle First time I've watched done of your videos. They are great. I'll be back
2019 was a decade ago but it was also yesterday 😅
This sums it up perfectly 😂🫠
Hi Alice
Here are my Favorite Books from the same years:
In 2023:
Nell Plants A Tree by Anne Wynter - A Cute Children’s Picture Book about a little girl who wants to plant a tree.
Maame by Jessica George - I really love this book.
Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen - A Cute Story about a Lion who lives at the Library and Reads Books.
My Favorite Books from 2022
Research On The Edge Space by Angela Royston - Non Fiction
Book on Space. I love anything that has to do with Space.
Rebecca Of Sunny Brook Farm by Deanna McFadden
Into The Planet: My Life As A Cave Diver by Jill Heinerth - Non Fiction Book
My Favorite Books From 2021
The Other Side Of Everest: Climbing The North Face Through The Killer Storm by Matt Dickinson - Non Fiction Book - this is my all time favorite book
The Paris Dressmaker by Kristy Cambron
The Connors Of Connor Prairie by Janet Hale - Non Fiction Book
Miss Austen by Gill Hornby.
My Favorite Books from 2020
The Girl Who Reads On The Metro by Christine Feret-Fleury
Queen Victoria: Twenty Four Days That Changed Her Life by Lucy Worsley
The Water Dancer by TA Nehisi Coates
The Christmas Shoes by Donna Van Liere
Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott
Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen
Those are all of my Favorite books from 2020 to 2023
Your favorite books looks so good. I have read And There Were None by Agatha Christi. I really enjoyed this book as well.
Take Care & Happy Reading
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Amazing 😍😍
@@TheBookCastle - Thank You Alice ❤️🔰❤️