As a literature grad who similarly replays the small handful of Donna Tartt interviews on TH-cam-especially the one held at the John Adams Institute in 1993 (so good! I have it on repeat constantly) which sent me into rabbit holes of research on Euripides’ tragedies, Bennington College, T.S. Eliot, among other things-it’s no surprise TH-cam recommended your channel. It’s nice to know there’s someone else out there who is “nothing in their soul if not obsessive” -at least when it comes to our lord and literary savior, Donna Tartt.
I love your comment hahah--amen to obsession. I'll have to give the john adams one another listen, I usually watch the others because i like to see donna🫣 --my favorite is the 1992 interview
You're like the male version of Uncarley (my other fav booktuber) in the best possible way. Your humor is just very similar and you're both smarter than me which I am OK with
Oh also my favorites are East of Eden, Migrations by Charlotte McConaughy, Tender is the Flesh by Bazterrica, and Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
Another stellar video!!! ✨ I, too, enjoyed Brideshead Revisited, as well as The Talented Mr. Ripley, immensely!!! Your critiques on each of the novels are insightful, and make me want to check out more novels like these. Also... Holy Heck, has your subscribers flourished, with over 3.2k- well deserved!!! Those Agatha Christie covers are fabulous, and lastly...your red Grinch decor makes me smile!! 😀 Have a super week and until next time, terrific Mr. Charles!!!!! 🎉
Hi, I haven't finished your video but I adore how your praise of Brideshead has taken up half of the video so far (including intro). Brideshead Revisited deserves all that. After I read it, the influence in TSH became very apparent. They are two gorgeous books that I need to read again as soon as possible.
YOUR USERNAME AHAHA soooo good. both books are so so good. I'm already ready to reread brideshead. I've been thinking of maybe doing a different waugh first tho. have you read any of his other books...
@@cs0p no, but I have Vile Bodies on my shelf. Waiting until after my exams so that I can read properly... Edit: It's A Handful of Dust. Don't know why I got the title wrong earlier.
would definitely love the philosophy breakdown and a video on classics or an immensely long character/plot/theme analysis on the secret history lmao cuz ur videos and donna tartt r so good
Fine! I’ll read the secret history! I’m 33 and just got into reading again this year. It’s been fun. So much of the television and movies I’ve seen recently have been so creatively bankrupt I knew it was time to start reading again.
I’m currently reading The Secret History. So far so good. My favourite books of all time are The Bell Jar, The Catcher in the Rye, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, and My Dark Vanessa. Pretty much books with annoying whinny narrators that you just wanna smack in the head but also relate with 😅
fav: I Look Divine by Christopher Coe need to say, you're incredibly intelligent and your breakdown of all the books were done deliciously with such precision. love your takes on the limited time we have and the long soul search of what books we should be reading in a single lifetime!
Ordered. That looks so fucking good. It took me 5 minutes of battling the google autocorrect search engine to realize that it was divine not divie. Also is it out of print because I could only find like one copy available, and I snatched that shit. Nathan! Don't feed my ego! It's almost big enough to believe you ;)
@@cs0p omfg sorry not me going back to edit the title of one of my favs! it's a short slim one that can be devoured in an afternoon. hope you enjoy it! and if not, roast the hell outta me!!! LOL mama taught me honesty is the best policy! just spittin the truth bb!
Favorite books are TSH (duh) and Lolita. Babel by RF Kuang and Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor were both in my top 5 of last year. Beautiful Little Fools is a Gatsby-adjacent story about his murder, and Babel is beautiful written and such a compelling story. Highly recommend!
Say less, my fave books are 'Annihilation' by Jeff Vandermeer, 'Dune' by Frank Herbert, 'The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo' by Taylor Jenkins Reid, 'The Knife of Never Letting Go' by Patrick Ness, 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close' by J. S. Foer and 2 other romanian books you've probably never heard about: 'Baltagul' (The Hatchet) by Mihail Sadoveanu and Otilia's Enigma by George Călinescu xx
Well We have always lived in the castle is one of my favs but I’m guessing you’ll already be reading it in this vid (hope you liked it btw), soo I’ll say a few other favs: The Little Prince, Dune, My Brilliant Friend, The Book of Longings
Hard to say my favorites of all time but my favorites from this year are Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, Eileen by Otessa Moshfegh, and The Novelist by Jordan Castro Editing to say I love this channel and so glad I found you!! You remind me of Shawn McComb who’s one of my favs…
"What better reason to believe something than because it's a lovely idea" "Stories are deception. They're not real but we allow ourselves to be decieved to fall into the stories, because they're lovely ideas" 👌👌👌👌
fav books: stoner by john williams, transendant kingdom by yaa gyasi, schoolgirl by osamu dazai, and twisted lies by ana huang (you should definitely read this!!!!)
I liked your take on Brideshead Revisited!! I only just read it half a year ago but you made me want to go back and reread it already! it instantly became a favorite for me, those characters were just so compelling. you really get deeply invested in them. also thanks for recommending Howards End, because I've been wanting to get into Forster for a while now!
Thank you! I already want to reread it 😩😩 Forster is the best. If you want a shorter one first, Where angels fear to tread is just as good and might consider more similar themes (oops I forgot about the book when filming), but howards end is still def similar and it's great
While putting together a piece of furniture, I finished watching this video. I saw I hadn’t finished it. I love how you cap it off by giving your thoughts about how The Secret History compares to the books in this video. That summary was 🔥😊
Hi Charles, it would be really interesting (for me at least) if you tier- ranked poe's short stories :) I don't watch booktube that much but I like your channel.
If you guys haven't already, you should check out the audiobook of The secret history read by lord and savior Donna Tartt herself. She truly brings the characters to life and the voice she gives Bunny is just gold. It's on TH-cam in 7 parts, 4 and a half hours each, check it out!!!
Hey Charles, have you read any Ken Follet? I just finished the pillars of the earth, and I thought it was amazing while I was reading it (and it was LONG) but a week later I’m starting to think twice about it. Would like to hear your thoughts.
Taken at the Flood and There is a Tide are the same Agatha Christie novel - the first is the UK edition, the second is the American edition. American publishers often changed her titles. Funerals are Fatal (US edition) is in fact After the Funeral (UK edition).
Reporting for my subscriberly duty here: my favorite books at the moment are The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut and Coraline by Neil Gaiman. I have a few on my TBR (Secret history included) that I think may be overtaking them soon though.
you listing goldfinch and coraline with S5 make me want to give S5 a read...it's been on the tbr forever but I always here mixed reviews. I wan't to read coraline a bunch too
@@cs0p S5 was my favorite book for nearly the opposite reason I enjoyed The Goldfinch. My love for the Goldfinch came from a love for Donna's storytelling and character building. On the other hand, my love for S5 comes from a love for how its told. The story itself was mostly "uninteresting" to me, for lack of a better word, but was incredibly well-told, and surprisingly humorous. I highly recommend it.
haha found your channel and instantly subscribed bc the secret history is THAT book and you just reminded me I have to reread it soon, also it’s nice to find someone with similar taste in literature as me cuz it’s kinda hard on yt imo
Some of my fav books that aren't by donna tartt are wolf hall, phantom of the opera, the bluest eye, and a pale view of hills. Also did you know that donna tartt is a lana del rey fan?? Thats kinda iconic
no way that is icon shit. I got my dad wolf hall for his birthday! I want to read bluest eye so bad--it's been on the up next TBR list forever and my friends loooove it
I'd absolutely love to see you tier-rank all of Edgar Allen Poe! I loved EAP in high school, but hadn't picked up anything by him again until this year when I re-read "The Fall of the House of Usher", in preparation for reading the re-telling "What Moves the Dead" by T. Kingfisher. Loved them both, and it reignited my love for Poe.
His stories are still fresh and fun even now which is crazy to me. Usher is certainly a banger. Read more poe!! I'll brush the dust off my poe memories and add the video to the docket if I can figure out how to use the software 🙈
my faves as of right now are The Great Gatsby, Lord of the Flies and The Picture of Dorian Gray :) also you're probably the only person that talks about The Secret History in a way that makes me want to read it lol (** stop this burp erasure, in fact make a compilation)
my favorite books are the secret history (obvi), interview with the vampire by anne rice, the twilight books (i think you can tell i love vampire novels) and the diary of anne frank is another favorite. have a great day charles !♡
I'm on a binge of your channel, I'm obsessed, and I'm not sorry. Since you've already read (and loved) TSH and The Little Friend (some of my favourites), these are some of my favourites that I think you might like: - A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine - Cat On A Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams (so underrated) - Summerwater by Sarah Moss - Rivals by Jilly Cooper
4 of my favorites: 1. Red Rising Trilogy by Pierce Browm It was the first time I read a book that felt like I was actually in the world I was reading. Great world building, amazing characters, and it had me gripped me to my seat every time I picked it up. 2. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley This book impressed me so much because it’s so different than it’s modern adaptions/ references, it’s so much more thoughtful and emotional. The contrasts that Frankenstein kept making to himself and Paradise Lost really gave this book so much to analyze and admire. 3. Honor in the Dust by Gregg Jones I had to read this for high school a couple years ago and it made enough of an impact that I read it again in college. The author does such a great job depicting battles and views that America’s influential held at the time. Reading this was so emotional for me because I’m part Filipino and so many parts of the book had me seething with rage at the brutality that America was so comfortable inflicting because they believed the countries they were invading were inferior, savage, feral. Overall just acknowledging that this is a part of American history and it’s how America still operates today. 4. The Race Beat by Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff I also read this is high school and it’s about the Civil Rights movement through the eyes of the press. It was difficult at times to read because of the various editors and journalists that the book talks about but it was one of the first times that I felt that I finally grasped American History. So much of that has happened is still relevant today and I wish that everyone would read this. Sorry for the lengthy comment, just walking away from these books felt like I understood the world a little bit more :)
I'm norwegian and so are many of my favrite books, so you probably never heard of them. But I also love Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, The shaddow of the wind, Lolita, Who killed my father by Édouard Louis, and ofc all of the Harry Potter books :)))
Favorites of mine are, despite the secret history of course, in cold blood, east of eden, white nights, kafkas letters to milena, perfume by Süskind and first love by Turgenev.
get tf out that's a damn lineup. I love eden and cold blood. Turgenev is on the hit list for my russian lit foray 😏 perfume sounds like it could be incredible
My favourite books: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll.
Hi there. Really love your channel. I've read 'Brideshead' three times and looove that book! Lord Marchmain is a hoot. Michael Gambon (of Dumbledore fame) gave a great performance of him in the 2008 film version (even though that movie took liberties and isn't nearly as good as the 1980s British TV miniseries). Your other videos are creating more piles of books in my home btw.
Fav Books: abela by Berie Doherty, the gritterman by Orlando Weeks, A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver, the little friend, the salt path by Raynor Winn and Call the Midwife by by Jennifer Worth
Some of my fav books gotta be Turtles all the way down, the book thief, the count of monte cristo, frankenstein, thr great gatsby, crime and punishment, the silent patient,,
hi i’ve been obsessed with your channel hello. ANYWAYS MY FAV BOOKS !!!! : 1.picture of dorian gray 2.the metamorphosis 3.confessions of the mask the other ones aren’t in order☺️ paradise rot by jenny hval things have gotten worse since we last spoke the priory of the orange tree ( the only fantasy book ever created tbh ) nausea the stranger humiliated and insulted the trial on earth we’re briefly gorgeous the red dragon
hey ! i just came across your channel and i immediately fell in love with your energy and vibe so i wanted to tell you that BUT ALSO tell you about my favorite books because it would also help me narrow them down: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Heartstopper, The House in the Cerulean Sea, Solitaire
Genuinely was looking forward to this video and you delivered. 💅 Some favorite books: Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak, The Book Thief by the same dude, The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness, and The Name of the Wind by Patrick Ness. All of these are pretty chunky, but The Knife of Never Letting go is a fairly quick read given the writing style and fast pace. 😎
good good good I'm glad I delivered ;) I don't mind a fast paced chunky baby! I've been meaning to read the book thief since middle school 💀
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@@cs0p just realized that all the books I recommend follow children, which you mentioned you don't like. 👀 my baaad. Soo some other recommendations that don't follow children: Death with Interruptions by Jose Saramago, Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin, and Vicious by VE Schwab (warning, there is A child in that one). What i will say is that the books i recommended before are still excellent (in my humble correct opinion).
@ lol I don't minnnnd the occasional one hahaha and I'm always open! "warning" HAHA --I have been meaning to read Giovannis tho. I'm sure the child books are great too hahaha I still want to pick up the book thief some time 😛
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@@cs0p you could do a video titled "Can the children redeem themselves? Reading books about kids for a week" hahaha. Giovannis Room is a special book, and since you enjoyed Brideshead, I think you'll enjoy it. Not that it's similar in plot, but there was something intangible about it - maybe the atmosphere - that reminded me of Brideshead. The book thief is fantastic - and event though it's set during WWII, it doesn't actually follow any soldiers so I wouldn't necessarily consider it a war novel. It used to be my favorite book of all time, but when Zusak came out with Bridge of Clay, that one took top spot.
My favourite books of all time are all of the neapolitan novels, however I believe it's rather because of the fact that I grew up reading them and that they shaped my taste than because of the their quality
@@cs0p That's definitely good to know. I read them a long time ago and have been meaning to reread them for a while now but I was just so scared of not liking them as much as I did the first time. So that's very reassuring:)
favorite books: this is how you lose the time war, paul takes the form of a mortal girl, bonjour tristesse and these violent delights (micah nemerever)
My faves are: My Heavenly Favorite by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (you could call it a Dutch take on Lolita), The First Bad Man by Miranda July and Life or Theatre by Charlotte Salomon
i put your videos on tv while i was doing chores and u made me laugh so many times, thank you! i do love magical realism and quirky shit, but it's interesting to hear your criticism also u remind me so much of my brother that i live far away from, bless you 😭
favs: book thief, liar's gospel, the secret history, the diary of a young girl, little women, les miserables (abridged. the unabridged is painful. like, an entirely different book).
Abridged HAHAH understandable--that book is a BRICK. It scares me more than any other book I've come across. I need to read the book thief!! And I low key loved the little women movie with florence pugh
You speaking of 1984 and Animal Farm made me think of PKD's The Man in the High Castle.. I haven't read it yet but I did watch the mini series many years ago. Gave me the same kind of creepy feeling as V for Vendetta.. so of course, can't wait to read it.
the handmaids tale!!!!! & the testaments by Margaret Atwood, bunny by mona awad, our wives under the sea by Julia armfield, and the secret history by queen donna are my faves
A book that reminds me of the Secret History is The Wishing Game by Patrick Redmond. Not quite the same, more thriller/horror themed but still a dark academia vibe. Kind of an obscure and forgotten book but worth a read!
Several thoughts: 1. Holy hell you’re so good at talking about books 2. Reading vlogs might be a cute direction for your channel 🥰 ik they’re probably a lot of work but like a vlog of you reading these and getting live reactions would have been cute 3. Heat by Joyce Carol Oates is my fave short story ever. For some reason I’ve never read a novel by her I’m so silly 🤭 but if you haven’t read Heat you should!! 4. K*ll*ng myself bc you don’t like magical realism there goes my like entire recommendation list lmfao but that won’t stop me! The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (fave book of all time) Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen (fave book of this year [so far]) Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (I see it on your tbr shelf get to reading bestie 🔫) Babel by R.F. Kuang (adding myself to the list of people that are recommending this to you so that you actually read it)
Thank you!! 2-some of my earlier vids have little vlog montages hahaha, I might do some sort of vlog return eventually (I actually vlogged for this one! I just didn't put it in 🫣💀) 3- DEAL I LOVE HER, We were the mulvaneys is great, and I liked babysitter a good deal, but it's certainly not for everyone 4-HAHAHA I'll pick one up every now and then in the hopes I'm proven wrong. I am looking forward to piranesi ! hahah and I've heard great things about babel
Some of my favorite books (excluding The Secret History and also Gone Girl and Sharp Objects which I think you mentioned in another video): The House in the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, The Shining by Stephen King, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, and If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio (similar to The Secret History in many ways, although TSH is still better). I'm also in the process of reading Babel by R. F. Kuang, which seems awesome so far.
the book thief, anything by celeste ng, and also the night circus are some of my faves (edited: haven’t read celeste ng’s newest book though but really want to!)
I who have never known men is my favourite book of all time. One thing I'd say is that if you are going to read it, is to not look up any synopsis cause one I read spoiled a big part of the book
ok ok ok I will go in blind. I hate when a synopsis spoils the book-- they always give too damn much away. I tend to bulk buy books and forget the synopsis and trust I liked it when I pick it up to read from my shelf
0:44 Ight mate, I have different favorite books for different types of stuff cause my all time favorite is niece Favorite books for getting out a reading slump: Normal People Siddartha Animal farm The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe Favorite books for disturbing philosophy The road Lord of the flies Heart of Darkness Favorite books about and for mentally deteriorating women: My dark Vanessa The bell jar Garden of earthly bodies The Friend All time favorite novel: Death Note: L: Change The World So I know these are extremely normal categories and novels to read so enjoy putting them in your video and reading them if you haven’t ;)))))
Donna is the Stanley Kubrick of novelists. Ya gotta wait. And I’m guessing her next book will have the word THE to preface the title. And it will be a FAT book.
Le Grand Meaulnes YES!! It's that good it made me want to read a 145 pages essay about it and another of my favourite books (The Counterfeiters by Gide).
I just love your channel! ❤ Mostly because I never hear you say that a book gives you “summer vibes.” Also, read Straight Man by Richard Russo. It’s hilarious and about academia.
My favorite books are actually The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt( I think I commented this on another vid of yours but I preferred it to TSH a lot) imo it’s the way better novel of hers compared to TSH, that didn’t quite make it to my favorites list -also “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini (better than the kite runner though I still enjoyed that so idk if you’d like it) -my year of rest and relaxation by otessa moshfegh -the perks of being a wallflower obvi -the astonishing color of after by Emily x r pan - the razors edge by somerset maughan
I looooove my year of rest--so so funny. I've been meaning to read razors edge. I can't imagine actually reading the goldfinch, but I am forever looking forward to it
Omg favourite books...this is hard. I'm sure you have already read a few of them but here i go: middlesex, the little prince, stoner, beloved, the fire next time, breasts and eggs, anne of green gables, just kafka and atonement!! These are all absolutely amazing
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donna tartt needs to release that new book soon i'm due for a new personality
no please wait I'm yet to read her
😩😩 pleeease
What book ??? :0000
😂 you are so real for this 😂
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I would sell my left kidney to feel what I felt while reading the secret history again
ME TOO MEEEEE TOO
@@cs0p I’m so very glad you agree :)
I didn’t know WHAT I was feeling.
@@InshaalAbidHe possibly agreed he would sell YOUR left kidney, too.
As a literature grad who similarly replays the small handful of Donna Tartt interviews on TH-cam-especially the one held at the John Adams Institute in 1993 (so good! I have it on repeat constantly) which sent me into rabbit holes of research on Euripides’ tragedies, Bennington College, T.S. Eliot, among other things-it’s no surprise TH-cam recommended your channel. It’s nice to know there’s someone else out there who is “nothing in their soul if not obsessive” -at least when it comes to our lord and literary savior, Donna Tartt.
I love your comment hahah--amen to obsession. I'll have to give the john adams one another listen, I usually watch the others because i like to see donna🫣 --my favorite is the 1992 interview
You're like the male version of Uncarley (my other fav booktuber) in the best possible way. Your humor is just very similar and you're both smarter than me which I am OK with
Oh also my favorites are East of Eden, Migrations by Charlotte McConaughy, Tender is the Flesh by Bazterrica, and Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
get out....I'm making male uncarley merch. Thank you ;) I looove east of eden (did I read it bc of her? no comment, nosy pervert)
The Brothers Karamazov is definitely my #1 favorite book of all time. This book has stuck with me ever since I’ve read it.
I want to read it so so bad
I read it but Shame on me i liked the Sekret book much more😅
Your analysis was so intelligent and thought provoking while still being funny af, lovedddddd it omg
Thank you ;)
Another stellar video!!! ✨ I, too, enjoyed Brideshead Revisited, as well as The Talented Mr. Ripley, immensely!!! Your critiques on each of the novels are insightful, and make me want to check out more novels like these. Also... Holy Heck, has your subscribers flourished, with over 3.2k- well deserved!!! Those Agatha Christie covers are fabulous, and lastly...your red Grinch decor makes me smile!! 😀 Have a super week and until next time, terrific Mr. Charles!!!!! 🎉
I LOVE THE GRINCH hahaha--I was obsessed with him growing up. Thank you!! I can't believe how the channel is growing 🫣
Hi, I haven't finished your video but I adore how your praise of Brideshead has taken up half of the video so far (including intro). Brideshead Revisited deserves all that. After I read it, the influence in TSH became very apparent. They are two gorgeous books that I need to read again as soon as possible.
YOUR USERNAME AHAHA soooo good. both books are so so good. I'm already ready to reread brideshead. I've been thinking of maybe doing a different waugh first tho. have you read any of his other books...
@@cs0p no, but I have Vile Bodies on my shelf. Waiting until after my exams so that I can read properly...
Edit: It's A Handful of Dust. Don't know why I got the title wrong earlier.
Perfect timing , I started reading the secret history yesterday after avoiding it for so long
woah--come back and tell me what you think 👀👀
would definitely love the philosophy breakdown and a video on classics or an immensely long character/plot/theme analysis on the secret history lmao cuz ur videos and donna tartt r so good
noted....
Fine! I’ll read the secret history! I’m 33 and just got into reading again this year. It’s been fun. So much of the television and movies I’ve seen recently have been so creatively bankrupt I knew it was time to start reading again.
This is the first video I've watched of yours, immediately subscribed. Don't mind me while I binge your whole channel.
I’m currently reading The Secret History. So far so good.
My favourite books of all time are The Bell Jar, The Catcher in the Rye, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, and My Dark Vanessa. Pretty much books with annoying whinny narrators that you just wanna smack in the head but also relate with 😅
loooooove a whiny narrator--my year and bell jar are so so good
I’m annoyed you don’t have more subscribers, amazing book reviews
🥺🥺thank you!!
I finished The Secret History yesterday, glad to celebrate with this video!
glad youre here
@@cs0p Omg! This makes me so happy! ♡
I have been binging your videos like crazy. Your personality is everything!!
thank you 🥺🥺
fav: I Look Divine by Christopher Coe
need to say, you're incredibly intelligent and your breakdown of all the books were done deliciously with such precision. love your takes on the limited time we have and the long soul search of what books we should be reading in a single lifetime!
Ordered. That looks so fucking good. It took me 5 minutes of battling the google autocorrect search engine to realize that it was divine not divie. Also is it out of print because I could only find like one copy available, and I snatched that shit. Nathan! Don't feed my ego! It's almost big enough to believe you ;)
@@cs0p omfg sorry not me going back to edit the title of one of my favs! it's a short slim one that can be devoured in an afternoon. hope you enjoy it! and if not, roast the hell outta me!!!
LOL mama taught me honesty is the best policy! just spittin the truth bb!
Favorite books are TSH (duh) and Lolita. Babel by RF Kuang and Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor were both in my top 5 of last year. Beautiful Little Fools is a Gatsby-adjacent story about his murder, and Babel is beautiful written and such a compelling story. Highly recommend!
mmmmm I've heard sexy good things about babel--I need to give gatsby a reread! its been a minute🫣
I'm so glad the algorithm brought me your channel!
I'm glad you're here ;)
Say less, my fave books are 'Annihilation' by Jeff Vandermeer, 'Dune' by Frank Herbert, 'The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo' by Taylor Jenkins Reid, 'The Knife of Never Letting Go' by Patrick Ness, 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close' by J. S. Foer and 2 other romanian books you've probably never heard about: 'Baltagul' (The Hatchet) by Mihail Sadoveanu and Otilia's Enigma by George Călinescu xx
mmmmmm I need to read more sci fi and dune sounds like a fun place 🫣
also stan Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close!!! an incredible reading experience that breaks conventions!
@@nathansnook truly, it's one of the few books I got chills on the most while reading
I discovered your videos these days and I'm so obsessed with them ❤
aw thank you!! 🥺
Coming back to rewatch this after finishing tsh >>
Well We have always lived in the castle is one of my favs but I’m guessing you’ll already be reading it in this vid (hope you liked it btw), soo I’ll say a few other favs: The Little Prince, Dune, My Brilliant Friend, The Book of Longings
I looove My brilliant friend. I need to pick up the second one. I loved aspects of Castle and am pumped to pick up more Jackson
Hard to say my favorites of all time but my favorites from this year are Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, Eileen by Otessa Moshfegh, and The Novelist by Jordan Castro
Editing to say I love this channel and so glad I found you!! You remind me of Shawn McComb who’s one of my favs…
Thank you! 🫶🫣😝 I'm glad you're enjoying the channel
"What better reason to believe something than because it's a lovely idea"
"Stories are deception. They're not real but we allow ourselves to be decieved to fall into the stories, because they're lovely ideas"
👌👌👌👌
fav books: stoner by john williams, transendant kingdom by yaa gyasi, schoolgirl by osamu dazai, and twisted lies by ana huang (you should definitely read this!!!!)
mmmmmmm these books all sound good. I almost bought stoner at Barnes yesterday 👀🫣
I liked your take on Brideshead Revisited!! I only just read it half a year ago but you made me want to go back and reread it already! it instantly became a favorite for me, those characters were just so compelling. you really get deeply invested in them. also thanks for recommending Howards End, because I've been wanting to get into Forster for a while now!
Thank you! I already want to reread it 😩😩 Forster is the best. If you want a shorter one first, Where angels fear to tread is just as good and might consider more similar themes (oops I forgot about the book when filming), but howards end is still def similar and it's great
@@cs0p turns out one of my local libraries has both so hopefully soon I can give them a read!
While putting together a piece of furniture, I finished watching this video. I saw I hadn’t finished it. I love how you cap it off by giving your thoughts about how The Secret History compares to the books in this video. That summary was 🔥😊
thanks ;) I hope your furniture didn't turn out a wobbly mess like all mine 💀
Well......🤔
Hi Charles, it would be really interesting (for me at least) if you tier- ranked poe's short stories :) I don't watch booktube that much but I like your channel.
ok ok good. Noted. I need to figure out the software! Thank you for watching! :)
If you guys haven't already, you should check out the audiobook of The secret history read by lord and savior Donna Tartt herself. She truly brings the characters to life and the voice she gives Bunny is just gold. It's on TH-cam in 7 parts, 4 and a half hours each, check it out!!!
i have heard it's great 👀
@@cs0p you've heard right
Pleading + begging + praying for a The Master & Margarita mention of any kind. So basic but an all time fav
I BOUGHT THIS JUST A SEC AGO 👀👀
Loved your comparison analysis.
Thank you!!
Hey Charles, have you read any Ken Follet? I just finished the pillars of the earth, and I thought it was amazing while I was reading it (and it was LONG) but a week later I’m starting to think twice about it. Would like to hear your thoughts.
Taken at the Flood and There is a Tide are the same Agatha Christie novel - the first is the UK edition, the second is the American edition. American publishers often changed her titles. Funerals are Fatal (US edition) is in fact After the Funeral (UK edition).
interesting interesting that does make sense
Reporting for my subscriberly duty here: my favorite books at the moment are The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut and Coraline by Neil Gaiman. I have a few on my TBR (Secret history included) that I think may be overtaking them soon though.
Yes fellow The Goldfinch fan, so underrated
you listing goldfinch and coraline with S5 make me want to give S5 a read...it's been on the tbr forever but I always here mixed reviews. I wan't to read coraline a bunch too
@@cs0p S5 was my favorite book for nearly the opposite reason I enjoyed The Goldfinch. My love for the Goldfinch came from a love for Donna's storytelling and character building. On the other hand, my love for S5 comes from a love for how its told. The story itself was mostly "uninteresting" to me, for lack of a better word, but was incredibly well-told, and surprisingly humorous. I highly recommend it.
My favourite book’s probably Hamnet, by Maggie O’Farrell
mmmmm mm m m m m mm
haha found your channel and instantly subscribed bc the secret history is THAT book and you just reminded me I have to reread it soon, also it’s nice to find someone with similar taste in literature as me cuz it’s kinda hard on yt imo
Thank you!! I'm glad we have similar tastes ;) I need to reread it too!
“I think it kinda looks like me I think it’s hot” 😭😭😭
just discovered your channel and i’m eating up all this content omg
munch munch ;) thank you
Some of my fav books that aren't by donna tartt are wolf hall, phantom of the opera, the bluest eye, and a pale view of hills.
Also did you know that donna tartt is a lana del rey fan?? Thats kinda iconic
no way that is icon shit. I got my dad wolf hall for his birthday! I want to read bluest eye so bad--it's been on the up next TBR list forever and my friends loooove it
I'd absolutely love to see you tier-rank all of Edgar Allen Poe! I loved EAP in high school, but hadn't picked up anything by him again until this year when I re-read "The Fall of the House of Usher", in preparation for reading the re-telling "What Moves the Dead" by T. Kingfisher. Loved them both, and it reignited my love for Poe.
His stories are still fresh and fun even now which is crazy to me. Usher is certainly a banger. Read more poe!! I'll brush the dust off my poe memories and add the video to the docket if I can figure out how to use the software 🙈
This was a really well-done video!!!
🫣🥺 I'm happy I could make you laugh and I'm glad a fellow DT fanatic enjoyed the video ;)
“Write more and say the hell less” LOL
my faves as of right now are The Great Gatsby, Lord of the Flies and The Picture of Dorian Gray :) also you're probably the only person that talks about The Secret History in a way that makes me want to read it lol (** stop this burp erasure, in fact make a compilation)
the BURPS AHHAHA secret history is so worthy of the hype I can't even pretend I like other niche books more--dorian is definitely due for a reread
my favorite books are the secret history (obvi), interview with the vampire by anne rice, the twilight books (i think you can tell i love vampire novels) and the diary of anne frank is another favorite. have a great day charles !♡
aw thank you! Have a good day to you too ;) I will add the anne rice book to my tbr, I think I've seen clips of the movie
I'm on a binge of your channel, I'm obsessed, and I'm not sorry.
Since you've already read (and loved) TSH and The Little Friend (some of my favourites), these are some of my favourites that I think you might like:
- A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine
- Cat On A Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams (so underrated)
- Summerwater by Sarah Moss
- Rivals by Jilly Cooper
Thank you!! I will check out the recs ;)
a dark adapted eye looks good asf...
@@cs0p it's a masterpiece.
i still haven't read the secret history 🙈
kiran!! Donna is so good 😭
i need to frame that thumbnail
Outline by Rachel Cusk
read written on the body by Jeanette Winterson! only 190 pages but the best writing ever. very poetic.
mmm I will add to my sexy tbr
4 of my favorites:
1. Red Rising Trilogy by Pierce Browm
It was the first time I read a book that felt like I was actually in the world I was reading. Great world building, amazing characters, and it had me gripped me to my seat every time I picked it up.
2. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
This book impressed me so much because it’s so different than it’s modern adaptions/ references, it’s so much more thoughtful and emotional. The contrasts that Frankenstein kept making to himself and Paradise Lost really gave this book so much to analyze and admire.
3. Honor in the Dust by Gregg Jones
I had to read this for high school a couple years ago and it made enough of an impact that I read it again in college. The author does such a great job depicting battles and views that America’s influential held at the time. Reading this was so emotional for me because I’m part Filipino and so many parts of the book had me seething with rage at the brutality that America was so comfortable inflicting because they believed the countries they were invading were inferior, savage, feral. Overall just acknowledging that this is a part of American history and it’s how America still operates today.
4. The Race Beat by Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff
I also read this is high school and it’s about the Civil Rights movement through the eyes of the press. It was difficult at times to read because of the various editors and journalists that the book talks about but it was one of the first times that I felt that I finally grasped American History. So much of that has happened is still relevant today and I wish that everyone would read this.
Sorry for the lengthy comment, just walking away from these books felt like I understood the world a little bit more :)
I love a lengthy comment! thank you for the recs, I really need to get to franky!!
you’re adorable 😂 I’m here for the petty takes. glad I subscribed. I’m quarter of the way through my first read of the secret history ..!!
thank you! lol the petty takes, I can't help it. Tell me if you love it!! Unsubscribe if you dont 😤
I'm norwegian and so are many of my favrite books, so you probably never heard of them. But I also love Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, The shaddow of the wind, Lolita, Who killed my father by Édouard Louis, and ofc all of the Harry Potter books :)))
Shadow of the wind is SO good!! All time favorite of mine also. 😊
Hi norway! I need to get to lolita ASAP! I can't believe I haven't read it yet. I've also heard great great things about shadow of the wind
Favorites of mine are, despite the secret history of course, in cold blood, east of eden, white nights, kafkas letters to milena, perfume by Süskind and first love by Turgenev.
get tf out that's a damn lineup. I love eden and cold blood. Turgenev is on the hit list for my russian lit foray 😏 perfume sounds like it could be incredible
@@cs0p But I should warn you about parfum. It's quite gruesome and the ending is really something
My favourite books: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll.
icon books damn--I love oscar and agatha--I've been meaning to read the last two...👀
@@cs0p Agatha Christie is the reason I found your channel. I was looking for reviews of Endless Night.
Hi there. Really love your channel. I've read 'Brideshead' three times and looove that book! Lord Marchmain is a hoot. Michael Gambon (of Dumbledore fame) gave a great performance of him in the 2008 film version (even though that movie took liberties and isn't nearly as good as the 1980s British TV miniseries). Your other videos are creating more piles of books in my home btw.
thank you!! i dont know how i always forget there are usually movie adaptations of popular older books. i have added the film to my letterbox...
i really liked if we were villains and it’s often compared to secret history since it’s also dark academia
I want to read it!! I've been waiting to get it at a thrift store because it's so popular someone should donate it eventually 🫣
fav books rn: crying in h-mart, darkness visible by william styron, the little prince, in the dream house, and the once upon a broken heart series
I love the cover of crying in h mart 👀👀
I’m glad I found your channel. I love your humor!
Edit: and I also hate The Kite Runner.
thank god you found the channel-I’ve never met anyone else who hates it 💀
Fav Books: abela by Berie Doherty, the gritterman by Orlando Weeks, A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver, the little friend, the salt path by Raynor Winn and Call the Midwife by by Jennifer Worth
noted noted thank yoo
Some of my fav books gotta be Turtles all the way down, the book thief, the count of monte cristo, frankenstein, thr great gatsby, crime and punishment, the silent patient,,
I need to finish crime and p!! Frankenstein is also on the hit list. I can't imagine ever finishing count becuase of how long it is 🫣
hi i’ve been obsessed with your channel hello. ANYWAYS MY FAV BOOKS !!!! :
1.picture of dorian gray
2.the metamorphosis
3.confessions of the mask
the other ones aren’t in order☺️
paradise rot by jenny hval
things have gotten worse since we last spoke
the priory of the orange tree ( the only fantasy book ever created tbh )
nausea
the stranger
humiliated and insulted
the trial
on earth we’re briefly gorgeous
the red dragon
the red dragon could possibly be my fav cuz of will graham and the fact that im obsessed with the show hannibal, BUT ITS STILL AMAZING
i need to read donna tartt’s books REALLY BAD but im waiting for fall , for my reading experience to be more atmospheric 😇
I want to read red dragon so bad 👀👀--the atmosphere for TSH will be amazing in the fall!! Thank you for your obsession ;)
hey ! i just came across your channel and i immediately fell in love with your energy and vibe so i wanted to tell you that BUT ALSO tell you about my favorite books because it would also help me narrow them down: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Heartstopper, The House in the Cerulean Sea, Solitaire
aww thank you!! I will add them to my tbr ;)
Donna tartt has untitled book on goodreads omgg and release date is june 2023. How do u feeel??? I screamed so loud i hope its true
OH MY FUCKING GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD I JUST HEARD THIS FIRST FROM YOU
fucK FUCK FUCK
no fuuuuucking way
if she's pranking I'd jump off a bridge
I think I'm being a bit dramatic, but it was truly a shock to hear there are stirrings. If it actually comes out tomorrow...
i love your vibde
thank you ;)) I'm glad you're here
Genuinely was looking forward to this video and you delivered. 💅
Some favorite books: Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak, The Book Thief by the same dude, The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness, and The Name of the Wind by Patrick Ness.
All of these are pretty chunky, but The Knife of Never Letting go is a fairly quick read given the writing style and fast pace. 😎
good good good I'm glad I delivered ;) I don't mind a fast paced chunky baby! I've been meaning to read the book thief since middle school 💀
@@cs0p just realized that all the books I recommend follow children, which you mentioned you don't like. 👀 my baaad.
Soo some other recommendations that don't follow children: Death with Interruptions by Jose Saramago, Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin, and Vicious by VE Schwab (warning, there is A child in that one).
What i will say is that the books i recommended before are still excellent (in my humble correct opinion).
@ lol I don't minnnnd the occasional one hahaha and I'm always open! "warning" HAHA --I have been meaning to read Giovannis tho. I'm sure the child books are great too hahaha I still want to pick up the book thief some time 😛
@@cs0p you could do a video titled "Can the children redeem themselves? Reading books about kids for a week" hahaha. Giovannis Room is a special book, and since you enjoyed Brideshead, I think you'll enjoy it. Not that it's similar in plot, but there was something intangible about it - maybe the atmosphere - that reminded me of Brideshead. The book thief is fantastic - and event though it's set during WWII, it doesn't actually follow any soldiers so I wouldn't necessarily consider it a war novel. It used to be my favorite book of all time, but when Zusak came out with Bridge of Clay, that one took top spot.
@ mmmmm! That would be a fun video--I'll add it to the docket. I need to read zusak if you love him this much!! haha
My favourite books of all time are all of the neapolitan novels, however I believe it's rather because of the fact that I grew up reading them and that they shaped my taste than because of the their quality
no the quality of those books is great you have great taste (so far as it concerns the first two bc those are the only ones ive read so far)
@@cs0p That's definitely good to know. I read them a long time ago and have been meaning to reread them for a while now but I was just so scared of not liking them as much as I did the first time. So that's very reassuring:)
i just found your channel by now, and i immediately subscribed :)
thank you 🥺🫶
you should release the unedited footage just for funsies
Just go to the zoo and check out the chimp exhibit. And then play a burp track. That's pretty much the magic behind my mediocrity
favorite books: this is how you lose the time war, paul takes the form of a mortal girl, bonjour tristesse and these violent delights (micah nemerever)
mmmmm these sound hot hot hot
We Have Always Lived in the Castle, one of my all time favorites, and I knew it would be from just the first page!
it is very very good--The first page is amazing, and the rest hahaha but Jackson started with a bang
you’re making me want to pick up anna karenina this instant, even tho i’ve planned to read it this summer 😭😭😭
DO IT DO IT DO IT it's so sexy...
My faves are: My Heavenly Favorite by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (you could call it a Dutch take on Lolita), The First Bad Man by Miranda July and Life or Theatre by Charlotte Salomon
mmmm m mm m I need to read lolita!! these books sound hot
i put your videos on tv while i was doing chores and u made me laugh so many times, thank you! i do love magical realism and quirky shit, but it's interesting to hear your criticism
also u remind me so much of my brother that i live far away from, bless you 😭
aww thank you!! This is very sweet, I am happy to hear :)
Magical realism and quirky shit sound grand what do you recommend? I tried 100 Years of Solitude and got confused.
Yes I do Google Donna obsessively too.
My favourite books are TSH, The Night Circus, Less, Sonny's Blues, The Lies of Locke Lamora, Charming As A Verb
Googling donna is my third favorite past time
favs: book thief, liar's gospel, the secret history, the diary of a young girl, little women, les miserables (abridged. the unabridged is painful. like, an entirely different book).
Abridged HAHAH understandable--that book is a BRICK. It scares me more than any other book I've come across. I need to read the book thief!! And I low key loved the little women movie with florence pugh
You speaking of 1984 and Animal Farm made me think of PKD's The Man in the High Castle.. I haven't read it yet but I did watch the mini series many years ago. Gave me the same kind of creepy feeling as V for Vendetta.. so of course, can't wait to read it.
oooo I will have to check the book out--I had a blast with orwell
@@cs0p it's an alternate history where the US did not win WWII.. so not great situation lol
@@the_eerie_faerie_tales 💀💀 that sounds intense but like it could be very good
the handmaids tale!!!!! & the testaments by Margaret Atwood, bunny by mona awad, our wives under the sea by Julia armfield, and the secret history by queen donna are my faves
I looooove bunny!! And the handmaids tale was fun too. You have sexy taste ;)
A book that reminds me of the Secret History is The Wishing Game by Patrick Redmond. Not quite the same, more thriller/horror themed but still a dark academia vibe. Kind of an obscure and forgotten book but worth a read!
added to tbr that looks fun thank you....
Several thoughts:
1. Holy hell you’re so good at talking about books
2. Reading vlogs might be a cute direction for your channel 🥰 ik they’re probably a lot of work but like a vlog of you reading these and getting live reactions would have been cute
3. Heat by Joyce Carol Oates is my fave short story ever. For some reason I’ve never read a novel by her I’m so silly 🤭 but if you haven’t read Heat you should!!
4. K*ll*ng myself bc you don’t like magical realism there goes my like entire recommendation list lmfao but that won’t stop me!
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (fave book of all time)
Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen (fave book of this year [so far])
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (I see it on your tbr shelf get to reading bestie 🔫)
Babel by R.F. Kuang (adding myself to the list of people that are recommending this to you so that you actually read it)
Thank you!! 2-some of my earlier vids have little vlog montages hahaha, I might do some sort of vlog return eventually (I actually vlogged for this one! I just didn't put it in 🫣💀) 3- DEAL I LOVE HER, We were the mulvaneys is great, and I liked babysitter a good deal, but it's certainly not for everyone
4-HAHAHA I'll pick one up every now and then in the hopes I'm proven wrong. I am looking forward to piranesi ! hahah and I've heard great things about babel
the secret history is my bible 💖 will definitely be adding these texts to my religious curriculum 🙂
amen 🙏-tell me what you think of the others when you read them😏
I AUDIBLY GASPED I WAITED ALL MY LIFE FOR THIS VIDEO
lol me too
My fave is a young adult book and it’s objectively not even that good, but “family of liars” is just such a comfort book
comfort books are way undervalued, I've been meaning to reread my childhood favorites
I’m here to say that my absolute favorite books are A Strangeness In My Mind by Orhan Pamuk and Middlesex
I LOVED MIDDLESEX!!!
Some of my favorite books (excluding The Secret History and also Gone Girl and Sharp Objects which I think you mentioned in another video):
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, The Shining by Stephen King, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, and If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio (similar to The Secret History in many ways, although TSH is still better). I'm also in the process of reading Babel by R. F. Kuang, which seems awesome so far.
mmmm these seem like a blast, I've been meaning to get to little life and villains forever!
the book thief, anything by celeste ng, and also the night circus are some of my faves
(edited: haven’t read celeste ng’s newest book though but really want to!)
I need to get to the book thief!
I who have never known men is my favourite book of all time. One thing I'd say is that if you are going to read it, is to not look up any synopsis cause one I read spoiled a big part of the book
ok ok ok I will go in blind. I hate when a synopsis spoils the book-- they always give too damn much away. I tend to bulk buy books and forget the synopsis and trust I liked it when I pick it up to read from my shelf
favorite books include letters to a young poet by rilke, the razor’s edge by maugham and the perks of being a wallflower by chbosky ‼️
mmmm i have razors edge!
0:44 Ight mate, I have different favorite books for different types of stuff cause my all time favorite is niece
Favorite books for getting out a reading slump:
Normal People
Siddartha
Animal farm
The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe
Favorite books for disturbing philosophy
The road
Lord of the flies
Heart of Darkness
Favorite books about and for mentally deteriorating women:
My dark Vanessa
The bell jar
Garden of earthly bodies
The Friend
All time favorite novel: Death Note: L: Change The World
So I know these are extremely normal categories and novels to read so enjoy putting them in your video and reading them if you haven’t ;)))))
thank you!! I looove the bell jar, and I've been meaning to read my dark vanessa! I tried reading the lion when I was a kid, but I never got far 🫣
my favorites are The Graveyard Book, the picture of dorian gray, Circe, a thousand splendid suns and kafka on the shore
dorian gray is so damn good and due for a reread for me
What would you recommend to someone who haven't read any Edgar Allan Poe?
hmmmm cask of amontillado is classic poe for good reason ;)
@@cs0p I'll check it out thank you! :)
Donna is the Stanley Kubrick of novelists. Ya gotta wait. And I’m guessing her next book will have the word THE to preface the title. And it will be a FAT book.
I read this and I said how the hell would this guy know, then I read it again and I laughed
Le Grand Meaulnes YES!!
It's that good it made me want to read a 145 pages essay about it and another of my favourite books (The Counterfeiters by Gide).
damn. I believe it, le grand is a force of a book
American Gods by Neil Gaiman has been on the back of my mind prettty much since I’ve read it.
I just did a google deep dive on this and it looks so damn good. George martin even raved about it 👀👀 --this has definitely been added to the tbr
Mr. and Mrs. Bunny, Detectives extraordinaire by Polly Horvath is my entire childhood and I revisit it every year. It is incredibly clever
i will add to the tbr. I've been meaning to read more "childrens" books like alice and coraline
I just love your channel! ❤ Mostly because I never hear you say that a book gives you “summer vibes.” Also, read Straight Man by Richard Russo. It’s hilarious and about academia.
HAHAHA SUMMER VIBES GOODBYE I've been meaning to read empire falls for 2 years now 🫣
@@cs0p Straight Man is funnier than Empire Falls. But he’s a great writer. 💪🏼
Shadow Of The Wind, All My Puny Sorrows, and East of Eden. I also love, Writers and Lovers. 😊 oh and I am also a huge William Somerset Maugham fan. ❤
suuuuch good taste. Eden and Writers are two of my favorites. I have razors edge I need to pick it up!!
on earth we’re briefly gorgeus and circe gotta be some of my faves
circe was a blast, on earth sounds like a blast!!
My favorite books are actually The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt( I think I commented this on another vid of yours but I preferred it to TSH a lot) imo it’s the way better novel of hers compared to TSH, that didn’t quite make it to my favorites list
-also “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini (better than the kite runner though I still enjoyed that so idk if you’d like it)
-my year of rest and relaxation by otessa moshfegh
-the perks of being a wallflower obvi
-the astonishing color of after by Emily x r pan
- the razors edge by somerset maughan
I looooove my year of rest--so so funny. I've been meaning to read razors edge. I can't imagine actually reading the goldfinch, but I am forever looking forward to it
Omg favourite books...this is hard. I'm sure you have already read a few of them but here i go: middlesex, the little prince, stoner, beloved, the fire next time, breasts and eggs, anne of green gables, just kafka and atonement!!
These are all absolutely amazing
you're right ;) I love love love middlesex--I've been flirting with reading atonement!