I'm 34 years old and I appreciate being in my 30s WAY more than my 20s which were just an awkward, depressing time of my life. The only downside to being in my 30s is being told by people in their early 20s that I'm old! haha. I haven't read most of the books that you listed except Atonement which is just heartbreaking.
I turned 30 earlier this year, and I was scared! But I am in a much better place now than I was ten years ago or for the majority of my 20s. I think the 30s are the best decade of your life. I feel a lot more grounded and settled into adulthood. I feel like I have arrived. I have skills and experiences I didn’t have when I turned 20, I’m still young and (mentally at least) youthful but with a certain maturity. Turning 30 made me feel strong and brought me closer to myself (also after giving my 20s a long reflective thought).
you're the coolest person ever omg 😍 I turned 20 this years and I'm still scared about what's ahead of me. I think i really need to stop worrying and start living & enjoying instead 😭
I hope you enjoy all of this reads,as for me,no matter how old I'm (currently 32),I will read mostly fantasy,sci-fi and a little King here and there 😆.
I remember turning 30 and feeling finally like a real adult. I'm 40 now. Time just seems fly by so fast this days. I remember hearing or reading about Into the Wild. I think I've seen a documentary about it. I recall finding it really interesting.
Another Memoir that I would recommend is A Ghost in the Throat. The language is beautiful, and the format is interesting. It may be right up your alley. Call me by your Name and The Year of Magical Thinking were very well done, the follow-ups however were disappointing so I would just stick to the first works if I were you. Into the Wild was also a good read and very short. If you enjoy it or even if you don't the adaptation with Emile Hirsch is worth a watch. Happy Wednesday.
Into the Wild and the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks are both excellent! Cloud Atlas has been on my shelf forever- I’ve been planning on reading it next year!! I hope your 30s are absolutely INCREDIBLE! ✨
I will definitely read Into the Wild with you when you get to it! The movie is one of my favorites of all time and I've always been fascinated by his story. A buddy read with you will be just the motivation I need. ❤
Just started my thirties, but I'm feeling far more centered and content of late than during my more tumultuous twenties. Good luck with the decade and with picking up these books! Haven't read any of them, but a couple have piqued my interest before.
I read When Breath Becomes Air about 4 years ago and still regularly think about it - you're in for quite the ride with that one. Would highly recommend!
I read Cloud Atlas in my late 20s and I loved it. It's been described as a narrative nesting dolls, and it's so delightful. I never read Into The Wild but I read one of Krakauer's other books Into Thin Air about his trek up Everest and it was amazing! It was an English class book in highschool and I've read again since.
I turned 30 in July and I'm all here for this list! Your channel has become my favorite, I love your no fluff personality and matureness (I mean this in a great way).
you and i are on the same wavelength! i turned 30 back in october and it was such a feeling of vindication after 5 years of being like "im tired of my 20s, please let me be 30 already" so far, mine's going great, and i hope yours do too!
So many interesting-looking books I haven't read! I loved the book Into the Wild, and I also love Into Thin Air by the same author. I think you would love both books given your passion for exploring nature! 🤍🌿
Cloud Atlas and Atonement! Hell yeah! Mitchell and McEwan (imagine he's a Scottish female sheep and you'll get the name right) both have such a strong command of the English language! I was going to write authorial voice, but honestly Mitchell's voice gets drowned in his character's voices. I'm on my sixth Mitchell of the year right now (The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet), and I'm really hoping he finishes the next book in his Über-novel soon, because I only have two to go!
Not yet 30 myself (26 currently), but there are so many great books on this list! Convenience Store Woman was one of my favourite reads in 2021, and David Mitchell is one of my all time favourite authors (to be honest, I didn't even enjoy Cloud Atlas that much so definitely check out his other works too if you have the time!). Americanah was great too, and Call Me By Your Name I read a while ago but I remember really enjoying it. Haven't read Into The Wild, so can't comment on the literary quality, but the movie was absolutely fantastic so it's anyway a great story! Cheers
I love Atonement! The ending broke me 😵 similar to Anxious People, I was balling my eyes out at the end. Such interesting picks! Holy molly, Into the Wild sounds freaking fantastic!
Happy early birthday! My 30’s have been my best meaningful years for sure. I’m a huge Backman fan but Anxious People was a bit of a miss for me! I can’t recall which ones of his you’ve read but A Man Called Ove and Beartown were stellar. So I suggest those to you instead of you haven’t read them yet.
I am excited for my 30s too! I loved the movie 13 going on 30 growing up so I have always said that saying as well when people ask why- 30, flirty and thriving! 😊💃☀️
I just turned 30 in June. Gotta say you're far more enthusiastic about it than I was 😂 welcome to the 30 club! I have found that classic literature has more meaning to me the older I get.
Hey, we share a birth month! December birthdays are the coolest, although I might be biased. Into The Wild is a really interesting story, so definitely push that one to the top of the list!
I was so stoked to leave my 20's behind this year. Honestly probably not going to read any of these books. I need me that escapism from real life issues! Probably why I steer more towards fantasy, supernatural horror, classics & pre 1800's historical fiction.
I am nowhere near my thirthies (in fact, I am only turning 20 next year haha), but this looks like a great list of books. Anxious People might be my fave by Backman! I am also very interested in Cloud Atlas and Convienence Store Woman :) Hope you will love all of these! Here's to an amazing decade for you ;)
Good luck with your list I haven't read these books but I have heard about them 👍 I have read books by Roxanne gay the untamed state and her memoir hunger both are great reads but deal with some difficult subjects
I, too, was excited to turn 30, but I’m inexplicably panicking about turning 35 next year. A couple of books that I read in the past couple of years, that I don’t think I would have been able to appreciate in my 20s: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson, and A Girl is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi.
Joan Didion's work is superb. There's a v good documentary about her on - I think - Netflix. (UK Netflix but I assume US as well). It's a good selection. I don't remember being too worried about my 30s. Turning 50 was a shock though because your mortality becomes much more a thing that you think about. Or I do/did anyway. I would add 'A Prayer for Owen Meany' by John Irving to that list. It had a real impact on me when I read it. It's a slow burn but I loved it. Oh, and The Sparrow is fab. Highly recommend it.
I'm really looking forward to your review of Cloud Atlas. I've only seen the film adaptation of Mitchell's novel by the Wachowskis but I'd love to hear your opinion contrasting and contrasting the two mediums. P.S. Sorry if I missed this but did you wrap up the Malazan Book of the Fallen? Final thoughts on the series?
Definitely have some books that have, so far, influenced me a lot in my 30s: Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche Pragmatism by William James Ordinary Men by Christopher P. Browning Kolyma Tales by Varlam Shalamov The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahnemann Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov
Also, Into the Wild has a great movie (I haven't read the book, so not sure it's a good adaptation), and the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is one of my absolute fave non-fic books. Enjoy!
Americanah is a great book it looks at a lot of immigrant issues and about returning to your roots, I read it in my fifties.... was I mutton reading as lamb?
I'm 34 years old and I appreciate being in my 30s WAY more than my 20s which were just an awkward, depressing time of my life. The only downside to being in my 30s is being told by people in their early 20s that I'm old! haha. I haven't read most of the books that you listed except Atonement which is just heartbreaking.
Haha I already get called old often 😂
I turned 30 earlier this year, and I was scared! But I am in a much better place now than I was ten years ago or for the majority of my 20s. I think the 30s are the best decade of your life. I feel a lot more grounded and settled into adulthood. I feel like I have arrived. I have skills and experiences I didn’t have when I turned 20, I’m still young and (mentally at least) youthful but with a certain maturity. Turning 30 made me feel strong and brought me closer to myself (also after giving my 20s a long reflective thought).
Cloud Atlas is so good! David Mitchell has reoccurring characters throughout his books so they all link together, it's very cool!
That’s awesome!
you're the coolest person ever omg 😍 I turned 20 this years and I'm still scared about what's ahead of me. I think i really need to stop worrying and start living & enjoying instead 😭
🤍🤍🤍
I hope you enjoy all of this reads,as for me,no matter how old I'm (currently 32),I will read mostly fantasy,sci-fi and a little King here and there 😆.
Thank you! :)
I remember turning 30 and feeling finally like a real adult. I'm 40 now. Time just seems fly by so fast this days.
I remember hearing or reading about Into the Wild. I think I've seen a documentary about it. I recall finding it really interesting.
Time needs to slow down!
I absolutely loved Anxious People! Excited to hear your thoughts
I’m looking forward to it!
Another Memoir that I would recommend is A Ghost in the Throat. The language is beautiful, and the format is interesting. It may be right up your alley. Call me by your Name and The Year of Magical Thinking were very well done, the follow-ups however were disappointing so I would just stick to the first works if I were you. Into the Wild was also a good read and very short. If you enjoy it or even if you don't the adaptation with Emile Hirsch is worth a watch. Happy Wednesday.
Thanks for the info! :)
I finished reading Convenience Store Woman last week and it was phenomenal. I wish it was longer!
I’m 25 but I LOVED anxious people! One of my favorite reads this year! Highly recommend the audiobook too it was so well done
So glad to hear that!
Into the Wild and the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks are both excellent! Cloud Atlas has been on my shelf forever- I’ve been planning on reading it next year!! I hope your 30s are absolutely INCREDIBLE! ✨
Thank you!! :)
I will definitely read Into the Wild with you when you get to it! The movie is one of my favorites of all time and I've always been fascinated by his story. A buddy read with you will be just the motivation I need. ❤
Yes I’ll definitely let you know! :)
Just started my thirties, but I'm feeling far more centered and content of late than during my more tumultuous twenties. Good luck with the decade and with picking up these books! Haven't read any of them, but a couple have piqued my interest before.
Thank you! :)
I read When Breath Becomes Air about 4 years ago and still regularly think about it - you're in for quite the ride with that one. Would highly recommend!
Glad to hear!
I love Cloud Atlas! I hope you enjoy it!
Me too! :)
OMG CLOUD ATLAS is my favorite book. I shouted in surprise when you mentioned it. I hope you like it when you read it!!!
I’m excited to check it out!
I read Cloud Atlas in my late 20s and I loved it. It's been described as a narrative nesting dolls, and it's so delightful. I never read Into The Wild but I read one of Krakauer's other books Into Thin Air about his trek up Everest and it was amazing! It was an English class book in highschool and I've read again since.
So glad to hear! :)
I turned 30 in July and I'm all here for this list! Your channel has become my favorite, I love your no fluff personality and matureness (I mean this in a great way).
Aw thanks so much!
you and i are on the same wavelength! i turned 30 back in october and it was such a feeling of vindication after 5 years of being like "im tired of my 20s, please let me be 30 already" so far, mine's going great, and i hope yours do too!
Aw love to hear it! ☺️
So many interesting-looking books I haven't read! I loved the book Into the Wild, and I also love Into Thin Air by the same author. I think you would love both books given your passion for exploring nature! 🤍🌿
Oh so glad to hear, thanks!
Cloud Atlas and Atonement! Hell yeah! Mitchell and McEwan (imagine he's a Scottish female sheep and you'll get the name right) both have such a strong command of the English language! I was going to write authorial voice, but honestly Mitchell's voice gets drowned in his character's voices. I'm on my sixth Mitchell of the year right now (The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet), and I'm really hoping he finishes the next book in his Über-novel soon, because I only have two to go!
Glad to hear you enjoyed them!
I turn 30 in May! Super ready for it, 20’s are hard lol. Best of luck from my house full of cats to yours.
Thank you :)
you're so adorable my lord
Hello. I'm 31 and thank you for recommending Cloud Atlas and Into the Wild. I will definitely be reading those.
Hope you enjoy!
Not yet 30 myself (26 currently), but there are so many great books on this list! Convenience Store Woman was one of my favourite reads in 2021, and David Mitchell is one of my all time favourite authors (to be honest, I didn't even enjoy Cloud Atlas that much so definitely check out his other works too if you have the time!). Americanah was great too, and Call Me By Your Name I read a while ago but I remember really enjoying it. Haven't read Into The Wild, so can't comment on the literary quality, but the movie was absolutely fantastic so it's anyway a great story! Cheers
So glad to hear, thanks! :)
I love Atonement! The ending broke me 😵 similar to Anxious People, I was balling my eyes out at the end. Such interesting picks! Holy molly, Into the Wild sounds freaking fantastic!
Glad to hear you enjoyed it!
I was recommended Sabrina and Corina and hope to get to it next year!
It sounds great and what a pretty cover too!
Happy early birthday! My 30’s have been my best meaningful years for sure. I’m a huge Backman fan but Anxious People was a bit of a miss for me! I can’t recall which ones of his you’ve read but A Man Called Ove and Beartown were stellar. So I suggest those to you instead of you haven’t read them yet.
So glad to hear that 🤍
I am excited for my 30s too! I loved the movie 13 going on 30 growing up so I have always said that saying as well when people ask why- 30, flirty and thriving! 😊💃☀️
Yasssss ☺️
Definitely recommend Into the Wild along with the movie based on the true story! It's a short but fascinating read.
I’ll check out the movie afterwards!
Haven't read Cloud Atlas yet, but I loved the movie. You should definitely check out the film at some point!!
Ah I didn’t know there was one!
I just turned 30 in June. Gotta say you're far more enthusiastic about it than I was 😂 welcome to the 30 club! I have found that classic literature has more meaning to me the older I get.
I agree with that!
The nonfiction on Henrietta Lacks is very much also on my list, especially since I know about the cell line
Oh cool!
I need to get to David Mitchell’s books. I’ve heard they’re all connected in someway.
cloud atlas is amazing imho, a bit challenging but very rewarding - i love atonement! and call me by your name
Yay, glad to hear you enjoyed those :)
Anxious People is one that I have on my TBR because....I am an anxious person and I have heard really good things about Backman.
I’ve read 2 of his books and really enjoyed them!
Hey, we share a birth month! December birthdays are the coolest, although I might be biased.
Into The Wild is a really interesting story, so definitely push that one to the top of the list!
Yay! And good to know :)
Such a great idea! You've definitely inspired me to discover my own list and maybe incorporate a few into my 2022 reading 📚
Aw yay! 🤍
I was so stoked to leave my 20's behind this year.
Honestly probably not going to read any of these books. I need me that escapism from real life issues! Probably why I steer more towards fantasy, supernatural horror, classics & pre 1800's historical fiction.
Hey, whatever works! :)
I am nowhere near my thirthies (in fact, I am only turning 20 next year haha), but this looks like a great list of books. Anxious People might be my fave by Backman! I am also very interested in Cloud Atlas and Convienence Store Woman :) Hope you will love all of these! Here's to an amazing decade for you ;)
I definitely think these books can be enjoyed in other years as well ☺️
Hey Brittany... HELLLL-OOO!!! 😂
I'm Dec 22nd. Excited for you! Working on my read list Q1 2022. Maybe I'll have it ready by the 18th lol. - Rob
Nice! Happy early bday!
Woah I’ve never heard of the book about Henrietta Lax but I’m not looking it up because I have used HeLa cells before at work.
That’s awesome that you work with that, I’m looking forward to reading more about it
Happy early Birthday! I watched the atonement movie loved it, haven't read the book.
Thanks! :)
I learned about Henrietta Lacks in school and listened to the audiobook to learn more. Very important to the science world! (which I am in)
Awesome!
Yassss girlll 30! My birthday is December 15 !
Happy early bday!
Good luck with your list I haven't read these books but I have heard about them 👍
I have read books by Roxanne gay the untamed state and her memoir hunger both are great reads but deal with some difficult subjects
I want to read that one as well!
I, too, was excited to turn 30, but I’m inexplicably panicking about turning 35 next year. A couple of books that I read in the past couple of years, that I don’t think I would have been able to appreciate in my 20s: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson, and A Girl is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi.
Haha aw embrace it ☺️ I really want to read Their eyes were watching god!
Wow 😮 u share a birthday with my niece she is turning 18!! I hope u get everything and ur dream come true!! 🎬☃️🍂❄️
Thank you! :)
Henrietta Lacks sounds very interesting. I have heard her story, but it would be good to read a well written book explaining her story.
I think so too!
I'm 36 now, and 30s are definitely better than 20s.
I read convenience store woman recently and really adored it. It's short and sweet.
I can’t wait to read it!
Joan Didion's work is superb. There's a v good documentary about her on - I think - Netflix. (UK Netflix but I assume US as well). It's a good selection. I don't remember being too worried about my 30s. Turning 50 was a shock though because your mortality becomes much more a thing that you think about. Or I do/did anyway. I would add 'A Prayer for Owen Meany' by John Irving to that list. It had a real impact on me when I read it. It's a slow burn but I loved it. Oh, and The Sparrow is fab. Highly recommend it.
Awesome, thanks for the rec :)
Looking at this list I've certainly failed at being in my 30s so far. At least I have Cloud Atlas in my audible library and have had so for a while.
It sounds very unique!
I'm really looking forward to your review of Cloud Atlas. I've only seen the film adaptation of Mitchell's novel by the Wachowskis but I'd love to hear your opinion contrasting and contrasting the two mediums.
P.S. Sorry if I missed this but did you wrap up the Malazan Book of the Fallen? Final thoughts on the series?
I’ll have to check it out after! Yes I did a wrap up video :)
Turned 30 in October life doesn't feel any different to me. It might be a cliche but time is indeed a man made concept
Right!
I turn 30 in August, and I’m sooo ready! 😈
Yay 🙌🏻
I still haven’t read any version of the invisible man 🤣🤣
Definitely have some books that have, so far, influenced me a lot in my 30s:
Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche
Pragmatism by William James
Ordinary Men by Christopher P. Browning
Kolyma Tales by Varlam Shalamov
The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahnemann
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov
I’ll check some of those out!
I turned 34 on the 28th and I've accomplished more since I've been 30 than I did in my entire 20s
Aw good! :)
Haven't you heard? 30's are the new 20's!
Heck yea
This may sound cliche, but it makes sense you're a Sagittarius ahah my bday will be on the 14th!
Also, Into the Wild has a great movie (I haven't read the book, so not sure it's a good adaptation), and the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is one of my absolute fave non-fic books. Enjoy!
So glad to hear and I didn’t know that was a movie!
I'm a creaky 58...and a semi-professional surfer that reads sci fi. LOL
🙌🏻
My birthday is Dec 19th! Happy day of birth in advance. :)
Thank you :)
Endured my Teens, Wasted my Twenties, Lived my Thirties & am enjoying my forties(so far!).
Nice! :)
Oh wow!! I Remb 30.. 16 years ago🤣🤣
Americanah is a great book it looks at a lot of immigrant issues and about returning to your roots, I read it in my fifties.... was I mutton reading as lamb?
I’m looking forward to it!
I just turned 30! 😬😬
HBD!
You are only a baby as in 2022 I will be the big 50 so I am older enough to be your father lol 😂 thank you for adding to my tbr
Hope you enjoy them if you pick any up!
Turning 30 look 18 🤷♂️
😂😂 someone did guess I was 21 this weekend. So that made my night
I have read / listen to Into the Wild, while the writing was good, I did not like this book, more because of Christopher McCandless' attitude.