I really did not care for All Fours, but I LOVED Rejection. Always happy to see you in my feed!

Beautiful collection

Do you have a Fable account?

I’m a Magda Szabo fan. (Like to say her name too☺️) Thank you for taking the time to put this together and film. Hope you pop up again during the year.

putting rejection on my radar may change my life i fear

amazing list as always! Plenty that are on my mind for 2025, mainly Intermezzo and The Vulnerables. I’ve been making my way through the Neapolitan quartet and I’ve only got the last one left… it’s astonishingly good! I might check the Morante after I’m done.

Favourite vid of the year ❤

I’m so glad you still do your wrap ups. I love Nunes more the more I read her. Her debut, A Feather on the Breath of God was one of my favs this year, recommending if you haven’t read it yet!

🙏 brb

It’s interesting how you say you want more male voices from Rooney. Personally, I’ve been wanting her to write more about queer women for years. We got Frances and some queerness in bwway but I want her to do something more

Abigail was in my top 5 this year, the final scene felt so intense, like i was running to the finish line

I just ordered "Abigail" from this video -- thanks. I've read some Elsa Morante -- "Arturo's Island" and "Aracoeli" but not this book. Really enjoy your videos and your recommendations - thank you!

The other day I was like " I wonder if Alex is going to do an end of year video....?" Hooray!!

babe wake up new alex video dropped!!! loved hearing you talk about the vulnerables, i’m interested in picking that up after loving what are you going through!!

The obliteration of my heart is all im looking for in my reading life. I also felt like ive known nathan all my life when i first met him and i can honestly say it’s not just because we’re both from the same area and grew up the same way and have very similar inclinations lol. He is awesome ❤

My show is on

the annual event i’m always eager for! thank you for all that you do ✨💛

I am looking forward to get "Rejection" from my library here in Stockholm.

Love to see a video from my favorite booktuber. I keep seeing Rejection everywhere. I saw Tulathimutte read at the Miami book fair, and if I were wearing pearls, I'd have clutched them. Another Country is on my desk but I'm also a little intimidated by it

Me: I wonder if Alex will grace us with a video this year. Huzzah!

Lies and sorcery is in the list of my top priorities of ‘25 reading !!! Also so funny that i felt like i never saw u before but when clicking ur channel i did watch ur top 2023 books😭😭 so u do jump-scare me every year

😍😍😍

Great video!

i like your hope for a single male protagonist Rooney novel - i also usually find her male characters more interesting, tho i struggled with everyone in BWWAY prob coz of the lack of a real story, like you said. that said The Anthropologists looks fantastic. thanks for the jump scare and hope you're enjoying the winter ~

a very very waited yearly jump scare

happy new year!!

A jump scare I’m always delighted to get in my subscription feed.

I still look forward to this video every year yay! Thanks for sharing

The only top 10 video I look forward to every year

eeeeeeeeee missed ur videos so much

NYRB …❤

I know this is awful of me, but I hope for better things for you.

These are the last two books I have read. I enjoyed them so much, and could relate to both of the main characters because I too have a strong desire of late to disappear. Thank you for this.

you may want to try clarice's crônicas! her short stories are also great

KZbin Music will completely replace Google Podcasts from June 13, 2024. KZbin Music is much more convenient than KZbin as screen-off mode is available and listeners can opt to do other things either on the phone or not. Could you please make your channel available on KZbin Music as well? Thanks 💖

For NYRB collection, I would recommend Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter, The Summer Book by Tove Jansson, and In The Cafe of Lost Youth by Patrick Modiano

It's crazy how many things we have in common: Mitski, Malissa, NYRB, and Penguin Modern Classics are all buzzwords that get me as excited as a dog hearing their favorite words LOL.

Thank you for this indept review! I just finished this read and been curious how others interpret those lofty dicussions of world history ~ that somehow didn't seem to matter to the characters in their actual lifes at all -- And now I'm looking forward to reading The Waves ;)

It makes me so happy to see you continue making videos! Love your channel 😍

I heard great things about Life with Picasso by Françoise Gilot and Carlton Lake, and Arabesques by Anton Shammas.

i read beware of pity because of malissa! never realized how pretty the book was until u showed it 🫣 i might have to buy that and a bunch more u mentioned

Bro’s mewing.

I have so many NYRBs and adore them. Thank you for sharing your collection. They are stunning, artistic editions of less well known classics. And I am gearing up for Indie Bookstore Day too. I love supporting our local indie! Can’t wait to see what you find.

wow ur back :D

Happy belated 30th, Alex! I will keep you posted on all my W&P thoughts, don’t you worry 😅 I am also back into classics for the first time in a few years - what a joy they are! And I downloaded a sample of Lies & Sorcery on my Kindle…do I dare?! I trust your taste, so maybe I’ll add it to my TOMES tbr for this year

I share your attitude toward Swimming in the Dark... my nickname for that book was "Cockblocked by Communism".

last year I bought a secondhand copy of Elsa Morante's novel History and it's on my list to read this summer. omg props to you for editing 40 minutes down to 16! Happy (belated) Birthday! 🎉

manifesting!!! what a lovely reminder that i need to get to get to Miaojin and Chang! also if you haven't yet, Rebels of the Neon God is a yummy Ming-liang!

I recently bought the living thoughts of Kierkegaard. It hasn’t arrived yet but judging from the reviews on Amazon it seems a good title.