34 oddly specific book recommendations

[@subwayfootlongsub]

more fuel for my procrastination, love it

[@f.b.29]

This. Is me

[@PriyaaanshuThakur]

Same

[@mekiiiiiiiiii]

Same lmao

[@chocolateoreo6489]

For real! Watching booktube >>> doing homework

[@chrysadiam]

this is me

[@sharvisharma1983]

I'm sick and bored and want to feel better about rotting in bed so here you go: 1:01 - saltburn vibes 2:06 - you can hang every paragraph of this book in the Louvre 2:34 - a book for someone who loves to evesdrop on stranger's conversations and then gossip about them 3:20 - going through your 1st heartbreak while stuck on a 20 hour train journey 5:29 - i just really love my dog 6:24 - book about the craft of writing 7:55 - a book that would impress hozier 8:55 - a book set in the forest or the sea 9:36 - a book that will make me want to go away and do a lot of research 10:49 - banned books 11:58 - a book for the recovering horse girlies 12:44 - a book for a dancer who wants to pursue it as her career but is burdened to pick a respectful job 13:33 - a modern classic that'll keep me engaged 14:11 - short contemporary literature from japan for my boyfriend 15:06 - a book that'll make you appreciate your mom 15:47 - i love music, traveling, enjoying the little things ~ ad break ~ 17:39 - something that'll make me giggle (could not agree with his choice more. LOVE this book. Seconding this recommendation) 18:51 - something that feels like food prepared by grandma on a sunny winter afternoon 19:47 - book recs for girls who never recovered from hunger games 12:40 - a sapphic story where the lovers' main problem is not homophobia and its rainy and foggy

[@phoebe1569]

You are doing god's work . Bless you.

[@annamarythomas3608]

I'm gonna be coming back to this video and this is a life saver

[@rini6998]

Thank you

[@rajeshwari3662]

Thank you so much❤

[@aishlinalmaraz1663]

I’m recovering from a surgery with no energy to write all the books so you just made my day.

[@ducklingreads]

1. Saltburn vibes - Brideshead revisited 2. Idea of identity and performance - The Talented Mr. Ripley 3. Hang every paragraph of this book on the Louvre - Aguaviva 4. Someone that loves to eavesdrop - Big Swiss 5. First Heartbreak during a 20 hour train journey - I'm a Fan, Less 6. I love my dog - Dog Songs 7. Books about the Craft of Writing - In The Margins, Things I Don't Want To Know, Why I Write by Joan Didion (essay), A House at Night, On Writing by Charles Bukowski and Stephen King, A Swim In The Pond In The Rain 8. A book that would impress Hozier - Hamnet 9. A book set in the forest/sea - Atlanta 10. A book that would make me want to research - In Cold Blood 11. Banned books - The Bluest Eye, All Boys Aren't Blue 12. Recovering Horse Girlies - Kick the Latch 13. Book for a dancer, who is burdened to pursue a job- They're Going To Love You 14. Modern Classic that will keep me engaged - The Virgin Suicides 15. A gift for my boyfriend, short contemporary Japanese lit - Sputnik Sweetheart, No Longer Human, The Flower of Buffoonery 16. Book that will make me appreciate my mum - The Hero of This Book 17. Appreciate the little things - August Blue 18. Something that will make me giggle - Anxious People 19. Something that feels like food by grandma - Days at the Morasaki Bookshop 20. Girls that never recovered from the Hunger Games - 1984 Retelling 21. Sapphic story where the main problem isn't homophobia - Bolder, Our Wives Under the Sea 22. Book where the cat is a narrator - She and Her Cat

[@joesquinn9517]

Thank you so much for this❤️

[@jounerie_]

i appreciate this sooooo much.thank you🎉

[@kartik7115]

Thanks dear.

[@samramirez2067]

😂k

[@samramirez2067]

😂 12:55 😂 12:55

[@danateIIo]

jacks brain is literally a library

[@shaunalinay2877]

I love how original your book recs are. You rarely veer into the realm of extremely overdone or popular books and I love that. My biggest struggle with booktube/tok/insta is being shown the same book 100 times over.

[@eneafinch8895]

the thing i hate most is when famous people are interviewed and asked „what’s your fav book?“ and they come up with something like The Little Prince or the Odyssey lol. the interview might paint this as something deep, but those choices tell me immediately this person does not read 😂

[@lauramahon9914]

I bumped into Hozier in the book shop recently, he was holding The Bee Sting and Prophet Song! The man, unsurprisingly, has good taste

[@mitalishinde6890]

Woww. He obviously has a good taste. He's just a brilliant human being!

[@Alex-tc6gs]

Never been more jealous of anyone

[@books5113]

omg so jealous of you!!

[@vesperxverse]

this might just be the best video segment on this channel.

[@jack_edwards]

now i have my library set up i need to film more!!!

[@vesperxverse]

​@@jack_edwards YESSS BRING IT ON JACK ;)))

[@MariaCatalinaMR]

@@jack_edwards Jack please please read “That which has no name” by Piedad Bonnett it's perhaps my favorite book, i can't tell how good is the english edition, but this book is gold!

[@Shresta_111]

​@@jack_edwardsplease recommend me the Book which highlights human values friction or non friction

[@Shresta_111]

​@@jack_edwards Hi Please recommend me a book which highlights human values friction or non friction please

[@aliciacorrea774]

Ok, the fact that Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird, helped with all the research for In Cold Blood and didn’t get ANY recognition for it is my Roman Empire. Like her and Capote were childhood friends, and this book was the end of their friendship. Found this out in seventh grade and have never recovered.

[@nicole81678]

WOW. Now I shall never recover...

[@rhapsodyinbleu]

That's so sad but not surprising. Capote did not seem like a good person at all.

[@PITTcms27]

Just finished Furious Hours (by Casey Cep) it is about Harper Lee's "final case" a true crime that happened near her home town. It does take time to talk about Capote, their relationship and how vital Lee was to In Cold Blood.

[@VC-cx8gf]

ooooh BANNED books. you were talking about the bluest eyes and i was like wow that sounds really interesting i wonder when she joins a band

[@Pokepale]

literally !!! took me till the second book rec to catch it was banned and not bands …

[@beatricetoscano2247]

Same here lol

[@Smidgenism]

I love these rec videos because they seem like the best way to access your full breadth of knowledge from your job being book

[@Calicoo-x4d]

We want an episode whole week of reading disturbing books! ( i know its a bit too much but i really want to see your picks in this genre)

[@lumosity2500]

Edward’s suffering is kinda fun to watch, so i cant really blame you😅

[@Ftui32]

I will pay to watch this

[@BetteDavis19]

the way you have every recommendation SO FAST ?? like you did not even stutter no matter how obscure. i fear im in love.

[@riyamishra280]

It's an edited video dear . He can edit the time it takes to arrive at a recommendation.

[@BetteDavis19]

ok ruin my fantasy@@riyamishra280

[@caras4766]

I get the impression he prepares beforehand and is very good at seeming spontaneous! Although as another commenter said, it could be that it is spontaneous but he's editing out a lot. I'd be surprised if he was actually able to respond so quickly!

[@nataliemakenna4741]

jack i would love to see a video where you go on goodreads and read the 1-star reviews of your favorite books !!

[@clarahoney_b5799]

Hozier is my favorite artist and I kept thinking you'd enjoy his music. And Jack quotes his "Work Song"???? Truly a man of culture.

[@childofketterdam]

Hearing someone from outside of Brazil appreciate brazilian literature is so refreshing. We have fantastical writers (if you haven't also read Machado de Assis I really recommend his realism work) that so often get underappreciated internationally.

[@CrankingMyReading]

I just love how Jack stands and looks at all his books, searching for book recommendations for us. Bravo to Jack’s beautiful library.

[@amandanascimento2079]

I’m so happy you mentioned clarice lispector, she’s so important to Brazilian culture/literature and more people should know her! I highly recommend “the passion according G.H.” it’s amazing

[@elisaflore2850]

Jack could even just be listing the ISBNs of all his books and I would still listen with the same unbridled bliss

[@PokhrajRoy.]

I’m so happy for Jack that he’s living my dream which is telepathically transmitting book recommendations to people based on what they need.

[@joluna6664]

"My job is just book" should absolutely be like your official catchphrase. great recognition value? Check! Ken energy? Check! Very much in line with being the truth? Check! also it just makes me giggle every time you say it.

[@julijalia]

There is so much love poured into each book description! It is inspiring

[@thehegracietehe4558]

jack is working full hardly to expande my tbr every year and i'm not mad about it 😂❤

[@marydavis2312]

jack you should HAVE A PODCAST i’d love to have you talking my ear off about books, even MORE :D

[@palaceleste]

someone: i want to get a book for my boyfriend for valentines day jack: osamu dazai

[@katsscrunchie2305]

petition for jack to release merch that says 'my job is just book' for the book himbos

[@mariliagontijo1700]

As a brazilian, this whole time i was just waiting for you to fall in love with Clarice, her writing is just so incredible (my favourite book of hers is called "An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures", i really recommend it)

[@moonchild._]

This video felt like Old Jack! I have been feeling very low and disconnected these days, and I didn't know but I needed this badly. This was so comforting to watch. Would love to see more. Thank you! ❤

[@kaylafarrelly]

🦋Books and authors🦋 Books with saltburn vibes ~ Brideshead revisited by Evelyn Waugh & The talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith You could hang every paragraph in the Louvre ~ Agua Viva by Clarice Lispector Book for people who love to eavesdrop on strangers ~ Big Swiss by Jen Beagin First heartbreak on a 20 hour train journey ~ I’m a fan by Sheena Patel & Less by Andrew Sean Greer I just really love my dog ~ Dog songs by Mary Oliver (poetry) Books about the craft of writing ~ In the margins by Elena Ferrante & Things I don’t want to know by Deborah Levy & Let me tell you what I mean by Joan Didion & A horse at night on writing by Amina Cain & On writing by Charles Bukowski & On writing by Stephen King & A swim in a pond in the rain by George Saunders A book that would impress Hozier ~ Hament by Maggie O’Farrell A book set in the forest and the sea ~ Atalanta by Jennifer Saint Make you want to go away and do research ~ In cold blood by Truman Capote Banned books ~ The bluest eye by Toni Morrison & All boys aren’t blue by George M Johnson Recovering horse girlies ~ Kick the latch by Kathryn Scanlan A dancer that is burdened to pick a respectful job ~ They’re going to love you by Meg Howery Modern classic to keep you engaged ~ The virgin suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides Gift for boyfriend on valentines day ~ Sputnik sweetheart by Haruki Murakami & The flowers of buffoonery by Osamu Dazai Appreciate your mum ~ The hero of this book by Elizabeth McCracken Music, travelling, appreciating little things ~ August blue by Deborah Levy Make you giggle ~ Anxious people by Fredrick Backman Feels like food prepared by grandmother ~ Days at the Morisaki bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa Girls that never recovered from the hunger games ~ 1984 Julia by Sandra Newman Sapphic story with main problem not being homophobia and feels rainy and foggy ~ Bolder by Eva Baltasar & Our wives under the sea by Julia Armfield A cat is the narrator or main character ~ She and her cat by Makoto Shinkai and Naruki Nagakawa 🦋 hope this helps! (It took awhile) amazing videos as always Jack 🦋

[@armchair277]

at 15:49 another book about appreciating the little things is On Looking: 11 Walks Through Experts Eyes, it’s basically about a guy going on walks with 11 experts in different fields and on these walks the experts point out all these interesting details, facts and historical stories and it really makes you appreciate the small details in life ❤

[@loladean9622]

Jack’s range of reading is absolutely incredible, no one else could pull off the role of resident librarian like him

[@veronicasmemories]

Watching this series makes it feel like I'm listening to a virtual librarian

[@CharliGirlMusic]

You're so good at recommending books! I always come away from these videos with at least a few new books to look for. Thanks for another great video!

[@MelpoReads]

Would you ever consider making a Joan Didion video? Maybe a guide-to or your ranking? I’m so interested but very intimidated!

[@sanyakandari]

been binge watching your videos for a while and I'm OBSESSED you and your humour! I could watch you talk about books for hours tbh

[@kylieclark4486]

This is my favorite style of your videos and I added several of these to my TBR!

[@ARachelB]

This video is amazing! Love that you did it from your library. Found some new reads to add to my TBR

[@GraceRay-b9m]

Always love your videos, your humor, and your passion for books. Great recommendations. I want your library!!!

[@neemagatumbu7850]

The recentering of Shakespear's family in Hamnet sounds exactly like the energy of Francesca and I think you're so right that Hozier would be impressed by that

[@kv2661]

Boulder sounds so good! Whenever I watch your videos I have to go leave and come back to put stuff on my goodreads want to read shelf at least three times

[@vee_the_tree]

I love this format😩

[@Daisyd1257]

Hozier would LOVE Good Omens!!!

[@kenzieluvrify]

I need Andrew and Neil to have a day where they just interview each other

[@juliana-tc8fn]

ong he would !!!!

[@emmaberger3748]

Honestly we need way more “I’m sad on a train about love” / yearning vibes because how you described those books and the pain of moving on is chefs kiss

[@silviabarberio8748]

I think this is one of the most impressive things a human could do. The amount of books you must have read to provide such accurate recommendations and the taste and critical thinking required are simply mind-blowing to me.

[@cherriqu3583]

I love your videos. Could you maybe start to write the book titles on the screen when you talk about them? Sometimes it's a bit difficult to read them from the book cover. tysm!

[@Yodelling_Bibble]

I fucking love this series

[@ruaks4323]

for sapphic that’s moody and foggy: The Passion by Jeanette Winterson, honestly hits so hard on the mood and vibe, it isn’t entirely about the sapphic rs but it has a good chunk of it!

[@catalinakzly4914]

Jack didn’t you said you want to make a video about why you chose to read less number of books? I’m still waiting for that video, the idea seems so interesting

[@cafa_ghg7097]

This is why I love the Reading Community. It doesn‘t matter which genre of book, you can always see the joy of a reader, who can talk about his favorite books ❤

[@xoxoalyssaahh]

i love this. especially the editing because it makes it seem like u just BAM! had the answer right away for all of these!! you definitely ARE just an overflowing well of book knowledge! so fun to watch and i love your enthusiasm. happy u do what you love because u really are oozing happiness while swimming in books

[@TheChocolatiie]

On the books about writing I recommend “The Writing Life” by Annie Dillard which has one of my fav quotes: “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing. A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time. A schedule is a mock-up of reason and order-willed, faked, and so brought into being; it is a peace and a haven set into the wreck of time; it is a lifeboat on which you find yourself, decades later, still living.”

[@katahoffmann6187]

jack QUOTING hozier made my day

[@mariapires7135]

This is one of my absolute dreams, to have this many books and be able to reccomend and lend them to people

[@arandomghost07]

I'm preparing for my IELTS exam and your videos are helping to understand british accent and also to learn how to talk fluently. Love you, Jackie~

[@liviamacedo1156]

Jack is quite literally the real life version of the old lady from "What you're looking for is in the library"

[@julieta9913]

for anyone interested in the book "in cold blood" by truman capote, there's a movie called "capote" and it explains the whole case, i watched it thinking it would be his biography but it was based on the making of this book specifically!

[@myukshake]

I just started watching it and the fact that you recommended Água Viva and the way you described it actually stole my heart. Not only is this book one of my favorite of all times, but also, as a brazilian, it made me so profoundly happy. Well done! Thank you so much for your videos :)

[@jessicacampos3989]

2:13 that’s the first time I see you recommending a Brazilian author and I loved the choice. Fun fact about her - she’s a Brazilian author born in Ukraine; the topic of belonging is something frequently present in her works.

[@loreagonzales5417]

the way i get so excited when i see notifs for your uploads

[@CrazyCatQueen]

Oh my goodness, my TBR keeps getting bigger and bigger since I started watching you Jack!! Not that I'm complaining, mind you😉 I'm such a HUGE fan of contemporary Japanese literature, I'm so happy to see someone on KZbin who is just as excited about the field. Thank you for always having such a bright sunny disposition.

[@abyjo]

I just want to say that I am mad at how beautiful some of the covers are, which are UK editions compared to our American editions.

[@Indie_witch10]

Hi Jack! I have 2 recommendations for you. Mama Day by Gloria Naylor. This book is a retelling of the Tempest set in the American South during the 80s. It is a generational story about Mama Day and her granddaughter, Cocoa. The book explores the dynamics between honoring the old ways of ancestors/ respecting the natural world, and modern society of the time. I'm not the best with wording things, so I hope that makes sense. My next rec is a song called What I Am by Edie Brickel and The Bohemians. Iron and Wine does a nice cover though. The Lyrics make me think of you and Dakota. Anyhoo, thank you for another great video!

[@klariissocoollike]

I've always wondered if you also read Brazilian literature! So glad you do. You could make a whole video about unhinged and/or poetic classic Brazilian books (Dom Casmurro, Capitães da Areia, O Cortiço etc.)

[@gabbyc1717]

Hozier is my favourite singer and Hamnet is one of my favourite books (I just saw the play) so I GASPED at that combination 🩷

[@daisyjones26608]

I needed content from our official librarian today. ❤

[@gemma-h7k]

you have added so many books to my dream book list,,you matched the energys perfectly. Amazing video😍

[@shreyoshidas4794]

I do take your recommendations quite seriously. Presently, I'm reading The Great Gatsby. Can't wait to hop onto the next one

[@erin7800]

For the dog one Id also recommend Born to Run by Michael Morpurgo - It's about a greyhound originally called Best Mate and the multiple people he forms connections with / different lives he lives. I read it as a kid and its stuck with me, its a beautiful story

[@nathaliacosta5633]

Came here for recs… was immensely surprised to see that you’ve read Clarice Lispector’s work. I’m Brazilian and she is one of my favorite authors.

[@elydutzza]

I have another recommendation for someone that loves to eavesdrop. The plot is somehow similar to the Big Swiss, which is The Woman in the Purple Skirt. This one is translated from Japanese and is about the narrator that becomes so obsessed with the woman in the purple skirt that starts planting little things in her life to make the woman in the purple skirt cross paths with her.

[@lizabethswannn]

Our Wives Under the Sea and The Bluest Eye are two of my favourite books - completely agree with the recs! And will have to check out Big Swiss; that sounds SO good!

[@sinforoso.]

02:33 seeing Clarice Lispector here made my day !!! ♡ brazil mentioned

[@geetanjalikoley451]

I can listen you talk about books all my life. Man u r awesome.

[@strawberriestastegood]

I’ve been binge watching Jack videos since I came back home today; this is great news for my evening plans.

[@rini6998]

Another video by Jack means me adding more books to my already too long TBR.

[@CezzyHaag]

My request would be: audiobooks to listen to as a SAHM with a toddler around. I mean a book for me, not for the toddler, but nothing inappropriate bc the toddler will hear. And easy to follow bc toddler.

[@maika0395]

Maybe the wayfarer series by Becky Chambers? Cozy science fiction with lovely characters :)

[@dianaisme]

What a great way to view past relationships, this is what I have done unknowingly

[@clarasuperti]

"could there be a sweeter arrangement" was my tumblr bio (lol) for so long I just got the craziest whiplash ever hearing you say it .... dog songs forever! mary oliver 4everrr!

[@itsmalusinha]

as a book girlie and being brazilian i’m so happy u mentioned Clarice on one of your videos!!

[@_jsy_]

these recommendation prompts feel like if book dedications were written by the readers not the writer (thinking of those dedications like from Truly Devious or Girl In Pieces)

[@melaineeyh]

JACK IS BACK 💖💖💖

[@melissalincourt7261]

I could watch you do this all day! 💓

[@mariesmusicalwelt4726]

I read boulder last week and I can't stop thinking about it. Its one of the most beautyfull things I have ever read.

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

The Exorcist is a 1971 horror novel written by American writer William Peter Blatty and published by Harper & Row.

[@helengeuve]

I haven't read "I am a fan" yet, but I would recommend "Un amor" by Sara Mesa (there's an english translation). It is about loneliness, alienation, obsession and human fragility. I loved it so much I still think about it every day.

[@isabelamoota]

I cannot believe you mentioned Clarice Lispector’s work cuz BOY I’ve been begging you to talk about her😭😭tysm I’m happy you enjoy her work

[@larilemongrass]

Interesting fact: Clarice Lispector is actually Ukranian, her family moved to Brazil trying to move away from the Russian Civil War. She was raised in Brazil and has said multiple times that she considered herself Brazilian from Pernambuco (a state in Brazil)

[@sn0wflake]

“My job is just book” As another book industry person, thanks for this line that I’ll now be using as well 😌

[@bri_rapoza]

I absolutely LOVED Big Swiss, great rec!

[@slothnomad4916]

Personally if you want works that are similar to Hozier vibes, I enjoy poems by John Donne, especially in regards to themes of love and death.

[@pagesago]

our wives under the sea was INSANE. one of my top five reads of 2023, everyone should read it, omg. especially for the lovers of "women being weird in relation to the ocean" genre

[@doubleechoproductions]

I love the Morisaki Bookshop, can't wait for the sequel!

[@Lauren-eh5id]

I’m obsessed with this video idea! Need more of these ❤

[@lucijatadinac9667]

Missed my opportunity to get recommended a book that will ensure me that I won't kill the next plant I buy🤣🤣

[@jamesrhodes1747]

My Amazon Wishlist will never end thanks to Jack 😂

[@thebeautywitch9155]

I love these kind of videos!! Keep doing them please!

[@lexybecksz]

I love those kinds of videos and yk what kind of recommendations I always think of when I watch these A book you would recommend someone without them asking about a book you liked but wouldn't recommend someone for several reasons idk lmao

[@jennaw6831]

Every video makes my tbr list grow 🤭 also can we talk about his fit!!! Love the sweater and pants

[@divyanshuo]

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[@tierneyspence9647]

For the person (or anyone) wanting a book for someone who has a loved one going through an addiction. I highly recommend Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction. by David Sheff. It’s a beautiful memoir and he makes a point that we have plenty of resources and media for, about, and by addicts but not that many for/about/by the people who love them, and that’s why he wrote it. His son Nic Sheff does also have a memoir called Tweak: Growing up on Crystal Meth, telling the same story from his own words. Both are incredible

[@stequeen]

I'm Brazilian and got so happy to know that you like Clarice Lispector :)