40 Books to Read Before 40 (Recommended by BookTubers)

[@jacquelinemcmenamin8204]

I’ll be 61 on Nov 26th , I’m compiling a list of 70 books before 70 after this.

[@GemofBooks]

Ooo - you’ll have to let me know what goes on your list!! (The Book of Night Women…. 😜)

[@malb9236]

This is amazing. I will do the same once i turn 61.

[@WildHeartsandWildflowers]

I'm with you! I just turned 59 recently, and there's no way I want to be tied down to doing 60 before 60 in only one year! 😱 So after I turn 60 next fall, I'll put together a 70 before 70 list. Thanks for the inspiration! 😊

[@malb9236]

@@jacquelinemcmenamin8204 if you have a storygraph account, i would be very interested in seeing what you are reading.

[@malb9236]

@@WildHeartsandWildflowersi just found your chanel and storygraph. I am very keen to see what kind of books you are reading.

[@CharlieBrookReads]

Such an amazing list!! Apart from all these fab recs it’s like a big Booktube love fest which I feel like in this crappy world we DEFINITELY need ❤💯

[@GemofBooks]

Exactly! Who doesn’t love a big BookTuber love fest?! 😂

[@scallydandlingaboutthebooks]

What a brilliant list of books. I love that Scott makes you laugh more than any other booktuber but has picked a book that will make you cry.

[@GemofBooks]

He is excellent at picking books that will break me 😂

[@madeubook]

💯 What an amazing idea! I turn 44 on Nov 28th and think I need to come up with a list of 50 books of my own. I love that a list like this doesn’t come with a ton of pressure because we have a decent amount of time to do it. Also, you are in for a real treat with a lot of the books on your list. Can’t wait to watch your progress!

[@GemofBooks]

Happy birthday for Thursday!! It seems like a really brilliant list, I can’t wait to get started. I’d love to see your 50 by 50 when you get to it!! 🤩

[@WildHeartsandWildflowers]

Love this wide-ranging, *fantastic* list of books! 📚📚📚 Thanks so much for putting together such a fun, info-packed video, and I hope you really enjoy this 3yr project! But how in the world are there so many BookTube channels I've never seen??? (The YT algorithm is not my friend!) Now I'm going to add a bunch of these books to my "definitely read" list (which I just created) - and then I'll spend the rest of the week subscribing to all these channels and binging some great videos! 😂

[@GemofBooks]

I’m so glad you enjoyed it and found some fab new books to read too 🧡

[@GunpowderFictionPlot]

There was cheering when Kaitlin recommended A Brief History of 7 Killings, there was admiration when Jennifer recommended The Bell Jar. I'd be willing to guess both those make top 10.

[@GunpowderFictionPlot]

100 💯

[@GemofBooks]

I really hope so - I’m so excited for nearly all of the books 🤩

[@GemofBooks]

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[@ariannefowler455]

What a fantastic list! There are so many I've read and loved, and so many I want to read.

[@GemofBooks]

Thanks matey 🧡

[@novelideea]

I definitely think you should rank them! I love that Jane helped you choose an Alice pick!🥰🤗

[@GemofBooks]

Jane is so lovely, I just wish Alice was here 💔

[@novelideea]

@@GemofBooks I do too❤️‍🩹

[@PageTurnersWithKatja]

I love the diversity of recommendations you've pulled together-it’s a testament to the thoughtfulness and warmth of the Booktube community! Ranking the books as you go sounds like it'll add a fun twist to tracking your progress. Can’t wait to see your thoughts on each book as you tackle this list, especially as you reflect on how each one resonates as you approach the big 4-0! Thanks again for including me in your project, and here's to an incredible three year reading journey! 📚✨

[@GemofBooks]

It really is a fantastic list 🤩 Thanks so much for being a part of it matey 🤩

[@EricKarlAnderson]

What an amazing list of books and gathering of the booktube community! And a lovely tribute to Alice as well - I also wholeheartedly recommend Dear Reader. Hope you become an Oates fan as well. 😊📚

[@GemofBooks]

Thanks Eric 🧡 I’m really hoping I agree with you on Oates, she’s got quite the backlist for me to explore if I do 🤩

[@spreadbookjoy]

Such a great project and a wonderful list of books! So many choices on hear I was nodding along to as books you will love! 💯

[@GemofBooks]

Right?! I just want to read them all right now!! 😂

[@awebofstories]

I finally made it to this video! Thank you for such kind words and I'm so excited to hear what you think of these books as you go through them--you have some excellent recommendations! 💯💯

[@GemofBooks]

Thanks for being a part of it matey! I can’t wait to get stuck in!!

[@BookwormAdventureGirl]

You have some amazing reading ahead of you with this list. Some of my faves and some I still want to read. 😊💙

[@GemofBooks]

I can’t wait to get stuck into them 🤩

[@booksatthebottomofthestair8446]

Great video, lots of fun stuff to dip into. Thank you for the other Booktubers list

[@GemofBooks]

You’re welcome 🧡

[@meganmadkour9328]

Great list! So many added to my tbr!

[@GemofBooks]

Thanks matey 🧡

[@lisaedwards8505]

What a fantastic list of books! I just turned 60 yesterday 😱 so I guess I need to start compiling my 70 before 70! Your list is a great place to start. 📚💯

[@GemofBooks]

Yes! Do it!! Thanks matey 🧡

[@MsJayteeListens]

I’m 50 next year, I think I might make a 50 before 50 list. I keep saying I’ll start making booktube videos so you may see that in the next couple of months. Btw, I started reading Sherlock Holmes recently because of Alice, and I absolutely loved what I’ve read so far. She’s still encouraging people to read her favourite books, I didn’t know her well, but I think she would like that.

[@GemofBooks]

You should absolutely do both a 50 before 50 and join BookTube! If you do, make sure you let me know 🤩 Alice would be so delighted. It certainly warms my heart to know that her influence is still encouraging people to pick up books that she championed. Thank you 🧡

[@lorrainescanlon5277]

💯Great list...thanks for sharing more booktubers for me to follow!

[@GemofBooks]

You’re very welcome 🧡💯

[@khege78]

Great list! Those are such fantastic recommendations. I wish you good luck with this one. 💯

[@GemofBooks]

Thanks matey 🧡💯

[@katiejlumsden]

Such a wonderful project!

[@GemofBooks]

Thanks so much for being a part of it 🧡

[@joy_ofbooks]

💯 I’m 37 in January and absolutely reject the idea that it’s late 30s! 😂 You’ve inspired me to come up with my own 40 before 40 now. 😊

[@GemofBooks]

😂😂😂 You should definitely do a list! And let me know what’s on it!!

[@Shellyish]

I’m so excited for this project!!

[@GemofBooks]

Me too 🤩🤩🤩

[@AbiofPellinor]

What an amazing collection! I'm so excited to hear your thoughts of all of these over the next few years!!

[@GemofBooks]

It’s going to be a super fun project for sure 🤩🧡

[@YourTrueShelf]

This is such a fab idea and I'm so glad it all worked, as it was brilliant to watch!! I've read some of these and own quite a few of them, so will be good to hear what you think. Maybe make a playlist for all the 40 videos 😊 I love that Alice has a choice in there, and I remember how much she loved Dear Reader. Xx

[@GemofBooks]

Im glad it came together too 😂 A playlist is a great idea! Couldn’t miss out Alice, she’s been such a huge influence on my reading, and that won’t change.

[@megansmiley9540]

This is such a fun project! I love how you say "The Kindle of Dreams"! LOL I hope you have some great reads!

[@GemofBooks]

Thanks matey 🧡

[@ChattieTheMadChatter]

5:09 - 💜🫂 this is lovely 9:12 - 😂😂😂 17:13 - it is becoming apparent i am sleeping in certain booktube areas! There are alot more books to read before 40 i was not aware of! 21:05 - read both! Very quick reads! Thanks for shouting out Middlegrade💜✨️ 43:56 - 😱😱😱 I am confused! (5) Read: - Pillars of the Earth - The Book Thief - Long Way Down - Beloved (wow you will love this, it utterly broke me!) - Passing (21) Never heard: - The Eighth Life - Four thousand weeks - The hearts invisible furies - A fine balance - Eve - Fall on your knees - Whale - Ejaculate Responsibly - This One Sky Day - A Brief History of 7 Killings - Annihilation - Caliban and the Witch - The Known World - The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August - All my Puny Sorrows - The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Augustus - The woodlanders - the grave diggers daughter - the Island of Sea Women - flowers for Algernor (8) On my TBR: - Dear Reader - The Four Winds - A Gentleman in Moscow (tv show was amazing) - And then there were none - A Brief History of 7 Killings (not heard but sounds amazing so addingbit on now!) - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lax - Parable of the Sower - Kindred (9) Not for me - won't pick up - Four Thousand Weeks - Babel - The Bell Jar - One flew over the Cuckoo Nest - Paradise Lost - A Room of One's Own - Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow - The Illustrated Man - The Woodlanders (Maybe i will be convinced to think differently 🤔) 💯 have a great time woth the recommendations 🎉

[@GemofBooks]

5 is pretty good mate - I haven’t read any yet 😂😂 I’m surprised that Babel is on your ‘no’ list!!

[@ChattieTheMadChatter]

@GemofBooks I'm not a dark Academia fantasy lover - it feels like a lot of book to be at uni, discussing language and themes! 😉 I am sure it is well written and put together, but it is not calling my name. 💜📚

[@GemofBooks]

@ChattieTheMadChatter that’s fair 👍🏻

[@GloriaZThompson]

What a fun project, love it! Pillars and Eighth Life are also on my TBR. Here’s hoping we both enjoy those chunksters.

[@GemofBooks]

Thanks matey 🧡 Fingers crossed for the chunkers 🤞🏻😂

[@lindysmagpiereads]

Fall on Your Knees is outstanding!!! Hooray to Jess for that recommendation. Regarding the doorstoppers on your list, like Pillars of the Earth and Eighth Life (Fall on Your Knees is hefty also), I recommend thinking of them chapter by chapter. Tell yourself you will just read a chapter each month. It’s likely that you will end up getting wrapped up in the story and read the books more quickly than that, but nevertheless, it’s cracking the covers that tends to be the biggest obstacle for me. Speaking of which, A Fine Balance has been on my TBR (and a physical copy on my shelf) for ages. I may overcome my dislike of Discord in order to join the FOMO group read. I haven’t yet read The Parable of the Sower and I am considering getting the graphic novel adaptation from the library. Kindred is fantastic and I think you will enjoy it. What a lot of great recommendations you have for the next few years! 💯

[@GemofBooks]

Well now I’m even more excited for Fall on your Knees!! Yes - tackling the big ones a little at a time is a good strategy. Saying that, I’m still not finished with A Suitable Boy that I started with your readalong at the beginning of the year! 😬😂

[@lindysmagpiereads]

@@GemofBooks Do you need a pep talk for A Suitable Boy? How far have you made it through?

[@GemofBooks]

@lindysmagpiereads I’m nearly 1100 pages in now, so getting there, just a full sized books worth to go 😂

[@lindysmagpiereads]

@ In that case, it’s smooth sailing now 😎

[@GemofBooks]

@lindysmagpiereads I am determined to finish it in 2024 😂

[@rebecca.reader]

💯 great recommendations. I look forward to hearing what you think of them ❤

[@GemofBooks]

Thanks matey 🧡💯

[@EllenFelicity]

This is a lovely idea. Hope you find some new favourites ❤

[@GemofBooks]

Me too!! Thanks matey 🧡

[@OliviasCatastrophe]

Love the concept! And dear reader is absolutely fantastic and I have met cathy rentzenbrink too, and she is lovely!! The four winds is one I have read. I really like kristin hannah's books. The book thief is fantastic. I agree that and then there were none is one of the best agatha christies! A Fine Balance is waiting for me on my shelf but it being chunky makes me nervous. Eve sounds so good and is one I really want to read. Long way down is a fantastic novel in verse and one of my favourites. Beloved is one of my favourite books of all time. I loved paradise lost but it is a good one to take your time with. A room of one's own is another good one. Not too long a read, compared to some of the others on your list! Annihilation is one of my favourite scifi gothic reads. I hope you enjoy the fifteen lives of harry august! Kindred is absolutely brilliant. What a project!! You've got this.

[@GemofBooks]

Thanks matey!! Sounds like of got some great books ahead of me 🤩 thanks so much for being a part of it 🧡

[@janeduffield4801]

What a great idea to ask your fellow booktubers to make your list for you and what a brilliant varied list it is. Good luck!!🙀🤪 What a shame no one gave you a Dickens!

[@GemofBooks]

It really is a brilliant list ☺️ So so sad to not have any Dickens on there 😜

[@janeduffield4801]

@ yeah I believe you! Brilliant list and brilliant idea of yours. Like the photos of Alice - of course - she looks crazy happy in them and so alive. Thanks for making her laugh and being a great friend.❤️

[@GemofBooks]

@janeduffield4801 I think about her every day. She will always be alive in our memories 🧡

[@janeduffield4801]

@@GemofBooks thank you that means so much to me.

[@savagereads]

💯 These are some amazing books and amazing booktubers! These are some of my very favorite people. I love this list!

[@GemofBooks]

Thanks matey 🧡

[@BandysBooks]

Yay! What a fantastic list! I might have to borrow this idea in some capacity as I’m just a couple of years from 40 as well. 😅 I’ve read and enjoyed The Four Winds. It’s pretty bleak, but I thought it was decent. Babel is my favorite dark academia. I love how it subverts a lot of typical dark academia tropes. I love A Gentleman in Moscow. After you read that one, I have a Recipe & Review video that was inspired by that book. I teach how to cook one of the dishes mentioned in the book. :) I just picked up Eve if you feel like buddy reading it. 😅 So excited that you’re happy with my pick! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. :) Parable of the Sower is a good pick! I’m not big on classics, but that one is quite interesting. Ahh Tomorrow And Tomorrow And Tomorrow.. I actually didn’t care for it. I found it quite dull. The Island of Sea Women is so good! It’s also brutal, definitely good for misery may. Really anything by Lisa See is worth a read. Kindred is excellent! You should check out the review of it by Kindles & Kicks. He really articulated why it’s so good so well. Excellent video. Looking forward to hearing what you think of all of them. Also, please rank them. 😅 I’m not competitive at all.

[@GemofBooks]

You should definitely do a list! I’d love to see what’s on yours!! Sounds like I’ve got a lot of books that are Bandy approved!! That bodes well given how similar our tastes are 😂 I think I might have to pass on the buddy read this time matey, I’m a bit all over the place at the moment, and keeping up with any kind of chat is proving a challenge 😰 roll on the end of the year. I’m in desperate need of a reset!

[@RhiannaVarney]

What a great list! It's also helped me find some more booktubers, which is great :)

[@GemofBooks]

Yay! Always happy to promote amazing BookTubers 🤩

[@thereadingmama]

I'm sharing my 40 before 40 next month, so this was interesting to see. I have about 10 months till I'm 40. As new book tuber this is a helpful tool to find some good people to follow too.

[@GemofBooks]

Oh I can’t wait to see what you put on your list 🤩

[@suzannedavies7996]

This is such a good idea. I’d love to do something like this, but it’s only 13 weeks until I’m 60. You’ve got some great books on your list

[@GemofBooks]

Thank you 🧡 maybe 65 before 65 😜

[@eyesonindie]

This is so fun! I thought about doing something with 40 books before turning 40. Alas, I turned 40 last month. Too late!

[@GemofBooks]

😂😂 maybe just add another 10 and make it a 50 before 50? 😜

[@AaronReadABook]

I read Dear Reader because Alice mentioned it and I loved it and really related to it. I'm also a big fan of The Fifteen Lives of Harry August and Flowers for Algernon. This sounds like a fun project.

[@GemofBooks]

Sounds like I have some excellent books coming my way 🤩

[@novelideea]

So many great recs! They know you so well. 💞💕💞

[@GemofBooks]

They do, I’m so pleased with it 😍

[@novellenovels]

Wow you have loads of amazing books on this list 🎉🎉🎉🎉 💯💜💜

[@GemofBooks]

I really do 🤩

[@EntertheBook]

💯 great list! Thanks for letting me pick one. It is all short stories but yes all on same body as tattoos “coming alive” to tell the stories and the interaction of that man to the narrator of the book. Gave me “twilight zone” vibes! ❤

[@GemofBooks]

I can’t wait to get into it! Ray Bradbury is a fantastic author. Thank you for picking one for me 🥰

[@zachreads]

I finished The Bell Jar yesterday! It was Emily Fox's book club book. I enjoyed it but its 50/50 on whether she'll rip it to shreads lol. I can vouch for both Butlers! My most hated book of all-time is on the list! Can't wait to see what you think! (I'll tell which one if you want) 💯

[@GemofBooks]

Ooo - I definitely want to know which is your most hated!! 😂

[@zachreads]

@GemofBooks My most hated book of all time is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, P.S. I still enjoyed it but Emily Fox did DNF The Bell Jar. Those two books are similar but one is written from a man's perspective and what is written from a woman's perspective, and one was written by an employee at a mental institution and one was written by a patient, it might be worth reading them near each other.

[@GemofBooks]

@zachreads ooo - interesting!! I’ll try to read them back to back, thanks for the tip matey 👍🏻

[@jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

Thanks for the mention, good luck with your project. Charlie's recommendation "The Eighth Life" is on track to be one of my 5 best reads of the year. I know it is very long but it is worth the time spent on it, it follows the difficult and often tragic history of 20th century Georgia, through one family. When I saw it on your list I wondered if it were the book I'd recommended, but no my recommendation was the wonderful Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, which is loosely about gaming but I am no gamer and I loved it. Dear Reader, Alice's posthumous recommendation sounds intriguing.

[@GemofBooks]

Thank you for recommending me a book Jim ☺️ I don’t think I’ve heard a single negative thing about The Eighth Life or Tomorrow x3, so I think I’m in for some treats 😄

[@Sarahac8]

Great video! 💯

[@GemofBooks]

Thank you 🧡💯

[@ChattieTheMadChatter]

So excited for this!!! Pen and paper ready! ✏️📒😃 Yes rank them that will be fun! 😃💜📚

[@GemofBooks]

😂😂 warning: book FOMO incoming 🚨

[@ChattieTheMadChatter]

@GemofBooks 😆😆😆

[@jacquelinemcmenamin8204]

I’ve just signed your petition. I suppose because Agriculture is so big a part of our economy here, there’s more opportunities to train & work here in Agriculture. Our biggest agricultural college is Greenmount in Fermanagh.

[@GemofBooks]

Thanks matey. Yes, ag is pretty massive in Ireland. My digital manager is from a dairy farm in Ireland 🇮🇪 🧡

[@bjminton2698]

💯 What a list! Ohhhh, Flowers For Algernon was wonderful! If I had a list of my 60 years of authors read and ranked with Joyce being at the bottom, Milton would be down there with the dregs - just sayin... A lot of my brain cells died trying unsuccessfully to understand Paradise Lost. 🙁 KD is not your friend. Love that you included Alice ❤ I look forward to your thoughts on each of these over the next 3 years.

[@GemofBooks]

Yeah, I feel that Milton (and probably Wolfe) will be at the bottom of the ranked list 😂 I couldn’t not include Alice, she has been a huge influence on my reading over the last few years, and always will be 🧡💔

[@jenniferlovesbooks]

What a list! So interesting to see which books everyone chose. The Reluctant Fundamentalist was a 5-star for me (but I reckon you'll like it 😉)

[@GemofBooks]

I thought it was you that lived that one - hopefully an incoming unicorn 🦄

[@ameliabarlowbooks]

this might be where we finally find a common ground for you two! here’s hoping I can broker some peace 😂

[@jenniferlovesbooks]

@ameliabarlowbooks 😂🤣

[@ameliareads589]

💯There's some things we definitely have in common, e.g. taking pressure of ourselves in banning tbrs and then planning a new monthly reading project straightaway, a lot of chunksters included. This could be me. 😂 Oh, and I could see some potential buddy reads on this list in case you are interested. No obligation of course! Augustus is my favourite book of all time! I love that book so much.

[@GemofBooks]

I know, I have no control 😂😂 I would love to do some buddy reads - which ones tickle your pickle? (Next year though 😂) Oh wow - favourite book of all time?! High praise indeed!!

[@ameliareads589]

The Bell Jar, The Reluctant Fundamentalist and All my Puny Sorrows. 🤗

[@novelideea]

Also, I enjoyed the audiobook of Augustus which I used on my reread of it!

[@GemofBooks]

That could be handy! Thanks matey 🧡

[@clarepotter7584]

I would read the telephone directory if Amor Towles had written it! Lucky you, to have the rest of his books to read.

[@GemofBooks]

From the one I’ve read of his, he is very talented 🤩

[@KDbooks]

Just to say, will HAPPILY chat through / read through Paradise Lot (again!) with you 😃

[@GemofBooks]

That would be amazing!! Thank you 🥰 I probably will not attempt it until next year 😜

[@ameliabarlowbooks]

what a gorgeous group of creators, I love that you didn’t get the same recommendation twice. good luck with Paradise Lost 💀 💯 hahaha

[@GemofBooks]

Oh no 😬🙈😂

[@Ali-AvidReader]

💯What a fabulous list, I definitely think you should rank them. I think you should read the chunksters first and get them out of the way or they will taunt you for the next three years😂

[@GemofBooks]

That would be an excellent strategy! Though I’m currently reading 4 chunkers, so might need a couple of short books first 😂

[@HappyKnitter2020]

I have a beautiful press pre release copy of Cathy's Dear Reader, I could pop this in the post for you as a little gift to remember Alice? xx 💯

[@GemofBooks]

Oh that’s so kind of you. I do already have a copy though that Alice gifted me. 🧡

[@judybrown1624]

Geez,I guess I need to make a list of 80 before 80!

[@GemofBooks]

Yes!! Do it!! 🤩

[@judybrown1624]

@GemofBooks done. 32 real books. 32 kindle and 16 audio books. All I already own. It's a drop in the bucket, but at least I'll get some of my books read.

[@JohnSaxon-vw5vi]

You are not even in your late thirties I say 29or 30 for me and thank you for giving me 40 books 📚 to read in the future prayers and blessings for you and your family love your Aussie family friend John ❤❤❤

[@GemofBooks]

Haha thank you

[@JohnSaxon-vw5vi]

@ no problem 😉

[@rororeads]

Epic! 💯

[@GemofBooks]

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[@jacquelinemcmenamin8204]

My son was 37 yesterday. Another 1987 baby!

[@GemofBooks]

Happy birthday to him for yesterday!! 🥳🎈

[@-ParisTexas-]

Unfortunately I have not read all these books... And I am well over 40... Yay for Jack! Love Pillars of the Earth. 😂Also loved Dear Reader. There are a lot of great books on there! The book of One Flew over the Cuckoos nest is so much better than the movie. And Passing is so much better than the Vanishing Half. Henrietta Lacks is one of my favourite non-fictions. Awesome list! Now I'm going to tally up how many I've read. :) _edit: 14 Read... What have I been doing with my life_

[@GemofBooks]

I’m so excited for all of them! 14/40 is pretty good going mate!! If you were to add one to the list, what would it be?

[@-ParisTexas-]

@@GemofBooks I checked Storygraph, because I think you've read a lot of my favourites. But I'd say either Small Island by Andrea Levy or A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. You can read those before you turn 41. 😁

[@-ParisTexas-]

Or 11/22/63! Love a bit of time travel. How can i pick just 1...

[@GemofBooks]

@-ParisTexas- 😂😂 perfect!! I have both on my kindle 😜

[@-ParisTexas-]

@@GemofBooks You're set for the next 4 years.

[@Book_Hugger]

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[@Shellyish]

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[@GemofBooks]

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[@SuperStrangSshadow]

A bit too late for me since I'm 41.

[@GemofBooks]

Just add 10 and make it a 50 before 50 🤩😜

[@SuperStrangSshadow]

@@GemofBooks Lol. I think I'll get to read more than that before I turn 50 but see your point 🤭

[@GemofBooks]

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[@anges_book_chatter]

💯 Love this list #fomo 😂

[@GemofBooks]

Such a great list - I love BookTubers 😍

[@kinnimomo69]

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[@GemofBooks]

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[@marianacaffaro]

The pillars of the earth is extremely long and boring. The book thief is terribly bleak.

[@GemofBooks]

Bleak is my thing, so that will be fine 😂 I’m hoping I disagree with you on Pillars 😬

[@jillybeanh67]

Great idea, and love that you were able to include Alice in it too ❤ So many of these I haven't read yet but do own 🫣 so a good reminder to go back to the books I have but have not read yet. I've double checked and in case you weren't aware, paradise lost is on Audrey so.....audio plus guide. Shocked at you having not read bell jar before, maybe I'm showing my ages but it feels like and angst book of my generation (over 40, but just a little) at college (UK college). Passing is short, but fits a lot in and one where it's more atmosphere, tense. 📚

[@GemofBooks]

Ooo - thanks for the Paradise Lost tip! That may well be the way to go 🤩 I can’t believe I haven’t read The Bell Jar either 😆

[@toniweller6008]

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[@KDbooks]

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[@mariasmiles68]

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