books I have read (& loved) as of recent

[@dakotawarren]

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[@dakotawarren]

sorry about the lighting, I work with natural light and in typical London fashion it was dull and grey so I put a filter on in hopes it does… something? anyway, love you, have a great day

[@manasvi4404]

it looks aesthetic

[@nxreu]

i love the lighting!

[@Werasliwa]

It’s great don’t worry❤️

[@annanorton4995]

books mentioned: nadja - andré breton a girl is a half formed thing - eimear mcbride in the margins - elena ferrante pale fire - vladimir nabokov collected poems - vladimir nabokov heart stopper - alice oseman submission - michel houelleberq normal people - sally rooney lapvona - ottessa mosfheg

[@mozzymo9679]

thank you anna

[@killjoy123]

Thank you

[@love13f]

Thanks !

[@medagan8243]

I think you'd love These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever, it's a dark academia novel about 2 jewish boys in who meet in a college ethics class and fall into deep, obsessive love and decide to murder someone. My favorite quote is "All they were-all they had ever been-was a pair of sunflowers who each believed the other was the sun."

[@elisazouza]

ive heard of that before aaaaa

[@hayleevandyke]

MY FAVORITE BOOK EVER

[@lfior]

You have no idea how much my broken-up sad girl philosophy student vibe NEEDED THIS TODAY

[@amna6304]

The way you talk about literature is so..contagious. It makes me fall more in love with discovering new books. I'm reading my first Nabokav right now (Lolita) and then I plan to read Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky, The Stranger and The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus, and No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai. I'm so excited! Also I'd love to hear your thoughts or know of any favorites that you might have in Japanese literature like Mieko Kawakami's or Dazai's works.

[@yasminchowdhury3909]

Just the books she brings up, how she talks about them, the asthetic. Love it

[@nxreu]

girls wake up dakota has posted 🥀🤍

[@nikolmichalou8426]

I just wanted to say that I finished reading the secret history and I loved it, so thank you for recommending it

[@lapvona]

this is one of my favourite videos on this channel and i routinely rewatch it

[@Gelatineyeonthestripes]

Strange pilgrims by Gabriel García Márquez is a book I think you would like. It’s about Latin American travelers in Europe. It’s very much got that fever- dreamish feel, at least to me. If you still find literature like that cool I think you’d enjoy it. Anyway, have a good day!

[@Aaaavvvvvvvva]

You’re so comforting and calming, I love your channel sm

[@ameliemaeve3623]

i love shorter books and collections like these

[@cantrellayne]

You used to live in a typically hot climate and now it's quite the opposite. Thank you for your videos. You have no idea how much nostalgia they bring to me. You're so articulate and so calm. You make me want to just leave everything and pursue literature. ❤️🙏

[@hannaknolke1180]

Oh I absolutely adored "Collected Poems" by Nabokov. Through the last three years, he really became one of my favorite authors. I am going to read pale fire this month and I am beyond excited!!!

[@ayezha2153]

i wish u understand ur power. i have currently been in a reading slump, but u -the person who initially welcomed me to the beautiful world of literature and words- have saved me, ones again. ur videos bring nothing to me but comfort. u remind me of how glorious books and literature are, that i should devour them at all cost, sink my teeth into words every second of my life, and to do nothing but be me and do what i love. u trully changed my life.

[@medagan8243]

Can't wait to hear your thoughts on exquisite corpse, it's one of my favourites!!

[@thyleia]

dropped everything for u my queen

[@indigo_diary]

I ordered Nadja from my library! :) looking forward to reading it

[@theteapotreads]

Adding Pale Fire to my need to read list immediately!

[@Anu-xy3me]

I was actually revulsed by Lapvona ( not just the cover but also other saddening things) but fine...♥️ I liked it ... Also the psychological aspect can be mulled over multiple times

[@Maya-190]

I just discovered your channel and I want to say thank you :) I’m in love with these recommendations

[@wanmuizzmahmood]

i love your aesthetic, the style, the font, the colour of eyes, the hair... unique

[@lizaveta.demina]

Hi Dakota!! I was wondering, have you read Cassandra by Christa Wolf? I think you’ll really love it! It’s about the mythological figure Cassandra, who was cursed by Apollo, to be able to see the future but not be believed (as I’m sure you know!) but the best thing about it is that it really reads like poetry and is written beautifully, it’s not told linearly exactly as it’s sort of snippets of her life told from the moment she’s about to get executed- and it’s her reflecting on her life. Plus, it has a gorgeous cover!!!

[@karin.007]

I LOVE YOU DAKOTA I LOVE THAT YOU READ HEARTSTOPPER OMG

[@fatemakh96]

I love how they’re all short

[@jackloo7233]

I’ve also read a good deal of books recently, some of which have been fantastic. Here’s a little suggestion thread for you lovelies :) - 2666, Roberto Bolano - Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert - Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams, Sylvia Plath - Radio Silence, Alice Oseman - Time is a Mother, Ocean Vuong -The Broom of the System, David Foster Wallace - The Wild Iris, Louise Gluck - Things We Lost in the Fire, Mariana Enriquez - Molloy, Samuel Beckett - Untold Night & Day, Bae Suah - Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda, Becky Albertalli Love all of these for different reasons. Recommend checking them out

[@emanuelanistor4829]

Untold night and day was amazingg

[@patiencekillz]

Radio Silence! If you haven’t read Alice’s other books, I strongly recommend!

[@oishee6467]

girl i love things we lost in fire and her other book dangers of smoking in bed, do u have any macabre book rec like these two?

[@alexjohnson5841]

Thanks😌

[@elisazouza]

i would love to see books you've only given 5 stars!!! i used to read a lot of classics and you have inspired me

[@icedancerr]

ur thoughts on books are the only valid ones

[@artofawr]

What a lovely video. I kind of needed this. Thank you

[@BrunaMartins-ct7rm]

Thank God I've found this video of yours! I was about to buy Normal People just cause of recommendations. Since we have very similar literary tastes I trust you more.

[@rubyhenderson737]

Can’t wait to read on sun swallowing

[@viaaa6499]

I've never in my life been more proud of being born in April.

[@stormblessed3139]

"Im hyperaware that some times in my videos I do embody the girlfriend experience, but I like that, I think that parasocial intimacy is important"... Bloody hell i couldn't help but laugh with you!!!! And I like that too hahah

[@pennedbymaria]

babe, wake up! Dakota posted

[@julianamb4859]

Recommendation Alert!: since I don’t think you’ll be passing through Brazil, I find improbable that you may encounter Machado de Assis. A fantastic author from the Realist movement, who wrote one of my favorite books ever: The Posthumous Memoirs of Braz Cubas (a fantastic, ironic, deprived and addicting read - cannot recommend it enough).

[@girlafraid7571]

very pleased to see you again, our tender Lady Dakota

[@merry1171]

I love your videos and the mood…💌 even the background jazz music too. you always made my day

[@jaycieofalltrades]

i’m sure you receive so many recommendations every day, but read The Dry Heart by Natalia Ginsberg if you haven’t yet! It’s ~70 pages so not long either (it’s translated from Italian) and very introspective, women’s place in society in the 19th century, etc

[@marydarko3380]

i can’t wait to get back into reading once I’m done with my final year of uni and my final assignment now, i miss getting to just sit down and read

[@Tonhaoreal]

Such a sweet girl, crying the whole video, it is painful and beautiful in a way

[@illchangemyusernamewhenith9130]

are u ok or

[@Tonhaoreal]

@@illchangemyusernamewhenith9130 I dont really know why you are asking but Im ok, thank you, just a bit tired. How about you nice fella

[@elize3137]

No one's crying 💀

[@Tonhaoreal]

@@elize3137 then I guess Im wrong, it happens

[@doaadikrallah]

first video i even seen on this channel and i’m already in love with the vibes and the book recommendations, your taste is immaculate, i already wanna run to Shakespeare and Co to buy Nadja loll

[@wannabehuman]

One of my favourite books of all time is called Davita’s Harp, by Chaim Potok. It’s a story of a young Jewish girl in 1930s New York, growing up as her family gets caught up in a war abroad, and she tries to find balance between the hope that religion gives her and the unfairness of her very religious community. The way the author portrays the child’s voice in the face of tragedy and unfairness is haunting. As a Jewish girl myself, this book absolutely ravaged me.

[@pjcatchings4133]

am i about to binge your videos ... yes... deal with it

[@hwlsgrl]

LOL FELT

[@junebird29]

lets take a moment to appreciate that dakota has a copy of heartstopper on her nightstand

[@diy1406]

Fellow Habokov girl! As soon as you started talking about a girl is a half formed thing, I thought that you might like Nabokov and his Lolita. Only then you tell us that you love Nabokov too (this is one of the first videos of yours that I've watched)! I completely share your fascination with Nabokovs style

[@vl1xrz]

u always have a great mix in ur reading list and a lot of them sound interesting. i know Nabokov's power, i want to pick up pale fires so bad now

[@nathansnook]

Such a great list of books! Can't wait to hear your thoughts on the new Moshfegh 👀👀👀

[@arabian800]

Edit 3 weeks after: Daydreaming of a review of Lapvona. This is exactly the most beloved type of videos for me, disgorges erotica and darkness: the books you’ve read, classics you recommend, tho I’d highly appreciated it if you go more in depth into it; allow us, Lady Dakota, to delve deeper into your soul, let us discover your vision. People usually go for vlogs, I suppose they find them easier, but the knowledge and delight I find in your videos is unparalleled, I like the artistic part of it. I remember, I randomly stumbled across your first and only video, at the time, and told myself, if she keeps it up, if she’s observing enough, she’d be picturesque.

[@bugstarfreak]

i love your videos so much

[@amelia-xz3su]

Needed this, Dakota saving my day/week/month

[@celinazinth6156]

Could you maybe do a video about how you annotate your books and what you write in them? That would be really interesting and sorry for my writing, english is not my first language. 😅❤️

[@astrosoma222]

ohh you would love the characters of Karagatsis a greek author with an affinity for shadows, sin, otherness and gut-wrenching female characters (esp the great chimera)

[@kaelestials]

day=made

[@kiranreader]

can't wait to hear your thoughts on lapvona :)

[@iamnobody2]

i preordered on sun swallowing and finally got a my copy this week. australia post lost the first copy, i think. no biggie, things like that happen sometimes, i felt it was worth the wait, especially when i opened it and saw it had a double kiss, AND a squashed insect on the same page! do you remember that insect? its hard to tell what it was, it looks like wings and a smear of really bright pale green. love the poetry and overall its a super beautiful book, very well designed and made. i really hope you read some jim thompson, i'd particularly recommend Pop. 1280, it has one of the most intriguing unreliable narrators of all of pulp crime.

[@theacademicfix2210]

I literally love your videos. They always motivate me to read

[@josiejodosiedoe]

dakota! i love your videos. the editing, superb, and your content: always wonderful. i hope you're well too

[@batorsagandszerelem4474]

Girl, I'm glad we have the same reaction to Submission! I've already read two books by Houellebecq (Mr. Hollaback as I like to call him) Submission and Serotonin, and I disliked them both. This is the first time I've ever heard of A Girl Is A Half Formed Thing, sounds like something I will absolutely love, will check it out! Also, that's so cool you got to meet Alice Oseman!!

[@alicemabel8936]

a book i read recently that i think you'd adore is 'i who have never known men' - it's technically a dystopian, and is undoubtedly the most uniquely heartbreaking read of the year thus far. it follows a group of women held captive in a cage for no reason they know of, and is told from the youngest girl's point of view as she comes to term with situation. it's exactly the kind of book you read once and can never read again without insanity.

[@j7055]

This is my sign to read nadja 😌

[@skylerjumper]

BABE WAKE UP NEW DAKOTA VIDEO JUST DROPPED

[@ayadthewriter]

i love ue reviews, lady. one day, i might send u a book you might like/hate just to hear what u think of it. continue the videos. love from Wisconsin, USA

[@elisazouza]

well im now reading more classics again cos of you and my bf

[@greteruutli]

OMFG IM SO HAPPY RN

[@mariaionescu490]

I LOVE YOU

[@laurenpace9954]

i would love to hear your thoughts on lolita even if it would take a full video! i think that would be really interesting to hear from you

[@danielcast98]

Have you heard Joanna Newsom´s Ys?, it has a lot of inspiration from Pale Fire. And she is just generally inspired by him. Also, it's a ridiculously great album.

[@lilymae2410]

AAAA YAY NEW VIDEO

[@heybethrenee]

me patiently waiting for your video of your thoughts on lolita ... 👀

[@maryseptihet]

pale fire is great but someone tried to remake it with a sort of book that you can study called house of leaves and it’s absolutely awful, virtually unreadable, completely unhinged - so you might like it in that respect !

[@maryseptihet]

april is the cruelest month bc it brought into the world taurus men

[@margueritemitchell1829]

Hello from British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦👍👋♥️🌲🚵‍♀️🌲🎨🖌

[@ReadingNymph]

Im reading Normal People in June, it will be interesting to see what i think and if i agree with you or the hype

[@brooklynbaby_222]

god i love you so much

[@nadiakirstine8998]

This is the first time i am watching one of your videos and the first books title is my name. I have to buy it 💕 Well its Nadia but wtv

[@syloum7723]

Hi ! Just Discovered your channel and like it a lot. I’m subscribing :) I’m Sylvette from France. You have very well said « Houellebecq ». Excuse my english ;) 💚📚

[@maryseptihet]

14:25 relatable content

[@ilovevloging100]

My name is Nadja so now I have to read the first book lol

[@esmith6571]

have you read perfume by patrick suskind? feel like you would enjoy it and would love to hear your thoughts on it :))

[@benjamindragon598]

i love yo vids

[@zahraalzaman9279]

how is the language? is it easy to read ? I'm new to reading bar I can't help myself from baying these kinds of books

[@Faith-jo6xw]

Can’t find a copy of Nadja (with that cover) HELPPP

[@gsvoyr]

Lady Dakota, I am so desperate to hear your thoughts on lapvona

[@ayezha2153]

i missed u. :)

[@Fumms391]

Read Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille

[@ddomofon5440]

I've read Serotonin by Houellebecq and had same thoughts.. overhyped lol

[@benyamins9854]

i think Nadja is actually pronounced Nadia

[@cloud9481]

Hi!, i hope this question doesn’t come out wrong, but i’m genuinly curious. Are you A romantic/ Asexual? Or do you just dislike the idea of romance novels? 😅as i said i hope it doesn’t sound wrong)

[@dindacahya2093]

Hallo Lady Dakota

[@lotalota22]

can anybody suggest me few very good historical book like ancient world to mid 1700 plz.

[@lynjazz5122]

You're MY Nadja...

[@greteruutli]

i love her little kisses

[@loveypop2953]

You are such a calming person! Does anyone know the books on Dakota’s chair?

[@selinamelodie7286]

you forgot to talk about one book:(

[@bzztthundaa]

💗💗💗

[@sinjuu9999]

nadya

[@cuteromantictexting3600]

👌

[@kaelan4509]

OH cool, you read books. I hope they amuse you /s

[@Rachel-zf2wm]

👁👁