everything i read this year (a billion+ books)

[@ihaverabies]

a 2 hour long video WE WON!!!

[@anishinaabae]

i found your channel a couple of months ago and you've quickly become one of my favourite booktubers. the way you talk so passionately about everything you read - whether it was a gigantic flop, just not quite your thing, or the pinnacle of literature - whips me into a frenzy! i find myself hanging onto every word you say about every book, even if it's something i wouldn't have normally found interesting. your love for literature is so infectious and so refreshing, and i just wanted to thank you for continuously reminding me of my own affection for reading. i hope you have a great new year!

[@frankiesshelf]

this is such a kind and thoughtful comment i kind of want to cry lmaoo thank you ❤️❤️

[@antagonistout_]

DUDE! I am so happy I found ur channel this year. I love ur commentary style, ur honest and funny with ur reviews while being really laid back and not super “youtuber-y” if that makes sense. hope your holidays are fulfilling and good luck with your studies!!!!!

[@antagonistout_]

p.s. TWO HOURS??!! literally christmas part two for me lets gooo

[@frankiesshelf]

if i ever start talking in youtuber voice i’m trusting you to take me out behind the shed .. also thank you so much for being here ❤️

[@AnisiaCanRead]

For those who want it 🙂‍↕️🤍 Frankie’s Top Books: Mayflies - Andrew O’Hgan Hurricane Girl -Marcy Dermansky Pizza Girl - Jean Kyoung Frazier Big Swiss - Jen Beagin My Daughter - Kim Hye-jin Exhalation - Ted Chang A Minor Chorus - Billy Ray Belcourt Foster - Claire Keegan Malagash - Joey Comeau Beloved - Toni Morrison Ghost Wall - Sarah Moss Wenjack - Joseph Boyden Assembly - Natasha Brown The Tiger And The Cage - Emma Bolden Death Valley - Melissa Border A Little Luck - Claudia Pinerio Sula - Toni Morrison Giovanni’s Room - THE James Baldwin Milk Fed - Melissa Border Frankenstine - Mary Shelley Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison Elena Knows - Claudia Pinerio Jazz - Toni Morrison I Who Have Never Known Man - Jacqueline Harpman Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf Monstrillio - Gerardo Samano Gordova All Fours - Miranda July

[@cevelineok]

my saviour. my storygraph thanks you.

[@jasminmai3528]

I don’t comment often but I am sooo drawn to you and the way you speak. I feel like I’ve been looking for a booktuber just like you for years, and I’m soo happy to have found your channel. We have almost identical taste and I am so so excited to take your recommendations into 2025. Thank you ❤

[@rabieskiss]

The fact that you don't have more followers astounds me. Your channel is awesome and your voice is so soothing, I hope that more people see, and love, your videos! Also I'm putting this video on like a podcast while I reorganize my bookshelf

[@Astr011-w1g]

We need more people like this telling us truth! Just finished reading Hidden Signs of the Universe by Olivia Cooper. Its fascinating what they hide from society

[@tedsava1800]

2 hours?! 🧘 I’m ready

[@HeIsFullyBooked]

TWO HOURS?! I am so sat you have no clue

[@thestralvestral2724]

I've never cared to join a Patreon book club but today that changes. Yes, I love your videos that much ❤

[@michaelcallaghan1989]

You have no idea how happy I am to have a booktuber who does more than just read the plot summary of a book off of Wikipedia. Thank you!

[@ebloom82182]

Omg yes! It feels like I have to search so hard to find people with similar taste whose reviews consist of more than reading the sales pitch, saying "there's commentary on xyz", and then telling you whether or not they liked the main character 😭

[@omalleysmith9100]

I just found your channel in 2024, and I'm so happy I did because you are so refreshing in your honest opinions and you also bring attention to books that are different than everyone else on booktube. I get tired of seeing people talk about the SAME books all year ( James, by Percival Everett, for example. ), books that win all the prizes, etc. Not to disparage those books because I'm sure they're great, but it gets old. This year, I'm doing a self-imposed buying ban and endeavoring to read only books that I already own OR library books. Happy New Year, thanks again for the quality authentic content!

[@Elizzabears3113]

I love that the first video that I found of yours is a 2 HOUR breakdown of your 2024 reading list, let’s gooo!!!

[@ayoo1463]

I just found your channel a couple days ago and I have already binged all the videos. I love the way you explain books. Also your humor is amazing!! Love the content!!

[@hiimjenni]

I haven’t even started watching this and I’m so thrilled for such a long video. I audibly gasped when I opened my KZbin to see this 💓

[@simonchenstories]

How you feel about crying in h mart is exactly how I feel about my year of magical thinking

[@douglasplease]

One's Company was my favorite book of 2024 and I feel like three people in total have read it. I'm so happy you gave it praise!

[@RapidvV]

LOVE that you are starting a book club and LOVE the CSOP shoutout!

[@the_eerie_faerie_tales]

omg a 2 hour long 2024 reads wrap up!! you are a saint. I read 125 books so far this year and almost half of them were library reads. I love the library! They approve nearly all of my purchase requests too. They saved me over $2k just since June when I started utilizing the library. I love having my own curated collection and the library helps me do that while saving money 😄

[@goatman-h4z]

this made my day actually genuinely

[@valeriapaliza5023]

i saw 2 hr and i was SAT. I started watching ur videos since month and i love them, the way you talk about books while being honest and hilarious just makes me wanna read more, which is something i struggled to do bc of my schedule, it keeps me motivated. so, thank you so much for making them and i hope you have a great new year!

[@dziurawbani6703]

thank you for the recommendations, i read Several people are typing and it was really fun 😊

[@oliviahuber2826]

After watching I ran to the comments to recommend She’s Always Hungry then I saw you’re currently reading it on Goodreads 😌 excited for book club!

[@frankiesshelf]

i’m loving it !!!!!!! love love love seeing clark explore different genres shes so cool

[@emmafernee8930]

2 hours of frankie’s shelf is what I needed 🙏

[@becca8997]

you should read “I Hope This Finds You Well” by Natalie Sue!! The premise is so simple yet so genius, it’s pretty sad for basically the whole book, but in a very relatable way, while also being hilarious.

[@lindsaydentonsfringe4934]

i love gimmicky, twisty, epistolary books so thank you for putting several people are typing on my radar!!

[@rorororos]

Perfect vid to watch going into the new year!! HAPPY NYYY

[@annek311]

Two hours?! Oh, you saved my otherwise disastrous New Year's Eve! 💜💙💚💛🧡❤️

[@carla6418]

first video of yours ive watched... obsessed!! instant sub

[@kibawolfe9664]

i am eating GOOOD today thank u frankie !! your videos are so funny, genuine and a big comfort for me to watch

[@basil4544]

I can't wait to pick up some of these!! Would love to hear your thoughts on Alison Rumfitt's works, I've been having a very interesting time with her books (first Brainwyrms and currently working on Tell Me I'm Worthless), and I'd love to hear someone with more of a literature background talk about them! So far, I get the sense that her works are pretty on the nose in their themes and messages (as well as extremely nasty), but I also think there's a lot there to discuss

[@Plutostar616]

2 hour video- I’m locked in. A notif from KZbin that you’ve posted a new video genuinely makes my day better

[@fionagraham4338]

You are one of the only people who can actually make me snort- laugh so thank you for your service and happy new year!!

[@hgfcqsqswnnt]

the thing is that Crying in H Mart isn't so much about her mom dying rather than her heritage (because of for exemple the emphasis put on korean food) ? When I read it the fact that her only link that she had to her korean culture i.e her mom was fading in front her was what struck me. I get what you're saying but I think her lack of "originality" in her treatment of illness was not a deal breaker to me because of that angle. Hope you have a lovely year ! ◡̈

[@bookshelfbyla]

the best part of 2024 was finding your channel! we are being FED!!

[@itmedana]

first of all im home sick and this video is the greatest gift i could have asked for. don't think i've ever added so many books to my tbr in one go but i'm already excited to read so many of these! second of all i know you probably get plenty of recs but i think you might love beautyland by marie-helene bertino. i don't want to say too much but it's sci-fi ish and imo has everything you felt was missing from everything you ever wanted. also im so excited for the book club!!

[@anaanomaly]

Your channel helped encourage me to read more this year and I read many of the books you spoke highly about :) Thank you for making such cool videos!

[@anacarbonell6263]

love your appreciation for fernanda melchor !! she is so so good. i cant imagine reading her work in English, but I'm glad the translations are doing it justice !!

[@ria7a]

Thanks for the 2 hour video with this I might be able to get thru my shift today

[@melapv]

I've been blessed with a 2 HOUR LONG frankie's shelf video!!

[@BellyBooksAndBrew]

Okay, I've been waiting to recommend this book to someone who did not enjoy Crying in H-Mart but was drawn in by the premise!! And that is Tastes Like War by Grace M. Cho. It doesn't get nearly enough attention. Thanks for this video. I'm about half way in and a new subscriber.

[@TanyaWestley]

Thanks for an epic video Frankie, added some more books to my wishlist!

[@hanna-nm7kb]

I needed this.

[@samuelsalazar6574]

I don't know if Silvina Ocampo has more books translated, but if so, i genuinely encourage you to give her a second chance, cause she is amazing with short stories. Yes, she is kinda hard to read, but definitely worth it. Fun fact: Mariana Enriquez wrote a biography of Silvina Ocampo, "La hermana menor" (The youngest sister), idk if it's translated.

[@janysalinas6838]

2 hour long video!!! Tier ranking!! CSOP MENTION??!!! I'm locked in

[@elliannaallen4775]

im so excited for this youre awesome and youre probably my favorite youtuber..????

[@simonchenstories]

So thankful for this video! Happy new year ❤️

[@cabbage4ever]

never stop making videos I fr can't get enough

[@snailflowers]

frankie i just read this thing between us on your recommendation and i think i’m obsessed with it but i feel like i need to sit with it for a while before i fully understand it. i think “the thing” between us is not just one thing but sort of everything that keeps us apart from community. i think that’s what i’m taking away from it. i feel like the teeth stuff is very connected to thiago’s disconnect with the spanish language, and the skin thing is probably a disconnect with community in terms of race and ethnicity. the gentrification thing is pretty obvious like forcibly removing community. the alexa thing shows how we’re all “connected” but it’s a superficial connection… let’s sit at a banquet and have a meal together but it’s all slightly wrong. let’s tell stories and jokes but they’re all slightly wrong. let’s get a pet and find connection that way but it’s slightly wrong. let’s find connection through literature but no the books are all slightly wrong too. we’re desperate for human connection but there’s this THING between us and we can’t actually deeply connect. there’s a wall up between us but IT COULD BE A DOOR! go talk to your neighbors! be in community with other people! that’s what i’m talking away from it idk, grief could bring us together or it could totally isolate us… i need another person to talk to about this book because i feel like the only way to engage with this book is to have other people share what they took away from it too. i think this might be a perfect book because it’s giving me so much to think about but i think i need to reread it and pay very close attention to everything about it. i realize that these are the ramblings of a lunatic but i read this book on a plane and it was a long travel day and i can’t stop thinking about it anyways thanks for the recommendation

[@mickeyhank]

Whoa....I got a bunch of reading ideas from this video, thanks so much, Frankie! This may be in other comments, but what are your ways of finding these, I guess to varying degrees, off the beaten path books? Where do you get *your* recommendations -- just other booktube channels? Thanks again -- a big effort here to get through all of these, it's appreciated!

[@AlmaDanaeCordovaHidalgo]

Hiii I love your videos!! Hello from Mexico

[@isabellekh8112]

Happy new year! Thanks for all the recommendations!

[@ohmylainey]

A glorious video from frankie to ring in the new year with?! 2025 is going to be wild! Happy New Year to your generous soul ❤

[@levibeknitting]

I keep trying to add your recommendations to my to read on storygraph and already seeing them marked because of your previous videos on them- oh well

[@i10mint]

This was incredible thank you for sharing your effort with us! I also love books about obsession…would love to hear your top picks in that theme one day

[@susanburgess820]

Blessings from chicago. Read ripe and loved it up until the end, when i was so hopeful for the protagonist, and then....😢

[@tedsava1800]

if you were interested in the idea or vibe of severance maybe you would enjoy station eleven? I personally loved that book and I think it might be more the style that you’d like

[@jacquelinemcmenamin8204]

Happy new year Frankie 🤩🎉🥳☘️👋🍀

[@sa1em_374]

love you frankie

[@meirionamaddy2096]

I designed the set for Endgamr during college so I read it several times and had to watch it like 10 times. I never wanna see or hear about that play ever again.

[@tkh22]

A FEATURE FILM

[@frankiesshelf]

no word of a lie it took 10 hours to upload this to youtube lmao

[@Juliana-Bub]

I might have to read Exhalation now that both you and Jacob Geller have recommended it.

[@gargeesathe9792]

Monstrilio, Elena Knows, Ghost Wall and Death Valley were some of my favorite reads from 2024!! Recommendation for you: It Lasts Forever and Then it’s Over by Anne De Marcken

[@beelzemobabbity]

A little off topic, but Foster has a movie adaptation called “the quiet girl” and it’s just beautiful. Super atmospheric, and emotional. I highly recommend it if anyone has interest in that.

[@caroperez820]

My partner keeps telling me oh, you're listening to frankie AGAIN 😂 i love your videos and you're motivating me to read more, so thanks a lot for what you do ❤

[@coal2k]

I listened to this video on Hogmanay while I cleared out 6000 emails from my inbox. Thank you for keeping me company, and thank you for so many great recommendations this year xx

[@eridejj]

love how you labeled your tiers

[@abbi2350]

13:35 ahhh I love Several People are Typing! *some spoilers ahead* My boyfriend and I both read it and loved it so we call each other Deepu and Gerald. For Christmas several years ago, I got him a tee shirt with all the material covered in a photo of the ocean but when you look closely, it’s completely made from ascii characters🤗 so yeah, love that book and so happy to hear you enjoyed it

[@TheSeaSwells]

Your thoughts on Penance had me nodding my head furiously, god that book was so good but also grotesque

[@deermangivefast]

I tried reading Several People Are Typing and gave up after a few pages because, ironically, I could not keep track of who was typing lmao it was good to hear you say that gets easier with the unique voices, I may try again I'm also curious how you can tell whether a book has been well translated or not?

[@sammiam87]

a 2 hour videooooo!!! best new year’s eve EVER. I love hearing you talk about books, please never stop

[@UtevanHeerden]

listening to this while its raining outside and working on a painting commission...im in heaven

[@MatthueLoose]

Congrats on being the first person to read a billion books, no idea how you were able to achieve this physically impossible task but well done! What is this, Taskmaster? Talk about a New Year’s Treat! (Will anyone know this reference lol)

[@edy8953]

"Everyone dies. You're not special. If you write about death, you have something unique to say." No! Actually, you don’t. What an odd thing to say. The book is popular because it is accessible. Sure. But primarily, it has such a large audience because people actually die... and the people left behind can relate to Zauner's experience. It’s about demystifying death and the grieving process that follows. I don’t know man. That sentence, analysis, and opinion were just icky....

[@frankiesshelf]

it’s actually not icky to not like a book that you liked!! that’s okay actually ! we can have different opinions on media you don’t need to make it a reflection on my character or something lol

[@edy8953]

@@frankiesshelf It's not the fact that you didn't like the book. Fair enough. It's not my favorite book either. It's the way you talked about death in general and writing about death that I find questionable (icky). After all, we're talking about real people. It's just feedback from my side on something you said, and it's not directed at your character or person!

[@deersquid]

do you have a storygraph I can follow? lovee your channel

[@alana_rr]

Sayaka Murata has a new book coming called VANISHING WORLD and it is on Netgalley for ARC request. I think it's her best book yet

[@spicyjani8981]

I am Scottish but have never read any Muriel spark, despite many of them lying around my house. I am now very eager to get to them after you thought that they had been translated, I think that is hilarious, I was giggling the whole way through that little segment!

[@Souljacker7]

Mariana is so good it's worth learning Spanish just to read more of her

[@kato6196]

so glad I discovered this channel! always love hearing your takes (despite the dostoyevsky slander 😤)

[@townmarshboy]

i should be reading song of solomon rn but i’m seated for the next 2 hours

[@xpopstarx1]

i was good at not buying books this season til this video tempted me to add to cart 😂

[@catden007]

Hello Frankie, where did you get the sweater you had on in the beginning of the video?!

[@XOSNDR]

hey frankie cool video idea would be reading books that your subscribers hated 🫣 love your content

[@WaffleBoi421]

THANKYOU 🙌🖤🖤

[@Annie-kg5lo]

OMG YEEEEES!!!! guess what I'll be watching over and over to distract myself from my new year's hangover 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

[@DeabloGT]

Whelp, this is my evening sorted! Currently stuck in bed sick with my cats for company so 2 hours of your soothing voice talking about books sounds like chicken soup for the soul. Ps: i finisted reading My sister the serial killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite yesterday. It's 221 pages of weird women goodness which i know you love.

[@mirandaa_r]

2 HOUR VIDEO?! I’m sat

[@Madison_xoxo16]

I’ve gotten so many good book recs this year from your channel!! I hope 2025 treats you well!! Also where did you get your sweater because I love it lol 😭!!

[@solidsnake1806]

I watch like 20 youtubers but istg you're the first person who called out Ripe for the baby brained class commentary geez it's been more than a year since I read it but I'm still so embarrassed for the author lmaooo

[@gunarchy]

holy hell how do you get through this many books (and not DNF the horrid ones 😭)?!

[@yccmqb]

Based on some of your faves, the way you think and talk about books, I’d be so curious to see your thoughts on No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood!

[@frankiesshelf]

it’s sitting on my desk right now !! i’ll get to it very soon

[@witchreads]

@@frankiesshelfalso cautiously recommend fake accounts by lauren oyler bc I absolutely love commentary around that book lol

[@choruscats]

YES I LOVED ONE'S COMPANY!

[@bailagringacovers]

YAY I can’t wait to watch this!! Feature-length movie, we won!!

[@emilyfinchat]

1:02:45 when you work at a library and it's part of your job to read a bunch of books you wouldn't read.... and most of them are 3-star flops 😭😭

[@flovertodeath]

every time someone brings up penance by eliza clark online i hold my breath and if they say they like it i start whooping and cheering

[@Caerph1lly]

I love when you explained to younger people that Slack is like Discord but for work! I have had to to explain Discord to older people and said it's like Teams or Slack, but for fun. I am 39 btw and have used all 3 HAHA

[@yeribestgirl2657]

YESSSSS TWO HOURS LETS GO

[@7pennies1]

2 HOURS LETS GOOOO

[@rileyroseinabox6754]

Here I was seeing this video was posted 55 seconds ago and thinking I’d finally have the opportunity to comment “first!” on a video and there were already several comments 😞

[@rileyroseinabox6754]

Also I was fully certain that you were gonna tell us Sharkheart was one of your favorites so imagine my UTTER SHOCK

[@Nagchampa765]

2 hours of Frankie let’s fuckin goooooo