my favorite books of 2018

[@chloebunnie]

THE cutest thumbnail :’)😍

[@andgraciewashername]

The only 2018 book favourites video I’m willing to sit through cause I could listen to Whitney all dayyy

[@kelseypartridge7909]

“It could be like three characters going to Ikea”

[@shelblr]

Since you loved “The Secret History” I recommend “If We Were Villains” by M. L. Rio. It’s so good!

[@annalackey8658]

The musical for Fun Home is AMAZING I cried so much and I really need my hands on the book itself ♥️

[@myonnareads]

i love the transition from Ransom R(W)iggs to Tahereh Mafi

[@shethewriter]

Every time you talk about Shatter Me I get so excited to read it! When need more characters who we are allowed to love. I can't wait to get to it!

[@hayleymarie630]

I NEED TO READ ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE WOW YOU'VE SOLD ME. I freaking love everyone's an aliebn so much, I always go back to it when I need it a little boost of happiness and wholesomeness.

[@hannahcanreadsometimes]

I really really want to read The Secret History now! 💜

[@AwkwardBookworm]

I just read The Cruel Prince and I’m obsessed! YAS THE DIVINERS

[@jordispencer]

haven’t watched the video yet but just need u to know U LOOK SO GOOD HOLY SMOKES

[@booksvsmovies]

I really love the way you talk about books Every time you mentioned a book on this list I wanted to pick it up instantly. Also loud love for Shatter Me melts my heart

[@tomtalksbooks]

The bees lower torso is a big MOOD!! Loved all your recommendations, Whitney!! Got my eye on The Secret History!! :D

[@theessenceofbeauty1g]

This hair length on you is everything

[@BooksandBlushes]

Omg I agree with you about miss peregrines! When I read the first book I was sooooo in love with it, and now it’s on its fourth book and I totally don’t really remember why I was so obsessed with it! I’ll have to reread it again this year.

[@marissaholstead8544]

Definitely going to need to put the ones I haven’t read off this list on my TBR. Their were so many good sounding books in this video.

[@foram5734]

Loved this video! 🥰 I really want you to do some journaling videos again I really enjoyed them and miss them a lot 😭 if you still journal please do a flip through or talk about journaling 💕

[@heidiroberts4821]

I read Diviner’s towards the end of 2018 (after staring at it on my shelf for years) and absolutely loved it as well! You pretty much summed up all the feelings I have on it. Subbed! 😊

[@lavannyapulluveetil6469]

New subscriber here! Wow love how succinct your summaries are and how you don't spoil anything! Also really love your voice :) excited to binge your old videos now

[@WishFulfillment]

I read All-American Male when I was in college! A friend of mine lent it to me and she said it would either ruin my life or not affect me. Luckily, it did not ruin my life. I appreciated it as commentary!

[@justvynexa]

I’ve been wanting to read ‘Hunger’ for some time now. I always put it in my Book Outlet cart. but I had a realization not that long ago as to why I have the relationship that I have with my body and I’m still trying to process it. so I don’t know if reading Hunger would help or not. I love this whole list and I wish I could read all the ones I haven’t right now. like. now!

[@manvi768]

I have missed you so much, I'm going to cry

[@debralavoie9095]

I enjoyed this so very much! I picked up two audiobooks. I have fought being overweight my whole life, so Hunger. The other, Mother's Reckoning,also picked up. You make me interested in the books you tell us about in your videos. Thank you!!

[@bibliophilebasics2028]

what happened was one of my favorite books of 2018 too! so impactful

[@HaleyMtz]

I have to read Fun Home for class this semester and hearing you talking about it makes me feel so excited to read it!!!!❤️

[@adrizumbi4126]

Love your look and your carved wood plaque.

[@Sasu123456789x1]

Definitely gonna check out many of the books in this list, so interesting!

[@shanzayadnan]

"Cruel prince" is the best recommendation for Sarah J. Maas fans...those who loved "a court of thorn and roses series" plz do read cruel prince series!Btw its second part "wicked king" is out now in 2019 and its a huge cliffhanger!This series is a must read guys!!!

[@nsmith9981]

Yay! Looking forward to more videos! I just started Shatter Me and am loving it! Thanks so much for all of the great book (and author) recommendations!!

[@sharonforbes162]

Great list of books! You definitely have me wanting to read a bunch of them! Here's to 2019 being an awesome reading year!😊

[@brooklynnnnereads]

50th? Maybe. Best? Yes.

[@Greeneyedgirl0704]

Yes!!!!! Hunger 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 that’s in my top 18 of 2018 too by FAR..I related to this book SO much

[@emiloubooks6708]

I still haven't read The Diviners 😕

[@meezardra]

AHHHHHHHH. The notification came in and I'm readyyy

[@btwjournals8384]

Seriously missed you since vlogmas finished! 😩 so excited for a new video 💁‍♀️

[@WhittyNovels]

aw thanks for watching!

[@sk8tie]

I read fun home for a comics class a couple years ago (loved it) and my prof showed us a Making Of type video of bechdel explaining that every single frame of fun home was drawn with her using a photo of herself as a body reference and i just thought that you'd like that fact as a poetic kind of permeation of self situation onto the story

[@drumsofautumn]

This was wonderful, I loved seeing all the different kinds of books!!!

[@apple_bottom_jeans]

Loved this video! I have a quick question when you put tabs in your books. Do the different colors mean anything or do you randomly grab one?

[@hopetherespudding]

why is it that every character called Lola is either a sexy furry or a creative art ho PS congratulations on reading so many books especially such a range of genres.

[@BonnieAyn]

you look SO GOOD YES BINCH

[@JulEnglefaris]

I cried through the first few chapters of What Happened but the rest was really informative and hopeful and just amazing.

[@LilyEleanorReads]

im currently listening to Hunger and it really is incredible, i can definitely see this making my top of 2019 list!

[@erinmariecece]

Honestly I’m adding most of these to my 2019 tbr

[@dangerousateveryspeed]

oh hey fancy makeup how u doin

[@ellexamines]

these are such good picks!! and you're totally right about Bright We Burn; absolutely the best characters in YA right now!!

[@lindsayryan2734]

I’m super late on this video, but I’m so excited to read many of these now! I’ll definitely be picking up the average American male. Also, have you read The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt? Such a beautiful, serene, sorrowful book; there’s almost never a day it doesn’t cross my mind.

[@Anna88074]

I love your makeup in this video, soo beautiful Whitney!

[@micahsthoughts6054]

I was never interested in the and I darken series but you made it sound interesting

[@PositiveWriterr]

Nooo id never be too tired to watch your favorites video omgfkgjg

[@becklebooks]

Ooh snap I also read 130 books in 2018!!! Heck yeah.

[@rhyedimarco]

Yay! Missed you so much! I hope you're doing good. We all love you so much! 💕

[@xocoolchickxo]

Love these books! and love all your videos :) I just finally bough Shatter Me so i'm really excited to read it and my new years resolution is to attempt to read 100 books. I think I can do it but I gotta shop for a lot more books, this is going to be an exciting year!

[@saraberg7601]

I would reaaally really like another "soft boys" video if you have any more recommendations! But I watch everything you upload so I'm happy with anything tbh

[@celicviridiana7643]

I loved your video! I fell in love with your passion and personality 💖💖

[@sarahsbookshelves6054]

WHAT HAPPENED YES QUEEN 👑

[@rimbluebooks]

I miss you so baaaaaaaaaaad 😭😭😭 I hope you're doing great. Happy new year Whitney 😘 I wish you a great year

[@chattymermaid1755]

I can't stop thinking about "the wicked king" ending !!!! like GOD HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO SURVIVE WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT §

[@e_n_hand]

Have you read The Light Between Worlds? Or the Caraval series (only two are out, but we're getting a third this year.)

[@tovaportmann]

I'd love to read about Lada, Radu, and Mehmed in Ikea. That would amazing.

[@mariacastillo3168]

What you need is girl power because you are going to be better no matter what you are going through I hope that this help you because you are not fat you are cool and fun because when I subscribe to this channel I f found out that reading is more fun even though I got laugh at in school for being to smart and watch you made it easier for me to start making my own personal Goodreads

[@PaolaMancera]

unrelated but I LOVE YOUR MAKEUP!!! The books that you talked about that stood out to me the most were: -The 7 husbands of Evelyn Hugo, it's become BookTube staple and I REALLY NEED TO READ IT -The cruel prince, bc of the same thing I said about -The Shatter Me series (I know you just talked about Restore Me but) I'm planning to read those books this year! -A very large expanse of sea bc it sounds lie the most heartwrenching book -And I darken series bc it just sounds so feminist and action packed and worth it! -The diviners series bc I LOVE HORROR YA -the Christina Lauren books bc I need to read their books especially bc I love romance -The Secret History bc I've been meaning to read that since 2013, or something like that - A thousand splendid suns bc a lot of people I know praise the author and I really need to get to that book -Hunger bc I love books that talk about body image and fatness and Roxane Gay is so important to the nonfiction genre and to the MeToo and Body Positive movement -Fun Home bc it's the only book I've read that you mentioned and holy crap I love that memoir. If you're interested I know there's a bootleg on youtube so you can watch the musical but if not you can listen to the cast recording, it IS SO GOOD!!! Loved hearing you talk about all the books you read and loved in 2018!

[@insteadofgold]

If you haven’t read Columbine by Dave Cullen, you really should!! I read it earlier last year and I kid you not, I think about it every day. I’m going to check out Sue Klebold’s book now based on your recommendation.

[@amberinoface]

The happiest bean with her favorite books.

[@horror-sickness]

I have been meaning to get to The Cruel Prince and with the second book now I am dying to know what all the fuss is about. But then I will alsobe punished to wait until 2020 for the last book. decisions...decisions

[@TheBookHorde]

So it’s late at night I gatta get up as 5 in the morning for work and I’m scrolling through on my phone in bed with the lights out gunna watch a video before I fall asleep then I see you uploaded have a mini scream because you had me spoiled with your Christmas vlogs and I’ve been waitin for the next video and now I’m like nah she deserves more than my tiny ass phone screen so now I’m on my laptop watching

[@aliciacroft]

Have you read The Beauty Myth? Its good as an audiobook. Its a bit older but so brilliant and validating for women

[@WhittyNovels]

i haven't heard of it! i'll look into it.

[@aliciacroft]

@@WhittyNovels Its really worth it. Opened my mind up so much, and it was the stepping stone for a lot of body positive influencers to get into what theyre doing

[@HaileyAnnReads]

Okay first of all how did I not know that Ransom Riggs and Tahereh Mafi are married???? A Mothers Reckoning sounds so interesting to be honest, and Hunger is on my top 5 to read for 2019!!!

[@Blacktundras]

The whole video sounds like your going to bust out crying.... at any second.

[@ByMadisonFox]

Omfg “it could be about three characters going to ikea” I’m dying. I have this series on my shelf... guess i should pick it up

[@WhittyNovels]

it's no three-people-walk-into-ikea, but it is pretty great

[@minami61]

Please make a video on how you annotate books pls

[@WhittyNovels]

i think it'd be quite boring! i just tab whatever i like lol

[@shethewriter]

Oh man your videos vanished from my feed for some reason grr I missed so much! Time to catch up :))

[@larariescolacal137]

The Cruel Prince is just an okay book. I'm still trying to understand why people loves it and the characters are not really good either 😓

[@Greeneyedgirl0704]

Three characters go to ikea 💁🏻‍♀️💁🏻‍♀️😂😂

[@Blkandsapphicreads]

Oh my gosh A QUEEN

[@mybirthwrite]

I *cannot* believe I haven't finished A Map of Days yet. Who am I? What am I doing with my life?

[@sorboboba]

Wow I haven’t seen a Kultgen book getting any attention in years it seems like! I read TAAM when it came out my freshman year of high school. At the time I just thought it was funny in the way that a teen with no idea of what adult men are like would, haha. I remember the boy who sat next to me in class saw the cover one day then grabbed the book and started reading it aloud. He found the book accurate, which very much shapes my opinion of the book now as an adult lmao. I think the questions you raised about masculinity are interesting, but I think the prevalence of men like the narrator and how easily it is for men to openly identify with him almost prevents any serious discussion from taking place. I think if it’s considered an “accurate” potrayal of the average man by men themselves, then any analysis has to accept that too. I don’t assume the book is a commentary on men; I really do think it was the author’s attempt to just write plainly about men, otherwise it wouldn’t have resonated so well with men at the time.

[@sheenawinter313]

Love the video! Missed u.

[@lindsay3793]

i thought the sign behind her said something about "sh!tty novels"

[@BonnieAyn]

"the bees whole lower torso"

[@JenniferPappas92]

I was today years old when I learned that Tahereh Mafi and Ransom Riggs are married

[@Elaye2000]

I would love to see a worst books of the year video

[@fictionalives]

a guy offering a summer trip to paris after a vegas one night stand???? yes please??????

[@bobbynewport9576]

*sees you posted a new video* Me: finally some good fucking food

[@alliewithbooks]

I'm just here for Bright We Burn and Restore Me let's be real

[@alliewithbooks]

"It could be like three characters going to ikea" 😂

[@fiction9757]

YAAAAAY

[@EgoBrain1]

What Happened?.....uh, she was and is super corrupt. That's what happened.

[@tothisyouwerecalled]

you are my feminist book hookup

[@aseelahmed3739]

I just have something to say about AVLEOS, in Islam ( religion of Muslims) it is extremely forbidden to get into romantic relationships ( BF/GF ) unless it’s marriage , and seeing that portrayed by a Muslim author, in addition to it being between a MUSLIM girl and a guy is just a no. If you’re poorly informed about your own religion you shouldn’t be writing about Muslims unless you do your research, and what disappoints even more is that the author’s Muslim, so she SHOULD know this, and seeing her write about it and giving people a wrong impression of our religion is just devastating and sad. I’m sorry but me being a Muslim and seeing this, I couldn’t just let it pass.

[@xocoolchickxo]

That's what I was thinking too, I haven't read the book but Whitney described it in one of her vlogs and yeah you're right that muslims aren't supposed to be in relationships outside of marriage.

[@WhittyNovels]

no i totally understand you! i've seen tahereh discuss before how culture isn't a monolith and obviously she's only writing about her experiences, which absolutely shouldn't represent the whole of every muslim woman. you have a totally valid concern and the book shouldn't stand alone as the only representation of muslim relationships.

[@urgirlri]

I needed a Whitney video rn THANK YOU SIS 😭😭