The Worst Books I Read in 2024 🚫📚

[@gabbyreads]

Lmaooooo I can’t believe I’m responsible for your top two worst books of the year hahaha I’m deeply sorry 😂😭🫠

[@gabbyreads]

You’re so right though about Middle of the Night being a “filler” book and how even the author acknowledged how boring and vanilla it is at the end lmao 😂 ridiculous! It still makes me mad when I think about it

[@strawberryhairclips]

Thank you for not holding back. Everyone should be this ruthless when talking about books they hate. Even if I like the book, I love a good rant.

[@coppertopolo]

OMG, "I put on hemorrhoid cream that was more thrilling" has to be the ultimate put down for a book. I applaud you Gavin for creating an image that was definitely more accurate than seeping and dripping. What an excellent video. Can't wait for more of you in 2025.

[@nicolejordan5977]

The Emily Henry description had me cackling what a picture you painted

[@alejandrajimenez9191]

“Well Shakespeare wouldn’t want to”. IM GONE-

[@Books.and.biscuits]

The way you get more annoyed with every passing second is killing😂😂😂

[@readingwarlock]

“I’m worried about you. Get some help.” Cracked me up hahaha now THAT is a glass of wine 🍷love your energy!

[@JillianLovesBooks]

I’m so deep in the lore of your channel, the “Who does she think she is… Florence?” line made me cackle.

[@Sharmainesstaycation]

Hahahaha your Emily Henry Cafe story made me literally laugh out loud at work! 😂

[@KelliJ_]

Thank you for linking the videos where you read these books-it’s a small detail that I know takes a lot of extra work, but I always love to go back and hear more of the rants, so much appreciated!! ❤❤

[@mychaoticshelf]

I am screaming about the Emily Henry breakdown. It’s so accurate 😂😂

[@wifeunderthesea]

“it wasn’t toxic enough.” this is the type of energy i want to enter 2025 with. 😂😂😂

[@LexieMoon321]

I’m here for the tea! I can’t wait to see how messy this gets

[@HaleyJeanASMR]

u crack me UP 😂🎉 loved this so much

[@cakt1991]

I actually really liked some of the books on this list (The Familiar, Academy for Liars, and A Study in Drowning), but I’m not shocked to see them here. But I love the vanilla coffee analogy for Emily Henry’s books! I’ve read People We Meet on Vacation and Funny Story, and I finished both feeling severely underwhelmed by the characters, especially the love interests.

[@AudreyVxoxo]

Oh not only are you a reader, but you know how to READDDDD. Subscribed!

[@renee_3364]

Happily sipping my tea while Gavin spills his...

[@skylarweiss]

I'm an Emily Henry apologist but your read???? Painfully accurate

[@GavinReadsItAll]

A friend has recommended me try one more and I just might 😂

[@avsambart]

Worst Of Videos >>> Best Of Videos I love me a good rant and you gave some good ones here 😍

[@miriam2526]

I was desperately looking for some youtubers who wouldn't praise the same books over and over and stumbled upon this video. Thank you so much, you absolutely made my day 😂 one brilliant quote after the other.

[@soniaesquivel9385]

I loved the “Shakespeare could never… well he wouldn’t want to.” I love the snark

[@judithcakelover]

Love how passionate you rant about these books.❤

[@Leigh_orange]

You’re passion in this is everything! Thanks for not being afraid to tell us how you really feel.

[@Bookishcharlot1]

I loved every single minute of this video. I love me a petty Gavin 🤪 I also feel very validated with some of your worst books of the year... some might be on mine as well 👀

[@GavinReadsItAll]

This makes me so happy to know we continue to twin 🥰

[@KatieColson]

The PTSD from books #1 and #2 😵😵😵

[@awpageofabook]

I think your 'worst books of the year' video was how I found your channel all the way back in 2020. Proud to say I've been watching that long haha

[@deannacunningham583]

Listening to your description of Emily Henry's book, I'm now a subscriber! Your sense of humor is right up my alley!! 😂

[@lizardslaw2661]

The most entertaining negative video ever. I love that you don’t hold back.

[@James_Cooper]

so cold and i ate it up!! that book lovers description was golden, think i might unhaul it just from that

[@EmilyJohnston-e2r]

Hilarious 😂 you ripped these books to shreads, and i loved it! Im new to your channel but will definitely be staying! 😊

[@ReadingNymph]

Having a cup of tea while I listen to the tea is what was needed 😌

[@JessNovelNook]

gavin you’re on a new one in this video and i love it😂 the 1 man 1 jar comment had me gagged💀💀

[@tish_has_plans_to_read]

Not the whole Goodreads comments making the watch list 😂

[@mikesbookreviews]

Roadwork is one of the worst King books for me.

[@MichelleP-t7o]

Dolores Claiborne for me

[@PokhrajRoy.]

You’re so cool and beautiful and dramatic for that cold open. It’s giving Mike’s Mic but with books.

[@AlyciaRunsandReads]

Not you giving gabbys pick worst book of the year 😂

[@GavinReadsItAll]

She got my top 2 worst books since she made me read Murder Road too 😭

[@katherineeaster5799]

I'm so distracted by your bookshelf, like, what in God's name is Ghost Girl Banana???

[@misskarin]

I knew those were going to be your top 2 lol. I was just waiting to see which one got the #1 spot.

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Haha I’m so predictable 😂

[@skeletonkeybooks]

I didn't even make it through the first chapter of An Academy for Liars. The author kept conflating Denver and Boulder, and I didn't see the point of reading someone who insisted on writing a setting she knew nothing about.

[@citydweller99]

I think the biggest problem with your #1 book was that it was almost too sedate compared to his previous books, and the era and setting of the story would only appeal to those of us that lived during that time (90s suburbia in the states). However, I quite enjoyed the book and my only complaint was that it shouldn't have been a mystery.. but a general fiction book instead.

[@theotherveronica]

booksandlala said that she felt like Riley wanted to try a contemporary but feels like he has to stick to the thriller genre and i think that’s a spot on take.

[@tiredofit4761]

I had heard so much about Emily Henry books and I read Book Lovers- Worst romance I have read recently. Like you, I skipped to the end even though I truly did not care. Never again.

[@jaydeespinoza4978]

Definitely following you after this video because you perfectly summed up how I felt about some of these books. I hated Middle of the Night. I actually returned the Audiobook to get my credit back which I’ve only ever done two times before out of 200ish books.

[@Rkive.wonderland]

Study of Drowning and Academy of liars was on my list too. Valid reasons! Thank you for sharing

[@NovelsWithNicole]

The middle of the night vlog was so funny 😅 even though I liked the book & rated it 4.5 ⭐️ watching Gavin solving it all was hilarious.

[@heatherclemons1295]

Oooh I hated Nothing But Blackened Teeth, and I had so been looking forward to it. I couldn't believe how bad it was.

[@PistachioGold]

Gavin with the wine❤❤❤ I skipped the sect8on covering Academy for Liars because I still wanna go in as blind as possible, and I still wanna read The Familiar because I can like boring books 😂😂

[@jeanninethompson6243]

Here for the tea 🫖

[@GavinReadsItAll]

☕☕

[@rootingbranches]

The Emily Henry description is so accurate and that's coming from a fan, haha.

[@simonchirps]

0:43 Gavin keeps it REAL 😆

[@wendyevans1707]

I loved your list! And thank you SO MUCH for your comments on Assistant to the Villain. I literally shouted YES when it made the list. It would be much higher on my own worst of list, possibly even #1, so I think you showed great restraint.

[@brandyleigh]

Your description of reading Book Lovers got me so good - couldn’t stop laughing.

[@pinkglitterfleck]

Well that description of Book Lovers just got you an instant follow 😂

[@susanlynknits]

Watching Gavin rant with a glass of wine on a Friday evening, I highly recommend.

[@nerdy_nurse]

Your description of that one character being an architect is giving me George Costanza flashbacks. 😂😂

[@ririschannelx]

Sassy gavin is my favourite gavin

[@thewolfandherbooks]

"GET SOME HELP." 💀💀💀

[@saxybrit]

Yours are my favourite worst books videos, Gavin! Always entertaining.

[@ariana.bookowl]

Book Lovers is one of my favorite books of the year. But I love when someone roasts a book I enjoyed in such a hilarious way!! I was laughing so hard. And all I can say to you is....fair. 😂🤷‍♀️

[@MetalandtheGeek]

Your rant about A Study in Drowning made me laugh because I felt the exact same way about that book. That main character was so annoying!!

[@cityofstarlight-library]

FINALLY someone else who is impressed by Emily Henry! We have so many similar DNF's 😄 I DNF'd House of Flame and Shadow, Study in Drowning, Assistant to the Villain and Book Lovers as well lol

[@jenng669]

As someone who really loves most Emily Henry books... I laughed a lot at your review. I LOVED Book Lovers but the end felt very "publisher insists on a proposal" to me. Also, you ranting about books you hate while I glimpse Pandora on your shelf in the background... THAT is a book I can rant about for ages 😬

[@Bookbonkers8439]

I can’t even say how much I loved this video!! I’ve only read Book Lovers from this list, and I agree with everything you said about it.

[@sorayareadsbooks]

‘Shakespeare could never’.. well Shakespeare wouldn’t want to LOL I am crying laughing

[@jasminedeseignora1347]

Nice hair cut Gavin! 😊

[@books_and_heels]

"Who do you think you are? Florence?" OMG I love your sense of humour!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@AbiofPellinor]

I am SO DAMN GLAD that someone else agreed with me about A Study in Drowning!!!

[@WhatCassRead]

Yes yes yes about the Wicked Years books. I’ve never hated a progression of a series as much as this one and I literally read them as they were published. By the fourth it was a hate read, and once again Gregory McGuire couldn’t resolve anything!!!

[@GavinReadsItAll]

So glad it's not just me who thinks that Cass, so sorry we both had to endure to the very end

[@twilightsquire]

Ok so I love the Princess Diaries books because they're absurd and I like the characters a little better, don't get me wrong love the first disney movie a lot but I feel like they really watered down Mia's character and also kind of whitewashed her friend group however I agree, the age gap in Mia and Michael's relationship gives me the ick completely and I'm pretty sure Meg Cabot has said she regrets making Michael that old 😭 but she did initially write the book as a parody and the princess element was added to make it YA so if you see it from that persepctive it sort of makes sense. I prefer Avalon High when it comes to Meg Cabot's book and the love interests are thankfully the same age 😅

[@tammyd4208]

Yes!!!!!! So many of my worst books were in this video. I feel seen. 👁️👁️

[@raquelh7682]

I gasped out loud when A study in drowining appeared, I love that book so much 😭 that's ok though everyone has different opinions and I strongly believe that it was what I needed in that moment

[@MoJordanReads]

Not me being an Emily Henry stan who loves a good vanilla latte 😂

[@Paperworms2nd]

When I was a 14 year old girl, I didn't think of myself as a child. I felt like a woman, and was only interested in older guys, or even adult adults. The Girl's magazines in the year 2000 were wild. They literally told us, that older guys have more experience in bed and that's why we should ditch Boys our age. xD Times were different back then, I guess.

[@vicki7066]

Hilarious as always, Gavin. Oh, and I literally have Academy of Liars teed up to start reading today. Oh well, at least it's just a library book (got both the ebook and audio on libby). Maybe I'll just return that sucker before I even start and save myself some time.

[@MichelleP-t7o]

I ♥ your accent. This is my first time watching.

[@Riskiest_Biscuit]

Middle of the Night was one of my favourite books of this year 😬. I love Riley Sager 😭

[@iphoneluvLOLz]

You tore into Emily 😭

[@megs_bookrack]

Only one minute in, but already...genuis 😂

[@anishinaabae]

it's looking like we all had a pretty mid reading year this 2024! here's to a much more satisfying reading year in 2025!

[@thisisabookchannel]

my problem with Middle of the Night was that it was just waste of time! he said heres your stupid book get me out of this contract asap

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Exactly!!

[@illyann4669]

Agreed so hard on Zodiac Academy. I judge anyone above 15 who likes that series.

[@bookthoughtswitheilish]

Emily Henry giving Vanilla Latte is so accurate ☕️ 😂

[@Thorns_and_Proses]

Ava Reid isn't for me, I've tried too many of their books now and been disappointed. You are not alone in that. I was also severely disappointed in The Familiar because Leigh Bardugo is one of my favorite authors but that book was so boring. Another book I was SO disappointed with was I Was a Teenage Slasher. It was terrible! It had no point. One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon was also awful. The ending was so bad. It made the whole book seem pointless. I also read and hated Ghost Station and Empire of the Vampire :hides: I know you like EotV Gavin, but it read so misogynistic and the humor felt like middle schoolers wrote it. But its ok, I enjoyed Middle of the Night so we are even haha. Though I am gonna go watch your vid where you talk about why it was trash, who knows maybe you'll change my mind. This was a fun watch!

[@DanaAndrade]

One thing that the Princess Diaries brought to you, in a good way, was my curiosity and the subscription to the channel 😂 (I tell this without being presumptuous of course, it was the actual honesty, fun and casualty that made me follow your channel) Keep going strong! And 2025 will be filled with better books...I hope😅

[@kleffgoeverafter]

I did a wedding themed vlog right before going to my brother’s wedding and listened to Nothing But Blackened Teeth because Libby had it so I could get it quick and free. The only reason I just thought it was fun goofy time was because I read a review saying it was cliche and the characters were such massive stereotypes so I went in with this is basically a SYFY movie and I was cracking up, which ummm probably isn’t how I was supposed to react to it 😂

[@wahsohkwiios]

The Book Lovers review has me dying laughing at work 💀🤣

[@hardbackhoarder]

the way i was clenching so hard through this whole video

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Love a good clench

[@monicasantos5935]

Not the intro 🤣🤣🤣 if you read this, it means I'm also dead... dead serious about loving your channel! 😏💚

[@Rene_33]

I totally agree. I like Emily Henry's writing style, but I tend to not care for her characters. However, if you haven't tried it yet, I would recommend trying Funny Story. It was the only one I truly enjoyed, both the story and the characters. She's definitely not a spice romance writer, more like a fluff romance writer. So, if that's not your jam, I wouldn't read her books. Also, I have Zodiak Academy, and I am terrified to read it after your review earlier in the month 😳😂 Noooo I just bought A Study in Drowning with the book looking sprayed edges 😭

[@Nari-7022]

this is such a funny comment to me because to me funny story was her worst one by far 😭😭😭😭 its wild how different people can be

[@Rene_33]

@@Nari-7022 Oh really!? Hahaha yeah its crazy how different people have different experiences with the same book

[@andrewlavigne44]

Gavin: not a fan of roads, apparently.

[@speaking_bookish]

Lmao I adored An Academy for Liars- but your review of it made me laugh so much

[@LizLovesBooks]

Also hated The Familiar. I DNF'd it, but not soon enough. Shouldve DNF'd A Study in Drowning. What even was that book? Also DNF'd An Academy for Liars. It was a giant mess.

[@haley5803]

My two worst books were Lincoln in Bardo and The Old Man and The Sea. It's funny given how acclaimed both of these books are 😂

[@haley5803]

Edit: Lincoln in the Bardo*

[@CulinaryCrime]

I also did not like Magnolia Parks. But Book Lovers is one of my favorites. 😂

[@MaedBetweenthePages]

I also loved Crescent City and DESPISED the second installment so I think I’ll just….pretend the third book doesn’t exist😌 Sounds better for my sanity.

[@Angelica_Rodriguez39]

I SHRIEKED at your recap of Beach Read and Emily Henry omfg

[@Kringlebert]

Having only read two of the main ACOTAR series and seen constructive criticism (in otherwise glowing reviews) of TOG... isn't how you described HOFAS just the formula SJM always follows?

[@SabakuNoShuhei69]

@Kringlebert It is. The main FMC characters because ridiculously overpowered and she writes them as they could do no wrong and their love interests lose their personality. I personally could not relate to these FMCs because they seem stuck up once they became powerful. I told my husband if you try to make your life revolve around me like these mmcs I will leave him 🤣 The side characters are waaay more interesting.

[@debbieg.4882]

I agree about A Study in Drowning. I do not get the hype for it. I DNF'd Academy for Liars. Sounds like I didn't miss anything. I read Riley Sager's The Only One Left and didn't like it. I refuse to pick u another book by him.

[@ReadingismyPrinceCharmin]

Yess A Lesson in Drowning was a disappointment! I know people really love the reveal but I called it and I didn't think it was that impressive tbh

[@KristinKravesBooks]

The Emily Henry visuals hahah why is that so true though!? 😂

[@MarinaUz]

The Familiar is one of the most disappointing books this year too! I don't know what happened there but it didn't live up to the hype at all