WORST to BEST: every book i read this year ranked

[@uncarley]

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[@conversations_with_kara]

uncarley yearly book ranking day >>> spotify wrapped day

[@uncarley]

omg thank u

[@sofia.acevedo0]

so true but especially this year SO TRUE

[@nicolasrousset6757]

Period

[@scrappykiwi]

REAL

[@paramkore1101]

I get so excited for book content from you, original girlies know

[@uncarley]

yesss

[@paramkore1101]

@ not you feeding my parasocial relationship 🖤📚

[@rfldss89]

​@@paramkore1101 carley's a real one, she's always in the comments responding to people when she uploads a video

[@magicivy]

​​@@paramkore1101 Telling someone you like their channel, videos, or topics is not a sign of a parasocial relationship...

[@TrinityMaexo]

YES

[@-alittletoowildinthe70s-]

OMG A CARLEY BOOKTUBE VIDEO?!? I never thought I’d see the day 😭 I have my StoryGraph pulled up ready to add to my TBR.

[@uncarley]

im glad!

[@Sophia-rq6oo]

Detailed Timestamps with all the titles for your TBR reference: 05:57 *her?* 05:58 Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon 07:16 A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson 09:27 Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake 10:13 Vanya by Simon Stephens 11:11 Howl by Allen Ginsberg 12:43 The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 14:46 *sorry to this man* 14:52 Girls that Invest by Simran Kaur 16:06 Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan 17:30 The Humans by Matt Haig 19:51 An Octoroon by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins 22:20 The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman 23:20 The Push by Ashley Audrain 24:51 Well Met by Jen DeLuca 26:03 The Golem of Brooklyn by Adam Mansbach 27:42 The Crucible by Arthur Miller 29:38 *no but in the sense that* 29:40 down to earth (a guide to simple living) by Rhonda Hetzel 30:47 Jillian by Halle Butler 31:27 The Fran Lebowitz Reader by Fran Lebowitz (a collection of essays) 32:12 The Comeuppance by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins 32:48 Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date by Ashley Herring Blake 33:14 Old Enough by Haley Jakobson 34:21 Big Swiss by Jen Beagin 35:02 I’m a Fan by Sheena Patel 36:01 The F(-word) & Their Friends Between Revolutions by Larry Mitchell 37:05 The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith 38:10 *10/10 no notes* 38:11 Miss Major Speaks (conversations with a black trans revolutionary) by Toshio Meronek and Miss Major 39:40 Present Laughter by Noël Coward 40:28 Good Material by Dolly Alderton 42:45 Lunch Poems by Frank O’Hara 43:47 Intermezzo by Sally Rooney 48:27 everyone in this room will someday be dead by Emily Austin 49:02 Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins 50:19 Strong Female Character by Fern Brady (audiobook rec) 51:23 The Wife by Meg Wolitzer 53:09 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 54:28 The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer 55:55 *new favourites* 56:00 Funny Story by Emily Henry 58:32 Gloria by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins 1:00:19 Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney 1:01:40 Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon 1:03:22 John Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower 1:04:40 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

[@thatgirlelora]

wow you’re an angel

[@gabbyjohnson]

out here doing the lord’s work 🙇‍♀️

[@bhoomikagowda3606]

Doing God’s work👑

[@purplefrog09]

ur such a real one

[@veenovo4777]

Uncarley book content! Yess. Always look forward to these

[@uncarley]

thank you!

[@veenovo4777]

@@uncarley ok your rating categories 💀🤣 and congrats on writing!

[@king_dumb_come5477]

My favorite thing about pride and prejudice is that Lizzy is mean to Mr. Darcy once (1) and he spends the rest of time obsessed with her because of it.

[@Balletme454]

how dare youtube hide this from me for 3 seconds

[@uncarley]

my bad

[@Lachy314]

@@uncarleywe forgive you, arbiter of KZbin 🙇‍♂️

[@paula474]

as a new viewer of yours I have to say that it's so much nicer listening to you talk when you aren't plagued by the nonsense of Riverdale, there is real spark in your eyes and suddenly I want to read everything from everywhere and everyone

[@juliapeka3029]

i am an og subscriber and used to follow you specifically for your book related content, bc i so enjoy the way you talk about books and how much fun you have with them and your ability to critique them in a very tasteful way. i have pretty similar taste in literature and have read a couple of books because of your recommendations, so im going to put some of these on my christmas wishlist, im super grateful for this video, i loooove when influencers influence me

[@diyawilkinson7]

I’m seated. KZbin employees are scared and asking me to leave because I can just click play but I’m simply too seated.

[@uncarley]

too seated

[@thatgirlelora]

omg i’ve rewatched your last year’s version of this video so many times and i’m so glad you did it again 🫶🏻

[@uncarley]

it's gonna be an annual tradition

[@thatgirlelora]

amazing!

[@malex027]

i have BEEN looking for new books to read, carley is always the voice of the people

[@uncarley]

eeeekk! happy to help!

[@Mnfst011-e2o]

There are deeper and darker layers behind the whole astrology concept. I highly recommend exploring them in the book named Hidden Signs of the Universe by Olivia Cooper

[@milaces1323]

Ohhhh i missed so much your booktube videos! Thank you for this queen 🥹

[@uncarley]

always!

[@Saladbar1120]

Carly doing a booktube video is like McDonald’s bringing back the McRib.

[@uncarley]

YES

[@janetgerges]

missed the uncarley book vids!

[@uncarley]

u get one as a treat!

[@melissabaldino4546]

this is my favorite uncarley video every year 🙏🏼

[@uncarley]

omg! i promise ill keep doing them

[@MOliver-d7e]

CARLEYYYYY WE MISS YOUR BOOK CONTENTS, tysm for making this.🥹🩶🩶

[@girllibrary]

reading your short story made me so excited for future writing from you! :0

[@cohenspams]

where can i find it?

[@girllibrary]

@@cohenspams it's linked in her video description

[@dearjubs]

nothing like a book video from you!!!!!! curing my depression once again diva

[@convocourt]

im one of the 3 people waiting for your intermezzo review. I fully agree with how annoying it is when the only thing people take away from normal people is the romance, when there's so so so much more to the story then just that. I could go on for ages and ages about how Sally Rooney can write about the smallest moment and it can have such a huge impact, she eats every time

[@priyashukla.18]

truth

[@marinova1147]

Been following you since 2021 and I really miss that that book tube era of yours tbh!! I used to work 13 hr shifts in a resort booth that summer and your videos were really some of the highlights of that time :')

[@Emmy-rw8yl]

The way I’ve been waiting for this video all year is crazy 🥲🫡

[@alaiamoore5071]

I discovered your channel a few (maybe three) years ago when I was going through a hard time and binging your book videos really helped me distract myself and find some happiness. Today I was also having an off day (in an otherwise really happy time in my life) and you just happened to upload a book video too! Felt like a happy, nostalgic coincidence. Regardless, I enjoy your commentary content just as much, keep up the great work

[@kailane9987]

OH ive been waiting for this ! very happy this is going to be an annual thing !! as always thank you for the recs bestie

[@uncarley]

our yearly tradition

[@themakeupkitten]

Your book video last year inspired me to get back into reading. I set a goal to read a book a week in 2024 and I'm almost there!

[@uncarley]

eeeek! im so glad

[@magicivy]

I love this. I miss your bookish videos so much. I wish you would unprivatize your book videos; they’re so good. You’re so inciteful and funny, and I loved hearing your thoughts on what you read. I’m sorry to hear that you felt like you *had* to read and talk about books in a specific way, but I think you can still talk about books, even if it doesn’t look or sound like other booktubers. Some booktube video genre I enjoy is: • Doing an end-of-the-month wrap up of what they read • A video about their TBR • Discussion of most-anticipated books coming out • Books you DNFed and why Obviously you’re under no obligation, but I think you could definitely do book videos without doing booktube genres that aren’t fun, like reading all of one author’s books, eviscerating a popular book, trying to read X number of books in Y amount of time, etc.

[@priyashukla.18]

Omg could u suggest me a few booktubers her like I've been looking for good ones for a while now

[@hanxixiao5425]

@@priyashukla.18 I really like Lexi!! Definitely give her a try,

[@michaelaporee260]

14:18 i instantly understood what you meant about midnight library being translated from japanese.

[@paigekrickman]

I’ve been watching you for years and it makes me so happy to see how much love and support you get! So glad for you Carley!

[@АлинаВербицкая-ь9р]

omg THANK YOU! your last year's list made me discover some of my favorite books I read THIS year! so excited

[@Bluelikethemarssunset]

babes, I know I'm late but I just read your short story, "Permission to Pause", and it's such an interesting read! It's really inspired me to keep on writing after I've been experiencing writer's block. I think maybe i forgot that characters do not have to be clean-cut and proper, they can have messed up thoughts and dirty nails and still be interesting! PLEASE NEVER STOP WRITING! Luv your content💞

[@em84c]

Dirty and messed up characters are wayyy more interesting. The character can even be disgusting and horrible. Ive read books where the MC is such a bad gross person but you actually like them by the end.

[@Bluelikethemarssunset]

@em84c Yes! I agree! i thought my characters always had to make the right decisions otherwise they'll be unlikeable, but now I'm like who gives a shit?

[@natalie4714-t7s]

Same! Just came from the short story and I LOVED it.

[@heddadybvadskog-nebb5603]

When youre 8 minutes in and Carley already dropped the most unhinged opinion of 2024- genuinely haven't heard a single person prefer the show to the book

[@thatgirlelora]

!!! absolutely, i respect it and love to hear carley’s opinions regardless, but man i loved the agggtm books so much and was disappointed with a lot of what the show changed and left out

[@aashreyar7396]

Its embarrassing how fast i clicked

[@uncarley]

i love you for this

[@mouwwie]

literally watched this video spawn as i was looking for a long book video to watch. thank you universe

[@uncarley]

im glad!

[@madelineswan9791]

I genuinely live for the book reviews pls continue to do them!!!!

[@nightaway1001]

no one makes me feel like i just have to read a specific book the way you do, so excited to watch this

[@acidnancy]

yesss i live for your book videos !!

[@uncarley]

! im so happy to help

[@shaecorte]

Just clocked in for a double shift at the locked in factory. I miss booktube Carley so much!!!

[@vaishnavi1321]

carley talking about books again WE ARE SO BACK

[@uncarley]

yesss

[@emmakgiri]

carley i've been WAITING for this one

[@uncarley]

yesss

[@scrappykiwi]

The way that Carley talks about books is the way that I talk about books and I’m so thankful for these vids bc it feels like talking to my book bestie ❤

[@benjaminmcelroy6894]

Carley I think you need to know I'm in a devised piece currently and I have to listen to good luck babe 10 times in a row to get into character and last rehearsal I burst into tears and uncontrollably sobbed for five minutes

[@uncarley]

there is so much to unpack here

[@benjaminmcelroy6894]

@@uncarley HELP I DIDN'T THINK YOU WOULD ACTUALLY SEE MY COMMENT

[@brunocortes5589]

I was desperate to know your opinion on intermezzo!!!

[@uncarley]

you're in luck i really get into it

[@matthewthompson0]

For YEARS I tried everything to manifest money with no success. Then I read Hidden Manifestation and everything just clicked. This book is on another level.

[@DeliaChase-mb5ti]

Hearing you say you thought about not making this video, I just want to say THANK YOU! I love hearing you talk about books. Don't stop!! You could read 0 books and I would listen to you talk about it

[@chiabee14]

I love your bookish videos, they're how I discovered you! I still really enjoy the other content you do, but you're so well-spoken and insightful when you talk about books while still being funny, these are always on another level and I hope there's more in the future :)

[@paulastpage]

More hyped than I was for spotify wrapped tbh🤭 your book commentary >>

[@anoushka_exe]

read all of 4 books this year but watching this video so intently as if i will genuinely take these recommendations seriously and read them ALL

[@uncarley]

omg thank u

[@maddygullotta2551]

Not Carley being like, "I ONLY read 45 "" and me sitting at six. Like how dare you. Hahaha.

[@robyny7717]

OH MY GOD as someone who's madly in love with Japanese translated fiction and have read midnight library you have hit the nail on the head so perfectly about what felt wrong about this book

[@alicasey3533]

LOVED the short story! Thank you for sharing:)

[@accor-y4p]

delighted to hear you talk about books again because your opinions are always so funny! I did laugh with the announcement of your favorite book of the year.

[@jennaserv]

the was I was WAITING for this video!!! I've been rewatching last years to get my fix of carley book content

[@thisisarandomurl2000]

as an original girly i’ve missed the book content, this video was a delight! understand why you’ve taken a step back and appreciate this! also the self promo worked LOL adding your podcasts to my daily commute rn💛

[@snt_gulab]

Ugh. Loving you for reading intersectional POC fiction and non fiction. I see u Ally queen. good human work

[@magda_mf]

You've convinced me to read The Humans and Gloria 😊 Also I completely agree with you on Intermezzo! Happy to see you enjoyed Strong Female Character, it was my favourite non-fiction this year!

[@rockinstrawberries]

Girl your booktube videos lengthen my TBR so much ❤ I love these videos and miss them

[@greencloudfart]

as a new fan who has recently binged literally all of your videos since your glee christmas upload i'm very happy to be here

[@uncarley]

omg! welcome!

[@paulafischer8026]

i love your short story! it's hilarious and devastating at the same time. i used to read a lot of short story collections and then kinda stopped, but yours reminded me why i like them so much!

[@mauralangland1425]

you were the person to get me back into reading so i really appreciate you getting back to your roots queen

[@ellebeaubelle]

i loveee how you talk about books and had really missed you book content so this really was a blast to watch (and I'll be adding some new books to my tbr!!!)

[@elliedyerify]

i've been subscribed for a few months now and really enjoy your videos, the vibes are immaculate ✨ and now to see a video about books with that same energy when i love books too? chefs kiss 👌

[@elliedyerify]

also girl i'm so sorry but just want to let you know it's richard o-sman not richard oh-sman. i fuck with the thursday murder club too, and also you should listen to his podcast the rest is entertainment with marina hyde who's a journalist in the uk, they talk about media (films, tv, youtube) and it's so much fun! ✨

[@elliedyerify]

also oh my god i'm a fan mention! that book hits different. ok this is just becoming my stream of consciousness while watching this video now lmao

[@elliedyerify]

third thing: if you want to read another book about a woman having to leave art behind for traditional female roles, read the art of breaking ice by rachael mead! it's based on a true story about the first australian woman in antarctica who gets smuggled on the boat by her husband who's the director of an expedition there so she can paint, i just finished it and it was so amazing

[@KendallM0219]

On Ginsberg, it’s beat poetry. Beat poetry is meant to be performed. The way it is spoken adds a lot of its ingenuity if that makes any sense. I would at least give it a chance with the written piece in front of you and see how it transforms. It makes a world of difference.

[@lunarsuns]

highly highly HIGHLY recommending emma by jane austen as your next read of hers. as a person who loves the comedy of her works (and thinks it’s a very underrated aspect of them), i would say emma is by far her funniest book and it satirises aspects/characters of her other works. while writing the novel austen called emma woodhouse “a heroine whom no one but myself will much like.” (she is very unlikeable and she’s my favourite austen heroine because of it) and from one conversations with friends enthusiast to another, i think you will love emma.

[@moonwalker2324]

I've been waiting for this video since the beginning of 2024

[@uncarley]

thank you! that is so kind!

[@isabellagroe]

AHHH IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO

[@inmyella_ment9253]

i love your book content so much!

[@lemonbloom529]

intermezzo critiques are sometimes funny because it's an adult novel and should actually be difficult to read

[@eilidhm]

10/10 for intermezzo? okay so let me pick it back up as a fellow conversations with friends LOVER

[@Mimi-jc2cg]

I remember because i was here :') everytime you do a video about books I get excited! I love your honest, funny reviews and your taste always makes me read something different!

[@floffan2333]

I really like that you exist, thank you very much for the joy that u bring

[@lucyames6157]

i wrote meg wolitzer a fan DM when i read the interestings bc it touched me so much as a musical theatre performer and she wrote the sweetest reply, i'm forever a meg wolitzer stan!

[@juliarosetwamley]

Been here since the beginning! So proud of you and still love every video ❤

[@uncarley]

omg thank you for coming along for the ride

[@elilena6088]

I just love how you talk about general fiction books. You make me want to read more of them! 🌿

[@victorianlyy]

FINALLY someone that includes plays in their wrap up!! Everyone has read a Shakespeare in their life, but nobody keeps reading plays outside of school, not to mention how the incredible world of contemporary plays is totally ignored. So THANK YOU as someone who studied history of theatre at uni and considers it her favorite literary genre. I recommend you all to read Table by Tanya Ronder as it's a play about...a table. Through six generations. I swear, it's amazing and so original. And if you want some thrilling queer read, go for Tom at the farm by Michel Marc Bouchard, thank me later.

[@abstractforest4546]

Omg thank you for the play recs!! I will share my own: Wit by Margaret Edson. Sad, beautiful reflection of art and mortality.

[@victorianlyy]

@@abstractforest4546 thank you so much!! do you have more?

[@antsfromuphere]

carley, i just read your short story and it is superb! read it over a couple times actually. I've been watching you for some time now and you are such a talent :) just in case you haven't been told enough

[@daisiesinmyhair4417]

omg i'm so excited about new book content from you😍😍 you really shaped my taste and i have found so many amazing books through your videos (i'm OBSESSED with the razors edge), so i am looking forward to this one!

[@paula_films_things]

FINALLYYYYY thank you for doing this again!!! ❤

[@uncarley]

of course!

[@jessicawright3179]

I love these videos, they’re so comforting to watch and I love adding to my Goodreads list while I listen. Totally get wanting to read for fun and not just for the sake of content as well, so I just wanted to say I appreciate you sharing this with us!

[@synthetic_animal]

i always love your general commentary, but also am always excited for your book-related takes!

[@littleboyviserys7725]

As an OG I love your book videos. I was just checking your insta yesterday to see if you shared your thoughts on Intermezzo yet and was thinking about how excited I’m for this year’s wrap up! It’s amazing how my mind sensed what mother was cooking

[@angieng6091]

yesss the yearly recaps are coming. can’t wait to see if u you do a ranking 2024 moments video

[@leavemealoneimcrying]

yayyy!!! I loved your book videos!! you're videos really encouraged me to learn to read during the pandemic!

[@uncarley]

omg! im glad

[@helloitsokay]

I look forward to this video every year! You talk about books very well.

[@alexnicole6806]

Carley and book content? We win. We WIN.

[@uncarley]

YES

[@emilybielas7326]

Carley blessing us with a new video, absolutely made my day!!

[@ilsagrasse2992]

YES YES YES YK ITS GONNA BE A GOOD SATURDAY WHEN CARLY POSTS

[@uncarley]

yesss

[@marina0772]

this is my spotify wrapped

[@uncarley]

yesssss

[@toniiii14]

I miss your book videos!! Very excited for this one

[@funtimeswithhanna]

a Carley book video ???? nature is healing

[@uncarley]

yessss

[@laurasmith9784]

Carley ur makeup looks so good

[@uncarley]

thank you!

[@kate.2769]

I can confidently say that absolutely none of these books are for me, we seem to have fundamentally different tastes in literature, and yet 🙏 I absolutely love this content.

[@charlottelehmpfuhl6150]

i stopped everything to watch this! i discovered you through your book videos in 2021 and loved your videos every since. look how far you‘ve come!

[@Maxwellhyde14]

It’s me, I’ve been waiting for the intermezzo rant!! Also reread conversations with friends every year basically and it KILLS every time

[@AtemHatake]

Yeeees I get so excited for your yearly recap! 🎉

[@shaelynomarra]

I started watching you in your BookTube era and though I get you wanting to read for fun again, I’m happy to see you back talking about books!! Your opinion on books means everything to me!! Also you’re the first person I’ve seen give a ‘negative’ review on The Midnight Library and I did not like it! I felt bonked on the noggin by the theme and was annoyed that the main character gets cured by her mental illness in the end as a fellow mentally ill girly.

[@shaelynomarra]

I also don’t love female main characters that are written by men, so sue me!!!

[@nil_95]

making my tbr for next year, PERFECT timing

[@uncarley]

wahhhoooo

[@dtjunction]

OH IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!! thank you!!!

[@umbee2284]

43:51 I am happy cuz I know I am one of those three who were waiting for this.

[@crunkxbella]

Same

[@gracereasoner542]

sweater???? i’m obsessed with the sweater

[@uncarley]

ebay! lands end roll neck