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  • - Hello, hello, and welcome back to another year of chaos,

  • of clownery, and ca-bad alliteration.

  • Now I'm not very good at doing things in moderation.

  • And so in 2021, I read 164 books.

  • You know, some people deal with a breakup

  • by having a glow up or a ho phase.

  • Not me. You choose looks, I choose books.

  • Thank you very much.

  • So I actually filmed another video where I went

  • through every single book that I read in 2021

  • and reviewed them in one sentence each.

  • But today I wanted to dedicate a whole video

  • to my absolute favorites, the creme de la creme,

  • and give them the love and praise and R-E-S-P-E-C-T

  • that they deserve.

  • So let's start with some honorable mentions.

  • These are some absolute bangers that I read this year

  • that didn't quite make my top top list.

  • So we have Kafka on the Shore, Convenience Store Woman,

  • Luster, The Houseguest, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982,

  • Gold Dust, Call Me by Your Name, and Exciting Times.

  • I love these books, my compliments to the chef.

  • But now, on to the top 12.

  • In no particular order, because these are all

  • six out of five stars.

  • They're all wonderful.

  • So firstly, we have Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell.

  • This won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2020

  • and won my heart in 2021.

  • I'm pretty sure I first heard it recommended on a podcast

  • and I knew, immediately, just from hearing

  • a description of it, that it was gonna be my cup of tea.

  • And it turned out to be my whole damn kettle

  • 'cause I loved it.

  • It's basically a book about the members

  • of the Shakespeare family who history often glosses over.

  • William Shakespeare is there,

  • but he's never called on by name

  • and his anonymity allows for the spotlight to instead

  • be shifted to his wife and his children.

  • And it's a real vindication of them and a celebration

  • of what they did and who they were.

  • And so it's a portrait of messy family dynamics,

  • as well as loss and grief.

  • And you get such a fascinating insight

  • into what life would've been like for them at the time.

  • But also, as well as all of that,

  • the prose is just completely and utterly stunning.

  • This book is bursting at the seams with lyrical writing

  • and vivid descriptions, which draw on all of your senses.

  • And I think that detailing mundane experiences

  • and everyday occurrences in full Technicolor,

  • like Maggie O'Farrell does, just makes them so palpable,

  • which means you experience every emotion and sense

  • that the characters are feeling.

  • And as a result, when they then go through heartbreak

  • and heartache, you feel it too.

  • And, as a result, this book is devastating and winding.

  • I wish I could witness the world

  • through Maggie O'Farrell's eyes all the time,

  • but I'm so grateful that she gave us

  • this little glimpse into it.

  • So with each of these books, I'm gonna read you a quote

  • so that you can get an idea of the writing style.

  • So here's one of my favorites.

  • "What is given may be taken away at any time.

  • Cruelty and devastation wait for you around corners,

  • inside coffers, behind doors.

  • They can leap out at you at any time like a thief

  • or brigand.

  • The trick is never to let down your guard.

  • Never think you are safe.

  • Never take for granted that your children's hearts beat,

  • that they sup milk, that they draw breath,

  • that walk and speak and smile and argue and play.

  • Never for a moment forget they may be gone,

  • snatched from you, in the blink of an eye,

  • borne away from you like thistledown."

  • Imagine. Imagine being able to write like that.

  • Insanity. I rest my case.

  • This is the kind of writing that reminds me

  • why I love literature so much

  • and also really have it inspired me

  • with my own writing career and what I want

  • to write in the future.

  • So, speaking of careers, actually, now is the perfect time

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  • that I have personally used and appreciated.

  • And actually, speaking on my time at university,

  • that brings me onto another favorite book

  • that I read in 2022, which is Loveless by Alice Oseman.

  • This is such a special book,

  • which invites you in to learn about asexuality

  • and being aromantic.

  • And these were terms that, before reading this book,

  • were completely new to me.

  • I was definitely aware of them, but I didn't know much

  • about what they actually meant.

  • But then the point is,

  • nor does the central protagonist of the book.

  • She is learning the terminology and the definitions

  • and the nuances at the exact same time

  • and speed as the reader themselves.

  • So even if you don't personally identify with those labels,

  • you still learn so much.

  • And you can literally see that I was gripping it so tightly

  • that some of the pages have actually fallen out.

  • I'm so grateful for reading this

  • 'cause I think it's gonna make me a much better friend

  • and ally in the future.

  • And Alice Oseman have just masterfully creates

  • this really open and warm and safe space to be educated.

  • And so I think the character's development

  • where she is being exposed to new experiences

  • and unlocking words and labels to explain the ways

  • that she feels makes your understanding

  • as a reader so much more nuanced.

  • So I'm really pleased to have read this book

  • for that reason, but also this book

  • is set at Durham University,

  • which is where I did my undergrad degree.

  • And Alice Oseman lived on the same street as me,

  • took the same subject as me,

  • and graduated the year that I arrived.

  • So I definitely have a very special place in my heart

  • for this book 'cause it made me feel all types of nostalgic.

  • And there's something incomparable

  • about reading a book where you know all the street names

  • and you can map out the geography of where characters

  • are moving and visualize everything

  • that's being described from memory.

  • And this book addresses a lot of Durham quirks

  • and traditions and so I just loved it.

  • But still, anyone could enjoy this book,

  • especially if you're a university student,

  • because it's also a study on friendship and coming of age

  • and human communication, as well as jealousy

  • and imposter syndrome and misunderstanding

  • and realizing when you're the one in the wrong.

  • "In the end, that was the problem with romance.

  • It was so easy to romanticize romance

  • because it was everywhere.

  • It was in music and on TV and in filtered Instagram photos.

  • It was in the air, crisp and alive with fresh possibility.

  • It was in falling leaves, crumbling wooden doorways,

  • scuffed cobblestones, and fields of dandelions.

  • It was in the touch of hands, scrawled letters,

  • crumpled sheets, and the golden hour.

  • A soft yawn, early morning laughter,

  • shoes lined up together by the door.

  • Eyes across a dance floor.

  • I could see it all, all the time, all around,

  • but when I got closer, I found nothing was there."

  • So I'd say this definitely comes under the category

  • of YA, but it's just all about self-acceptance,

  • so endearing, so empowering, and bloody brilliant.

  • Okay, the next book is a recent read

  • and that is Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

  • because holy moly, this is divine.

  • The writing just flows so smoothly. I was drinking it up.

  • Every word in this short little novel is perfectly chosen

  • and the sentences just dance across the page.

  • For a debut novel, especially, it is so tender

  • and vulnerable and it just feels

  • like it comes directly from the soul.

  • And so Open Water explores modern masculinity and romance,

  • but also police brutality, racial profiling,

  • and the black body in modern Britain.

  • And also music, specifically rap music,

  • is a huge motif in this book.

  • It is literally the soundtrack to the character's existence.

  • And I loved the way it explores

  • this really visceral response to art.

  • And every bit of dialogue and every bit of prose

  • is just so meticulously pieced together.

  • I just think it's a masterclass in writing.

  • It is written in the second person,

  • which I think some people may find a little bit jarring

  • at first, but the overall effect it builds

  • is so immensely powerful.

  • Such an awesome up-and-coming author.

  • I will literally read anything he puts out next,

  • whether that's a shopping list or a novel.

  • As with a lot of these books,

  • I underlined so many great quotes,

  • but I really love this section about reading,

  • which I think is especially appropriate to this video.

  • "The rest of the day, a blanket draped over you,

  • poring over the pages of a novel, Zadie Smith's NW.

  • 'I love her writing,' her mother says.

  • 'She's my favorite writer.

  • NW is the book I return to most.'

  • Perhaps that is how we should frame this question forever,

  • rather than asking, 'What is your favorite work,'

  • let's ask, 'What continues to pull you back?"

  • And that quote makes me think of this next book

  • and that is No One is Talking About This

  • by Patricia Lockwood.

  • And the reason that quote reminds me of this book,

  • specifically, is because I didn't necessarily

  • love reading this.

  • I didn't think it was my favorite reading experience.

  • At times I found it a little bit fractured

  • and maybe even too niche,

  • because it's about this very specific time

  • in 2017 Twitter culture,

  • but it is a book that just continues to pull me back.

  • I cannot stop thinking about it.

  • This book is living in my head rent free,

  • and the title is no longer even correct.

  • No One is Talking About This, I can't shut up about it.

  • It's a book of two halves.

  • So like I said, the first half

  • is all about internet culture,

  • but written from the perspective of someone

  • who has a real affection for it

  • and actually genuinely uses these platforms.

  • And that means that her dissection and criticism

  • of social media is so much

  • beyond the surface level criticism that we normally see.

  • Patricia Lockwood writes about how there

  • is always a discourse on social media,

  • how everyone is always trying

  • to sort of out-nuance each other.

  • And so it's made up of lots of vignettes

  • and social media-sized quips.

  • So you can kind of see how it's structured, right there.

  • Ooh, and I want to find you a specific section to read.

  • "Capitalism.

  • It was important to hate it,

  • even though it was how you got money.

  • Slowly, slowly, she found herself moving toward a position

  • so philosophical even Jesus couldn't have held it:

  • that she must hate capitalism while at the same time

  • loving film montages set in department stores.

  • Politics.

  • The trouble was that they had a dictator now,

  • which, according to some people, white,

  • they'd never had before, and according to other people,

  • everyone else, they had only ever been having,

  • constantly, since the beginning of the world."

  • And then, after that, the second half of the book

  • is about a family tragedy and the private grief

  • and suffering that she endures.

  • And so we have this really fascinating contrast

  • and juxtaposition between the ultra public sphere

  • of social media, where there's always a discourse,

  • and the deeply personal reality that she wakes up

  • to every day where no one is talking about this.

  • And when you're so used to being on platforms

  • where opinions are being fired everywhere,

  • and people are out-nuancing each other,

  • it's very disarming to suddenly

  • be going through something entirely alone.

  • It's unfathomable to her that there's not someone there

  • to give her a hot take on the situation and quote, RT.

  • So as a book to read, I wasn't like,

  • "Oh my God, I can't put this down, this is so captivating."

  • But as a piece of art, I think it is phenomenal

  • and something that keeps pulling me back.

  • And it's such a product of the moment as well.

  • So, onto the next book.

  • This one is Piranesi.

  • What a strange peculiar and singular book this is.

  • It's not like anything else I've ever read, like at all.

  • And so the author, Susanna Clarke, in 2004,

  • published a book called Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell,

  • which is a fat book, it's a mammoth.

  • She then didn't release another novel for 16 years

  • and came back with this tiny little thing.

  • So it's kinda scary what she's capable of.

  • And this is a masterpiece.

  • Piranesi is, essentially, a study in solitude.

  • It's obscure, but so, so haunting.

  • There's reference to mythology and Plato

  • and the Chronicles of Narnia.

  • It's kind of the style of soft fantasy that I really enjoy.

  • And this, unlike the previous book,

  • is one that will make you want to just cancel all

  • of your plans and just sit and pore over it.

  • The title Piranesi is an allusion

  • to an 18th century Italian artist

  • who was really known for his observational skills.

  • And this book is all about identity and perception.

  • And I'm being quite deliberately vague about the plot here,

  • because I feel like it's something that you just have

  • to experience.

  • And I think that the less you know going in, the better.

  • And I'm really pleased that this won the Women's Prize,

  • 'cause I think it will put this book

  • into more people's hands.

  • 'Cause it's a tricky one to explain,

  • especially without ruining it,

  • so I'm glad that it has the kind of authority and validation

  • of winning a prize that people do pick this very,

  • very powerful book up.

  • And I can't quite express how jealous I am

  • that some of you get to read this for the first time,

  • 'cause I would sell my soul to the devil

  • to get to do that again.

  • So this is intense, but phenomenal.

  • Okay, this is a book that I would be more likely

  • to recommend to everyone ever

  • and that is the Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett.

  • It's about twin sisters who are black,

  • but could pass as white, and one chooses

  • to pass as white and one doesn't.

  • And from that point, their lives completely diverge.

  • So we witness how it impacts their lives,

  • but also the next generation of their children's lives.

  • And there's twists and turns,

  • but also really awesome trans representation

  • and just so much more.

  • We watch as these characters navigate motherhood, identity,

  • small town mentality, belonging, and also loneliness.

  • It's a very nuanced analysis and allegory about colorism.

  • And I'm always fascinated by books which explore

  • the same set of events, but from two different perspectives.

  • So we can see how decisions and mistakes

  • are perceived by each party because nothing

  • is ever straightforward.

  • So Vanishing Half, I'd highly recommend.

  • Oh, and let me give you a quote.

  • "A town always looked different once you'd returned,

  • like a house where all furniture had shifted three inches.

  • You wouldn't mistake it for a stranger's house

  • but you'd keep banging your shins on the table corners."

  • And so another book that I would highly recommend

  • is this one.

  • This is Before the Coffee Gets Cold.

  • The concept is that there's this coffee shop in Tokyo

  • where, if you sit at a specific seat,

  • you can travel back in time to have one last conversation

  • with a loved one.

  • There's a bunch of complicated rules,

  • but the basic idea is that you can't change the future

  • and you can only talk to that person

  • for as long as your cup of coffee stays warm.

  • And this is what I mean by soft fantasy that I really enjoy.

  • Because the premise relies

  • on some sort of fantastical element,

  • but, ultimately, the story is just about humanity.

  • And the elements of fantasy just facilitate

  • the human analysis that we then get, you know,

  • by giving them opportunities and scenarios

  • that wouldn't normally happen in our day-to-day lives.

  • Kind of like a what would you do situation,

  • but still tapping into real emotions.

  • And that's just a personal preference.

  • I'm just not really into stories about distant planets

  • and fake battles and overly complex world building

  • that only really matters within the context of the story.

  • Yes, I am indirecting Dune.

  • But I love dissections of human behavior

  • and the way that we collide in the real world.

  • So anyway, in here we have such interesting dynamics

  • between characters, like a mother meeting the daughter

  • that she never got to know.

  • We have someone receiving a letter from their husband

  • just before he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's

  • and loads more.

  • I don't wanna spoil too much, but it's simple and minimal

  • and very kind of whimsical, but also very moving.

  • And although it's quite slow and character-driven,

  • there's just so much heart in this book.

  • "Water flows from high places to low places.

  • That is the nature of gravity.

  • Emotions also seem to act according to gravity.

  • When in the presence of someone with whom you have a bond,

  • and to whom you have entrusted your feelings,

  • it is hard to lie and get away with it.

  • The truth just wants to come flowing out.

  • This is especially the case when you are trying

  • to hide your sadness or vulnerability.

  • It is much easier to conceal sadness from a stranger

  • or from someone you don't trust."

  • Next up, we have a Beautiful World, Where Are You

  • by mummy, sorry, mummy, sorry, Sally Rooney.

  • I am a proud member of the Sally Rooney defense league.

  • I would fight (laughs) for this woman.

  • I think she's brilliant and I've learned so much

  • about how to craft believable characters from her writing.

  • So much thought goes into these characters

  • to make them feel tangible, down to even the fact

  • that one character has a glitch on his phone

  • where every time he opens a specific app, his music pauses.

  • She thinks of everything. It's just so precise.

  • And I feel like Beautiful World, Where Are You

  • is a really mature departure from her previous works,

  • but also still just glimmering

  • with her characteristic style.

  • In this book, we have conversations about climate anxiety,

  • class consciousness, and language.

  • And I think it's her most natural integration

  • of big ideas from little, normal characters.

  • Ultimately, though, it's personal relationships

  • and love and friendship and sex that drives this novel

  • and that the characters navigate as they try

  • to identify the beauty in the big, scary world.

  • And one of the characters in here, called Alice,

  • is a young novelist.

  • And so, as a result, we get to see Sally Rooney's

  • kind of meditation on her role in the literary landscape.

  • And so with that, she essentially poses the question,

  • are books that are just about sex and relationships

  • and love frivolous and privileged and unnecessary,

  • or in actual fact has the past year of lockdowns

  • and social isolation proved that personal human connection

  • is one of the most important things in our lives?

  • And since it's so crucial to our existences,

  • why the hell shouldn't you explore it in art?

  • So I thought this was profound and dazzling

  • in its ordinariness?

  • And just so perceptive.

  • It also ends in the pandemic,

  • which gave me goosebumps when I read it.

  • And my theory, my personal theory, is that Sally Rooney

  • is going to write the pandemic book,

  • the definitive novel that ends up in the canon

  • as the book that describes this crazy world event

  • that we've all been through,

  • just like The Waste Land did 100 years ago.

  • I mean, no pressure to Sally, but we'll see.

  • Also, you may have noticed that the cover

  • of this book is usually blue.

  • Mine is pink and that is because I was very,

  • very kindly sent an advanced copy of it.

  • And this is my prized possession, to be honest with you.

  • If my house was burning down,

  • I think I'd save this and the dog, (laughs)

  • although not necessarily in that order.

  • So let's read a little quote, shall we?

  • "Maybe we're just born to love and worry

  • about the people we know, and to go on loving and worrying

  • even when there were more important things

  • we should be doing.

  • And if that means the human species is going to die out,

  • isn't it in a way a nice reason to die out,

  • the nicest reason that you can imagine?

  • Because when we should've been recognizing the distribution

  • of the world's resources and transitioning collectively

  • to a sustainable economic model,

  • we were worrying about sex and friendship instead.

  • Because we loved each other too much

  • and found each other too interesting.

  • And I love that about humanity, and in fact it's the very

  • reason I root for us to survive

  • because we are so stupid about each other."

  • So thank you, Sally Rooney, for that treasure.

  • The next book is The Song of Achilles,

  • which (laughs) I just can't find my copy of anywhere.

  • But I read this book and the first week of 2021,

  • and I haven't stopped talking about it since,

  • to be honest with you.

  • It's called The Song of Achilles

  • because I have been singing its praises this whole time.

  • So it's a Greek mythology retelling

  • which just shattered my heart into tiny pieces.

  • And I feel like a lot of people are intimidated

  • by this book because of the subject area

  • being Greek mythology.

  • But every single person and god and creature

  • is introduced in the novel as a self-contained character.

  • So they're fully explained and it's not snobby or assuming

  • that you already have prior knowledge.

  • It's very accessible.

  • And overall it's a book about love and friendship

  • and battle and legacy.

  • But just be prepared for the final few pages of your copy

  • of the novel to be water damaged from your tears.

  • Honestly, did I finish that book or did it finish me?

  • I don't even know.

  • And I wrote down one of my favorite quotes on my laptop,

  • so I'll read that to you.

  • "Perhaps it is the greater grief, after all,

  • to be left on earth when another is gone."

  • And the whole book is just as beautiful

  • and exquisite as that.

  • So definitely read it. it's worth the hype.

  • Right, do you want another one,

  • another one that will rip your heart out,

  • stamp on it, run it over with a car,

  • and then crash into it with a meteor from space?

  • 'Cause that's what, that's what this is.

  • This is A Little Life.

  • This is a book that I think that you should

  • definitely approach with caution

  • because if you were to write a list

  • of trigger warnings for this book,

  • it would probably be longer than the book itself.

  • And she's chunky, to be fair.

  • But basically, Hanya Yanagihara introduces you

  • to these four people who you build such an affection for

  • and then she just destroys them.

  • And everyone I know who has read this

  • has had such a strong, emotional response to it.

  • When they feel joy, you feel that euphoria as well.

  • But when things go wrong, holy hell.

  • You feel every ounce of that crushing sadness

  • alongside the characters too.

  • And it's well-documented on this channel

  • that I usually have big book fear,

  • but I couldn't get enough of this.

  • And I actually think that the length of this book

  • is part of what makes it so special

  • because you really get to spend time with these people.

  • And that allows for a really complex character study.

  • And I think this takes place over about 60 years,

  • but, crucially, there's no cultural or historical landmarks.

  • So, the only way you see time passing is by Thanksgivings,

  • birthdays, Christmases.

  • And that really helps with the pacing because,

  • by not having to explain how the world

  • is changing over those 60 years,

  • you just really get to focus on the characters.

  • But also it makes the book evergreen.

  • It feels like it's happening right now.

  • So it's an emotional decathlon laced

  • with pain and suffering and profoundly sad.

  • And just so vividly written that you forget

  • that there's even a page with writing on between you

  • and the characters 'cause they feel so real.

  • It feels like their lives are unfolding

  • right in front of your eyes.

  • I have seen some people refer to this

  • as torture porn or things like that,

  • but I think that's quite reductive

  • to people who do go through intense amounts of trauma

  • and do endure a life of extreme tragedy.

  • So I just thought this was great.

  • So to give you an example from one of the many pages

  • that I've underlined.

  • "Why wasn't friendship as good as a relationship?

  • Why wasn't it even better?

  • It was two people who remained together, day after day,

  • bound not by sex or physical attraction or money or children

  • or property, but only by the shared agreement

  • to keep going, the mutual dedication to a union

  • that could never be codified."

  • And there's lots of other great quotes just like that one.

  • So check it out, if you dare.

  • Right, we're almost there.

  • This is The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.

  • She is an icon, she's a legend, and she is the moment.

  • Taylor Jenkins Reid had me in the palm of her hand

  • in 2021 because I swear she laces the pages

  • of her books with crack.

  • Basically about a Hollywood starlet

  • who's been keeping gossip magazines in business

  • throughout her whole career, but she's, in later years,

  • been very, very private.

  • That is until a young journalist is given the call up,

  • having been personally invited by this superstar,

  • Evelyn Hugo, to help her write her memoir of her life

  • and finally come clean about all of the scandals

  • and the misunderstandings that have occurred in her career.

  • The book is very heartwarming, fast paced,

  • completely vibrant, and there's a huge twist

  • that made my jaw drop so much,

  • that I swear I could taste the carpet.

  • Truly this wrecked me.

  • It's a book that gets so much hype,

  • but it deserves all of it and it completely lives up

  • to expectation and then some.

  • So I would highly recommend that everyone

  • picks up a copy of this book.

  • "Sometimes reality comes crashing down on you.

  • Other times, reality simply waits, patiently,

  • for you to run out of the energy it takes to deny it."

  • And, finally, in my favorite books that I read in 2021,

  • last, but definitely not least,

  • The Housekeeper and The Professor by Yoko Ogawa.

  • I really enjoyed reading quite a lot

  • of translated Japanese fiction this year,

  • specifically because I love

  • the microscopic character studies that they do.

  • And this was such a standout. It's completely spellbinding.

  • By the way, as you can probably tell,

  • I'm very much a characters over plot kinda guy.

  • No plot, just vibes, is great for me.

  • But The Housekeeper and The Professor is about a man

  • who has an 80-minute memory

  • and he used to be a math professor.

  • And though his memories are very hazy,

  • the one thing that he has completely hung onto

  • is his knowledge of maths.

  • And the way that numbers are described in this book

  • is so illuminating and exciting to the point where,

  • even for me, as someone who doesn't care about maths at all,

  • I found it really endearing and engaging.

  • And so I highly recommend allowing yourself

  • to slip into the warmth of this book for a little bit

  • and letting it just embrace you.

  • "The Professor never really seemed to care

  • whether we figured out the right answer to a problem.

  • He preferred our wild, desperate guesses to silence,

  • and he was even more delighted when those guesses led

  • to new problems that took us beyond the original one.

  • He had a special feeling for what he called

  • the 'correct miscalculation,' for he believed the mistakes

  • were often as revealing as the right answers."

  • I thoroughly enjoyed the curiosity of this book

  • and the passion for learning.

  • It's infectious, in a good way.

  • Probably the only time you'll hear me talk

  • about something being infectious in a good way in 2022.

  • But I thought this was great.

  • So those are the top books

  • that I just completely adored in 2021.

  • I would absolutely love it if you could comment down below

  • letting me know what your favorite book of the year was

  • so that I can get started on that 2022 TBR.

  • And I've already read some brilliant things this year,

  • so it's gonna be a good year for reading, at least.

  • It's gonna be a good year for reading.

  • So thank you so, so much for watching this video.

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  • I'd love to have you in 2022.

  • And I'll be back very, very soon with a brand new video.

  • So, all the best stay in touch,

  • have a wonderful day

  • (blows kiss)

  • and good bye.

- Hello, hello, and welcome back to another year of chaos,

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