A rather big book haul 📚

Ok there are a lot of books in this video and I am mildly ashamed, but hear me out... this covers 6 months of book buying / receiving / begging! Hopefully you find some fun book recommendations here and it gives you a good idea of what I'm planning to read in the coming months.

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Books mentioned:
📖 The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, by Deesha Philyaw
📖 Nonfiction, by Julie Myerson
📖 Pet, by Catherine Chidgey
📖 North Woods, by Daniel Mason
📖 Same Bed Different Dreams, by Ed Park
📖 Bewilderment, by Richard Powers
📖 The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (translated by Lucia Graves)
📖 Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison
📖 Heartstopper Volume 5, by Alice Oseman
📖 Beyond the Door of No Return, by David Diop (translated by Sam Taylor)
📖 Zorrie, by Laird Hunt
📖 Julia, by Sandra Newman
📖 The End We Start From, by Megan Hunter
📖 Pleasantview, by Celeste Mohammed
📖 The Friend, by Sigrid Nunez
📖 The Rain Heron, by Robbie Arnott
📖 Tell Me How to Be, by Neel Patel
📖 Hell of a Book, by Jason Mott
📖 A Burning, by Meghan Majumdar
📖 Earthling, by Sayaka Murata (translated by Ginny Tapley Takamori)
📖 The Rabbit Hutch, by Tess Gunty
📖 Skippy Dies, by Paul Murray
📖 The Shards, by Brett Easton Ellis
📖 On the Savage Side, by Tiffany McDaniel
📖 Salvage the Bones, by Jesmyn Ward
📖 Strangers, by Taichi Yamada (translated by Wayne P. Lammers)
📖 Constance, by Joseph Zigmond
📖 The Country Will Bring Us No Peace, by Matthieu Simard (translated by Pablo Strauss)
📖 The Blue Mask, by Joel Lane
📖 Beasts of England, by Adam Biles
📖 Orbital, by Samantha Harvey
📖 Three Fires, by Denise Mina
📖 Glorious Exploits, by Ferdia Lennon
📖 The Land of Milk and Honey, by C. Pam Zhang
📖 Impossible Creatures, by Katherine Rundell
📖 Family Meal, by Bryan Washington
📖 The Black Eden, by Richard T. Kelly

Books gifted by publishers:
📖 The Night Alphabet, by Joelle Taylor
📖 Mongrel, by Hanako Footman
📖 The Borrowed Hills, by Scott Preston
📖 Martyr!, by Kaveh Akbar
📖 James, by Percival Everett
📖 Cinema Love, by Jiaming Tang
📖 How I Won A Nobel Prize, by Julius Taranto
📖 Anyone's Ghost, by August Thompson
📖 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride

The first 5 of those books are covered in more detail in this video:
   • My most anticipated books coming out ...  

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Creators mentioned:
‪@ameliabarlowbooks‬
‪@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf‬
‪@CharlieBrookReads‬
  / rioisreading  


00:00 Book haul reflections
01:51 Library books
04:05 International editions
06:30 Gifts
12:32 Bargains
19:56 Paperbacks
25:34 Hardbacks
30:03 Advance copies

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