And here are my least favorite books of 2020: ua-cam.com/video/BHLTxNzQvt0/v-deo.html Also, I'm already not happy with this list LOL I'm still not sure why I feel the need to talk about The Black Witch when there's also Ember in the Ashes or Infernal Devices to talk about but it is what it is hahaha on my book channel (cari can read) I'll be breaking down and ranking all the fantasy i read in 2020 so perhaps that will clear things up :)
Not me being ur online girl crush while we are separated by travel restrictions during a pandemic 😔😔😔 YES I BELIEVE IN SOC, TIME WAR, AND CHANEL MILLER SUPREMACY ♥️
@Carissa Nami “Canceling” something goes beyond simply “not reading it.” If a person or piece of art is subject to cancel culture that means people are actively boycotting it, demonizing it, and encouraging others to boycott and demonize it as well, often getting angry when others refuse to do so. With books cancel culture often includes writing articles speaking of how toxic it is and leaving fake 1-star reviews just to tell others not to read it/trashing the author. What’s sad is often times people will jump on the hype train and “cancel” books without even reading them. It’s fine if you HEARD a book contained problematic content and you then choose not to read it, but to publicly condemn an author for the writing in a book you haven’t read, and even go as far as to encourage your followers to boycott the book along with you, is simply wrong.
@@jessicabelle8302 oooh I understand it now, sorry that I'm a caveman, I don't really understand that kind of words on the internet 😂 yeah I agree, I think it's sad that people just quickly cancelled it without take a chance first
Does anyone also have the problem of forgetting what they read after they are done with the book? Thats why I could never do a wrap up or something haha!
Also, I too read so much last year! Like especially from november 2019 onward I have been reading so much. During high school and college I didn’t read as much and I feel like reading just needs to come and go naturally. Forcing yourself out of a reading slump wont work either. I gave myself time and now i’m back babyyyyy
yes all the time!! been hating this recently, I’ve learned that hopping from genre to genre helps me a lot! If I read ten Greek mythology novels in a row, they’ll definitely bleed together. also annotating, highlighting and keeping a few notes, pretty sentences, or ideas you liked is really helpful, especially if it’s an ebook or if you keep your notes in a separate journal! that way it’s super easy to search them or go back later 🥰
I just finished this book. I read the first half with my eyes but switched to the audiobook which is read by Chanel herself. It changed the entire experience.
I recommend The Midnight Library by Matt Haig definitely my favorite of this year. Basically the main character, Nora kills herself and wakes up in a library where no time passes. She finds that each of the books in the library are different lives she could have lived if she didn't do one of her regrets. She can be all of these different things. In one life she stuck with her boyfriend at the time who had a dream of running a pub, in one she's an Olympic swimmer, in one she's a rock star. The story is about parallel universes, and it's very philosophical about life. It's such a meaningful beautiful book and it's fantastic, definitely recommend. Also thank you so much for making this! I've been struggling to keep at it with reading for the past few years and you really inspired me to read more this year.
It’s just so humbling to listen to you talk so passionately about all of these works of art and I’m really interested in quite a few of them! I totally understand not feeling 100% about a list or second-guessing yourself because SAME; I do this all the time and I legitimately annoy myself lol anyway! I just really love hearing you talk about different books and I’m so glad you decided to post this on your main channel because I literally JUST came across your book channel within the last few weeks, I believe ☺️☺️
I‘m so glad you‘re giving books a chance that are deemed „cancelled“ by booktube. I‘m so over the whole cancel culture... in the same vein. I‘m also really over how often on booktube the same books get hyped at the same time on all channels. I love that you read so many different books, both old and new 😊 Ps: also, hard agree on „house in the cerulean sea“ probably one of the best books i‘ve read this year ❤️
@@caricakes hey cari need help. Came by your channel again whenever I'm thinking of buying new book. Thank you for your influence. I regain my interest to read again. Going back do you have any book recommendation that tells of flowers meaning?
Literally every single book from this video that I haven't yet read is going on my 'to-read' list..... It's so refreshing to see someone talk about books with a passion that a lot of us can relate to, but don't often express out loud!
Cari please make a video introducing Korean and Japanese authors or the best books to read. You introduced me to Han Kang and Haruki Murakami and now I cannot imagine my life without them 💕
I read 'Human Acts' because you recommended it and was my favourite book from last year, it just completely broke my heart but in the best possible way. That being said, anything you've recommended here that I haven't read is going on my TBR because I completely trust your judgement 💜
Guess my favorite book of the year was "The tale of a time being" by Ruth Ozeki. It's a beautiful, weird and sometimes sad story, full of such things you don't really notice, but when you do, it all comes together and makes sense. You kinda grow into the story alongside the two main characters.
Yesssss I loved it sooo much. I think it is one of my fave books of all time and I’m so glad I read it this year because it ended up being the kind of thing I really needed to read and connect with!
i love seeing other people appreciate this amazing book. i had no idea what i was getting into when i first started reading it and it took me some time to fully get into it but then i was absolutely hooked! i had never read something like that before but my memories of the plot are kinda foggy so i should reread it haha thanks for (unintentionally) reminding me this fantastic book exists :)
Know My Name is the most poetic & most profound book I've read in such a long time. Also one of my favourites for the year! Such lovely choices, Cari. Wishing you so much success & happiness in 2021!
Mystery/Thriller Recommendations: 1. The Sympathizer, it's kinda described as a work of literature in the form of a spy thriller. It has one of my favorite opening lines of all time and you don't really have to like spy novels to enjoy it. 2. If We were Villians, it's a dark academia mystery novel like The Secret History. It's set around a group of Shakespearean actors at a prestigious school.
yes! i read if we were villains during a stormy week in autumn and it made the dark academia ambience come through that much stronger hahah and i know i have a physical copy of the sympathizer back in california but i cant remember it so it deserves a reread!
Really going to try and get to all the books on this list this year !! A fav from last year that I’m still making my way through is the Winternight trilogy by Katherine Arden and I really think you’d like it 😌🤍🌙
Six of Crows sounds really interesting maybe I'll start reading it. Also, I would like to recommend The Astonishing color of after and The Silent patient.
you got me into Six of Crows and I am in love!! 💙🖤 Crooked Kingdom is one of my all time favourite books now. Thank you for sharing your love of books with us and recommending some great reads! My rec for you is The Wisdom of Tea by Noriko Morishita - simple but beautifully written, a short read and very refreshing way to start off 2021. I also loved reading a story that takes place in Japan since I'm still dreaming of visiting there when the pandemic ends. 😊
SAME ! Six of crows got me into reading again how crazy 🤗 keep talking about house im the cerulean sea !! More people need to read it , deffo need a reread of this book in 2021 🥺
If you're so inclined into more "catchup reading," I'd like to recommend Vivian Vande Velde (specifically Dragon's Bait, Companions of the Night, and The Changeling Prince) and Marcus Sedgwick (specifically The Book of Dead Days, The Dark Flight Down, and My Swordhand is Singing).
I had my storygraph ready to search all these books you mentioned 👁 My 2021 tbr has definitely grown, and its not a bad problem to have at all. Thanks so much for these Cari!! 😘
Best books I've read recently and highly recommend : The North Water by Ian McGuire, Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart, Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, The Five by Hallie Rubenhold, The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Luis Zafon, and If I Had Your Face (which is written by a Korean author and takes place in Seoul). Some of these were published years ago and are only new to me. Shuggie Bain, Piranesi, and If I had your face were published this year I believe.
I've read six of crows (it was my last book of the year) and honestly thank you sooooo much for talking about it. The story is amazing, but the way i saw myself represented in the characters literally made me giggle with joy. Thank you so much Cari, it was really important to me and i wouldn't know about the book without you. Hope you're having a great begining of year and wish you lots of pleasant readings
If you like books about Korean history, there is this book called The Island of Sea Women and it's about the horrible things that happened on Jeju island. It's mainly about the lady diver's perspective throughout history if I remember correctly. Super interesting and it definitely caught me by surprise.
The Delirium series is truly my favorite book series ever! It follows this dystopian society where love is seen as a disease and you are shunned if you are seen with the “symptoms” and it’s SO GOOD
Had a really rough night when this video was released. Was so worried about my daughter's health. But, when She slept, kept watching your videos. Thank you so much for being such a wonderful company, Cari. ❣️
Recommendation : the Forgotten garden and the clockmaker's daughter both written by Kate Morton. Two books absolutely amazing. You will love them. The main genre I think it is mistery. And it is written in such an unique way.
Maybe you've already read these two series but I recommend reading both The Lunar Chronicles and The School for Good and Evil. I loved these two fantasy series and had a lot of trouble putting down The School for Good and Evil. It had so many twists and turns that just hooked me in.
Lol... Somebody should have told that reviewer finishing the book is a prerequisite for reviewing books. Writing about getting over prejudices without describing prejudices first would be challenging. Anyway, Six of Crows popped up twice from random channels. Seems like those duology could be a good start for this year. I wasn't even looking for a book to read. I was watching videos about people visiting places in Japan, clicked on your hiking video, and ended up hearing about books! I'm glad I was carried here. Thank you for your recommendations. I just put House on cerulean sea on my Amazon list too.
yeah the review felt like she just skimmed it because examples she used were glaringly obvious if you actually read the book hahah and yes!! pls give six of crows a try!!!
I found you through your two BTS related book videos. Both videos made me wanna read more, so I bought a Kindle and after like 3 weeks I've already read 8 books (all of which you recommended one way or the other). I read a lot when I was younger but stopped in my late teens. I'm almost 28 now and the past 3 weeks made me realize how much I've missed reading! So thank you, Cari, for making me rediscover my love for books! Now that the holidays are over and I'm back at work, it's a little harder to find the time to read but I'm doing good so far! 😊
I love seeing armys randomly under videos! I'm so happy you're back into it! Reading has definitely helped get through 2020 🤪 And Cari's recommendations are wonderful and diverse and never disappointing.
Just bought Chanel Miller's memoir. I can vividly remember the news about Brock Turner and how upsetting it was. I have so much respect for women who survive such attacks. Thank you for highlighting her novel in your video 🙌🏻
Your´re book recomendations are always on point, a book I really enjoyed 2020 was If I had your face by Frances Cha - it is "set in contemporary Seoul, Korea, about four young women making their way in a world defined by impossibly high standards of beauty, secret room salons catering to wealthy men, strict social hierarchies, and K-pop fan mania." and shows a more realistic site of korean society and it´s shadow side
Book Rec (thriller): The kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson. It centers around a mysterious lady who offers to help a man kill his adulterous wife, but it’s so much more than that. There’s only 4 main characters so we get to know a fair share about all of them, and there’s so many twists that I didnt see coming. I think you’d like it!
i just finished The House in the Cerulean Sea..thanks for the reco..i absolutely love it! i'm a sucker for bl and magic so this book is my cup of tea :)
My 2 favorite books that I read this year were *Unwind* and *Wild Blue Wonder.* I originally read Unwind for school but fell in love with the whole series! I’m hoping to get the 3rd soon. Wild Blue Wonder just left me feeling heartbroken, loved, and fulfilled. I would definitely suggest both 😊💕
Hi Cari !! I would totally recommend a book that I read in my literature class last semester (I'm an English Lit major hehe) it is called The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett it is so amazing. It is about twins from the south and their life story dealing with racism and having to conform to certain ways of life just to survive. It jumps through time a lot but you get to see their kids and their lives and how their parents affected them based on what lifestyle they chose. It also highlights a lot of minority groups especially for a book set in the 1950s-80s/90s.
I'm not much of a book reader but I absolutely love the book Unwind by Neal Shusterman. If you haven't read this book yet I HIGHLY recommend it. It is biopunk, Adventure fiction, and Dystopian so if that is your jazz check it out.
I read The Vegetarian this year and although it was not on my favorite books of 2020. It was definitely a shocking and memorable read. Will need to pick up Human Acts!
The first thing through my mind when I saw the title: "oh crap, I'm about to order more books..." Now that I have seen the recommendations, I have a few more books on my kindle and on the way: Six of Crows duology, Human Acts, A Court of Thorns and Roses 4 book bundle, and House In the Cerulean Sea. More stories and worlds to explore - thank you, Cari! I needed something to take my mind off the insanity that is our government, and I think I have something to keep me occupied for a little while.
I really really enjoy reading a few years ago but it began to feel like a pressure, like something I had to do not because I enjoyed it but because it was my “duty”. For Christmas I was gifted a fantasy book and it just changed everything. I started laughing, screaming at the pages in front of me once again. Seeing you talk about these books with such conviction and happiness just inspires me to read more more and more. Thanks for inspiring me indirectly haha
I found Human Acts through an old video of yours and I bought it instantly, since the whole story of the book is very similar to my country's history. I found it very hard to read because of the emotions it evoked. During some scenes I felt that I was there in the book, images were so alive in my mind up to the point that I found it very gruesome to read that I started crying. Great book though full of history!
i feel like you would like any of Borges's short stories !! my favourite is ''The Aleph'' both the short story and the whole book with the other stories too
It’s funny because I am watching this on April 2021 and I just had my life changed by six of crows, and I remember your stories being the reason for adding it on my reading list. It took a whole year to finally pick up the book but I am so glad I did because I wouldn’t been able to wait too much for the show to come out!
human acts was also one of my 2020 favorite and loRD jESUS chRIST what a story. i felt exactly the same about how small events are just as touching and painful as the big heroic ones! it was such a hard book to read, but han kang wrote it beautifully and I can’t recommend it enough.
If you are an Agatha Christie fan, read The Guest List by Lucy Foley! And I started reading the Grishaverse books after stumbling across your review, had to pause it and continue watching it after I finished the whole series! Hope you have a wonderful 2021!
I already read 2 books this year so I'm ready for so much more! Will definitely update my TBR list with these books❤ Also, Six Of Crows, didn't expect to not see it in this video😅
Have you read The Midnight Library? My book club just started it this month, and I’m loving it. It’s about regret and being able to “try on” and re-live the lives we could have lived had we chosen different paths.
It’s 02:35am here in Italy but you are my priority 💓❣️May you be happy everyday 💜I plan on reading 100 books this year so thank you so much for these recs✨😊
Hi Cari! Thanks so much for sharing your list. I already bought a couple from your list, Human Acts & Know My Name, which i'm super excited to read. Currently I'm reading The Hate U Give.
so excited to use your recommendations here (as well as cari can read!) and get more into reading this year! I was also a massive bookworm as a child so I'm excited to hopefully become that girl again this year!! thanks for the recs!!
I read a book from Lee Yung Myung called The Investigation, the french title ”le garde, le poète et le prisonnier” (the prison guard, the poet and the prisoner) describes well what is about. If you like stories about the non heroes in time of war, poems, and a bit of thrill, I really recommend this book, loved it !
When it comes to thrillers, I personally really enjoyed B. A. Paris books (unfortunately I can't write a title becouse I was reading the books in Polish, so I don't know the English title). Also, I started this year with Hermann Hesse's Demian, and i fell in love with both- the book and the autor, so this is definitely not the last time when I'm seeing Hesse in my home library 😅
Very soon I'll be heading to high School and your videos are like my little home i love them, i love how we have read about all the same books. I want to say thank you so much, you inspired me to try to do UA-cam later in the future. 😊📚 I hope in the future you can make a video on what you use to do your videos and how you edit them.❤
Nalini Singh's Guild Hunter Series. Her world building is great, I feel like I am apart of the story for how invested I am in these characters. I have listened to each book at least 4 times.
One of my favourite YA fantasy books of 2020 are the ones from Christelle Dabos where the first one is called "A winter's promise" ✨❄️ it's so magical, funny, heartwarming and full of suspense and riddles waiting to be solved. It felt like a Harry Potter equivalent in the style the book is composed of. Highly recommended this book!
If I can recommend one book then a book called Nightbooks by J.A.White is a must read. It's a wonderous and scary fairy tale which is almost as terrifying as some of the stories by brothers Grimm. Then there's also Dazai Osamu's No Longer Human which I think is a really important read for the people of 2021. I love your videos Cari!! Thank you for being here and I hope we'll all have a wonderful 2021.
Here's are the links for Goodreads pages of these two books. www.goodreads.com/book/show/35603805-nightbooks www.goodreads.com/book/show/194746.No_Longer_Human?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=RS2RxPLPIs&rank=1
I know you said you wanted more books outside of the YA genre BUT I'm reading an AMAZING series by Laini Taylor and I honestly cannot recommend it enough. The first book in the trilogy (which is actually almost 10 years old... not really sure how I never knew about it until now lol) is called Daughter of Smoke and Bone. I feel like you would really enjoy it judging by some of the other books you've read/enjoyed. I'm halfway through the second book and its just so beautifully written and executed, and the love story aspect of it is so complex. UGH I just love it so far!!! If you have a day where you just want to read YA fantasy/romance then I would definitely reach for this series because its incredible.
My latest revelation was Shea, KM with her Timeless fairy tales series followed by The fairy tale enchantress series (the fourth book is to be published in spring 2021). And thank you for great recommendations! Now "Six of Crows" is definitely on my list :)
I love Rebecca this year again. It was amazing I saw a lot that I had not paid attention to, it is very incredible to see how the book always changes every time you read it again 💜💜 kisses I read
I would recommend Recursion by Blake Crouch. I don't know if you are into sci-fi, buuuuut this book kinda have a lit bit of everything, like time travel, loads of action, grief, romance and well I really liked it and maybe you can like it too 💙
My Top-5 and Top-11 books of 2020 (2020 is the year when I read soooo much too: 83 books in total) “One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron Алексей Поляринов «Почти два килограмма слов» (it’s just on Russian, the collection of essays about some English literature) “Lab Girl” by Hope Jaren “The Bone Clocks” by David Mitchell “Normal People” by Sally Rooney “The Secret History” by Donna Tartt “The Defining Decade” by Meg Jay “The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate - Discoveries from a Secret World” by Peter Wohlleben “Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage” by Haruki Murakami
Name of the wind Cariiiiii! It‘s incredibly magical and exciting and heartbreaking and you just feel for Kvothe so much 😭 It‘s my favorite book ever and I cannot recommend it enough. Patrick Rothfus really needs to get his shit together and bring out the 3rd book though ugh 😅😭
every time I feel stressed or depressed I just binge watch your channel, love your content since the beginning, you are so intelligent and genuine honestly you make me feel so calm 😅and human acts is such an interesting book!! keep doing u 💕
I was a reader before but for some reason I stopped reading and it's a shame to admit that I read ZERO BOOKS last 2020. And Cari made me read this 2021! I promise myself to read at least one book per month! Thanks Cari for inspiring me :) I will definitely take note on this list!
Added so many of these to my TBR! Haha I finally got a library card and downloaded the Libby app bc I rlly need to budget this year since I bought my first car a few days ago, and wow it’s as amazing as you’ve been saying 😭
I'm so glad I took your recommendations from another video and read Time War and Human Acts. Human Acts was so visceral and heartbreaking. I particularly thought it was so interesting how the author juxtaposed such cruel acts with such caring acts, showing exactly what humans are capable of on both ends of the spectrum. And I totally agree about Time War! The lack of world building threw me off at first but then once I understood that there wouldn't be any focus on that, it was such an alluring story. It felt like they had just gotten started and then it was just over! I want so badly to know what happened to them! I couldn't put it down once I really got into it 😅
I haven’t been focusing on any particular genre this year so off the top of my head some favourites have been: game of thrones (the books are so much more intricate than the series, love the series too though), Life of Pi by Yann Martel (most thought provoking book I’ve ever read) and Strange Weather in Tokyo (short super chill and down to earth love story). Also loved Kafka on the shore but I know Haruki Murakami is already a favourite on this channel :)
I was looking for a book to listen to while working (Uber) and ended up just listening to you. I really like your enthusiasm and you have a very pleasing voice. Also I love ya fiction and I am definitely going to look up six of Crows.
Thanks for sharing! Lots of angsty books... I think my favorites were thrillers ..i have yet to make a list myself because i also read 8627372 books this year. Oh and i also love house in the cerulean sea🥺 and also loved only mostly devastated ♥️🙆♀️ i’d love it if you could make a romance books recommendations video on your book channel some day♥️
Two series I would recommend: Lumatere Chronicles by Melina Marchetta (or any book by her) and The Queen’s Thief by Megan Whalen Turner. While both series focus on the male main character, they also have some great female characters.
ooooh im so excited to read these! my recommendations of books i read this year are Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson, A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum, Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane, and Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson :)
I absolutely don't have time to read this year (because of huge exam) but you gave me so much desire to read those books! It's written for the end of the year, I can't wait! Also, sorry for my english! (And if you don't know it, read The Eye of the Leopard,Mankell)
the sparrow by mary doria russell!! i have been recommending this book to everyone lately haha but it really was my most important read of 2020. it tells the story of a priest called emilio sandoz in two timelines: first, when they discover aliens in a nearby place and his order sends him (and his friends) on a mission to make first contact and second, when he has returned home after the mission has failed and he must reveal why he's the only survivor. it was such a powerful read to me, i think mainly because the plight of the main character is so sharp and meaningful-it felt so filled with /something/ i couldn't name and even though i figured out the bulk of what had happened to him in rakhat, it did not take away a single drop of emotion from me when experiencing it along side him (both the highs and the lows). do be aware this is a heavy book, thematically speaking, and an adult book. i don't think it's gratuitous in its violence but it is certainly there and it matters a lot that it happens. if anyone wants any specific content warnings just ask :)
And here are my least favorite books of 2020: ua-cam.com/video/BHLTxNzQvt0/v-deo.html
Also, I'm already not happy with this list LOL I'm still not sure why I feel the need to talk about The Black Witch when there's also Ember in the Ashes or Infernal Devices to talk about but it is what it is hahaha on my book channel (cari can read) I'll be breaking down and ranking all the fantasy i read in 2020 so perhaps that will clear things up :)
Not me being ur online girl crush while we are separated by travel restrictions during a pandemic 😔😔😔 YES I BELIEVE IN SOC, TIME WAR, AND CHANEL MILLER SUPREMACY ♥️
Cari + Cindy book vlog in Korea collab is a need not a want :,)
I am here imagining how if cindy has a holiday in south korea and then have a vlog or anything with cari....😱🤯
Didn't expect to see my 2 favourite booktubers interacting! Love it
@@Kipaoa I need this
The likes were at 666 ‘-‘ I changed it
I really hate that people are canceling books for problematic topics when they're meant to be problematic.
I'm sorry, what is "canceled" means? and why people are cancelling books? can I know why^•^~❤️
@Carissa Nami
“Canceling” something goes beyond simply “not reading it.” If a person or piece of art is subject to cancel culture that means people are actively boycotting it, demonizing it, and encouraging others to boycott and demonize it as well, often getting angry when others refuse to do so. With books cancel culture often includes writing articles speaking of how toxic it is and leaving fake 1-star reviews just to tell others not to read it/trashing the author.
What’s sad is often times people will jump on the hype train and “cancel” books without even reading them. It’s fine if you HEARD a book contained problematic content and you then choose not to read it, but to publicly condemn an author for the writing in a book you haven’t read, and even go as far as to encourage your followers to boycott the book along with you, is simply wrong.
@@jessicabelle8302 oooh I understand it now, sorry that I'm a caveman, I don't really understand that kind of words on the internet 😂 yeah I agree, I think it's sad that people just quickly cancelled it without take a chance first
Does anyone also have the problem of forgetting what they read after they are done with the book? Thats why I could never do a wrap up or something haha!
Also, I too read so much last year! Like especially from november 2019 onward I have been reading so much. During high school and college I didn’t read as much and I feel like reading just needs to come and go naturally. Forcing yourself out of a reading slump wont work either. I gave myself time and now i’m back babyyyyy
This happens to me way too often haha, but I write a couple sentences while reading then when I’m done, I have a whole summary of the book :)
yes all the time!! been hating this recently, I’ve learned that hopping from genre to genre helps me a lot! If I read ten Greek mythology novels in a row, they’ll definitely bleed together. also annotating, highlighting and keeping a few notes, pretty sentences, or ideas you liked is really helpful, especially if it’s an ebook or if you keep your notes in a separate journal! that way it’s super easy to search them or go back later 🥰
I read Know My Name completely out loud. I though Chanel deserved to have everything said out loud, and it was also very healing for me.
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I just finished this book. I read the first half with my eyes but switched to the audiobook which is read by Chanel herself. It changed the entire experience.
this is so lovely
It's 1 am in Greece and I feel like sleeping but I'll watch this first so I have something nice to dream about. Okay I'm tuning in now byee
Hehehe hope you have some sweet dreams!
Δεν ηξερα οτι υπαρχει συμπατριωτησα στους φαν της Cari!!
ΕΕΕΕΕΕ έλα το γκρικ κρου που είναι φανςςς
Δεν περίμενα με τίποτα να υπάρχουν άλλοι Έλληνες
omg παιδιά ούτε εγώ το περίμενα γειααα σας χάρηκα πάρα πολύ εεεε
@@ginavoults1439 Ναι και εγώ το ίδιο δε το περίμενα, να φτιάξουμε φαν κλαμπ για την Καρι. #CariGreekFans
I recommend The Midnight Library by Matt Haig definitely my favorite of this year. Basically the main character, Nora kills herself and wakes up in a library where no time passes. She finds that each of the books in the library are different lives she could have lived if she didn't do one of her regrets. She can be all of these different things. In one life she stuck with her boyfriend at the time who had a dream of running a pub, in one she's an Olympic swimmer, in one she's a rock star. The story is about parallel universes, and it's very philosophical about life. It's such a meaningful beautiful book and it's fantastic, definitely recommend. Also thank you so much for making this! I've been struggling to keep at it with reading for the past few years and you really inspired me to read more this year.
It’s just so humbling to listen to you talk so passionately about all of these works of art and I’m really interested in quite a few of them! I totally understand not feeling 100% about a list or second-guessing yourself because SAME; I do this all the time and I legitimately annoy myself lol anyway! I just really love hearing you talk about different books and I’m so glad you decided to post this on your main channel because I literally JUST came across your book channel within the last few weeks, I believe ☺️☺️
Hehehe thank youuuu!!
I‘m so glad you‘re giving books a chance that are deemed „cancelled“ by booktube. I‘m so over the whole cancel culture... in the same vein. I‘m also really over how often on booktube the same books get hyped at the same time on all channels. I love that you read so many different books, both old and new 😊 Ps: also, hard agree on „house in the cerulean sea“ probably one of the best books i‘ve read this year ❤️
thank you! and yesss so wholesome!
@@caricakes hey cari need help. Came by your channel again whenever I'm thinking of buying new book. Thank you for your influence. I regain my interest to read again. Going back do you have any book recommendation that tells of flowers meaning?
Literally every single book from this video that I haven't yet read is going on my 'to-read' list..... It's so refreshing to see someone talk about books with a passion that a lot of us can relate to, but don't often express out loud!
I just love how Cari really get inspiración talking about books, her eyes literally shine ♥️♥️
Cari please make a video introducing Korean and Japanese authors or the best books to read. You introduced me to Han Kang and Haruki Murakami and now I cannot imagine my life without them 💕
I have four chapters left on The House in the Cerulean Sea. And I'm with you - the book is just instant serotonin.
right?!!!!
Song of achilles blew my mind away. It's so painfully beautiful ❣
I definitely need to read that and circe!!
I read 'Human Acts' because you recommended it and was my favourite book from last year, it just completely broke my heart but in the best possible way. That being said, anything you've recommended here that I haven't read is going on my TBR because I completely trust your judgement 💜
Guess my favorite book of the year was "The tale of a time being" by Ruth Ozeki. It's a beautiful, weird and sometimes sad story, full of such things you don't really notice, but when you do, it all comes together and makes sense. You kinda grow into the story alongside the two main characters.
Yesssss I loved it sooo much. I think it is one of my fave books of all time and I’m so glad I read it this year because it ended up being the kind of thing I really needed to read and connect with!
i love seeing other people appreciate this amazing book. i had no idea what i was getting into when i first started reading it and it took me some time to fully get into it but then i was absolutely hooked! i had never read something like that before but my memories of the plot are kinda foggy so i should reread it haha thanks for (unintentionally) reminding me this fantastic book exists :)
Know My Name is the most poetic & most profound book I've read in such a long time. Also one of my favourites for the year! Such lovely choices, Cari. Wishing you so much success & happiness in 2021!
Truly an incredible memoir! Wishing you success and happiness too!!
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr was my favorite book I read last year. Thanks for sharing your list will definitely check some out!
Yesss i read that a while ago and loved it even tho it was 💔
I read that last year and it is SO beautifully written!
The Black Witch Chronicles is so fab and underrated. It needs more recognition for sure. Can’t wait for book 4 !
I really recommend the author Fredrik Backman. Of his books my favourites include: Beartown, Anxious People, and A Man Called Ove.
i believe i started A Man Called Ove but i need to go back and really read it hahah
@@caricakes aha i also had to go back and read lol
seconding this suggestion! anxious people was my favorite new book of 2020. the way that book had me sobbing at 2am was no joke...
omg i love him so much i own all his books they’re all incredible
@@naomifitzgerald1403 he's one of my favourite authors!
Mystery/Thriller Recommendations: 1. The Sympathizer, it's kinda described as a work of literature in the form of a spy thriller. It has one of my favorite opening lines of all time and you don't really have to like spy novels to enjoy it. 2. If We were Villians, it's a dark academia mystery novel like The Secret History. It's set around a group of Shakespearean actors at a prestigious school.
yes! i read if we were villains during a stormy week in autumn and it made the dark academia ambience come through that much stronger hahah and i know i have a physical copy of the sympathizer back in california but i cant remember it so it deserves a reread!
Really going to try and get to all the books on this list this year !! A fav from last year that I’m still making my way through is the Winternight trilogy by Katherine Arden and I really think you’d like it 😌🤍🌙
Ohhh i already love the titles, they all sound like fairytales :)
Six of Crows sounds really interesting maybe I'll start reading it.
Also, I would like to recommend The Astonishing color of after and The Silent patient.
Ohhh yes i read the silent patient! Love a good twist ending 😱
you got me into Six of Crows and I am in love!! 💙🖤 Crooked Kingdom is one of my all time favourite books now. Thank you for sharing your love of books with us and recommending some great reads! My rec for you is The Wisdom of Tea by Noriko Morishita - simple but beautifully written, a short read and very refreshing way to start off 2021. I also loved reading a story that takes place in Japan since I'm still dreaming of visiting there when the pandemic ends. 😊
Yesssssss!!!! And ohhh looking it up now!
SAME ! Six of crows got me into reading again how crazy 🤗 keep talking about house im the cerulean sea !! More people need to read it , deffo need a reread of this book in 2021 🥺
Yessss both are so great 🥺🥺🥺
I also read six of crows in 2020! I got both the books for my birthday and I honestly adore them! Some of my favorite books of all time
If you're so inclined into more "catchup reading," I'd like to recommend Vivian Vande Velde (specifically Dragon's Bait, Companions of the Night, and The Changeling Prince) and Marcus Sedgwick (specifically The Book of Dead Days, The Dark Flight Down, and My Swordhand is Singing).
Ohhhh noted!!
I had my storygraph ready to search all these books you mentioned 👁 My 2021 tbr has definitely grown, and its not a bad problem to have at all. Thanks so much for these Cari!! 😘
The best problem!!
Best books I've read recently and highly recommend : The North Water by Ian McGuire, Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart, Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, The Five by Hallie Rubenhold, The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Luis Zafon, and If I Had Your Face (which is written by a Korean author and takes place in Seoul). Some of these were published years ago and are only new to me. Shuggie Bain, Piranesi, and If I had your face were published this year I believe.
Can’t wait to watch, it will help me pick some books for my reading resolutions! Hope you are healthy and happy 💛
Yay!! Hope you have a great reading year!
This Is How You Lose the Time War sounds so good!! I'm planning to read it later this month ^^
I seriously cant stop thinking about it!
@@caricakes @sonja just be careful talking about it apparently makes you do the robot ; )
The House in the Cerulean Sea is my favorite of my 2020! Learned about it from Cari’s book channel. Thanks, Cari!
I've read six of crows (it was my last book of the year) and honestly thank you sooooo much for talking about it. The story is amazing, but the way i saw myself represented in the characters literally made me giggle with joy. Thank you so much Cari, it was really important to me and i wouldn't know about the book without you. Hope you're having a great begining of year and wish you lots of pleasant readings
six of crows was really hard to get into at first but by the end i was completely hooked!
If you like books about Korean history, there is this book called The Island of Sea Women and it's about the horrible things that happened on Jeju island. It's mainly about the lady diver's perspective throughout history if I remember correctly. Super interesting and it definitely caught me by surprise.
Hi! Thank you for this suggestion. I enjoy learning history through a story and I’m definitely going to check this out
The Delirium series is truly my favorite book series ever! It follows this dystopian society where love is seen as a disease and you are shunned if you are seen with the “symptoms” and it’s SO GOOD
my favorite series!
Had a really rough night when this video was released. Was so worried about my daughter's health. But, when She slept, kept watching your videos. Thank you so much for being such a wonderful company, Cari. ❣️
Every time I see one of your book vlogs, I have my goodreads app open and ready to go! My TBR list is getting LONG. xD
hehehe my exact problem!!
Recommendation : the Forgotten garden and the clockmaker's daughter both written by Kate Morton. Two books absolutely amazing. You will love them. The main genre I think it is mistery. And it is written in such an unique way.
Maybe you've already read these two series but I recommend reading both The Lunar Chronicles and The School for Good and Evil. I loved these two fantasy series and had a lot of trouble putting down The School for Good and Evil. It had so many twists and turns that just hooked me in.
Lol... Somebody should have told that reviewer finishing the book is a prerequisite for reviewing books. Writing about getting over prejudices without describing prejudices first would be challenging. Anyway, Six of Crows popped up twice from random channels. Seems like those duology could be a good start for this year. I wasn't even looking for a book to read. I was watching videos about people visiting places in Japan, clicked on your hiking video, and ended up hearing about books! I'm glad I was carried here. Thank you for your recommendations. I just put House on cerulean sea on my Amazon list too.
yeah the review felt like she just skimmed it because examples she used were glaringly obvious if you actually read the book hahah and yes!! pls give six of crows a try!!!
I found you through your two BTS related book videos. Both videos made me wanna read more, so I bought a Kindle and after like 3 weeks I've already read 8 books (all of which you recommended one way or the other). I read a lot when I was younger but stopped in my late teens. I'm almost 28 now and the past 3 weeks made me realize how much I've missed reading! So thank you, Cari, for making me rediscover my love for books! Now that the holidays are over and I'm back at work, it's a little harder to find the time to read but I'm doing good so far! 😊
I love seeing armys randomly under videos!
I'm so happy you're back into it! Reading has definitely helped get through 2020 🤪
And Cari's recommendations are wonderful and diverse and never disappointing.
@@DeeRafatSweileh 😊💜
Just bought Chanel Miller's memoir. I can vividly remember the news about Brock Turner and how upsetting it was. I have so much respect for women who survive such attacks. Thank you for highlighting her novel in your video 🙌🏻
She did an incredible job sharing her story, I’m so glad i read it!
Your´re book recomendations are always on point, a book I really enjoyed 2020 was If I had your face by Frances Cha - it is "set in contemporary Seoul, Korea, about four young women making their way in a world defined by impossibly high standards of beauty, secret room salons catering to wealthy men, strict social hierarchies, and K-pop fan mania." and shows a more realistic site of korean society and it´s shadow side
Book Rec (thriller): The kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson. It centers around a mysterious lady who offers to help a man kill his adulterous wife, but it’s so much more than that. There’s only 4 main characters so we get to know a fair share about all of them, and there’s so many twists that I didnt see coming. I think you’d like it!
always down for a thriller!!!
i just finished The House in the Cerulean Sea..thanks for the reco..i absolutely love it! i'm a sucker for bl and magic so this book is my cup of tea :)
My 2 favorite books that I read this year were
*Unwind* and *Wild Blue Wonder.*
I originally read Unwind for school but fell in love with the whole series! I’m hoping to get the 3rd soon. Wild Blue Wonder just left me feeling heartbroken, loved, and fulfilled. I would definitely suggest both 😊💕
Hi Cari !! I would totally recommend a book that I read in my literature class last semester (I'm an English Lit major hehe) it is called The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett it is so amazing. It is about twins from the south and their life story dealing with racism and having to conform to certain ways of life just to survive. It jumps through time a lot but you get to see their kids and their lives and how their parents affected them based on what lifestyle they chose. It also highlights a lot of minority groups especially for a book set in the 1950s-80s/90s.
i love your book videos so much omg,, cheers to a more fruitful reading in 2021 to us, readers!!
🙏🙏🙏
I'm not much of a book reader but I absolutely love the book Unwind by Neal Shusterman. If you haven't read this book yet I HIGHLY recommend it. It is biopunk, Adventure fiction, and Dystopian so if that is your jazz check it out.
i thought his scythe series was pretty good, i really enjoy his imagination!
I read The Vegetarian this year and although it was not on my favorite books of 2020. It was definitely a shocking and memorable read. Will need to pick up Human Acts!
yes! definitely memorable. I likes Humans Acts much more :)
The first thing through my mind when I saw the title: "oh crap, I'm about to order more books..." Now that I have seen the recommendations, I have a few more books on my kindle and on the way: Six of Crows duology, Human Acts, A Court of Thorns and Roses 4 book bundle, and House In the Cerulean Sea. More stories and worlds to explore - thank you, Cari! I needed something to take my mind off the insanity that is our government, and I think I have something to keep me occupied for a little while.
I really really enjoy reading a few years ago but it began to feel like a pressure, like something I had to do not because I enjoyed it but because it was my “duty”. For Christmas I was gifted a fantasy book and it just changed everything. I started laughing, screaming at the pages in front of me once again. Seeing you talk about these books with such conviction and happiness just inspires me to read more more and more. Thanks for inspiring me indirectly haha
I found Human Acts through an old video of yours and I bought it instantly, since the whole story of the book is very similar to my country's history. I found it very hard to read because of the emotions it evoked. During some scenes I felt that I was there in the book, images were so alive in my mind up to the point that I found it very gruesome to read that I started crying. Great book though full of history!
My favourite book of 2020!
@@foteinipenna5519 same, best read of this summer!
i feel like you would like any of Borges's short stories !! my favourite is ''The Aleph'' both the short story and the whole book with the other stories too
Yes!! I bought a copy of that a few years ago 😍
I have Howl's moving castle in my favorite 2020 list thanks to you! You've such an accurate taste for book hahaha
🥰🥰🥰
It’s funny because I am watching this on April 2021 and I just had my life changed by six of crows, and I remember your stories being the reason for adding it on my reading list. It took a whole year to finally pick up the book but I am so glad I did because I wouldn’t been able to wait too much for the show to come out!
I've read house in the cerulean sea because of your reco. I absolutely love it! "I am but paper. Brittle and thin..."
human acts was also one of my 2020 favorite and loRD jESUS chRIST what a story. i felt exactly the same about how small events are just as touching and painful as the big heroic ones! it was such a hard book to read, but han kang wrote it beautifully and I can’t recommend it enough.
If you are an Agatha Christie fan, read The Guest List by Lucy Foley! And I started reading the Grishaverse books after stumbling across your review, had to pause it and continue watching it after I finished the whole series! Hope you have a wonderful 2021!
ohhhh i will look it up and YES!!!!!
I already read 2 books this year so I'm ready for so much more! Will definitely update my TBR list with these books❤ Also, Six Of Crows, didn't expect to not see it in this video😅
couldnt be a book video on my channel without it hahahha
Have you read The Midnight Library? My book club just started it this month, and I’m loving it. It’s about regret and being able to “try on” and re-live the lives we could have lived had we chosen different paths.
Yes!! I read it in one sitting! A little cliche but still a feel good read 🙏
It’s 02:35am here in Italy but you are my priority 💓❣️May you be happy everyday 💜I plan on reading 100 books this year so thank you so much for these recs✨😊
You’ve got this 👏
I’ve been waiting for this one! Booktube is rising yall!!!!
Hi Cari! Thanks so much for sharing your list. I already bought a couple from your list, Human Acts & Know My Name, which i'm super excited to read. Currently I'm reading The Hate U Give.
so excited to use your recommendations here (as well as cari can read!) and get more into reading this year! I was also a massive bookworm as a child so I'm excited to hopefully become that girl again this year!! thanks for the recs!!
Yes!! Hope 2021 is your best reading year 🥰
I read a book from Lee Yung Myung called The Investigation, the french title ”le garde, le poète et le prisonnier” (the prison guard, the poet and the prisoner) describes well what is about. If you like stories about the non heroes in time of war, poems, and a bit of thrill, I really recommend this book, loved it !
When it comes to thrillers, I personally really enjoyed B. A. Paris books (unfortunately I can't write a title becouse I was reading the books in Polish, so I don't know the English title). Also, I started this year with Hermann Hesse's Demian, and i fell in love with both- the book and the autor, so this is definitely not the last time when I'm seeing Hesse in my home library 😅
yay!!! glad you found a good book in 2020 :)
Flower cafe??😱 That’s a concept I’ve never heard about before and now it has become an absolute need.
Very soon I'll be heading to high School and your videos are like my little home i love them, i love how we have read about all the same books. I want to say thank you so much, you inspired me to try to do UA-cam later in the future. 😊📚 I hope in the future you can make a video on what you use to do your videos and how you edit them.❤
🥰🙏 thank you!
Nalini Singh's Guild Hunter Series. Her world building is great, I feel like I am apart of the story for how invested I am in these characters. I have listened to each book at least 4 times.
After considering giving this series a try for a while I'm now finally reading The black witch on your recomendation
One of my favourite YA fantasy books of 2020 are the ones from Christelle Dabos where the first one is called "A winter's promise" ✨❄️
it's so magical, funny, heartwarming and full of suspense and riddles waiting to be solved. It felt like a Harry Potter equivalent in the style the book is composed of. Highly recommended this book!
If I can recommend one book then a book called Nightbooks by J.A.White is a must read. It's a wonderous and scary fairy tale which is almost as terrifying as some of the stories by brothers Grimm. Then there's also Dazai Osamu's No Longer Human which I think is a really important read for the people of 2021.
I love your videos Cari!! Thank you for being here and I hope we'll all have a wonderful 2021.
Here's are the links for Goodreads pages of these two books.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/35603805-nightbooks
www.goodreads.com/book/show/194746.No_Longer_Human?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=RS2RxPLPIs&rank=1
CINDY AND CARI COLLAB WOULD BE 👩🏻🍳💋 MUY BIEN
One day 😍😍😍
It would be perfect
I know you said you wanted more books outside of the YA genre BUT I'm reading an AMAZING series by Laini Taylor and I honestly cannot recommend it enough. The first book in the trilogy (which is actually almost 10 years old... not really sure how I never knew about it until now lol) is called Daughter of Smoke and Bone. I feel like you would really enjoy it judging by some of the other books you've read/enjoyed. I'm halfway through the second book and its just so beautifully written and executed, and the love story aspect of it is so complex. UGH I just love it so far!!! If you have a day where you just want to read YA fantasy/romance then I would definitely reach for this series because its incredible.
I didn't even realize I weren't on your book channel 😅
Really an interesting mix of books!
My latest revelation was Shea, KM with her Timeless fairy tales series followed by The fairy tale enchantress series (the fourth book is to be published in spring 2021). And thank you for great recommendations! Now "Six of Crows" is definitely on my list :)
I recommend - Lovecraft Country, Where the Crawdads Sing, The Last, Washington Black, and the Magnificent Dappled Sea xx
I love Rebecca this year again. It was amazing I saw a lot that I had not paid attention to, it is very incredible to see how the book always changes every time you read it again 💜💜 kisses I read
yes!! a masterpiece!!!
@@caricakes O.film just made me love even more
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I would recommend Recursion by Blake Crouch. I don't know if you are into sci-fi, buuuuut this book kinda have a lit bit of everything, like time travel, loads of action, grief, romance and well I really liked it and maybe you can like it too 💙
My Top-5 and Top-11 books of 2020
(2020 is the year when I read soooo much too: 83 books in total)
“One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens
“The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron
Алексей Поляринов «Почти два килограмма слов» (it’s just on Russian, the collection of essays about some English literature)
“Lab Girl” by Hope Jaren
“The Bone Clocks” by David Mitchell
“Normal People” by Sally Rooney
“The Secret History” by Donna Tartt
“The Defining Decade” by Meg Jay
“The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate - Discoveries from a Secret World” by Peter Wohlleben
“Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage” by Haruki Murakami
omg yes a beautiful list
Sunday just got a little bit better :) Thanks Cari for this vid!
Name of the wind Cariiiiii! It‘s incredibly magical and exciting and heartbreaking and you just feel for Kvothe so much 😭 It‘s my favorite book ever and I cannot recommend it enough. Patrick Rothfus really needs to get his shit together and bring out the 3rd book though ugh 😅😭
every time I feel stressed or depressed I just binge watch your channel, love your content since the beginning, you are so intelligent and genuine honestly you make me feel so calm 😅and human acts is such an interesting book!! keep doing u 💕
I read 'Behind closed doors' recently, a thriller and I liked it so much! super suspenseful and had me turning the pages
I was a reader before but for some reason I stopped reading and it's a shame to admit that I read ZERO BOOKS last 2020. And Cari made me read this 2021! I promise myself to read at least one book per month! Thanks Cari for inspiring me :) I will definitely take note on this list!
Thriller recommendation: the silent patient
It's one of my favorite books of 2020 🙌
yes!! it was one of the last books i read in 2020! love a twist ;)
Yeah the twist really caught me off guard! Which doesn't happen to me often 🤭
Added so many of these to my TBR! Haha I finally got a library card and downloaded the Libby app bc I rlly need to budget this year since I bought my first car a few days ago, and wow it’s as amazing as you’ve been saying 😭
ohhhh congrats on the car! you can borrow audiobooks from libby too so maybe you and your car can read together hehehe
@@caricakes That’s a lovely idea! Hehe
I'm a relatively recent subscriber to both of your channels, but I love your content so much!
Thank you so so much 😭🙏
Starting Sunday morning with cari ✌️❤️ YASSS!
Good morning!
I'm so glad I took your recommendations from another video and read Time War and Human Acts. Human Acts was so visceral and heartbreaking. I particularly thought it was so interesting how the author juxtaposed such cruel acts with such caring acts, showing exactly what humans are capable of on both ends of the spectrum.
And I totally agree about Time War! The lack of world building threw me off at first but then once I understood that there wouldn't be any focus on that, it was such an alluring story. It felt like they had just gotten started and then it was just over! I want so badly to know what happened to them! I couldn't put it down once I really got into it 😅
I haven’t been focusing on any particular genre this year so off the top of my head some favourites have been: game of thrones (the books are so much more intricate than the series, love the series too though), Life of Pi by Yann Martel (most thought provoking book I’ve ever read) and Strange Weather in Tokyo (short super chill and down to earth love story). Also loved Kafka on the shore but I know Haruki Murakami is already a favourite on this channel :)
I was looking for a book to listen to while working (Uber) and ended up just listening to you. I really like your enthusiasm and you have a very pleasing voice. Also I love ya fiction and I am definitely going to look up six of Crows.
Thanks for sharing! Lots of angsty books...
I think my favorites were thrillers ..i have yet to make a list myself because i also read 8627372 books this year. Oh and i also love house in the cerulean sea🥺 and also loved only mostly devastated ♥️🙆♀️ i’d love it if you could make a romance books recommendations video on your book channel some day♥️
if you havent read anything by tana french yet, her thrillers are amazing! start with 'in the woods' :)
@@caricakes oh! I will: This one is already on my to-read list! I follow you on goodreads so i might have discovered it because of you😄 thank you~
I fangirl about Cari as much as she fangirls about Six of Crows 😂
Two series I would recommend: Lumatere Chronicles by Melina Marchetta (or any book by her) and The Queen’s Thief by Megan Whalen Turner. While both series focus on the male main character, they also have some great female characters.
ooooh im so excited to read these! my recommendations of books i read this year are Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson, A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum, Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane, and Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson :)
Ohhhh i need to look these up!
I absolutely don't have time to read this year (because of huge exam) but you gave me so much desire to read those books! It's written for the end of the year, I can't wait! Also, sorry for my english! (And if you don't know it, read The Eye of the Leopard,Mankell)
the sparrow by mary doria russell!! i have been recommending this book to everyone lately haha but it really was my most important read of 2020. it tells the story of a priest called emilio sandoz in two timelines: first, when they discover aliens in a nearby place and his order sends him (and his friends) on a mission to make first contact and second, when he has returned home after the mission has failed and he must reveal why he's the only survivor. it was such a powerful read to me, i think mainly because the plight of the main character is so sharp and meaningful-it felt so filled with /something/ i couldn't name and even though i figured out the bulk of what had happened to him in rakhat, it did not take away a single drop of emotion from me when experiencing it along side him (both the highs and the lows). do be aware this is a heavy book, thematically speaking, and an adult book. i don't think it's gratuitous in its violence but it is certainly there and it matters a lot that it happens. if anyone wants any specific content warnings just ask :)
I feel like i read something like this a while ago but I can’t remember the name ahhh! I will look into it thank you!!