What is a Good Book Anyway?

In which I talk about what makes a good book . . . What are classics anyway? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt4qWRXON8w What is literary fiction anyway? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYsLgeu6yWQ My community post on this subject: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNBgyHiLdu0lVN9Hr-xTLLw/community?lb=Ugkx29u29CVUlMXVcc1DQuHiGInKnkmjHVO9&lc=UgyFUFfN4TDlqTx75nl4AaABAg Thank you to everyone who replied to the community post, including Booktubers @jenniferlovesbooks, @jimsbooksreadingandstuff and @benreadsgood. *Books & Authors Mentioned* Bookshop.org.uk links are affiliate links: The Heart in Winter, Kevin Barry: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199795387-the-heart-in-winter https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781805302117 Glorious Exploits, Ferdia Lennon: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127278133-glorious-exploits https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241998007 The Hymn to Dionysus, Natasha Pulley: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211004841-the-hymn-to-dionysus https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781399618656 Umbrella, Will Self: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12383443-umbrella https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781408831670 Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54120408-klara-and-the-sun https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780571364909 Emily Henry: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13905555.Emily_Henry The Ghost Woods, C.J. Cooke: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60567943-the-ghost-woods https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780008515942 Charles Dickens: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/239579.Charles_Dickens *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international, affiliate link): https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Trouble-With-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-by-Katie-Lumsden/9780241556115?a_aid=katiejlumsden&a_bid=bbab9a10 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Blackwells: https://www.blackwells.co.uk/?a_aid=katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: https://www.bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: https://tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/katiejlumsden.bsky.social Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: https://tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: [email protected]