Okudum, Anlattım // 2026 Nisan ve Mayıs Kitapları // Deniz Yüce Başarır ile Ben Okurum

00:00 Introduction 00:28 The Body / David Szalay 09:06 Conversation / Virginia Evans 18:52 84, Charing Cross Road / Helene Hanff 23:00 Perfection / Vincenzo Latronico 27:43 Things / Georges Perec 31:32 Names / Florence Knapp 36:31 What the Stones Tell / Clara Dupont-Monod 39:24 The Rest of Our Lives / Ben Markovits 43:13 Among Friends / Hal Ebbott 45:49 How Are You, Dr. Sacks / Lawrence Wechsler 48:24 Let It Not Remain With Me / Gülten Dayıoğlu 50:10 Picnic in the Desert / Huban Korman 52:33 And Everything Turned to the Moon / Georgi Gospodinov 55:17 Losses Recorded / Judith Schalansky 59:24 The Hustle and Bustle / Elif Sofya Body, David Szalay / İthaki / Elif Ersavcı I want to start with Body, the winner of the 2025 Booker Prize. Because there's a lot of talk about it. Some think it's a very special book, while others hate it. It was published by İthaki Publications, translated by Elif Ersavcı. Conversation, Virginia Evans / April Publishing / Ergin Kaptan Well, someone wrote on Twitter about this novel, saying that if it has won so many awards and received so much attention, it shouldn't be read. We should always say that there are books that should definitely not be read, not just those that should be read. So I decided to read it immediately. 84, Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff / Everest Publications / Filiz Çakır Published in 1970, this novel is actually not fiction; the correspondence here took place. Helene Hanff is a writer who writes screenplays for theatre plays and television series or films. She is interested in old books, loves reading non-fiction, and draws inspiration from history because of the dramas and documentaries she writes. And fond of English literature… Perfection, Vincenzo Latronico (la-troniko) / YKY / Meryem Mine Çilingiroğlu Next up is the novel Perfection by Italian author Vincenzo Latronico, which was shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize. Things, Georges Perec / Metis / Sevgi Tamgüç Things is Perec's first novel. When it was first published, it also had a subtitle: A story of the 60s. Our couple here are French, of course. Sylvie and Jerome. Things, as the name suggests, is a novel that progresses through material passions for objects. Names, Florence Knapp / Domingo / Kıvanç Güney Names is also a first novel like Things. But it's set 60 years later, in 2025… The English author Florence Knapp has previously written a book about the English Paper Patch Technique. The Story of the Stones, Clara Dupont-Monod / İletişim Yayınları / Bahadırhan Bozkurt The Story of the Stones is a novel that won the Le Prix Femina and Le Prix Landerneau awards, and even the Dame de Sion Literature Award in our country. The Rest of Our Lives, Ben Markovits / Livera Publishing / Şafak Tahmaz Tom is a middle-aged man, a lawyer and academic, his sons have long since left home, and his daughters are about to go to university in another city when we begin to witness their story. His wife also cheated on him at one point, then they reconciled, but they could never recreate that old trust and relationship. Among Friends, Hal Ebbott / Holden / Meltem Yılmaz Deniz If you're ready to feel a little uneasy, come on in, Among Friends. People feel safe and comfortable among friends, don't they? Amos felt that way about Emerson, whom he befriended on his first day of university and who later became his closest friend. How Are You, Dr. Sacks?, A Portrait of Oliver Sacks, Lawrence Wechsler / Domingo / Ebru Kılıç Here, I don't usually talk about the books I read for #Iread. I just leave the book in the center there. Anyway, what I mean is, while preparing for the episode where I talked about Oliver Sacks' cult book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, with my dear friend Gülüstü Salur, a cognitive neurologist, I read a lot about Sacks. Let It Not Remain With Me, Gülten Dayıoğlu / YKY Since we're talking about real-life stories, let me also recommend an autobiography by a Turkish author. It will also take those of us whose childhood was in the 70s on a nostalgic trip. Gülten Dayıoğlu is, as you know, one of the most masterful names in children's literature in our country. Her first novel, Fadiş, published in 1971, is also very important in my life. Picnic in the Desert, Huban Korman I'm not saying this because she's my friend, but Huban Korman is one of my favorite illustrators. With her drawings, every character gains a completely different aura, becoming warmer. And Everything Turned to the Moon, Georgi Gospodinov/ Metis / Hasine Şen Karadeniz Georgi Gospodinov, the Bulgarian author who won the International Booker Prize in 2023 with his novel *Time Refuge*, gained a considerable readership in our country with his book *The Gardener and Death*, in which he recounts his father's illness and his own grieving process after his death, which I also discussed in a video on the channel. Recorded Losses, Judith Schalansky/ Can Yayınları/ Ayça Sabuncuoğlu Judith Schalansky is a German autho...