# Jack in the Books: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-27, Jack in the Books has 543,000 subscribers, 69,785,935 total views, and 313 videos. It ranks #140,591 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Jack in the Books](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for Jack in the Books is “independent bookshops vlog: buying the international booker prize shortlist”, a long-form video published May 18, 2026.
- These are Jack in the Books’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Aug 4, 2024 and May 18, 2026 (48 long-form videos).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 98,190. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “have i read the most popular books on goodreads of the past 5 years???” (767,322 views, Nov 26, 2024). Least viewed: “i interviewed Bella Mackie about How To Kill Your Family and What a Way To Go” (11,935 views, Sep 20, 2024).
- Median length: 19:32 for 48 long-form videos.
- In this sample, Jack in the Books’s consecutive uploads were a median of 8 days apart (shortest gap 1 day, longest 169 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 28, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [independent bookshops vlog: buying the international booker prize shortlist](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/UdpMm6h0faY/) | 2026-05-18 | Long-form | 152,769 | 20:25 | 1.45x |
| [new books by my favourite authors !!!!!!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/iY4x1x8Sqso/) | 2026-05-01 | Long-form | 86,764 | 23:49 | - |
| [my book buying ban is over!!!!!!!!! here's a book haul to celebrate](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/vCK8SeOu_c8/) | 2026-03-31 | Long-form | 97,176 | 23:08 | - |
| [rambling about the books i read this month for 29 minutes straight](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/0iz5P5_kPpE/) | 2026-03-26 | Long-form | 129,266 | 29:08 | 1.44x |
| [i used a quiz to decide what book to read next](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/ZudhnaUKqFk/) | 2026-03-10 | Long-form | 57,727 | 12:58 | - |
| [every book longlisted for the women's prize for fiction 2026](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/QatHMWpyal8/) | 2026-03-07 | Long-form | 106,578 | 25:13 | 1.37x |
| [books i would like to read that i think you should know about !!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/aqmVdAKXQOk/) | 2026-02-25 | Long-form | 107,939 | 19:30 | 1.48x |
| [new orleans book shopping + book haul 📚](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/CF7IX--jpDQ/) | 2026-02-08 | Long-form | 69,758 | 11:08 | 1.15x |
| [every movie i watched in 2025, reviewed in one sentence each](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/CMGHPr4YZAo/) | 2026-01-20 | Long-form | 104,120 | 27:25 | 1.34x |
| [i completed my "ten before the end" reading list, here's my ten book reviews](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/FrVavErZEEU/) | 2025-12-31 | Long-form | 112,560 | 18:28 | 1.44x |
| [housemate secret santa except there's only two of us so it's not a secret @jordanatheresa](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/7Lk7BvHFDTk/) | 2025-12-25 | Long-form | 75,579 | 21:57 | 1.52x |
| [wrapping christmas presents like we're on facetime](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/6OO_elACMZY/) | 2025-12-24 | Long-form | 38,554 | 19:10 | 1.27x |
| [bookish gifts for the book lovers in your life (...that aren't books)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/ONdzYKlB1rk/) | 2025-12-23 | Long-form | 57,703 | 7:09 | 1.99x |
| [come with me for a christmas countryside retreat 🎄](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/1980YCfYJa8/) | 2025-12-22 | Long-form | 24,981 | 10:50 | - |
| [sunrise on the reaping trailer -- booktube reaction !!!!!!!!! omg !!!!!!!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/AlkEO4uAVoI/) | 2025-11-20 | Long-form | 80,355 | 9:06 | 1.07x |
| [I found the book version of "brat" (and it's my book of the summer)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/EPBX6dS2OdE/) | 2025-06-04 | Long-form | 39,361 | 13:55 | - |
| [my summer reading list](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/ad-iMjUdrJM/) | 2025-06-02 | Long-form | 124,345 | 16:21 | 1.28x |
| [I read every book on the international booker prize shortlist, here's my winner](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/wBQxk2Os-n8/) | 2025-05-19 | Long-form | 177,896 | 28:45 | 1.9x |
| [the best book each year from the past 100 years (according to goodreads)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/y8UenmtuCdc/) | 2025-05-12 | Long-form | 471,804 | 39:00 | 5.2x |
| [I found my new favourite bookstore in Austin, Texas (+ book haul)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/8IbHBMDefPo/) | 2025-05-08 | Long-form | 94,757 | 21:25 | 1.27x |
| [LA reading vlog: "Beautyland" and "The Talent"](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/CPhteMWN_iY/) | 2025-04-18 | Long-form | 36,017 | 25:29 | - |
| [travel day reading vlog: read 3 books with me ✈️📚](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/1VovFM0mEws/) | 2025-04-13 | Long-form | 89,793 | 22:34 | 1.02x |
| [I joined the booktok hype house in LA](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/2vR8Ms9BtCU/) | 2025-04-02 | Long-form | 109,721 | 24:28 | 1.05x |
| [this book quiz knows my taste better than i know myself](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/NmC1JNBuekI/) | 2025-03-21 | Long-form | 99,842 | 17:21 | 1.1x |
| [every book i'm reading in march](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/GjrIFHlUQt0/) | 2025-03-18 | Long-form | 91,651 | 21:43 | - |
| [come to a skiing + music festival with me ⛷🗻🎼](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/Ls0tgPN2SQM/) | 2025-03-16 | Long-form | 19,112 | 6:59 | - |
| [books that were turned into award-nominated movies in 2025](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/TWq138LZO5I/) | 2025-03-03 | Long-form | 73,401 | 17:31 | - |
| [every book i read in february](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/3aLvjZoorsg/) | 2025-02-28 | Long-form | 89,327 | 17:38 | - |
| [tidy my home library with me 📚](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/HnflATwZxlQ/) | 2025-02-06 | Long-form | 170,468 | 23:41 | 1.28x |
| [every movie I watched in 2024, reviewed in one sentence each](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/omHf5WljN6w/) | 2025-02-02 | Long-form | 126,268 | 19:34 | 0.96x |
| [did I read every book I said I would in 2024?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/Nd-A0OLvHk4/) | 2025-01-31 | Long-form | 234,288 | 35:51 | 1.79x |
| [have i read the 100 most notable books of 2024? (according to the new york times book review)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/WTtNq-nhPj0/) | 2024-12-29 | Long-form | 122,960 | 27:00 | 0.94x |
| [secret santa but there's only two of us so it's not a secret](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/dW77AswyUNs/) | 2024-12-25 | Long-form | 111,793 | 25:29 | - |
| [books i want to finish before 2024 finishes me](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/sLToUIcmHyI/) | 2024-12-19 | Long-form | 105,872 | 15:55 | 0.87x |
| [have i read the most popular books on goodreads of the past 5 years???](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/6AufUGiflgk/) | 2024-11-26 | Long-form | 767,322 | 38:36 | 6.46x |
| [i got the substance in my book mail](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/vkLCY-0Gr78/) | 2024-11-23 | Long-form | 50,605 | 12:11 | - |
| [book shopping in brooklyn (and book haul)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/PiJxdXvrG-c/) | 2024-11-19 | Long-form | 172,480 | 20:30 | 1.45x |
| [book unhaul except i ended up with more books i want to read](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/x5HhC1RtZTw/) | 2024-11-14 | Long-form | 138,198 | 13:15 | 1.97x |
| [i interviewed Alice Oseman about Heartstopper, tv cameos, and olive theory](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/gNMHRK6L0kk/) | 2024-11-03 | Long-form | 17,563 | 51:38 | - |
| [chatty book haul: books i bought on independent bookshops day](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/O5Y0qpUucwI/) | 2024-10-29 | Long-form | 162,326 | 16:32 | 2.2x |
| [i gave a speech on the power + importance of storytelling](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/k5BSjx4tAMs/) | 2024-10-27 | Long-form | 19,031 | 8:45 | - |
| [every book i'm reading in october (to get me out of my reading slump_](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/DMnWuUe4oCY/) | 2024-10-19 | Long-form | 181,683 | 17:14 | 2.46x |
| [i am once again using book quizzes to decide what to read](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/ggpG4v311go/) | 2024-10-07 | Long-form | 99,203 | 12:56 | 1.79x |
| [i interviewed Bella Mackie about How To Kill Your Family and What a Way To Go](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/pkwNkf2q334/) | 2024-09-20 | Long-form | 11,935 | 30:49 | - |
| [have i read the top 100 books of the century so far (readers' choice)?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/n-xmuVl20EI/) | 2024-08-27 | Long-form | 562,946 | 33:06 | 10.05x |
| [my summer poetry reading list 📚 (the forward prizes for poetry shortlists 2024)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/TzjNZ4R3Up0/) | 2024-08-19 | Long-form | 21,768 | 13:07 | - |
| [book mail i received last month !!!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/FFzniyuI15M/) | 2024-08-12 | Long-form | 40,702 | 13:50 | - |
| [every book i want to read in august](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jack_in_the_books/videos/vQTXjYEvPuE/) | 2024-08-04 | Long-form | 55,455 | 16:08 | - |

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