Welcome back to Book Break! In this video I am recommending books for introverts - and there
are so many different types of introverts so I have actually been looking at the Meyers-Briggs
personality types. There are 16 personality types, eight of them are the introverted
personality types, so if you don't know what your specific personality type is, google
Meyers-Briggs and you will find some really good tests that you can take. I find these personality
types really useful and a fun way to get to know yourself a little bit better. So in this video
I am going to recommend a book for each of the eight introverted Meyers-Briggs personality
types. And stay tuned extroverts! Because coming up very soon I've got a video for you as well.
So let's get into it. So starting with ISTJ, also known as the inspector. You are the most common
sense of the personality types. You like logic and order, you can't rest when things are in disarray,
you're not very easily distracted, and you like to follow rules and procedures that are already
established. So in general you like an orderly life. So you probably wouldn't enjoy a book
about someone following their heart over their head; you might find that a little stressful.
History does tend to be very popular with ISTJs, but I think historical nonfiction would be more up
your alley than historical fiction which can play a little fast and loose with the truth.
So I'm going to recommend to you Black and British by David Olusoga. This is a really
comprehensive history of Britain and the role of Black Britons from the beginning - from Roman
Britain up to present day. It's an absolutely fascinating history - most of it you probably
never learned at school - and it's all completely true, so ISTJs this is my recommendation for you.
ISTPs, also known as the crafter. You are very artistic, you are very hands-on, you're very
curious about the world, so non-fiction does tend to be a great choice for ISTPs, but instead of
learning about the past you're probably more interested in learning useful skills for the
present. So the book I'm going to recommend for you is Clean & Green by Nancy Birtwhistle.
This book is full of tips to help you make your home and your cleaning process more eco-friendly,
and it's got recipes in there for you to make your own cleaning products. It's a really fun hands-on
approach to making the world a little bit better. ISFJs, you are the protectors. You are very loyal,
you are selfless, you are introverted, but you do have great social skills, and when it comes to
reading you tend to enjoy epic stories of people making the world better. So historical fiction is
a great genre for ISFJs and I'm going to recommend to you The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue.
This is a book set during the last great pandemic 100 years ago. It takes place over the span of a
few days on a maternity ward in an Irish hospital, and it's about a nurse, a doctor and a volunteer,
and the incredible but heartbreaking work they have to do over a few days during the great
flu. ISFPs, you are the artists, and as that title suggests, you are very artistic. You are
sensitive, you are drawn to beautiful things, also to strong and independent characters,
so a fiction book I think you will love is The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland.
In this book we follow the life of Alice Hart, we watch her growing up, going through unspeakably
tragic events in her life, but learning to survive and to cope by using the language of flowers. It's
based on the Victorian language of flowers, but this is set in Australia and so you get to learn
about these beautiful unique Australian flowers that she uses to express the things that she finds
too hard to say. INFJs, you are the advocates. So you are idealistic, you're imaginative,
you really stand up for what you believe in. And so fantasy is a great genre for you because there
you will find epic battles between good and evil and really strong characters to root for. So I'm
going to recommend you The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood, which is about a girl who grows up in a
death cult, destined to sacrifice herself on her 14th birthday, but as her birthday approaches she
meets a sorcerer who offers her another option. Together they could topple an empire. INFPs,
you are the mediators. So many authors and poets are INFPs, you're a very creative and sensitive
personality type. So I'm going to recommend you some poetry. This is Cannibal by Safiya
Sinclair. It is her debut poetry collection, it's a sort of retelling of Shakespeare's The Tempest
all about the female body as this dark landscape, and so I think you INFPs are going to love this.
INTJs are the architects. You are curious, independent, and you love solving puzzles,
so mysteries is an obvious genre for you. You do have a tendency towards secrecy and a fascination
with the unknown, so I'm going slightly supernatural with my mystery recommendation
for you as well. This is The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu. This is about a girl in Edinburgh
working as a ghost talker. She hears messages from the dead and passes them on to the living,
but through one of these messages she uncovers a mystery that she has to investigate that will
lead her to this secret occult library. I think this is right up your alley. INTPs, you are the
thinkers. You are very logical and theoretical and you enjoy speculating about all the possibilities,
so speculative sci-fI fantasy is a great genre for you - still set mostly in our world but exploring
the boundaries of what's possible. So I'm going to recommend you a short story collection.
This is Stories of your Life and Others by Ted Chiang. So in here you will find the short story
that the movie Arrival is based off, plus so many other really imaginative stories
that will leave you questioning our place in the universe. So those are eight very different
books for all of the very different types of introverts. Do leave a comment if we got your
recommendation spot on for you or if you have any other recommendations you'd like to pass on,
we would love to hear them. I will leave a link here to a video we made recommending books for
each different star sign, so do click through and have a look at that and we'll see you next time!