Marina Diamandis: Which book are you ashamed not to have read?

Which book are you ashamed not to have read?

Originally asked

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Recorded Marina Diamandis said elsewhere, not written here

None! We shouldn’t shame people for not having read “the greats”. There are always new greats emerging that may feel more relevant to our life experience, particularly female writers.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 June 2025 source ↗

Others on this question

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Zack Polanski

I’m going to confess I haven’t finished The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗

Leona Lewis

Probably all of them because I am not big into English literature. I read a lot of self-improvement books.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 December 2023 source ↗

Natalie Imbruglia

None. I’m not ashamed. I’m dyslexic so I don’t read a lot of books.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 July 2026 source ↗

Pauline Black

Nineteen Eighty-Four. I always meant to read it before 1984, and once 1984 had passed I didn’t see the point.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 April 2025 source ↗