I’ve never got through Ulysses.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 October 2023 source ↗
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Which book are you ashamed not to have read?
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Read by age
Any age
In their thirties 5
In their forties 7
In their fifties 9
In their sixties 4
Seventy and beyond 4
Any unread book a friend bought me.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2024 source ↗
My own biography! Being serious, there’s an Australian novel by Gregory Roberts called Shantaram that I didn’t read through.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2024 source ↗
This year, I was asked to be a judge for the Women’s prize for fiction and I’ve read 75 books in six months, so I’m parking shame for the time being.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 April 2024 source ↗
Because it’s in one of my songs, War and Peace.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2025 source ↗
Anything by Dostoevsky. I tried!
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 August 2025 source ↗
Ulysses – I’ve tried many times and never got through it.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 June 2026 source ↗
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 ↗
I’ve never read any Salman Rushdie.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2026 source ↗
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