Loads. All the greats.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 September 2023 source ↗
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Which book are you ashamed not to have read?
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In their thirties 5
In their forties 7
In their fifties 9
In their sixties 4
Seventy and beyond 4
I’m not really ashamed, but I haven’t read Lord of the Rings.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 September 2023 source ↗
I feel no shame about not reading a book. That’s silly.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 December 2023 source ↗
I’ve never read any Proust.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2024 source ↗
To Kill a Mockingbird – I was meant to read it for an exam and I didn’t and I cheated. I was allowed to use a laptop to type my answers because I couldn’t see my writing, so I hid an electronic copy of the book on the laptop.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 November 2025 source ↗
My new year resolution is actually to read all the classics and I’m ashamed that I haven’t read everything by the Brontë sisters.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 January 2026 source ↗
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