For our series finale, we are thrilled to present this conversation with author, podcaster and all-round inspiration Otegha Uwagba! Otegha is the author of thebestselling career guideLittle Black Book and the essay collection Whites: On Race and Other Falsehoods which was picked as one of the Guardian’s Books of The Year. Her latest book is the memoir We Need To Talk About Money. We talked to her about Enid Blyton deep cuts, books about families, jumping aboard the Ferrante bandwagon and why some books are like catnip.
BOOKS
Daisy Buchanan – Insatiable
Otegha Uwagba – Little Black Book
Otegha Uwagba – Whites: On Race and Other Falsehoods
Otegha Uwagba – We Need To Talk About Money
Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey – She Said
Enid Blyton – Famous Five
Enid Blyton – Secret Seven
Enid Blyton – Five Find-Outers
CS Lewis – Chronicles of Narnia
JK Rowling – Harry Potter
Mary Wesley – Sensible Life
Elena Ferrante – Lying Life of Adults
Elena Ferrante – Neapolitan Quartet
Gerald Durrell – My Family and Other Animals
Elaine Castillo – America is Not the Heart
Julian Fellowes – Snobs
Katherine Heiny – Single Carefree Mellow
Dolly Alderton – Everything I Know About Love
Meg Mason – Sorrow and Bliss
Meg Wolitzer – The Interestings
Meg Wolitzer – The Female Persuasion
Deborah Levy – Real Estate
Deborah Levy – Cost of Living
Lisa Taddeo – Three Women
Alain de Botton – Course of Love
Ada Calhoun – Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – Americanah
Torrey Peters – Detransition Baby
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