Leona Lewis: Which book do you still mean to read, and why has it stayed on your list? — FLAPSS

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Which book do you still mean to read, and why has it stayed on your list?

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

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

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Anything by Dostoevsky. I tried!

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 August 2025 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 ↗

Rebecca Lucy Taylor

I never finished The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

I’ve never read any Salman Rushdie.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2026 source ↗

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Question If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change? Failure & regret

I would tell myself to stop being such a worrier.

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

Question What lesson has mattered most in your life? Time & hindsight

Nothing’s guaranteed and things change in an instant, and to get used to that and stay in the moment.

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

Question How would you sum yourself up in three words? Identity & self

Sensitive, kind, silly.

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

Question What is the harshest thing anyone has said to you? Failure & regret

It happened when I was younger, somewhere outside London. We were on bikes, and this older girl pulled up and said something racist that I won’t repeat. I will never forget that, because it was the first time, and I was like, “Oh, I am feeling different from everyone around me right now”.

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

Question How would you describe what love feels like to you? Relationships

Selfless and open, freeing.

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

Question What worries you about getting older? Time & hindsight

Having regrets.

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

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