The question
Which book do you still mean to read, and why has it stayed on your list?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Great Gatsby.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 July 2025 source ↗
Nineteen Eighty-Four. I always meant to read it before 1984, and once 1984 had passed I didn’t see the point.
My own biography! Being serious, there’s an Australian novel by Gregory Roberts called Shantaram that I didn’t read through.
I’ve been lugging around Doris Lessing’s books, which I have yet to read.
All of them. I’m not someone who can sit down and read – I wish I could.
Victoria Rose, a British surgeon operating on children in Gaza.
At university, I worked at a hotel in housekeeping. We saw so many weird things in people’s rooms. Guests would leave sex and party stuff behind!
Passionate, loving, driven.
Cancel culture: getting stuck on the discourse rather than looking at the system.
Before transitioning, I had a severe eating disorder. The doctor said, “Your body’s shutting down and if you don’t improve your mental and physical wellbeing, you’ll die.” Shortly after that, I started transitioning medically and my eating disorder resolved.
Apart from stuff on social media, an ex-partner telling me I’m unlovable.
Jack Dee, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, Imogen Poots, Chris McCausland, Adele Parks, Pauline Black
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