Both of Brit Bennett's sensational bestselling novels, The Mothers and The Vanishing Half, have been on heavy rotation at YB towers for months, so we are delighted to bring you this fascinating conversation with her, covering adapting books for the screen, how writing changes the way you read, the dark world of celebrity tell-alls and the dangers of novel recommendation.
BOOKS
Daisy Buchanan - How To Be a Grown Up
Daisy Buchanan - Sisterhood
Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable
Brit Bennett - Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett - The Mothers
Myla Goldberg - Feast Your Eyes
Bernadine Evaristo - Girl Woman Other
Anne Enright - Actress
Toni Morrison - Song of Solomon
SE Hinton - The Outsiders
Toni Morrison - The Bluest Eye
Richard Wright - Native Son
Tayari Jones - Silver Sparrow
Ann Patchett - Bel Canto
Ann Patchett - Dutch House
Ann Patchett - Commonwealth
Raven Leilani - Luster
Tayari Jones - American Marriage
Shirley Jackson - We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Sue Miller - Monogamy
Darcy Eveleigh - Unseen: Unpublished Black History
Nicholas Smith - Kicks: Great American Story of Sneakers
Nichelle Gainer - Vintage Black Glamour
Yaa Gyasi - Transcendent Kingdom
Yaa Gyasi - Homegoing
Penny Valentine - Dancing with Demons: Dusty Springfield
Busy Phillips - This Will Only Hurt a Little
Mariah Carey - Meaning Of
Zadie Smith - Swing Time
Margo Jefferson - On Michael Jackson
Craig Marks - I Want My MTV
Taylor Jenkins Reid - Daisy Jones & the Six
Joyce Carol Oates - Blonde
Curtis Sittenfeld - Rodham
Rebecca Makkai - Great Believers
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