Twenty experts on the book that got them through their 20s: part one

Andrew Dix; Dominic Davies; Ankhi Mukherjee; Sarah Trott; Leighan M Renaud; Harsh Trivedi; Viktoriia Grivina; Sarah Olive; Mathelinda Nabugodi; Torbjörn Forslid

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Twenty experts on the book that got them through their 20s: part one

Andrew Dix, Dominic Davies, Ankhi Mukherjee, Sarah Trott, Leighan M Renaud, Harsh Trivedi, Viktoriia Grivina, Sarah Olive, Mathelinda Nabugodi, Torbjörn Forslid

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Your 20s can be an intense decade. In the words of Taylor Swift, those years are “happy, free, confused and lonely at the same time”. Many of us turn to literature to guide us through the highs and the lows of this formative era. We asked 20 of our academic experts to recommend the book that steered them through those ten years. And we’d love to know your pick – let us know in the comments below.

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Specialist publication	The Conversation
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.64628/AB.56uyrpg44
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2025

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