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The List

A Novel

Audiobook
1 of 2 copies available
1 of 2 copies available

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK!

Recommended by The New York Times

  • Vogue
  • People
  • NPR
  • Vulture
  • The Guardian
  • Cosmopolitan
  • Rolling Stone
  • Publishers Weekly
  • The Sunday Times
  • and many more!

    In this sensational, page-turning debut novel, a high-profile female journalist's world is upended when her fiancé's name turns up in a viral social media post.

    "Brilliantly written, intricately plotted and incredibly clever. Once I started, I could not put it down, and I am sure I'll be thinking about this book for a very long time." — Abi Daré, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl with the Louding Voice

    Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life. Young, beautiful, and successful, she and her fiancé, Michael, are considered the "couple goals" of their social network and seem to have it all. That is, until one morning when they both wake up to the same message: "Oh my god, have you seen The List?"

    It began as a list of anonymous allegations about abusive men. Now it has been published online. Ola would usually be the first to support such a list—she'd call for the men to be fired, write article after article. Except this time, Michael's name is on it.

    With one month to the wedding, Ola gives Michael an ultimatum: prove his innocence or the wedding's off. But will the truth of what happened change everything for them both?

    Compulsively readable, wildly entertaining, and filled with sharp social insight, The List is a piercing and dazzlingly clear-sighted debut about secrets, lies, and the internet.

    "Topical, heartfelt, provocative and wise, Yomi Adegoke's characters are tenderly realized . . . the entire cast of this ultimate millennial novel springs vividly to life." — Bernardine Evaristo, Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other

    "The List asks 'what if?' and the answers will surely get people thinking. A vibrantly told exploration of the messy interface between virtual and offline relationships. A page-turning tale!" — Charmaine Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake

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      • Publisher's Weekly

        Starred review from September 18, 2023
        In British writer Adegoke’s complex and revelatory U.S. debut, an online magazine editor in London is put in a difficult position after her fiancé is anonymously accused of harassment and physical assault at an office party. Ola Olajide has made her reputation by reporting on predators in the music industry, and she and her partner Michael Koranteng have garnered many online admirers as a prominent Black couple. A month before their wedding, an anonymous list of allegedly abusive men shows up on social media with Michael’s name on it. Though he’s cheated on Ola in the past, she refuses to believe he’s guilty. Michael is convinced that his former fling, Jackie, named him out of revenge for breaking things off with her, though he keeps this suspicion from Ola. Adegoke does a thorough job of tackling the many issues involved: there’s strong evidence against other men on the list, which causes Michael to appear guilty by association and attracts ire from an online mob, a situation that hurts Ola’s credibility as she neglects to join them in taking down her fiancé. The story is full of poignant turns and nuanced insights, such as when Michael examines how he was negatively conditioned as a boy by a misogynist culture. This page-turner has bite. Agent: Hayley Steed, Madeleine Milburn Literary.

      • AudioFile Magazine
        Arinze Kene and Sheila Atim excel at narrating this cautionary tale--disguised as a #MeToo novel. Michael, portrayed by Kene, and Ola, portrayed by Atim, are a young, Black power couple who live in London. While they are planning their wedding, Michael's name appears on a list of abusers and rapists that quickly spreads all over social media. Kene and Atim's dramatic styles create a suspenseful mood as they impart the disbelief and despair of both Michael and Ola as each tries to cope with what's happened. Both quickly learn that an accusation equals guilt in the self-perpetuating frenzy that is social media. The morality lesson is perhaps a bit heavy-handed--but perhaps not. A gripping story, powerfully told. D.G.L. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

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