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Mathelinda Nabugodi, Lecturer in Comparative Literature, UCL

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

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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.

1. Butterfly Burning by Yvonne Vera (1998)

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